Tag: Videos
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LIFE | Meet the Wardens, Colorado’s closest thing to real knights
Armored Combat is a competitive international sport that features steel medieval weaponry and armor. The Wardens, Colorado’s Medieval Armored Combat team, have made themselves known this year by qualifying to compete internationally. In April dozens of countries will represent at the Buhurt League World Cup in Prague, what’s been called the Battle of the Nations.…
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LIFE | Denver’s oldest theater company turns 50
Su Teatro Executive Artistic Director Tony Garcia grew up on the Westside, Denver’s first and oldest neighborhood. For a century, this area was home to a community of 300 families that were ultimately displaced in the late 1960s to make room for the three colleges that make up the Auraria Higher Education Center. The campus…
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LIFE | Meet the unexpected animals of the Pikes Peak Humane Society
Aside from dogs and cats, the Pikes Peak Humane Society also takes in unexpected animals such as rabbits, bearded dragons, fish, turtles, and much more.
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LIFE | Bonsai’s roots and growth in Colorado
Colorado Springs Bonsai enthusiast David Kuntz has practiced bonsai for more than 20 years, at times with hundreds of trees in his possession. Bonsai has been one hobby in this pandemic era that has been noted for a global surge in interest, growing far beyond its Chinese and Japanese roots. (Video by Skyler Ballard/ The…
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LIFE | Chasing stars in rare, dark skies beyond Colorado Springs
Two years ago, the International Dark Sky Association added Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument to a list that today includes just 114 other parks on the planet deemed worthy of the designation. When conditions allow, the Colorado Springs Astronomical Society hosts these gatherings at the national monument once a month. (Video by Skyler Ballard/ The…
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LIFE | Harley’s Haven Ranch
Jess Sandoval is the owner of Harley’s Haven Ranch, a non-profit animal rescue named after her first rescue dog and great companion the late Harley. The ranch on the plains east of Colorado Springs is home to dozens of chickens, sheep, goats, donkeys, dogs, alpacas and llamas. (Video by Skyler Ballard/ The Gazette)
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Surprise powder day at A-Basin, Feb. 28, 2023
Three inches of snow fell Tuesday daytime on top of 1 inch of new snow from the previous night and terrain that had been nicely buffed by the wind. It turned into a phenomenal powder day at The Legend
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Who’s Who at the Zoo | Rocky Mountain Goats
Meet the Rocky Mountain goats at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. (Video by Skyler Ballard / The Gazette)