Casting call for a movie being made in Colorado “Our Souls at Night”. Casting directors are interested ALL ages from 12 to 100! This is PAID background as a film extra, if chosen! You MUST be legal to work with ID! Working from 8 to 15 hours per day for your booking. Final Casting CALL will take place in Florence…
The Fountain Fire Department will be holding its annual BBQ Supper and Dance on September 4th at John Metcalfe Park in Fountain. The BBQ supper will be from 5 – 7 pm with a dance from 7 – 9 pm. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children under 10. Come join the fun!
The Fountain Fall Festival is an annual event in the Fountain Valley area. The parade will be on September 5th and starts at 10:00 am along Santa Fe Avenue in front of Fountain-Fort Carson Middle School 515 N. Santa Fe Avenue, Fountain, CO. After the parade is the Fall Festival at Metcalfe Park with fun…
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Cheyenne Mountain State Park, The Nature and Raptor Center of Pueblo and the USAA Foundation invite the public to celebrate birds of prey. Raptors, or birds of prey play an important role in the ecology of our area. Cheyenne Mountain State Park is home to many different raptor species. On Sunday, Sept. 4, at 2 p.m., at the Prairie Skipper…
National Park Service is celebrating it’s 100th birthday with free admission to all national parks. In celebration of the centennial birthday, you can visit Colorado’s national parks for free! Entrance fees will be waived at all national parks Thursday, August 25 through Sunday, August 28 for the celebration. Colorado is home to four national parks…
Denver, Colorado – The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office is offering yet another innovative method to access voter registration: texting. Eligible Coloradans can simply text the word “Colorado” or “CO” to “2Vote” (28683) on their smartphones, and then open the link to the SOS’ online voter registration and election information site. It’s that easy. “It’s…
Creek Week runs Saturday, September 24th through Sunday October 2nd, 2016. Individuals and organizations select any date, time and location during this week to volunteer for a clean-up, or participate in one of numerous public events happening in El Paso, Pueblo and Teller Counties. (List of events coming soon!) Everyone is welcome to participate either…
The Fountain Valley Chamber of Commerce will hold it’s First Annual Inaugural 5 K Colorado Run in Fountain, Colorado on September 3rd starting at 8:00 am. The 5 K run till take place at John Metcalfe Park located at 704 E. Ohio Avenue. For more information contact the Fountain Valley Chamber of Commerce at (719)…
The Rio Olympic Downtown Celebration will celebrate the Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games on Friday, August 5 from 5-10 p.m. downtown Colorado Springs. This celebration is a city-wide event that is FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC and will feature live entertainment and food! Join four-time Olympic medalist Bruce Baumgartner in helping…
By Elizabeth Alexander – The Fountain Fall Festival theme this year is “Fountain Strong”. The Parade will be on September 5th with fun festivities held at Metcalfe Park after the parade. Showcase your business by joining the parade or setting up a booth at the Metcalfe Park festival. Deadline for parade entries and booth applications are August…
By Elizabeth Alexander – The Colorado Springs Parade of Homes offers the general public a first-hand look at the current trends and greatest innovations in new home design. This event showcases the latest design trends in affordable living to luxury dream homes complete with every amenity imaginable. Each home is professionally judged for a multitude…
The Colorado Military Taptoo will be held on August 27th at the Pikes Peak Center. A truly larger-than-life, majestic spectacle & celebration of patriotism, music, massed pipes & drums, dancers, & displays of military, police, & civilian performance excellence. Taptoos come from a centuries old military tradition. It all started when a Dutch commander…
Littleton, Colo. – Marine law enforcement in Colorado scored another success with Operation Dry Water, the nationwide crackdown on people boating under the influence (BUI) of alcohol or drugs. Agencies and organizations from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands and…
DENVER – Colorado Parks and Wildlife, in partnership with the Colorado Department of Education and Colorado State Library announced the expansion of the Check Out Colorado State Parks program to 287 libraries statewide with a proclamation read by Lieutenant Governor Donna Lynne today at the Denver Central Library. Check Out Colorado State Parks Program is…
Colorado Springs, CO – The YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region is hosting free swim lessons for 100 children from July 5–9 in an effort to teach children how to survive an unexpected water submersion. This weeklong course concludes with a graduation ceremony on July 9. The event, which takes place from 10 a.m. to…
Every year, to celebrate the 4th of July, the firefighters of the Security Fire Department host a pancake breakfast for the community. The firefighters serve up a tasty breakfast plus have lots of fun activities during the event. There will be fire trucks, ambulances and helicopter displays plus, games for the kids, educational displays as…
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