Selected Community Events
GIVE peas a chance! Help The Marian House
Nov 18, 2009 - Jan 31, 2010 Mon - Fri, 10am to 5pm or by appt.
The Liberal Store and Rainy Days Silkscreen Studio - 218 West Colorado Ave. - Depot Arts District - under the bridge
Campaign to help The Marian House feed, clothe and shelter the homeless and those in need. Get a free bumpersticker or button of your choice for your donation to help us all grow together! Most needed items include adult white tube socks, coffee, sugar, large cans of diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, corn, & green beans.

Diann Webb
719-471-2546



Mountain View Chiropracitc Food Drive
Nov 18, 2009 - Nov 23, 2009 ** See Suammary for Details **
1970 Dominion Way 80918
Bring in 5 cans of food for a great discount on chiropractic services.

Dr. William Gillham
(719) 574-5240
www.mountainviewchiro.com



4th Annual Food Drive
Nov 13, 2009 - Nov 24, 2009 Contact for Details
offices 3676 Parker Blvd. Suite 270 Pueblo CO
New body Solutions Medical Weight Loss Center and Smooth illusions Aesthetics and Laser Clinic are collecting nonperishable food items to benefit the wayside mission- donators will receive a gift back: $10 gift card and 15 min Aqumassage- no limits

Dr. Key 251-4998 cell office 544-4405


The Puppet Maker: A Story of Christmas
Nov 18, 2009 - Dec 30, 2009 ** See Summary for Details **
Simpich Showcase
Utilizing a cast of nearly twenty hand-carved marionettes, this original Simpich play brings to life the eventful Christmas Eve night a village woodcarver completes his puppet Nativity scene for a local Christmas festival. Weaving the old and new, The Puppet Maker is a warm, startling and reverent celebration of the Christmas Story.


November 18 - December 30. Every Wednesday, Friday Saturday and Sunday. Special shows 12/22, 12/24 12/29

Simpich Showcase
719-465-2492



Walking With Dinosaurs "The Arena Spectacular"
Jan 21, 2009 - Jan 24, 2010 *Contact for Times **
World Arena
Dinosaurs return to the earth in WALKING WITH DINOSAURS - The Arena Spectacular! The show is based on the award-winning BBC Television Series and brought to life by Immersion Edutainment. WALKING WITH DINOSAURS – The Arena Spectacular continues its record-breaking North American tour through 2008!

Seventeen roaring, snarling "live" dinosaurs mesmerize the audience and are as awe-inspiring as when they first walked the earth. The stars of the show include Tyrannosaurus Rex, Utahraptor, Stegosaurus, and the largest of them, the Brachiosaurus, which is 36 feet tall and 56 feet long from nose to tail.

The show depicts the dinosaurs' evolution spanning their entire 200 million year reign. The history of the world is played out with almost cinematic realism, including scenes of the daily interactions between dinosaurs. You will see how carnivorous dinosaurs evolved to walk on two legs, and how the herbivores fended off their more agile predators.

With a $20-million dollar budget, WALKING WITH DINOSAURS is a dazzling arena spectacle of unprecedented size and quality. Don't miss this exciting show that is sure to entertain and captivate the entire family!

Verlee Koskovich 719-477-2100


Holiday Childbirth Classes are Starting!
Nov 5, 2009 - Jan 14, 2010 Contact for Information
Colorado Springs OB/GYN
I teach childbirth education classes that pull from many great resources such as Dr. Robert Bradley, the Lamaze Institute for Normal Birth, author Sheila Kitzinger and midwife Ina May Gaskin. We focus on breathing techniques and many different comfort techniques that I have learned from my experience attending births as a doula and a midwife assistant, both in the hospital setting and the home setting.

Classes are $250 for an 8 week course and includes multi-dimensional instruction, a ten chapter student notebook, and unlimited phone / email support.

If you have given birth before, please feel free to pick and choose the classes you would like to be "refreshed" on, only $30 per class! Also ask about the discounts that are available for my current doula clients, active military and low income families.

Candace McCollett
719-213-3740



Tutoring
Oct 22, 2009 - May 30, 2010 3:30-5pm
Trinity Church of the Nazarene
Licensed teachers and assistants are available to assist students with school work. $3/wk

Trintiy Church of the Nazarene, 719-599-7990


Queen Cougar & King Cub Contest
Oct 8, 2009 - Dec 31, 2009 6:30 p.m. to midnight
MiniBar
2009 Queen Cougar & King Cub Contest

Calling all Colorado Cougars & Cubs! (You know who you are.)
It’s time to enter the inaugural Queen Cougar & King Cub Contest.
Colorado’s finest felines and their prey can enter the contest and everybody can vote for their favorites!

Who: Party people of all ages - and Colorado’s sexy ladies 35 and up and cute guys 21 to 35, who want to enter the Cougar & Cub contest.

What: Cougar Town Happy Hour, where you can watch the new ABC series, Cougar Town (8:30 p.m.), starring Courteney Cox.

When: Wednesday nights beginning at 6:30 p.m. to midnight.

Where: MiniBar, Cherry Creek North. (Corner of 2nd Ave. & Columbine.)

