Author: O’Dell Isaac
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Tom Arnold’s ‘My Crazy X-Wife’ comedy tour swings through Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tom Arnold remembers his father as a serious man who rarely laughed. “The only time we ever heard him laugh — I mean, like, belly laugh — was when there was a Bob Hope special on,” Arnold said. “I thought, ‘Whatever that Bob Hope guy…
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Students learn dazzling, high-flying skills at Millibo’s Circus Club
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As a performance genre, the circus has undergone several changes in recent years, most notably the omission of animal acts due to cruelty concerns. But according to career performer Jim Jackson, the circus has continued to endure because its main attraction has always been “performances…
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Building young brains: Pikes Peak Library District program teaches parents to talk to babies
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save According to the National Institutes of Health, by the time a child reaches age 5, his or her brain is 90% developed. That makes it essential for parents to help bolster young minds by speaking…
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Millibo Art Theater to launch live, local ‘Match Game’ show
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Over the past six decades, “The Match Game,” a fill-in-the-blank game show featuring a panel of six celebrities, has undergone multiple revivals, including its current iteration hosted by comedian Martin Short. The game show’s latest resurrection — and an unexpected hole in the monthly schedule…
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Bird sanctuary provides joy, comfort at Colorado Springs memory care facility
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The residents at Springs Ranch Memory Care are at different junctures in what spokeswoman Debra Maddox calls their “memory journey.” Some are in the beginning stages of dementia, while others are end-stage, struggling to hold…
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‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, Train to perform at Ford Amphitheater
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Ford Amphitheater is set to kick off a star-studded September with a longtime musical satirist and a multiple Grammy Award-winning rock band. ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic “Weird Al” Yankovic, who has been honing his signature…
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Pueblo food hall an ‘incubator system’ for aspiring restaurateurs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When Jennifer and Bryan Fahrer decided to try expanding their Wings on Wheels food truck business to a stationary food stand in the Fuel and Iron food hall in Pueblo, they never intended to one day run the place. But when they heard Fuel and…
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Swifty Swine pig races return to Colorado State Fair
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PUEBLO • The gates opened at the “Pork Chop International Speedway,” and the competitors were off and running. Four miniature pigs grunted and snorted as they raced around the track, laser-focused on reaching the finish line,…
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Pueblo-based Stoke Pizza wins Governor’s Plate at Colorado State Fair for second straight year
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PUEBLO • Stoke Pizza successfully defended its title on Tuesday when it was crowned the winner of the Colorado State Fair’s Governor’s Plate competition. The Pueblo-based food truck took on four competitors during the fifth annual competition, with its wood-fired pizza — made with local…
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Eyes on the city: Inside CSPD’s high-tech hub for tracking crime in real time
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs Police Department dispatchers recently received a service call about a woman who was allegedly threatening passersby with a knife, occasionally swinging and thrusting it toward people who came near her. As officers prepared…