Author: Shane Bristol

Maybe you lost your home or your business. Maybe you know someone who did. Or perhaps 24-hour TV coverage of evacuation zones, road closings and burn lines has just left you feeling oddly overwhelmed. “We’ve all lost, to some degree, our sense of security and who we are as a community,” said Dr. Steve Tucker,…

If you’re looking for ways to help in the Waldo Canyon Fire relief efforts, several local benefits will give you the opportunity over the next week. Check them out below.Gospel Grass on the Divide10 a.m. – 2 p.m. SaturdayThe Church at Woodmoor hosts this free bluegrass festival. Donations will go to the Red Cross and…

Feel the clay underneath your fingernails. Throw some paint on the canvas. But be careful not to smear the charcoal on your Sunday dress.On Saturday, the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center offers all that and more during its monthly free Family Adventure Day at its Bemis School of Art.”I think the event provides some quality…

Guitarist John Stone doesn’t dream of packed stadiums and throngs of groupies. For him, music treads in more spiritual territory, where healing and transformation are triggered by mere sound. Stone plays the Hillside Gardens and Nursery Summer Concert Series on Wednesday. It’s a solo performance, although Stone also plays with folk bands Tim Finnegan, the…

Art on the Streets announced its 2012 winners at its opening reception Friday night at the Pikes Peak Center.The public art program this year received submissions from a record 85 artists, from which the works of 12 artists were selected for display in downtown locations. The large number of submissions made the task of determining winners…