Why: Why not?

• Patrons receive one complimentary “Cougartini Cocktail” or “Baby Blue Shot.”

• The party continues at MiniBar once a week on Wednesday nights through Cougar Town’s first season. Drink specials will be offered and cougars & cubs can enter the contest at MiniBar or http://cougarxing.indenvertimes.com.

• The contest ends a week before Cougar Town’s season finale. The coronation and crowning will be held at MiniBar the night of the finale. (Date and time TBD.)


Dahlia Weinstein
303-883-6159



Immediate Results Sales Training FREE Workshops
Oct 6, 2009 - Dec 1, 2009 Contact for details
At your locations
With the recent economic downturn, businesses closing, and people worried about their jobs, Colorado native and University of Denver graduate has come home to share his successes and positive message with the community. Rory Vaden and the Success Starts Now!™ team has arrived with the goal of sharing their secrets of success by offering free one-hour workshops to businesses during the months of October and November. The Workshops are customizable, offering sales training tools, coaching, tips on time management, lead generation, and more. Immediate Results will be seen in more sales, business growth, and having more fun at work.

Rory Vaden MBA, is the Co-Founder of Success Starts Now!™ and represented the State of Colorado at the Toastmasters 2007 World Champion of Public Speaking, taking first runner up out of 25,000 contestants. He is also the author of a book called “No Laughs to Know Laughs – How To Be Funny To Make More Money,” and a new book being released later this year called “Take The Stairs – Getting to the Top in Business and Life.”

Success Starts Now!™ has been on a world tour and getting rave reviews! It is now coming home to Colorado: Colorado Springs on December 10, 2009 at the Crowne Plaza Colorado Springs and Denver on December 14, 2009 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel - Denver International Airport. The conference which is designed for all salespeople will not only invigorate you, but will give you a wealth of new sales tools and techniques that will help you be more successful and make more money.

Success Starts Now!™(SSN) is totally different than anything you have ever seen. It is a professional development company that hosts city-wide motivational training events across the U.S. Success Starts Now!™ offers individual coaching, corporate training, and a variety of training media to its clients. SSN is a division of the 150–year-old Southwestern Company. Visit www.ssnseminars.com .

Schedule your free workshops now by emailing sales@ssnseminars.com and find out how other businesses are prospering in this economy.


CONTACT:Dawn Beauvais
586-216-1222
msbeauvais@comcast.net
www.ssnseminars.com


Dawn Beauvais 586*216*1222


The Busy Mom's Guide to a Happy, Organized Home
Oct 6, 2009 - Nov 22, 2009 10:45 to 11:45 a.m.
Chapel Hills Church, 2025 Parliament Drive
Family Management techniques to improve your Home & Property, Finances, Food, Family & Friends, Special Events, Time & Scheduling and Personal Management.
$10 includes book and childcare, if needed. Download free study guide at www.familymanager.com.

Cari Pemberton, 719-338-9677


Coats from Colorado Collection
Oct 1, 2009 - Nov 30, 2009 ** See Summary for Details **
six drop off locations
Drop off new of gently used coats for the less fortunate.
• AMR Operational Office, 2370 N. Powers Blvd.

• AMR Regional Office, 2790 N. Academy (Suite 350)

• Black Forest Fire Rescue, 11445 Teachout Rd.

• Broadmoor Fire Rescue, 750 El Pomar Road

• City of Fountain Fire Department 212 N. Santa Fe

• Wescott Fire Department, 15415 Gleneagle Dr.


Tawnya Silloway
719-332-3065



New Paintings by Encho Avramov
Nov 6, 2009 - Nov 25, 2009 5-8pm
Smokebrush Gallery
Join us First Friday, November 6 from 5pm-8pm for the opening reception of The Most Essential Is Invisible, featuring all new artwork by Bulgarian artist Encho Avramov. The exhibition continues through November 25.

Bulgarian born artist, Encho Avramov, infuses his new body of paintings with dramatic character by contrasting contemporary Byzantine iconography with abstract expressionism and conceptualism. The result is a dialogue between paintings pondering visual existence versus visual absence.

Mr. Avramov, studied in two of the most prestigious fine art schools in Europe: The National Fine Art Academy (NHA) in Sofia, Bulgaria and The Academy of Muses (AMU) in Prague, Czech Republic. As a visual artist he was trained in classic disciplines and techniques including egg tempera, oil, mixed media, and more. He also works within the fields of computer graphics, kinetic objects, installations, and art in public places. His paintings range in style from the expressive drips of abstract expressionism to the symbolic precision of Byzantine iconography. His contemporary artwork has appeared in exhibitions in private galleries and collections in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Norway, England, France, Japan, Cuba and USA. As an award winning set /costume designer Mr Avramov has designed more than 75 productions for puppet, drama, opera and dance theatres in Europe and USA.
His theatrical background informs his present work, making it fresh, unpredictable, humorous and poetic.


