06/07/10-
06/25/10 |
Center Stage Children’s Musical Theatre Summer Camps
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
June 7-June 25, 2010
Imagination Celebration is helping to sponsor the most delightful series of Children’s Musical Theatre Summer Camps led by Kay McNeill, Musical Theatre Specialist for 38 years. Each week-long camp will build self-confidence in the art of performance, stage presence, choreography, and vocal techniques. Camps are suitable for children ages 7-15.
There are three summer camp themes feature songs and scenes from Disney, Broadway, and Rock and Roll.
June 7-11 (Disney)
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06/01/10-
07/01/10 |
Youth Worx Teen Art Workshops
Imagination Space
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Imagination Space
June 1-July 1, 2010
Imagination Celebration presents Youth Worx: Fantastic, phenomenal, fun teen art workshops, free for ages 14-19. Experience mural making, photography, film making, sculpture, make messenger bags and mor!
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| 05/08/10 |
Second Saturday Series: the Puppet Lady
Cordera Community Center
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Cordera Community Center
May 8, 2010
Imagination Celebration, Cordera, and the YMCA present "The Puppet Lady" as the May feature for the Second Saturday Series, a family theater series for residents in NE Colorado Springs!
Patti Smithsonian, a writer for puppet theater, has performed her original work in the US, Mexico, Europe and Canada. Her performance combines puppets, masks, optical effects, dance and acting. Patti has been given the UNIMA International Award for Excellence in Puppet Theatre, the...
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04/30/10-
05/09/10 |
48th Annual Pikes Peak Regional Young People's Art Exhibition: Middle School Level
Imagination Space
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Imagination Space
April 30-May 9, 2010
Experience the developed artfulness of middle school students selected from schools throughout the Pikes Peak Region. The ability to visually communicate ideas, concepts, reality, and possibilities is an educational advantage that serves students throughout life. See the world through the eyes of these outstanding teens. Stop in. Look deeply. Learn more.
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04/21/10-
06/30/10 |
Beginning African Dance Classes
Imagination Space
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Imagination Space
April 21-June 30, 2010
If you can walk, you can dance! Move to the sounds of music in an environment full of fun, energy and ease of movements with Anabela Osavio-Crooks.
For Anabela, dancing was part of growing up in Panama. Due to the diversity in her country, Anabela was able to acquire the movements and style for many dances such as Salsa, Meringue, Reggae, Calypso, Afro-Cuban, and Hip Hop. Dancing connects her with her African roots.
Anabela moved to Colorado Springs in 1984 but she felt a void...
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| 04/17/10 |
Just for Us!
Cordera Community Center
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Cordera Community Center
April 17, 2010
Where: Cordera Community Center When: Saturday, April 17th 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Why: Imagination Celebration is bringing opportunities for families in NE Colorado Springs to play, move and grow together. Who: For ages 2 ½ to 5! General public invited. Admission: FREE! Learn to connect with your child’s unique rhythm in a whole new way in this invigorating and dynamic experience. During the workshop, you will engage in activities that support your child’s creativity...
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04/16/10-
04/25/10 |
High School Level: 48th Annual Pikes Peak Regional Young People's Art Exhibition
Presented by Imagination Celebration
April 16-April 25, 2010
Experience the developed artfulness of over 300 high school students selected from schools throughout the Pikes Peak Region. The ability to visually communicate ideas, concepts, reality, and possibilities is an educational advantage that serves students throughout life. See the world through the eyes of these outstanding teens. Stop in. Look deeply. Learn more.
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| 04/12/10 |
Nate the Great: Over the Moon Family Theater
Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
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...
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| 04/10/10 |
Second Saturday Series
Cordera Community Center
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Cordera Community Center
April 10, 2010
Imagination Celebration, Cordera, and the YMCA present "The Night the Moon Ate My Room," part of the Second Saturday Series, a family theater series for residents in Northeast Colorado Springs!
What?! How could a moon eat somebody's room? A boy looks out his bedroom late one starry night and thinks he sees the moon getting closer and closer to him...and he's right! The moon enters the room, and shares with the boy magical stories that, thought the boy's eyes and ears, reveal...
