Join us for a special October screening of the cult classic HOCUS POCUS inside the Ivywild School Gym on the large screen, with fresh popcorn available. Brought to you by IFSOC and Ivywild School, FREE admission, donations appreciated!HOCUS POCUS (1993, PG, 1h 36m)
After moving to Salem, Mass., teenager Max Dennison (Omri Katz) explores an abandoned house with his sister Dani (Thora Birch) and their new friend, Allison (Vinessa Shaw). After dismissing a story Allison tells as superstitious, Max accidentally frees a coven of evil witches (Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy) who used to live in the house. Now, with the help of a magical cat, the kids must steal the witches’ book of spells to stop them from becoming immortal.
Location: Colorado Springs
YMCA Turkey Trot 5K
This November 23rd, Thanksgiving Day, the Briargate Family YMCA is hosting their 26th annual YMCA Turkey Trot 5K and kids’ Tiny Trot in Colorado Springs, CO.This event is an eagerly anticipated holiday fundraiser for the YMCA. Funds raised from this event help provide scholarships to local families in need, which in turn, allows them access to the YMCA and its many programs.
Compound Movement Breakdown
NEXUS is running its 3rd round of CMB for 2022! Sept 15th 6:30-8:30p! This 2-hour class goes over the compound barbell movement techniques you need to safely perform weightlifting movements. From how to correctly do a deadlift to proper snatch technique, NEXUS educates you on injury prevention, how to recognize faults, and how to safely bailout. Whether you are a member of our gym or not, we highly recommend this educational class if you are performing any weightlifting movements in your workouts.
ARNEST FEST
Cottonwood Center for the Arts is honored to present the work of locally and nationally acclaimed artist, Bernard Arnest for the month of September. This installation will be the final opportunity for arts patrons to add an original piece of Arnest to their collections.
Arnest’s success as an artist came from his understanding of not only the formal, but the innate emotional experience of creating art. While taught to separate the self from “picture making,” he. acknowledged that there was no true way to remove the pleasure and self-satisfaction that transforms picture making into painting. He felt that the subjects he was drawn to – landscapes, portraits, and city-scapes – were simply appreciations and representations but he also understood the freedom and joy experienced by the painter. He recognized how relationships formed between artist and subject and how the interpretation of hidden signs and messages are impossible to remove. Ultimately, Arnest was a storyteller, taking reality and objective subject matter and translating it into a valuable experience for both himself and viewers.
Please join us as we celebrate the life and career of Bernard Arnest and experience the stories only he knew how to tell. Enjoy two floors of open studios + galleries this First Friday from 5-8pm, and all month during normal business hours.
Labor Day Lift Off
Join us for an action packed 3 day event including early morning Hot Air Balloon Flights, Food Vendors, Beer and Wine Tastings, an Evening Balloon Glow and much more!
Fundamental Movement Breakdown
NEXUS is running its 3rd round of FMB!
This 2-hour class goes over the basic movements you need to do any fitness movement. From how to correctly do sit-ups, to pull-up modifications, to kettlebell swings. NEXUS educates you on injury prevention and how to recognize faults.
The follow-up class to the FMB is the Compound Movement Breakdown class (CMB) which will be offered next month as a LEVEL 2 class. This class goes over the same things but with barbell movements. So if you plan to take the CMB, please consider getting a solid foundation by taking the FMB first.
1000 Words: Professional Photographers Guild of Colorado Springs
Cottonwood Center for the Arts is proud to present the works of the Professional Photographers Guild of Colorado Springs for the month of August.
Serving Colorado Springs photographers since 1989, the Professional Photographers Guild of Colorado Springs (PPGCS) brings professional photographers together in a relaxed, informative, and fun community atmosphere that promotes the advancement of the photographer’s skill while creating an open environment where photographers can share their work, ideas, and resources.
This installation will be a diverse collection of images portraying a wide range of subject matter using a captivating variety of techniques.
We invite you to come experience “1000 Words” and enjoy two floors of open studios + galleries this First Friday from 5-8pm, and all month during normal business hours.
Functional Movement Screening
NEXUS is running its next round of FMS on July 23rd from 11-1p! The FMS is a two-hour basic movement screening that looks at how your body moves and where it might be compensating from. Knowing this helps to prevent injury in the gym and allows athletes to get serious about what they need to focus on. Paying $150 for the FMS gets you the two-hour screening, a copy of your results, and then the results broken-down with Owner Ashley Coffey in an hour 1/1 which gives you specific daily movements to work on righting your compensations.
So, If you feel like a past injury is getting in the way of your performance, or if you seem to be hitting a plateau, these evaluations will tell you everything you need to know about how to improve your fitness! Start the new year off right and register.
LUNAFEST 2022
LUNAFEST: Short Films By and About Women. LUNAFEST is a program of short films that empower and inspire. This year’s stories are told from a variety of perspectives that champion women and gender nonconforming individuals, highlighting their aspirations, accomplishments, resilience, strength, and connection.
Join us inside (or outside in the new side alley!) at the Cottonwood Center for the Arts for LUNAFEST.
Tickets are $15 and include one drink. Eight short films, 80 minutes total run time. Beverages will be available for sale along with fresh popcorn and snacks. Proceeds support the non-profit Independent Film Society of Colorado (IFSOC) and TESSA. Recommended for ages 13+.
Screening #1 upstairs theater: Doors: 2pm, Films: 2:30pm
Screening #2 upstairs theater: Doors: 4:30pm, Films: 5pm
Screening #3 outside: Doors: 6pm, Live Music 7pm, Films 8:30pm
Trailer: https://youtu.be/QzXxt8MuoH0
Tickets:https://ifsoc-lunafest.eventive.org/
Ivywild Movie Night: BIG EDEN
Join us for a special Pride Month movie event as we show BIG EDEN on the large screen inside the Ivywild School Gym with the support of Ivywild School Events, Inside Out Youth Services, PFLAG, and the Youth Documentary Academy (YDA). Free admission, donations appreciated. BIG EDEN (2000, PG-13, 1h 58m)
Sometimes when you finally let go, you find something worth holding on to. From out gay writer-director Thomas Bezucha (The Family Stone) comes this funny, heart warming romantic drama that picked up audience awards at nearly a dozen gay film festivals and charmed critics nationwide! Big Eden tells a truly original tale of a thirty-something gay guy, Henry Hart (Arye Gross, Ellen, Six Feet Under) who returns to his childhood Montana home to confront his unrequited passion for his high school best friend. Big Eden is a tiny town tucked away in the timberland of northwestern Montana, where cowboys lounge on the porch of the general store to pass the
time away. It’s also the childhood home of Henry Hart (Arye Gross), a successful but lonely New York artist, who returns after years away to care for his ailing grandfather. Back home, Henry confronts his unrequited passion for his high school best friend Dean (TimDeKay) and his feelings about being gay in a small town. But, as we quickly learn, Big Eden residents defy the stereotype of “small town, small minds.” As Henry works though his emotions, the townspeople quietly conspire to help him along, until Henry realizes new possibilities for both friendship and romance.Big Eden is a uniquely American fable about home and family. It hits upon the universal longing and hope we each have for finding a place where we are
loved, and the unconditional desire to see those that we love find happiness. Favorite stars you’ll enjoy seeing include: Arye Gross (Ellen, Citizen Baines), Tim DeKay (White Collar), Louise Fletcher (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), Eric Schweig (Skins).