Tag: jennifer mulson
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Colorado Springs literary awards to honor historian, children’s book author, bookstore owners
Book ideas can come from anywhere, if you’re paying attention. And prolific children’s book author Donna Guthrie is always on the alert as she perambulates the world. Her latest work in progress was inspired by a visit to a musical instrument museum in California, where she learned about the lightweight Steinway pianos that were dropped…
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Award-winning documentarian explores Pueblo’s dire agricultural community, set to premiere in Colorado Springs
The water is vanishing. The developers are hungry. And the kids might not want to carry on their family’s farming tradition. The U.S. loses about 2,000 acres of land each day, according to Palmer Land Conservancy, a Colorado Springs nonprofit that works to protect the land. Some of that loss is to the south of…
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Pikes Pick: Older woman, younger man light up screen in ‘Idea of You’
Pop culture needs more May December romances where the woman is older than the man. Amazon Prime Video agrees. The new film, “The Idea of You,” based on Robinne Lee’s 2017 novel of the same name, stars Anne Hathaway as a 40-year-old gallery owner who accidentally stumbles into the trailer of a mid-20s boy bander…
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Colorado Springs Record Show to offer 75,000 records for sale this weekend
Someday the stars will align and Chris Davis will find a first-press vinyl of Alice Coltrane’s 1968 jazz album, “Cosmic Music.” The album, which features Coltrane’s famous saxophonist husband, John Coltrane, on two songs, is one of Davis’ “holy grail records,” he says. Record fanatic Davis is the founder of the Colorado Springs Record Show,…
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Colorado Springs dance company celebrates 20 years, offers weekend of recitals
Almost 900 children and teens will express themselves through dance this weekend. Turning Pointe Dance students will perform a menagerie of styles at Wasson Academic Campus, including ballet, musical theater, tap, Irish, modern, ballroom and swing, during their recital weekend. Nine performances will take place Friday through Sunday. This year also is the 20th anniversary…
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Colorado Springs author’s new cozy mystery set in France
Ann Claire loves to kill people and dream up dessert recipes. OK, the murder is fictional, but the cooking is real. And both take star turns in her cozy mysteries set all over the world, including France in her ninth book, “A Cyclist’s Guide to Crime & Croissants,” set for release May 21. Book avail?…
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Longtime rock band to join Sunset Amphitheater lineup in Colorado Springs
Rock band Godsmack will roll though town this fall. The longtime group will perform Oct. 17 at the new Sunset Amphitheater on the city’s north side, southeast of Interstate 25 and North Gate Boulevard in the Polaris Pointe development. Rock bands Nothing More and Flat Black will open the show. Tickets are $45-$129.95 and go…
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Wynonna Judd coming this summer to Colorado Springs
Grammy Award-winning country music star Wynonna Judd will make an appearance this summer in Colorado Springs. On Sept. 11, she’ll bring her Back to Wy Tour to Pikes Peak Center. Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. Friday at axs.com and pikespeakcenter.com. A Wynonna Judd Fan Club presale starts Tuesday at wynonna.com. Judd’s acoustic set will…
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New exhibit features works by Colorado Springs sculptor Bill Burgess, his two children
Having an artist father can mean a childhood that doesn’t resemble the typical kid next door. Lisa Burgess remembers only being allowed one hour of TV every week, and that hour was devoted to “60 Minutes.” Instead, she and her brother, Bill Burgess Jr., were encouraged to get creative alongside their dad, Bill Burgess, in…
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Pikes Pick: Switchbacks games can be fun for non-sports fans
I would never call myself a sports fan, but I do enjoy a Switchbacks game. Ticket prices are reasonable and there are no bad seats at Weidner Field. If you sit on the east side of the stadium you get a glorious view of the mountains in addition to the action on the field. I…