COS Town Tidings #24-305

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🤣 Today’s Chuckle

📰 Colorado Springs’ Costume Keeper👒

📰 Colorado Springs K-9 Heroes Need You🐕

📰 Discover New Senior Housing Options👵

Recipe: Chicken Enchilada Casserole🥘

🏡 Home and Living: 🌡60 Seconds to a Worry-Free Winter With Brandy

📆 Local Events 

🌤 COS Weather - Mostly sunny with chilly temps

Why didn't the scarecrow eat dinner?

👉He was already stuffed 🤣

👒 Colorado Springs’ Costume Keeper

For nearly 60 years, Eva Saunders and her mother, Evelyn, have kept the art of handmade costumes alive in Colorado Springs. Saunders Costumes, once a storefront, now operates from Eva’s home, where she rents and creates unique pieces for local schools, fairs, and private events. Despite rising competition from large retailers, Eva continues crafting and renting from her extensive, 10,000-piece costume collection.

Whether it’s designing a historical outfit or creating a Godzilla costume from bedsheets, Eva remains dedicated to preserving this special artistry, making costumes accessible to all. Full Story + Video

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🐕 Colorado Springs K-9 Heroes Need You

Celebrate and support our CSPD K-9 units with the 2025 “Partners in Protection” calendar. Featuring our local K-9 crimefighters at famous Colorado Springs spots, each calendar sold raises funds for patrol and explosives K-9 units and helps the Police Foundation assist CSPD. The calendars are available for $15 at Southgate PetSmart in November or online with shipping. Let’s show some love to our four-legged protectors this season! 🥰

👵 Discover New Senior Housing Options

Southeast Colorado Springs just welcomed two affordable housing options for seniors. The Silver Key Apartments on S Murray provide 50 units, specifically for low- to moderate-income seniors, with veterans' units and resources close by.

Just around the corner, Paloma Garden on S Chelton, developed by Volunteers of America, offers a blend of new and updated apartments designed for comfort, independence, and social connection. These projects highlight ongoing efforts to support senior residents in living securely and affordably. Full Story

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🍞 Nature’s Start Bread Company

Fresh Baked Sourdough breads, pastries!
Free cookie, cinnamon roll, or scone with a purchase of artisan sourdough bread TODAY only! 🎃

🥘 Chicken Enchilada Casserole

This cheesy chicken enchilada casserole recipe with spicy green chilis and beans is an effortless weeknight dinner.

Access the complete recipe with tailored modifications to suit your dietary requirements, along with convenient print options.

🏡 Home and Living

🌡 60 Seconds to a Worry-Free Winter With Brandy's Advice. 
Play Video above for her tips.

📆 Local Events

• Oct 31-Nov 2 (9am-7pm), 3 (10am-2pm): 60th Annual Fall Show and Sale @Black Forest Community Center 12530 Black Forest Rd FREE to attend

• Oct 31-Nov 3, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87

• Oct 31, 2:30-7:30pm: Indoor Family Halloween Festival @SoccerHaus, 4845 List Dr FREE to attend (Please Register)

• Oct 31, 4-7pm: Dave & Boo-ster's @Dave and Buster's, 9277 Highland Ridge Hts $10

• Oct 31, 4:30-8:30pm: Boo at the Zoo @Cheyenne Mountain Zoo $23-$25 Family Friendly (Almost Sold Out)

• Oct 31, 5-7pm: 8th Annual Family Fall Festival @The Anchor Church, 802 Bonfoy Ave FREE

• Oct 31, 5:30-7:30pm: Fall Festival @Springs First Church of the Nazarene, 4120 E Fountain Blvd

• Oct 31-Nov 2, 6-9: Haunted Manitou Ghost Tours @Corner of El Paso and Manitou Ave $25

• Oct 31, 6-10pm: Adult Halloween Party & Dance @Fraternal Order of Eagles #143, 1050 S 21st St

• Oct 31, 7-9pm: Halloween BINGO @Lebowski’s Taproom, 3240 Centennial Blvd FREE to attend

• Oct 31-Nov 2 (7:30pm), 3 (2pm): Election Day-The Comedies @Millibo Art Theater $25-$28 (Limited Tickets Left)

• Nov 1-2, 3:30 PM: 2.5-Hour Cocktails & Canapés Walking Tour @1 N Tejon $79 must be 21+

• Nov 1, 4-8 pm: First Friday Art Walk @Old Colorado City FREE to attend

• Nov 1, 5-8pm: First Friday Art Party @Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College, 30 W Dale St FREE

• Nov 1 (7pm), 2-3 (2:30pm), 8 (7pm), 9-10 (2:30pm): The Velveteen Rabbit @First Company of First United Methodist Church, 420 N Nevada $5-$15

• Nov 1, 8pm: The Fretliners @Lulu's Downtown $20-$24

• Nov 2, 10am-2pm: Find Your Inner Power - Higher Calling Class @Harmonious Hearts Healing, 120 Davie Dr $182

• Nov 3, 3-5pm: Pikes Peak Wild Ones Native Seed Swap @Grace & St Stephens Episcopal Church, 631 N Tejon St FREE

• Nov 8 (7pm), 10 (2:30pm) (Limited Tickets): An Evening of Roman-ticism @Ent Center for the Arts, 5225 N Nevada $13-$41

• Nov 9, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, A Noteworthy Crime @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $62.95-$72.95 (16 Tickets Left)

• Nov 10, 5-7pm: A Beautiful Winter Benefiting Harley's Hope @Painting With A Twist, N Powers Blvd $39

• Nov 16, Noon-2pm: Holiday Miniatures Ornament Make-and-Take workshop @Goat Patch Brewing, 2727 N Cascade $35.98 (10 Spots Left)

• Nov 21-22 (7pm), 23 (2:30 & 7pm), 24 (2:30pm): It's a Wonderful Life A Live Radio Play @ First United Methodist Church - 420 North Nevada Only $5

• Nov 22-24: Vintage Market Days of Colorado Springs @Norris Penrose Ctr, 1045 Lower Gold Camp Rd $13.30-$18.42

• Nov 29-Dec 22 (Thurs-Fri 7:30pm, Sat 2 & 7:30pm, Sun 4pm): Sense & Sensibility-Theatreworks @Ent Center for the Arts $21-$45 (Smaller Theater, Already Selling Out)

• Dec 1, 1-2:30pm: Vintage China Mosaic Ornament Class @Full Spectrum Art Glass Supply, 828 E Fillmore $36 (2 Spots Left)

• Dec 7 (10am-5pm), 8 (10am-4pm): Candy Cane Craft & Gift Show @Colorado Springs Event Center, 3960 Palmer Park Blvd $8 (Order Tickets Before Nov 15 Save $2)

  • —> Sourdough bread and unique gift baskets: 🍞 A Slice of Home: Nature's Start Bread Co Rises in Colorado Springs

• Dec 5, 10:30am-1:30pm: Holiday Auction Fundraiser for We Fortify - District 2 School Teachers @Flying W Ranch $70

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