Smokebrush Gallery
719-444-1012



Special Exhibit: Full Steam Ahead
Sep 24, 2009 - Dec 31, 2009 ** Contact for More Details **
The Western Museum of Mining & Indystry - 225 North Gate Blvd.
William Henry Jackson - Special Exhibit
Please join the museum for an exhibit of William Henry Jackson's photographic images as
reproduced in "Steam and Steel across the Great Divide." These magnificent
prints are from the original old glass plates kept by the Western History
Section of the Denver Public Library. Each will explore photography's
multiple roles as art; promotion; and documentation of the Denver and Rio
Grande Railroad. Please join us at the opening reception on Thursday,
September 24, 2009 at 5:00 pm. The exhibit will run until December 31, 2009
WMMI is located just off the Interstate at I-25 Gleneagle Exit 156A.


Cindy Brandt
719-488-0880



Red Robin Broncos Kickoff Kid
Sep 2, 2009 - Dec 13, 2009 5:00 p.m.
Colorado Red Robin Locations
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (Red Robin) and the Denver Broncos® announced the “Denver Broncos® Kickoff Kid” Sweepstakes. Ten Colorado kids, ages six to 12, will get to be the official Kickoff Kid at a Denver Broncos home game this season. The Kickoff Kid removes the tee from the field after each Broncos kickoff. Colorado residents 18 years or older with a child age six to 12, can visit their local Red RobinÒ restaurant to enter. Entries are accepted until Sunday, December 13 at 5 p.m.

Sheila Armstrong
303-846-5456



Church Services at Agape Christian Fellowship Church
Aug 12, 2009 - Aug 12, 2010 Sundays 7 am and Wednesdays at 7pm
6180 Templeton Gap Rd Colorado Springs, CO 80923
Come and worship the Lord with us! We have our Sunday morning worship services ay 7am and Wednesday night Bible Study at 7pm. Come join our church family! We are reaching out and touching lives around the world for Jesus!

Pastor Thomas Carter (719)963-4260 or Prophetess Dionne Hills (719)200-5555


Personal Paradise: Contemporary Perspectives on Landscape Painting
Sep 11, 2009 - Dec 6, 2009 10am-5pm
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
Showcasing four artists who create landscape works as an avenue to express very personal connections to nature, Personal Paradise will feature renowned rancher-cattleman artist from Montana, Theodore Waddell; American Indian artist Kay WalkingStick; Eric Pérez from Mexico; and Argentinean Julia Fernandez-Pol. Each artist brings a dramatically different personal perspective to their portrayals of the natural world, but their shared value of the land unites them thematically.

The Fine Arts Center will host an Opening Celebration on Friday, Oct. 2; from 5-8 p.m., in conjunction with the First Friday Gallery Walk and the exhibit, At the Foot of the Colorado Rockies. Admission is $5 to FAC members and $15 for non-members. The exhibit will run regular museum hours from Sept. 11 – Dec. 6. Admission is free for FAC members; $10 for non-members.

Group tours can be arranged by contacting the FAC at 719.477.4345 or at tours@csfineartscenter.org.


Charlie Snyder
719.634.5583



FREE 12 Week Family to Family Class
Sep 15, 2009 - Dec 9, 2009 ** Contact for Times **
Colorado Springs
FREE 12 week class for families and friends who have mentally ill relatives

NAMI Office: 473-8477


Gospel of Grace Church
Aug 2, 2009 - Dec 31, 2009 ** See Summary for Details **
4350 Centerville Drive, Colorado CO 80922
Church Plant / Start up
Sunday, August 2, 2009 1:00 p.m.
All Sundays thereafter starting time will be 10 a.m.

Luwana Moore
719 799-6757



Historic and Paranormal Tours of Briarhurst Castle
Jul 11, 2009 - Dec 31, 2009 Starts at 11am
404 Manitou Avenue, Manitou Springs
Are you interested in history or the paranormal? Come and take a guided tour and experience this incredible castle and see what the “Ghost Hunters” from SciFi channel are about to investigate for paranormal activity. Travel back in time to the early 1880's of Manitou Springs and learn the history of this magnificent castle and maybe an unexplained occurrence of your own. We are celebrating the 138th year of this historic property. The two hour tour starts Saturday at 11:00am on the front lawn. Prices are $12.00 for adults 12 and up, children 8 to 11 are $8.00 . Please call (719) 685-1864 to reserve attendance. www.hauntedbriarhurst.com

(719) 685-1864


Historic Tours of Briarhurst Castle
May 2, 2009 - Dec 31, 2009 11:00am and 1:00pm.
404 Manitou Ave., Manitou Springs CO. 80829
Are you Interested in history or the paranormal? Come and take a guided tour that travels back in time to the early 1880's of Manitou Springs and learn the history of this magnificent castle, how Manitou Springs was founded, and maybe an unexplained occurrence of your own. This is the first time in almost 40 years that the public has been allowed full access to the grounds of the castle to come and experience the rich history and this incredible gothic revival architecture. We are celebrating the 138th year of this historic property. The two hour tours start every Saturday at 11:00am and 1:00pm. on the front lawn. Prices are $12.00 for adults 12 and up, children 8 to 11 are $8.00, and active military are free. Please call (719) 685-1864 to reserve attendance

Briarhurst, (719) 685-1864