Tag: pikes peak center
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Colorado Springs film festival to screen 80 films in 10 genres
More people than ever are making films. And Ralph Giordano couldn’t be happier about that. As festival director for the Colorado Short Circuit Film Festival, put on by the nonprofit Independent Film Society of Colorado Springs, he watched 150 short films in anticipation of this year’s 10th annual event. “Independent film is thriving and everyone…
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Longtime band Little Feat rolls into Colorado Springs for The Last Farewell Tour
By Dave Gil de RubioLast Word Features Coming off of the pandemic, Little Feat has returned to action with a pair of new members — guitarist Scott Sharrard and drummer Tony Leone. Personnel changes are nothing new to the band’s fans or the band’s keyboardist, Bill Payne. He views such changes as the price of…
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ZZ Top bringing decades of hits to Colorado Springs
By Dave Gil de RubioLast Word Features Billy Gibbons celebrated his 76th birthday this past December. And while most of his contemporaries of that vintage are kicking back and enjoying retirement, the ZZ Top founding member is racing through 2026. The year opened with Gibbons flying solo with help from his band, The BFG’s. Now, with…
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Legendary rockabilly group The Stray Cats to strut their stuff at the Pikes Peak Center
It’s been more than four decades since three young musicians from Long Island formed a band called the Stray Cats with the mission of reviving the rockabilly vibe of the 1950s, complete with jazzy rhythms and high-volume pompadour hairstyles. The hairdos don’t ride quite as high these days, and the band has endured breakups and…
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Legendary singer Patti LaBelle to perform at Pikes Peak Center
At 82, Patti LaBelle is still belting out tunes, still captivating audiences, still making magic. The legendary singer, author and entrepreneur brings her signature voice and genre-bending style to the Pikes Peak Center on Friday at 7:30 p.m. In an industry that has seen scores of talented entertainers come and go, LaBelle has remained a…
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Q&A with Tig Notaro: Out of nowhere into everything, from stand-up to ‘Star Trek’
Some of the best jokes come out of nowhere. For Tig Notaro, one of them changed everything. Despite pursuing comedy for more than a decade prior, the comedian, actor and producer became known for opening a 2012 stand-up set with four words that stunned the audience: “Hello. I have cancer.” What began as an unfiltered…
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Old Crow Medicine Show to bring traditional sounds of classic country music to Colorado Springs next week
By Bill FormanLast Word Features Old Crow Medicine Show, a band that Rolling Stone has described as the “torchbearers of traditional country music,” has recorded and performed with a who’s who of Americana and country royalty over the course of its career — from Bob Dylan, whose cast-off verses became the foundation of the song…
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Q&A with John Ondrasik: Five For Fighting joins Edwin McCain at the Pikes Peak Center
Whether it’s a graduation slideshow soundtracked by “100 Years,” a wedding dance to “Chances” or a difficult time eased by “Superman (It’s Not Easy),” singer John Ondrasik has built a career writing songs that have become the soundtrack for some of life’s biggest milestones. Now, the Grammy-nominated singer behind Five For Fighting will bring his…
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Take a chance on ‘Mamma Mia!’ at the Pikes Peak Center
For a few hours, Colorado Springs won’t be Colorado Springs at all. Instead, the Pikes Peak Center will transform into a Greek island paradise filled with wedding preparations, long-lost romances and long-buried family secrets. Not to mention enough ABBA hits to have audiences singing all the way home. The 25th Anniversary Tour of “Mamma Mia!”…
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Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson returning to Colorado Springs with two shows
In 2024, renowned astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson entertained a sold-out crowd at the Pikes Peak Center with his unique take on movies and television shows, called “An Astrophysicist Goes to the Movies,” highlighting how show creators get the science right — or, in some cases, hilariously wrong. This week, Tyson returns to Colorado Springs with…