arts & entertainment
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Air Force Academy Band to celebrate U.S., Colorado anniversaries in Colorado Springs
The birthday candles are stocked. Just in time for America to belly up to its 250th anniversary, and Colorado to its 150th. Amid the array of celebrations is a performance by a group from a little military institution you might have heard of — the U.S. Air Force Academy. The AFA Concert Band and its…
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Colorado Springs arts leader to head up Denver nonprofit
Arts leader Daisy McGowan will leave her perch at the end of the year as director of University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Galleries of Contemporary Art to head up a Denver-based arts nonprofit. Beginning Jan. 3, she’ll act as executive director of Think 360 Arts for Learning, a 60-year-old organization that seeks to bring…
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? Arts & culture tax extension before metro voters
A 28-year-old sales tax that has helped Metro Denver arts and cultural groups and facilities survive economic downturns and thrive is before voters in seven metro area counties in the Nov. 8 general election. Ballot Issue 4B seeks to extend the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District‘s 0.1 percent ( one cent on every $10) sales…