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Giving up 1/2 for AIDS Orphans in Mozambique

Presented by Colorado College at Coburn Gallery

March 24, 2010

What if instead of buying your usual latte every morning, you spent ½ on a regular cup of coffee and donated the rest to a child orphaned by AIDS in Africa? What if instead of eating out twice a week, you dined out only once and donated the rest to another child orphaned by AIDS in Africa? A small personal luxury cut in 1/2 could make a big difference for one of the thousands of children who have lost their parents to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. In conjunction with "The,...More

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	Tell-a-friend Governing Colorado: Four Former Governors Speak Presented by Colorado College at Colorado College - Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center March 31, 2010 Four governors, on one stage, in one night: Former Colorado Governors Dick Lamm, Roy Romer, and Bill Owens discuss their common challenges and successes during their terms of,...More
	Tell-a-friend The Bacchae Presented by University of Colorado at Colorado Springs at Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theater March 11-March 21, 2010 Euripides’ dark account of Pentheus, the King of Thebes, and his complex relationship with the vengeful god Dionysus. Presented with original music from the music department,...More
	Tell-a-friend Easter Bakesale & Bazaar Presented by Holy Theophany Orthodox Church at Holy Theophany Orthodox Church March 27, 2010 Holy Theophany Orthodox Church presents its Easter Bakesale & Bazaar Saturday, March 27, 2010 9:00 am til 3:00 pm at 2770 North Chestnut Street (I-25 & Fillmore, exit 145; across from,...More
	Tell-a-friend Gospel Explosions Presented by City of Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services at Colorado Springs City Auditorium March 28, 2010 This is a collaborative effort of our communities and churches for the purpose of raising monies to keep our neighborhood community centers from closing. The Gospel Explosion is for,...More
	Tell-a-friend The Bacchae Ensemble Presented by University of Colorado at Colorado Springs at University of Colorado Gallery of Contemporary Art April 2, 2010 Original music created for the student production of The Bacchae will be performed amongst the art at the UCCS Gallery on the final evening of MOAN. ,...More
	Tell-a-friend Wunderkind 2010 Presented by Business of Art Center at Business of Art Center March 11-April 3, 2010 This esteemed exhibition spotlights a baker's dozen of the best junior and senior high school students in the Pikes Peak region. This annual show combines a competitive, juried,...More
	Tell-a-friend Victorian Easter Egg Hunt and High Tea Presented by Miramont Castle at Miramont Castle April 3, 2010 Join us for our annual Victorian Easter Egg Hunt and delightful "High Tea" for children ages 2-10 accompanied by an adult. Credit Card reservations required for all,...More

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Event Name	Organization	Dates	City
Wine Tasting Room Opening Wine Tasting Room Opening Presented by the Dolphin Horse Gallery at Dolphin Horse Gallery March 24, 2010 Wine Tasting Room Opening Party. Come taste 16 different wines, enjoy gourmet appetizers and listen to live music. Wine Tasting Room open daily after March 24.	the Dolphin Horse Gallery	03/24/10	Woodland Park
FutureSelf: Spring Break at Bemis School of Art FutureSelf: Spring Break at Bemis School of Art Presented by FutureSelf: Youth Discovering Success through Art at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center - Bemis School of Art March 22-March 25, 2010 As part of the Colorado Springs Fine Art Center's Conflict \| Resolution exhibition, FutureSelf and Bemis School of Art come together to find out what unfolds through the creative process on the topic of conflict and resolution. Our exploration will include visual interpretations, the written word, music and film. Our new media class will film pieces of the four day workshop, and the whole process will culminate in an art opening at the Fine Art Center in June 2010. Who:...	FutureSelf: Youth Discovering Success through Art	03/22/10- 03/25/10	Colorado Springs
Finding Our Voices: Healing Art Activities 4 Survivors of Sexual Assault Finding Our Voices: Healing Art Activities 4 Survivors of Sexual Assault Presented by Finding Our Voices: Healing Art Activities 4 Survi at Cottonwood Center for the Arts January 23-March 26, 2010 Call to Artists Finding Our Voices Art Show Survivors of sexual abuse and their allies are invited to exhibit in the April 2010 FOV Art Show. Entry forms due March 26, 2010. Information is available on Facebook and www.fovcosprings.org. E-mail fovartshow@gmail.com or call 719-964-6608 with your questions. Finding Our Voices art exhibit showcases uncensored artistic expression including, but not limited to: collage, painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, needlework, multimedia, music, dance...	Finding Our Voices: Healing Art Activities 4 Survi	01/23/10- 03/26/10	Colorado Springs
