Tag: art and entertainment
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Long, strange drip: Colorado Springs tie-dye studio is couple’s dream come true
When it comes to tie-dye, there are degrees of knowing and not knowing. Holly and Matty Hilts know the best kind of dye (fiber reactive procion). They know the best kind of fabric (100% cotton). They know the colors that mix well and the colors that do not (red and blue might appear more muddy…
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Long, strange drip: Colorado Springs tie-dye studio is couple’s dream come true
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When it comes to tie-dye, there are degrees of knowing and not knowing. Holly and Matty Hilts know the best kind of dye (fiber reactive procion). They know the best kind of fabric (100% cotton). They know the colors that mix well and the colors…
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Pikes Pick: New HBO documentary chronicles real life of Superman
It’s a bird. … It’s a plane. … No, it’s an inspiring documentary. “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” is an intimate portrait of the man who went from obscurity to Hollywood fame to a solitary life of advocacy. Streaming on HBO Max. — Seth Boster, The Gazette
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Free days coming up at Denver’s zoo, museums
Free days return this month to Denver’s fun, educational hubs. Mark your calendars: Friday and Jan. 26 at the zoo; Sunday at the Museum of Nature and Science; Jan. 14 at the Art Museum; and Jan. 20 at the Botanic Gardens. More info: scfd.org/find-culture/free-days. — Seth Boster, The Gazette
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Colorado’s most curious coffee shop is inside historic train cars
NEDERLAND • The wood floor in the train car had to be replaced. Business had to close one recent week. “We don’t like closing for a week, but we would rather do that and maintain the integrity of a place like this,” said Jesse Fox, owner of perhaps Colorado’s most unique coffee shop. It was…
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Clockwise: The timeless art of horology lives on in Colorado
Every half hour and hour, a home in Colorado Springs comes to life. Gongs and chimes ring out, melodies from once upon a time. Dozens of old clocks sing their old songs — wooden grandfathers standing tall, German cuckoos hanging on walls. Those little birds spring through little doors. Little dancers twirl among other fantastical…
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Clockwise: The timeless art of horology lives on in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Every half hour and hour, a home in Colorado Springs comes to life. Gongs and chimes ring out, melodies from once upon a time. Dozens of old clocks sing their old songs — wooden grandfathers standing tall, German cuckoos hanging on walls. Those little birds…
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Ormao Dance Company highlights ‘small works’ in upcoming show
Even the smallest artistic works can have a grand impact. That’s the message of Ormao Dance Company’s upcoming show, “small. works.” The intimate show, set in Ormao’s Black Box Theater, will feature a visual art gallery, a small sound experience and a handful of short dance performances. Before watching the main performance, audience members will…
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Pikes Pick: New documentary a musical ode to John Williams
There is a nostalgic pleasure to “Music by John Williams,” the documentary taking us to familiar scenes of “Jaws,” “Star Wars,” “Jurassic Park” and other moments of our memory, as well as less-familiar moments of the composer’s life. On Disney+. — Seth Boster
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Book on Colorado’s historic cemeteries tells of forgotten people, places
Eilene Lyon has a curious hobby. “Going to antique stores and picking up old photographs that have a name on them, and I research these people and I write about them on the blog,” she explained from her longtime home in Durango. “The aim is to return the photographs to relatives. That’s been very rewarding…