Author: Anita Renee Langemach

This Day of the Dead celebration incorporates visual and performance art, dance, stilt walking, a fire show, costumes and the signature skeleton ceremony. All against the backdrop of music performed by chill local acts, including Moonhoney, Edith Makes a (Paperchain) Sugar Skull and The Hopeful Heroines. Feel free to wear your Halloween costumes. Festivities begin…

With a stout German name like Langemach, it’s no surprise that I find myself right at home when it comes to the Colorado Springs Oktoberfest. This three-day lederhosen extravaganza has more beer, brats and German dancers than you could shake a frothy, ale-filled stein at. Be there to tap the kegs from 4 p.m.-midnight Friday, check…

Touring with their first album, “Suego Faults,” this young, symphonic, indie pop band has already toured with Florence and the Machine, Miike Snow and Metric. They are also a generous bunch: They’re offering a free download of its cover of Radiohead’s “Pyramid Song” on Facebook at facebook.com/thisiswolfgang. This resonant track will leave you just as…

It’s not for a few weeks, but who wants to wait until Oct. 31 to celebrate Halloween? So get your bumps and boos early and for some events, after the big day with this list of all lists for spooky entertainment. HAUNTED HOUSES “Ghouls Gulch”When: 7 p.m. Oct. 5-7, 11-14, 18-21, 25-31Where: Rocky Mountain Haunt…

This ultimate cult film has found a sassy stage to trounce upon this month at Club Q, 3430 N. Academy Blvd. In addition to the typical audience participation (get out your umbrellas!), local drag star Kyree Myst takes on the role of the delicious Dr. Frank-N-Furter. It’s at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, 19, 26, 27…

Recently I saw The Hopeful Heroines perform at Marmalade at Smokebrush. To say I was transfixed would be a massive understatement. Members Xanthe Alexis and Harriett Landrum stir a musical brew of folk, gypsy and classical music that, when performed live, amplifies your curiosity with each note. A show with them alone would paint me…

The Expendables and Iration These two California surf rock bands have a sound that drifts like smoke with the mellow glow of reggae. The Expendables have been featured at the Warped Tour, put out five albums since forming in 1997 and worked with members of NoFx. In 2010, Iration hit No. 1 on the iTunes reggae album chart with “Time…

The Halloween season has arrived (have you been to Walgreens lately?) and I am dying to check out the gruesome, (fake) blood-dripping freak show that is the Haunted Mines. It starts at 8 p.m. Thursday and runs through Halloween at the Western Museum of Mining and Industry, 225 North Gate Blvd. Tickets are $10 or…

If sound were a location, the wares of Edith Makes a Paper Chain would be an well-loved meadow, where toes flirt with the fresh cut grass underneath crisp blue skies. Familiar and eternal, the music radiates from within and surrounds you with its warmth. Lead vocalist and songwriter Sarah Hope’s voice elicits a feeling that spans generations. Haunting,…

The Chris Robinson Brotherhood New to the scene, The Chris Robinson Brotherhood aims to send you on a trip back to the cosmic days of rock and roll. They call their sound psychedelic folk blues pie, but listeners will easily connect the dots to Grateful Dead and Cream. “It’s not a psych band because you have a Prince Valiant…