1. Arte y cultura (Yahoo's Spanish-language Arts web sites: crafts, theatre, literature, etc.)
2. Artslynx (Colorado theatre, dance, visual arts, music, festivals, film, etc.)
3. Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region (COPPeR)
4. Espectáculos y diversión (Yahoo's Spanish-language Entertainment websites)
5. Metacritic - searchable reviews of film, video, television, music, books, and games
6. Univision.com (Spanish-language Entertainment and Information site)

Animation / Anime

1. Anime Reviews (includes genre, plot summary, explanation of rating including specific elements such as nudity, language, violence, etc.)
2. Big Cartoon Database (cartoons, episode guides and crew lists)
3. Librarian's Guide to Anime and Manga
4. Parent's Guide to Anime (lists videos by rating: G=General Audience, PG=Parental Guidance, M=Mature Audience)
5. Toonopedia (browsable encyclopedia of cartoons and cartoon characters)

Architecture

1. Architectural History (from Wikipedia; incl. links to many eras and styles)
2. Architecture History (from Yahoo)
3. Architecture Timeline - Explore Architecture Through the Ages
4. Art & Architecture Thesaurus Online - more than 125,000 terms covering fine art, architecture, decorative arts, etc.

Art / Artists

1. Art & Architecture Thesaurus Online - more than 125,000 terms covering fine art, architecture, decorative arts, etc.
2. Art History (artists, periods/movements, museums, stolen/looted art, etc.)
3. Art History Resources on the Web (prehistoric through modern)
4. Artcyclopedia (artists by name, movement, medium, subject; galleries, museums, etc.)
5. Artists Bluebook (32,000 American artists: search feature at bottom of page)
6. ArtLex Art Dictionary - over 3,600 terms in art/visual culture with images, pronunciation, quotations, and cross-references
7. Fine Art Appraisal, Art Prices (price information on fine art from Old Masters to Contemporary Art)
8. Fine Arts Center Colorado Springs
9. History of Art (includes many links to Prehistoric, Ancient, Western, Eastern, Islamic, Contemporary)
10. Perseus Project (primary and secondary sources: classics, literature, history)
11. Sistine Chapel (paintings from the Chapel; incl. a master plan to locate each painting)
12. Smithsonian History of Art and Design
13. Timeline of Art History (from the Metropolitan Museum of Art)
14. Web Gallery of Art (11,000 reproductions of European painting and sculpture 1150-1800)
15. World Art Treasures (100,000 slides: artist, country, city, region, period)

Games / Trivia

1. Crossword Puzzle Help from OneAcross (help finding a word if you're stuck)
2. GameFAQs (Video / Computer Games: Guides, Cheat Codes and Secrets, Walkthroughs, Reviews, Message Boards, etc.)
3. Gamespot (Video / Computer Games: News, Downloads, Guides, Reviews, Previews, Cheats, Contests)
4. Hobbies and Games (arts, crafts, games, pastimes, collecting)
5. Sudoku (rules, history, terminology, strategy and variants of the game)

Museums

1. Louvre Museum
2. Museum of Modern Art, New York (painting, sculpture, photography, film, media, drawings, etc.)
3. National Civil Rights Museum
4. National Gallery of Art
5. National Museum of American Illustration
6. National Museum of the American Indian
7. Smithsonian American Art Museum
8. Smithsonian Institution (Art & Design; History & Culture; Science & Technology)

Music / Radio

1. Musicals 101 (Musical Theatre, TV and Film)
2. NPR (National Public Radio)
3. Radio Locator (radio station search engine to over 10,000 radio station web pages and 2500 audio streams)
4. Record Labels Worldwide (find labels by format, genre, city, state, or country)
5. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
6. Ultimate Band List
7. VH-1 On-Line

Recreation

1. Colorado Balloon Classic
2. Deportes y ocio (Yahoo's Spanish-language Recreation websites: hobbies, sports, etc.)
3. Guide to ACA-accredited camps (search for camps by location, activity, special needs, cultural focus, etc.)
4. Peak Radar (online cultural events calendar for El Paso and Teller counties)

Television / Movies

1. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
2. All Movie.com (explore movies, plot synopsis, similar movies, links, reviews and more)
3. BBC America.com (schedules, program information, news, specials, etc.)
4. BET (Black Entertainment Television) - entertainment, news, music, movies, community
5. Biography
6. Captioned Media Program (free-loan captioned media: educational, special interest, classic movies)
7. Channel 11 KKTV (CBS Affiliate)
8. Channel 13 KRDO (ABC Affiliate)
9. Channel 21 (FOX Affiliate - Colorado Connection)
10. Channel 5/30 KOAA TV (NBC Affiliate)
11. Classic TV (episodes, theme songs, commercials, cartoons, trivia, networks, history)
12. Coming Soon (movie news, reviews, trailers, release dates)
13. Crazy About TV - Old TV Show Descriptions, Cast, Episodes and Trivia
14. Discovery.com
15. Encyclopedia of Television (1,000+ essays on programs, history, trends, special topics)
16. History Channel (American and World History; TV Listings, Timelines; Video and Audio Clips)
17. Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
18. Motion Picture Association of America - MPAA (incl. movie ratings and TV parental guidelines)
19. Movie Reviews (search top movies by decade and/or genre, also has top actors/actresses by decade or genre, and top directors by decade or genre)
20. MRQE: Movie Review Query Engine (search their huge database of movies to find summaries, reviews compiled from a variety of sources, blogs, news, ratings and more)
21. New York Times Movies (free movie reviews, plot descriptions, trailers, etc.)
22. NOVA
23. PBS Online
24. Rocky Mountain PBS (Public Broadcasting Network)
25. VH-1 On-Line

Writing / Literature

1. National Poetry Month (April) (from the Academy of American Poets)
2. Perseus Project (primary and secondary sources: classics, literature, history)
3. Pulitzer Prizes (incl. resources, history of winners and finalists, archive, and forms)
4. Pulitzer Prizes (Poetry 1922 - present)

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