Tag: Arts & Entertainment
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Colorado State Fair offers 4-H competitions, concerts, rodeo, carnival and more
More than 150 years ago, a Pueblo community came together to celebrate its rich culture of agriculture and the harvest. All these years later, 500,000 people still make their way to the Colorado State Fair every year for a multitude of reasons: to take part in 4-H competitions, listen to a country music concert, watch…
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4th of July in Colorado: From Arvada to Grand Lake, a look at celebrations across the state
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nothing says summer like oohing and aahing as sparkling, human-made constellations explode in the night skies to celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Here’s a roundup of Fourth of July fireworks and celebrations across the state. • Arvada: 5:30…
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Denver novelist Peter Heller recipient of Colorado Springs book award
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Once you go fiction, you can’t go back. Award-winning Denver author Peter Heller lived a swashbuckling life as a nonfiction adventure and environmental writer before finally succumbing to the lifelong internal nudge to write novels. “Once you start making it up, it’s tough to go…
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Cripple Creek Ice Festival adds more days to popular event
Ice carving is art, pure and simple. And that’s why so many are so enamored with the long-running, popular Cripple Creek Ice Festival. This year’s event will offer even more opportunities for the public to partake, as the festival will run almost every day from Saturday through Feb. 23, minus Tuesday, when the town will…
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Life-sized Monopoly game hits Colorado
Everyone’s got a strategy when it comes to Monopoly. Some players scoop up the high-rolling Park Place and Boardwalk properties. Others love to litter their properties with hotels. Some people prefer to stay in jail to escape moving around the board and paying rent. Now’s your chance to put those schemes to work in “Monopoly…
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Creator of Van Gogh immersive experience brings new Bubble Planet to Denver
Think back to childhood’s greatest pleasures. That’s what John Zaller did as he helped dream up Bubble Planet, the latest immersive experience by Exhibition Hub, which does large, immersive exhibits around the world, including Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience and Tutankhamun: His Tomb and His Treasures. “There’s nothing more magical than soap bubbles appearing out…
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Colorado Springs family refutes new Max documentary ‘Six Schizophrenic Brothers’
Horror sells seats. That’s what producers told Lindsay Mary Galvin Rauch when she expressed her family’s disappointment about how they were portrayed in “Six Schizophrenic Brothers,” a new documentary that’s going gangbusters on HBO Max and social media. The four-part series chronicles the psychosis, murder, suicide and incest that interlaced the lives of the Galvins,…
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Pikes Peak or Bust: One of biggest rodeos in the country kicks off in Colorado Springs Tuesday
The Pikes Peak region is rodeo country. The Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo has been a community staple since 1936, only missing three years during WWII and one year during the pandemic. Not only does it entertain 30,000 fans, but net proceeds are donated to help support quality of life initiatives for active duty military…
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Green Box Arts Festival near Colorado Springs brings in world-famous performers, artists
Once Michela Marino Lerman learned how to make music with her feet, she never stopped. The New York City tap dancing aficionado became enamored with the art form at 5, when her mother put on movies starring tap dance legends Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. But what cemented her love for the dance style was…