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A Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments
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Academic Earth
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Full video courses and lectures from the world's leading scholars. Includes a large number of subjects, from Art & Architecture, Economics, History, Law, Literature, Psychology, Test Preparation, and much, much more!
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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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All Movie.com
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Explore movies, plot synopses, similar movies, links, reviews, and more
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All the Lyrics.com
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Allmusic
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From classical to garage rock, this site covers it all: biographies, album reviews, genres, themes, instruments, and more.
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Anime Reviews
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Includes genre, plot summary, and explanations of ratings including specific elements such as nudity, language, and violence.
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Architectural History
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From Wikipedia - includes links to many eras and styles.
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Architecture History
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From Yahoo!
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Architecture Timeline
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Explore architecture through the ages.
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Archive of Popular American Music
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An initiative designed to provide access to digital versions of sheet music from 1885-1953.
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus Online
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More than 125,000 terms covering fine art, architecture, decorative arts, and more.
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus® Online
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From The Getty Research Institute.
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Art History
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Part of the Open Directory Project, this site provides links to information about artists, movements, museums, and stolen and looted art.
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Art History Resources on the Web
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Artcyclopedia
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An online art encyclopedia, this site allows users to search by artist name, movement, medium, or subject.
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Artists Bluebook
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Search by artist name, regional interest, or style in this compendium of entries about American art.
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ArtLex Art Dictionary
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Over 3,600 terms in art and visual culture with images, pronunciation, quotations, and cross-references.
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BBC America.com
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Provides schedules, program information, news, specials, and more.
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Bemis School of Art
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From the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center - offers courses for students of all ages and skill levels.
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BET (Black Entertainment Television)
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Entertainment, news, music, movies, community.
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Big Cartoon Database
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Cartoons, episode guides, and crew lists.
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Billboard.com
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Biography.com
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Short biographies of over 25,000 contemporary and historical figures.
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Blues Music History
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From Shmoop.com, includes a summary & analysis, timeline, people, facts, photos, best of the web, etc.
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Board Games and Card Games: A to Z
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Find links to hundreds to board and card games to find official sites, rules, tournaments, and more. From About.com.
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Book & Film Club Guides
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From PBS - covers some of the popular Masterpiece adaptations. Includes discussion questions, author biographies, and other related links.
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British Museum
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Business of Art Center (The BAC)
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Celtic Music Archive
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Center for Visual Art
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From the Metropolitan State College of Denver.
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Channel 11 KKTV
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CBS Affiliate.
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Channel 13 KRDO
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ABC Affiliate.
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Channel 21
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FOX Affiliate - Colorado Connection.
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Channel 5/30 KOAA TV
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NBC Affiliate.
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Charts All Over the World
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This site catalogs the charts from all over the world and allows searches by country, song title, or artist name.
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Chess is Fun
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Learn the basics of playing chess from the United States Correspondence Chess Champion.
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Choral Public Domain Library
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Free sheet music, scores, texts, translations, and information about composers whose work is now part of the public domain.
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Christian Music
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Classic TV
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Includes information about episodes, theme songs, commercials, cartoons, trivia, networks, and history.
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Classical Net
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Find information on composers and their works, timelines, reviews and articles, music links, and more.
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Colorado Archaeologists & Preservationists
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From History Colorado - includes information on Archaeology & Historic Preservation month, national & state registers, city & county preservation programs, cultural resource management, permits, statutes & regulations, state preservation plan, useful resources, and much more.
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Colorado Balloon Classic
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Colorado Film Festivals
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Find dozens of film festivals located throughout Colorado. From Colorado.com.
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Colorado Springs Arts & Entertainment
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Links to the Colorado Springs / El Paso County section of Recommended Websites.
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Colorado Springs Children's Chorale
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International, award-winning youth choir.
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Colorado Springs Conservatory
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Colorado Springs Philharmonic
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Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
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"Guided by a mission to collect, preserve, research, and interpret the history and culture of the Pikes Peak Region, the Museum features permanent exhibits on the history of the area and changing exhibits on topics of broad interest."
