The Beards, Bonnets and Brews Festival will celebrate Colorado Springs 150th anniversary. The daylong event at Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site will feature live music, food trucks, old-fashioned games and
Critical race theory (CRT) is the latest threat to the American way of life, according to some conservatives. Five states — Arkansas, Idaho, Tennessee, Texas and Oklahoma — have passed
The National Endowment for the Arts recently awarded $65,000 in grants to four Colorado Springs organizations.
Chamber Orchestra of the Springs received $10,000 for a music project; Colorado College collected $15,000 for a multidisciplinary project; Sprinkle Art (aka Imagination Celebration) was given $30,000 for a multidisciplinary project; and University of Colorado at Colorado Springs won $10,000 for a theater project.
This is the 10th grant Imagination Celebration has received from the endowment.
“I really love that they value what goes on in the community,” said Executive Director Deborah Thornton. “We’ve done projects with their help for decades now. They demonstrate that they value what goes on in small towns, cities away from the coast and rural communities.”
Hayden High School graduates toss their caps into the wind at the end of the schools first ever outdoor graduation ceremony. (Photo by Dylan Anderson)
The road in front of the new Hayden Valley School is called Breeze Basin Boulevard, and it lived up to its name Sunday afternoon when the school graduated its first senior class in its first outdoor graduation ceremony.
“Its called Breeze Basin for a reason, so hold on to your hats,” said District Superintendent Christy Sinner in opening remarks.
The 24 students in the Hayden High School Class of 2021 graduated in a sunny but rather blustery ceremony on the school’s new football field. It marked the end of a four-year path capped off by a move to a new school during a global pandemic.