COS Town Tidings #25-338

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📰 Slick Roads & Delays ⚠

📰 USAFA Hosts Free Holiday Show 🎺

📰 First Friday Downtown 🖼

✅ Home and Living: Furnace Checks…WHY? 

Recipe: 🥘 Skillet Chicken with Parmesan Mushroom Gravy

🛍 Bargain Box Weekly Sales, Thru Dec 6!

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

⛅ COS Weather - Cloudy with AM fog & icy/slushy roads, cold then partly sunny

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⚠ Slick Roads & Delays

Snow wrapped up overnight, but it left roads slick and icy this morning. Many schools and offices have delayed starts or closed completely. If you're heading out, be careful—it’s still slippery out there.

Quick safety tips:  

• 🚗 Leave early and take it slow

• ↔️ Keep extra space between vehicles

• ⚠️ Watch for black ice, especially on bridges and overpasses

• 🧤 Keep your snow gear handy

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✅ Furnace Checks…WHY?

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🎺 USAFA Hosts Free Holiday Show

The U.S. Air Force Academy is welcoming the public to its holiday concert series, Holly & Ivy, hosted on campus at Arnold Hall Theatre for the first time. Held on Dec 4, and 9, the evening begins with a 6:00pm reception featuring cadet musicians and a chance to meet the faces behind the uniforms. The concert follows at 7:00pm with seasonal favorites and even a surprise guest performance. It’s a festive way for the Academy to show appreciation to the Colorado Springs community, and while it’s free to attend, tickets are required and can be reserved online.

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🖼 First Friday Downtown

Think art shows are boring? Try cramming 100 local artists, free music, and dessert-themed masterpieces into one Friday night.

This First Friday in Downtown Colorado Springs is not your typical gallery stroll.

🎨 Annual Holiday Show, Auric Gallery, 3–8 pm  

• Over 100 artists. Art you can buy straight off the wall. Perfect gifts, no shipping stress.

🍰 JUST DESSERTS, Cottonwood Center for the Arts, 5–8 pm

• An entire exhibit dedicated to dessert. Yes, seriously. Sugar obsession becomes art.

💎 Artist of the Month: Greta Butler, True North Art Gallery, 5–8 pm

• Jeweler. Rock collector. Colorado native. Her work turns rugged landscapes into wearable pieces.

• 🎶 Live music

• 🚲 50% off PikeRide pass with code DOWNTOWNCS

• 🖼️ Dozens of venues open till 9

Walk it. Ride it. Snack as you go.

Also Visit…🖼️ Where Art Speaks to Your Soul @ Gallery113, 125 1/2 N Tejon

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

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🥘 Skillet Chicken with Parmesan Mushroom Gravy

Delicious, savory skillet chicken simmered to perfection in a thyme parmesan mushroom gravy. This easy skillet chicken recipe cooks in just 30 minutes for a protein-packed dinner you’ll love serving with mashed potatoes or egg noodles!

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

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🎉 Events Calendar! (More events including FREE, click here)

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📆 Sample Local Events

*Weather permitted

• Dec 4-28: Mary Poppins @ Fine Arts Center, 30 West Dale St $18-$70

• Dec 4-21: The Importance of Being Earnest @ ENT Center $21-$47

• Dec 5-7, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87

• Dec 5, 5-9pm: First Friday Downtown Colorado Springs FREE

• Dec 5-7: The Christmas Cricket of Colorado City @ OCCHS, 1 S. 24th St $5-$40

• Dec 6-7, 13-14: The Ringmaster`s Christmas @The MAT, 1626 S Tejon $26.50

• Dec 7, Noon: Goat's Milk Soap Making @ Meraki Springs, 2703 W Colorado Ave $65

• Dec 10, 6-8:30pm: Cinnamon Rolls - Sourdough Baking Class @ Nature's Start Bread Company, 3312 Austin Bluffs $75

• Dec 12 & 29, 9am-5pm: Dog Days at the Zoo @ Cheyenne Mtn Zoo

• Dec 17, 6-8pm: Pedestal Flip Calendar Class @ Meraki Springs, 2703 W Colorado Ave $40

• Dec 21, 10am-Noon: Beginner Dot Mandala Painting Workshop @ Treehouse Cafe, 5965 N Academy $50 (6 Seats Available)

🎶 Fall Concerts - Weather permitting

• Dec 4, 9, 6pm: Holly & Ivy concert @ Air Force Academy FREE (must register for ticket)

• Dec 6, 3-4:30pm: Heaven and Nature Ring @ Immanuel Lutheran Church, 846 East Pikes Peak Ave FREE

• Dec 6 (7pm) & 7 (2:30pm): Chamber Orchestra of Springs: Dances With The Winds @ Ent Center for the Arts $18-$41

• Dec 12, 7-8:30pm: Heaven and Nature Ring @ Immanuel Lutheran Church, 846 East Pikes Peak Ave FREE

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

🤶 Holiday Festivals, Fairs & Activities

• ⛸ Through - Jan 18: Skate In The Park @Acacia Park $15

• 🕯 Through Jan 4, Fri & Sat (5:30-10pm) & Sun - Thurs (5:30-9pm): Magic of Lights at Pikes Peak International Raceway (PPIR) $28-$72/vehicle

• 🎄 Through Dec 27: Christmas at Forest Bend @ Black Forest, 9525 Burgess Rd $15 (Tickets Sell Out Fast) 

• Dec 5-23, 25-Jan 1, 5-8:30pm: Electric Safari @ Cheyenne Mtn Zoo $21-$24

• Christmas Lights Guide - COS, Manitou & Woodland Park

   

• Dec 4, 8-11, 15-18: 2025 Creation: The Spirit of the Games Gingerbread Display @ The Broadmoor

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

• Dec 5-6 (10am-5pm), 7 (10am-4pm): Holiday Food & Gift Festival @Norris Penrose Event Center 1045 Lower Gold Camp Rd $8 (get $1 <coupn code HFGF25> or bring a can food item)

• Dec 6, 9am-11am: 3rd Annual Cookie Walk Fundraiser @ St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 2111 Carlton Ave $6-$12/box

• Dec 6-7, 9am-4pm: Doherty HS Craft Fair @ 4515 Barnes Rd FREE to attend

• Dec 6, 11am-3pm: CFAM Holiday Market @ The Margarita at Pine Creek FREE to attend

• Dec 6, 3:30-6pm: Christkindl Fest @ Ascension Lutheran Church, 2505 N Circle FREE admission (Must RSVP)

• Dec 6, 5:30pm: Festival of Lights Parade @ Downtown, Tejon St FREE + 🆓 FREE PARKING 3-11pm TODAY!

• Dec 7, 2:30-4pm: Grinch Mosaic Class @ The Glass Collective, 828 East Fillmore $45 (Going Fast)

• Dec 10-13, 17-20, 26-27, 5:30-8pm: 🎄 2.5-Hour Holiday Lights & Bites Progressive Dinner @ Downtown COS $99

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

• Dec 13 & 27, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, The Hollywood Hit - Holiday Show @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $79.95 (12 Ticket Left)

• Dec 20, 10-11am: Centerpiece Workshop @ Phelan Gardens, 4955 Austin Bluffs $25

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