Tag: jennifer mulson
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Colorado Springs orchestra votes to unionize
After years of effort, Chamber Orchestra of the Springs musicians recently gave a hearty yes to unionize. The musicians will be represented by Local 154 of the American Federation of Musicians, also known as Pikes Peak Musicians Association, the same union of professional musicians that has represented Colorado Springs Philharmonic musicians for decades. “We’re feeling…
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Market in Monument featured almost 150 vendors, handmade items
If you bought items from Sak Saum at last weekend’s Front Range Makers Market, you help prevent and create awareness around human trafficking in Cambodia. “It’s (trafficking) shifting to other forms of exploitation,” said Sak Saum co-founder Ginny Hanson. “Sometimes it changes its face, how it looks. It’s still an issue but not as visible.…
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Live Well: When weeds, neighbors attack in Colorado Springs
I’ve set the bar low for so many things, often in relationships and jobs. But also? Yard work. Along with the for sale sign staked into the earth in front of my house more than two decades ago was a bleeding heart plant. That little plant, with its luminescent pink heart-shaped flowers, died shortly after…
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Market north of Colorado Springs to feature almost 150 vendors, handmade items
When you buy items from Sak Saum at this weekend’s Front Range Makers Market, you help prevent and create awareness around human trafficking in Cambodia. “It’s (trafficking) shifting to other forms of exploitation,” said Sak Saum co-founder Ginny Hanson. “Sometimes it changes its face, how it looks. It’s still an issue but not as visible.…
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Texas father, son find message in a bottle meant for Colorado Springs woman
Every year, a central Texas father and son, Markus Hogue and Gabriel Hogue, venture out into the world looking for treasure. This year, they actually found some. Sort of. As the pair walked the beach at Padre Island National Seashore during the first weekend in June, searching for shells and other beach detritus, a corked…
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Board game convention near Colorado Springs to offer 1,400 games
Two decades ago, about 1,000 board games were published every year. Nowadays, that number stretches into the tens of thousands. Gone are the Clue, Monopoly, Risk and Parcheesi classics. In their place are Mystery of the Abbey, War of Whispers and Ponzi Scheme. “There’s an explosion of board games,” said Jason Leveille, the Gaming Sommelier…
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New show pays homage to popular, long-running donkey festival in Colorado
Boy meets and falls in love with girl, boy loses girl, villain tries to get girl, boy wins girl and triumphs over evil. The Butte Theater in Cripple Creek will reignite the classic melodrama formula with its latest production, “Darling of the Donkey Derby,” followed by the olio, “Blame it on the Boogie: Songs of…
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New show pays homage to popular, long-running donkey festival in Cripple Creek
Boy meets and falls in love with girl, boy loses girl, villain tries to get girl, boy wins girl and triumphs over evil. The Butte Theater in Cripple Creek will reignite the classic melodrama formula with its latest production, “Darling of the Donkey Derby,” followed by the olio, “Blame it on the Boogie: Songs of the…
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Pikes peak region resident, military hero featured in new biography
“Earthquake” Titus wasn’t afraid to make waves. Even though the swells might have cost Brig. Gen. Robert F. Titus a few stars, says author Bill Scott. Titus retired from the Air Force in 1977 with one star, but Scott suspects he probably could have gotten at least two more if he hadn’t argued with bureaucrats…
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Troupe of young Irish dancers bring ‘Celtic Throne’ show to Colorado Springs
Imagine Michael Flatley’s “Riverdance,” but with children, teens and twentysomething dancers. That’s “Celtic Throne: The Royal Journey of Irish Dance” by Armstrong Dance. “We take inspiration from the ‘Riverdance’ shows, but it’s more modern and has a lot more contemporary elements with more arm movements,” said lead dancer Jude Flurry. “We’ve taken an Irish dance…