Author: STEPHANIE EARLS stephanie.earls@gazettedev.gazette.com
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‘Lunch Beat’ lures office workers to wholesome, mid-day raves
If it’s your first Lunch Beat Manifesto – as per the roving event’s “Fight Club”-esque rules – you have to dance. Given the lack of apparent wallflowers, enforcement isn’t going to be an issue today at this nonstop indoor rave at Ormao Dance Company in Colorado Springs; it’s barely noon and the party’s already thumping.…
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Manitou Springs festival celebrates Colorado wines
11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Memorial Park, 502 Manitou Ave., Manitou Springs; $30, manitousprings.org or 685-5089 – Explaining the taste of a wine – “like buttered moss in June” or “peppery saddle leather” – can be almost as much fun as the drinking itself. Almost. Oenophiles and garden-variety wine fans alike can put their noses, palates…
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UCCS hosts Caring for Caregiver workshops
The Aging Center at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs will host two free Caring for the Caregiver workshops, 1-4 p.m. Friday and 3-6 p.m. April 17, in the first floor classroom of The Lane Center, 4863 N. Nevada Ave. The workshops include presentations by caregiving experts and a comprehensive handbook with tips and…
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‘Messiah’ Parts II and III performed at First United Methodist
As a minister of music, James Steven Harter has conducted George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” more than 40 times over the course of his career. The three-part English-language oratorio, composed almost 275 years ago, is still an audience hit today, especially around Christmas. When he steps up to lead the Chancel Choir, orchestra and soloists at…
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Great Fruitcake Toss returns to Manitou Springs
Noon-3 p.m. Saturday, Memorial Park, 502 Manitou Ave., Manitou Springs; free, with suggested nonperishable food item donation; fruitcake toss@gmail.com or Manitou Springs Great Fruitcake Toss on Facebook Fruitcakes the world over shed candied tears of joy this month when it was announced that The Great Fruitcake Toss would return to Manitou Springs after being canceled…
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Colorado Springs drug study could help Meniere’s Disease sufferers
Meniere’s disease is a degenerative, incurable disorder of the inner ear that causes vertigo, vision problems and tinnitus on its way to possibly robbing a sufferer of the ability to hear. “The way I can explain mine is on a good day, it sounded like the wind was howling and there was a siren. On…
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Dating apps more about looks and hook-up efficiency, duh
Remember the salad days of online dating? The painstaking hours you spent preening your profile on Match.com or the like, listing your likes and dislikes, answering soul-revealing questions such as “Would you ever eat something out of the trash?” and “How much do you weigh?” The butterflies, when your algorithm and his/hers met for the…
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More families opt to celebrate life with unique, personal services
Ruth Solazzi was born June 15, 1920. She was a dedicated teacher and opera singer who earned a master’s degree in music in the early 1940s, at a time when only about 6 percent of females pursued higher education. She raised four children, was grandmother to nine and took pride in the lush garden she…
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These RVs are for the dogs
Let’s get this out of the way: My Buddy RVs are not for dolls. The miniature campers, modeled after their life-sized counterparts, are strictly for the dogs – and their owners. “This almost became a Barbie RV … almost,” said Bob Ruston, of Fountain, a former heavy line mechanic and street rod airbrush artist who’s…
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Gold Camp Brewing Co. is No. 21 on the Front Range
When Dave Shaver and two business partners opened Brewer’s Republic on Nevada Ave. in 2010, the goal was to give downtown Colorado Springs something it really didn’t have at the time – a relaxed, intimate venue with a vast and ever-changing lineup of local and regional craft beers. That was one goal, at least. Shaver…