Author: STEPHANIE EARLS stephanie.earls@gazettedev.gazette.com
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Seven Colorado destinations where animals await
Colorado wildlife is legendary, from the bugling elk of Estes Park to the pronghorn on the Eastern Plains. But the state’s animal offerings don’t end with species native to the region – or even the hemisphere. Start your drive on the wilder side at Pueblo Zoo (pueblozoo.org). Operated by the Pueblo Zoological Society and owned…
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Seven Colorado destinations geared toward movie buffs
Setting can play as pivotal a part in a film as actors, and when it comes to dramatic locations, a green screen’s got nothing on Colorado. Our journey through a selection of the state’s real- world movie sets starts in La Junta, home to shooting locations for the 1962 series “How the West Was Won”;…
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Commissioner: What Colorado Springs lacks is a beer school
Want to learn more about craft brewing, for professional cred or just kicks? Today’s groggy Golden Age has something to quench a thirst for beer literacy of every bent and budget – podcasts and homebrew clubs, app-based primers and even graduate-level degree programs (heck, right now three hours and a $5 Groupon voucher can get…
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Colorado Springs veteran has seen two wars, 104 years
Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Oliver Cellini is a slight, sinewy man and genuine flirt who considers it remiss of a gentleman not to walk a lady to her car – even if that journey, for him, requires careful steps and a cane. The decorated former fighter pilot who pushed some of the military’s celebrated…
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Pikes Pub: Wheat wines are a newer New World style
American beer makers have been riffing on traditional styles since the first flagons were quaffed in the New World, and that spirit continues today in a modern craft industry that seeks to tap – and wow – a growing fan base. “Americans are really great at taking old beer styles and making them completely our…
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Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Ovo’ offers aerial twists on a bug’s life in Colorado Springs performance
Even out of makeup and in workout clothes, Catherine Audy and Alexis Trudel are more butterfly than you or I ever will be. Suspended from long cords above the stage at The Broadmoor World Arena, their bodies soar, whirl and weave in a midair dance of gravity defiance and effortless grace – or so it…
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In this age of tweets and emojis, a love of language persists
Kids just don’t seem to care about the rules of writing anymore. Their schoolwork has gotten lazy, muddy and mediocre – or so lamented one Sumerian pedagogue (teacher, educator, scholar) some 4,000 years ago, in what might be the earliest recorded fret over a crisis in language. Among a collection of clay tablets excavated from…
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Mineral hot springs and rivers draw outdoor enthusiasts to mountain town of Glenwood Springs
GLENWOOD SPRINGS – Water and good health grew this mountain town at the nexus of the Colorado and Roaring Fork rivers, a spot famed for its mineral hot springs and as a destination for outdoor enthusiasts of all stripes. Given that, I guess it’s only fitting that city ordinance forbids smoking downtown between 5 a.m.…
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Pikes Pub: ‘Bye to a big year for Big Beer and small
Years from now, when I’m out on the town and accidentally bump into 2016 at the bar, I imagine we will lock eyes in a moment of recognition that lasts a millisecond too long to pretend it didn’t happen. After exchanging polite hellos, we will chat stiffly about the weather and old acquaintances – careful…
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Pikes Pub: Colorado Springs craft brewing scene too big for bi-weekly, so cheers to GO!
Regardless of how you classify beer – as a destination, conversation or culinary accent; as good, bad, yummy or yuck – there’s no denying its presence and influence as a social and commercial force here in the Pikes Peak region. The numbers alone speak to that. With the opening of Cerberus Brewing Co. this month,…