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...
Humor: Turned On to Turntables
It began with a simple question from my son. “Dude,” he said. “Do we have a turntable?”
Normally, my son calls me dad, but the...
Floyd D. Tunson Is Not Done Yet
At 42-feet wide, Untitled 147 goes and goes and goes. Order nips at the heels of chaos as color and form swoop and drip,...
Colorado Springs Hot Air Balloons Rise Above
The Labor Day Lift Off is one of Colorado Springs best and most beautiful annual traditions. And while things will look different this year...
Mountain Chalet: 50 Years of More Than Gear
On a recent spring day, a customer walks into Mountain Chalet, the long-running outdoor equipment store to report a problem with a pair of...
Lil Olive vs. the Puppy Mills
Known for The Creep Behind the Camera and HAZE featuring Robin Wright Penn, locally based director Peter Schuermann raised development funds for the film,...
First Responders: Brooks Dillahunty, Flight for Life
Meet a handful of first responders, representatives of the thousands in our community who give their best when the worst comes calling.
BROOKS DILLAHUNTY
Flight Paramedic
Flight...
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...
30 Year’s of Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Fest
It’s the kind of encounter that happens in the movies, the kind completely out of the blue that ends up altering the trajectory of...
Humor: Becoming American
We moved to the United States 17 years ago. My wife and I are Canadian—from Toronto originally—but we’ve been green card-holding, permanent U.S. residents...
