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...

Like a benevolent cobbler elf, the Shoe Man visits The Hanger weekly to share his largesse: brand-new, famous label offerings, the perfect wardrobe additions for today's stylish teens. He shares his wares but not his name, preferring to remain simply an anonymous benefactor. "He's...

- Brown Palace, Denver, 303-297-3111, brownpalace.com: A historic downtown anchor for more than a century, the Brown Palace is Denver's only Forbes Four Star hotel. It's been visited by every U.S. president - save one, Calvin Coolidge - since Teddy Roosevelt. Visitors are only a short...

- Denver Beer Co., Denver, 303-433-2739, denverbeerco.com: Inspired by Bavarian beer gardens, this popular downtown brewery and pub features a patio that overlooks the Mile High City. Word is the Graham Cracker Porter is "to die for" if you find yourself in LoDo. - Falling Rock,...

- Inaugural Steel City Brew Fest, 6-9 p.m. June 7, Pueblo, puebloriverwalk.org/steel-city-brewfest: This addition to the city's 14th annual Boats, Bands and BBQ Festival allows patrons to sample a variety of Colorado craft beers. A $20 ticket to the brew festival on the Pueblo...

Lakewood - The pink stucco tower of "The World's Most Exciting Restaurant" juts like a thumb from the vacant storefronts and oceanic parking lot of a strip mall just west of Denver. Past the patio with the giant fountain and the mariachis on break, through the front door and an...