Author: By ANITA RENEE LANGEMACH
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ANITA’S PICK: Comic Art Fest 2012
Admittedly, I’m a bit of a super dork. I love “Star Wars,” I can’t get enough of “The Walking Dead” and I own boxes and boxes of beautiful comic books. I’m always down for a good story line, but what I really dig about these bite size paperbacks is the artwork. This festival is the…
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Festival will leave you wishing you were Greek
The root of the word “Greek” doesn’t mean tradition, dance or even eating fantastic food. But when it comes to the holy trinity of fun, those attending the Annual Greek Festival this weekend will be left saying that there are two kinds of people in this world: Greeks and everyone else who wish they were…
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ANITA’S PICK: The Margarita at Pine Creek’s ‘Clam Jam 4’
Summertime in Colorado always has me shaking my fist, dreaming of the ocean and the days I spent surrounded by fresh seafood possibilities. The next best thing to picking out my meal on the dock is having a top-notch chef do all the work for me. And it doesn’t get much better than Eric Viedt…
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Mountain Festival celebrates golden anniversary of Sister City bond
It started with an idea: To create community despite the ocean that divides us. On Saturday, the sister cities Colorado Springs and Fujiyoshida celebrate the 50-year sister city connection with “The Fire Festival,” which is one of many events sponsored by the Colorado Springs Diversity Forum’s “Everybody’s Welcome: Mountain Festival.” “The Mountain Festival is a…
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Mountain Festival celebrates golden anniversary of Sister City bond
It started with an idea: To create community despite the ocean that divides us. On Saturday, the sister cities Colorado Springs and Fujiyoshida celebrate the 50-year sister city connection with “The Fire Festival,” which is one of many events sponsored by the Colorado Springs Diversity Forum’s “Everybody’s Welcome: Mountain Festival.” “The Mountain Festival is a…
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Springs Beer Fest has connoisseurs bubbling with delight
It’s like giddy children trading baseball cards in backyards across America. Beer buffs relish the ritual of trying on the latest micro-brew with their buddies, savoring every hoppy nuance and discussing the finest details. On Saturday, the designated drinkers and educated sippers will descend upon Antlers Park downtown to attend the Springs Beer Fest. More…
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ANITA’S PICK: “Total Recall”
Finally, computer special effects have caught up with this mind-trip of a science-fiction story. And I’m ready to “open my mind” to Colin Farrell playing seeming super-spy Douglas Quaid. Watch the line between fantasy and reality blur (hopefully with a little more finesse than the Arnold Schwarzenegger 1990 star vehicle) in this remake which opens this…
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ANITA’S PICK: Mesa Drive-In
These days it’s hard to find a drive-in movie theatre where you can relax in the cool night air while munching on popcorn in the comfort of your own car. But a quick drive down to Pueblo this weekend is all it takes to escape back to a simpler time spent enjoying films under the stars.…
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ANITA’S PICK Celtic Festival
Dye my hair red, slap my backside and call me MacLeod. At the Elizabeth Celtic Festival, I channel my Celtic roots. In its 20th year, this festival blends traditional Scottish highland games with medieval and renaissance festivities, including children’s activities, an English dog show, loads of merchants and vendors, artisans, and authentic Celtic music. And…
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PrideFest celebrates change and LGBT selfhood
For more than two decades, PrideFest has celebrated lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender selfhood and the hope for cultural change. That’s still true. But this year, after two seismic shifts in public policy — the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and President Barack Obama’s endorsement of same sex marriage — the series of events…