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Calling All Collectors

Arapahoe libraries showcase specialties

By Caroline Bankoff, Adam Cayton-Holland and Susan Froyd
Dec 23, 2004

People collect the oddest things: photographs of WWII bombings of Papua New Guinea, salt shakers, monk figurines. Despite the time, effort and money involved in acquiring such collections, however, they're usually doomed to mantelpieces and basement shelves, never to be seen by anyone but an eccentric grandmother or a nosy...
Ho Ho Hoedown

Colorado Springs cowboys put their brand on the holidays

By Caroline Bankoff and Kity Ironton
Dec 16, 2004

SAT, 12/18 Ever wonder what true cowboys do at Christmas? Well, then, grab your ten-gallon hat and git on down to A Chuckwagon Christmas at the Flying W Ranch (3330 Chuckwagon Road in Colorado Springs), where folks gather 'round a pot-bellied stove in the bunkhouse, eat off tin plates and...
C'mon, Get Hip-Hoppy

Give these creative classmates extra credit -- and Experience the Movement

By Caroline Bankoff, Patricia Calhoun, Amy Haimerl and Kity Ironton
Dec 2, 2004

FRI, 12/3 For the past three months, Metropolitan State College's Social Action Through Art class has been studying urban arts, including graffiti and hip-hop culture. "We even had some breakdance instructors come in," remembers student Nicole Aragon. "It was quite the experience. It was a lot of fun, but I...
Baroque and Roll

Red Priest rocks the classical canon

By Caroline Bankoff, Adam Cayton-Holland and Susan Froyd
Oct 28, 2004

FRI, 10/29 To truly appreciate Red Priest, you really must transport yourself to Baroque times -- when Handel and Bach were society's rock stars, creating bold and riveting music that wowed the courtly crowds. The iconoclastic British early-music company, once declared "the Cirque du Soleil of baroque performance ensembles" on...
Memorable Spin

Tilt-a-Whirl World puts a twist on Lakeside

By Caroline Bankoff, Adam Cayton-Holland, Amy Haimerl and Kity Ironton
Sep 30, 2004

FRI, 10/1 As a kid, I hated, hated Lakeside Amusement Park. It probably had something to do with the early trauma of riding that godforsaken roller coaster known as the Chipmunk. And even though my grandfather took me on the Cyclone every year on Samsonite Day -- promising me that...

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