COS Town Tidings #25-308

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🤣 Today’s Chuckle

📰 National Eyes on Colorado Springs 👀

📰 Library Launches Food Drive 🥫

📰 Honoring Veterans - Flags Fill Downtown Streets 💙

🎖 Trivia Time: From Spontaneous Cheers to Citywide Parade

📅 SAVE THE DATE! Today’s Sneak Peak - Designer Clothes! 👗 

📆 Local Events + Concerts & Holiday Fairs/Festivals

🌤 COS Weather - Mostly sunny, dry with above average temps and breezy

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What’s November’s favorite movie?

👉“A Series of Unfortunate Weather Changes.” 🤣

👀 National Eyes on Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs has received $2.3 million in federal funding through the Department of Homeland Security’s Urban Area Security Initiative—a first for our city. The grant will be managed through the Pikes Peak Regional Office of Emergency Management and aims to help high-risk cities improve planning, coordination, training, and response in the face of potential terrorist threats.

This recognition highlights the growing national significance of our region and ensures local agencies—from law enforcement to emergency response—have the tools and resources to work together seamlessly. The grant helps boost both safety and confidence, not just for residents but also for those who visit the Pikes Peak region. Full Story

🤝 Local Kindness in Action: Free Meals for Fed Workers at Poor Richard’s Restaurant 🍕

Click for Details in COS Town Tidings #25-296 10/23/25 Issue 

💞*GoFundMe set up if you want to contribute to help feed our local furloughed workers. Just one $60 donation will feed a family of 4, all inclusive! Anything leftover will go to Care And Share in COS

🥫 Library Launches Food Drive

Food insecurity affects about 1 in 8 families in El Paso County, (with the government shutdown lasting so long, the need is even more serious) and the Pikes Peak Library District is stepping up to help. Partnering with Care and Share Food Bank, the library system is hosting the PPLD Cares food drive through Dec 15. All library branches are accepting donations of non-perishable items—like canned veggies, peanut butter, and boxed dinners—that will go directly to neighbors in need this holiday season. It’s a simple, powerful way to make a difference, one pantry item at a time.

💙 Honoring Veterans - Flags Fill Downtown Streets

Downtown Colorado Springs is filled with red, white, and blue as 1,111 American flags have been installed to recognize veterans across our community. The number symbolizes Veterans Day—11/11—and each flag serves as a tribute to the courage and service of those who’ve worn the uniform. The display stretches along N Nevada and N Cascade Avenues and was created by volunteers from Peterson Space Force Base and O’Donnell and O’Donnell.

Community members can adopt a flag for $25, with proceeds supporting this year’s Veterans Day parade. Each adopted flag can be tagged with the name, branch, and service details of your honoree, adding a personal touch to this powerful public tribute. Full Story

👀 First Look!

We're pulling back the curtain just for you. Watch now for a new secret peek at what's coming, each day until Nov 8th FunD Fair, fundraiser for B-COS We Care!

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🎖 Trivia Time: From Spontaneous Cheers to Citywide Parade

Did you know that Colorado Springs’ first celebrations honoring veterans date back to Nov 11, 1918—when news of the World War I Armistice swept the city? As word spread about peace on, downtown Colorado Springs filled with jubilant, impromptu parades, ringing bells, and military bands as local families gathered to cheer returning soldiers and remember those lost.

What is the significance of the date and time November 11 at 11am in world and local history?

By 1919 and into the 1920s, these spontaneous street celebrations evolved into annual Armistice Day parades along Tejon, eagerly embraced by residents, veterans, and schoolchildren. For generations, these parades marked one of the city’s proudest and most unifying traditions, with floats honoring both the living and the fallen, and community groups marching in shared remembrance.​

Though the official nonprofit Veterans Day Parade as we know it was established in 2000, the soul of today’s festivities lives in those earliest gatherings. The tradition reflects a century-old commitment by Colorado Springs to honor service and sacrifice—a history stitched into the city’s identity each November.

