Category Archives: Performances

Lum & Abner Jot’em Down Store and Museum

Posted on October 12, 2022 by Roger

From the early 1930s to the mid-1950s, Lum & Abner were a comedy duo that rival Laurel and Hardy in popularity. The characters were played by Chester Lauck (Lum) and Norris Goff (Abner), natives of Mena, Arkansas. They started their … Continue reading →

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Blue Man Group

Posted on October 22, 2019 by Roger

A friend 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 … Continue reading →

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Chicago

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Roger

So it was an easy decision to buy tickets when I saw that Chicago was performing at the Pikes Peak Center in Colorado Springs. We were almost too late—there were only a handful of seats scattered around the balcony and … Continue reading →

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Josh Groban at Red Rocks

Posted on August 28, 2019 by Roger

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

Posted on July 21, 2019 by Roger

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. A friend’s mom had purchased a table near the front … Continue reading →

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