Out Loud Open House potluck

Out Loud: The Colorado Springs Men's Chorus will have an "Open House" rehearsal on Monday, January 3, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. at First Congregational Church (20 E. St. Vrain Street in Colorado Springs).

Out Loud presents Colorado Idol with EJay Day

Out Loud: The Colorado Springs Men’s Chorus Fall Concert, “Colorado Idol,” will be presented Saturday, November 13 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at Stargazers Theatre and Events Center.

Out Loud: The Colorado Springs Men’s Chorus will give their impression of America’s favorite TV hour in “Colorado Idol”; Out Loud will also appear with inaugural year Idol contestant EJay Day (pictured).

Tickets for “Colorado Idol” and all RMAA events may be purchased at Poor Richard’s Bookstore at 320 N. Tejon Street in Colorado Springs, at Wild Flowers at 12th Avenue and Madison in Denver, and at the Rocky Mountain Arts Association Web site www.rmarts.org, or by phone at 886-862-9298. Tickets will be available at the door on the day of the concert at Stargazers Theatre and Events Center in southeast Colorado. (Take I-25 to Exit 126, Bijou).

Out Loud’s own parade of popular hits will include The Beatles’ “Yesterday,”  Leonard  Cohen’s “Hallelujah,”  Josh Groban’s “You Raise Me Up,” Paul Simon’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” James Taylor’s “Fire and Rain,” and Train’s “Hey, Soul Sister.”

Out Loud will appear with American Idol EJay Day, the 29-year-old R&B/pop artist from Lawrenceville, Georgia. On The American Idol stage in 2004, EJay performed “I’ll Be” and “My Girl.” His rendition of Edwin McCain’s “I’ll Be” was selected to be on the American Idol’s Greatest Moments CD, which reached No. 1 on Billboard charts and went Gold.

Out Loud Open House rehearsal

Out Loud: The Colorado Springs Men’s Chorus will have an “Open House” rehearsal for returning and new members on Monday, August 16, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. at First Congregational Church (20 E. St. Vrain in Colorado Springs). (This “open house” rehearsal begins at 6:00 p.m. so returning and new members have a potluck-style event; returning members bring nosh, new members, “it’s on us!”)

Out Loud regularly rehearses Monday evenings at First Congregational Church (20 E. St. Vrain in Colorado Springs) from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Their concert calendar for the year includes a fall concert, “Colorado Idol,” on Saturday, November 13, 2010 at 2:00 and 7:30 p.m. at Stargazers Theatre and Events Center, and a spring concert, "On Stage: The Music of Broadway!," on April 30, 2011 also at Stargazers Theatre and Events Center.

Out Loud presents Beauties and Beasts

Out Loud: The Colorado Springs Men’s Chorus’ Spring Concert, “Beauties and Beasts,” will be presented Friday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, May 1 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 20 E. St. Vrain Street in Colorado Springs.

“This concert will feature songs about the dark and light sides of life,” summarized Out Loud Artistic Director Mark Zwilling. The concert features works as varied as Brian May’s “We Will Rock You,” Carly Simon’s “Let the River Run,” and Linda Spevacek’s Danza, followed by James Taylor’s “That Lonesome Road,” and James Mulholland’s “Think On Me,” a poem written by Mary Stewart, Queen of Scots in 1587.

Out Loud: Beauties and Beasts

Out Loud's spring concert, 'Beauties and Beasts,' will be presented on Friday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m. and on Saturday, May 1 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at First Congregational United Church of Christ in Colorado Springs.

“This concert will feature songs about the dark and light sides of life,” summarized Out Loud Artistic Director Mark Zwilling. The concert features works as varied as Brian May’s “We Will Rock You,” Carly Simon’s “Let the River Run,” and Linda Spevacek’s Danza, followed by James Taylor’s “That Lonesome Road,” and James Mulholland’s “Think On Me,” a poem written by Mary Stewart, Queen of Scots in 1587.

Tickets are available through the Rocky Mountain Arts Association.

