Author: Linda Navarro linda.navarro@gazettedev.gazette.com
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Pikes Pick: Colorado Springs Downtown Ambassadors have the answers
They’re the troupe of happy, waving folks in lime-green shirts, and the Downtown Ambassadors are super. They have answers: street names, where restrooms are, where to charge a phone. Say hi when you see them. — Linda Navarro
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8 weekend things to do around Colorado Springs and beyond: Rodeo, Victor Gold Rush, Paranormal Cirque
Go rodeo or hot rods, garden touring or gold camping and PRIDE celebrations this weekend around Colorado Springs and elsewhere in Colorado. THURSDAY-SATURDAY A highlight of the summer for 80 years, the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo continues this weekend at Norris-Penrose Event Center. Championship rodeo, bull riding, saddle broncs and, for the kids, the delightful Mutton…
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Colorado Springs at 150 years | Colorado Springs became a city of parks in the very beginning
Editor’s note: This July, as Colorado Springs gears up for its 150th birthday on the 31st, The Gazette has prepared a series of articles on the history of our city. Check back for fascinating glimpses into the people and events that have shaped Colorado Springs into the landmark it is today. When Colorado Springs is called…
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Things to do this weekend in Denver and beyond
By Linda Navarro The Denver Gazette THURSDAY-AUG.1 Beer, Theatre and Slay the Dragon. The Beer Quest portal opens this weekend. Teams of ages 21+. Drinkledore’s 2D Pixel, immersive and filled with games and puzzles. Requirements: a love of beer and a phone. Outdoors near 16th and Welton, open Thursdays-Sundays. Fight in The Arena Dread Pirate…
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Upcoming Colorado festivals feature BBQ, balloons, jazz and dance
A variety of festivals are coming up for you to visit around Colorado. San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews, Aug.6-7, Alamosa Twenty-eight teams heat it up with a Kansas City sanctioned barbecue competition, cornhole champs hit the boards and there are 20 different brews to try. Add to that a Hogwaller Mud…
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Colorado Springs at 150 years | The Broadmoor, the grande dame of the Rockies
Editor’s note: This July, as Colorado Springs gears up for its 150th birthday on the 31st, our sister paper, The Gazette, has prepared a series of articles on the history of our city. Check back for fascinating glimpses into the people and events that have shaped Colorado Springs into the landmark it is today. The history…
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Colorado Springs at 150 years | The Broadmoor, the grande dame of the Rockies
Editor’s note: This July, as Colorado Springs gears up for its 150th birthday on the 31st, The Gazette has prepared a series of articles on the history of our city. Check back for fascinating glimpses into the people and events that have shaped Colorado Springs into the landmark it is today. The history of the palatial…
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9 weekend things to do around Colorado Springs and beyond: All-Star baseball, fireflies, County Fair and more
MLB All-Star Game baseball and fireflies, The Brothers Osborne and tiny houses, Broadmoor art and the County Fair this weekend. THURSDAY-SUNDAY Opening weekend for a fascinating COS150 Sesquecentennial “Then and Now” exhibit with Mike Pach’s 50 pairs of photos, our city’s historic photos paired with his modern images. Opening reception 5:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Library 21C,…
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Colorado Springs at 150 years | How we became known as ‘Little London’
Editor’s note: This July, as Colorado Springs gears up for its 150th birthday on the 31st, The Gazette has prepared a series of articles on the history of our city. Check back for fascinating glimpses into the people and events that have shaped Colorado Springs into the landmark it is today. Culture and elegance arrived as…
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Colorado Springs founder Palmer deeded land for Evergreen Cemetery, final resting place for many city pioneers
From the earliest days of a developing Colorado Springs more than 150 years ago, small sites around the area were used for burial locations. But the most noticeable cemetery, with an acre for 200-300 graves, was visible to people arriving at the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Depot near what would become downtown. That was…