Tag: pioneers museum
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Colorado Springs’ Festival of Lights celebrates 40 years of holiday tradition
Colorado Springs may have lacked the snow and temperatures often associated with the winter holidays, but its holiday cheer was as strong as ever during the annual Festival of Lights Parade Saturday night. Garland wrapped lampposts and people could be spotted donning Santa hats and other festive attire in the warm, sunny weather as Christmas…
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Free festival in Colorado Springs this weekend will kick off Hispanic Heritage Month
Many people believe Cinco de Mayo celebrates Mexico’s independence. They would be wrong. “We like to call Cinco de Mayo a day created by Corona to sell beer because it’s not Mexico’s independence day,” Moni Hernandez said. “It’s actually Sept. 16.” Hernandez is the founder of the city’s only Fiestas Patrias, a free, two-day celebration…
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Colorado Springs women artists showcased at Pioneers Museum
If museums don’t collect women’s art, women’s stories won’t be told. And that would mean losing half of American history. “Across the globe museums are taking time to reflect on their role as gatekeepers and tastemakers,” said Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum’s Curator of History Leah Davis Witherow. “By not collecting women artists we’re not exhibiting…
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Food Truck Tuesdays return to downtown Colorado Springs
Street food fairs will return to downtown next month when the city and the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum kick off this summer’s season of Food Truck Tuesdays on June 4. The weekly event will feature a rotating array of 20 mobile business parked along the perimeter of the museum grounds, offering a variety of meals,…
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Food Truck Tuesdays return to downtown Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Street food fairs will return to downtown next month when the city and the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum kick off this summer’s season of Food Truck Tuesdays on June 4. The weekly event will feature a rotating array of 20 mobile business parked along the…
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A downtown view controversy 20 years ago stirred passions among Colorado Springs residents
Matt Mayberry, director of the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, and Katharine Lee Bates, the poet and writer who authored “America the Beautiful” more than 130 years ago, have something in common. Both can see Pikes Peak thanks to a controversy more than two decades ago over the then-proposed expansion of the El Paso County courthouse…
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Countdown begins to Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum grand reopening
Tick, tock. The countdown to the grand reopening of the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum is on. Work that began last July to upgrade the downtown museum’s aging heating and air conditioning system is nearly complete, officials said in a news release Wednesday. Over the coming weeks, the system will go through testing and commissioning to…
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Richard Marold, longtime magazine editor and historical re-enactor, dies at 88
As a former calligrapher, umpire, minister, hospital administrator, writer, editor and historian, Richard Marold led such a varied life that he drew comparisons to a beloved fictional character. “His daughter dubbed him ‘Forrest Gump,’” said Terry Fabian, Marold’s wife of 30 years. “He was at one of Martin Luther King’s speeches. He was at JFK’s…
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Colorado Springs at 150 years | Tunnels and their secrets underscore 2 sides of Colorado City, est. 1859
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Editor’s note: This July, as Colorado Springs gears up for its 150th birthday on the 31st, The Gazette has prepared a series of articles on the history of our city. Check back for fascinating glimpses into the people and events that have shaped Colorado Springs into…
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Colorado Springs at 150 years | Tunnels and their secrets underscore 2 sides of Colorado City, est. 1859
Editor’s note: This July, as Colorado Springs gears up for its 150th birthday on the 31st, The Gazette has prepared a series of articles on the history of our city. Check back for fascinating glimpses into the people and events that have shaped Colorado Springs into the landmark it is today. It was a frontier town…