Tag: arts
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Sotomayor returns to marble
Decades after creating the Pas de Deux and American Woman marble sculptures, Francisco Sotomayor brings the past into the present. Nudged by the marble in his workshop, Sotomayor put aside his obsidian sculptures for a revival of the old. “The pieces have been laying against the walls for years, so I decided to do the…
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Colorado Springs students to stage ‘Anastasia’ this weekend
Broadway has a knack for bringing even the most sensationalized tales to life via song and dance. “Anastasia” is one such musical. Based on the 1997 animated film of the same name, the 2017 Broadway show adapts the legend of the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, who was rumored to have escaped the execution…
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Popular Colorado Springs chuckwagon, Western stage show returns for annual Christmas event
Smoked Angus strip steak? Check. Five-piece cowboy band and 13-piece orchestra? Check. Holiday songs and clean, comic banter? Check. Flying W Ranch, known for its chuckwagon suppers and Western stage show, decided to scale up its Christmas Chuckwagon Supper Show – A Cowboy Christmas Jubilee a few years ago by adding the Marian L. Wolfe…
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‘Nutcrackers’ galore, plus Oscar Wilde on Colorado Springs stages
You have one seasonal requirement: See, eat or taste something, or listen to something with the word nutcracker in it. Lucky for you, this holiday weekend can help you scratch that off your Christmas to-do list. And for those who prefer to be naughty and break the rules, Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”…
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Holidays at Miramont Castle trip back in time
At Miramont Castle, it’s a pickle in a Christmas tree, not a partridge in a pear tree. The 130-year-old castle is all gussied up for the holidays, and that includes the Victorian tradition of hiding a pickle in a tree for the kids. “And whichever child found it would get a special present,” said castle…
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Popular free Colorado Springs holiday concert moves locations
A popular holiday staple will have a new home beginning this year. For the first time in almost seven decades, the Holly & Ivy Holiday Concert by the U.S. Air Force Academy Band will be performed at its home base instead of the Pikes Peak Center. Free performances are Dec. 3-4 and 9 at Arnold…
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Colorado Springs vintage market offers 100 vendors, Christmas-themed gifts, decor
Handcrafted Nutcracker dolls, hand-poured candles, vintage sleds and ice skates. Vintage Market Days can help attendees accomplish a few things: finding holiday gifts and holiday energy, both of which can sometimes be elusive. But wandering around Norris Penrose Event Center, investigating the wares of 100 vendors, while listening to live music, grabbing a nosh from…
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Military-themed opera, ‘Mary Poppins,’ ‘Nutcracker’ adaptations fill Colorado Springs stages
– “The Knock,” by Opera Theatre of the Rockies, Chamber Orchestra of the Springs and Art Song Colorado, 3 p.m. Sunday, Lewis Palmer High School, 1300 Higby Road, Monument, $11.25-$36.25, free for active-duty military, veterans and their families, limited number of free tickets; chamberorchestraofthesprings.org/the-knock Nobody wants to hear the knock. This is the particular knock…
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Progressive Arts in Teller County | Teller Gives Back
We are moving the needle forward in Teller County. The “TAVA” vibe is strong here and many creative people are capturing the light. In Ute culture, “Tava” is the name for Pikes Peak, meaning “Sun Mountain,” because it is the first landform in the area to catch the morning sun. Pikes Peak holds deep cultural…
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Renowned violinist Ariel Horowitz to perform in Colorado Springs
Violinist and composer Ariel Horowitz only has family lore to help her tell the beginning story of her lifelong love affair with music. She was barely out of the womb, about 2 or 3, when her mother’s friend brought over a VHS tape of Baby Mozart, a series of videos for kids, said to be…