Tag: jennifer mulson
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Free summer concerts happening at Colorado Springs area parks and venues
Colorado summers are some of the best. No humidity or giant bugs. Just gentle breezes, warm nights and scenery for days. Let’s enjoy it while it’s here, shall we? Head out to one of the free concerts at Tri-Lakes area parks and other venues throughout the summer. Stockpile the memories for fall and winter, when…
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Free summer concerts happening at Colorado Springs area parks and venues
Colorado summers are some of the best. No humidity or giant bugs. Just gentle breezes, warm nights and scenery for days. Let’s enjoy it while it’s here, shall we? Head out to one of the numerous free concerts at parks and other venues throughout the summer. Stockpile the memories for fall and winter, when the…
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Colorado Springs resident, military hero featured in new biography
“Earthquake” Titus wasn’t afraid to make waves. Even though the swells might have cost Brig. Gen. Robert F. Titus a few stars, says author Bill Scott. Titus retired from the Air Force in 1977 with one star, but Scott suspects he probably could have gotten at least two more if he hadn’t argued with bureaucrats…
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Living history site in Colorado Springs kicks off summer program with sheep shearing event
Certain four-legged balls of fluff at Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site need haircuts. Thirteen sheep will lose their winter locks during Saturday’s annual sheep shearing event at the 160-acre city park. The event also kicks off the outdoor museum’s 11-week Living History Program. “Rather than wild sheep who lose their hair when spring comes, domestic…
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Colorado Springs woman buys, rebrands downtown boutique fitness studio offering barre, Pilates classes
Sometimes it takes a while to figure out our exercise style. But when we do, it can grab ahold of us and change our lives. Five years ago, Samantha Kelly wouldn’t have guessed she’d be the new owner of a boutique fitness studio in downtown Colorado Springs. She recently purchased Barre Forte, at 115 N.…
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Giraffe lovers welcome to attend zoo visit, presentation with zoologist in Colorado Springs
Seven years ago, Jen Law watched April the giraffe give birth live on YouTube — and she hasn’t been the same since. The live birth was life-changing for Law, who hadn’t known much about the endangered animals up until then. But watching April’s gawky, awkward son, Tajiri, emerge in front of her eyes arrowed her…
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Pikes Pick: Colorado poet laureate Andrea Gibson, comedian Tig Notaro to perform in Denver
Colorado’s newest poet laureate, Andrea Gibson, gives me goosebumps with their poetry. The poet will perform some of that tingly material Thursday and Friday at Paramount Theatre in Denver. And riding the stage alongside Gibson will be comedian Tig Notaro. The two met 25 years ago and have both overcome cancer diagnoses; paramountdenver.com. — Jennifer Mulson,…
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Territory Days celebrates Old West, Memorial Day in Colorado Springs
Before galleries, restaurants and bars lined Colorado Avenue in Old Colorado City, gold seekers trawled the streets in search of saloons and bordellos. Known as Colorado City in the late 1800s, the tiny town, which served as Colorado Territory’s first capital, even before Denver, was the richest spot in the state and a massive trade…
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Comedian Josh Blue to find funny in parenthood, regular life, disability in Colorado Springs shows
It’s a Wednesday morning, and Josh Blue is writing jokes while revisiting old haunts in Washington state. His girlfriend’s along for the road trip, as he shows off his old college stomping grounds in Olympia and the beach where he used to camp every spring break. He’s also got some stand-up shows along the way…
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Live Well: Vortexes, scenery, epiphanies – a birthday pilgrimage to Sedona, Arizona
How does one usher in a big birthday? I suppose they’re all big birthdays, aren’t they? Another year to sing and dance and eat roasted cauliflower. But I’m talking about the ones that end in zero, the ones that present the tabula rasa of a new decade that is all yours to muck up as…