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Weekend events around Colorado Springs: Touch-a-Truck, ski joring, artist march, Southern Baptists

By March 1, 2018 | updated 8 years ago

Skier Pavel Trnka is pulled by horse Streak and rider Terry Dolan over an 8-foot jump at Ski Joring in Leadville on Saturday, March 7, 2009. (R. Scott Rappold)

A look at some of our favorite weekend events happening around Colorado Springs, the Pikes Peak region and beyond in Colorado.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY

Kids and big trucks. Youngsters can touch them, sit in them and on them. Sweet. Time for the popular Touch-a-Truck. Construction trucks, emergency vehicles, giant tires, roaring motors. Friday night is a sensory-friendly evening of lower lights and quiet big trucks, 5-7 p.m.

Then it roars along, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday at Norris-Penrose Event Center, 1045 Gold Camp Road. A benefit for Junior League community programs.

Tickets and release forms: www.jlcoloradosprings.org/touch-a-truck

FRIDAY-SUNDAY

It’s wild! Leadville Ski Joring 2018. Horses and riders race through a downtown course pulling skiers hanging onto ropes. A gold-medal competition with cash prizes on the line.

There’s more: Crystal Carnival Nordic sprints down Main Street, a fat-tire nighttime ride and a paintball biathlon. Friday is the 10th Mountain Division’s 75th anniversary celebration and parade.

www.leadvilletwinlakes.com

FRIDAY-SUNDAY

Six Southern Baptist women were busy during World War II, working to help the war effort as they chatted about plans for their church’s 75th anniversary. Twenty-five years later, they have a reunion, learning what happened in their lives. “First Baptist of Ivy Gap” is performed two weekends at First United Methodist Church, 420 N. Nevada Ave., at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets $12-15 or $5 for students, www.showtix4u.com

FRIDAY-SUNDAY

A well-worn fable of a human and a ferocious lion, turned into Italian commedia dell’arte, “Androcles and the Lion” is family fare performed through April 1 at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College, Also with day camps for the kids. For ages 5-plus. www.csfineartscenter.org

FRIDAY-SATURDAY

Maria and Tony fall in love again on the screen, serenaded by the Philharmonic with ageless familiar songs, “West Side Story,” 7:30 p.m., at Pikes Peak Center, www.csphilharmonic.org.

FRIDAY

The continuing local tribute to the music of Leonard Bernstein is part of An Evening of Classical Song performed by soprano Amani Cole-Felder, tenor Christian Mark Gibbs and the Prometheus Piano Trio. The Shivers Fund Presents at the Antlers hotel includes a pre-concert social and a dessert reception with the artists afterward. 6:30 p.m. $55 at www.ppld.org/shivers-concert.

FRIDAY

A not-to-be-missed First Friday, filled with local visual arts history, is repeated this month. The Tilley Family First Friday “Entirely Eclectic,” with works by father and daugher Lew and Eve, 5-7 p.m., Colorado Springs Conservatory, 415 S. Sahwatch St. Fascinating works include animal masks. After the free art experience accompanied by music, enjoy a Jazz Night featuring Conservatory faculty and students, $15 and reservations requested, 577-4556

SATURDAY

March, march, march all around the art galleries of Old Colorado City during Art March 2018 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. It’s a great opportunity to watch artists at work. And at several galleries, marchers will be invited to pick up brushes as well. At one location, an artist will demonstrate bronze sculpting and casting. At another, see popular owl art. After the march, adults can participate in the OCC Art and Wine Walk starting at the Old Colorado City library at 3:30 p.m. www.tinyurl.com/y7vnpdaa

SATURDAY

A Saturday of science experiences for girls awaits at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd. Girls & Science activities and experts, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., tickets: www.secure1.dmns.org

SATURDAY

Helpful hints to see downtown with a professional Through a Photographer’s Lens, 10 a.m.. Meet at Wild Goose Meeting House, 401 N. Tejon St., at 9:30 a.m. for coffee. Tour $10, coffee free, www.downtowncs.com

SUNDAY

The American Music Society’s Winter Concert features Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” arranged for two pianos and the Colorado College Guitar Ensemble with the world premiere of “Alone on Wrangel Island,” inspired by a disastrous 1921 arctic expedition.