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04/02/10-
04/11/10 |
48th Annual Pikes Peak Regional Young People's Art Exhibition: Elementary school art
Presented by Imagination Celebration
April 2-April 11, 2010
Experience the exuberant joy and triumphant talent of over 300 elementary students (K-5) from schools throughout the Pikes Peak region. This 48th annual exhibition demonstrates the imaginations and skills of children, as well as the educational effectiveness of their teachers. Stop in. Look closely. Smile big.
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| 03/27/10 |
Michael Hague Booksigning!
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
March 27, 2010
Come to a rare opportunity to meet Michael Hague and watch him create original drawings in your books. Join us for this exclusive opportunity to meet the man who has tickled the imaginations of countless children and adults with his whimsical, charming illustrations. A wide selection of his classic children's books and 20 different dragon posters will be available for purchase. Want to know more about Michael Hague? Well Michael Hague, one of this country's foremost illustrators,...
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| 03/13/10 |
Art Guffaw
Cordera Community Center
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Cordera Community Center
March 13, 2010
Join Mr. Art Guffaw, a house painter who is afraid of color and cannot draw a straight line. Watch as he becomes a real artist, in a mysterious artist’s studio where the easel speaks, drawings come alive and portraits dance. With puppetry, juggling, giant soap bubbles and at least 99 art jokes, Art Guffaw brings to life an astonishing circus of fine art.
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| 02/12/10 |
A Year with Frog and Toad: Over the Moon Family Theater
Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
February 12, 2010
Looking to enhance your child's learning? You've found the ticket! Imagination Celebration presents the Over the Moon Family Theater Season featuring the second of three literacy-based performance tours: A Year with Frog and Toad.
This Tony Award-nominated Road Company musical remains true to the original series as it follows two great friends, the cheerful Frog and the grumpy Toad through four seasons. Waking from hibernation in the spring, they plant gardens, swim, rake leaves and...
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| 01/09/10 |
Birgitta DePree presents Hans Christian Anderson's The Emperor's New Clothes & Other Ugly Ducks
Cordera Community Center
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Cordera Community Center
January 9, 2010
Imagination Celebration is bringing award-winning theater to NE Colorado Springs! Start the new year right by engaging in a joyful experience with your family at the Cordera Community Center. Experience the gifted and oh-so-lovable, Birgitta DePree, in her delightful one-woman theatrical salute to Hans Christian Anderson. The Emperor's New Clothes is an entertaining suite of hilarious adaptations from Anderson's most popular and beloved fairytales. Puppetry, magic, musical, &...
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| 11/16/09 |
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Over the Moon Family Theater
Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
November 16, 2009
Looking to enhance your child's learning? You've found the ticket! Imagination Celebration presents the Over the Moon Family Theater Season featuring the first of three literacy-based performance tours: Laura Ingalls Wilder!
Laura and her family travel across America in search of a place they can call home. Facing many obstacles, their pioneering spirit and family bonds are tested but never broken. This uplifting story of a beloved author comes to life in this ArtsPower musical....
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| 07/26/09 |
Imagination Celebration Festival: Metamorphosis
Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
July 26, 2009
Join us at the Pikes Peak Center for our 20th annual free family festival day on Sunday, July 26th with activities beginning at 1:00pm.
The theme of this year’s festival is Metamorphosis, and the grounds of the Pikes Peak Center will be changed, thanks to the involvement of very creative local businesses, organizations, and street painters, all working with the idea of change, transition, and growth. This celebration is designed to engage all ages in...
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07/25/09-
07/26/09 |
Street Painting Extravaganza!
Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
July 25-July 26, 2009
Join Imagination Celebration at the Pikes Peak Center for the first annual Colorado Springs Street Painting Festival! The theme of the festival is "Metamorphosis," so bring your spirit of creativity and help us transform the grounds of the Pikes Peak Center into something as magnificent as a butterfly!
There is still time to register as an artist, and there will be fabulous prizes for People's Choice, as well as other categories such as Best Recreation of a Masterpiece and...
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07/07/09-
07/30/09 |
IC...I See Another Look -- Recycled Art
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
July 7-July 30, 2009
Come to Celebration Place for kid-friendly, totally transformed, and fantastically fun art projects created from recycled materials. Every Tuesday morning in July, kids will begin creating a different art project so that by noon on Thursdays, they'll have a totally transformed work of art to take home. Pre-registration is required. Recommended for children ages 8-14 and cost only $10 per child for the two 2-hour long sessions. Call 387-9015 for more information and to register.
