Tag: jennifer mulson
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Collaborative health care model in Colorado Springs offers discounted services for monthly fee | Live Well
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Sometimes it takes a village to address a health issue. And it’s better if that village can not only address symptoms, but also find the root cause of those issues and eradicate the problem altogether. That’s the proactive, preventive approach Amanda Farrell designed for Sacred…
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Artists’ collective near Colorado Springs works to keep art of indigo dye alive
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A vat of indigo dye contains the magic of chemistry and the history of ancient civilizations. It’s also the reason your denim jeans are blue. At a recent Blue Hands event, textile artist Melanie Audet slips a square of white fabric into a large vat…
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Pikes Pick: Colorado Springs youth theater program does ‘Hadestown’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Just because they’re young doesn’t mean they can’t belt. The Youth Repertory Ensemble at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College will perform singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell’s Tony Award-winning musical, “Hadestown,” as the culmination of…
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Pikes Pick: Athletic’s non-alcoholic beer tastes like real thing
I don’t drink alcohol anymore, but the thought of a cold beer does pass through my mind occasionally. By chance, I tried Athletic Brewing Co.’s non-alcoholic Run Wild IPA and my tastebuds were shocked and awed by how much it tastes like beer. And it’s only 65 calories. The brand offers a bunch of non-alcoholic…
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New exhibit showcases Colorado Springs Modernist Mary Chenoweth
Mary Chenoweth’s passport must have looked as abstract as her art. The groundbreaking Colorado Springs modernist indulged her wanderlust throughout her life, up until a few years before she died at 80 in 1999 in Sidney, Neb., where she moved after retiring from a 30-year career as an art educator at Colorado Springs Fine Arts…
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Pikes Pick: Half-day summit for professionals, artists on creativity in southern Colorado
Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region (COPPR) will hold a half-day conference for artists, entrepreneurs and business leaders to examine the role creativity plays in economic growth, tourism and innovation in southern Colorado. The Level Up! Creative Sector Summit, from 1-6 p.m. Wednesday at Ent Center for the Arts, 5225 N. Nevada Ave., will…
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New children’s book by Colorado Springs pastor helps caregivers talk about gun violence with kids
Gun violence is a tricky topic to broach with kids. “Sparking Peace,” a new children’s book by Hannah Rose Martin, a Mennonite pastor at Beth-El Mennonite Church in Colorado Springs, and Teresa Kim Pecinovsky, an ordained minister and bestselling children’s book author in Minnesota, helps caregivers with those conversations. “There’s such a need for appropriate…
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Puppets do improv therapy at Colorado Springs theater
This puppet show is Tony Award-winning Broadway musical “Avenue Q” meets Sigmund Freud. Meet Felty and Velveeta, the two main puppets and therapists in Peak Improv Theater’s monthly puppet improv show, “Felty & Friends Puppetprov.” Felty, voiced by theater co-owner Casey Frase and other cast members, is a 20something know it all who lives in…
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Inaugural festival by new arts collective features Colorado Springs artists, musicians, performers
It’s no secret the creatives among us always respond artistically to the political and social climates of the current day. And when you’re an artist lying on a beach, scrolling through social media and getting worked up while on vacation, it’s a good sign you need to toss that phone in the ocean or respond…
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Live Well: Women, men will never share this burden
There are split seconds in relationships that shine a light on its gaping holes. When you suddenly realize the great chasm between how women and men view personal safety, both yours and theirs. I was reminded of such epiphanies as I spooked my own self in the woods. On a recent sunny Sunday I went…