I was 17 years old. My friends and I were going out to a party, and we had spent a lot of time crafting the perfect outfits for our adventure. It was the 90s, and we’d visited Hot Topic earlier that ...

Relief washed over the faces of Stephanie Horton and Scott Bradley when Bernie Brink, a bespectacled man with a goatee, entered the office of the humble Jazz 93.5 studio on North Weber Street. While ...

Once the current master plan for Colorado Springs’ Austin Bluffs and Pulpit Rock Open Spaces was completed in 2000, work started on implementing it, with new trails being built, old rogue trails ...

The Colorado Springs Independent captures the essence of this city, engaging with its political and environmental issues while highlighting its vibrant cultural scene.

I suspected calling Colorado Springs a friendly, inviting place in a recent column might stir up a little controversy. To be sure, I received several short, encouraging emails affirming my basic ...

Artist Angela Casale was nervous to talk to me, nervous enough that she got a pep talk from Bosky gallery owner Brett Andrus before our call. It wasn’t exactly me that she was scared of, come to find ...

Anna Grace, local singer-songwriter with the je ne sais quoi of a magical woodland fairy from Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” — “though she be but little, she is fierce” — never stops ...

Historic Pioneers Museum close to reopening The Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum is nearing the completion of its ongoing renovations to the historic building on the corner of Vermijo and Nevada. The ...

I don’t know about you, but I love me some good clickbait, especially of the travel variety. So, when a recent scroll through Instagram suggested a “hidden art gallery” in Denver, I knew I had to give ...

It was a night of scholarship. An audience had gathered in the Fine Arts Center for the Spotlight Series — marketed as a “TED Talk meets house party” — and had listened intently to local lecturers as ...

The Colorado Springs Independent captures the essence of this city, engaging with its political and environmental issues while highlighting its vibrant cultural scene.