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Down the Rabbit Holes of the Pikes Peak Region

On June 19, 2012 By

DISCLAIMER: KRCC IN NO WAY ADVOCATES THAT ANYONE EXPLORE DRAINAGE TUNNELS LIKE THOSE DEPICTED IN THESE PHOTOS. PHOTOGRAPHER DUNCAN GOLD IS AN EXPERT CAVER WHO DOES EXTENSIVE RESEARCH AND CAREFULLY MONITORS THE WEATHER BEFORE ENTERTING A TUNNEL. DRAINAGE TUNNELS ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PLACES THAT CAN FLOOD WITHOUT WARNING AND HAVE CLAIMED LIVES.

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Wright Ingraham Preview #2: Solaz

On June 14, 2012 By

If you enjoyed the images of “La Casa,” the home overlooking the Pueblo Reservoir designed by Elizabeth Wright Ingraham, granddaughter of Frank Lloyd Wright, here’s another preview of “Solaz,” the home of artist Dawn Wilde. Coincidentally, both homes recently came on the market and “Solaz” is still without a buyer. Stay tuned for [...]

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Rooms with a View: La Casa at Pueblo Reservoir

On June 4, 2012 By

This slide show is a sneak preview of a longer piece we’re working on about the legacy of renowned local architect Elizabeth Wright Ingraham. Though her name often leaves lips in the same breath as her grandfather, Frank Lloyd Wright, Wright Ingraham managed deftly managed to craft her own style without rejecting her grandfather’s [...]

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In Studio: Edith Makes a Paperchain

On May 9, 2012 By

Last Wednesday, local band Edith Makes a Paperchain performed live during Steve Harris’ Grassroots Revival. Click below to hear the audio!

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Great Bones! An Amazing Before and After Remodel, Part II

On May 7, 2012 By

In Part I of this slide show we toured the spectacularly remodeled Pleasant Valley home of Architect Ryan Lloyd, of Echo Architecture, and his wife Valerie. In this second part we pick up after touring the upper floor of their home and descend to the bedrooms and family room.

If you [...]

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Good Bones: A Spectacular Home Makeover in Pleasant Valley, Part 1

On May 3, 2012 By

When architect Ryan Lloyd, his wife Valerie and their two kids moved to Colorado Springs from Portland, Oregon, they struggled to find a home that suited their cosmopolitan tastes in the neighborhoods they wanted to live in. After several years of looking without luck they came upon a foreclosure at the edge of Pleasant [...]

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Bransby Mural Unveiling this Friday

On April 18, 2012 By

 This Friday at 5:30 p.m., the Fine Arts Center will unveil the long-awaited mural by Eric Bransby, the last living descendant of the Broadmoor Academy/Fine Arts Center school masters including Thomas Hart Benton, Boardman Robinson and Jean Charlot. Working in a style that originated with the social realists of the new deal, but with [...]

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Last Chance to See Cicotello Retrospective and Purchase Works Tonight!

On March 27, 2012 By

All works in this slide show are from the Collection of Millie Yawn unless otherwise noted.

If you haven’t yet seen it, don’t miss this last chance to catch the retrospective of artwork by the late Louis Cicotello at the Gallery of Contemporary Art at UCCS (complete details HERE), a local artist and teacher [...]

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Radio Time Machine – Membership Drive Edition

On March 7, 2012 By

Since we’re in the midst of our 2012 Winter Membership Drive, we thought it would be fun to fire up the old Radio Time Machine and take a listen to what KRCC Membership Drives sounded like a quarter of a century ago. Before you listen, it’s important to remember that though you’ll hear some familiar [...]

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In the Shadow of the Valley of Death Valley, Part 1

On February 21, 2012 By

For local printmaker Jean Gumpper, whose preferred subject matter is water, an artist residency in Death Valley last April presented some very literal challenges. But as she discovered during her time there, water and the life it provides are abundant even in the hottest desert when you’re paying attention.

Stay tuned tomorrow to [...]

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Agit-Folk Posters Out of Pueblo

On February 7, 2012 By

While music can be a city’s soundtrack, the posters and ephemera that emerge from a scene give it the texture. For Pueblo’s Lastleaf Custom Print & Design, started by Mathias “Mo” Valdez, that texture might be best described as Soviet-Southwest, or Agit-Folk. Not all-that-surprisingly, half of LastLeaf’s crack design team includes The Haunted [...]

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A Closer Look at the Art of Louis Cicotello

On February 2, 2012 By

All works in this slide show are from the Collection of Millie Yawn unless otherwise noted.

When local artist and teacher Louis Cicotello died last year we were woefully unfamiliar with his life and work, but felt like we got to know him to some small degree both through the many people in [...]

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Clarence Shivers’ Gallery of Greats: Civil Rights Leaders

On January 19, 2012 By

In 1983, local artist Clarence Shivers was commissioned by the Miller Brewing Company to illustrate its annual calendar celebrating the accomplishments of civil rights luminaries. We asked his wife Peggy to talk to us about the portraits. In the slide show above, Peggy takes a look back at the time in the 1980s [...]

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Studio Visit with Matt Barton, Part II: The Other Tower, The Airplane Hangar, The Sauna, and The Dome

On January 17, 2012 By

Here we present the second installment of our visit with local sculptor and UCCS Art Professor Matt Barton at his jaw dropping home/art studio/compound tucked away in the forest south of Cheyenne Canyon off Highway 115. If you haven’t seen Barton’s super-natural (hyper-natural?) multi-media installations/club houses/forts/Peter Pan parties, you should definitely have a look [...]