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07/03/09-
09/19/09 |
2nd Annual Butterflies & Friends Project
Presented by Imagination Celebration
July 3-September 19, 2009
The 2nd Annual Butterflies & Friends is a community service initiative led by The Rotary Club of Colorado Springs in partnership with Imagination Celebration to raise awareness and funds to serve children and promote the arts in schools. Volunteer artists will transform butterfly templates into beautiful creatures that will adorn Colorado Springs and auction buyers' gardens. The funds raised will be donated to help support Hunt and West elementary schools art programs. You can...
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06/01/09-
06/26/09 |
Summer Theater Camps
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
June 1-June 26, 2009
Imagination Celebration & Center Stage Children's Theater offers two different Theater Camp sessions, each recommended for children ages 7-15 years old.
Each session runs Monday-Friday for two consecutive weeks:
Session I, June 1-12
Session II, June 15-26
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| 05/09/09 |
Michael Hague Book Signing Event!
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
May 9, 2009
You're invited to hop down to Celebration Place to meet illustrator Michael Hague! Don't miss this exclusive opportunity to meet the man who has tickled the imaginations of countless children and adults with his whimsical, charming illustrations. His new 2009 poster and a selection of published books will be available for purchase.
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| 04/06/09 |
Imagination Celebration presents Junie B. Jones
Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
April 6, 2009
Watch out world, here comes Junie B. Jones and she's definitely ready for a new school year! Follow her escapades in this rollicking, one-of-a-kind musical adventure. Based on the books by Barbara Parks and produced by TheatreworksUSA of New York City.
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| 03/27/09 |
Spring Break with Imagination Celebration: Colorful Cabbage Juice with Cool Science!
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
March 27, 2009
Come Celebrate your Imagination during spring break with an assortment of events for kids of all ages! What do you get if you boil a red cabbage for a while? An awesome acid/base indicator! The purple cabbage juice will change colors depending on whether you mix it with an acid or a base. We will mix different juices and household chemicals with cabbage juice to find their pH.
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE. RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED. Call 398-9015
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| 03/26/09 |
Spring Break with Imagination Celebration: The Magical Michael Hague Poster and Book Signing!
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
March 26, 2009
Don't miss this exclusive opportunity to meet the man who has tickled the imaginations of countless children and adults with his whimsical, charming illustrations. The new 2009 poster and a limited selection of published books will be available for purchase.
Come celebrate your imagination during Spring Break with this astounding assortment of events for kids of all ages at Celebration Place. All events are free! Reservations are REQUIRED. Call 387-9015 to register.
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| 03/26/09 |
Spring Break with Imagination Celebration: The Night the Moon Ate My Room with Jesse Wilson
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
March 26, 2009
Come celebrate your imagination during Spring Break with an astounding assortment of events for kids of all ages at Celebration Place. All events are free! Reservations are REQUIRED. Call 387-9015 to register.
A boy looks out his bedroom window late one starry night and thinks he sees the moon getting closer and closer to him–and he's right! The moon enters the room, and share with the boy magical stories that, through the boys eyes and ears, reveal the wisdom and the...
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| 03/25/09 |
Spring Break with Imagination Celebration: Dance Builders!
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
March 25, 2009
Come celebrate your imagination during spring break with an astounding assortment of events for kids of all ages at Celebration Place--Imagination Celebration's creativity space, located in the upper level of The Citadel.
Ormao Center for Contemporary Dance will teach us how to build a community of dance through the common language of everyday movement. Spend an hour with these creative dancers and experience the opportunity to enjoy movement and dance created from everyday...
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| 03/24/09 |
Spring Break with Imagination Celebration: Zoo on the Move! Zoom!
Citadel Mall
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Citadel Mall
March 24, 2009
GET WILD OVER SPRING BREAK! Join the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo crew for fun animal activities and an opportunity to get up close and personal with some favorite animals! A different program every day. All events are free but require reservations. Call 719.387.9015
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| 03/23/09 |
Spring Break with Imagination Celebration: IC, I See A Dream City
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
March 23, 2009
Come celebrate your imagination during Spring Break with an astounding assortment of events for kids of all ages at Celebration Place - Imagination Celebration's creativity space, located on the upper level of The Citadel. ALL EVENTS ARE FREE. Reservations are required--call 387-9015 or email jane@imaginationcelebration.org
Scenes of Creativity & Imagination: What could our communities look like in 2020--especially through the eyes and imaginations of youngsters! Children,...
