Tag: jennifer mulson
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Colorado Springs native to debut world premiere of his Santa musical
The world can always use a joyful, funny musical, especially when Santa’s involved. A couple of years ago, Broadway star and Icons co-owner Joshua Franklin-Wolfe set out to write a musical specifically for Colorado Springs that could be done annually and would bring together arts nonprofits. “Searching for Santa” turned into one of the most…
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Colorado Springs theater company to mount ‘Sense and Sensibility’ for holiday season
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s a timeless question: Is it best to follow our hearts or our heads? Many have tried to answer the unanswerable question, including Jane Austen, whose 1811 novel, “Sense and Sensibility,” explores its nuances. The story follows the three Dashwood sisters and their widowed mother…
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Colorado Springs theater company to mount ‘Sense and Sensibility’ for holiday season
It’s a timeless question: Is it best to follow our hearts or our heads? Many have tried to answer the unanswerable question, including Jane Austen, whose 1811 novel, “Sense and Sensibility,” explores its nuances. The story follows the three Dashwood sisters and their widowed mother after they’re forced to leave their family estate and move…
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Pikes Pick: Netflix’s ‘Nobody Wants This’ is light, funny, cozy romance
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Kristen Bell and Adam Brody are entertaining the heck out of me in Netflix’s new romantic comedy series, “Nobody Wants This.” She plays a loud, opinionated, agnostic podcast host, while he’s a charming rabbi. With…
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Pikes Pick: Netflix’s ‘Nobody Wants This’ is light, funny, cozy romance
Kristen Bell and Adam Brody are entertaining the heck out of me in Netflix’s new romantic comedy series, “Nobody Wants This.” She plays a loud, opinionated, agnostic podcast host, while he’s a charming rabbi. With smoldering chemistry and banter they make an unusual, yet perfect, match that his family isn’t thrilled about. — Jennifer Mulson, The…
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Colorado Springs holiday shows feature music, dance, acrobatics, aerials
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One good way to un-Grinch any holiday naysayers in your life this season is getting them out to a holiday show. The season offers a multitude of festive events wrapped in holiday song, dance and acrobatics. • “Cirque Musica Holiday Wonderland”: If you see the…
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Colorado Springs holiday shows feature music, dance, acrobatics, aerials
One good way to un-Grinch any holiday naysayers in your life this season is getting them out to a holiday show. The season offers a multitude of festive events wrapped in holiday song, dance and acrobatics. • “Cirque Musica Holiday Wonderland”: If you see the word cirque, you know the evening will feature some flexibility-defying,…
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Pikes Pick: Platte Furniture in Colorado Springs to hold affordable original art sale
Original art can be unobtainable, financially speaking. Art for All at Platte Furniture is a good way to grow your collection and support local artists. Saturday’s free event, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., will feature works by more than 15 artists, including Al B. Johnson, Carol Dickerson, Michelle Bracewell, Lucy Terzis and Poor Teacher Pottery. Prices…
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Ford Amphitheater goes Grammy as 2025 concert season begins to take shape
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Next year’s concert season at Ford Amphitheater is already filling in with some Grammy Award winners. Soul and R&B singer-songwriter Leon Bridges will bring his “The Leon Tour” to the new open-air venue on Colorado Springs’ far north side May 22. Tickets start at $56…
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‘I feel an obligation’: Monument painter finds purpose in capturing roadside Americana
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Vacant motels, deserted gas stations and vintage marquee signs dot the highways and byways of America. Proof that entropy is always lurking, waiting to claim what humans have left behind. While most of us speed on by those rusty, leftover, forgotten buildings, antique cars and…