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GOCA121 exhibit shows aftermath of Fukushima Daiichi in image
On March 11, 2011, an earthquake-triggered tsunami caused the meltdown of three reactors at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, leading to mass evacuations, environmental contamination and the planet’s most devastating nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986. Cleanup of a 12-mile “exclusion zone” around the plant is expected to take decades, but last January the…
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Springs Philharmonic deliver ‘Sea to Shining Sea’
The Colorado Springs Philharmonic gets back to business this weekend with “Sea to Shining Sea.” Only business is not quite as usual. Colorado College assistant professor Idris Goodwin is guest narrator for a program touted as a chance to “hear our generation’s most loved patriotic themes, including military favorites, wartime classics and some of today’s…
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Local jazz lovers celebrate Pikes Peak Jazz and Swing Society’s 30th birthday
Thirty years ago, almost three dozen people came together to preserve, support and foster the jazz music they loved so much. That group became the Pikes Peak Jazz and Swing Society. “I grew up in the big band era, when we had big bands coming around on circuits,” remembers Maureen Otto, founder, former president and…
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New fruitcake toss blossoms
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The fruitcake must fly on. The popular Great Fruitcake Toss in Manitou Springs was canceled last January after 17 years, but that didn’t stop Marc Straub, a Manitou resident, from creating a new tradition. He’s…
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Everyday objects get new life in ‘Tossed and Found’ at Millibo Art Theatre
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Peter Davison didn’t go looking for the objects he interacts with on stage. The objects found him. The Boulder performer presents “Tossed and Found,” his one-man, silent show, at The Millibo Art Theatre from Thursday…
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New fruitcake toss blossoms
The fruitcake must fly on. The popular Great Fruitcake Toss in Manitou Springs was canceled last January after 17 years, but that didn’t stop Marc Straub, a Manitou resident, from creating a new tradition. He’s the executive director of Cool Science, a local organization that works to make science and engineering more fun for kids,…
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Everyday objects get new life in ‘Tossed and Found’ at Millibo Art Theatre
Peter Davison didn’t go looking for the objects he interacts with on stage. The objects found him. The Boulder performer presents “Tossed and Found,” his one-man, silent show, at The Millibo Art Theatre from Thursday through Jan. 11. As he describes it, audiences can expect to see a lot of junk on stage – nothing…
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COLORADO SPRINGS STAGE CALENDAR: Sept. 5-11
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save stage OPENING ArcAttack – At the What If … Festival of Innovation and Imagination 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Pikes Peak Center, 190 S. Cascade Ave., 520-7469, pikespeakcenter.com “Pride and Prejudice” – A new musical, opening 7…
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COLORADO SPRINGS MUSIC CALENDAR: Sept. 5-11
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save MUSIC – Back East Bar & Grill – 9475 Briar Village Point, 264-6161, backeastbarandgrill.com – Black Forest Community Center – 12530 Black Forest Road, blackroseacoustic.org – The Black Sheep – 2106 E. Platte Ave., 227-7625,…
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MOVIE SHORTS: Sept. 5-11
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ONGOING ”And So it Goes” – (Romantic comedy, PG-13, 94 minutes) Grade: C, Roger Moore. A curmudgeon (Michael Douglas) battles, flirts with and annoys a woman (Diana Keaton). “As Above, So Below” – (Horror, R, 100…