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03/14/09-
03/15/09 |
Chalk It Up to Greatness
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
March 14-March 15, 2009
The hottest medium in the art world is the same one many of us started out with: chalk. Chalk art has taken over sidewalks from New York to Hong Kong, as chalk art festivals explode with eye-popping 3-D effects. Professional and student artists will create dynamic chalk art pieces in this two-day festival organized by The Gazette, Imagination Celebration and local artist Douglas Rouse.
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02/14/09-
02/28/09 |
heART for the Arts
Presented by Imagination Celebration
February 14-February 28, 2009
We are excited to announce "heART for the Arts," our next art reception, including a silent auction of art from several of our featured artists with the proceeds going to Imagination Celebration, a non-profit arts organization which promotes, produces and presents arts programming, allowing children and teens creative outlets they may not otherwise enjoy. Come to the reception and meet our local artists and enjoy refreshments while musician Jeff Sampson performs his...
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| 02/13/09 |
Imagination Celebration presents The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley
Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
February 13, 2009
Join Flat Stanley as he airmails himself around the globe, making new friends and learning about different cultures through song and dance. Based on the book by Jeff Brown and produced by The Road Company of New York City.
Buy your tickets today to see some of the nation's best children's theater companies bring your favorite literary characters to life! The performance begins at 7 p.m., but you can join us in the Pikes Peak Center lobby beginning at 6 p.m. for exciting...
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01/06/09-
02/28/09 |
Cool Antarctica
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
January 6-February 28, 2009
Bundle up and trek your way in for a close-up, unforgettable Antarctic exploration of life at the South Pole. Explorers participate in a flurry of interactive, hands-on visual, performing and literary arts experiences geared for children and adults. This creative expedition of learning and fun is led by Imagination Celebration and multi-media artist, Mary Helsaple, with many imaginative educators, scientists, and artists of all ages.
The adventure begins as soon as you enter...
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| 12/13/08 |
Imagination Celebration presents Happy Feet
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
December 13, 2008
Free Family Film Time ! Take a break from holiday shopping with this Academy Award-winning film about an Emperor Penguin colony in Antarctica. Bring the whole family and share a happy de-stressing time with this warm, cool story together. Eat snowy white popcorn & blizzard refreshments.
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| 12/13/08 |
Imagination Celebration - Icy Optics by Cool Science
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
December 13, 2008
Why does some ice look blue? Why does a pencil look bent when you put it in water? Come watch Cool Science create fun with light and all the wacky things it does. Admission is free!
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| 12/13/08 |
Imagination Celebration - Penguin Pandemonium
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
December 13, 2008
Everything Penguin - Learn about Antarctica's cutest critters! Make a penguin, move like a penguin, be a penguin. Admission is free!
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| 12/08/08 |
Imagination Celebration presents Over the Moon Family Theater - James and the Giant Peach
Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
December 8, 2008
When James crawls inside a gigantic peach growing in his aunt's garden, he embarks on an amazing journey down the hill, across the sea and into the sky. Based on the book by Roald Dahl and produced by TheatreworksUSA of New York City.
Buy your tickets today to see some of the nation’s best children’s theater companies bring your favorite literary characters to life! You are invited to dress in your favorite jammies and join us in the Pikes Peak Center lobby beginning at...
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| 12/06/08 |
Imagination Celebration - It's Cool to Be Cold by Cool Science
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
December 6, 2008
What does it mean to be cold? Cool Science will answer this and many other questions with exciting demos involving ice, dry ice, and liquid nitrogen!
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| 12/06/08 |
Imagination Celebration - How Cool! Life at the Pole
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
December 6, 2008
Galileo School of Math and Science invites children of all ages to create a newscast, predict the weather, tell a story, or sing a song with Antarctica as the thematic backdrop in their oh-so-cool mobile television studio. Admission is free!
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12/02/08-
12/16/08 |
Imagination Celebration - Just 4 Us: Ice, Ice Baby
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
December 2-December 16, 2008
Get your hands on (and in) art during this totally cool, interactive parent-child multi-media experience. Each week, explore this truly cool part of our world with hands-on art projects with a storytelling session, a music making activity, and "icing"/cookie decorating. Where else on earth can two of you experience Antarctica for only $18!
