Tag: jennifer mulson
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Live Well: Website offers edible map of natural resources in urban areas
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save You didn’t hear it from me, but I know a spot where you can get fresh European pears. For free. The pear tree, on the Colorado College campus near the Van Briggle building, swells every…
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Pikes Pick: Lilith Fair-like SarahFest to feature femme Colorado voices in music, art
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For those who miss Lilith Fair or never got to go, there’s now SarahFest, an all-ages Denver music festival that features femme voices in music and art. This year’s event will feature five musical acts,…
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Art on the Streets exhibit brings a dozen new pieces to downtown Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When Fred Lunger spotted the old shovel in an antique store, he had to have it. But how could the Parker artist alchemize it into a piece of art? As he sat on his back porch, contemplating the tool, a few noisy magpies and crows…
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Bird Call: Harbingers of death and other bird lore
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There was the year when all I saw were owls. One whose wings spread wide as it soared overhead while I trudged down High Drive in Bear Creek Park, its daytime appearance surprising me. And…
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Colorado Springs Cat Fest to feature hundreds of cats, Nathan the Cat Lady
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Being a cat owner is a world away from being a dog owner. Dog owners are always out and about with their pets, hitting the dog park, the dog-friendly cafe, parks and trails. Cat owners, not so much. “Cat people stay at home with their…
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Colorado Springs museum to offer free family day
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Kids who visit Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum are infatuated with the “City of Sunshine” exhibit. That’s where they learn how the city attracted those infected with tuberculosis back in the late 1800s and early 1900s, luring them with our sunny climate, which was said to…
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Colorado Springs koi, water garden group to offer free pond tours
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The koi are miffed. Which is antithetical to the inherently good-natured, friendly fish. But as Phil Goulding perches on the cold stones by the side of his backyard koi pond, his beloved shimmering beauties aren’t swimming up to nab their fish food like they usually…
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Motorcycle lover keeps history, culture alive in free Colorado Springs museum
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A glimmer of youth and the tang of nostalgia float through the rows of antique and classic motorcycles in this hidden downtown museum. On the second floor of a North Tejon Street building lives the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Museum, home to about 80 bikes…
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New production of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ to star 80 kids from Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Theater audiences only see the finished product — a polished production with perfectly timed lighting cues, flowing scenes and pitch perfect musical numbers. What they don’t see are the long hours of rehearsals that make it look easy. They don’t see the heartbreak of those…
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Victor Gold Rush Days celebrate history with burro races, mining games, vintage baseball game
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Victor was once so big the town scored a New York Times headline in 1899. Unfortunately, it was to report bad news: “Fire in a Colorado Town: Business Section of Victor, Near Cripple Creek, Destroyed — The Loss Estimated at $2,000,000.” As it turns out,…