Author: By Jennifer Mulson Special from The Gazette
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Cripple Creek theater company to offer original holiday version of ‘Wizard of Oz’
Nikola Tesla, that rascally genius inventor, is still wreaking havoc, even more than half a century after his death. Fictionally speaking, of course. Tesla is at the heart of Thin Air Theatre Company’s new original show, “The Wizard of Oz Colorado,” loosely based on L. Frank Baum’s Oz stories. The show and annual Christmas olio…
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Love bugs: Meet the mountain tapir at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Carlotta and Cofan are the sweet old couple who live down the block. Only the pair are mountain tapir, and they love to sleep in the mud at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. It isn’t often you hear a wild animal called a “love bug.” But the description fits — the 26-year-old and 17-year-old, respectively, tapir are…




