Tag: jennifer mulson
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New Colorado Springs community arts center focuses on at-risk, underserved youth
The two founders of the new Shutter and Strum community arts center remember well their youth. Brian Tryon, a certified addiction counselor and photographer who has exhibited around the Pikes Peak region, didn’t have anyone who provided guidance or support or told him he was good enough to follow his interest in the arts when…
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Pikes Pick: ‘The Office’ star Rainn Wilson expounds on spirituality in new book
You most likely know Rainn Wilson as Dwight from “The Office” where he tangoed with Steve Carell’s character, Michael. Now Wilson’s tangoing with the mysteries of the universe and spirituality in his new book, “Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution.” I like his humorous approach to a subject that’s often taken so seriously.…
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ABBA tribute band to do 20 of Swedish group’s biggest hits in Colorado Springs
There’s more to ABBA than its hit 1976 song “Dancing Queen.” Such as the romance-novel arc of the famous Swedish group’s story offstage. “They were two married couples,” said Alison Ward, who portrays singer Agnetha Fältskog in Mania — The ABBA Tribute band. “They went through babies and divorces and breakups. ‘Knowing Me, Knowing You’…
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Live Well: Colorado Springs dance school offers east Indian classical dance, more
With their painstaking, precise movements, the women look like Hindu statues of goddesses come to life. Barefoot and clad in yoga gear and flowery, flowing pants, five women and one child assemble in one corner of the warm, bright studio in Red Crags Arts and Architectural House in Manitou Springs. Dance instructor AuroTejas Hemsell settles…
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Almost 90 theater kids to perform in ‘Little Mermaid’ by Colorado Springs theater company
Performing can stretch you in all sorts of ways. Learning new choreography, finding your character’s motivation, memorizing lines. And also? Learning a Jamaican accent and how to sing a tenor role when you’re a second soprano. Lucy Baker checked both those items off her to-do list to successfully channel her character, Sebastian, the little Caribbean…
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Two downtown Colorado Springs galleries combine
Two popular downtown galleries will now become one. Abigail Kreuser, who owns Kreuser Gallery, and her next door neighbor, Gundega Stevens, owner of G44 Gallery, are joining to become Auric Gallery. The new name and 2,700-square-foot space will debut Feb. 2 during First Friday. The opening will feature the new exhibit “Gratitude,” in one space,…
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Ice Fest, Snowdown and more: Celebrate winter at festivals across Colorado
You can’t stop winter from wintering, so you might as well embrace the season. See if you can relish the cold, snow, ice and all the pleasures that accompany the frozen days with the help of a festive winter festival or two. And remember, spring solstice is only a little over two months away. •…
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French-born Chloe Dufresne to guest conduct Colorado Springs Philharmonic weekend concerts
Before she ever heard the word patriarchy, Chloé Dufresne wanted to be a conductor. At 10 she performed in a children’s choir conducted by a woman, and ever since then it’s all she’s ever wanted. “What I liked was this person was in the middle of everything and taking care of everything,” the French-born Dufresne…
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Owners of vintage European, Asian trucks invited to new Colorado Springs meet-up
If you ask Jon Severson how many miles are on his 1986 Mercedes G wagon, you won’t get a definitive answer. He found the vehicle on New Mexico’s Craigslist last summer and bought it for $25,000 from a guy who lived in the desert. “It’s in kilometers, and we don’t know,” Severson said. “It’s the…
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Two Colorado Springs brothers behind city’s only floorball game
The sound of clicks and clacks echoes off the field house walls at Colorado Springs Christian Schools. Ten players and two goalies are busily chasing around a blueberry-colored ball, scooping and flinging it along the gym floor with their sticks, as they aim to shoot their shot past the protectively clad goalies. It’s late on…