Forthcoming Events in Colorado Springs

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October 18, Thursday, 7:30 PM, CURTIS ADAMS – MAGIC THAT ROCKS, Pikes Peak Center: Curtis Adams is an extreme magician who injects a style of his own into his magic productions, featuring stunts, cutting-edge illusions, pyrotechnics, choreographed dance numbers and concert lighting. Tickets for this event will only be available at the Pikes Peak Center Box Office located at 190 S. Cascade in Colorado Springs.

October 18, Thursday, 7:30pm-9:00pm,  Music of India, Gallery of Contemporary Art (second floor of Science Building) on UCCS  Campus: Sanjoy Bandopadhyay will perform music of India on sitar accompanied by Abhijit Banjeree on tabla. They will perform Indian Ragas and Improvisations This event is free and open to the public. Parking: Free from 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm in Lot 3 (ONLY). Contact Kay Smith, Email: oca@uccs.edu.

October 19, Friday, Colorado College Hockey against University of Minnesota, 7:37 p.m. and October 20, Saturday, 7:07 p.m.: To purchase season tickets or to receive information: Call (719)-389-6324 or emai Matt.Gaudry@ColoradoCollege.edu. To purchase single-ticket tickets: Go to the World Arena Box Office or Call TicketsWest at (719)-576-2626.( or online. Single game ticket prices start at $13.

October 20, Saturday, 7 PM: United States Air Force Academy Football against Wyoming at the Air Force Academy: To buy tickets: USAF Academy Athletic Ticket Office, 2168 Field House Drive – USAFA, CO 80840, Phone: 800-666-USAF (8723) or 719-472-1895, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (Mon.-Fri.). Located just west of the Cadet Field House in the Falcon Athletic Center.

October 20, Saturday, 6 PM, NAACP Freedom Fund Gala: The Colorado Springs Branch of the NAACP is hosts the 2007 “Power Beyond Measure” freedom fund gala at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2886 S. Circle Drive. $75/person. The keynote speaker is Dwight Jones, Colorado Commissioner of Education.  Phone: 719-475-7255 or 719-660-4651, Contact Person: Georgi Bady.
October 21, Sunday, 12 PM-4 PM, Bridal Festivals: At the Phil Long Expo Center (I-25/Exit 151), 1515 Auto Mall Loop, Free Admission, Contact: Bridal Festivals,  303-400-4001 x 205

October 26, Friday, 6pm – 11:30 pm; October 27, Saturday, 11am – 11:30 pm; October 18, Sunday, 11am – 9pm, Second Annual Oktoberfest:  At the Phil Long Expo Center (I-25/Exit 151), 1515 Auto Mall Loop, $5 Admission Military ID Free, Kids under 12, Contact: James Snodgrass,  719-867-1651
October 20, Saturday 8:00 PM and October 21, Sunday 2:30 PM, COLORADO SPRINGS PHILHARMONIC: BELOVED BRAHMS CONCERTO, Pikes Peak Center: Lawrence Leighton Smith, Conductor Norman Krieger, Piano (Bizet: Patrie! (Schubert: Symphony No. 8) ”Unfinished” (Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2. Virtuoso pianist Norman Krieger performs Brahms and Maestro Smith conducts Schubert’s melodious “Unfinished Symphony.” Tickets for this event will only be available at the Pikes Peak Center Box Office located at 190 S. Cascade in Colorado Springs.
October 23, Tuesday, and October 24, Wednesday, 4:00 and 7:00 PM on both days, GO DIEGO GO LIVE!, Pikes Peak Center: This Broadway-level production is created by the same team as the record-breaking Dora the Explorer Live, which was seen by over 3 million people. The show is interactive, with every child in the audience getting their own Jaguar mask, which they then use to help rescue animals during the show. Audience members sing, do the cha-cha, travel down a rainforest river, and learn how each of us is special in our own way. Tickets for this event will only be available at the Pikes Peak Center Box Office located at 190 S. Cascade in Colorado Springs.
October 25, 7:30 PM (and October 26, 8:00 PM, Pikes Peak Center, Evita: Winner of seven Tony Awards®, EVITA brings to life the dynamic, larger-than-life persona of Eva Peron, wife of former Argentine dictator, Juan Peron. This exuberant production creates a gripping theatrical experience and features Andrew Lloyd Webber’s compelling Latin, pop and jazz influenced score. This legendary musical features the memorable song “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina.”  Tickets for this event will only be available at the Pikes Peak Center Box Office located at 190 S. Cascade in Colorado Springs.
October 28, Sunday, 2:30 PM, Pikes Peak Center, COLORADO SPRINGS PHILHARMONIC FAMILY SERIES: HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR: Thomas Wilson, Conductor Young Concert Artists Colorado Springs Conservatory, The Colorado Springs Philharmonic presents an exciting, educational, and fun show for kids, in collaboration with the Colorado Springs Conservatory and Young Concert Artists. There will be a costume contest and ten winners will get to observe the concert onstage in the middle of the action. Tickets for this event will only be available at the Pikes Peak Center Box Office located at 190 S. Cascade in Colorado Springs.
November 2, Friday, 6:30 and 9:30 PM and November 3, Saturday, 6:00 and 9:00 PM, Pikes Peak Center, WARREN MILLER’S “PLAYGROUND”: Warren Miller’s Playground, the largest action sports film on the planet, is coming to kickoff the winter sports season.  Presented in stunning high definition, Playground chronicles extraordinary aciton and breathtaking cinematography from Sweden, Japan, Dubai, Alaska and more. Tickets for this event will only be available at the Pikes Peak Center Box Office located at 190 S. Cascade in Colorado Springs
November 02, Friday,  7:30 PM, Colorado Springs World Arena, James Taylor: Over the course of his long career, James Taylor has earned 40 gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards and 5 Grammy Awards for a catalog running from 1970’s Sweet Baby James to his Grammy Award-winning efforts Hourglass (1997) and October Road (2002). Taylor’s first Greatest Hits album earned him the RIAA’s elite Diamond Award, given for sales in excess of 10 million units in the United States. Tickets for this event will only be available at the Pikes Peak Center Box Office located at 190 S. Cascade in Colorado Springs.
November 3, Saturday, 1:31 PM: United States Air Force Academy Football against Army at the Air Force Academy: To buy tickets: USAF Academy Athletic Ticket Office, 2168 Field House Drive – USAFA, CO 80840, Phone: 800-666-USAF (8723) or 719-472-1895, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (Mon.-Fri.). Located just west of the Cadet Field House in the Falcon Athletic Center.

