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New venue, new show for Funky Little Theater Company in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Husbands come and go, but friends can last a lifetime. Maybe? That’s the theory, at least, in the play “Always a Bridesmaid” by Jones Hope Wooten, a collaboration of writers Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and…
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Colorado is ‘Hail Alley’ as shown by overnight storm in Fountain
Colorado is in the country’s “hail alley,” according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Severe Storms Laboratory. Hail is formed when updrafts in thunderstorms carry water drops to very cold air, which allows the raindrop to freeze into a ball of ice. It falls when the updraft weakens or can no longer support…
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Colorado is ‘Hail Alley’ as shown by overnight storm in Fountain
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado is in the country’s “hail alley,” according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Severe Storms Laboratory. Hail is formed when updrafts in thunderstorms carry water drops to very cold air, which allows the raindrop to freeze into a ball of ice. It…
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Colorado Springs-area events calendar: Friday, June 15
Here’s a look at what’s going on Friday in the Colorado Springs area: FESTIVALS Through Aug. 12: Colorado Shakespeare Festival — The nation’s second-oldest Shakespeare festival, Boulder; denver.org. Through Saturday: Whittle the Wood Rendezvous — Watch chainsaw artists work, Craig; whittlethewood.com. Through Sunday: Rapid Grass BlueGrass Festival — Idaho Springs; rapidgrassfestival.com. BREW “Grains of Color”…
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New venue, new show for Funky Little Theater Company in Colorado Springs
Husbands come and go, but friends can last a lifetime. Maybe? That’s the theory, at least, in the play “Always a Bridesmaid” by Jones Hope Wooten, a collaboration of writers Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten. Funky Little Theater Company will open the show Friday in its new venue on Pecan Street, which has…
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Double amputee reaches Pikes Peak summit after grueling three-day ascent
In the middle of the night, on grassy slopes near 12,000 feet, Pikes Peak summit-bound Mandy Horvath listened to faint rumbles and watched lightning flash in silvery clouds that covered Colorado Springs far below. At daybreak Wednesday, it was time to settle the storm that had raged in her for the better part of three…
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Pikes Pub: Brewers feeling the crimp of new tariffs
Popping a tab on a cold one could soon cost more if brewers are unable to negotiate leeway in the Trump administration’s recently enacted tariffs on imported aluminum and steel. Producers of beer in cans say they’re already feeling the crimp from the tariffs – up to 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent…
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Crowd at Denver Comic Con will help celebrate the big 4-0 for Garfield the cat
Garfield the cat is turning 40, and people attending this weekend’s Denver Comic Con can lead the birthday celebration. A new book, “Age Happens: Garfield Hits the Big 4-0,” celebrates those four decades of the snarky, lasagna-loving feline. While the book isn’t officially released until Tuesday, conventiongoers can get an early copy signed by Jim…
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Almost 200 bagpipers set to play together at Colorado Springs festival
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save While bagpipes probably don’t top the list of instruments people want to learn, they were No. 1 for Andra Stoller. Since leaving the Air Force after six years of active duty to raise three kids,…
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Transport to the age of the Renaissance in Larkspur
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Hear ye, hear ye: The 2018 Colorado Renaissance Festival is approaching. For the 42nd season, lords, ladies, nobles, village folk and fairies will converge on Larkspur. People from faraway lands and nearby come to plunge…