AM 760: Married at PrideFest and Out Loud

Check out AM 760's awesome gallery of Married at Denver PrideFest pics.

And speaking of AM 760 - Out Loud, the radio show I co-host with Shannon Stone, was scheduled to return from hiatus tomorrow but it looks like we've been postponed for a week or two.

I'll keep you posted for when we are back on the air because I know you'll want to be listening.

We've got some great stuff planned.

Chip Arndt on Out Loud

Chip Arndt has devoted much time and energy to raising money and awareness for the GLBT community since first becoming famous as the openly gay winner of the fourth season of The Amazing Race . His CPR for AAA organization is dedicated to raising $100,000 for AIDs by December 1 and his Gay American Heroes Foundation works to stop violence and hate crimes againstLesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered people. He will be a guest on our special Thanksgiving edition of Out Loud, this Sunday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on 760AM. Make sure to join us and give yourself, and the GLBT community, a reason to be thankful this holiday season.

Learn more about Chip Arndt and his efforts at Gay American Heroes and on his myspace.

Ruby Ann Boxcar on Out Loud

Sunday's show is shaping up to be one of the best yet. It's out Thanksgiving edition and we've got none other than my old friend Ruby Ann Boxcar stopping by the show to give us some trailer-tastic Thanksgiving recipes and update us on everything she's been up to since she left her trailer in Commerce City for the hustle and bustle of Hollywood! Find out more about this larger than life character at her website RubyLot18. Out Loud, Colorado's Gay Talk Radio Show, is on every Sunday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on 760AM.

Out Loud Recap: Cazwell, Deadlee, Nuclia Waste and the Most Dangerous Woman in America

We had a great show yesterday with openly gay rappers Cazwell and Deadlee calling in to sexify the joint and represent the east and west coasts. The Princess of Plutonium herself, Nuclia Waste, came in to talk about the Demented Divas' new holiday show, The Buttcracker. We gave away tickets to The Buttcracker and who should win them but none other than gay rights activist Donna Redwing?! Redwing is famous for being called "the most dangerous woman in America" by the Christian Coalition of America. Enjoy The Buttcracker, Donna. Keep listening to Out Loud on 760AM and stay dangerous! (clockwise from left: Cazwell, Donna Redwing, Nuclia Waste, Deadlee)

This Sunday on Out Loud

We've got a great show planned this week on Out Loud so be sure to tune that dial to 760AM from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. so you can hear us get up close and personal with New York City IT boy, Cazwell at noon.Cazwell made a big splash with his naughty hit "All Over Your Face" and has a brand new CD, 'Get Into It', getting ready to drop. We've also got local lovely Nuclia Waste ushering in the 11 o'clock hour to tell us all about her dragalicious new holiday show, The Buttcracker.

If you missed Out Loud, you missed a lot

If you listened to Out Loud yesterday on 760AM (and I don't know why you wouldn't have been), you already know that we had a jampacked, madcap show chockful of fun and excitement from beginning to end. We had interviews with Lucas from The Cliks, U.S. Mr. Gay 2008, Keith from Cinema Q at Starz, Ryan from the PIkes Peak GLBT Center, Louise with Word is Out's Book of the Week, a Rollergirls Roller Derby Recap and Out Front Colorado's Matt Kailey. If you didn't catch the show yesterday, you better mark your calendars for Sundays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. so you can bathe your ears in gay awesomeness. You can even listen to it online at am760.net. You might get lucky like our listener Jenn who won herself a big old Cliks prize pack with two tickets to The Cliks upcoming show in Denver, a Cliks tank top, a CD, posters and buttons and a limited edition green vinyl 7" record album of the type that used to be so popular when I was a wee tot.
The Cliks-Oh, Yeah

This Sunday on Out Loud 760AM

Hey party people, just a heads up that we've got a great show coming up this Sunday on Out Loud, Colorado's Gay Talk Radio Show. In addition to the usual cast of characters we've got exclusive interviews scheduled with The Cliks and the newly crowned Mr. Gay USA. So make sure to give us a listen this Sunday on 760AM from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.