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Colorado Springs Youth Symphony
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Colorado Travel / Attractions / Activities / Events
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Links to the Colorado section of Recommended Websites.
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Coming Soon
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This site includes movie news, reviews, trailers, and release dates.
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Copyright for Music Librarians
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From the Music Library Association.
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Cottonwood Center for the Arts
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Country Music Television (CMT)
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Includes country music news, lyrics, tours, TV schedule, and live radio.
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Crazy About TV
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Old TV show descriptions, cast, episodes and trivia.
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Crossword Puzzle Help
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Provides help finding a word if you're stuck - from OneAcross.com.
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Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region (COPPeR)
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Cyber Hymnal
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5,400+ Christian hymns and gospel songs; lyrics, scores, pictures, MIDI files.
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Dance History Research and Scholarship
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Denver Art Museum
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Denver Museum of Nature & Science
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Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP)
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Free-loan captioned media including educational and special interest programming as well as classic movies.
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Dixieland Jazz
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History and overview of the genre.
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Drawspace.com
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Learn to draw with tons of lessons for the beginner to the advanced artist.
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Duke University Digital Advertising Collections
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Includes: Ad*Access: Over 7,000 digitized ads; AdViews: A Digital Archive of Television Commercials, Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 - 1920; Medicine and Madison Avenue; Outdoor Advertising Association of America Archives, 1885 - 1990s, and much more.
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Dummies.com
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Directions on how to do a wide range of tasks, from personal finance to crafts & hobbies.
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Empire of the Air
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From PBS, this site offers a timeline and other resources about the history of radio.
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Encyclopedia of Television
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This online encyclopedia includes more than 1,000 essays examining specific programs and people, historic moments and trends, major policy disputes and such topics as violence, tabloid television and the quiz show scandal.
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Entertainment Software Rating Board
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"Assigns age and content ratings for video games and mobile applications so parents can make informed choices."
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Espectáculos y diversión en español con Yahoo!.com
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Entertainment in Spanish from Yahoo!.com.
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Filmed in Colorado
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From the Colorado Office of Film, Television, and Media - provides a list of locations in Colorado where movies were filmed.
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Fine Art Appraisal, Art Prices
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Price information on fine art from Old Masters to Contemporary Art.
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Fine Arts Center Colorado Springs
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Folk Music Home Page
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Folk Music of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and America
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Free Documentaries.org
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Contains a large number of documentaries that can be viewed for free.
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Freedom Performing Arts Center
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Offers free and low-cost events, including performances by the Fort Carson Community Theatre. Located on Fort Carson.
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Freescores.com
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Links to free sheet music sites by instrument.
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Gallery of Contemporary Art (UCCS)
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GameFAQs
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Contains guides, cheat codes and secrets, walkthroughs, reviews, message boards, etc., for video and computer games.
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Google Art Project
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View over 30,000 works of art including sculpture, paintings, drawings, and more. Developed in collaboration with Google and 151 art partners including The Art Institute of Chicago, Denver Art Museum, Hong Kong Museum of Art, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles Museum of Art, MoMA, The National Gallery in Prague, Tate Modern, and many more.
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Gospel Music Association
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Great Buildings Collection
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Documents 1000 buildings, with information about the architects who designed them, when they were built, descriptions, and photographs.
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Guide to ACA-Accredited Camps
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This site allows the user to search for camps by location, activity, special needs, cultural focus, and other considerations.
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Historic American Sheet Music
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The Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University provides access to over 3000 pieces published between 1850 and 1920.
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Historic Sheet Music
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Compiled by the Library of Congress, this collection consists of 9,000 items published between 1800 and 1922.
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Historical Periods in Television Technology
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Sponsored by the Federal Communications Commission, this site chronicles television technology from 1880 to the present.
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History Channel
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This site includes information and links to American and World History programming, TV listings, timelines, and video and audio clips.
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History Colorado
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Includes links to information about preservation of historic properties, guidelines and regulations, statewide plans, guides to historical architects and builders of Colorado as well as architectural styles and forms, etc. (formerly known as the Colorado Historical Society).
