Tag: jennifer mulson
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Art, bluegrass, burros, authors top Colorado events Memorial Day weekend
Denver Arts Festival: Dozens of state and national artists and craftspeople will display their wares around Conservatory Green at Central Park. The event includes alcoholic drinks, a kids’ art zone and music by Dotsero, Wendy Woo, the Jacob Larson Band and others, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, 8304 E. 49th Place,…
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Pikes Pick: New book pairs paranormal with recipes
I’d probably cook more if my kitchen were haunted. But since it’s not, I can at least read about haunted places and peruse the occasional recipe in the new book set for release in July, “Cuisine to Kill For: Recipes and True Crime Stories from the World’s Most Haunted Places.” The author is Travel Channel…
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Cadavers, urban circus, Michael Jackson musical top list of Colorado weekend events
“Bodies – The Science Within”: The immersive exhibit features intimate views of eight whole human bodies and more than 100 organs preserved using the plastination method. Visitors can explore galleries focused on movement, respiration and the nervous system. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday through June 28, Denver Pavilions, 500 16th St., Denver, $17-$36; bodiestour.com. 360 Allstars:…
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Colorado Springs festival offers works by 150 artists, craftspeople at Garden of the Gods
Beautiful art should have a beautiful setting. The Garden of the Gods Art Festival checks that box, as the backdrop to the third annual event features the national natural landmark and its soaring sedimentary rock formations. The festival is Saturday and Sunday at Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site, just east of the park. It will…
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Colorado Springs festival to celebrate return of hummingbirds
If you haven’t been treated to the buzz of a flyby, you will be soon. The hummingbirds are back. As is the longtime Hummingbird Festival, held annually at the Starsmore Nature and Visitor Center in North Cheyenne Cañon Park. Started in the 1990s, the free event has only missed a few years, due to the…
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Comedian John Mulaney will kick off Ford Amphitheater’s new season in Colorado Springs
Comedian John Mulaney is a man of many jokes. And he’s delivered them in many ways across multiple platforms, beginning with “Saturday Night Live,” where he spent about five years writing sketches. Since then, he’s released four Netflix specials, including “The Comeback Kid,” “Kid Gorgeous” and the most recent, “Baby J,” in 2023, which tackled…
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Live Well: Victorian fashion spills historical secrets
Every petticoat tells a story. Victorian women’s fashion is as scholarly as a history book. And that’s part of what keeps Melissa Lopez entranced. The high-collared dresses, corsets, bustle cages, drawers and chemises reveal women’s trajectory in the 1800s and 1900s as much as any text can. “Women were evolving through this Victorian era. It…
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Pikes Pick: New podcast chronicles Clayton Echard’s post-‘Bachelor’ paternity scandal
Clayton Echard will go down in “The Bachelor” history as one of the least-liked bachelors, but his post-“Bachelor” life got so messy it became the focus of the new 10-part, true crime podcast “Love Trapped.” After the show, Echard moved to Scottsdale, Ariz., and almost immediately became ensconced in a paternity scandal that made headlines.…
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May festivals in Colorado offer music, artisans, homage to headless chicken
Rising temperatures and sunshine pull perennials and a cavalcade of festivals from the winter soil and doldrums. FloraFest: Find gardening inspiration with more than 35 arts and gardening vendors, food trucks, crafts for kids, a beer and Bellini garden, and more, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Cottonwood Center for the Arts, 427 E. Colorado Ave., free;…
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20th anniversary of Colorado Springs male chorus leads musical offerings this weekend
“The House We Built” by Out Loud Colorado Springs Men’s Chorus: The choir celebrates its 20th anniversary with songs from the 2025 film “KPop Demon Hunters,” the musical “Wicked” and a new commissioned piece. A reception will follow. 7 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday, First United Methodist Church, 420 N. Nevada Ave., $22.50-$25, free 12…