Staff Picks: Spring Break book and entertainment recommendations
With more time to tune in these days, UCCS staff members share the books, articles, podcasts and TV series they recommend you dive into this Spring Break. (More)
Arts & Culture
Theatreworks announces 2020-21 season
A powerhouse of four female directors – three of whom call Colorado Springs home – will take the helm of Theatreworks’ upcoming 2020-21 season, featuring seven shows centered on family, laughter, loss and love. (More)
Corey King is a chef on a mission
From cooking for charity events to brainstorming how corporations can contribute to global sustainability, Chef of the Year Corey King is using food to “fight the good fight.” (More)
“Through a Glass Darkly” returns to UCCS for sixth year March 20-26
The study of humankind’s fascination with the apocalyptic worldview is a vast field, and has increased in interest over the last three decades with the approach and passing of the start of a new millennium. (More)
Theatreworks brings “An Iliad” to unique stage at the Cybersecurity Building March 12-29
One actor and one musician will tell Homer’s timeless tale of fate and fury in a unique Theatreworks production, “An Iliad,” March 12-29. (More)
MacAulay spearheads National Heritage Fellowship for San Luis Valley folk artist
As professor and chair of the Visual and Performing Arts Department at UCCS, Suzanne MacAulay knows that amazing artistry must be rewarded. That’s why she helped Josephine Lobato win a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. (More)
Grammy winner Nicholas Payton returns to Colorado Springs for March 7 Ent Center performance
“Music lovers across the board will love this evening,” said Aisha Ahmad-Post, director of the Ent Center for the Arts. (More)
Grammy winner Tanya Tucker to perform at Ent Center April 28
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Feb. 21 through the UCCS Presents Box Office. (More)
Photo Feature: Fresh & Tasty event gives participants Great Expectations for the future
The inaugural Fresh & Tasty fundraiser at GOCA Downtown brought foodies and art enthusiasts together to celebrate good food and the Great Expectations exhibition of works by emerging Front Range artists. (More)
GOCA opens world premiere of multimedia exhibition “Seat of Learning: Jane Lackey & Thomas Lehn” Feb. 27 at Ent Center
The artists will present a public lecture to open the exhibition Feb. 27 at the Ent Center for the Arts’ Marie Walsh Sharpe Gallery of Contemporary Art. (More)