Author: Linda Navarro linda.navarro@gazette.com
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AROUND TOWN: All-time U.S. Paralympic medal champ to headline Breakfast of Champions
It’s always a fun night with a big nonprofit secret and July 30 was the 2026 unveiling. Several months in advance of Peak Vista Community Health Centers’ signature Breakfast of Champions fundraising morning, this year on Oct. 15, donors, community advocates and the members of the organization’s boards are invited to be the first to…
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Rita the Rock Planter tells Victor’s story in the Trolls of America public art
They’re wonderful wooden giants, filled with personality, most with touching history tributes to their out-of-the-way home areas, all recycled and environmentally perfect. And two of the beloved Thomas Dambo trolls are in special sites in Colorado, including Victor. Famed Danish artist Dambo creates character trolls worldwide, working with communities and volunteers who turn into recycled-wood-pallet…
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Rita the Rock Planter tells Victor’s story in the Trolls of America public art
They’re wonderful wooden giants, filled with personality, most with touching history tributes to their out-of-the-way home areas, all recycled and environmentally perfect. And two of the beloved Thomas Dambo trolls are in special sites in Colorado, including Victor. Famed Danish artist Dambo creates character trolls worldwide, working with communities and volunteers who turn into recycled-wood-pallet…
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Pikes Pick: Take history walk at Bear Creek
Be part of Bear Creek Nature Center’s 50th anniversary during a Living History Walk, 10:30 a.m. Aug. 22. All the history and special sites and time for the Bear-thday Party following. Pre-register, elpasocountynaturecenters.com, — Linda Navarro .
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AROUND TOWN: Off the Street Breakfast under Colorado Avenue Bridge has a long tradition
Since 2008 special fundraising breakfasts have been annual fundraising gatherings for hundreds of supporters of The Place, an emergency shelter for homeless young people in need. It continued July 23. The nonprofit it benefits had its start in 1998-1999 and was then known as Urban Peak Colorado Springs when area human service nonprofits, Department of…
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Pikes Pick: Calling photographers for parks photos
Send your favorite park photos for the 2027 Discover COS Calendar Photo Contest, deadline Sept. 4, five-photo limit. What’s best about the city’s outdoor spaces? Rules, requirements and waiver forms: ColoradoSprings.gov/DiscoverCOS — Linda Navarro
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Pikes Pick: Colorado Day 150th celebration in Denver
A busy Colorado Day in Denver on Aug. 1, centered at Union Station, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Soccer fun, music, food, drinks, history, gold panning, dance performances and walking tours of LoDo. Free. denverunionstation.com/events/colorado-day — Linda Navarro
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Who’s Waldo of Waldo Canyon and why was it named for him?
As wildfires hit Colorado again in 2026, many people are having flashbacks and curious questions about the past. Intriguing queries were about the devastating 2012 Waldo Canyon fire and several came from residents who have wondered about this for at least 14 years and probably longer: Who was the Waldo of Waldo Canyon? Just off…
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Pikes Pick: A golden anniversary at Trivelli’s Hoagies
Celebration of 50 years of cheesesteaks and hoagies and the family, July 25 at Trivelli’s Hoagies, 2739 N. Nevada Ave. Fun way to spend a Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Linda Navarro
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Meet Debbie, the beloved child who became the marble angel statue in Evergreen Cemetery
Her tiny face, that of a sweet little girl, has brought smiles to the faces of people viewing a memorable statue in a historic section of Evergreen Cemetery since the early 1900s. But who was this Debbie, a so-beloved child forever immortalized in life-size Italian marble? And a child whose grave had an 8-year-old guardian…