Author: STEPHANIE EARLS stephanie.earls@gazettedev.gazette.com
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‘Passport’ to summer: Drink deals, and more, in Colorado Springs
The only thing better than living in a place with such a wealth of craft drink options is living in a place where you can get those perks at a discount, while earning points for even more free stuff. We speak, of course, of Visit Colorado Springs’ annual Crafts & Drafts Passport program. Now in…
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Relieving the toll of grief while serving at Pikes Peak National Cemetery
For three years, the duties of death called on Patrick Prendergast to don a full dress uniform and metaphorical mask of stone. As a member of the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard at Arlington National Cemetery, Prendergast was among an elite unit entrusted with a critical supporting role during services at the nation’s largest military…
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Growing up MeadowGrass
Maybe someday, when he’s older and has the time to think on such things, Henry Fish will get proud-stalgic about having once seen such-and-such a band live, back when there was room to dance barefoot without getting your toes stomped. (Easier when you’re in diapers and a baby sling, but still.) For now, the soundtrack…
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Vietnam story full circle: A bracelet of support and protest lost, then found
Dan Rector was a leisure suit and bowl cut-sporting undergrad at the University of Colorado Boulder in the early 1970s, when he ponied up a few dollars for a POW/MIA bracelet honoring Air Force Lt. Col. Ben Pollard, who had been shot down and taken captive during a night bombing campaign north of Hanoi, North…
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Pikes Pick: Celebration at Atrevida Beer Co. in Colorado Springs
Join Atrevida Beer Co. for an early Cinco De Mayo party and celebration of the brewery’s seventh anniversary, with music, outdoor games, authentic Mexican street-style food and special beer tappings, 1-9 p.m. Saturday at 204 Mountain View Lane, Suite 3, in Colorado Springs. Info: @atrevidabeerco on Instagram. — Stephanie Earls
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How to layer like you live in Colorado
Do not challenge a Coloradan to an impromptu game of strip poker. You will lose. Sartorially speaking, we here in the Centennial State are a deeply layered people. Dressing for the occasion is both art and necessity when playing with a deck full of weather wild cards, where whimsical seasons can bring single-day temperature swings…
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Vaccine scientist to speak at Colorado College as measles cases climb across state, US
As the number of measles cases continues to climb nationwide and in Colorado — where health officials announced Friday that a fifth case had been confirmed in a Denver County adult — Colorado College has invited noted vaccine scientist Dr. Peter Hotez to discuss the achievements and future of research amid a growing anti-science movement.…
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Palmer Lake recreational marijuana shops reflect on Colorado Springs openings
Dino Salvatori does not partake in that which he peddles at Palmer Lake’s Dead Flowers, but he’s nonetheless a devoted promoter of weed, and rock ‘n’ roll, from his stage in the town northwest of Colorado Springs, where sales of recreational marijuana have been legal since 2023. No gas station, no grocery store, but two…
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El Paso County recreational marijuana shops reflect on Colorado Springs openings
Dino Salvatori does not partake in that which he peddles at Palmer Lake’s Dead Flowers, but he’s nonetheless a devoted promoter of weed, and rock ‘n’ roll, from his stage in the tiny town northwest of Colorado Springs, where sales of recreational marijuana have been legal since 2023. No gas station, no grocery store, but…
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How one area brewery is bucking sobering trends
Not so long and forever ago, a group of Colorado Springs entrepreneurs herded its creative energies and funds into a startup brewery named after an epic display of chin whiskers. When we first met Goat Patch Brewing Co.’s founding friends in 2016, they’d secured an anchor location inside Lincoln Center, a former elementary school and…