Oenophiles enjoyed a special four days and nights this month and received an education on the best wines of Portugal in the process.
Recent Around Town Columns
The people who come to the Care and Share Food Bank are “our neighbors.”
It was much more than a 22nd annual fundraising luncheon after church Feb. 24.
Who were those Masquerade folks walking into the Antlers hotel Feb. 22?
Delightful youngsters dressed in red, happily skipping around a ballroom in Broadmoor West, were a big reason for the 36th annual fundraising …
In a little twist of song lyrics, Pam Shockley-Zalabak isn’t the Oklahoma “girl who cain’t say no.” She’s that powerhouse lady to whom communi…
The words “I Am for the Child,” are meaningful to volunteer CASA advocates nationwide. Since 1977, that has equated to providing the voices fo…
For 43 years, community leaders have been developed through Leadership Pikes Peak training.
AROUND TOWN: Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center delights crowd to kick off its 100th anniversary year
They experienced art in the best of ways.
Since 2012, some local women have enjoyed quarterly social gatherings for a cause.
The Gazette/El Pomar Foundation Empty Stocking fundraiser is done for 2018, with preliminary donations blowing the top off the $1.1 million do…
The holiday white-light night at The Broadmoor sparkled even brighter Dec. 22 when 21 young women were formally presented as the 2018 Colorado…
The new year is filling with nonprofit fundraising galas, benefits, sports activities and well-known speakers around Colorado Springs and the …
AROUND TOWN: Green Box Arts Festival celebrates a happy Musicial Swings success, plans for next July
Musical Swings, back and forth, back and forth, 110,000 tuneful times.
The powerful sounds of Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky resonated across Garden of the Gods Club as the Colorado Springs Philharmonic played for the Ph…
With its 21-year theme “A Voyage for Children,” the YOT Club (toy spelled backwards) partied the night away Nov. 17 as members gathered 1,000 …
One telephone number is all a local military member, family or veteran needs, because they never “should do it alone when they need help,” sai…
For 24 years, gingerbread men and their houses have welcomed holiday partygoers into the 119-year-old Historic Day Nursery for Early Connectio…
Carrying order books from table to table as they sampled, guests at the 11th annual Jewel of a Wine Tasting and Gourmet Food Gala chose favori…
This was a gala with lots of furry friends to pet and no formal dress code for their human friends.
Olympic short-track speed skater Apolo Ohno was on the medal podium eight times in his career. “But I was never on the podium alone. It was al…
Thirty years of local Head Start was celebrated with 30 tiny decorated chairs just the right size for preschoolers.
They’re champions in every sport from track and field, goalball and skiing to judo, wrestling, swimming, ultra marathons and cycling.
The Woman’s Club of Colorado Springs is “Living the Volunteer Spirit,” a history that goes back to the city’s early days.
Nancy Norton considers “humor a basic human need.” That’s a good thing, because she’s a comedian.
The Broadmoor International Center shimmered in glittering gold for Pikes Peak Community College's 50th anniversary celebration.
For 100 years, Colorado volunteer mentors have become important in the lives of youngsters.
The Inside Out Youth Services Ally Up! Breakfast shows in dramatic fashion how the community’s understanding of and acceptance of LGBTQ young …
Their mission is to “rescue the pet store puppies’ parents.”
Tiny fingers softly cupped in an adult’s hands.
Crystal Piercy, left, and Kathy Manchester visit the silent auction table at the Teens With Promise gala.
In a Broadmoor ballroom filled with 500 supporters of The Home Front Cares, military members and veterans were asked to stand.
There were 72 years of history and 185,000 reasons to celebrate as the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Foundation wrapped up a record-breaking year.
Dressed in bright red, 375 guests combined healthy heart education sessions with a heart-healthy luncheon at the 16th annual Go Red for Women.
An extra-special Drive-In Tasty Freeze chocolate dipped cone indeed. And now it has a place of honor in the Tactile Gallery at the Fine Arts Center.
The Tennyson Center has been helping abused and neglected children rewrite their life stories for 114 years.
For more than 10 years giant, colorful butterflies have settled in yards, landscaping and gardens throughout the area, all part of an art-auct…
They’re the glue, the individuals, businesses and and groups who together are the Pikes Peak United Way Leaders in Giving.
The start of a school year was a perfect time to kick off the Assistance League’s seven community programs with a wine and cheese reception an…
The sun is rising even more brightly on the DayBreak program for adult day care in Woodland Park.
They rocked the ‘60s in 2018 style, with a full British Invasion set to Beatles music.
Garden of the Gods turns multiple shades of pink today (Sept. 9) as several thousand walk and run with a vision of “A World Without Breast Cancer.”
On Sept. 12 more than 40 police recruits will complete their work at the Colorado Springs Police Department Training Academy.
Popular Denver Bronco wide receiver Vance Johnson, one of the Super Bowl “Three Amigos,” was thankful to be back in Colorado “where it all sta…
The Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum is a gathering place for meaningful connections.
It has become a luxury staycation event, and An Enchanted Weekend 2018 lived up to its name.
Shrimp Boil time was a hit again, for the ninth year.
“Happy Birthday, ADA,” was the song of the day as The Independence Center celebrated veterans with disabilities July 26 at Hotel Elegante.
Homeowners Phil Parker and Vanessa Johnson won’t move into their mountainside Bella Découvre (“Beautiful Discovery”) Parade of Homes dream hom…
