Events & Entertainment

Colorado College hosts a variety of free classical music concerts every month, by both students, faculty, and professional musicians – check out the full calendar here, but I wanted to particularly draw attention to this one on Tuesday, February 26th, as I love George Gershwin’s music!

Why is it that nearly a century after its emergence, the music of George Gershwin continues to engage audiences around the world? Singer-songwriter and corporate executive Denise Young Smith and Colorado College Music Professor Ryan Bañagale engage this question by exploring the ways we experience Gershwin’s music. This conversational lecture-performance includes standards from the Gershwin songbook as well as little-known pieces from the Gershwin archive.

For more information on this concert, go here.  Or go here for the event calendar.

The Air Force Academy’s planetarium will re-open to the public in March after a long time of being closed (approximately 15 years, if my sources are right!).  It’s been renovated and features “state-of-the-art projection technology and immersive surround sound”.  It’s free, and they have a different show every week day at 12:30 PM.

Find out all the details on the planetarium and its re-opening here.  Remember, it doesn’t open until March 4th!

The new YMCA at First and Main Town Center is opening in March and they’re offering no join fees plus a gift pack valued at $100 when you join at their membership trailer at the parking lot for this new location.  Go here for all the details on the special offer and the grand opening (which takes place on March 16th).