Tag: entertainment
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Colorado Springs-based entertainment company VENU continues expanding
A little more than a year after going public and nearly two years since opening its first luxury amphitheater in its hometown of Colorado Springs, hospitality and entertainment company VENU continues making ground in Chairman and Chief Executive Officer JW Roth’s vision, announced in the summer of 2024, to open 10 luxury amphitheaters by 2030.…
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Q&A with Danny Hutton: rock band Three Dog Night set for Friday performance in downtown Colorado Springs
Three Dog Night will bring decades of chart-topping hits to Colorado Springs for a Friday performance at Pikes Peak Center. Special guests Ambrosia and John Ford Coley will join the legendary rock band. Founded in 1968 by Danny Hutton, now the band’s lone remaining original member, Three Dog Night emerged during a period of rapid…
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Pioneering band brings ’45 Years of Ska’ tour to Colorado Springs
Ska, an energetic, high-tempo blend of Caribbean and calypso, with notes of American R&B and jazz, is a music genre that is best experienced live, according to Rosanna Taylor. “You can enjoy the music on a record, or on whatever streaming device you use,” said Taylor, marketing and box office manager of The Black Sheep.…
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Broadmoor holiday classic takes ‘dinner and a show’ to new levels
By O’Dell Isaac For more than two decades, The Broadmoor has elevated the concept of “dinner and a show” to soaring new heights with its annual Classic Broadmoor Holiday show, a feast for the eyes, ears and palate that regularly draws thousands of holiday revelers from across Colorado and the U.S. “We have people coming…
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Netflix documentary introduces a whole new John Elway to Denver
Well, hello, John Elway. It’s nice to meet you. It’s been 42 years since Elway first arrived in Denver as the most celebrated and most controversial rookie quarterback in NFL history. Every aspect of his life since 1983, both on the field and off, has played out in front of microphones and cameras. Or has…
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Netflix documentary introduces a whole new John Elway
Well, hello, John Elway. It’s nice to meet you. It’s been 42 years since Elway first arrived in Denver as the most celebrated and most controversial rookie quarterback in NFL history. Every aspect of his life since 1983, both on the field and off, has played out in front of microphones and cameras. Or has…
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Netflix documentary introduces a whole new John Elway to Denver
Well, hello, John Elway. It’s nice to meet you. It’s been 42 years since Elway first arrived in Denver as the most celebrated and most controversial rookie quarterback in NFL history. Every aspect of his life since 1983, both on the field and off, has played out in front of microphones and cameras. Or has…
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Plays, musicals, ballet fill stages through fall and winter around Colorado
Holiday shows, along with Tony Award winners and musicals based on beloved films and books, will populate Colorado’s stages over the next few months. Nov. 9: Tom Segura, The Broadmoor World Arena, Colorado Springs The comedian is best known for his Netflix specials, including “Sledgehammer,” and the Netflix dark comedy series “Bad Thoughts.” Nov. 13-17:…
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New Springsteen film worth a watch but doesn’t match level of the book it’s based on
By Steven Hayward, Special to The Gazette One of the great detours of contemporary music was made by Bruce Springsteen in the late 1970s. Fresh off a massive tour following his double album, “The River,” Springsteen eschewed a return to the studio, opting instead to move back to New Jersey where he rented a drab…
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Journalists work in dire conditions to tell Gaza’s story, knowing that could make them targets
Minutes after journalists converged on the site of an Israeli strike in Gaza, cameraman Ibrahim Qannan began a live broadcast