COS Town Tidings #25-310

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🤣 Today’s Chuckle

📰 Tech, Vets & Jobs in COS ⚙️

📰 Free Symphony for Fed Staff 🎻

📰 Rodeo HQ Might Leave COS 🤔

❤ Free Meals During Shutdown

Recipe: 🥘 Best Vegetable Lasagna

📅 SAVE THE DATE! New Sneak Peek - Vintage Treasures!

📆 Local Events + Concerts & Holiday Fairs/Festivals/Activities

🌤 COS Weather - Partly cloudy, warm and breezy

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Leaving work, my coworker said, "Hasta lasagna!"

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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 (9am-2pm), fundraiser for B-COS We Care!

• —> 🤲 They Have 5,000 Reasons to Work for Free

Sat, Nov 8 @ 7:30pm - Hunger Games charity comedy show

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

⚙️ Tech, Vets & Jobs in COS

A new chapter in Colorado Springs’ economic and tech story just quietly turned a page. Entegris, a global leader in materials science for the semiconductor industry, has officially opened the doors to its brand-new manufacturing center off Rockrimmon. While only about 100 employees are currently on-site, this high-tech facility is part of a larger vision—one that could eventually bring up to 600 jobs to our region, with a strong emphasis on hiring veterans and cultivating future talent through partnerships with UCCS, the School of Mines, and even local high schools. Full Story

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🎻 Free Symphony for Fed Staff

Here’s a little something to lift the spirits—especially for those affected by the recent government shutdown. The Colorado Symphony is offering free tickets to federal employees (plus a guest!) for two upcoming concerts, if you can make it up to Denver. It’s a small but meaningful way to say thank you and offer a moment of calm through music.

Choose from a night filled with Mozart (Nov 7–9) or the vibrant energy of The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (Nov 21–23). Just reserve your seats online with the code GOV25, and show your federal ID when you pick them up at Will Call. Whether you’ve weathered this shutdown yourself or know someone who has, this is a beautiful reminder that music has the power to connect and restore—even in uncertain times.

🤝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

❤️ Shutdown Support from Sandy’s Restaurant

Sandy’s Restaurant, (6940 Space Village Ave) is offering free meals to kids in need and take-home meals to SNAP recipients and government workers during the shutdown. Just ask or show proof—no judgment, just help.

🍞 Fresh Baked Sourdough breads, pastries 
📍3312 Austin Bluffs (Inside The Cupcake Doctor): 
M-Sat, 9am-6pm & Sun, 10am-2pm
(Seasonal Items Added)

🤔 Rodeo HQ Might Leave COS

After more than 40 years of calling Colorado Springs home, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) and the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame are now considering a possible move to Cheyenne, WY. Talks with a development group up north have started to take shape, although nothing is set in stone just yet.

While these conversations are still ongoing and any potential move would be years down the road, it’s something many in our community are watching closely. The PRCA has deep roots here—not just in location, but in local tradition, history, and identity. Fortunately, the beloved Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo isn’t going anywhere soon. That event remains locked in at the Norris-Penrose Event Center through at least 2031. Full Story

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🥘 Best Vegetable Lasagna

This vegetarian lasagna is cheesy (of course), and loaded with vegetables, spinach and a simple tomato sauce. If you have any meatless-meal skeptics in your life, this lasagna will change their mind.

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

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📆 Sample Local Events

Weather permitting

• Nov 6-9, 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, 5-8pm: First Friday Art Walk @Downtown COS

• 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

  • —> 🤲 They Have 5,000 Reasons to Work for Free

• 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, 2 & 5pm: Disney’s “The Jungle Book!” kids theater @ Colorado Springs Christian School, 4855 Mallow Rd $12

• 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 (8 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 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 (4 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 22 - Jan 18: Skate In The Park @Acacia Park $15

• Nov 28, 10-11am: Evergreen Wreath Workshop @ Phelan Gardens, 4955 Austin Bluffs $35 (8 Tickets 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 (10 Tickets Left)

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

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