COURTESY OF ARTS UPRISE Several local and regional arts organizations, artists, actors, directors, playwrights, a musician and a poet laureate have joined forces for The Arts Uprise Festival. Billed as “your best alternative to doomscrolling,” this creative tsunami teams the Millibo Art Theatre, the host venue, with original plays penned by Colorado playwrights, music by […]
Of the many things that could have made the Manitou Springs football coaching job appealing to Matt Heinz, it was actually a TikTok video. The video showed the packed stands at George Rykovich Stadium as Manitou Springs engaged in a tough game against rival Woodland Park. It was the Panthers who ultimately won the game […]
Dear Mrs. Hughes, What is the proper etiquette for meeting new neighbors? When I was young and we moved, we were greeted by a whole line of people bringing us cakes and pies and cookies and introducing themselves to us. It was such a nice way to meet people in the neighborhood. It made us […]
Colorado Springs’ $400 million Eastern Wastewater System Expansion (EWSE) – which all CSU ratepayers started paying for in January of this year – is the subject of a seven-page letter from attorney and former Colorado State Sen. Bob Gardner, forwarded to my inbox from a source. It was addressed to Colorado Springs City Council and […]
Scores of people who U.S. officials called “illegal aliens” when they were rounded up in the April raid of an underground Colorado Springs nightclub are being held at a contract detention center in Aurora, a federal law enforcement official told the Pikes Peak Bulletin this week. [The Pikes Peak Bulletin does not use the term […]
The Manitou Springs City Council approved the first reading of an ordinance to cut taxes on recreational cannabis by half during Tuesday’s regular meeting. “There are now 48 stores in Colorado Springs … many just minutes away,” said Bill Conkling, the CEO of Maggie’s Farm, one of the two recreational cannabis dispensaries in Manitou Springs. […]
Megan Andreozzi-Harris studied anthropology because she loved to travel, but equally important to her was developing personal connections and roots in a local community. As she got deeper into the profession, she realized researchers in her field often traveled for months at a time studying in foreign countries. “That’s just not really conducive for setting […]
Bronc Day promises family fun as Green Mountain Falls turns 135 Looking for a fun-filled day in the mountains? Mark your calendar for the 87th Annual Bronc Day Festival on Saturday, July 26, in Green Mountain Falls. As one of the longest-running festivals in the Pikes Peak region (since 1939), Bronc Day is more than […]
The other day, a link popped into my text messages from Research-Polls, saying it was “conducting a study on local issues in Colorado.” The first question was whether I viewed Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade favorably or unfavorably. The same question regarding City Council came next. Then, the poll rolled out what I’d consider a […]
This opinion piece reflects the views of John Hazlehurst only and are not endorsed by the Pikes Peak Bulletin. If you love art, you may yearn for masterpieces, but you buy what you can afford. For most of us, that means paying at most a few hundred bucks at a gallery, and much less at […]
This opinion piece was written in response to “A reader calls us out and we consider his point,” in the Bulletin’s May 2 edition. Instead of strong, nuanced opinions about issues – when we make derogatory statements about people in a situation, we’re making it exactly not about dialogue but about shutting off others’ voices […]
Dear Mrs. Hughes, How do I tell my parents that I don’t want them to stay with us when they visit? They will be so insulted! My partner and I have decided that it’s just too stressful to have them staying here. We have two small children and a newborn. We are up all night. […]
It’s here! It’s really here! The arrival of summer in Colorado can feel like a mirage. A few warm days tickle our senses in April and May, but wet, heavy snow and the need to keep a down jacket on speed dial linger. Nothing is more “Colorado” than pink and white tree blossoms shivering beneath […]
Beloved attraction to be preserved for future fun! Manitou Art Center to lead “Possibilities Project” After 92 years of ownership by the Kerns family, the Manitou Springs Penny Arcade has changed hands. The new owner, long-time Manitou resident John Weiss, pledges to have a lot of fun while caretaking America’s largest historic arcade west of […]
Last month, the Cog Railway filed a lawsuit against the City of Manitou Springs, claiming that the City has failed to honor the 2018 Tax Incentive Program Agreement. Manitou Springs and the Cog entered a 50-year agreement to provide tax revenue to the city, preventing a budget crisis. Under the Agreement, the Cog Railway made […]
Colorado Springs City Council passed a resolution on May 13 reaffirming for the third time in 18 months that Colorado Springs is not a sanctuary city. Councilor Roland Rainey Jr. proposed the resolution following the April 27 raid on an illegal nightclub in Colorado Springs, in which a spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]
It’s the sound of pure joy. Beeping, jingling, roaring engine noises and the bugling of “Last Call,” the tune played before a horse race, blended with the elated screams and giggles of children. It’s the sound of Arcade Amusements, more commonly known as the Manitou Arcade, and for more than 90 years, through generations, that […]
INDOCTORINATION: Sun. May 18 Community Celebration Honoring 2025 Colorado College Honorary Doctorate Recipients Steve Wood, Jeff Bieri, and Ben Sturgulewski Hosted by Local Nonprofit Concrete Couch Colorado Springs, CO — The Catalyst Fund, KRCC, and Concrete Couch invite everyone to join us in celebrating the 2025 recipients of Colorado College’s Honorary Doctorates. The event will […]
The Patriarca family calls themselves American medical refugees. Stefany and Christian Patriarca, and their children Aliana, Giovanni and Sofia, uprooted from Florida and replanted themselves and the family business here in Colorado Springs nearly a decade ago to access medical marijuana for the youngest child, Sofia. When Sofia was just a few weeks old, she […]
People came from nearby Rockrimmon residences and towns miles away for the May 10 grand opening of a small library across the street from where the city’s second busiest library was until Pikes Peak Library District (PPLD) shut it down last year. “We wanted to help our community fill the void left by Rockrimmon’s closure, […]
