Tag: arts & entertainment
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Renowned Colorado Springs children’s book illustrator dies
Fantastical dragons, adorable woodland creatures and whimsical unicorns. Children’s fantasy book illustrator and longtime Colorado Springs resident Michael Hague died March 10. He was 77. Hague is survived by his wife and frequent artistic collaborator, Kathleen Hague, and three children, one of whom, Devon Hague, he also collaborated with on a graphic novel. After studying…
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Pikes Pick: Dave Matthews Tribute Band to perform in Colorado Springs
My fondness for the Grammy Award-winning Dave Matthews Band goes way back. The jam band has always held a special place in my heart since it popped up on the charts in the mid-1990s with songs like “Ants Marching,” “Satellite” and “Crash Into Me.” The Buffalo, N.Y.-based Dave Matthews Tribute Band has paid homage to…
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Raise a pint: Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at these 10 Irish pubs in Colorado Springs
What better place to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day than at an Irish pub? Several local Irish pubs across the Colorado Springs area will host events throughout the weekend and on the holiday itself. Festivities feature menu specials on Irish food, green beer and Guinness, live music, Celtic step dancing and beyond. Here are 10 local…
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Irish music, jazz, Mozart top list of concert options in Colorado Springs
– “Mostly Mozart Concert,” by Soli Deo Gloria Choir: More than 250 singers from the Soli Deo Gloria Choir, Pueblo Choral Society and Colorado State University Pueblo Choir will perform mostly works by Mozart, including his Requiem in D Minor. The free concert is from 3-5 p.m. Saturday, First United Methodist Church, 420 N. Nevada…
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New Colorado Springs play filled with literal, metaphorical ghosts
Your theatrical mission, should you choose to forgo leaving a performance with everything tied up in a cheery bow, is to attend August Strindberg’s 1907 play, “The Ghost Sonata,” with an open mind. The new production, by students in the University of Colorado Colorado Springs Department of Visual and Performing Arts, opens Thursday at Ent…
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Pikes Pick: Get ready to cry, marvel at ‘The Correspondent’ novel
I’ve read the most brilliant book: “The Correspondent” by Virginia Evans. Caveat: Don’t read if you don’t like or want to cry, because you will likely find a few teardrops crinkling the pages or dripping onto your e-reader. In Evans’ 2025 epistolary novel, we meet Sybil Van Antwerp, who emails and writes letters to everyone…
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Colorado Springs Philharmonic announces its 100th season
Ordering up one extra-large birthday cake and candles. The Colorado Springs Philharmonic will celebrate its 100th anniversary this fall when the 2026-27 season kicks off Sept. 26-27. Highlights of the centennial season include renowned violinist Joshua Bell; several live cinema events, including “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”; and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. The season…
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Colorado Springs festival celebrates electronic music
Next time you eat a mushroom risotto, know those fungi were making music before sliding down your gullet. It turns out mushrooms have an electromagnetic field that makes music, and you can hear their songs at the third annual Electrowave: The Rocky Mountain Electronic Music Festival. The mostly free event is Friday through Sunday at…
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World’s only film festival celebrating mushrooms comes to Colorado Springs
Ben Kinsley is a man who likes to dress up as a mushroom. For the past several years, he and his creative team of Riitta Ikonen and Jessica Langley have attended the Telluride Mushroom Festival, which is famous for its costume parade and costume contest. And each year, they’ve managed to crack the code and…
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Chamber Orchestra of the Springs announces new season in Colorado Springs
Poetry and literature are the inspiration behind the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs’ 43rd season. The 2026-27 season also honors Maestro Thomas Wilson’s 30th anniversary as music director. To celebrate, Wilson will feature musicians from the orchestra as soloists throughout the year, as well as showcase American composers as a tribute to the 250th anniversary…