Free. 2:30 p.m. Graner Music, 4460 Barnes Road, www.theamericanmusicsociety.org

COMPILED BY LINDA NAVARRO, THE GAZETTE, linda.navarro@gazettedev.gazette.com

Skier Pavel Trnka is pulled by horse Streak and rider Terry Dolan over an 8-foot jump at Ski Joring in Leadville on Saturday, March 7, 2009. (R. Scott Rappold)
Skier Pavel Trnka is pulled by horse Streak and rider Terry Dolan over an 8-foot jump at Ski Joring in Leadville on Saturday, March 7, 2009. (R. Scott Rappold)
Luke Leahy, 8, bottom, and his brother, Reid Leahy, 5, play on a M1075 A1 cargo vehicle Sunday during the Touch-A-Truck event at the Freedom Financial Services Expo Center in Colorado Springs. Children could explore military vehicles, fire trucks and more. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian murdock)
Luke Leahy, 8, bottom, and his brother, Reid Leahy, 5, play on a M1075 A1 cargo vehicle Sunday during the Touch-A-Truck event at the Freedom Financial Services Expo Center in Colorado Springs. Children could explore military vehicles, fire trucks and more. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian murdock)
Jerry Kissel lands a jump at Ski Joring in Leadville, pulled by horse Hollywood and rider Kirstie Eckert, on Saturday, March 7, 2009. (R. SCOTT RAPPOLD)
Jerry Kissel lands a jump at Ski Joring in Leadville, pulled by horse Hollywood and rider Kirstie Eckert, on Saturday, March 7, 2009. (R. SCOTT RAPPOLD)
Students in the Indiana University School of Music got a rare treat as composer Leonard Bernstein offered his services as a teacher to a conducting class in the Musical Arts Center in Bloomington, Feb. 5, 1982. Bernstein is in Bloomington as the first fellow of the IU Institute for Advanced Study on Feb. 5, 1982. The maestro is composing an opera while in Bloomington. (AP Photo/Terhune) (Terhune)
Students in the Indiana University School of Music got a rare treat as composer Leonard Bernstein offered his services as a teacher to a conducting class in the Musical Arts Center in Bloomington, Feb. 5, 1982. Bernstein is in Bloomington as the first fellow of the IU Institute for Advanced Study on Feb. 5, 1982. The maestro is composing an opera while in Bloomington. (AP Photo/Terhune) (Terhune)
Creative abstract 3D render illustration of professional digital photo or video camera 24-70 mm zoom lens isolated on white background (scanrail)
Creative abstract 3D render illustration of professional digital photo or video camera 24-70 mm zoom lens isolated on white background (scanrail)
Fire Engine isolated on white background (c-photo)
Fire Engine isolated on white background (c-photo)
Children explore a Colorado Spring Fire Department ladder truck Sunday during the Touch-A-Truck event at the Freedom Financial Services Expo Center in Colorado Springs. Children could explore military vehicles, fire trucks and more. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian murdock)
Children explore a Colorado Spring Fire Department ladder truck Sunday during the Touch-A-Truck event at the Freedom Financial Services Expo Center in Colorado Springs. Children could explore military vehicles, fire trucks and more. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian murdock)
River Lester wanted to capture with a photo, the fun day he was having with his aunt, Shannon Craig, at the Touch-A-Truck event at the Mortgage Solutions Financial Expo on Sunday, January 29, 2017. The annual event is a fundraiser for the local Junior League of Colorado Springs. The children can climb into the cabs and over the wheels and honk a few horns if they want at the weekend event. JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE (JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE)
River Lester wanted to capture with a photo, the fun day he was having with his aunt, Shannon Craig, at the Touch-A-Truck event at the Mortgage Solutions Financial Expo on Sunday, January 29, 2017. The annual event is a fundraiser for the local Junior League of Colorado Springs. The children can climb into the cabs and over the wheels and honk a few horns if they want at the weekend event. JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE (JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE)
Friends Uzay Miller and Emir Lemke have fun on an earthmover at the Touch-A-Truck event on Sunday, January 29, 2017. Uzay's father, Rolf Miller, helps him down out of the cab. JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE (JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE)
Friends Uzay Miller and Emir Lemke have fun on an earthmover at the Touch-A-Truck event on Sunday, January 29, 2017. Uzay’s father, Rolf Miller, helps him down out of the cab. JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE (JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE)
