Tag: cuba
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Chicago jazz dance company brings its original technique to Colorado Springs
A whole lot of soul is the goal every time Giordano Dance Chicago commands the stage. The award-winning, Chicago-based jazz dance company even has its own technique: the Giordano Technique, which is credited with promoting jazz dance technique around the world. It was developed by Gus Giordano after founding the company in 1963. The company…
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Picasso, Toirac, Warhol, others featured in exhibit by Colorado Springs collectors
Collector Ron Brasch loves art that tells a story. One of his most recent acquisitions, Cuban artist José Ángel Toirac’s diptych “Achilles and Ulysses,” was purchased last year during a trip to Havana. The oil paintings feature portraits of Marxist revolutionary and guerrilla leader Che Guevara’s body, after Bolivian Special Forces and the CIA tracked…
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Busload of migrants arrives in Denver
A group of asylum-seeking migrants was bussed to Denver early Friday morning. The group consisted of individuals from Cuba, Colombia, Ecuador and Nicaragua.
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Colorado Springs Switchbacks midfielder Jose Torres is former U.S. Men’s National Team member
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jose Torres still remembers June 18, 2010, as if it was yesterday. A member of the United States’ Men’s World Cup Team at the age of 22, Torres got the call from coach Bob Bradley to start the club’s first match against Slovenia. The tournament…
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Colorado Springs Switchbacks midfielder Jose Torres is former U.S. Men’s National Team member
Jose Torres still remembers June 18, 2010, as if it was yesterday. A member of the United States’ Men’s World Cup Team at the age of 22, Torres got the call from coach Bob Bradley to start the club’s first match against Slovenia. The tournament was played in South Africa. “That was crazy just knowing…