Tag: jennifer mulson
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Pikes Pick: Stories of Edgar Allan Poe paired with themed cocktails at Colorado Springs event
Four of your favorite Edgar Allan Poe stories are paired with four themed cocktails during the Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy event. Poe historians bring the classic author’s creepy tales to life at 6, 8 and 10 p.m. Aug. 21-22 at The Loft Music Venue, 2506 W. Colorado Ave. Tickets are $48-$55; feverup.com. — Jennifer Mulson, The…
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Opening night at Ford Amphitheater a crowd pleaser
The only stars at Ford Amphitheater opening night were the ones on stage. Half an hour before pop rock band OneRepublic pumped out its first chords, a shroud of fog completely covered Pikes Peak and the Rocky Mountains, though the rains never came. There would be no gorgeous Colorado sunset for the grand opening of…
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Opening night at new Colorado Springs venue a crowd pleaser
The only stars at Ford Amphitheater Friday night were the ones on stage. Half an hour before pop rock band OneRepublic pumped out its opening chords, a shroud of fog completely covered Pikes Peak and the Rocky Mountains, though the rains never came. There would be no gorgeous Colorado sunset for the grand opening of…
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Creator of Van Gogh immersive experience brings new Bubble Planet to Denver
Think back to childhood’s greatest pleasures. That’s what John Zaller did as he helped dream up Bubble Planet, the latest immersive experience by Exhibition Hub, which does large, immersive exhibits around the world, including Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience and Tutankhamun: His Tomb and His Treasures. “There’s nothing more magical than soap bubbles appearing out…
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Colorado Springs theater company brings ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’ musical to life
What makes a monster and what makes a man? That’s the question at the core of Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” The faith-based nonprofit theater company Village Arts of Colorado Springs will mount the musical version, based on Hugo’s novel and the 1996 Disney film, with a score by Alan Menken…
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Magic Giant to open for OneRepublic at new Colorado Springs amphitheater
The slinkiness of salsa dancing brought together the men of the alt-rock band Magic Giant. It was a random night in Los Angeles circa 2014 when Austin Bisnow and Zambricki Li headed out to watch a friend’s band. Digging the sounds of the group’s guitarist, Brian Zaghi (Zang), they went home and Googled him. And…
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Colorado Springs resident’s art featured in Hollywood, at Olympics, Burning Man, Coachella
East of Colorado Springs lives a man with a penchant for the whimsical, a thirst for the colossal and an affinity for the natural world. Tentacles of Patrick Shearn’s ebullient mind have reached into many corners of culture and history around the world: Hollywood, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Burning Man, Electric Daisy Carnival…
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Pikes Pick: Old Colorado City farmers market never disappoints
I try to make it to at least one farmers market every summer. My go-to is always the one in Bancroft Park, 2407 W. Colorado Ave., in Old Colorado City. It never disappoints. Plump beets, Palisade peaches, buckets of green and yellow beans, plums, roasted peppers, microgreens, fresh breads and pastries and an arts and…
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Live Well: Learning to savor the seasons of year, life
Only 54 days until autumn. A friend and I periodically send this countdown throughout these feisty summer months. In the spring we counted down the days until the summer equinox, as we waited not so patiently for the accumulation of eternal sunshine to start moving in the other direction. I’m a big fan of the…
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Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center to revamp galleries with help of months-long exhibit
Sometimes it’s good to rearrange the furniture. Or the art collection, in the case of Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College. “We want to elevate the profile of the collection,” said FAC’s Director of Visual Arts and Museum Michael Christiano. “We don’t want the galleries to be perceived as static. We want to…