Call 387-9015 to register.
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| 08/13/08 |
Jazzin' Up Summer with the Brad Bietry Jazz Group
Grand Lawn Park at Cordera
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Grand Lawn Park at Cordera
August 13, 2008
Imagination Celebration and The Pikes Peak Jazz & Swing Society present the Brad Bietry Jazz Group, appearing as part of the Jazz in the Parks series of free outdoor summer concerts.
Come picnic in the park with Imagination Celebration. Bring a picnic dinner and a chair and join us for an evening of outstanding music and fun! Free for all ages. Jazz in the Park is sponsored by Cordera and Wells Fargo. (In case of rain, the picnic will be moved inside the Cordera...
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| 06/08/08 |
Free Family Festival Day: Kissidugu
Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
June 8, 2008
Imagination Celebration invites you to experience the electrifying energy and unbridled joy of Kissidugu! In a dazzling performance of West African percussion and dance, Kissidugu will delight and inspire people of all ages and cultures. The troupe itself is a merging of cultures, with members of varied ancestry and background. Under the direction of Fara Tolno and Facinet Bangoura, members of Kissidugu have a common goal: to teach and share the rich musical tradition of Guinea, West Africa....
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05/06/08-
05/20/08 |
You MAY Play With Your Food!
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
May 6-May 20, 2008
Grown-ups don't normally say "play with your food," but this month, it's all about having fun with your food! Come make yummy, delicious snacks that look good enough to eat...and we will! This Just 4 Us will surely be a feast for the eyes - and for your tummy. For 2 1/2 - 5 year olds and their grown-ups. Classes are held at 10am on three consecutive Tuesdays (May 6, 13 and 20) and are 45 minutes in length.
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| 05/03/08 |
The Magical Michael Hague: A Book Signing
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
May 3, 2008
Attention Michael Hague fans! Here's your opportunity to add to your collection and have Hague himself sign (and draw on!) your new treasures! Join Imagination Celebration for this exclusive opportunity to meet the man who has tickled the imaginations of countless children and adults with his whimsical, charming illustrations. The following newly published books, along wtih other books and Imagination Celebration posters illustrated by Michael, will be available for purchase: "Book of...
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| 04/21/08 |
If You Give a Pig a Party
Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
April 21, 2008
Imagination Celebration of Colorado Springs invites families to get swept off their feet into a world of learning, literacy and laughter during its seventh spectacular season of Family Theater at the Pikes Peak Center. This year's season once again offers an affordable opportunity to enjoy delightfully entertaining, literacy-based productions performed by nationally known touring companies. Our fifth and final performance of the season is If You Give a Pig a Party, based on the book by Laura...
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| 03/30/08 |
The Velveteen Rabbit
Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
March 30, 2008
Imagination Celebration of Colorado Springs invites families to get swept off their feet into a world of learning, literacy and laughter during its seventh spectacular season of Family Theater at the Pikes Peak Center. This year's season once again offers an affordable opportunity to enjoy delightfully entertaining, literacy-based productions performed by nationally known touring companies. Our fourth heart-warming performance of the season is The Velveteen Rabbit, based on the classic book...
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| 03/28/08 |
The Artsy Jazzy Beat
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
March 28, 2008
Celebrate your imagination with Imagination Celebration during Spring Break! Join us for this jazzy hands-on art workshop where cool cats can get their creative juices flowing! Go where the music takes you! You'll make some cool art while moving to the beat of hot jazz. For pre-k through 5th. FREE but reservations are required. Call 387-9015 to register. Celebration Place, Imagination Celebration's creativity space, is located in upper level of The Citadel, in the Burlington wing.
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| 03/28/08 |
Jazz It Up!
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
March 28, 2008
Celebrate your imagination with Imagination Celebration during Spring Break! Tap your feet to a jazzy expression of familiar children's songs and learn some great jazz traditions along the way! Practice the art of "call and response," and learn how to truly "let the good times roll!" Professional musicians Mark Raphael and Jerry Brown combine trumpet and guitar to help you celebrate Spring Break! For grades K-6. FREE but reservations are required. Call 387-9015 to...