Unity of Wisdom and Compassion Unity of Wisdom and Compassion Presented by Colorado College at Colorado College - Packard Hall March 26, 2010 Esteemed Tibetan monk and scholar Khen Rinpoche Lobzang Tsetan returns to Colorado College. In this lecture, in conversation with Professor David Gardiner of the CC religion department, Rinpoche will discuss Buddhist views on cultivating both wisdom and compassion in our lives. A reception will be held at 6 p.m. before the lecture in Packard Hall lobby. Donations will be accepted for the Tashi Lhumpo Monastery in India.	Colorado College	03/26/10	Colorado Springs
MOAN: Pleasure and Pain MOAN: Pleasure and Pain Presented by University of Colorado at Colorado Springs at UCCS Gallery of Contemporary Art March 4-April 2, 2010 Taking inspiration from a sound that straddles pleasure and pain, Moan features art work in a variety of media by UCCS Visual Art faculty and students as a part of the City Dionysia Festival. A maelstrom of violence, The Bacchae is a potent source for examining the heart of revelry, intoxication, and vengeance.	University of Colorado at Colorado Springs	03/04/10- 04/02/10	Colorado Springs
Easter Eggstravaganza Easter Eggstravaganza Presented by First Southern Baptist Church at Boulder Park April 3, 2010 Easter Eggstravaganza features an Easter Egg hunt for children, refreshments, and prizes.	First Southern Baptist Church	04/03/10	Colorado Springs
Easter Egg Hunt and crafts-making session Easter Egg Hunt and crafts-making session Presented by McAllister House Museum at McAllister House Museum April 3, 2010 Join the fun in the center of town at the McAllister House Museum! We'll be having an Easter Egg Hunt for the smallest ones at 11 am and one for the slightly older ones at 11:45. Hot tea and cider for the kids and parents, a baked goodie or two and age-appropriate crafts to follow in the carriage house. Reservations not necessary but calling to confirm helps in the planning! Don't forget your basket and your egg hunting strategy!	McAllister House Museum	04/03/10	Colorado Springs
Cuong Vu in concert Cuong Vu in concert Presented by University of Colorado at Colorado Springs at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center April 7, 2010 VAPA and the music department are proud to host Cuong Vu for the City Dionysia festival. Vu is a Grammy Award-winning trumpet virtuoso and will join us, with his band. UCCS students will present a Poetry Slam before the concert.	University of Colorado at Colorado Springs	04/07/10	Colorado Springs
Nate the Great: Over the Moon Family Theater Nate the Great: Over the Moon Family Theater Presented by Imagination Celebration at Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts April 12, 2010 Looking to enhance your child's learning? You've found the ticket! Imagination Celebration presents the Over the Moon Family Theater Season's third literacy-based musical: Nate the Great! This pint-size young detective has found lost balloons, books, slippers, and goldfish. When his neighbor needs help finding a lost painting, it takes all of Nate's derring-do to solve this tough case! Nate believes that great detectives work alone but he finds that unraveling mysteries is fun with...	Imagination Celebration	04/12/10	Colorado Springs
26th National Space Symposium 26th National Space Symposium Presented by Space Foundation at The Broadmoor Hotel April 12-April 15, 2010 Witness the largest gathering of space professionals in the world at the 26th National Space Symposium. You’ll visit an exhibit center teeming with activity and overflowing with the latest in space technology. You’ll hear from the leaders who are shaping today’s global space agenda - and you’ll meet the ones who will shape tomorrow’s. You’ll witness a spectacular opening ceremony and applaud as the Space Foundation recognizes organizations and individuals...	Space Foundation	04/12/10- 04/15/10	Colorado Springs
City Dionysia Parade City Dionysia Parade Presented by University of Colorado at Colorado Springs at UCCS - University Hall April 16, 2010 The closing event of City Dionysia, the parade will include five UCCS art classes coming together for a mad progression of revelry and and art. Participants include beginning acting students, creators of wearable art, professors, and more. Parade will begin outside THEATREWORKS/University Hall, proceed through campus, down the hill through the woods and end at the new University Village Shopping Center for the opening of HeDoGeist.	University of Colorado at Colorado Springs	04/16/10	Colorado Springs
Fashion to the Rescue Fashion to the Rescue Presented by Women's Resource Agency at Antlers Hilton Hotel April 16, 2010 A far-from-dull fundraiser for Women’s Resource Agency that includes a fashion show, a live bachelor auction featuring Colorado Springs Professional Firefighters, additional live and silent auctions and dinner. The event raises awareness and financial support for WRA and its programs in Colorado Springs. Locally, WRA helps women in transition work toward self-sufficiency through its “Dress for Success” program. At the Dress for Success boutique in the Citadel...	Women's Resource Agency	04/16/10	Colorado Springs
Cowboy Music and Poetry Cowboy Music and Poetry Presented by Rampart Library District at Woodland Park Public Library April 21, 2010 Back for the 4th year, Duke Davis, award winning singer/songwriter/poet will be performing his unique blend of cowboy music and poetry. Duke performs around the U.S. and in Europe and is beloved for his sometimes funny and often poignant prose and song.	Rampart Library District	04/21/10	Woodland Park