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Studio Visit: Matt Barton’s Ewok Village in Progress, Part I

On January 16, 2012 By

Over the past six months, we’ve had the great pleasure of paying several visits to local sculptor and UCCS Art Professor Matt Barton at his jaw dropping home/art studio/compound tucked away in the forest south of Cheyenne Canyon off Highway 115. If you haven’t seen Barton’s super-natural (hyper-natural?) multi-media installations/club houses/forts/Peter Pan parties, you [...]

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Archie Musick’s “Christmas Card to End all Christmas Cards”

On December 8, 2011 By

Sometime in the late 1930s/early-1940s, Colorado Springs artist Archie Musick (whose amazing hand-built home in Garden of the Gods we profiled HERE) created a mind-boggling 75-page hand-made Christmas card booklet for his friend Laura Bunnell filled not just with words or images, but with painstakingly rendered, hand-pulled stone lithographs. Local art collector Blake [...]

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25 Local Etsy Wonderments

On November 22, 2011 By

As the holiday shopping season fast approacheth, we took a look at what the local Etsy sellers had to offer (simply click on the “Shop Local” button on the lower-left-hand side of the page and type in your zip code) and came away bedazzled by the sheer magnitude of the hidden online community [...]

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Ghost Town Troubadour

On November 21, 2011 By

It’s hard to believe Mike Clark started playing guitar at 27 as he tells Vicky Gregor in this recording of last Friday’s live on-air interview with Vicky Gregor. Since he took up music, Clark has formed his own band, The Jack Trades, joined forces with The Haunted Windchimes, and created the newly released [...]

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Mike Clark In-Studio

On November 18, 2011 By

Mike Clark stopped by KRCC today. Listen to him perform and to his interview with KRCC’s Vicky Gregor.

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Oral Archaeology: The Story Project

On November 10, 2011 By

This Friday night at Marmalade at Smokebrush (219 W. Colorado Ave. Ste. 210. 7 p.m.) The Story Project will hear the voices of veterans in a show titled “Bridging The Gap, Veterans Share Their Stories on and Off the Battlefield.” Co-Produced by Sharon Friedman and Hannah Rockey of Concrete Couch, the event [...]

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Remembering John-Alex Mason

On October 20, 2011 By

John-Alex Mason Remembered by Jeff Bieri

As the arts community mourns the death of local friend and blues musician John-Alex Mason, KRCC DJ Jeff Bieri remembers him from the first time he played one of his CDs on the Blue Plate Special through his involvement with Blues Under The Bridge and the [...]

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Adam Leech’s Hobo Nickelry

On October 18, 2011 By

Local entrepreneur and musician Adam Leech took up the old-timey hobby of nickel carving a few years back. In this slide show he takes us through his personal collection of Hobo nickels, including a few of his own.

You can find out more about Leech’s Hobo nickels and the documentary he’s working on about them [...]

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Ludlow, Part 5

On October 1, 2011 By

Click the green play button to listen:

Click HERE to listen to Part 1.

Click HERE to listen to Part 2.

Click HERE to listen to Part 3.

Click HERE to listen to Part 4.

The presentation was produced by Noel Black with assistance from [...]

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Perk Backlash: Do Surprise Upgrades Make Us Uneasy?
June 18, 2013 | NPR · When we get free perks we didn’t earn, negative feelings can result, according to researchers. Part of the problem? Fellow customers. It helps if they’re not around, a new study says.
 

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‘We Were Told To Lie,’ Say Bank Of America Employees
June 18, 2013 | NPR · Six former employees and one contractor say Bank of America’s mortgage servicing unit consistently lied to homeowners, fraudulently denied loan modifications and offered bonuses to staff for intentionally pushing people into foreclosure, according to a Salon.com report.
 

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The ‘Standing Man’ Of Turkey: Act Of Quiet Protest Goes Viral
June 18, 2013 | NPR · After police broke up the protests in Turkey’s Taksim Square over the weekend, a new protest has sprung up — but this one is still and silent. A lone man stood motionless in the square for six hours overnight, and soon many others decided to join the “standing man.”
 

Arts & Life

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In NYC, A Play Festival Spotlights Stories Of Disability
June 18, 2013 | NPR · Now in its third year, the “… Our Parts” festival at Theater Breaking Through Barriers runs through June 28. Here and across the country, artists with disabilities are making drama (and comedy) in illuminating ways.
 

Reader Advisory: ‘Shining Girls’ Is Gruesome But Gripping
June 18, 2013 | NPR · Lauren Beukes’ new thriller The Shining Girls traces a time-traveling serial killer as he jumps through the decades, pursued by the only one of his victims to survive. Critic Alan Cheuse calls the book “a frightening journey in time and punishment.”
 

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Death Of A Puppy: An Exclusive Imaginary Excerpt From The ‘Man Of Steel’ Sequel
June 18, 2013 | NPR · We’ve gotten our hands on an exclusive excerpt from the sequel to the Superman smash (by making it up ourselves).
 

Music

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Kanye’s ‘Yeezus’ Packs A Bite
June 18, 2013 | NPR · After months of speculation, West’s latest album reveals itself as a trim, 10-song, 40-minute effort that’s heavy on electronic and industrial influences. It’s also another piece of the puzzle to one of pop music’s most compelling — and frustrating — figures.
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Pickwick On World Cafe
June 18, 2013 | WXPN · Hear three songs from Pickwick’s debut album — and the story behind the Seattle band’s reinvention.
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Cécile McLorin Salvant: Making Old Songs New Again
June 18, 2013 | NPR · The 23-year-old jazz phenom’s debut album showcases her takes on vintage jazz and blues numbers by Bessie Smith, Fats Waller and others. You can trace some of her effects back to jazz greats like Sarah Vaughan, Betty Carter and Abbey Lincoln.
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