Colorado Springs Fire Department Lt. Steven Garcia, left, and Deputy Chief Jayme McConnellogue, bow their heads during a moment of silence for the 741 El Paso County residents who died from COVID-19 in the last 12 months during a ceremony at the Colorado Springs Pioneer Museum Friday, March 12, 2021. The ceremony marked the anniversary of the first death in Colorado from the pandemic. Garcia accepted a heroism award for all firefighters from Mayor John Suthers. The mayor honored the police, medical workers and teachers during the ceremony. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock)
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An Irish evening of
Bagpipes & Brass: Emerald Ode to Joy, streaming on YouTube from Bethany Lutheran Church at 7 p.m. Celtic Colorado Pipes & Drums, tenor Todd Teske and Rick Seaton on organ. Tickets $25: denverbrass.org/concerts/bagpipes-and-brass-emerald-ode-to-joy
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She was the star of a major hit, the long-running off-Broadway adult show Dixie’s Tupperware Party. Now you can share drinks virtually with Dixie Longate during Dixie s Happy Hour. She ll be telling stories as she mixes up her
four basic food groups: rum, gin, vodka and tequila. 7 p.m., presented by Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets $35, tickets@dcpa.org
Being a geezer isnât much fun (oh to be 50 again!), but it has its advantages. You get Social Security, Medicare and early vaccinations. Not bad â especially the vaccinations!
My wife and I are both vaccinated, and ready to get out of town before airline fares and hotel reservations soar back to pre-pandemic levels. Denver, Vegas, New York City â the great world beckons. Vegas because itâs Vegas, Denver and NYC because of museums, restaurants and big-city ambiance. Weâve already booked a weekend getaway to Vegas, and yearn to head east in April.
For me, museums are the draw. I havenât been to the Denver Art Museum since 2018, and last visited New Yorkâs Metropolitan Museum of Art in the early 2000s.Â
Big tech, big data, big money. Thatâs why Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft are all-powerful and all-seeing. Collectively, they know everything about everybody, monetize that knowledge with mysterious algorithms and control our lives while pretending to help us understand the mysteries of existence.Â
Thatâs why I turned to Google to understand two of those mysteries: How do we die and what do we do with all of our stuff?Â
For my advanced age (born the day that FDR was elected to a third term, so do the math) Iâm in great health, but I have too much stuff. How long can I hang on to my treasures (art on the walls, books everywhere, a basement full of things that Iâll probably never look at again but still want to keep) and how/when can I expect to croak?
In step with the 150th anniversary of the founding of Colorado Springs, a new documentary dives into some of the city s buildings and what they can teach us.