Author: Warren Epstein
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GUEST COLUMN: DreamCity visions still becoming reality
Looking back on the local civic initiative “Dream City: Vision 2020,” the title and intent seem so stilted, so full of blind hubris. In 2008, we were going to vision our way to a better future and shape the greater Colorado Springs area into our dream of a city. We were projecting over a decade…
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Youth Documentary Academy films air on Rocky Mountain PBS
Local youth expression has made it to the small screen. The Youth Documentary Academy and Rocky Mountain PBS recently formed a partnership to broadcast YDA films on the TV station and its affiliate stations in Colorado. Cheyenne Mountain High School student Madison Legg’s 2015 film, “Under the Wire,” will air on the show “Insight” at…
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Local film fest an antidote to bad entertainment
Nonprofit News is a monthly Gazette publication featuring stories submitted by nonprofit organizations and individuals in the Pikes Peak region. Submit content and events for consideration to nonprofitnews@gazettedev.gazette.com. I once had the best job ever: The Gazette paid me to watch movies. Getting a paycheck for doing something you’d do anyway for free is hard…
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Axeman bound for town on heels of his opus
At 50, jazz man Chris Duarte looks back on himself at 21 — the start of his professional music career — and laughs. “I thought I was it,” Duarte said during a phone interview. “I had music figured out.” Duarte, who plays Saturday at the Crystola Roadhouse, was living in Austin, Texas, the heart of…
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Axeman bound for town on heels of his opus
At 50, jazz man Chris Duarte looks back on himself at 21 – the start of his professional music career – and laughs. ‘I thought I was it, ‘ Duarte said during a phone interview. ‘I had music figured out. ‘ Duarte, who plays Saturday at the Crystola Roadhouse, was living in Austin, Texas, the…
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Andrew McCarthy talks travel and settling down
Of all the Brat Packers, Andrew McCarthy’s career has gone the furthest – in both breadth and mileage. The actor who appeared in “Pretty in Pink,” “St. Elmo’s Fire” and “Weekend at Bernie’s” went on to fill his Internet Movie Database page with dozens of acting, writing and directing credits in film, stage and TV…
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Ibsen adaptation tackles truth as toxic force
When I heard Murray Ross was planning to produce an adaptation of the obscure Henrik Ibsen play ‘The Wild Duck, ‘ I had to ask: ‘Are you going to put it in a train or a Ferris wheel? ‘ Wouldn’t be any weirder than Theatreworks’ last stunt: Presenting the medieval morality play ‘Everyman ‘ on…
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Ibsen adaptation tackles truth as toxic force
When I heard Murray Ross was planning to produce an adaptation of the obscure Henrik Ibsen play “The Wild Duck,” I had to ask: “Are you going to put it in a train or a Ferris wheel?” Wouldn’t be any weirder than Theatreworks’ last stunt: Presenting the medieval morality play “Everyman” on a bus. Ross…
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TheatreWorks’ ‘Wild Duck’ Norwegian dark, but accessible
When I heard Murray Ross was planning to produce an adaptation of the obscure Henrik Ibsen play “Wild Duck,” I had to ask: “Are you going to put it in a train or a Ferris wheel?”Wouldn’t be any weirder than Theatreworks’ last stunt: Presenting the medieval morality play “Everyman” on a bus.Ross didn’t miss a…
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Plenty to do, see at History Colorado Center
DENVER • The squeal of laughter in the lobby served as my first clue that the new History Colorado Center would be quite different from the old one. My memory of the original was seeing a school group being hushed as they stared at glass cases full of arrowheads and muskets. The kids were clearly…