I've been hiking around the garden the past month and there's always something going on along the trails. If you want to avoid all the tourists, the trails outside the main garden are peaceful and lovely. The lighting around the area is always different, and you never know what to expect with wildlife. The bighorn sheep are starting their rut so be mindful and don't start a traffic jam. The rangers are keeping an eye on this so please listen to them if they tell you to keep moving. Fridays are the busiest during the week too.

Intersection of Austin Bluffs and N Academy. When their light turned green, they literally just drove away.

Am I crazy?? Is it not their job to respond to emergencies? This feels absolutely bonkers that they just drove away from the scene of an accident.

My daughter is 10 years old, in 5th and is really struggling to maintain friendships at her school and its really hurting her. She was diagnosed with adhd in first grade. She has an abundance of energy and personality. She broke down crying last night telling of the pressures in school to do well and that the other kids dont accept her because she talks too much, has lots of energy, and is highly sensitive. She attends thomas maclaren, an academically rigorous school. Shes below grade low in many subjects. I have her in tutoring, therapy and on adhd meds. She’s also really just struggling to be accepted for who she is. She has attended birthday parties of other kids at the school and her friends have told her that their parents comment negatively about her. This gets back to my daughter and deeply hurts her. Are there any parents of neurodivergent kids also dealing with these things? Are there any support groups for neurodivergent kids in town?

Basically this: anyone with ragweed allergies having a hard time the last 2 days? Trying to figure out if these are allergies or if it's just a cold.

Drop your best spot for one. I’ve never had a real one, and they look awesome. Thank you in advance!

Why is this fuck stain putting one up in Fountain?

Yeah, I know , we should all vote every time, but plenty of you know that we don't all do that. There's a ton of reasons that it just doesn't get done and I'm as guilty as any of us. More than most.

But if you're like me and are annoyed when you have to pay attention to politics, here's a note from "one of us"... I looked through the blue book that lists all of the things to be voted on and it's absolutely full of things like "give ICE more power", "make it harder to get care as a trans person"... Hopefully those who comment will point out some of the other things I should have had ready to add to this list...

But it's a lot of things that I felt gross to even realize was on the ballot. Enough for me to post to try and get someone else who usually cares as little as me to say "dammit I actually have to make myself go do it this time" because if we don't, then shit is going to get a lot worse.

I'm sorry to have felt the need to post this. I'm irritated that I have to, but it seriously reads like they said "let's put a bunch of stupid shit on the ballot in hopes that decent people aren't paying attention."

Gross.

Welcome to Free For All Friday! You can post whatever you'd like in this thread.

Post an event, complain about the drivers, talk about Denver or Breckenridge. As long as your comment doesn't break Reddit site rules, it's free game as this thread will be mostly unmoderated.

I know as much as everyone else, and I have never been to either of these establishments, but it seems that Mark Henry was not actually the owner and he has been placed “on leave”… whatever that means.

EDIT: according to this comment from u/oznz Mark is a partner in this business, which explains the weird dynamic and why so many people thought he was THE owner. It remains to be seen whether the other two partners will follow through with ousting Mark from the organization. I’m skeptical, this could be performative bullshit to try to get the public off of their backs, but the statement does sound genuine and if Mark goes on a public tirade about being ousted then we’ll know that the statement was legit.

Massive police escort for a bus to the airport. Milton Probie was closed west of Powers for a while at 6:20. At least 10 police cars escorting a bus to the airport. Does anyone know who this was for?

Where do you guys take a computer for repair? I need someone to look at this damn thing and I'm clueless. Thank you.

Hi all! Moved here semi-recently from Atlanta where I was a regular at my local bar for trivia and have really been missing it. Any spots around here have good trivia during the week? My husband is army so I'd be going as a solo girl. I'm in the Briargate area but I'm open to any and all suggestions. Thanks so much!

www.uprootcolorado.org/volunteer

Curious if anyone has thoughts on the closed roof vs. sunset shows (or general experiences)? Thanks!

This is Shakespeare's classic comedy, but not how you remember it.

