Tag: jennifer mulson
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New melodrama to open at Butte Theater in Cripple Creek
The wonderful world of Disney would be nowhere if it weren’t for the genre of melodrama. Boy meets girl, boy falls in love, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back — it’s at the core of most Disney movies. And it’s at the core of playwright Chris Sorenson’s “The Colorado Colleen,” the latest melodrama to…
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Pikes Pick: Podcast dissects ‘Gilmore Girls’ TV show
I love most anything having to do with “Gilmore Girls,” the old comedy drama that ran for seven seasons in the early 2000s. And now I’ve discovered the treasure trove of “Gilmore Guys,” a podcast that relives each episode of the much-loved show about mother and daughter Lorelai and Rory Gilmore. Co-hosts Kevin Porter, a…
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New melodrama opens in Cripple Creek
The wonderful world of Disney would be nowhere if it weren’t for the genre of melodrama. Boy meets girl, boy falls in love, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back — it’s at the core of most Disney movies. And it’s at the core of playwright Chris Sorenson’s “The Colorado Colleen,” the latest melodrama to…
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New Colorado Springs exhibit pairs painters, photographers to depict seven deadly sins
Colorado Springs oil painter Brett Andrus is hard at work on the seven deadly sins. Specifically, greed and gluttony. No, not in his daily life, though he does cop to logging gluttonous 16-hour workdays, but on canvas for a new exhibit, “SIN,” which pairs seven photographers with six oil painters. Each duo will collaborate to…
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New home for Colorado Springs Philharmonic’s Fourth of July concert, fireworks
After more than half a century the Colorado Springs Philharmonic has new digs for its annual Fourth of July concert. “Star-Spangled Symphony,” followed by a fireworks show in partnership with Colorado Springs Sports Corp, will now take place at Ford Amphitheater, the new outdoor venue on the city’s north side, with capacity for almost 10,000.…
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Colorado Springs mural exhibit features nationally known artists
Lady Pink was a despondent teen in the ’70s when she started tagging her boyfriend’s name on walls around her middle school in Brooklyn, N.Y. After he’d been arrested for graffiti and sent back to Puerto Rico, spray painting helped tend her wounded heart. Decades later she still expresses her pain, anger and joy through…
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Colorado Springs Conservatory moving into new downtown location
Colorado Springs Conservatory is packing up and moving to a new home. After 14 years in its current location at 415 Sahwatch St. the longtime, award-winning, after-school arts preparatory program is relocating to new digs at First United Methodist Church, 420 N. Nevada Ave. “The building wasn’t providing everything we could to our students,” said Conservatory…
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Gazette staff recognized for features journalism
Behind eight awards, including four first-place honors, The Gazette finished third in Division 1 of the 2025 Society for Features Journalism Excellence-in-Features contest. It’s the seventh time in the past eight years The Gazette has been recognized among the top three in the contest that encompasses media companies in the U.S. and Canada. Competitors in…
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Colorado College Summer Music Festival boasts big classical music names in Colorado Springs
Hidden just north of downtown, among the American elms, Colorado blue spruce and ponderosa pines dotting the Colorado College campus, shimmers a first-rate music festival some might not be aware exists. The CC Summer Music Festival, in its 41st year, attracts the highest caliber of classical musicians from around the U.S., who spend three weeks…
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Your guide to free or cheap outdoor concerts in the Pikes Peak region this summer
In an increasingly expensive world it’s nice to have the simple pleasure of a free or low-priced outdoor summer concert to fall back on. And the Pikes Peak region serves them up on the regular throughout the summer. This year explore a new musical genre, park or venue. You never know, you might find a…