Author: Jennifer Mulson
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Pikes Pick: Take an art class at Bemis School of Art in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Channel that going back to school energy this fall by taking an art class at Bemis School of Art at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College. Registration is open now for all sorts…
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Pikes Pick: Heller Center at UCCS in Colorado Springs offers roster of events
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Heller Center at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is worth a visit. Tucked behind the main campus on a 34-acre nature preserve, the center offers free events, including movie nights, concerts and exhibits.…
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Scores of Grammy Award winners to play Colorado Springs venues this fall
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Inside or outside. Country, metal or rock. No matter your preference, there’s plenty of popular music acts on the local docket as summer fades into fall. Aug. 30: Little Big Town, with Wynonna Judd and…
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Colorado Springs Labor Day Lift Off features 70 balloons, Balloon Glo
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There’s something so meditative and calm about hot air balloons. Whether you’re along for the ride or just watching from the ground. The way they float along the breeze, no engine, just a flame every now and again from the burners that cause them to…
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Colorado hot air balloonists break records, offer romantic adventures
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The American balloonist with the most records is contemplating another one. Troy Bradley believes he might be able to better the hot air duration record of 55 hours. He could make it 60 to 72 hours, he says, if stocked with propane. But the key…
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Celebrating five years alcohol-free | Live Well
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save I’d like to tell you about one of my top three breakups. Last week marked the five-year anniversary of me saying goodbye and good riddance to a toxic relationship that did me dirty many times. But like a fool, I naively glazed over all the…
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Colorado Springs photographer creates whimsical, digitized portraits of kids
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The idea of a school or family portrait evokes a particular image in your mind. Perhaps that of an awkward child posed against a fake fence in front of a fake forest backdrop. Or a…
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Colorado State Fair offers 4-H competitions, concerts, rodeo, carnival and more
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than 150 years ago, a Pueblo community came together to celebrate its rich culture of agriculture and the harvest. All these years later, 500,000 people still make their way to the Colorado State Fair every year for a multitude of reasons: to take part…
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Grammy Award-winning singer Crystal Gayle to perform in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After her song “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue” blew up the charts, every song pitched to Crystal Gayle had the word “blue” in it. The year was 1977, and Gayle’s country music career was heating up. Her 1975 song “Wrong Road Again” performed…
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Pikes Pick: Sarah McLachlan to drop new album next month
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save I’ve been missing a little Sarah McLachlan in my life. Fortunately, the Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter has a new album on the way, her first since 2016’s “Wonderland.” “Better Broken” will drop Sept. 19. The title…