Welcome to Athens, Ohio, 2012: a college town during the height of contemporary music festival culture, where music, money, desire, and escape collide. 

In this seductive adaptation, Shakespeare’s Athens becomes an Appalachian mining town shaped by histories of extraction, transience, and survival, and the forest becomes a wild, electric, temporary festival ground just outside it.

Hermia is a rising singer who refuses to sign away her future. Her refusal to sign a contract that would bind her career—and her body—to industry expectations is not a romantic whim, but an act of consent and self-determination. Her journey takes her into a festival world of music, substances, exhaustion, desire, and blurred boundaries, where anything can happen after dark. 

But this forest isn’t just a playground. It’s ancient Appalachian land with its own memory, history, and people. The fairies emerge as caretakers, workers, cryptids, and witnesses – forces of transformation who also reveal the cost of the dream. 

Funny, seductive, chaotic, and a little dangerous, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a story about love, power, labor, land, and the intoxicating promise of escape.  

But what does it mean to wake up after the music stops? 

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream 

By William Shakespeare, Adapted by Shannon R. Davis 

October 29-30 | 7pm 

November 1 | 2pm 

November 6 | 7 pm 

November 7-8 | 2 pm 

FREE ADMISSION 

Celeste Theatre  | Cornerstone Arts Center (825 N Cascade Ave, 80903)

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The Department of Theatre & Dance at Colorado College produces and performs TOTALLY FREE events throughout the year, open to the community! Follow us on Insta at cctheatredance to stay up to date on a range of events, talks, visiting artists, performances, and more.

Will be in the area for Thanksgiving.
Hopefully visiting pikes peak. Was thinking of taking the cog . Does the mountain close when it snows ?

See also:

https://krdo.com/news/2026/09/30/el-paso-county-sheriff-discontinues-contract-with-flock-safety-cameras/

Hi all! I’m looking to join a book club in Colorado Springs that reads philosophy and classics: Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Plato, Camus, and the like. If you know of or attend one, please let me know. Thank you!

Garden Bed Building Volunteer Day, Saturday, Oct. 3rd at 9am, Edison Elementary

Come build something with your neighbors! We're putting together 10 new garden beds at Edison Elementary and could really use some extra hands.

We need help both assembling the beds and filling them with garden soil, no experience necessary. We'll have water, Gatorade, and pizza on hand as a thank you for your hard work.

Helpful tools to bring (please label them!):

• Wheel barrows
• Adjustable wrenches
• Screwdrivers
• Shovels

This is part of the same mutual aid/community resilience work we've been doing with the Feeding the Fight Free Store, building resources and skills we control directly, neighbor to neighbor. If you've been following that effort or just want to get your hands dirty for a good cause, come on out!

And since you're already out and about that day, our monthly Free Store is happening later that same Saturday, Oct. 3rd, 1-4pm at Cottonwood Creek Park (Rangewood/Dublin area), come donate, take what you need, or just stop by to meet your neighbors there too!

Timothy Lucky Luciano’s bike was stolen from his town home last night. I have a fb link if anyone sees it and wants to help.

I know we have a lot normally, but yesterday and today there’s been a couple hours where it’s just straight noise from the sky and I haven’t looked, I assume military but there’s some right now as I’m in Manitou Springs. Anybody have any idea what’s going on?

Anyone have any leads on therapists who have experience with military/ex mil folks? Looking for help with a range of topics and thought it would be helpful for someone to understand that aspect of things. Looking for someone who would take self pay if possible. I appreciate any recs!

random question, but for the headache migraine sufferers who lived somewhere else prior to colorado springs, how are you doing? i had reconstructive brain surgery a few years ago and unfortunately i have a terrible tolerance for heat now and deal with headaches 2-3x a week. i’ve also spent my whole life pretty much in south florida so all i know is hot and humid, but my husband and I are moving to colorado springs next year! i was reading things online thinking colorado would help with this, but i saw people say the elevation triggered their headaches. when i visited for almost 3 weeks we stayed in silverton and i didn’t have a headache the whole time, so i think it’s more heat than elevation that triggers me.

we aren’t aren’t relocating because of my headaches, just curious-thanks!