Author: Jen Mulson
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Colorado Springs group carries on centuries-old sacred harp singing tradition
The vibrations of vocal cords fill your ears well before you step inside Evergreen Cemetery’s historic chapel. What magnificent choir is this, you wonder, singing so powerfully it operates like smelling salts, opening up long-forgotten neural pathways in your brain, through which emotions hurtle like blood. For this All Souls’ Day Cemetery Sing in November,…
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Pikes Pick: Get tickets now for avant-garde fashion, wearable art show in Colorado Springs
In lieu of attending New York Fashion Week in February, the Galleries of Contemporary Art at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs present the next best thing: “House of GOCA: Stardust,” an avant-garde fashion and wearable art show Feb. 20 at Ent Center for the Arts. Heads up: Tickets for last year’s inaugural event…
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Pop icon Bruno Mars will bring his ‘Romantic Tour’ to Colorado Springs
The Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Bruno Mars will include Colorado Springs on his new “The Romantic Tour.” He’ll perform Sept. 26 at Falcon Stadium at the Air Force Academy. Ticket prices haven’t been announced yet. Presale tickets are available starting at noon Wednesday. General tickets go on sale at noon Jan. 15. Go online to brunomars.com.…
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Mental health, hope, healing at heart of Colorado Springs orchestra performance
Music can help us heal, even though nobody’s quite sure why. But that’s what it did for Erin Spencer, a Colorado Springs flutist and composer, who was so inspired by memorials and a vigil for the victims of the 2022 Club Q shooting that she composed a piece of classical music, “Somewhere Bluebirds Fly.” “It…
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National Western Stock Show to attract more than 700K over 16 days in Denver
Colorado is known for many things, not least of which is its Western heritage. The 120th annual National Western Stock Show pays homage to our history with thousands of events, including rodeos, horse shows, a Wild West show, Western art exhibit, livestock competitions and auction, a 3,500-square-feet petting farm and more. A noon parade in…
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Pikes Pick: Downtown Carnegie Library serves up family history, old books
As a longtime lover of the library, I’ve never spent any time in Pikes Peak Library District’s historic 1905 Carnegie Library, located in the northwest corner of Penrose Library. That has changed. The library is home to the Regional History & Genealogy Collection, which is keeping me vastly entertained. I can search my family history…
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First baby of Colorado Springs squeaks in eight minutes ahead of second baby
Unbeknownst to her, a tiny baby was in a neck-and-neck race to become the first new human of the year in the Pikes Peak region. And she did it by eight whole minutes. Colorado Springs natives Alexis Valdez-Trujillo and Daniel Garcia welcomed their first child at 1:02 a.m. New Year’s Day at CommonSpirit St. Francis…
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Colorado Springs police seeking help finding missing at-risk man
Colorado Springs police are seeking help in finding an at-risk 89-year-old man. Richard Burgeson is described as 5-foot-9 and 200 pounds. He was last seen driving a 2001 white Chevy Metro with the license plate 869CNG in the 3600 block of East Bijou Street. He was last seen wearing a yellow shirt with stripes and…
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Mild, warm weather for Colorado Springs into the weekend, while storm moves into mountain ranges
While the sun will take New Year’s Day off, temperatures will remain mild into the weekend in the Pikes Peak region. Thursday will be mostly cloudy and mild on the plains, with a high of 62 degrees, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo. A few showers might pop up later this morning or…
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Altercation involving handgun leads to man’s arrest at Colorado Springs home: Police
A man was arrested early on New Year’s Day after an altercation involving a handgun at a residence near the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, according to an online police blotter entry. Just before 2 a.m. Thursday, officers from the Colorado Springs Police Department were called out to the area of Mount View Lane and…