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| 03/27/08 |
The Knobgoblins of Knuckleberry Knoll
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
March 27, 2008
Celebrate your imagination with Imagination Celebration during Spring Break! Knuckleberries are the sweetest, juiciest berries you will ever see, and who nurtures them? Why, the Knobgoblins of course! Come join us for a frivolous fantasy about these adorable creatures and a very bad bee. Beth Epley will provide her unique brand of improvisational songs and comedy as we greet spring with a giggle. Recommended for pre-k through 5th. FREE but reservations are required. Call 387-9015 to...
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| 03/26/08 |
Classics for Kids
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
March 26, 2008
Kids, join 88.7 KCME Classics for Kids host, Michael Campion, as he explores classical music in a whole new way. See if you can identify famous pieces of classical music, learn how to conduct a symphony and then test your skills at different tempos. Recommended for students in K-6. FREE but reservations are REQUIRED. Call 387-9015 to register. Celebration Place, Imagination Celebration's creativity space, is located in the upper level of the Citadel, in the Burlington wing.
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| 03/26/08 |
Even More Stories from The Night the Moon Ate My Room
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
March 26, 2008
Celebrate your imagination with Imagination Celebration during Spring Break! Come hear even MORE stories from Jesse Wilson's imaginative one-man show, The Night the Moon Ate My Room! A boy looks out his bedroom window late one starry night and thinks he sees the moon getting closer and closer to him - and he's right! The moon enters the room and shares with the boy magical stories that, through the boy's eyes and ears, reveal the wisdom and the universal gifts of sharing, community,...
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| 03/25/08 |
Myths, Mops and Mischief!
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
March 25, 2008
Celebrate your imagination with Imagination Celebration during Spring Break! A befuddled janitor in a local art museum teams up with the enchanted statue of Pandora to play out the classical Greek myths. See Hercules combat a hydra rising from the depths of a janitor's cart, watch Arachne compete for eternal weaving fame on Olympic Idol and recoil at the prospect of opening Pandora's box! Recommended for pre-K through 5th. FREE but reservations are required. Call 387-9015 to register. ...
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| 03/24/08 |
Juggling Genius
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
March 24, 2008
Come celebrate your imagination with Imagination Celebration during Spring Break! Join performer and circus arts teacher Christopher Keller for a morning of juggling, balance and other prop manipulations. After the show, Christopher will let you in on the secrets of basic juggling. So come and find out how juggling can make you smarter! Recommended for pre-k through 5th grade. FREE but reservations are required. Call 387-9015 to register. Celebration Place, Imagination Celebration's...
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03/09/08-
03/29/08 |
Creative Communities Student Art Exhibit
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
March 9-March 29, 2008
Catch a glimpse of the creative communities that are the 2007-2008 Imagination Celebration participating Site schools during the annual Dream-Makers Exhibition. This exuberant exhibition features over 100 select works created by K-12 students from Pikes Peak area schools and the Hillside Community Center. Artworks were created in a variety of media and were inspired by this year's theme of "Creative Communities." An opening reception will be held at 5pm on Sunday, March 9th. ...
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03/09/08-
03/29/08 |
Creative Communities for Children
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
March 9-March 29, 2008
Catch a glimpse of the creative communities that are the 2007-2008 Imagination Celebration participating site schools. This exhibition features over 100 exhuberant works of art by K-12 students from Pikes Peak area schools and the Hillside Community Center. Created in a variety of media, these artistic vision of these talented students are sure to inspire!
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03/04/08-
03/18/08 |
Just 4 Us - Puppets ARE All Fun and Games!
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
March 4-March 18, 2008
Create your own hand puppet and shadow puppet shows as professional puppeteer Patti Smithsonian guides you through delightful games to develop puppet voices and stories. Learn how to create puppets using household materials and how to put on your own puppet shows by creating characters, settings and stages! You'll also discover tips on how to nurture creativity in children and adults. But most of all, you'll have lots of FUN! Presented by Imagination Celebration, Just 4 Us classes are...
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| 02/08/08 |
Miss Nelson Has a Field Day
Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
February 8, 2008
Imagination Celebration of Colorado Springs invites families to get swept off their feet into a world of learning, literacy and laughter during its seventh spectacular season of Family Theater at the Pikes Peak Center. This year's season once again offers an affordable opportunity to enjoy delightfully entertaining, literacy-based productions performed by nationally known touring companies.
Our third thrilling performance of the season is "Miss Nelson Has a Field Day," based on the book by...
