COS Town Tidings #26-082
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🤣 Daily Chuckle
📰 Fire Explodes to 4,500+ Acres 🔥
📰 Interactive Aquarium Now Open 🐠
📰 Misinformation Addressed ⚠️
Wellness: ✋ The Real Cause of Carpal Tunnel
📆 Local Events + Concerts & Special Events
🌟 We want to feature your business
⛅ COS Weather - Mostly cloudy with above average temps (Red Flag Warnings)
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🔥 Fire Explodes to 4,500+ Acres
The 24 Fire burning along Hwy 115 has grown to more than 4,595 acres with no containment reported, as crews from multiple agencies, including the CSFD, continue working to slow its spread. More than 170 firefighters, along with aircraft support, are actively building and reinforcing control lines while monitoring hot spots.
Hwy 115 remains closed between Mile Point 18 and 39, and pre-evacuation notices have been issued for areas such as Sandy Creek Ranch Heights, with some evacuation orders already in place nearby. While weather conditions have offered some support, the risk of high winds continues to challenge response efforts, making it important for residents in affected areas to stay alert and prepared.
🐠 Interactive Aquarium Now Open
Jungle Reef is now open inside Chapel Hills Mall, offering Colorado Springs a new hands-on animal experience that’s just getting started. After hosting a friends and family night to prepare their team, the family-built, privately funded project has launched with a phased opening approach to ensure the health and safety of its animals. While some exhibits are still in progress, visitors can already enjoy guided tours, reptile encounters, interactive bird experiences and opportunities to feed tortoises, along with meeting newly arrived rescue stingrays as they adjust to their environment.
Open weekdays from 11am to 7pm (8pm Sat) and Sundays from noon to 6pm, Jungle Reef invites the community to experience the early stages of something still evolving and growing right here in our community.
⚠️ Misinformation Addressed
Amid growing discussion in the community, Colorado Springs City Council leadership is clarifying that the Southeast Strong Neighborhood Plan has not yet been scheduled for a vote and has never appeared on a formal agenda. The plan, which has been in development for several years, is currently still under review as council members take time to evaluate its potential impacts and consider any needed adjustments before moving it to a public work session for further discussion.
While conversations and questions continue across the city, officials are encouraging residents to stay informed through verified sources and remain engaged as the process moves forward.
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✋ The Real Cause of Carpal Tunnel
A perspective on carpal tunnel syndrome challenges the common belief that it's primarily caused by repetitive motions like typing…pointing to a different root cause that might surprise you and how to address it.
Remember, our Local Senior wellness educator Kristen Nielsen, founder of TogetherWon shares simple ways to gently train your brain and body together, helping you feel more confident about your balance over time.
I have to be honest, I’ve watch these myself and I am in constant admiration of how Kristen challenges us to be stronger in such simple ways. We are so fortunate to have her wisdom 2x per month here to help us navigate real life with confidence.
Watch the 60 second video below (updated monthly)! 👇
*Information is for educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose, treat or cure any disease. Please consult a health care professional, nothing above should be construed as medical advice.
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📆 Sample Local Events
*Weather permitted
Every Wed-Sun, 11am-2:45pm: Tea at the Castle @ Glen Eyrie Castle, 3820 North 30th St $50
Sept 19-20: Pikes Peak Regional Airshow @ COS Airport $50-$204 (Tickets on sale now)
Mar 23-25, 7:30pm: CLUE @ Broadway at Pikes Peak Center $39-$122
Mar 24, 1:30-2:30pm: Marking Time: Commemorating the Past in the Pikes Peak Region @Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
Mar 24, 6-8:30pm: Wagons West! Frontier Days Trivia @OCC Historical Society, 1 S 24th St FREE
Mar 24, 7pm: An Evening with Jon Waterman @ Colorado College Armstrong Hall: 14 E Cache La Poudre FREE or donation (please register)
Mar 25, 10-11am: Pikes Peak Gals: Past and Present Walk @ Garden of the Gods Park $5
Mar 27, 5-7pm: $4 Happy Hour Drinks | Colorado Wood Sign @ 2834 N Powers Blvd $49 (8 seats left)
Mar 27, 7:30pm: The Mat!ch Game @The MAT, 1626 S Tejon $16
💐 Mar 28, 9am-3pm: Spring Craft Fair @ Pikes Peak Biker’s Church, 1505 E Monument St
Mar 28, Noon-3pm: Paint Your Own Pot @ Plant Mamas Garden, 6436 S US Hwy 85/87 Suite D Fountain $10
Mar 28, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, A Noteworthy Crime @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $79.95
Mar 29, 10am-2pm: 'Rallies for Reading,' charity pickleball tournament @ Springs Pickleball - East, 2975 New Center Point $40 (sign up early to secure your spot!)
