Colorado historian and award-winning author Mark Lee Gardner released his new dual biography, "The Earth is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nat…
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Country singer Mark Wills is coming to Colorado Springs, and he promises to play the hits.
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"Dancing in the Absence of Water: An (Outdoor) Dance, Art and Music Festival at the Coyote," a collaboration between Ormao Dance Company and Concrete Couch, seeks to bring awareness to both th…
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The Wailin' Jennys, a popular Canadian acoustic folk trio, will perform Friday at Stargazers Theatre and Event Center. Singer Nicky Mehta calls herself the more serious and dark one in the gro…
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Samantha Gassman, a 2004 Lewis-Palmer High School graduate, used writing as a way to heal after a miscarriage in 2019. What emerged was her new children's book, "Dear Rainbow Baby," a letter t…
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Campfire Theater will present "Promise of the Garden," based on Joseph Conrad's 1899 novella, "Heart of Darkness," Friday through Aug. 13. The 90-minute show will take place outside. Attendees…
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A Tony Award winner, classic holiday fare and a commitment to diverse, inclusive programming shape the new theater season at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College. The season k…
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Singer songwriter Jessica Lynn and her six-piece band will perform Thursday at Sunshine Studios Live. She got her start playing rock 'n' roll before deciding to crossover into country music. A…
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Comedian John Mulaney will bring his new tour, "From Scratch" to Broadmoor World Arena Oct. 23.
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Opal Lee, who's known as the Grandmother of Juneteenth, will be in Colorado Springs this weekend for two events. On Saturday she'll speak and sign copies of her children's book, "Juneteenth: A…
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Colorado Springs opera singer and vocal teacher Solveig Olsen will perform one of her dream roles, as Marian the librarian, in Meredith Wilson's 1957 musical, "The Music Man." Opera Theatre of…
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Elevate Productions, a division of Colorado Ballet Society, will present the Tony Award-winning "Matilda the Musical" Friday through Sunday at Brown Center for the Arts. The show, based on Roa…
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The El Paso County Fair returns for its 117th year. What was once a mere potato fair has evolved into a bastion of Western heritage — a reliable classic that manages to please old-timers and n…
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Cañon City’s Royal Gorge Whitewater Festival has come a long way heading into its 13th annual edition this weekend.
Picture it: You, a plate of morsels, a drink and your friendly, neighborhood giraffes. Cheyenne Mountain Zoo will offer three Tails & Tunes events: 6-9:30 p.m. Thursday and Aug. 25 and 5:3…
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The town of Monument is hosting its first Party for the Parks, an event dedicated to raising money for the town’s parks department.
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Ormao Dance Company is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. The professional modern and contemporary dance troupe will offer three performances Friday and Saturday at Kathryn Mohrman Th…
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The wrestling stars of WWE's "Saturday Night's Main Event" will rumble at Broadmoor World Arena Sept. 10, including Riddle, Seth "Freakin" Rollins, Bobby Lashley, Theory, Bianca Belair and Bec…
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Country star Clay Musician was hitting his stride as a successful musician when weird symptoms began to trouble him. When he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at 26, he was understandably …
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Hundreds of contestants from across the U.S. and Canada will compete in eight events at the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Wednesday through July 16 at Norris Penrose Event Center. The event offers …
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The annual High Mountain Hay Fever Bluegrass Festival in Westcliffe will feature a lineup of nationally-known and award-winning bluegrass and Americana bands, including The Kody Norris Show. T…
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The new exhibit, "Georgia O'Keeffe, Photographer," will feature more than 100 of her photos, 10 paintings, several drawings and O'Keeffe-related ephemera. It's the culmination of three years o…
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Comedian and best-selling author Chelsea Handler will bring her stand-up to Colorado Springs this fall. Her "Vaccinated and Horny" tour is set to arrive Nov. 6 at Pikes Peak Center.
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Popular essay writer and speaker David Sedaris will pop by Pikes Peak Center Nov. 14. Tickets are $25-$75, and go on sale Friday. Go online to axs.com or pikespeakcenter.com.
