Author: STEPHANIE EARLS stephanie.earls@gazettedev.gazette.com
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‘The Voice’ finalist Joshua Davis to perform at Tri-Lakes Center
7 p.m. (doors at 6 p.m.) Thursday, Oct. 15, Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts, 304 Colorado Highway 105, Palmer Lake; $25 advance/$30 day of show; trilakesarts.org, 481-0475. Given his genre-defying sound, singer-songwriter Joshua Davis has said he never expected to make it to the finals of NBC’s reality talent show “The Voice” earlier this year.…
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Pretty in pink
Confidence can be elusive for adolescent and teen girls, who too often are encouraged to seek it from fleeting sources – makeup, fashion, peer approval and acceptance. When she started middle school, Aubrianna Miller didn’t like what she saw – a social marketplace with an aesthetic currency she believed was beyond her reach. At that…
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Aspens peaking, leaf-peep now or wait a year
The aspens are so bright, you’ll have to wear shades – but act fast. “In two days, they’re probably going to be gone,” said Tina Raymond, assistant manager at the Cripple Creek District Museum. At least, “two days” was the prognosis of visitors from Texas who stopped by the museum Wednesday after a tour of…
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Celtic Thunder’s Emmet Cahill brings solo show to Colorado Springs
Emmet Cahill Live, 8-10 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5, at Black Box Theater, 1367 Pecan St. Tickets: $30, $45 with pre-show meet-and-greet; emmetcahilltours.ticketleap.com – Celtic Thunder is accustomed to playing big, delivering big sounds accompanied by lavish visuals to massive audiences at, say, the opening of New York City’s St. Patrick’s Day parade. In the three-and-a-half years…
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Featured creatures: Pueblo Zoo expands, adds new exhibit
Pueblo Zoo is an oasis that can be hard to see from 40 minutes to the north in Colorado Springs, home to the nation’s only mountainside zoo. “Cheyenne Mountain is a great zoo and we collaborate, trade ideas and work together, but we appreciate each other for very different reasons. We’re the opposite of a…
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Pope’s U.S. visit a thrill to many in Pikes Peak region
Pope Francis’ inaugural visit to the U.S. was cause for celebration for the nation’s approximately 70 million Catholics, who gathered in Washington, D.C., at churches in their home parishes and in front of TVs and devices to watch livestream broadcasts of the pope’s history-making Mass on Wednesday, day two of his six-day visit to the…
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DISCOVER GUIDE: TRANSPORTATION
BUSTANG The Colorado Department of Transportation’s new interregional express bus service connects commuters from Colorado Springs to Denver, Glenwood Springs and Fort Collins, via the Interstate 25 and Interstate 70 corridors, with seven round trips between the Springs and Denver each weekday and regular stops at the city’s downtown bus terminal, at Kiowa Street and…
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What If … Festival celebrates creativity, en masse
10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, downtown Colorado Springs between Sahwatch Street and Nevada Avenue; free; festival map and full schedule: whatif- festival.org. Something more: Kids are encouraged to stop by The Gazette’s festival booth on Cascade Avenue in front of Centennial Hall to participate in the “What if you were a reporter?” writing contest. Find contest…
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New dinosaur species unveiled by Woodland Park paleontology team
The Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center in Woodland Park on Wednesday unveiled what is believed to be a new, never-before-seen species of prehistoric herbivore discovered by its field team during excavations at the fossil-rich Judith River Formation in Montana. Nicknamed “Ava” due to initial similarities to Avaceratops, the long-tailed plant eater grazed the Western Interior…
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Vista Grande Baptist Church welcomes new pastor
After a 20-month search, Vista Grande Baptist Church of Colorado Springs welcomes pastor Chris Moore, an Arkansas native who recently moved with his family from Lindale, Texas. Vista Grande began the quest for a new leader in January 2014 after the death of longtime senior pastor Charles E. (Bobby) Holt. Holt led the congregation for…