👩🌾 Mar 29 (every Sun thru Apr 26), 11am-3pm: Spring Market @Sourdough Boulangerie, 6449 Omaha Blvd
Mar 29, 4:30pm: Tallow Balm Making Class: Craft Your Own Custom Skincare @ Meraki Springs, 2703 W Colorado Ave $55
Mar 31, 11am-12:30pm: Mediterranean Diet Workshop @Colorado State University Extension COS, 17 N Spruce St, Suite 226 $17.85
Apr 2, 10-11am: Genealogy Basics @PPLD, Virtual Library on Zoom FREE
Apr 2, 6-7:30pm: The Sensory Tea Experience @2438 E Platte Ave $25 (Space limited, register early)
Apr 4, 11am-5pm: Pikes Peak Chocolate & Cheese Fest @ Norris Penrose Event Center $10-$59
Apr 5, 9-9:30am (First Sun every month): Positive Intention Group Meditation Gathering @ Yoga Studio Satya, 1581 York Rd FREE
Apr 9-May 3: Romeo & Juliet - Theatreworks @ Ent Center for the Arts, Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theatre $20-$31 (Selling out fast)
Apr 10 & 24, 9am-5pm: Dog Days at the Zoo @ Cheyenne Mtn Zoo
Apr 10, 11am: Women of the Colorado Gold Rush Era @ OCC Historical Society, 1 S. 24th St $5
Apr 11, All Day: Jigsaw Puzzle Swap @ Old Colorado City Library FREE
Apr 11, 2-3pm: Shopping All the Way to the Woods: How the Outdoor Industry Sold Nature to America @CSPM, 215 S Tejon $5 donation requested (RSVP recommended)
Apr 11, 5:30pm: VERY IMPORTANT CHARITY EVENT (V.I.C.E.) @ Antlers Hotel 18+ $50 (Ticket Sales end Apr 1)
💐 Apr 18, 10am-3pm: Spring Market in Black Forest @Edith Wolford Elementary, 13710 Black Forest Rd
Apr 18, 5:30-9:30: Lumpia Rolling Party @Care and Share, 2605 Preamble Pt $75
Apr 24, 5-6pm: Family & Friends Fused Glass Coasters Class @The Glass Collective, 828 E Fillmore #A $35 (Few Seats Left)
Apr 26, 11am-3pm (every 4th Sunday): Crafters Collective, Maker's Market @ 3104 North Nevada FREE to attend
🎶 Concerts / Music
Mar 24, 5:30-7:30pm: Concrete Couch Music Jam @ 1100 S. Royer St FREE
Mar 25, 7pm: RUNA Irish Concert @ First United Methodist Church, 420 N Nevada $33
Mar 29, 7:30pm: Hotel California, The Original Eagles Tribute @ Pikes Peak Center $50-$88
Apr 10-11, 7:30pm: Wickedly Broadway @Pikes Peak Center, 190 S Cascade Ave $37-$202
Apr 11, 7:30pm: Dreamboat Annie Presents Journey to the Heart of Zeppelin @Phil Long Music Hall $14-$48
Apr 19, 3pm: David Pickering, Organ @Grace and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 601 N. Tejon FREE
Apr 20, 6-8:30pm: Harmony in Bloom Spring Fundraiser @The Peel House at First Lutheran Church, 1515 N Cascade Ave $50
Apr 26, 3pm: Pikes Peak Philharmonic: R&B @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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