Vineyard in the Village Vineyard in the Village Presented by Cheyenne Village at Mr. Biggs Event Center April 23, 2010 Aa annual event featuring music, wine, a grape stomp, marketplace and auction benefitting Cheyenne Village, serving adults with developmental disabilities in the area for 38 years.	Cheyenne Village	04/23/10	Colorado Springs
3rd Annual Indie Spirit Film Festival 3rd Annual Indie Spirit Film Festival Presented by Independent Film Society of Colorado at Downtown Colorado Springs April 23-April 25, 2010 The Indie Spirit Film Festival is an annual event for filmmakers (professionals and students) and film lovers alike, with a superb program of feature films, shorts, docs, animation, and many other films from around the world. The festival showcases the work of independent filmmakers amidst the mountainous backdrop of Colorado Springs, Colorado, just one hour south of Denver. ISFF is about filmmakers, audiences, distributors and film professionals establishing a relationship and supporting...	Independent Film Society of Colorado	04/23/10- 04/25/10	Colorado Springs
Herb Fest Herb Fest Presented by Pikes Peak Herb Association at Community for Spiritual Living May 1, 2010 8th Annual Event - Gentle Strength Wellness & Herbs and the Pikes Peak Herb Association, two long time community groups, are very excited and proud to present the Colorado Springs community's eighth annual Herb Festival. The focus, of course, is all about herbs for cooking, healing, growing and crafts. There will be expert speakers covering many areas of herbal education and over 40 booths offering herbal healing products, healing practitioners, various handcrafted items, herbal skin...	Pikes Peak Herb Association	05/01/10	Colorado Springs
NPR's "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" Live Radio Show Taping NPR's "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" Live Radio Show Taping Presented by KRCC 91.5 FM at Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts May 6, 2010 "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" is NPR's weekly hour-long quiz program. Each week on NPR stations, you can test your knowledge against some of the best and brightest in the news and entertainment world while figuring out what's real news and what's made up. On Thursday May 6th, "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" will be recorded in the Pikes Peak Center - a show which will be heard across the nation by 2 million NPR listeners!	KRCC 91.5 FM	05/06/10	Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs Tour of Kitchens 2010 Colorado Springs Tour of Kitchens 2010 Presented by Junior League of Colorado Springs May 8, 2010 The Junior League of Colorado Springs’ Kitchens with Altitude is a kitchen tour showcasing some of the area’s finest kitchens. This year’s tour features eight upscale, sophisticated residential kitchens and one innovative commercial kitchen in the city’s most coveted neighborhoods. The tour also features the latest in tabletop design and floral arrangements as well as cooking demonstrations and fine food samples from Colorado Springs’ top chefs. To top it all...	Junior League of Colorado Springs	05/08/10
It's Only Rock -n- Roll But I Like It Avg. Event Rating(4.5 Stars): It's Only Rock -n- Roll But I Like It Presented by Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum at Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum January 30-May 29, 2010 Avg. Event Rating (4.5 Stars): After ten years on the road, "It's Only Rock -n- Roll But I Like It" has returned to the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum. We are pleased to bring you this exhibit for a limited engagement. Beginning January 29th and running until May 29th, "It's Only Rock -n- Roll But I Like It" brings you photos of rock legends from Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix to the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. All the photos were taken by accomplished local photographer Larry Hulst. Please...	Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum	01/30/10- 05/29/10	Colorado Springs
Manitou Springs Colorado Wine Festival Manitou Springs Colorado Wine Festival Presented by Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce at Memorial Park, Manitou Springs June 5, 2010 Over 24 Colorado Wineries, specialty foods and wine related gifts. Entrance includes a wine glass, wine sampling and a free wine tote to the first 1500 tickets sold. Live music and entertainment throughout the day.	Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce	06/05/10	Manitou Springs
Heuberger Subaru Starlight Spectacular Heuberger Subaru Starlight Spectacular Presented by Trails and Open Space Coalition at Garden of the Gods Visitors Center June 12-June 13, 2010 Join 1500 of your new best friends for music, snacks, breakfast, and of course, a fablous midnight bicycle ride through the streets of Old Colorado City, Garden of the Gods and Colorado Springs with themed rest stops adding to the fun. A pancake breakfast tops off the event, along with prizes for teams and costumed riders. All proceeds benefit the Trails and Open Space Coalition, a non-profit organization committed to preserving open space and parks and creating a network of trails, bikeways...	Trails and Open Space Coalition	06/12/10- 06/13/10	Colorado Springs
