COS Town Tidings #25-222

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🌟 Local Spotlight: 🥰If Hallmark Made Tie-Dye: Captain Drips Studio's Love Story

📰 News from this week in Colorado Springs!

🤗 Wellness Tips you missed

🍳 Sizzle Up Your Week with Our Recipe Archives!

📅 SAVE THE DATE! 

📆 Local Events + Free Concerts & Farmers Markets

🌦 COS Weather - Warm with slightly cooler temps and isolated PM T-storms

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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.

• 🌟Real Estate Roundup: 🏡 Unlock the Latest Home Sales and Market Insights (Issue #25-221)
   

• 🧰 TRIVIA: Can You Spot This Legendary Carpenter's Handiwork Today? (Issue #25-217)

   

• 🧊 Get Up to $3,750 in Cool Rebates (Issue #25-219)

   

• 🚓 Arrested After a Bedtime Burglary (Issue #25-216)

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• 🚓 Cartel Allegations in Springs? Here’s What We Know (Issue #25-220)

   

• 🌱 This Garden Thrives on Almost No Water (Issue #25-218)

• 🧘‍♀️ Reset in Just 2 Minutes a Day

• 🥾 Why Sinton Pond’s Worth the Detour

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📆 Sample Local Events

*Weather permitted

• Aug 10, 10am-4pm: Garden Of The Gods Visitor & Nature Center 30th Anniversary Festival @Garden of the Gods FREE

• Aug 10, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87

• Aug 11, 11am-3:15pm: CSFD Blood Drive @Medical Division headquarters building, 370 Printers Pkwy - Reserve your slot

• Aug 13, 5:30-7pm: Sustainability Series: Natural Dyes & Paper Making @Flying Pig Farm in Manitou $30

• Aug 15-16 & 22-23, 7:30pm: Circus of the Night @The MAT, 1626 S Tejon $28

• Aug 16, 9-11am: Sustainability Series: Natural Dyes & Paper Making @Bear Creek Nature Center $30

• Aug 16, 11am-2pm: Sunflower Scribbles with Renee Darling Art @JAKs Brewery, 555 Amelia St $60

  • —> 🎨 Art That Sparks Joy: The Colorful World of Renee Darling

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

• Aug 16, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, Dirty Money @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $63.71 (20 tickets left)

• Aug 22: Farm Days @Forest Bend Farm, 9525 Burgess Rd in Black Forest (Limited time slots left)

• Aug 22-Sept 1: Colorado State Fair @ 1001 Beulah Ave, Pueblo $9-$75

• Aug 23, 7pm: Chicago @Ford Amphitheater, 95 Spectrum Loop $47-$658

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

• ♠ Sept 13, 6-10pm: Casino Night FUNDRAISER – An Evening of Games, Giving & Good Times! @WhirlyBall, 3971 Palmer Park Blvd $81.88

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👩‍🌾 Farmers Markets - Weather permitting

🍑 Palisade Peaches & 🍉Rocky Ford melons now available!

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

• Aug 11 & 13 Summer Farmers Market @ Western Museum of Mining & Industry, 225 N Gate Blvd

• Aug 13, 9am-2pm (Wed’s through Sept 24): Briargate Farmers Market @7610 N Union Blvd

• Aug 13, 3-7pm (Wed’s): Colorado Farm and Art Market (CFAM) @Pioneers Museum, 215 S Tejon

• Aug 14, 5-8pm (Thurs thru Aug 28), Manitou Made Market @Manitou Art Center

• Aug 14, 6-8pm (Thurs thru Aug 28): Summer Market at the Lodge @Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort, 2 El Paso Blvd, COS 80904 (Manitou)

• Aug 16, 7am-1pm (Sat's thru Oct 11): OCC Farmers Market @2407 W Colorado Ave

• Aug 16, 8am-2pm (Sat’s thru-Oct 4): Monument Hill Farmers Market @66 Jefferson St, Monument

• Aug 16, 9am-1pm (Sat’s thru Sept 27): Homestead Yard Farmers Market @The Yard at The Homestead Collective, 9633 Prominent Point COS

• Aug 16, 9am-1pm (Sat’s thru Oct 11): Backyard Market @Black Forest, 6845 Shoup Rd

• Aug 16, 10am-2pm: CFAM (Sat's thru Oct 3): The Margarita at Pine Creek, 7350 Pine Creek Rd

• Aug 17, 9am-2pm (Every other Sun, thru Oct 26): COS Sunday Market @Acacia Park, Downtown

• Aug 17 (2x/mth, Jun-Oct), 11am-3pm: Southeast Farmer's Market (Food Coalition) @Stompin' Groundz, 2050 Jet Wing Dr

• Aug 22, Noon-4pm (Every other Fri thru Oct 3): UCCS Farmers Market @3942 Regent Circle

🎶 Summer Concert Series - Weather permitting

• Aug 12, 5:30-7:30pm (Tues’s thru Sept): Music in the Park: @Bancroft Park, 2400 W Colorado Ave FREE

• Aug 13, 6pm: Summer Concerts in the Glen - Aries Brass Quintet @Broadmoor Community Church, 315 Lake Ave FREE

• Aug 15, 7-8:30pm: University Village Colorado Summer Concert Series - Inman Brothers Band @5246 N Nevada (North Plaza next to Hacienda) FREE

• Aug 16, 4-8pm: Music on The Mesa - USAFA BAND “PEGASUS” • STEELHENGE @Goldhill Mesa, 142 S Raven Mine Dr FREE

• Aug 22, 7-8:30pm: Jazz in the Garden @Grace and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 601-631 N Tejon FREE

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