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History of Art
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This overview of art history from Wikipedia includes links to sites dedicated to Prehistoric, Ancient, Eastern, Western, Islamic, and Contemporary art.
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Hobbies and Games
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Contains information on arts, crafts, games, pastimes, collecting, etc., from About.com.
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Indie Spirit Film Festival
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Instrument Encyclopedia
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This site features information about musical instruments from around the world.
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Instruments of the Orchestra
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From the San Francisco Symphony, this kid-friendly site describes the different families of musical instruments.
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Internet Broadway Database
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Find information on current and past Broadway shows (cast, opening/closing dates, production, awards, songs, etc.). Also searchable by people, theatre, character name, awards, songs, and grosses.
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Internet Movie Database - IMDb
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Introduction to Classical Music
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Jewish Music Web Center
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"An online forum for academic, organizational, and individual activities in Jewish music."
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Khan Academy
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Over 3000 videos covering topics in math, science, history, civics, art, and test prep. Also offers over 315 practice exercises, teacher resources, and much more.
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Klezmer Shack
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Klezmer music information, including calendars, directories, articles, and reviews.
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LibGuides - Art
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Created by both public and academic librarians, these guides contain links to myriad of art resources for students and researchers.
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LibGuides - Arts & Humanities
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Created by both public and academic librarians, these guides contain links to myriad art and humanities resources for students and researchers.
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LibGuides - Music
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Created by both public and academic librarians, these guides contain links to myriad music resources for students and researchers.
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Librarian's Guide to Anime and Manga
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Library of Congress Digital Collections & Services
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Access to print, pictorial and audio-visual collections and other digital services.
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Local Radio Stations in the Colorado Springs Metro Area
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Local, State and National Sports
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Connects to the Sports section of Recommended Websites.
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Louvre Museum
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Meadowgrass Music Festival
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Held over Memorial Day weekend.
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Metacritic
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Searchable reviews of film, video, television, music, books, and games.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection Database
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Millibo Art Theatre (The MAT)
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MIT World
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Provides on demand video of significant public events at MIT. Includes more than 800 videos covering a wide range of topics.
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Modern Bohemian Online Art Gallery (Modbo)
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Motion Picture Association of America - MPAA
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Includes movie ratings and parental guidelines.
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Movie Reviews
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Search top movies by decade and/or genre, actors/actresses by decade or genre, and top directors by decade or genre.
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Mozart Project
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Biography, compositions, essays, bibliography, links.
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MRQE: Movie Review Query Engine
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Search their huge database of movies to find summaries, reviews compiled from a variety of sources, blogs, news, ratings and more.
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Museum of Modern Art, New York
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Music for the Nation
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American Sheet Music: 1820-1860 and 1870-1885. From the Library of Congress.
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Music Song Lyrics
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Musical Mouseum
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Mojo the Mouse helps you locate lyrics using alpha, song, or subject indexes.
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Musicals 101
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Musical theatre, television, and film.
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Musicals.net
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This site offers songlists, synopses, and links to more information about musicals.
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MusicMight
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Rock music database.
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National Civil Rights Museum
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National Gallery of Art
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National Geographic
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Find information on photography, animals, environment, travel, adventure, and more!
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National Jukebox
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Historical recordings from the Library of Congress.
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National Museum of American Illustration
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National Museum of the American Indian
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National Museum of World War II Aviation
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National Poetry Month
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Sponsored by The Academy of American Poets, this site everything you need to know to celebrate National Poetry Month in April.
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New York Public Library Digital Gallery
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This site includes over 275,000 digitized images of maps, photos, books, manuscripts, and more.
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New York Times Movies
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Free movie reviews, plot descriptions, trailers, and much more.
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Noteflight.com
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Online music writing application; requires free registration.
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NOVA
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Science/documentary series on PBS.
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NPR
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National Public Radio.
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Odd Music.com
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A source for unique & experimental music, instruments, players and listeners.
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Official Worldwide Scrabble
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Learn Scrabble history, pick up some tips & tools, find Scrabble rules, and more. Also available in Spanish, German, and French.
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OperaStuff
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Information on opera singers, opera houses, composers, recordings, sheet music, singer resources, etc.