November 9, Friday, Colorado College Hockey against University of Minnesota at Duluth, 7:37 p.m. and November 10, Saturday, 7:07 p.m.: To purchase season tickets or to receive information: Call (719)-389-6324  or email Matt.Gaudry@ColoradoCollege.edu.  To purchase single-ticket tickets: Go to the World Arena Box Office or Call TicketsWest at (719)-576-2626 or online. Single game ticket prices start at $13.

November 11, Sunday, 7:00 PM, Pikes Peak Center, JEFF DUNHAM – SPARK OF INSANITY TOUR: Jeff Dunham is quickly becoming recognized as the nation’s premier comic ventriloquist, performing as straight man to his cast of characters including Peanut (a fuzzy purple ‘Woozle’), Walter (an elderly curmudgeon) and Jos Jalapeo (a self-belittling pepper on a stick). Tickets for this event will only be available at the Pikes Peak Center Box Office located at 190 S. Cascade in Colorado Springs
November 15, Thursday, 7:00 PM, Pikes Peak Center, IMAGINATION CELEBRATION: THE BRAND NEW KID: New teachers…new books…new faces! It’s the very first day of second grade and Lazlo S. Gasky is the new kid in school who, well, doesn’t look or speak quite like the others. This uplifting musical is adapted from Katie Couric’s popular children’s book and produced by the Kennedy Center on Tour from Washington, DC. Tickets for this event will only be available at the Pikes Peak Center Box Office located at 190 S. Cascade in Colorado Springs
November 16, Friday, Colorado College Hockey against University of Wisconsin, 7:37 p.m. and November 17, Saturday, 7:07 p.m.: To purchase season tickets or to receive information: Call  (719)-389-6324.  To purchase single-ticket tickets: Go to the World Arena Box Office or Call TicketsWest at (719)-576-2626 or online. Single game ticket prices start at $13.

November 16, Friday, 8:00 PM, Pikes Peak Center, (RODNEY CARRINGTON: King of the Mountains, Rodney’s first album of new material in more than four years, released April 3 and debuted at the top of the comedy charts. The album was followed by a Comedy Central special; his first DVD, “Rodney Carrington Live at the Majestic Theatre” (in stores now); and a book, Coming Clean (September). All will be supported by Rodney’s first full year of touring since the debut of his television show in 2004. Tickets for this event will only be available at the Pikes Peak Center Box Office located at 190 S. Cascade in Colorado Springs. Audience members must be 18+ to attend this show.

November 17, Saturday, 12:00 PM: United States Air Force Academy Football against San Diego State at the Air Force Academy: To buy tickets: USAF Academy Athletic Ticket Office, 2168 Field House Drive – USAFA, CO 80840, Phone: 800-666-USAF (8723) or 719-472-1895, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (Mon.-Fri.). Located just west of the Cadet Field House in the Falcon Athletic Center.

November 17, Saturday, 8:00 PM, Pikes Peak Center, COLORADO SPRINGS PHILHARMONIC: SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE: Adams: Short Ride On A  Fast Machine Respighi: Fountains Of Rome Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique. Orchestral opulence in tribute to love! Respighi’s gorgeous paean to his beloved Rome followed by the ultimate Romantic work: Symphonie Fantastique, Berlioz’ dramatic and powerful tale of unrequited passion. Tickets for this event will only be available at the Pikes Peak Center Box Office located at 190 S. Cascade in Colorado Springs.
November 23, Friday, 8 PM; November 24, Saturday, 2:30 PM; November 25, Sunday, COLORADO SPRINGS PHILHARMONIC, THE NUTCRACKER: Thanksgiving Weekend Family Tradition featuring the San Diego Ballet’s fully-staged performance of Tchaikovsky’s great classic. (Tickets for this event will only be available at the Pikes Peak Center Box Office located at 190 S. Cascade in Colorado Springs.
November 24, Saturday, 8 PM, Colorado Springs World Arena, Blue Man Group: With their How to be a Megastar Tour 2.1, BLUE MAN GROUP embraces the rules, rituals and raw excitement of the arena rock concert.After obtaining a tounge-and-cheek “How to be a Megastar” video manual, BLUE MAN GROUP is joined by a blistering eight-piece band and takes the audience through a step-by-step, song-by-song, head bobbing, fist pumping rock concert journey.Mix with some cobalt blue paint and you’ve got some idea of what you’re going to see! The result? A uniquely clever interactive show, that – regardless of musical tastes – delivers enthralling enterainment for every generation! Special guest – DJ Mike Relm. Tickets for this event will only be available at the Pikes Peak Center Box Office located at 190 S. Cascade in Colorado Springs.

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