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10 weekend things to do around Colorado Springs and beyond: Motorless Morning, GameCon and more | Arts & Entertainment

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10 weekend things to do around Colorado Springs and beyond: Motorless Morning, GameCon and more | Arts & Entertainment

FRIDAY The farewell performance conducted by artistic director Deborah Jenkins Teske,”Requiem for the Living” is performed by the Colorado Springs Choir at First United Methodist Church, 7:30 p.m. With Chamber Orchestra of the Springs. Tickets $25, $10 students. Selections from the Chorale’s upcoming D-Day commemoration performance in France in June. cschorale.org FRIDAY-SUNDAY Monster Jam roars … Read more

From ease to skin: These Colorado Springs tattoo artists are also prolific visual artists | Arts & Entertainment

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From ease to skin: These Colorado Springs tattoo artists are also prolific visual artists | Arts & Entertainment

Painting a canvas is one thing. Painting a human canvas something else entirely. There is much to admire about an artist who can translate their eye for beauty, color and imagery from the easel to the skin. Many tattoo artists have made art from the moment they could pick up a pencil or paintbrush. But … Read more

Colorado Springs tattoo artists often prolific visual artists | Arts & Entertainment

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Colorado Springs tattoo artists often prolific visual artists | Arts & Entertainment

Painting a canvas is one thing. Painting a human canvas something else entirely. There is much to admire about an artist who can translate their eye for beauty, color and imagery from the easel to the skin. Many tattoo artists have made art from the moment they could pick up a pencil or paintbrush. But … Read more

Colorado Springs theater company brings Toni Morrison novel to life | Arts & Entertainment

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Colorado Springs theater company brings Toni Morrison novel to life | Arts & Entertainment

We all do it — look in the mirror and fixate on that one part of our appearance we haven’t quite fallen in love with yet. If we could just fix it, we think, we’d finally be beautiful. And that would lead to the love and happiness we crave. In Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize … Read more

Gourmet Toast Restaurant opens in Colorado Springs | Arts & Entertainment

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Gourmet Toast Restaurant opens in Colorado Springs | Arts & Entertainment

A Colorado Springs location of Toastique — Gourmet Toast and Juice Bar, 11590 Ridgeline Drive, has been opened by Andre Nabonne and his wife, Christin Deville. The Washington DC-based chain was started by Brianna Keefe, who is passionate about healthy living and healthy eating options on the go. She was at the new Springs store … Read more

Music-filled comedy with drag shows coming to Fine Arts Center in Colorado Springs | Arts & Entertainment

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Music-filled comedy with drag shows coming to Fine Arts Center in Colorado Springs | Arts & Entertainment

This show wasn’t the plan. By early January, members of the Fine Arts Center Theater Company had spent a year working on the musical “La Cage Aux Folles,” which inspired “Birdcage,” the movie starring Robin Williams. The stage version called for a cast of 20. Around this time, the final few performances of “Cinderella” at … Read more

Here are 8 book recommendations for music lovers who love to read | Arts & Entertainment

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Here are 8 book recommendations for music lovers who love to read | Arts & Entertainment

Music isn’t just for listening. It’s something to talk about with old friends and a way to connect to strangers. It’s something to inspire Instagram captions and poems and books. If you’re looking to learn more about an artist’s creative process or how Rihanna might feel about being famous or how music impacts, well, everything, … Read more

Here are 8 book recommendations for music lovers who love to read | Arts & Entertainment

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Here are 8 book recommendations for music lovers who love to read | Arts & Entertainment

Music isn’t just for listening. It’s something to talk about with old friends and a way to connect to strangers. It’s something to inspire Instagram captions and poems and books. If you’re looking to learn more about an artist’s creative process or how Rihanna might feel about being famous or how music impacts, well, everything, … Read more

The most powerful moments in live theater happen in the audience | John Moore | Arts & Entertainment

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The most powerful moments in live theater happen in the audience | John Moore | Arts & Entertainment

The cast of ‘Kinky Boots’ is bringing a message of tolerance and joy to the Arvada Center. Matt Gale Photography Anyone who goes to the theater lives for those special moments on a stage that take your breath away. I live for those moments that take place off-stage … in the audience. I’ve attended close … Read more

DCPA Theater Company to stage ‘The Color Purple’ | Arts & Entertainment

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DCPA Theater Company to stage 'The Color Purple' | Arts & Entertainment

A touring production of the Broadway musical ‘The Color Purple’ came through Denver in 2009. Now it will be locally staged by the DCPA Theater Company. Photo courtesy. The Denver Center for the Performing Arts has announced part of its 2022-23 lineup of theater offerings – the seven homegrown plays and musicals that will be … Read more