6th Annual Pikes Peak Arts Fest 6th Annual Pikes Peak Arts Fest Presented by Pikes Peak Arts Council at America the Beautiful Park July 3-July 5, 2010 “One of the most gorgeous locations in the country” - A quote from a 2009 Participating Artist Indeed, America The Beautiful Park is a perfect setting for high quality art and crafts. Its central location draws from far and wide. Parking is ample and easy, and the 4th of July weekend is made for taking in a bit of local culture comfortably! And it is FREE! Art, Food, Live Music and Fun for the Whole Family - as well as the only game in town for the 4th of July weekend!	Pikes Peak Arts Council	07/03/10- 07/05/10	Colorado Springs
70th Annual Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Days 70th Annual Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Days Presented by Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo at Norris Penrose Event Center July 14-July 17, 2010 Locals and visitors should mark their calendars now for the 70th Annual Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Days. Fans of all ages will enjoy watching steer wrestling, bareback bronc riding, bull riding, tie-down roping, saddle bronc riding, team roping, mutton bustin’ and more! Wear your jeans, pull on your boots and get ready to enjoy every minute of Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Days — high value entertainment at its finest! Since 1946, the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Days has donated proceeds...	Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo	07/14/10- 07/17/10	Colorado Springs
31st Thin Air Nationals Car Show 31st Thin Air Nationals Car Show Presented by Colorado Springs Rod and Custom Car Club July 17, 2010 Reserve your spot now for the 2010 31st Annual Thin Air Nationals Being Held In Beautiful Green Mountain Falls Colorado	Colorado Springs Rod and Custom Car Club	07/17/10
3rd Annual Lost Dutchman Music Festival 3rd Annual Lost Dutchman Music Festival at Lost Dutchman Creek at Trout Haven Resort July 24, 2010 It's music in the mountains at the 3rd Annual Lost Dutchman Music Festival. Join us for a day of exceptional live entertainment.		07/24/10	Divide
Vino & Notes: Wine, Food & Jazz Festival Vino & Notes: Wine, Food & Jazz Festival Presented by Charitable Treasures Workshop at Memorial Park, Woodland Park August 7, 2010 Join us at the base of beautiful Pikes Peak in Woodland Park for the Third Annual Vino & Notes: Wine, Food & Jazz Festival. 15 Colorado wineries, three different jazz bands, plus tons of food and shopping make this an awesome way to spend an afternoon in the mountains!	Charitable Treasures Workshop	08/07/10	Woodland Park
What If - Innovation & Creativity Festival What If - Innovation & Creativity Festival Presented by Imagination Celebration at Downtown Colorado Springs September 10-September 12, 2010 This is a community festival for all ages celebrating innovation, creativity and all of the connections in-between! Imagination Celebration is the instigator, but as with any effective initiative, this will be a shared creation with the festival's name as the "identity." Its purpose is to promote creative collaborations that connect our community. Objectives: Shine the light on diverse forms of innovation and creativity in the Pikes Peak region. Celebrate...	Imagination Celebration	09/10/10- 09/12/10	Colorado Springs
Emma Crawford Coffin Race & Parade Emma Crawford Coffin Race & Parade Presented by Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce at Downtown Manitou Springs October 30, 2010 The legend of Emma Crawford lives again in this unique race up Manitou Avenue. Costumed impersonators of Emma Crawford, a 19th-century local who was buried on nearby Red Mountain, ride on coffin-like contraptions pulled by teams of four mourners. (Emma supposedly still haunts the mountain even though her coffin washed away years after her burial.) A parade and awards for the best Emma, the most creative coffin, and the best overall entourage complete the daylong...	Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce	10/30/10	Manitou Springs
2011 U.S. Women's Open 2011 U.S. Women's Open Presented by The Broadmoor at The Broadmoor Hotel July 4-July 10, 2011 Conducted by the United States Golf Association, the U.S. Women's Open is the National Championship for women's golf. The Broadmoor Hotel will host this esteemed event on the legendary East Course.	The Broadmoor	07/04/11- 07/10/11	Colorado Springs
Rocky Mountain Wild at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Rocky Mountain Wild at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Presented by Cheyenne Mountain Zoo at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo May 2, 2008 - Ongoing As America’s only mountain zoo, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is uniquely suited to showcase Rocky Mountain wildlife in its natural setting. The Rocky Mountain Wild exhibit complex connects you with the wild heritage of the Rocky Mountain region–offering surprising, engaging and memorable encounters with moose, mountain lions, North American river otters, lynx, bald eagles and grizzly bears.	Cheyenne Mountain Zoo	05/02/08- Ongoing	Colorado Springs

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