Tag: jennifer mulson
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Pikes Pick: Tis the season for Vince Guaraldi
Every October I seek out my favorite fall jazz pianist — Vince Guaraldi — and I don’t stop playing him until winter solstice. If you don’t know his name, you’ll surely recognize his tunes — he composed the music for the TV cartoon adaptations of the Peanuts comic strip, including “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” Check out…
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Pikes Pick: Watch a Halloween movie with goats
Goat Patch Brewing Co. had me at goats. The local brewery is celebrating the spooky season with “Goatflix & Chill,” an unexpected combination of the barnyard creatures with a screening of the 1993 film “Hocus Pocus.” Buy a ticket, bring a lawn chair or blanket, find a seat and a goat, and settle in to…
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Pikes Pick: Tricks-or-treats for adults, kids downtown Colorado Springs
Kids get all the fun things: summer vacation, Easter baskets, trick-or-treating. Adults, you’re in luck this year. Downtown Colorado Springs will offer a Downtown Candy Crawl from 5-8 p.m. Oct. 27. Businesses will pass out candy, treats and other goodies to adults and kids. Best costume can win prizes. Tickets go on sale Wednesday; downtowncs.com/event/downtown-candy-crawl. —…
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Pikes Pick: Free old horror movies through October near Colorado Springs
Manitou Springs Heritage Center is doling out free old Bela Lugosi horror movies during Sunday Night Frights at 6 p.m. Sundays. There’s the 1939 film “The Phantom Creeps” on Sunday, and the 1952 “Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla” Oct. 22. Traditional movie concessions are available. It’s at 517 Manitou Ave., Manitou Springs; 685-1454, manitouspringsheritagecenter.org. — Jennifer…
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Pikes Pick: ‘Beware the Woman’ perfect suspense novel for October
If you love “Rosemary’s Baby,” “Rebecca” or are simply craving a good suspense thriller, Megan Abbott’s new “Beware the Woman” is the book for you. Newly pregnant Jacy and her newish husband take a long road trip to the middle of nowhere Michigan for a visit with his father, initially a charming, silver-haired fox. As…
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Pikes Pick: Cripple Creek, Victor offer yoga festival
Take your yoga practice out of the studio and into the mountains this weekend at Cripple Creek & Victor Yoga Fest. Events include vinyasa classes, yoga nidra, a sound bath and more, and take place throughout the region, including the Cripple Creek Heritage Center, the Elks Lodge in Victor and Aspen Mine Center. Single tickets…
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Pikes Pick: Cheap Ferris wheel rides in Colorado Springs
This is news to me, but Scheels, an outdoor equipment and sporting goods store on the northern perimeter of our fair city, has a 65-foot Ferris wheel. And you can ride it — 10 minutes for only $1. Where have I even been? Riders must be at least 36 inches tall. Any children under 48…
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Pikes Pick: Colorado Springs gallery featuring new works by well-known artist Floyd Tunson
Any exhibit featuring Manitou Springs artist Floyd D. Tunson is not to be missed. The internationally known creative’s latest, “Floyd D. Tunson: Figures and Forms,” is a collection of photos and abstract paintings up now at Kreuser Gallery. Tunson will give a free talk at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 20. The show’s available from noon-5 p.m.…
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Pikes Pick: Guided hikes at Paint Mines in northeastern El Paso County
The Paint Mines Interpretive Park is worth the trip east to the area around Calhan. Certified interpretive guides with El Paso County will lead hikes from 9:30-11:30 a.m. every other Saturday through October. Pre-registration is suggested, and the jaunt is $3. Find more information online at communityservices.elpasoco.com/parks-and-recreation/paint-mines-interpretive-park. — Jennifer Mulson, The Gazette
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Pikes Pick: Hilary Swank’s ‘Alaska Daily’ focuses on Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women
I’m a little biased, but “Alaska Daily” entertained me. The show, which debuted last year, follows Eileen Fitzgerald, played by Hilary Swank, a fancy pants reporter from a New York City media company who gets dismissed because her source gives her inaccurate information. An old editor friend hires her on at the Daily Alaskan, where…