Tag: larkspur
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Everything you need to know about the Colorado Renaissance Festival
As the royal court strolls through the streets, the smell of roasting turkey legs larger than villagers’ forearms fills the air. Maybe it’s the sight of a pirate drinking from a tankard or a blacksmith forging metal by hand, but all clues point to one revelation: You’re no longer in the 21st century. Beyond the…
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Everything you need to know about the Colorado Renaissance Festival
As the royal court strolls through the streets, the smell of roasting turkey legs larger than villagers’ forearms fills the air. Maybe it’s the sight of a pirate drinking from a tankard or a blacksmith forging metal by hand, but all clues point to one revelation: You’re no longer in the 21st century. Beyond the…
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Everything you need to know about the Colorado Renaissance Festival
As the royal court strolls through the streets, the smell of roasting turkey legs larger than villagers’ forearms fills the air. Maybe it’s the sight of a pirate drinking from a tankard or a blacksmith forging metal by hand, but all clues point to one revelation: You’re no longer in the 21st century. Beyond the…
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‘Small treasures’: The magic of trinket trading at the Colorado Renaissance Festival
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Dressed in a red cloak and sporting a black bob, Alexa Fitzpatrick, embodying Lord Farquaad, started handing out royal decrees. The handwritten notes, which she passed out at the Colorado Renaissance Festival in June, were host to witty phrases like “Ogres will be beheaded on-site”…
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Elephant permit denied for the Colorado Renaissance Festival
Elephants, which have been part of the Colorado Renaissance Festival for decades, will not be at this year’s show when it kicks off June 14. Colorado Parks and Wildlife denied the permit for elephant shows at the weekslong festival in Larkspur, according to a news release June 5 from PETA, the animal rights organization. The…
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Elephants, part of Colorado Renaissance Festival show for decades, won’t appear this year
Elephants, which have been part of the Colorado Renaissance Festival for decades, will not be at this year’s show when it kicks off June 14. Colorado Parks and Wildlife denied the permit for elephant shows at the weekslong festival in Larkspur, according to a news release Thursday from PETA, the animal rights organization. The permit…
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‘A miracle’ 30 years later: Advocates celebrate Douglas County open space program
Along Interstate 25 between Colorado Springs and Castle Rock, urban sprawl ends and land and sky prevail. Driving this stretch means more to some people. People like Mark Weston. He looks out to the cattle, out to the mesas and buttes along the way, out to the more distant mountains, and he feels proud. “That…
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Fire reported northwest of Monument
A fire, reported at under an acre in size, has been spotted northwest of Monument, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The fire – named the Metz fire – was initially reported by the Forest Service on Tuesday afternoon at just a tenth of an acre and was caused by lightning, according to the Pike…
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Revelry and romance, pirates and pixies: Colorado Renaissance Festival opens for 47th season
Hear ye, hear ye: The Colorado Renaissance Festival is open in Larkspur for its 47th season. The immersive festival will transport visitors back to a 16th-century village, with more whimsy and less disease. Home to jugglers and jousters, fairies and fair maidens, aristocrats and artisans, the fest will be open on weekends through Aug. 6.…
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Revelry and romance, pirates and pixies: Colorado Renaissance Festival opens for 47th season
Hear ye, hear ye: The Colorado Renaissance Festival opened this past weekend in Larkspur for its 47th season. The immersive festival will transport visitors back to a 16th-century village, with more whimsy and less disease. Home to jugglers and jousters, fairies and fair maidens, aristocrats and artisans, the fest will be open on weekends through…