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📰 News from this week in Colorado Springs!
Here are some of the stories we shared this week. Check out any issues you missed.
🌟 Community Corner Nonprofit Feature 😱 What Really Happens After The Sirens Go Silent? (Issue #26-213)
🏛️ TRIVIA: What's Hidden Beneath the Old Auditorium Seats? (Issue #26-209)
🥬 Before You Skip the Salad, Read This (Issue #26-211)
💰 Will This County Tax Continue? (Issue #26-208)
😳 One Restaurant Failed AGAIN (Issue #26-212)
📍 Southeast Strong Approved...Now What? (Issue #26-210)
🦷 Are You Flossing Wrong?Are You Flossing Wrong?
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🍞 Nature’s Start Bread Co
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📍 4935 Centennial Blvd, Suite A, Colorado Springs, CO 80919
⏰ Hours: M-Sat: 7:00am - 6:00pm, Closed Sundays
🍳 Sizzle Up Your Week with Our Recipe Archives!
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Every Wed-Sun, 11am-2:45pm: Tea at the Castle @ Glen Eyrie Castle, 3820 North 30th St $50
Aug 2: Circus Gold Star @ Citadel Mall $25-$40 (LAST DAY)
Aug 2: Teller county fair: Celebrating 250 Years of American Grit @ Cripple Creek (LAST DAY)
Aug 28-Sept 7: Colorado State Fair @ Pueblo, CO $9-$162 on sale now!
Sept 5-7, Labor Day Lift Off Tickets on sale now!
Sept 19-20: Pikes Peak Regional Airshow @ COS Airport $50-$204
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👩🌾 Colorado Springs Sunday Market- Every Sun-Oct 17 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM · 📍 115 E Platte Ave, Colorado Springs Sundays in Acacia Park downtown - Farmers Market Local farmers Fresh baked goods Handmade products Music, commun… |
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👩🌾 The Mesa Market - every Sun thru Sept 27 👩🌾 Markets/Fairs 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM · 📍 142 S Raven Mine Dr Ste 200, Colorado Springs every Sunday through Sept 27 at Gold Hill Mesa for The Mesa Market - a weekly community gathering featuring local vendor… |
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👩🌾 Cordera Farmers Market - Every Sun through Sept 6 FREE 👩🌾 Markets/Fairs 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM · 📍 11894 Grandlawn Circle, Colorado Springs, CO, United States, Colorado 80924 With an average of about 35 vendors, you can look forward to seeing many booths set up including (but not limited to) Ab… |
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Colorado Renaissance Festival: Celebrating 49 Yrs Festival 10:00 AM – 6:30 PM · 📍 650 Perry Park Ave, Larkspur **Welcome To The Colorado Renaissance Festival** Celebrating Over 40 Years Of Family Fun & Magical Memories! As you wa… |
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👩🌾 Southeast Farmers Market thru Oct 11 👩🌾 Markets/Fairs 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM · 📍 2050 Jetwing drive, Colorado Springs EVERY Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. for an afternoon full of community, shopping, food, fun, and so much more! Th… |
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Haunted Manitou Ghost Tours - $25 Activity 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM · 📍 502 Manitou Ave, Manitou Springs Embark on a spine-tingling journey through the haunted history of Manitou Springs, Colorado, on our ghost tour. Traverse… |
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🍔 Food Truck Tuesdays Thru Aug 25 🥘 Food 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM · 📍 Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, 215 S. Tejon Street, 80903 Food Truck Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. This popular weekly offering will feature twelve rotating food trucks serv… |
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Concrete Couch Music Jam - FREE 🎶 Music 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM · 📍 Concrete Coyote Community Park, 1100 S. Royer St COS Join us for the Concrete Couch Music Jam! Every Tuesday evening from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM at Concrete Coyote Community Pa… |
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🎶 OCC Summer Concert Series FREE 🎶 Music 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM · 📍 2408 W Colorado Ave, Colorado Springs The summer concert series is totally FREE in the heart of Old Colorado City in Colorado Springs at Bancroft Park all sum… |
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👩🌾 Briargate Farmers Market - every Wed thru Sept 30 👩🌾 Markets/Fairs 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM · 📍 7610 N Union Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO, United States, Colorado 80920 With an average of about 35 vendors, you can look forward to seeing many booths set up including (but not limited to) Ab… |
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Aug 6, 10-11am: Genealogy Basics @PPLD, Virtual Library on Zoom FREE
Aug 8, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, Dirty Money @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $79.95
🎵 Concerts / Music
Aug 22, 8-10pm: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton @Ford Amphitheater
Sept 26 & 27: Bruno Mars Concert @ Falcon Stadium, USAFA
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