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| 02/02/08 |
The Moon Ate My Room!
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
February 2, 2008
WHAT? How could the moon eat somebody's room?
Come find out when Imagination Celebration takes kids of all ages on a magical journey with writer, actor and violinist Jesse Wilson as he presents selected stories from his one-man show, "The Night the Moon Ate My Room!" This lunar-riffic performance will take flight at Celebration Place in The Citadel on Saturday, February 2nd at 10:30 am.
A boy looks out his bedroom window late one starry night and thinks he sees the moon getting closer and...
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| 01/15/08 |
Aesop's Fables
Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
January 15, 2008
Imagination Celebration of Colorado Springs invites families to get swept off their feet into a world of learning, literacy and laughter during its seventh spectacular season of Family Theater at the Pikes Peak Center. This year's season once again offers an affordable opportunity to enjoy delightfully entertaining, literacy-based productions performed by nationally known touring companies.
Our second stunning performance of the season is "Aesop's Fables," based on the classic stories by...
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01/08/08-
01/22/08 |
Just 4 Us - Color the Earth
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
January 8-January 22, 2008
Kermit the Frog has said "It's not easy being green," but you'll find out just how easy it is as the Imaginatio Celebration honors our planet and environment through stories, songs and laughter at January's "Just 4 Us" classes.
Classes will include child-friendly conservation tiips, art using recycled objects and your imagination and stories by singer and storyteller Beth Epley.
"Just 4 Us" classes are for 2 1/2 - 5 year olds and their grown-ups. Classes are held on three consecutive...
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11/30/07-
01/02/08 |
The Gift of Creativity
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
November 30, 2007-January 2, 2008
Need a break from shopping, decorating and wrapping? Imagination Celebration invites you to slow down and relax by making fun holiday art with your child at Celebration Place.
Come put up your feet at our holiday art stations while creating a one-of-a-kind holiday greeting card, a snow-mobile and a pop-up snowman (or woman or kid) card. What better gift can you give your child than the gift of creativity and one-on-one time with mom or dad?
And did we mention that these art activities are...
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| 11/15/07 |
Katie Couric's 'Brand New Kid'
Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
November 15, 2007
Imagination Celebration of Colorado Springs invites families to get swept off their feet into a world of learning, literacy and laughter during its seventh spectacular season of Family Theater at the Pikes Peak Center. This year's season once again offers an affordable opportunity to enjoy delightfully entertaining, literacy-based productions performed by nationally known touring companies.
Kicking off the season is "The Brand New Kid," based on the popular children's book by Katie Couric and...
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11/06/07-
11/27/07 |
Just 4 Us - Moving to YOUR Beat
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
November 6-November 27, 2007
Calling all kids ages 2 and 1/2 to 5 years old! Grab a grown-up and come on down to Celebration Place for Imagination Celebration's monthly parent-child "Just 4 Us" classes. Held on three Tuesdays each month, you'll participate in hands-on activities that revolve around a central creative theme. We guarantee that you'll learn something outrageously fun and unbelievably cool!
Come "fall" out of fall and into winter! With cold weather approaching, you're going to need to keep yourself warm and...
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| 10/23/07 |
Creating a Backdrop
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
October 23, 2007
Have you ever wanted to design a backdrop for a play, create an exciting environment for your biology class, or represent a foreign land for Spanish, French or German class? What about a banner for that parade, music concert, school fair, or school assembly? Ever feel compelled to enlarge the face of Einstein to get the attention of your math class? Or have the image of Carl Sagan among the planets to greet your science class?
Well then.... energize your class and your own creativity by...
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| 10/18/07 |
Movie Screening: Spirits of the Rainforest
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
October 18, 2007
As a follow-up to the WILDLY popular film, "Manu - Peru's Hidden Rainforest," Imagination Celebration is proud to present the Emmy Award-winning documentary, "Spirits of the Rainforest," by Colorado Springs' own Mary K. Helsaple and Neal Williams.
Come be transported to the heart of the tropical rainforest and discover the plants, animals and people who call this magical place "home." This spell-binding movie will leave you breathless as you soar in, around and above the color, mystery and...
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10/02/07-
10/16/07 |
JUST 4 US - Zoo on the Move!
