Author: Carlotta Olson Denver Gazette
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Colorado Springs area cooking classes and events starting Sept. 9
CLASSES The French Kitchen — 4771 N. Academy Blvd., call or go online for prices. Registration: 719-528-6295, tfkcc.com. • Ma Ma Mia, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday or 9 a.m.-noon Friday. • Harvest Desserts, 9 a.m.-noon or 1-4 p.m. Saturday. • Fix & Feast: Surf and Turf, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday. • Croissants, 12:30-4 p.m. Sunday. • Mediterranean Tour,…
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Colorado Springs area wellness events starting Sept. 8
Listings appear on a space-available basis, free for nonprofits and at the discretion of The Gazette. Email information at least two weeks in advance: listings@gazette.com. 11th Annual Tattooathon — To benefit Sue’s Gift, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Sept. 19, Fallen Heroes Tattoo & Piercing, 524 W. Colorado Ave. Registration: fallenheroestattoo.com/tattooathon.html. Access Community Event — Connection, resources…
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Mugshot Monday: Most wanted in the Colorado Springs area for Sept. 7
Wanted Pikes Peak Area Crime Stoppers is asking for the public’s help in finding the following people for whom felony arrest warrants have been issued. Featured Fugitives Jessica Billingsley — age 23, 5-foot-9, 120 pounds, with black hair and gray eyes. She is sought on suspicion of assault 2, felony menacing, harassment and failure to…
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Colorado Springs area literary events starting Sept. 6
SIGNINGS Margaret Mizushima — “Fighting Edge,” 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, Tattered Cover Book Store, 112 N. Tejon St.; 719-602-5300, tatteredcover.com. Book Signing, Book Launch and Discussion — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, “Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made,” 5 p.m. Sept. 15, Ent Center for the Arts, Shockley-Zalabak…
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Colorado Springs area nonprofit community fundraising events starting Sept. 6
September Spirits of Sunnyside Walking Tour — To benefit the Victor Lowell Thomas Museum, first and third Saturdays, through Sept. 19, Sunnyside Cemetery, meet at south side of town on Seventh Street. Tickets can be purchased online by credit card, victormuseum.com, cash only at cemetery gate or in advance at museum; 719-689-5509. Josh Abbot Band…
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Colorado Springs area military events starting Sept. 6
EVENTS THROUGH MONDAY The Money Museum Free Admission — To all active-duty military personnel, National Guard, Reserve members and their families, 818 N. Cascade Ave.; tinyurl.com/22h4c7jt. THROUGH SEPT. 30 Military Family Lifestyle Survey — Mount Carmel Veterans Service Center is partnering with the national nonprofit Blue Star Families to learn more about the experiences and…
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Colorado Springs-area business events starting Sept. 6
WEDNESDAY Southern Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce Online Membership Benefits Seminar — 8-9:30 a.m. Registration: scwcc.com. FRIDAY Southern Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce First Friday — Being held on the second Friday this month, 7:30-9 a.m., Space Foundation, Area 51, 4425 Arrowswest Drive, $20-$30 in advance, $35 at door, if available. Registration: scwcc.com. SATURDAY Free…
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Around the Neighborhood events calendar Sept. 9-15
WEDNESDAY Book Signing — With Margaret Mizushima, “Fighting Edge,” 4-6 p.m., Covered Treasures Bookstore, 105 Second St., Monument; 719-481-2665, coveredtreasures.com. THURSDAY Waylon Wyatt — With Mason Ramsey, 8 p.m., Phil Long Music Hall at Bourbon Brothers, 13071 Bass Pro Drive, $31.41-$120.88; phillongmusichall.com. FRIDAY Wayne Wilkinson Trio — Zving, Charlie Milo Trio will open, 7-9:30 p.m.,…
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Colorado Springs area home and garden events starting Sept. 5
FRIDAY-SEPT. 27 Colorado Springs Parade of Homes — El Paso County, $18, free for military and ages 15 and younger. Tickets: cshba.com/parade-of-homes. SEPT. 12 Houseplant Repotting 101 Workshop — 10:30-11:30 a.m., Phelan Gardens, 4955 Austin Bluffs Parkway, $30. Registration: phelangardens.com. Orchid Repots with Songbird Orchid — 11:30 a.m., noon and 12:30 p.m., Phelan Gardens, 4955…
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Colorado Springs pet-related information and events starting Sept. 5
EVENTS Colorado Springs Show Me Reptile Show & Pet Expo — 10 a.m.-5 p.m., with VIP entry at 9 a.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Sunday, Colorado Springs Event Center, 3960 Palmer Park Blvd., go online for prices. Tickets: coloradospringseventcenter.com. Pawtoberfest — To benefit the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept.…