"Think You Know History" summer speaker series President Theodore Roosevelt (portrayed by actor Don Moon of Red Herring Productions) Connection to Colorado Springs: Even before he stepped up to lead the nation, the cowboy politician and war hero made regular visits to Colorado...

When the patron saint of beer invites you to knock back a few, you do what the patron saint of beer asks. We care about our eternal souls that way. Plus, how many chances do you get to drink (samples of) beer on the grounds of a 1920s church, with a canonical blessing? The second...

Colorado Springs' Evergreen Cemetery is a survey course in history, in stone. The 220-acre cemetery, established by Gen. William Jackson Palmer and deeded to the city in 1875, marks the final resting place of the region's late power brokers, politicians and personalities - as well as...

When Maria Faulconer was a child, she sat at her mother's knee for readings of the fairy tales of their Austrian homeland. Those darkly captivating stories - of slumbering princesses and magic - marked the beginning of Faulconer's love for storytelling and a life-long romance with...

Self-taught coupon expert and reality show veteran Kelly Gibbs is returning to Colorado Springs on June 19 to lead two workshops on couponing. A series of Gazette-sponsored presentations by Gibbs drew standing room-only crowds in April, as deal-seekers turned out en masse for tips on...

Colorado Springs artist and teacher Martha Mans is best known for her work in watercolor. Her paintings have been exhibited in galleries from New York City to Tokyo and can be seen in The Broadmoor Galleries. Mans has never fancied herself a writer. Illustrating and writing a...

The Sisters of Saint Francis of Perpetual Adoration will celebrate 60 years at Mount Saint Francis in Colorado Springs with a fundraising concert to benefit Women Partnering, a 12-year-old program serving low-income women and children on the Front Range. Opened in 1909 by the Modern...

Salida - Monty Holmes surveys his domain - 30 acres of rugged canyon land in the heart of the Rockies - and sees, well, zombies. Ziplining zombies, to be exact. It's the plot of the movie he recently helped script, wherein a zombie miner bites a rafter who goes on to infect a group...

Whatever your opinion of reality shows, one thing is for sure: They know how to work a cliffhanger. Information being a big reveal's worst enemy, here's what we're able to share about Tuesday's season four premiere of "Extreme Weight Loss," the ABC series chronicling the yearlong,...

ichard Bond was on the phone, placing an obituary for his mother last fall, when the dizziness set in and the headache began to crescendo. He popped two aspirins and forged through the dismal task; by the time he hung up the phone, he realized the entire left side of his body felt...