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
October 2-October 16, 2007
Calling all kids ages 2 1/2 - 5 years old! Grab a grown-up and come on down to Celebration Place for Imagination Celebration's monthly parent-child "Just 4 Us" classes. Held on three consecutive Tuesdays each month, you'll participate in hands-on activities that revolve around a central creative theme. We guarantee that you'll learn something outrageously fun and unbelievably cool!
Come get WILD at October's Just 4 Us class when the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo comes to Celebration Place, bringing...
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09/11/07-
09/25/07 |
JUST 4 US - Magical Music Fest
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
September 11-September 25, 2007
Join us for our Just 4 Us series - fun, educational, creative classes especially for 2 - 5 year olds and the grownups in their lives! Admission is $18 a month for an adult and a child. Each additional child is $9. Reservations are REQUIRED. Call 597-3344 to RSVP. Class will fill up quickly so register today!
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| 09/08/07 |
It Takes Five Kick-Off
The Citadel Mall
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at The Citadel Mall
September 8, 2007
Want your high school students to be able to attend dozens of amazing local arts events for next to nothing? Now in its eighth year, the award-winning Imagination Celebration and participating presenters invite high school students to register for the FREE 2007-2008 "It Takes 5, Youth Ticket to the Arts" card.
Based on student rush ticketing programs found in such epicenters as New York City and Seattle, the "It Takes 5" program allows student cardholders to be admitted to select arts events,...
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| 08/07/07 |
The Great Imagination Migration
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
August 7, 2007
Join Imagination Celebration and the wild and wacky storyteller Beth Epley for this zany musical adventure! Move just beyond your imagination and discover a rainforest migration path that has never been followed before, under the canopy and deep into the wetlands.
For ages 3 & up. Reservations are required. Call 387-9015 to register.
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| 08/02/07 |
Creepy Creatures of the Rainforest
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
August 2, 2007
Walk on the wild side with Imagination Celebration and Science Matters of Colorado!
Come meet some of the wild inhabitants of the rainforest and other places around the world. Pet a snake and say "hello" to Molly the Madagascar Hissing Cockroach. You'll also design, color and assemble a life cycle wheel for a ladybug.
For ages 3 & up. Reservations are REQUIRED. Call 387-9015 to register.
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| 08/01/07 |
Manu - Peru's Hidden Rainforest, a Screening
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
August 1, 2007
Colorado Springs artist, Mary Helsaple, will be showing her beautiful film about the Rainforest on Wednesday, August 1st at 6:00 pm. Free event for children and adults! Hope you can make it! Please call 597-3344 to reserve your spot.
6:00 – create an artful addition for the rainforest installation with recycled materials
6:30 – film “Manu – Peru’s Hidden Rainforestâ€
7:30 - Talk with the filmmakers, Mary Helsaple and Neal Williams about making this...
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08/01/07-
07/12/07 |
"Spirits of the Rainforest" Movie Night and Hands-On Art
First & Main Town Center
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at First & Main Town Center
August 1-July 12, 2007
Be transported to the depths of the rainforest without ever leaving Colorado Springs.
Beginning at 6:00 pm, join Imagination Celebration for a colorful family rainforest art project. Afterwards, stay for a free screening of "Spirits of the Rainforest," the Emmy Award-winning documentary created by our very own Mary Helsaple and Neal Williams for PBS.
This beautiful movie will leave you breathless as you soar in, around and above the color, wonder and grandeur of the rainforest.
Admission...
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| 07/31/07 |
Kapok Trees, Jumping Frogs and Me!
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
July 31, 2007
Imagination Celebration invites parents and kids to learn more about the delicate rainforest ecosystem as artist and educator Nicole Little leads you through a colorful art project exploring the magnificent Kapok tree and the jumping tree frogs who live there. This is one art workshop sure to leave you feeling very "hoppy."
For ages 3 & up. Reservations are REQUIRED. Call 387-9015 to register.
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| 07/21/07 |
A Wild Ride on the Rainforest Express
Celebration Place
Presented by Imagination Celebration
at Celebration Place
July 21, 2007
Join Imagination Celebration and explore the wonders of the rainforet with Tammy the Tour Guide (aka puppeteer Cathy Kelsay) and her enchanting cast of "Fantasy Forest" puppets. Interactive stories, songs and poems will keep adults and kids spellbound as they ride the Rainforest Express!
For ages 3 & up.
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