FILM & WORDS

Doctored: The Movie

Presented by Stargazers Theatre & Event Center at Stargazers Theatre & Event Center

June 1, 2013

"Doctored" The Movie

Is the US health care system really producing health? As health care costs sky rocket, the movie 'Doctored' reveals the tactics behind a 'health care' system that uses slick marketing campaigns to boost profits by keeping you sick. Watch the journey of a group of doctors that took on the...

Love Free Or Die: Community Cinema

Presented by Independent Film Society of Colorado at Tim Gill Center for Public Media

June 6, 2013

Love Free or Die is about a man whose two defining passions the world cannot reconcile: his love for God and for his partner Mark. The film is about church and state, love and marriage, faith and identity — and openly gay Bishop Eugene Robinson's struggle to dispel the notion that God’s love has limits.

Refreshments available...

Love Free or Die: Community Cinema

Presented by Independent Film Society of Colorado at PPLD - High Prairie Library

June 8, 2013

Love Free or Die is about a man whose two defining passions the world cannot reconcile: his love for God and for his partner Mark. The film is about church and state, love and marriage, faith and identity — and openly gay Bishop Eugene Robinson's struggle to dispel the notion that God’s love has limits.

Lifted By Song: A Community Sing and Concert

Presented by Voices of Grief at First Congregational Church

June 7-June 8, 2013

Lifted By Song," a pair of events to raise money to assist in the production of a documentary film about grief, and benefit local bedside singing group, Threshold Singers.

“Lifted By Song,” a Community Sing, is on June 7 at First Congregational Church, 20 E. St. Vrain St., Colorado Springs. Featuring singer-songwriter...

Introduction to Letterpress Printing

Presented by Colorado College Enrich Your Life! Community Courses at Colorado College - Bemis Hall

June 29-June 30, 2013

In this two-day workshop we will explore the fundamentals of typography and letterpress printing. The first day will cover the basics of composition and setting metal type by hand. The second day will be spent printing a collaborative, multiple color type specimen broadside.

The Press at Colorado College, founded by Jim Trissel in 1978,...

Jane Eyre: Bronte vs. Hollywood

Presented by Colorado College Enrich Your Life! Community Courses at Colorado College - Armstrong Hall

July 6, 2013

This class will look at various versions of Charlotte Bronte’s classic novel Jane Eyre (1848). We will identify some key themes and features of the novel, and ask how they translate into film. Why has this novel been filmed so many times? Are there inherent limitations to this process? Why is it so difficult for films to give us the...

The Power of Poetry

Presented by Colorado College Enrich Your Life! Community Courses at Colorado College - Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center

July 13, 2013

“We may feel bitterly how little our poems can do in the face of seemingly out of control technological power and seemingly limitless corporate greed, yet it has always been true that poetry can break isolation, show us to ourselves when we are outlawed or made invisible, remind us of beauty where no beauty seems possible, remind us of...

Finding the Truth: The Process of Discovery in Writing Creative Nonfiction

Presented by Colorado College Enrich Your Life! Community Courses at Colorado College - Armstrong Hall

July 27, 2013

The creative nonfiction writer — whether a journalist, an essayist, or a memoirist — doesn't merely do the research on a subject and put it all down on the page. At the heart of good creative nonfiction is the spirit of discovery. Opening up complexity in the act of writing. Accepting the possibility of a new narrative that has...

Everybody Welcome: Human Library

Presented by Colorado Springs Diversity Forum and Pikes Peak Library District at PPLD - East Library

August 12, 2013

The Human Library creates place for dialogue and interaction. Visitors to a Human Library are given the opportunity to speak informally with “people on loan;” this latter group being extremely varied in age, sex and cultural background.

The Human Library enables groups to break stereotypes by challenging the most common...

Everybody Welcome: Bridging Military to Community

Presented by Colorado Springs Diversity Forum at Colorado College - Gates Common Room, 3rd Floor of Palmer Hall

August 13, 2013

Presentation by Chris Chrisbens on the changing employment laws related to military veterans and disabled veterans. See the implications to employers and to veterans. Andrew Merritt will present the expected impact on our community from these changes followed by a round table dialogue with attendees.
Community resource materials for...

wOrd Wednesday

Presented by the Vbar

October 9, 2013-January 1, 2014

Colorado Springs Long-running Open Mic Night Poets, emcees, comedians, musicians, and many other artists flow on the mic and entertain a supportive audience with lyrical movements.

wOrd Wesnesday

Presented by Vbar

February 8, 2012-February 25, 2015

Open Mic Night in a Creative and Supportive Community