Luke Leahy, 8, bottom, and his brother, Reid Leahy, 5, play on a M1075 A1 cargo vehicle Sunday during the Touch-A-Truck event at the Freedom Financial Services Expo Center in Colorado Springs. Children could explore military vehicles, fire trucks and more. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian murdock)
Luke Leahy, 8, bottom, and his brother, Reid Leahy, 5, play on a M1075 A1 cargo vehicle Sunday during the Touch-A-Truck event at the Freedom Financial Services Expo Center in Colorado Springs. Children could explore military vehicles, fire trucks and more. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian murdock)
Jerry Kissel lands a jump at Ski Joring in Leadville, pulled by horse Hollywood and rider Kirstie Eckert, on Saturday, March 7, 2009. (R. SCOTT RAPPOLD)
Jerry Kissel lands a jump at Ski Joring in Leadville, pulled by horse Hollywood and rider Kirstie Eckert, on Saturday, March 7, 2009. (R. SCOTT RAPPOLD)
Students in the Indiana University School of Music got a rare treat as composer Leonard Bernstein offered his services as a teacher to a conducting class in the Musical Arts Center in Bloomington, Feb. 5, 1982. Bernstein is in Bloomington as the first fellow of the IU Institute for Advanced Study on Feb. 5, 1982. The maestro is composing an opera while in Bloomington. (AP Photo/Terhune) (Terhune)
Students in the Indiana University School of Music got a rare treat as composer Leonard Bernstein offered his services as a teacher to a conducting class in the Musical Arts Center in Bloomington, Feb. 5, 1982. Bernstein is in Bloomington as the first fellow of the IU Institute for Advanced Study on Feb. 5, 1982. The maestro is composing an opera while in Bloomington. (AP Photo/Terhune) (Terhune)
River Lester wanted to capture with a photo, the fun day he was having with his aunt, Shannon Craig, at the Touch-A-Truck event at the Mortgage Solutions Financial Expo on Sunday, January 29, 2017. The annual event is a fundraiser for the local Junior League of Colorado Springs. The children can climb into the cabs and over the wheels and honk a few horns if they want at the weekend event. JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE (JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE)
River Lester wanted to capture with a photo, the fun day he was having with his aunt, Shannon Craig, at the Touch-A-Truck event at the Mortgage Solutions Financial Expo on Sunday, January 29, 2017. The annual event is a fundraiser for the local Junior League of Colorado Springs. The children can climb into the cabs and over the wheels and honk a few horns if they want at the weekend event. JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE (JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE)
Creative abstract 3D render illustration of professional digital photo or video camera 24-70 mm zoom lens isolated on white background (scanrail)
Creative abstract 3D render illustration of professional digital photo or video camera 24-70 mm zoom lens isolated on white background (scanrail)
Fire Engine isolated on white background (c-photo)
Fire Engine isolated on white background (c-photo)
Children explore a Colorado Spring Fire Department ladder truck Sunday during the Touch-A-Truck event at the Freedom Financial Services Expo Center in Colorado Springs. Children could explore military vehicles, fire trucks and more. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian murdock)
Children explore a Colorado Spring Fire Department ladder truck Sunday during the Touch-A-Truck event at the Freedom Financial Services Expo Center in Colorado Springs. Children could explore military vehicles, fire trucks and more. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian murdock)
Friends Uzay Miller and Emir Lemke have fun on an earthmover at the Touch-A-Truck event on Sunday, January 29, 2017. Uzay's father, Rolf Miller, helps him down out of the cab. JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE (JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE)
Friends Uzay Miller and Emir Lemke have fun on an earthmover at the Touch-A-Truck event on Sunday, January 29, 2017. Uzay’s father, Rolf Miller, helps him down out of the cab. JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE (JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE)
Skier Pavel Trnka is pulled by horse Streak and rider Terry Dolan over an 8-foot jump at Ski Joring in Leadville on Saturday, March 7, 2009. (R. Scott Rappold)
Skier Pavel Trnka is pulled by horse Streak and rider Terry Dolan over an 8-foot jump at Ski Joring in Leadville on Saturday, March 7, 2009. (R. Scott Rappold)
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