Author: By Amanda Hancock [email protected]
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After ‘Home Alone’ movies, Colorado Springs woman went from child actor to Olympian
If sharing interesting fun facts about ourselves was a competition, Hillary Wolf Saba would win in most rooms. Her go-to fun fact is a plenty impressive one: She competed in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics in judo. Even if someone else could trump the Olympian thing, Saba would still have a big card left…
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Around bars, buildings and art in Colorado, motherhood is honored
A mother can be called many things. Mama or friend. She can also be many things. The person you call every day or the reason you call grilled cheese a comfort food. She can be a favorite voice or a painful memory. She can be a source of hope for bad days or help when…
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Colorado artist’s tiny murals inside Altoids tins come with big following
He’s not sure why, but there was something strange about the father-son Aruba trip. How random, Remington Robinson thought, for his dad to suggest the vacation. It was also random that Robinson brought along a plein air, or open air, painting kit, which he had picked up on a whim at a Salida shop. The…
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Red Rocks security worker launches a cup holder for concerts at iconic Colorado venue
Soaking in the views. Swaying to the music. Spilling drinks. It’s part of the experience at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Frequent attendees of shows at the iconic concert venue, such as Megan Clark, have stories about beverage spillage, often a side effect of skinny, slanted rows and packed crowds. Clark, who also works security at Red…
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Colorado artist’s tiny murals inside Altoids tins come with big following
He’s not sure why, but there was something strange about the father-son Aruba trip. How random, Remington Robinson thought, for his dad to suggest the vacation. It was also random that Robinson brought along a plein air, or open air, painting kit, which he had picked up on a whim at a Salida shop. The…
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Red Rocks security worker launches a cup holder for concerts at iconic Colorado venue
Soaking in the views. Swaying to the music. Spilling drinks. It’s part of the experience at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Frequent attendees of shows at the iconic concert venue, such as Megan Clark, have stories about beverage spillage, often a side effect of skinny, slanted rows and packed crowds. Clark, who also works security at Red…
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Colorado Springs Navy veteran has goal of building 24 gardens in 24 weeks this season
Not many kids from Hawaii can say they know how to snowboard. And not many kids from Colorado Springs can say they grew up on a papaya farm. Johnathan Siren’s childhood years were split between two worlds, as the child of a Hawaiian mother and an Army dad who took the family to Fort Carson.…
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A preview of the 2022 season at Red Rocks, Colorado’s most iconic music venue
When you move to Colorado, there are certain things that make you feel like you belong. Your first bowl of green chile. First fourteener. First time drinking a Coors Banquet at Coors Field. Here’s a big one: your first show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Music fans travel from across the country or beyond to visit…
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A preview of the 2022 season at Red Rocks, Colorado’s most iconic music venue
When you move to Colorado, there are certain things that make you feel like you belong. Your first bowl of green chile. First fourteener. First time drinking a Coors Banquet at Coors Field. Here’s a big one: your first show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Music fans travel from across the country or beyond to visit…
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Colorado’s once forgotten, rundown motels are getting another chance to be cool
In the first episode of “Schitt’s Creek,” a suddenly broke family has to leave their lavish mansion to begrudgingly live in a rundown motel. By the finale in April 2020, the made-over motel turned into something the fictional family — and viewers of the hit show — adored. The motel’s redemption story mirrored a trend…