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Parent's Guide to Anime
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Lists videos by rating: G=General Audience, PG=Parental Guidance, M=Mature Audience.
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PBS: Public Broadcasting Service
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Find your local station, explore topics, watch videos, etc.
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Peak Radar
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An online cultural events calendar for El Paso and Teller counties. Find local theatre, art, dance, musical, and visual art organizations, venues, and events.
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Performing Arts Encyclopedia
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Guide to performing arts resources at the Library of Congress.
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Perseus Project
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A Tufts University project, this site provides access to images, descriptions, and histories of objects from ancient Greece.
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Pikes Peak Center
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Pikes Peak Opera League
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Quizzes from InfoPlease
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Find tons of quizzes, covering everything from villains in history to lawn sports!
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Radio Locator
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This site offers links to over 10,000 radio stations and over 2500 audio streams from U.S. and international stations.
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Record Labels Worldwide
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A database of more than 25,000 record label and net label links indexed by genre, format, and location.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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Rocky Mountain PBS
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Public Broadcasting Network.
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Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival
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San Francisco Symphony Kids' Site
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This site provides information about instruments of the orchestra and music basics.
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Sheet Music Collections
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From the University of Colorado Library, this site allows the user to browse sheet music from the late 18th through the 20th centuries, including Ragtime and Western Trails collections.
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Sistine Chapel
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Paintings from the Chapel, along with descriptions and history.
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SkyscraperPage.com
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Includes over 40,000 skyscraper diagram illustrations, a global cities & buildings database and an interactive map.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Smithsonian Archives of American Art
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Smithsonian History of Art and Design
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Smithsonian Image Library
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More than 13 million images held by the 19 museums of the Smithsonian.
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Smithsonian Images
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Images from current exhibits, events, and historic collections at the Smithsonian. Photos cover subjects such as air & space, American history, animals, gems & minerals, marine life, military history, nature, the Presidency, etc.
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Smithsonian Institution
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Smithsonian National Museum of American History
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Sound Gator
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Free sound effects.
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Space Foundation Visitors Center
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Sports
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Connects to the Sports section of Recommended Websites.
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Springs Ensemble Theatre
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Sudoku
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From Wikipedia, this site offers rules, history, terminology, strategy and variants of the game.
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Taylor Museum
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From the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.
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TEDTalks
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Free videos of talks and performances at TED conferences, covering a wide range of topics.
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The Beginner's Guide to Blues Music
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From About.com.
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Theater History
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Collection of websites from Yale University Library.
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Theatre ‘d Art
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Theatreworks (UCCS)
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Timeline of Art History
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This Metropolitan Museum of Art site provides access to a timeline of art history, as well as related works of art with descriptions of pieces and thematic essays.
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Toonopedia
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A browseable encyclopedia of cartoons and cartoon characters.
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Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts
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U.S. Government Photos and Images
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Photos and images sorted into the following topics: defense and international relations, environment, energy, and agriculture, general government, health and nutrition, history, arts & culture, money and taxes, public safety and law, and science and technology.
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United States Chess Federation
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Universal Newsreels
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Newsreels from 1929-1967, from the National Archives.
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Univision.com
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Spanish-language entertainment and information site.
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VH-1 On-Line
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Vimeo
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Created by filmmakers and video creators who wanted to share their creative work, the clips on this site are browseable by staff picks or categories like Activism & Non Profits or Education & DIY.
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Web Gallery of Art
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A virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism, Romanticism periods (1000-1850) that contains over 24,000 reproductions.
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World Art Treasures
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The J.-E Berger Foundation makes available 100,000 slides from cultural trips to Europe, Egypt, the Near and Far East, and the United States.
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World's Tallest Buildings
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Worldwide Internet Music Resources
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From the Indiana University School of Music, this site explores musicians, genres, the music business, and much more.
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Yahoo! Entertainment: Music
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This site includes information about artists, lyrics, instruments, censorship, copyright, and much more.
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YouTube EDU
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Videos and channels from YouTube college and university partners, including Dartmouth, Stanford, USC, and MIT.
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