Tag: colorado college
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The kindness after 9/11: ‘Come From Away’ offers 200 free tickets to first responders
They came carrying luggage. Initially, some were heading home. Others were traveling for business or vacation. Then the world changed. On Sept. 11, 2001, as hijacked airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., the United States shut down all airports for the first time in history. …
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Food trucks, history and fun: Everybody Welcome Cultural Heritage Festival returns after 7-year hiatus
Typically, a trip around the world usually requires a passport, a plane ticket and a lot more than one day. But this Saturday, all Colorado Springs residents need is a free moment on their calendar from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. After a seven-year hiatus, the Pikes Peak Diversity Council’s Everybody Welcome Cultural Heritage Festival…
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Vocal Arts Festival brings young singers, big voices to Colorado Springs
By Katie SoenkeSpecial to Springs Scene For three weeks this summer, Colorado Springs will become a training ground for the next generation of opera and musical theater performers. Opera Theatre of the Rockies’ 2026 Vocal Arts Festival, held in collaboration with Colorado College, brings young singers and developing artists to campus for intensive study in…
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Anna Trinidad, Luis Sagastume, Bobby Purify lead Colorado Springs Sports Corp.’s Hall of Fame inductees
The Colorado Springs Sports Corp. announced its Hall of Fame Class of 2026 on Monday, featuring men’s soccer coach Luis Sagastume and former Cheyenne Mountain High School swimmer Anna Trinidad. Sagastume, Trinidad, Bobby Purify, Lisa Rainsberger and Tom Southall will be honored at the Sports Corp.’s annual Hall of Fame dinner Oct. 20. Joining the…
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Air Academy’s Elly Siebert searched for answers regarding a string of injuries. It was leukemia
Elly Siebert’s new abode was a far cry from the visual paradise she had recently left. Shortly after a Thanksgiving week vacation to California, Siebert’s family returned to Colorado and her parents immediately scheduled a doctor’s appointment. Hospital beds would become Siebert’s new home for the next week. Siebert, who recently graduated from Air Academy,…
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Classical music stars shine during annual Colorado College Summer Music Festival
A composer never knows exactly who will wind up playing their music. But sometimes it’s a legend. Sam Wu will experience a composer’s dream this summer at the 42nd annual Colorado College Summer Music Festival when world-renowned conductor and violinist Scott Yoo will perform the Colorado premiere of Wu’s 2022 piece, “Mass Transit,” along with…
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‘Change is the only constant’: Renowned voice actor, Colorado College grad addresses class of 2026
In her first commencement speech after the “interim” tag was removed from her title, Colorado College President Manya Whitaker stood before nearly 500 graduates-in-waiting at Ed Robson Arena and issued a challenge. The U.S. is celebrating its 250th birthday this year, Whitaker said, and the opening chapter of its next 250 years will be written,…
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Pikes Peak State College, Colorado College announce transfer pathway
Colorado Springs’ community college and private liberal arts college are coming together to create a new pathway for their students. Starting in fall 2026, Colorado College will begin enrolling up to two students from Pikes Peak State College each year. Students who earn an associate degree with a grade-point-average of 3.3 or higher will be eligible…
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Major gifts, famous artists behind the Fine Arts Center’s historic permanent collection
For the next year the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College will spotlight the “Gifts That Shape Us,” a special look at the top works of art, the donors and acquisitions that helped make the museum what it is today, leading into the future. The museum’s Lane East Gallery at 30 W. Dale…
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EDITORIAL: More work to do balancing ‘speech,’ tolerance on Colorado campuses
As a news report in The Gazette this week reminds us, what passes for political activism at plenty of the country’s higher-ed institutions continues to escalate, all too often, into repugnant antisemitism. Some of those campuses, unfortunately, are in Colorado. The national Anti-Defamation League has compiled its third annual “Campus Antisemitism Report Card,” an evaluation…