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Pikes Pick: Best-selling writer Glennon Doyle’s new podcast tackles tough subjects
Fans of bestselling author Glennon Doyle will want to dive into her new podcast, “We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doyle,” which she co-hosts with her sister, Amanda. Doyle, who released the memoir “Untamed” last year, approaches her podcast with the same honesty her readers appreciate. In the first dozen episodes, she tackles tough…
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Colorado Springs theater company back on stage with ‘High School Musical Jr.’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Romance and musical fans, here’s your summer treat: a modern-day version of “Romeo and Juliet,” set against a high school backdrop with high energy singing and dancing numbers. Troy and Gabriella, the high school stars of “High School Musical,” gravitate toward two very different friend…
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Colorado Springs theater company back on stage with ‘High School Musical Jr.’
Romance and musical fans, here’s your summer treat: a modern-day version of “Romeo and Juliet,” set against a high school backdrop with high energy singing and dancing numbers. Troy and Gabriella, the high school stars of “High School Musical,” gravitate toward two very different friend groups. Troy’s a star basketball player. Gabriella is an intellectual.…
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Author Pam Houston to receive writing award in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mother Nature stepped in when Pam Houston’s parents failed her. To say the award-winning author’s childhood was rough is putting it mildly. Though her mother loved her, she has said in interviews, she was more devoted to booze and did nothing to protect Houston from…
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Author Pam Houston to receive writing award in Colorado Springs
Mother Nature stepped in when Pam Houston’s parents failed her. To say the award-winning author’s childhood was rough is putting it mildly. Though her mother loved her, she has said in interviews, she was more devoted to booze and did nothing to protect Houston from years of physical and sexual abuse heaped upon her by…
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Colorado Springs man hopes new book on breast cancer is bridge to having difficult conversations
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There is a before and after point in Rick Baker’s life, and it arrived during a trip to Costco in 2013. He and his wife, Becky Baker, were strolling down an aisle in the Winston-Salem, N.C., store when she stubbed her toe on a grocery…
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Colorado Springs man hopes new book on breast cancer is bridge to having difficult conversations
There is a before and after point in Rick Baker’s life, and it arrived during a trip to Costco in 2013. He and his wife, Becky Baker, were strolling down an aisle in the Winston-Salem, N.C., store when she stubbed her toe on a grocery cart and fell to the ground screaming in pain. Rick…
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Pikes Pick: YouTube channel explains great works of art
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save What’s the story behind the Mona Lisa’s smirky smile? And what is the significance of Michelangelo’s sculpture “David?” Vincent Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night?” Frida Kahlo’s “The Two Fridas?” James Payne, a curator and gallerist,…
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Pikes Pick: YouTube channel explains great works of art
What’s the story behind the Mona Lisa’s smirky smile? And what is the significance of Michelangelo’s sculpture “David?” Vincent Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night?” Frida Kahlo’s “The Two Fridas?” James Payne, a curator and gallerist, is happy to clear up the mysteries on his YouTube channel: “Great Art Explained.” In each 15-minute episode, he breaks…
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‘Last Comic Standing’ winner to perform in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save He’s funny, and he knows it. Comedian Alonzo Bodden always knew he could make people laugh. He got the gift of funny from his mom. But it wasn’t until he was around 30 and working as an airplane mechanic that he realized he could make…