Author: Haley Witt
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Top 5 foods to try at this year’s Colorado State Fair
The food is a quintessential part of a thorough state fair experience. State fairs are famous for offering a wide variety of quirky deep-fried foods, and the 2018 Colorado State Fair is no exception. Devin Vaughn is the commercial exhibits and food coordinator for the state fair in Pueblo, and she recommended that foodies explore…
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Colorado Springs’ Labor Day Lift Off a ‘top 10’ destination for hot air balloons
Labor Day Lift Off. Sunrise lift-off 7 a.m. Saturday, Sunday and Monday, evening balloon glow 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Memorial Park, 1605 E. Pikes Peak Ave., free, coloradosprings labordayliftoff. If you think “jumbo shrimp” is an oxymoron, what would you call a 90-foot-tall shrimp? Think I’m full of hot air? Think again. This weekend,…
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Colorado Springs yoga studio offers sacred space for lost and weary
As she ducks in and out of small rooms used for intimate yoga practice and massage therapy, Jessica Patterson greets her cross-legged colleagues with a smile and exits with a soft, “I love you.” She sips warm water from her perch in her office chair, surrounded by rows of neatly shelved books, mostly about yoga…
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Pikes Pick: Choose your own adventure with “Detroit: Become Human”
I’m not one for video games, usually playing one only to appease a friend. During a recent outing, I played “Detroit: Become Human” on PlayStation 4, and to my surprise, I really enjoyed it. It’s an easy play for nongamers because it’s light on shooting or attacks. Gameplay is mostly making choices — similar to…
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Top 5 reasons you should visit the Colorado State Fair this year
The Colorado State Fair opens Friday and runs through Sept. 3 in Pueblo with the Oak Ridge Boys kicking off the first night, playing hits such as “Elvira” and “Thank God for Kids.” 1.) The music There’s nothing quite like the thrill of dancing to your favorite radio hits live. Trust me, your mediocre car speakers…
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Colorado Springs art therapists get personal at Cottonwood Center for the Arts
Nontraditional therapy options abound, such as animal-assisted therapy, hypnotherapy and the quickly growing art therapy. “Art therapy started out as an arts program within a mental health setting,” said Susan Jacobsen, a local art therapist. “People started to find that patients really connected with that process and that there were some really great ways to…
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Nicki Minaj and Future concert Denver called off
The Nov. 6 show that Nicki Minaj and Future were scheduled to play at the Pepsi Center in Denver on their NickiHndrxx North American tour is no longer taking place as scheduled, according to Pepsi Center ticketing service, Altitude Tickets. Refunds for the previously scheduled North American tour dates will be available “at the point…
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A dose of music history and much at the Colorado State Fair
Friday to Sept. 3, Colorado State Fairgrounds, 1001 Beulah Ave, Pueblo. Entry fees vary. 561-8484. coloradostatefair.com Fairgoers are in for a dose of music history this year at the Colorado State Fair. The Oak Ridge Boys nearly gave up their country music career 40 years ago. They might not be performing at the fair this…
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2018 Colorado State Fair schedule
COLORADO STATE FAIR SCHEDULE * = ticketed event FUN FOR THE KIDS: 8/24-9/3- Butterfly Encounter, Cultural Heritage Building 8-24-9/3- Doc EZee and Disgo’s Rootin’ Tootin’ Family Fun Show, Coke Stage 8/24-9/3- Kid’s Pedal Tractor Pull, Coke Stage 8/24-9/3- Lucy Pet’s Surfing and Stunt Dog Show, Agriculture Pavilion 8/24-9/30-Swifty Swine Racing Pigs, Triangle Park 8/24-9/30- Mind…
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Frontier Days first-timer: Dancing to Dierks’ rock-country in rodeo country
For my first rodeo and country concert, I would settle for nothing but the best. Jumping on the bandwagon — not to be confused with a chuckwagon — I bought tickets to Cheyenne Frontier Days, the largest outdoor rodeo and Western celebration in the world. Around the bustling festival grounds, belt buckles, programs and T-shirts…