COS Town Tidings #25-299

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🌟 Local Spotlight: 🎬 What If Your Second Act Is The Main Event?

📰 News from this week in Colorado Springs!

🤗 Wellness Tips you missed

🍳 Sizzle Up Your Week with Our Recipe Archives!

📆 Local Events + Concerts, Farmers Markets & Fall Fairs/Festivals

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🎬 What If Your Second Act Is The Main Event?

💡 For one local man, it was a question that changed everything

At 54, Trip Uhalt stood in a house that had grown quiet. The kids were older and gone, their laughter replaced by a loud silence… it felt unsettling. Three decades earlier, he'd traded comedy stages shared with Sinbad and Sam Kinison for bedtime stories. But in that new silence, a question took root: Was this the end of the story, or just the intermission?

The answer came with an improv audition. The part of him that lived for making people laugh—a part he'd shelved for thirty years—roared back to life. It wasn't nostalgia; it was a homecoming. In 2014, Trip was chosen for that comedy improv group, but in 2018 bet on himself again, launching Oxymorons Comedy from scratch.

This wasn't about reclaiming a spotlight. It was about proving that the brightest lights illuminate others.

He crafted his new path with relentless discipline, posting daily memes to a blank Facebook page and performing in dive bars as if they were Broadway. That grit paid off. Today, Oxymorons Comedy performs to packed houses monthly at Peak Improv Theater, holds multiple awards, and has built a community of 20,000 followers who are part of something bigger than a comedy show.

Every performance is an act of service. The group raises nearly $10,000 for charity each year. Their annual "Hunger Games" event, every November, masterfully unites rival comedy troupes, putting competition aside to support the Springs Rescue Mission.

"We create a space where three generations—grandparents, parents, and kids—can all laugh at the same jokes," Trip says with an infectious smile. "There are no awkward car rides home, just shared joy."

This isn't a story about a man reliving his youth. It's about using life's wisdom to build a legacy. Trip proves that the intermission is just life preparing you for an unforgettable second act.

Join his mission. Experience laughter firsthand at Peak Improv Theater every second Saturday (excluding Dec.) Visit OxymoronsComedy.com, where your ticket does more than buy a laugh—it helps build a community.

🎉 Let's celebrate and support our local comedians! 🎭

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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, Non-profit Spotlight: 🤲 They Have 5,000 Reasons to Work for Free (Issue #25-298)

  

  
   

• 💀 TRIVIA: Chilling Tale That Sparked a Beloved Tradition (Issue #25-294)

   

• 🩺 Insurance Premiums May Rise 30% (Issue #25-296)

   

• 🚧 Bridge Built, Paving in Progress (Issue #25-293)

   

• 🍕 Fail or Fresh? This Week’s Restaurant Scores Are In! (Issue #25-297)

   

• 💰 TABOR Refund Rollercoaster (Issue #25-295)

• 😳 Didn’t See That Symptom Coming

• 🥾 Hike the Hidden Prairie

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📆 Sample Local Events

*Weather permitted

• Oct thru 31: Old Colorado City October Strolls

• Oct 26, 8-11am: Birdability: Trail Evaluation of Red Rock Canyon Open Space FREE

• Oct 26, 9am-4pm: Purranormal 2025 Cat Show @ Under the Sun Training, 6540 Vincent Dr $10

• Oct 26, 10am-Noon: Beginner Dot Mandala Painting Workshop @Treehouse Cafe, 5965 N Academy $50 (1 Spot Left)

• Oct 26, Noon-3pm: Owl Be There Art Class with Renee Darling @Jaks Brewing, 555 Amelia St $75

• Oct 26, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87

• Oct 26, 2:30pm: First Company Theater Presents, Brigadoon @First United Methodist Church, 420 N Nevada $20

• Oct 26, 3-6pm: Birdability Social @ JAKs Brewing Co, 555 Amelia St

• Oct 29, 6pm: Secret of Black Forest Bistro Murder Mystery Dinner @6750 Shoup Rd $80 (Limited Seats Left)

• Oct 29, 7-9pm: Murder Mystery Dinner: Midnight at the Masquerade @ ViewHouse, 7114 Campus Dr $70 (6 tickets Left)

• Nov 1, 7:30pm: The RiP Improv: Artificial Intelligence @The MAT, 1626 S Tejon $17.50

• Nov 2, 1-4pm: Lighted Block Mosaic Class @ The Glass Collective, 828 East Fillmore $80 (Filling Up Fast)

• Nov 8, 8am-noon: Bear Creek Bear Run @Bear Creek Nature Center $20-$65 (Registration open for this fun, family friendly annual event!)

• Nov 8, 7pm: Oxymorons Comedy: Hunger Games Charity Event @Peak Improv Theater, 3440 N Carefree $15 (family friendly)

• Nov 15, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, The Hollywood Hit @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $74.95-$79.95

👩‍🌾 Farmers Markets - Weather permitting

• Oct 26, 9am-2pm: COS Sunday Market @Acacia Park, Downtown (Last one for the season)

🎶 Fall Concerts - Weather permitting

• Oct 30, 5-8pm: Jazz: Tansy Wine @Mining Exchange Hotel, 8 S Nevada FREE

• Nov 7 & 8, 7:30pm: COS Philharmonic: Top Gun: Maverick @Pikes Peak Center $58

• Nov 29, 3:30-7pm: Handel's Messiah: A Christmas Concert @ Glen Eyrie Castle $55-$65 (Add $40 dinner optional) Limited Tickets Available

• Dec 21, 3pm: Pikes Peak Philharmonic: Jazz @ENT Center for the Arts, 5225 N Nevada $14-$20

🍂 Fall Festivals, Fairs & Activities - Weather permitting

• Oct thru 31, Director's Cut: Haunted Lantern Tour @Cave of the Winds $45 (Ages: 13+)

• Oct 26 & 31 (Fri's 9:30am-2:30pm), (Sun 9:30-4pm): Pumpkin Fest @Gaither Mountain Blooms, 5210 S Hwy 85 $11.17

• Oct 26, 10am-3pm: Coronado Craft Fair & Bazaar @ Coronado High School, 1590 W Fillmore

  • Sandie will be here! —> 🌿 Zenfullyme: Your Answer To Aches, Stress & Problem Skin

• Oct 26, 10am-5pm: Long Neck Pumpkin Farm @ 7595 California Dr, COS $19.67 (Last weekend)

• Oct 26, Noon - 3pm: Trunk of Treat @ Community Congregational Church of Manitou Springs

• Oct 26, 4-6pm: Southeast YMCA Fall Family Festival @ 2190 Jet Wing Dr FREE

• Oct 31, 6:30-8:30pm: Boo at the Zoo @ Cheyenne Mtn Zoo $24

• Nov 1, 10am-2pm: Everything but the Oink @Rock Ledge Ranch $8

• Nov 14 (10am-5pm), 15 (10am-6pm), 16 (10am-5pm): Colorado Springs Christmas Gift Show @Colorado Springs Event Center, 3960 Palmer Park Blvd $12 (Save $2 through Nov 13)

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