Author: T.D. Mobley-Martinez
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Armywives
For Angela Ricketts, the life-changing epiphany came in the middle of the night on Nov. 21, 2010. She woke up with pain in her back and shoulders. It’s just a panic attack, she thought as sweat rolled down her neck. The pain got uglier, and she started thinking about going to the emergency room on…
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Seductive images expose dark side of America’s diet
It wasn’t simply one commercial. It was a childhood awash in them. Like most of our childhoods, more or less. Printmaker Sam Cikauskas has channeled the sweet myth making of Mountain Dew, Heinz ketchup, Coca-Cola and other products into a series of lithographs. “I guess it’s my response to growing up eating these products and…
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Tony-winning play “Art” probes questions of taste and friendship in Colorado Springs production
Like a New Yorker cartoon of a scowling museumgoer in the face of a Mondrian, Yasmina Reza’s Tony-winning “Art” pivots on the puzzle of modern art: In this case, a ridiculously expensive, stark white painting that was gleefully purchased by one of three friends. “Even though it says it’s about art, it’s really about friendship,”…
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Native American Intertribal Festival and Traditional Powwow opens Saturday
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. Grand Entry, Freedom Financial Services Expo Center, 3650 N. Nevada Ave., $2 adults, Native Americans in full regalia and children age 12 and younger free, bring chairs as seating is limited; 329-0251, onenationwt.org Powwow etiquette: Don’t touch or photograph a Native American performer or instrument without permission;…
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Changes to former hotel net award for ministry
With $1.5 million in renovations to the former Grand View Hotel, Summit Ministries has demonstrated it believes in Manitou Springs. Summit Ministries, which offers student leadership programs during the summer, and nine others won the city’s Historical Preservation Commission award. The commission hand picks the people and organizations that have preserved the spirit of Manitou…
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The Survival Doctor finds medical uses – an entire book of them – for common duct tape
So, there you are, hiking happily miles away from the trailhead, and a little misstep results in a loud snap. Your leg is broken. You’re alone. Your cell is out of range. What do you do? You might not know, but Dr. James Hubbard, a blogger and columnist who is best known as The Survival…
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Former Colorado Springs man snags first big film role
Michael Houston never intended to be a cop, but he’s played one again and again during his career in TV and films. Sometimes his characters even had names. “I’ve worked in most police procedurals shot in New York,” said Houston, who graduated from Rampart High School in 1994, eventually moving to New York City in…
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Food: Say Cheese
As summer heats up, entertaining seems like the thing to do. Cheese can play a tasty – and sometimes unexpected – role in creating small bites for parties. Ask Robert Wooldridge, who is the fromager (“cheese steward, cheese guy”) at the King Soopers on Centennial Boulevard. A cheese lover from way back, Wooldridge moves from…
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Delving into Christian history
Ask James W. White to name the 10 most pivotal players in Christian history and you’ll have a problem: The author of the recently released “Brief Christian Histories” can’t stick to 10. “Oh, I’m giving you way too much information,” said White, who stopped at 19, including the expected (Jesus, Moses, Abraham) alongside names not…
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Colorado Springs-area kids rev up their dreams as soap box derby nears
As boys and girls have done since soap box derby racing began in 1934, Jody Shanklin dreamed of trophies, cheering crowds and victory after victory in his homemade car. “I used to sled down the hill next to my house,” said Shanklin, director of the Pikes Peak Soap Box Derby. “When I put four wheels…