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"RACE," a new jazz, R&B, gospel and hip-hop-influenced opera, is inspired by the life of Kelley Dolphus Stroud, a Colorado Springs athlete and academic in the '20s. It's the brain child of…
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Olympic City USA is set to welcome the 17th Hall of Fame class at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum on Saturday.
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Fleetwood Mac tribute band Tusk will perform Friday at Stargazers Theatre and Event Center. The New Jersey group focuses on the Grammy Award-winning band's years between 1975-1980.
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The Southern Colorado Juneteenth Festival pays homage to the historic day in 1865 when federal troops told enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, they were free. The free three-day event will fe…
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American artist James Turrell's first Colorado Skyspace will open during the Green Box Arts Festival in Green Mountain Falls. The long-awaited light chamber will offer four shows daily, includ…
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The Western Street Breakfast is a classic Colorado Springs tradition that began in 1936, when 35 people gathered around an old chuckwagon in front of Joe Reich’s Swiss Chalet and bought their …
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Novelist Jim Fergus has won this year's Frank Waters Award from Friends of the Pikes Peak Library District, an honor given to a writer who exemplifies the spirit and literary excellence of the…
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Westcliffe Center for the Performing Arts will once again offer its "Shakespeare in the Sangres" annual festival this summer outdoors in The Silver West Feedstore Amphitheater Park, behind the…
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Award-winning blues singer and saxophone player Vanessa Collier and her band will perform Thursday at Stargazers Theatre and Event Center. Courtesy
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Dry Bar comedian Robert Mac, which means his act is clean and family-friendly, will perform Thursday at Boot Barn Hall, along with Colorado Springs improv troupe Oxymorons Comedy.
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Colorado Springs actor, musician and music teacher Howard Kirstel once played with the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia in the '60s. He was 78 when he died May 23.
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Hey, wanna see a play? For free?
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Cirque du Soleil's insect-rich production, "Ovo," will return to Broadmoor World Arena Sept. 1-4. Tickets go on sale Monday.
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The Pikes Peak region is home to dozens of free outdoor concerts through the summer months.
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Cottonwood Center for the Art's second annual Juneteenth exhibit, inspired by the historical event marking the end of slavery in Texas in 1865, will feature works by 14 emerging and establishe…
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The 38th season of the Colorado College Summer Music Festival has arrived.
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Three Colorado Springs chefs Gio Palacio, DJ Williams and Houston Greenlee will compete on the upcoming season of "The Great Food Truck Race." The reality show features teams driving across th…
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I'm nowhere near glued to every move the British royal family makes, but sometimes their antics are mildly interesting. Tina Brown, however, former editor-in-chief of "Vanity Fair" and "The Ne…
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Territory Days returns to Old Colorado City over Memorial Day weekend after two years of cancellations due to the pandemic. The event honors the rich history of what was first known as Colorad…
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The all-female Irish musical ensemble Celtic Woman will bring its "Postcards From Ireland" tour to Pikes Peak Center Saturday. Soprano Megan Walsh joined the group in 2018, after a career stud…
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Floyd Tunson's immense mixed-media installation, "Hearts and Minds," is on display beginning Friday at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College, which acquired the piece in 2020, …
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If you don't know New York Times best-selling author and podcast host Kate Bowler, you do now. You're welcome. At 35 she was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer and given two years to live. S…
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Billy Bob Thornton and The Boxmasters will perform Friday at Boot Barn Hall. Their latest album, "Help... I'm Alive," was one of three records the group made during the pandemic. They also rec…
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The free 18th annual ROLL Bike Art Festival, offering more than 20 bicycle-themed works, live music, vendors and food, is Friday at Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort. The works will be up through t…
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The American Theatre Guild's 2022-2023 season is flush with the Tony Award-winning "Tootsie" and "Lerner & Loewe’s My Fair Lady," the Aretha Franklin tribute "R.E.S.P.E.C.T.," and musicals…
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Alexandre Renoir, great-grandson to the famous Pierre-Auguste Renoir, one of the founding fathers of Impressionism, will display his paintings at The Broadmoor, along with contemporary painter…