Tag: figure skating
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U.S. Olympic figure skating team to visit Colorado Springs for public event at UCCS Ent Center for the Arts
Excitement from the 2026 Winter Olympic Games continues next week in Colorado Springs. Local fans have a chance to see the U.S. Olympic figure skating team in an “intimate fireside chat” hosted by 2018 bronze medalist Adam Rippon at the UCCS Ent Center for the Arts at 6:30 p.m. May 20. During the “Toast to…
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‘Road Trip Adventures’ skates into Colorado: 4 things you didn’t know about Disney On Ice
The arena lights dim. The chorus rising from the auditorium speakers sounds all too familiar, like a melody pulled straight from a childhood memory. Then the ice explodes into motion as skaters sweep across the rink in elaborate choreography and dazzling costumes once only seen on screen. For two hours, the frozen stage becomes a…
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U.S. Figure Skating – remembering the team that perished in 1961 plane crash: From the archives
Tragedy is not new to Colorado Springs-based U.S. Figure Skating, which in 1961 saw all 18 members of the national team and another 16 family members, coaches, judges and skating officials who were part of the team’s traveling contingent perish in a plane crash in Belgium. Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight that collided Wednesday…
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Former elite Colorado Springs figure skater has first solo art show
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Art has always thrummed in the background of Max Settlage’s life. His creativity has shifted forms and come full circle over the decades, from visual art to figure skating and back to visual art. “People, Places, Things” is the Colorado Springs artist’s first solo exhibit.…
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Former elite Colorado Springs figure skater has first solo art show
Art has always thrummed in the background of Max Settlage’s life. His creativity has shifted forms and come full circle over the decades, from visual art to figure skating and back to visual art. “People, Places, Things” is the Colorado Springs artist’s first solo exhibit. It opens Friday with a free reception at Cottonwood Center…
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Team USA Skates in Acacia Park
Team USA invited kids to skate with figure skaters and ice dancers in Acacia Park Thursday.