Tag: jennifer mulson
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Longtime Colorado Springs actor writes, directs new comedy film
Visions of movie scenes danced in Michael Lee’s head. Not quite sugarplums, these glimpses were of the whimsical variety: three friends, ala Moe, Curly and Larry, take a psychedelic and carry a couch across town; two dying poets try to write their masterpieces; clowns in a pie eating contest; a chicken crossing a road set…
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Breast cancer study offers free personalized screening plan | Live Well
Breast cancer is insidious. It often feels like you can’t go a few weeks without hearing about someone you know or a friend of a friend or someone in the media who has received the diagnosis. According to the National Cancer Institute, about 13% of women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point,…
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‘Community and connection:’ Black Rose Acoustic Society celebrates 30 years in Pikes Peak region
A merry band of acoustic musicians have itchy fingers at Treehouse Cafe on Colorado Springs’ north side. They come bearing guitars, one fiddle, some sheet music and a yen to fill their Saturday morning with a good old-fashioned bluegrass and Americana jam session. It’s one of the many jams offered throughout the month under the…
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Pikes Pick: Manitou Springs offers ghost walking tours through October
It’s October and that means you’re required by Halloween law to hear at least one ghost story this month. Manitou Springs Heritage Center and Museum and THEATREdART will offer Ghost Stories of Old Manitou Walking Tours — seven new tales inspired by historical Manitou characters. The not super spooky stories are intended for all ages.…
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Shockingly, Colorado Springs Veterans Day Parade canceled this year
Lack of participants and a loss of sponsorships have forced the cancellation of this year’s Colorado Springs Veterans Day Parade. Not enough groups registered by the Oct. 1 sign-up deadline to make the Nov. 2 parade viable, said organizers from the nonprofit Colorado Springs Veterans Day Parade in a Friday news release. It’s only the second…
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Pikes Pick: Fall colors shine at Pancake Rocks
The workout is real at Pancake Rocks, an almost 7-mile hike halfway between Divide and Cripple Creek. But the climb is worth the payoff at the end, when you gaze across the kingdom from the singular rock formations that look like stacks of flapjacks. And if you head up immediately, you might still be able…
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Professional clarinetist performs highest recorded classical music concert in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains
Hikers who summited the 14,439-foot Mount Elbert on a bright-blue Monday morning in September got more than awe-inspiring views. They also got to hear the highest recorded classical music concert in the Rocky Mountains, courtesy of professional clarinetist Stephanie Zelnick, who did two five- to six-minute concerts atop the fourteener on Sept. 9. “They were…
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Spending time with the dead | Live Well
On Labor Day I visited the past, present and future all in one afternoon. Sometimes, when you feel a nudge to do something, go ahead and do it. That’s how I wound up at the city-owned Evergreen Cemetery, my first visit in more than four years, when I was initially struck by the historic site’s…
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Denver brass band, bagpipe players, highland dancers to perform Celtic show in Colorado Springs
Bagpipes, brass and goosebumps. Kathy Brantigan, artistic director of Denver Brass, promises all three at Saturday’s “Celtic Awakening” concert at Ent Center for the Arts. The longtime brass ensemble will be joined by guests from Celtic Colorado Pipes & Drums and Rocky Mountain Highland Dancers and tenor Todd Teske. The concert will support One Simple…
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Harvest festival to honor city’s first apple orchard at historic home in Colorado Springs
Red astrachan and Duchess of Oldenburg. Those were the two varieties of apples that grew in the city’s first apple orchard, tended to by Maj. Henry McAllister and his wife, Elizabeth, at their downtown 1873 home, now the McAllister House Museum. The house plans for the oldest existing substantial home in Colorado Springs were done…