Flailing my arms about in front of the motion detection camera to slice the flying fruit salad onscreen, I felt that same gleeful bemusement my parents must have felt the first time they played “Wii Sports.” As an employee blended a smoothie behind the juice bar, I was playing “Fruit Ninja” with the ingredients. The […]
Forest green walls, chandeliers and bones adorn one side of the room. On the other, you’ll find authentic Afghan rugs and fashionable mannequins. Bridging the gap is a menagerie of vintage clothing and succulents, with a basket offering free “Warm Fuzzies” – cotton balls with googly eyes. This room, located near the front of the […]
When Steffany Butts-Boucher opened her sound healing and meditation business, ECHO Frequency Studio LLC, in 2020, she was terrified. She had a little money saved, but it wasn’t exactly a realistic amount to open a business with. And besides, she’d decided to set up shop in the middle of a global pandemic. But as she […]
Nico Wilkinson (they/he) woke up on Nov. 20, 2022, to a flurry of confusion. Text messages flooded their phone screen, asking if they were okay. Frantically written Facebook posts inquired about the whereabouts of friends who weren’t picking up the phone. Half-asleep, Wilkinson tried to figure out what had happened. Then, they saw the headlines […]
A museum curator gazes down on a flag of candy cane stripes and 50 white stars. She does not pass judgment on the artifacts; she merely catalogues them. But she does write the captions – captions which omit or emphasize information. Just how should she caption the battered flag of the United States of America? […]
Gazing into Julia Evans’ abstract paintings is a similar experience to seeing visions in the inkblots of a Rorschach test. Gazing into one, you could see a pirate ship … or a hammock … or a chalice. I could’ve sworn that the hazy shapes of another painting depicted a basketball player leaping for a dunk. […]
First Friday Art Walk should be the most wonderful evening of the month, but without proper planning, it can turn into a mad dash across the city to hit each of your favorite galleries. Scrolling through social media the morning after, you’ll realize you missed out on an opening reception party in Manitou Springs or […]
Colorado Springs has never been the most queer-friendly city. Just one year after anti-LGBTQ+ Evangelical Protestant organization Focus on the Family moved their headquarters to the Springs, Colorado voters approved Amendment 2 with a 53% majority, legalizing discrimination based on sexual orientation in the state constitution. Because the amendment was written by religious fundamentalists from […]
