COS Town Tidings #26-020

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🤣 Today’s Chuckle

📰 Road Work Continues on S Academy 🚧

📰 Wildlife Alert in Rockrimmon ⚠️

📰 A Night of 80s Fantasy Magic 🎭

🐧 Trivia Time: Why Do Endangered Penguins Need Colorado Springs?

🛍 New: Bargain Box Weekly Sales, Jan 20-24! 

📆 Local Events + Concerts & Special Events

🌤 COS Weather - Mostly sunny, mild temps and breezy (Red flag warning 10am-5pm)

When I become a lawyer I want to defend a penguin.

👉Just so I can say the words “Your Honor, clearly my client is not a flight risk.” 🤣

🚧 Road Work Continues on S Academy

If you use South Academy in the evenings or early mornings, heads up. Through Jan 23, closures run 7pm to 5am, allowing crews to remove old lane markings, install temporary striping, and set concrete barriers ahead of deeper construction.

The work area focuses between Astrozon and Drennen, but the exact closed section rotates by night (including nights covering the Hancock Expressway ↔ Drennen segment). Traffic patterns and detours may shift each evening. If you can, give yourself extra time, slow down near the work zone, and watch for signage.

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⚠️ Wildlife Alert in Rockrimmon

A late-night Ring camera moment in Rockrimmon’s Oak Hills neighborhood caught the quiet passage of three mountain lions crossing a driveway near Vindicator Dr and Centennial. While startling to see, sightings like this aren’t unusual along the Front Range. Local wildlife officials remind residents that awareness and a few simple habits go a long way in peacefully sharing space with these animals.

Simple steps such as bringing pets indoors at night, removing hiding spots in yards, using outdoor lighting, and supervising children near dusk and dawn can significantly reduce risk. Encounters are rare, and most lions avoid people, but knowing how to stay calm, give the animal space, and make yourself look larger if one is spotted helps keep both people and wildlife safe.

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Jan 20-24

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🎭 A Night of 80s Fantasy Magic

One of the most imaginative films of the 1980s is coming back to life in Colorado Springs. Released in 1986, Jim Henson’s Labyrinth wasn’t about flashy CGI or hyper-real effects, it was about imagination, handcrafted puppets, and storytelling that felt bold for its time.

This anniversary concert invites audiences to watch the full film on a giant HD screen while a live band performs the entire score in sync with David Bowie’s unforgettable vocals and Trevor Jones’ sweeping music. What may look charmingly simple today was groundbreaking then, and that’s part of what makes this night special on Oct 13 at the Pikes Peak Center. Fans are encouraged to dress up, sing along, and reconnect with the Goblin City magic that defined a generation of movie nights and sleepover rewatches.

👵 From "Too Fragile" To Daily Adventures... with Kristen Nielsen

🐧 TRIVIA: Why Do Endangered Penguins Need Colorado Springs?

Did you know some of the most important penguins for their species’ survival live right here in Colorado Springs?

At Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s Water’s Edge: Africa, you can stand just a few feet from a noisy, splashing colony of African penguins. Kids walk past them at eye level, watching them waddle on the sand and rocket through the water like little torpedoes. These are not cold‑weather, Antarctica birds. African penguins live on the coasts of South Africa and Namibia, and they are now endangered as overfishing, oil spills, and warming oceans shrink their food and nesting sites.

What is the name of the South African rescue organization that Cheyenne Mountain Zoo helps support to save African penguin eggs and chicks?

Here is where Colorado Springs comes in. Cheyenne Mountain Zoo uses every penguin encounter to ask a simple question: “Will you help?” Through zoo admission, memberships, and a yearly conservation vote, local visitors raise money that goes straight to a rescue group in South Africa that cares for abandoned penguin eggs and chicks. That group hatches the eggs, hand‑feeds the chicks until they are strong, and then releases them back into the ocean. Hundreds of penguins have gotten a second chance this way, helped in part by people who came up the mountain for a fun day at the zoo.

So today, on Penguin Awareness Day, when you watch those “little tuxedos” barking on the rocks, you are not just entertained. You are looking at a bridge between Colorado Springs and a wild beach half a world away and your visit helps keep that beach full of penguins.

