How to Plant a Tree in the SaGāJi

Hear the FAC's award-winning designer Chris Sheley tells the compelling story of how his entire team gets into the act of building a "ginormous tree" for the upcoming production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast.
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Brighton Beach Preview

Performing Arts director Alan Osburn sat down to talk about the FAC Theatre Company's season opening production, Brighton Beach Memoirs, which he is directing. The play by Neil Simon opens October 12 in the Fine Arts Center's SaGaJi Theatre.
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KRCC interview FAC's Sylvester Smith on jazz

Sylvester Smith, known as 'Smitty', is a long-time Fine Arts Center employee and Colorado Springs native who has seen many of the jazz legends from Portraits from the Golden Age of Jazz perform live. He recently shared his memories while touring the FAC MODERN exhibition with KRCC's Kate Dawson. Listen to KRCC's interview (5:56)

KRCC: Springs art scene at a tipping point

The FAC’s Tariana Navas-Nieves participated in a panel for the “Incubator” series at the UCCS Gallery of Contemporary Art on April 12. KRCC’s Noel Black was there, and he filed this report. Has Colorado Springs reached a tipping point? The FAC and the Extremely Grand Opening in August were mentioned as catalysts to move the arts scene forward in the right direction. “That’s what I’m hoping that the Fine Arts Center will really become a synonym or symbolic of a new era, a new renaissance in the arts in the Colorado Springs area,” said Navas-Nieves.
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KRCC is having their annual open house this Saturday and Sunday from 1-3 p.m. at the station at 912 N. Weber. They’ll have BBQ, bands and a bounce-house and it’s all free.

Katrina Gallery Tour

New Orleans gallery owner and exhibition organizer Arthur Roger with Louisiana artists Willie Birch, Jacqueline Bishop and Dawn Dedeaux, provide a room-by-room narration for Katrina: Catastrophe and Catharsis. Download the first-ever FAC MODERN audio tour on your mp3 player, then come downtown to view the exhibit. Experience Katrina through the eyes – and words – of the artists!
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Bad Boys of Abridgement

Cory Moosman, Chris Varano, and Brantley Haines, stars of the FAC’s Complete History of America (Abridged), which opens this Friday, debut their "Bad Boys of Abridgement" Blog by dissecting the Complete History of Blogs... including some fond childhood memories of playing with Lincoln blogs.
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Dr. Michael De Marsche’s NPR interview

On March 7, Louisiana artist Jacqueline Bishop interviewed FAC President and CEO Dr. Michael De Marsche about Katrina: Catastrophe and Catharsis for New Orleans’ NPR station 89.9 WWNO.
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