COS Town Tidings #25-215

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🌟 Local Spotlight: 👩‍🍳 Don't Miss This Food Network Winner's Black Forest Bistro

📰 News from this week in Colorado Springs!

🤗 Wellness Tips you missed

🍳 Sizzle Up Your Week with Our Recipe Archives!

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📆 Local Events + Free Concerts & Farmers Markets

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📰 News from this week in Colorado Springs!

Here are some of the stories we shared this week. Check out any issues you missed.

• 🌟Community Corner Nonprofit Spotlight: 👩‍👧‍👦 The Moment A Family Finds Hope Again (Issue #25-214)
   

• 🧱 TRIVIA: Which Hand-Built Monument Guards Colorado Springs? (Issue #25-210)

   

• 💰 No TABOR Refunds Next Year? Find Out Why (Issue #25-212)

   

• 🐻 Ivywild, Manitou… Now Mountain Shadows (Issue #25-209)

  • —> 💡 AI vs Reality: Debunking 5 Common Myths About Artificial Intelligence #2

     

• 🌮 A Tale of Two Taco Shops (Issue #25-213)

   

• 👵 New Senior Center Unveiled (Issue #25-211)

• 🦴 Bones, Balance & Vibration

• 🥾 Miss Quiet Mornings? Try This Local Trail

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🍳 Sizzle Up Your Week with Our Recipe Archives!

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• 🥣 Grilled Vegetable Orzo Pasta Salad

• 🍩 High Altitude Baked Whole Wheat Cinnamon Sugar Donuts

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*Weather permitted

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

• Aug 3: Colorado Springs Conservatory Presents - The Prom @ENT Center for the Arts, 5225 N Nevada $22.75 (Limited seats left)

• Aug 3: Renaissance Festival @Perry Park Ave, Larkspur $30-$32 (Last Day)

• Aug 3, 7pm: Ice Cream Theatre BIG BUBBLE @The MAT, 1626 S Tejon $16.50

• Aug 9, 2:30-8pm: Rocky Mountain Flower Fest @Gather Mountain Blooms, 5210 S Hwy 85 $41-$49

• Aug 9, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, Dirty Money @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $59.46 (14 tickets left)

• 🎭 Aug 9, 7pm: The Ruler Is King Of School Supplies Comedy Show! @Peak Improv Theater, 3440 N Carefree $15

• Aug 16, 5pm: Velvet Hills Chorus Presents: A Million Dreams @ENT Center $20

• Aug 24, 7-9pm: Crystal Gayle @Phil Long Music Hall $45-$87 (age 14+)

👩‍🌾 Farmers Markets - Weather permitting

🍑 Palisade Peaches & 🍉Rocky Ford melons now available at various markets!

• Aug 3, 9am-2pm (Every other Sun, thru Oct 26): COS Sunday Market @Acacia Park, Downtown

• Aug 3, 10am-2pm (Sun’s thru Aug 31): Cordera Farmers Market @11894 Grandlawn Cir, COS

• Aug 3 (2x/mth, Jun-Oct), 11am-3pm: Southeast Farmer's Market (Food Coalition) @Stompin' Groundz, 2050 Jet Wing Dr

• Aug 4 & 6, 10am-5pm (Mon & Wed): Summer Farmers Market @ Western Museum of Mining & Industry, 225 N Gate Blvd

• Aug 6, 9am-2pm (Wed’s through Sept 24): Briargate Farmers Market @7610 N Union Blvd

• Aug 6, 3-7pm (Wed’s): Colorado Farm and Art Market (CFAM) @Pioneers Museum, 215 S Tejon

• Aug 7, 5-8pm (Thurs thru Aug 28), Manitou Made Market @Manitou Art Center

• Aug 7, 6-8pm (Thurs thru Aug 28): Summer Market at the Lodge @Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort, 2 El Paso Blvd, COS 80904 (Manitou)

• Aug 8, Noon-4pm (Every other Fri thru Oct 3): UCCS Farmers Market @3942 Regent Circle

• Aug 9, 7am-1pm (Sat's thru Oct 11): OCC Farmers Market @2407 W Colorado Ave

• Aug 9, 8am-2pm (Sat’s thru-Oct 4): Monument Hill Farmers Market @66 Jefferson St, Monument

• Aug 9, 9am-1pm (Sat’s thru Sept 27): Homestead Yard Farmers Market @The Yard at The Homestead Collective, 9633 Prominent Point COS

• Aug 9, 9am-1pm (Sat’s thru Oct 11): Backyard Market @Black Forest, 6845 Shoup Rd

• Aug 9, 10am-2pm: CFAM (Sat's thru Oct 3): The Margarita at Pine Creek, 7350 Pine Creek Rd

🎶 Summer Concert Series - Weather permitting

• Aug 5, 5:30-7:30pm (Tues’s thru Sept): Music in the Park: @Bancroft Park, 2400 W Colorado Ave FREE

• Aug 8, 7-8:30pm: University Village Colorado Summer Concert Series - Soul School @5246 N Nevada (North Plaza next to Hacienda) FREE

• Aug 8, 7-8:30pm: Jazz in the Garden @Grace and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 601-631 N Tejon FREE

• Aug 16, 4-7pm: Music on The Mesa - USAFA BAND “PEGASUS” • STEELHENGE @Goldhill Mesa, 142 S Raven Mine Dr FREE

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