Answer: The zoo supports SANCCOB, the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds. *Source

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📆 Sample Local Events

*Weather permitted

• ⛸ Through Jan 31: Skate In The Park @Acacia Park $15

• Through Feb 21: Ice Castles @ Cripple Creek $16-$29

   

• Jan 20, 1:30-2:30pm: Marking Time: Commemorating the Past in the Pikes Peak Region @Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum

• Jan 20, 5:30-7pm: Vegan Community Potluck & Social @ Westside Community Center FREE (bring a dish)

• Jan 22, 10-10:45am: Free French Classes for Kids! @ Library 21c

• Jan 22, 1-4pm: The Sewing Circle @ VIV Home & Goods, 1833 W Uintah FREE

• Jan 22, 6:30-9:30pm: Salsa 719! Latin Dance Night & Social @ Movement Arts Community Studio, 525 E Fountain Blvd $5-$7

• Jan 23, 10-10:45am: Free French Classes for Kids! @ East Library

• Jan 23, 6:30-9:30pm: Live Show! True Crime & DIY Craft Night FREE DRINK @ Painting With A Twist, 2834 N Powers $35

• Jan 23, 7:30pm: The Mat!ch Game @The MAT, 1626 S Tejon $17.50

• Jan 24, 11am-Noon: Introduction to Snowshoeing @ Library 21c FREE

• Jan 24, 11am-2pm: Culinary Masterclass: Seasonal Stocks & Soups with Chef Aimee Morrow @Rockledge House at Smokebrush Farm, 328 El Paso Blvd, Manitou $59

• Jan 24-25, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @ 1 Tejon St $69-$87

• Jan 24, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, The Hollywood Hit @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $79.95

• Jan 25, 11am-3pm (every 4th Sunday): Crafters Collective, Maker's Market @ 3104 North Nevada FREE to attend

• Jan 27, 2-3pm: Blueprint in Numerology: Meet the Energies Shaping Your Life @ Treehouse Café $20

  • —> With Laurel: 👁️‍🗨️ The Strength To Endure Comes From This

• Jan 28, 9am-5pm: Dog Days at the Zoo @ Cheyenne Mtn Zoo

• Jan 29, 6pm: Advanced Senior Planning Seminar + complimentary dinner @ Angelus Chapel, 1104 S Circle Dr FREE

• Jan 31, Noon-3pm: The Great Fruitcake Toss @ Memorial Park, Manitou Springs FREE to attend, $1 per fruitcake to toss

• Feb 1, 9-9:30am (First Sun every month): Positive Intention Group Meditation Gathering @ Yoga Studio Satya, 1581 York Rd FREE

• Feb 1, 1-3pm: Mosaic Monstera Class @The Glass Collective, 828 E Fillmore #A $65 (Always sell out fast - don't wait)

• Feb 4, 4-6pm: Jigsaw Puzzle Swap @ Penrose Library FREE

• Feb 6-8: Colorado Springs Home & Garden Show @ Norris Penrose Event Center $5

• Feb 6, 7-9pm: At the Crest | Add Glitter! @ 2834 N Powers Blvd $40-$49

• Feb 8, 1-3pm: Vintage China Heart Mosaic Class @The Glass Collective, 828 E Fillmore #A $58 (Always sell out fast - don't wait)

• Feb 12-Mar 1: The Roommate @ Fine Arts Center, 30 West Dale St $30-$60

• Feb 12-15: Haunted Lantern Tour: My Bloody Valentine @ Cave of the Winds $40

• Feb 14, 11am-1pm: Native Seed Saturday @ Manitou Springs Library FREE

• Feb 14, 5:30-7pm: St Valentine's Day Massacre Murder Mystery Dinner Fundraiser @ El Paso Lodge, 1150 Panorama Dr $60

• Feb 14, 7-10pm: Love and Lifesavers Ball - Valentine's Day Benefit Dance @ DoubleTree by Hilton, 1775 E Cheyenne Mtn Blvd $40-$175

• Feb 20, 6pm: Boho Custom Hats & Mimosas @ Meraki Springs, 2703 W Colorado Ave $95

• Feb 22, 1-3:30pm: Mosaic Columbine Class @The Glass Collective, 828 E Fillmore #A $65 (Always sell out fast - don't wait)

• Feb 24-26, 7:30pm: Meredith Willson's "The Music Man" @ Pikes Peak Center $44-$102

🎶 Concerts / Music

• Jan 24 (7:30pm) & 25 (2:30pm), 7:30pm: Brahms / Tchaikovsky @ Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts, 190 S Cascade $57-$120

• Feb 6, 7pm: Three Dog Night @ Pikes Peak Center $63-$260

• Feb 22, 3pm: Pikes Peak Philharmonic: Pops @ENT Center for the Arts, 5225 N Nevada $14-$20

• 🔥 Sept 26 & 27: Bruno Mars Concert @ Falcon Stadium, USAFA ON SALE NOW (will sell out)

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