Author: By Linda Navarro
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Weekend events around Colorado Springs: Touch-a-Truck, ski joring, artist march, Southern Baptists
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…
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Must See Must Do: Best bets for fun this weekend around Colorado Springs
Here’s a look at some of your best bets for fun and entertainment this weekend in the Colorado Springs area. FRIDAY – Come celebrate the season Western style at the Flying W Wranglers Holiday Show at 8 p.m. Friday at Stargazers Theatre, 10 S. Parkside Drive. Fiddles and yodlin’ and good-old holiday campfire songs. $20…
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AROUND TOWN: Patriotic Center for American Values reaches out
The Center for American Values in Pueblo brought its patriotic story and supporters to town March 2, introducing Medal of Honor recipients and its core-values mission of honor, integrity and patriotism.More than 225 were on hand for a dinner and auction at Broadmoor West.”We don’t want the center to be a secret,” said Dalton Sprouse,…
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AROUND TOWN: The Air Force Ball
Broadmoor Hall was awash in red, white and blue — lots of blue — as the elegant black tie/mess dress Air Force Ball drew a record crowd on Feb. 15.The Air Force Association Lance P. Sijan Chapter 125 was host to 870 military and friends of the military.Air Force Ball chairman Hank Scarangella said what helped…
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Kids wonder the darndest things about TV weather anchors
Curious kids often wonder about the wide variety of talents of TV weather anchors — including, it seems, the ability to create weather.Meteorologists from area stations give regular studio tours to youngsters and visit local classrooms, where kids ask the darndest things.The most popular question: How much money do you make?When faced with this query,…
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AROUND TOWN: Campaign donors have sneak peek at hospice headquarters
Martha Barton is smiling, and with good reason. During the 33-year history of Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care, this president and CEO as well as her predecessors had always leased space for the growing nonprofit. At a reception Aug. 15, she said that in early 2009 it had been announced that the old St.…
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LINDA’S PICK: Pueblo Chile & Frijoles Festival
Grab your shopping bag and your appetite and be sure to wear some comfy shoes. This annual harvest celebration, filled with bands, great food, fresh pinto beans and roasting chiles, is a regular trek for many area folks. In fact, it’s drawn more than 100,000 people. You’ll meet a mirasol, Pueblo’s most popular variety of native pepper. The festival…
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Smokey Bear a highlight of Colorado Balloon Classic
Smokey Bear has a special place in the hearts of local people this summer because of the Waldo Canyon fire so he’s guaranteed to be a favorite at this weekend’s Colorado Balloon Classic. Friends of the famous bear will fly a huge Smokey hot air balloon. At Memorial Park, a furry Smokey will be handing out coloring…
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AROUND TOWN: ‘Happy Trails’ for Trails & Open Space, county parks
The Buffalo Gals’ tri-tip roasts were on the grill, a wonderful aroma filling the air around Bear Creek Nature Center. What was a bear to do? He just headed down the hill to where all the hungry people were and tried to invite himself to dinner. It was a perfect exclamation point to the annual…
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AROUND TOWN: ‘An Enchanted Evening’ at the Johnson home
They promised “An Enchanted Evening,” and it was. Under a sunny, late-afternoon sky Aug. 18, more than 280 specially invited guests were greeted as they entered the grounds of the stately, 20-room stone-and-wood Broadmoor home of Susan and Ron Johnson. Once again, the annual “Enchanted Evening” lived up to its reputation as a high point…