Fine Arts Center

Sunday Salon
2019-10-13 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Denver) | Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
The FAC Theatre Company and Colorado College will host a conversation about themes emerging from the show following the Sunday, Oct. 13 matinee performance of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. This will be the first of several Sunday Salon discussions throughout the season, which allow additional engagement with the production through conversation with a member of the Colorado Springs community and a member of the Colorado College faculty. Our guests for this first Sunday Salon will be Cara Woundy and Kevin Holmes.
This Sunday Salon is free and open to all ticket holders (regardless of which performance of they attend during the run).
Cara Woundy is a school psychologist and occupational therapist who for 15 years has supported students with autism spectrum disorder. She has trained teachers as an autism specialist with the Colorado Department of Education; delivered social-communication intervention to twice exceptional students at a Colorado Springs charter school; and provided in-home services for young children and their families. Today she works as a school psychologist in Widefield School District 3. Cara is dedicated to educating individuals and their families about autism and the incredible gifts each person brings.
Kevin J. Holmes is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Colorado College. He earned a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology at Emory University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at UC Berkeley before arriving at CC in 2014. His research explores the structure of human knowledge, focusing on how language reflects and shapes the way we think and on how people understand numerical concepts. A lifelong theater lover, he is integrating the FAC’s production of Curious Incident into his current First Year Experience course in psychology, which includes a unit on thought and language in people with autism spectrum disorder.

Hidden Heritage: The Broadmoor Art Academy
2019-10-15 17:00 - 18:00
FAC Member-Only Lecture
In honor of the FAC’s centennial milestone, we are pleased to host a very special member-only lecture featuring Dr. Jim Raughton. Drawing from his research on the topic, his personal knowledge, and appreciation as an avid collector of works by artists of the Academy, Jim will provide insights about the BAA practitioners, their personalities, and memorable moments central to the early days of our 100-year history. No RSVP required, check-in at front desk.
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
2019-10-02 19:00 - 21:00, 2019-09-26 19:30 - 21:30, 2019-09-29 14:00 - 16:00
Fifteen-year-old Christopher has an extraordinary brain. He is exceptional at mathematics but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched, and he distrusts strangers. It’s seven minutes after midnight and Christopher stands beside his neighbor’s dead dog, Wellington, who has been speared with a garden fork. Finding himself under suspicion, Christopher is determined to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington, and he carefully records each fact of the crime. His detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a thrilling journey that upturns his world.

Costume Shop Sale
2019-10-19 10:00 - 15:00
The FAC Theatre Company Costume Shop is bursting at the seams, time to make room on the racks and shelves for new creations!
Just in time for Halloween!
WHAT TO EXPECT:
Think of it as a Costume Department Yard Sale, i.e. there won’t be dressing rooms available (dress accordingly if you anticipate trying things on).

– VARIETY: This sale will include items built and decorated for specific shows, lots of vintage clothes, and plenty of interesting pieces that with a little imagination could become something wonderful.
We do not have an inventory of every item in our extensive stock (over 2,000 individual pieces!), like a yard sale, you’ll just have to come down and see what treasures await!
– SIZES: all sizes available, mostly adult, some kids items, some plus-size items
– A few choice props will also be on offer
– The Fine Arts Center opens at 10 a.m., no early birds please!
– Due to time and space constraints, no early sales can be accommodated.
PRICING: Items from $1 – $100. One-of-a-kind costumes styled by FAC Costume Staff for $10-$20.
PAYMENT: We will accept cash, checks, and credit cards.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: Talkback
2019-10-20 16:30 - 17:30
Join us for a FREE talkback session following the final Sunday performance.

Libation Lectures
2019-08-22 17:15 - 18:30
This member-only lecture series offers an educational twist to the traditional happy hour. Each lecture will explore an aspect of the amazing art and featured artists from various FAC exhibitions served up with a themed drink to help you really dive deep into the topic.

Natanya Ann Pulley Book Launch & Reading
2019-10-25 17:30 - 19:00
Join Natanya Ann Pulley for a reading from her new book, WITH TEETH. Reception to follow. Free copy for the first 50 attendees.
Experimenting with voice, form, and genre, Pulley crafts a chorus of women voices who are in the process of reclaiming and telling their own stories as they slip through the cracks of our spatial and temporal reality. This collection explores how we tell stories, personally and collectively as a society, as we become stories ourselves. Through turns—haunting, playful, tragic, and comedic—Pulley crafts a surreal fever-dream collection that will linger long after you finish reading.
WITH TEETH is Natanya’s debut story collection and the winner of the 2018 Many Voices Project Prize through New Rivers Press. She is a Diné writer (Kinyaa’áani dóó Táchii’nii) from Utah residing in Colorado Springs. Natanya is the founding editor of Hairstreak Butterfly Review and teaches texts by Native American writers, Fiction Writing, and Experimental Forms at Colorado College.
Presented by: The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant for Southwest Arts and Culture, and National Endowment for the Humanities Grant

Carrie the Musical: A Staged Concert (SOLD OUT!)
2019-10-25 19:30 - 21:30
Carrie White is a misfit. At school, she’s an outcast who’s bullied by the popular crowd, and virtually invisible to everyone else. At home, she’s at the mercy of her loving but cruelly over-protective mother. But Carrie’s just discovered she’s got a special power, and if pushed too far, she’s not afraid to use it…

Tiny Beautiful Things
2019-11-08 19:30 - 20:00, 2019-11-10 14:00 - 15:30, 2019-11-14 19:30 - 20:00
Based on the best-selling book by Cheryl Strayed and adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos, Tiny Beautiful Things personifies the questions and answers that “Sugar” was publishing online from 2010-2012. When the struggling writer was asked to take over the unpaid, anonymous position of advice columnist, Strayed used empathy and her personal experiences to help those seeking guidance for obstacles both large and small. Tiny Beautiful Things is a play about reaching when you’re stuck, healing when you’re broken, and finding the courage to take on the questions which have no answers.

Sunday Salon
2019-12-01 16:00 - 17:00
The FAC Theatre Company and Colorado College will host a conversation about themes emerging from the show following the Sunday, Dec. 1 matinee performance of Tiny Beautiful Things. This will be the second of several Sunday Salon discussions throughout the season, which allow additional engagement with the production through conversation with a member of the Colorado Springs community and a member of the Colorado College faculty. Our community and faculty co-hosts are Sally Lewis and Steven Hayward.
Sally Lewis Hybl, BA, MPA (Actress, advocate, civic leader) A lifelong Colorado Springs resident, Sally calls the Fine Arts Center Theatre her theatre home. She has also appeared locally with Opera Theatre of the Rockies, the Colorado Springs Philharmonic and UCCS Theatreworks earning such honors as Best Actress (PPAC), Readers Choice Best Actress Bronze (The Gazette), and nominations for Best Supporting Actress (Ovation Award) and Best Actress in a Play (CTG Henry Awards). An advocate for the arts, Sally is a recipient of the Theatreworks Community Art Award (CAW) and the Bee Vradenburg Foundation Art Champion award. She currently serves as a Trustee of Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation and the Tradition of Excellence Foundation.
Born and raised in Toronto, Steven Hayward is chair of the Colorado College English Department where he teaches creative writing. A frequent contributor to the Globe and Mail and the Literary Review of Canada, his first novel, The Secret Mitzvah of Lucio Burke, won Italy’s prestigious Premio Grinzane Cavour prize. You can hear Steven on the radio locally as a regular contributor to “A Day in the Life” on KRCC and KCME.
This Sunday Salon is free and open to all ticket holders (regardless of which performance of they attend during the run).
