Big Ideas for Colorado Springs: Skiing, Urban Water Park, New Tech, Arts Collaboration, More
Skiing in Our Backyard
The proposed Ormes Peak Ski Area on the northern slopes of Ormes Peak would put all of Colorado Springs within 30...
Good Gourd: 12 Local Pumpkin Beers
Beer and pumpkins go way back. During colonial days, early Americans used pumpkin as a less expensive, locally sourced ingredient to replace or supplement...
The Man Behind the Maps: Ski Artist James Niehues
If you ski or snowboard, then it’s most likely that James Niehues has been your guide. Over the course of nearly three decades, Niehues...
Talking About the Colorado Springs Weather
You don’t have to live in here long to know that Colorado weather can be fickle. Sure, we get all that sunshine, but it’s...
Movember and the Meaning of a Mustache
mustache noun: An icon representing the epitome of virility and sophistication. Resting on the throne of the upper lip, it is a beacon of...
Faces and Photos of the Black Lives Matter Protests
Shortly after 46-year-old George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer over Memorial Day weekend, crowds of Black Lives Matter protestors took to...
Dirk Pikaart, D.O.: Fighting for Life
Dr. Dirk Pikaart took an unusual path to medicine, initially working in construction trades. After returning to school, a career counselor inspired him that...
Tom Hirt: Cowboy Hat Maker for the Movies
You could say that Tom Hirt began his career as a dead guy.
Cast as Mark Harmon’s stand-in in the 1978 Western Comes a...
Take an Outdoor Art Tour
Colorado Springs loves its public art. That’s evident every year in the Art on the Streets exhibition, which turns the streets of downtown Colorado...
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...