Answer: Nov 11 marks when the armistice ending World War I officially took effect in 1918. It was signed at 5:45 a.m., but orders sent across the Western Front set the cessation of hostilities for exactly 11am on Nov 11. This “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” became the symbol of hope and relief for millions across the globe. *Source

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📆 Sample Local Events

Weather permitting

• Nov 4-9, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87

• Nov 7, 10am: Community Development Outreach Event @High Prairie Library, 7035 Meridian Rd, Peyton

• Nov 7, 5-8pm: First Fri Art Party: Purple Heart Exhibit @ Fine Arts Center, 30 W Dale St FREE museum admission

• Nov 7, 6-8pm: Soap Making Class @ Meraki Springs, 2703 W Colorado Ave $65

• 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, 9am-2pm: Pink, Pearls & Poodles FunD Fair (Fundraiser for B-COS We Care) @ Shriners Club, 6 S 33rd St FREE admission

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• Nov 8, 10-11:30am: SoulSpace Workshop @685 Citadel Dr East FREE (must register)

• Nov 8, 11am: In Their Honor, Veterans Day Parade @Downtown, Tejon & St Vrain to Vermijo FREE

• Nov 8, 7-8:30pm: Yoga Studio Satya: Cave of the Winds Soundbath @ Cave of the Winds $65

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

  • —> 🎬 What If Your Second Act Is The Main Event?

• Nov 12 & 21, 9am-5pm: Dog Days at the Zoo @ Cheyenne Mtn Zoo

• Nov 13-16 (2pm), 20-21, 7:30pm: A Doll`s House @The MAT, 1626 S Tejon $26.50

• Nov 20-23, 2:30pm: A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio @First United Methodist Church, 420 N Nevada $8

• Nov 22, 1-2pm: Fused Glass Votive Holders @ The Glass Collective, 828 East Fillmore $55 (4 Seats Left)

• Nov 29, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, The Hollywood Hit @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $74.95 (20 Tickets Left)

🎶 Fall Concerts - Weather permitting

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

• Nov 21, 6:30-9pm: Shivers Concert Fundraiser @ The Antlers Hotel 4 S Cascade $80

• 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

🤶 Holiday Festivals, Fairs & Activities

• Nov 5 (4-7pm), 6-8 (9am-7pm), 9 (10am-2pm): 61st Annual Fall Show @ Black Forest Community Center 12530 Black Forest Rd FREE Admission

• Nov 8, 9am-4pm: Liberty High School's Annual Craft Fair @ 8720 Scarborough Dr

  • Visit Sandies’s booth: 🌿 Zenfullyme: Your Answer To Aches, Stress & Problem Skin

  • Visit Ivy’s booth: 🎨To design her future, she had to rediscover her past

• Nov 8, 9am-4pm: Handmade HollyDay @ Festivitea LLC, 4th Avenue Crepes

• Nov 8-9, 11am-4pm: Colorado Springs Women's Expo @Norris Penrose Center $7

• Nov 9, 2-3pm: Holiday Gift Basket Making Workshop @ Vintage Relics. 502 Tejon $23.18 (6 Tickets Left)

• 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)

• Nov 15, 11am-2pm: Rocky Ram's Holiday Spectacular @ Pikes Peak—America’s Mountain FREE (must register)

• Nov 28, 10-11am: Evergreen Wreath Workshop @ Phelan Gardens, 4955 Austin Bluffs $35 (12 Tickets Left)

• Nov 29, 2-3pm: Evergreen Wreath Workshop @ Phelan Gardens, 4955 Austin Bluffs $35 (1 Ticket Left)

• Dec 4, 5-8:30pm: Electric Moonlight @ Cheyenne Mtn Zoo $70-$80

• Dec 7, 2-3pm: Evergreen Wreath Workshop @ Phelan Gardens, 4955 Austin Bluffs $35 (15 Tickets Left)

• Dec 13, 4-8pm: Holiday Evening @Rock Ledge Ranch $8

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