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Category Archives: The Arts
Otherworld
Otherworld is billed as an “immersive art experience.” It’s housed in an old theater in a nearly-abandoned shopping mall southeast of Columbus, Ohio. We drove down right after we landed in town and arrived when the place was not at … Continue reading
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Blue Man Group
Joshua and I went to the Denver Center for the Performing Arts to see a traveling Blue Man Group show. We drove up after work and ate supper at Sam’s No. 3 diner before the show. Our seats were front … Continue reading
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Chicago
I don’t recall hearing Chicago before I went to Moody in the fall of 1976, but I probably did. The band had been around for seven years by then and already had several hits. I sure heard a lot of … Continue reading
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Josh Groban at Red Rocks
We’ve wanted to go to Red Rocks Amphitheatre ever since we moved to Colorado almost three years ago. But we were waiting for a performer that at least one of us actually wanted to see. Josh Groban fit that description … Continue reading
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The Acro-Cats
There I sat on a Sunday evening between my wife and my boss in a wooden-domed theater watching a woman who had sorta trained some house cats to do tricks. It was Maddie’s fault. Her mom had purchased a table … Continue reading
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This and That
This was a day when you could fry an egg on any surface. It was close to 100° in Denver and not much better anywhere east of the mountains. I decided to check off some things on my list that … Continue reading
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Over the Rhine at Ivywild School
I got wind that Over the Rhine was coming to Denver on the Saturday after the Fourth of July. I went online to buy tickets and discovered they were appearing in Colorado Springs a night earlier. That made things even … Continue reading
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Glenn Miller Orchestra
Way back last December, when Sally’s choir performed with the Gettys at the Pike Peak Center, I noticed that the Glenn Miller Orchestra was coming on June 16. Sally and I wanted to go, and we invited Megan and Maddie … Continue reading
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