Where to (Safely) Celebrate the Fourth of July
(Small) backyard barbecues, red, white and blue, plus a COVID-19 mask too. The coronavirus has altered Fourth of July plans and festivities—along with everything...
Your PPLD Library Card Has Superpowers
If your idea of the public library is the antiquated knowledge repository of yore, then you probably haven’t been paying attention. But all the...
Summer Day Camp Is Open in Colorado Springs
Summer’s here, and kids are clamoring to get their adventures started. Now they have something to cheer about. Even though COVID-19 has thrown a...
Collaboration Is Key for Local Filmmaker
The moody music video for Jarrod Gipson’s Clockwise is bathed in stark, contrasting colors, alternating between a saturation of red and blue imagery that...
Kate Perdoni Is a Local Creative Force
Kate Perdoni has always had a big imagination. As a young child, the future journalist scrawled answers to imaginary inquiries asked in invisible interviews....
Allison Daniell Moix Processes the Pandemic Through Photos
The photos are emotive portraits and evocative streetscapes that offer human perspective on the uncertainty and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. You might have...
Local Arts and Entertainment in Your Living Room
“The internet has suddenly become the new stage,” says Andy Vick, executive director of the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region.
That’s what happens...
7 Ways to Support Local Business During the Pandemic
With a statewide stay-at-home order for Colorado, it’s difficult to support local business, but there are ways even without being able to leave our...
Books: A Reading Guide to Colorado Springs History
In the Shadow of Pikes Peak: An Illustrated History of Colorado Springs
by Mark L. Gardner, 1999
This all-ages read tells the tale of peoples who...
Trivia Night in the Springs
Everyone has a friend (or two) who knows the artist and name of every song, the name of obscure historical figures and why they're...
