Tag: arts
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Pikes Pick: Colorado Springs film society to screen Hitchcock’s first thriller
Step away from the Netflix and get yourself to a screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1927 “The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog,” presented by the Independent Film Society of Colorado. The 90-minute, silent, black and white film, based on Marie Belloc Lowndes’ bestselling novel “The Lodger,” was Hitchcock’s first thriller and first critical and…
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Pikes Pick: Podcast details actress Allison Mack’s descent into cult
Cults will never not fascinate me, including Keith Raniere’s NXIVM, the global self-help organization that housed a secret sex cult. Raniere’s in jail for life for sex trafficking, racketeering and other crimes, but one of his high-ranking lackeys, “Smallville” actress Allison Mack, who also did time for racketeering and racketeering conspiracy, was released in 2023…
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Colorado Springs children’s book illustrator has done 85 books, including two with Netflix star
Not so far away, in an unassuming suburban home on Colorado Springs’ northwest side, is a secret portal that can instantly whoosh Luke Flowers back to his childhood. It’s the multitude of Kermit the Frogs that first catch your eye upon entering his Creative Cave, what the New York Times bestselling children’s book illustrator likes…
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International medieval boy band chants classical, pop songs at Colorado Springs show
We’re all familiar with R&B boy bands, teen dream boy bands and K-pop boy bands. But what about a medieval boy band? While taking a meditative stroll through the royal monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial in Spain in 1989, Frank Peterson listened to modern-day music on his Walkman. Inspiration hit as he took…
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Colorado Springs theater breathes new life into old ‘Match Game’ TV show
From the early 1960s to the early 1980s, there was a little top-rated daytime TV game show called “Match Game.” Host Gene Rayburn would skip out from behind a panel to greet six celebrity panelists and one or two contestants, before asking the whole group questions with fill-in-the-blank answers. Everyone wrote down their answers, and…
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New U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze to do reading in Colorado Springs
After growing up in Manhattan, N.Y., as the science-loving child of Chinese immigrants, Arthur Sze began to channel his affinity for the natural world into poetry. In September, the Library of Congress appointed the Santa Fe, N.M., poet as the 25th U.S. Poet Laureate, making him the first Asian American to hold the office. As…
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Popular board game comes to life in Colorado Springs
“Clue” is one of the few board games to make the jump to film and stage. Actor Adam Brett, who grew up playing the board game and watching the 1985 movie that boasted a bevy of stars, including Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn and Christopher Lloyd, is now getting the chance to put his own spin…
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Spring festival takes over Old Colorado City in Colorado Springs
Just one day into spring, and there’s already a fling. The second annual Spring Wonderland Festival, with its Mad Hatter Tea Party, will take over Old Colorado City on Saturday. “We want to get people excited about Old Colorado City,” said Tiffany Dahl, social media manager and events coordinator for Old Colorado City Associates. “We…
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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…