Raw Materials: Concrete Couch founder Steve Wood reflects on 20 years of community-building through the arts ...

GOP Rivals Jeff Crank and Dave Williams Vie for Colorado’s 5th District Amid Party Tensions: This primary may determine the district's future amidst significant GOP infighting.

Amphitheater Empire: With 20 more facilities planned over the next six years, Venu doubles down on the future of live music in the post-pandemic era ...

I first met Eva Zhang on a Friday afternoon. Despite the ice-coated freeways, dozens had come for lunch at China Town Restaurant in downtown Colorado Springs. Zhang scuttled about the restaurant ...

The red Ford F-250 rocked back and forth like a ship on dangerous waters as it made its way up the steep slope. “You’re not afraid of heights, are you?” asked Jerry Schnabel. “I forget to ...

Jolhea Bautista-Muhammad didn’t expect all of the more than 100 people who RSVP’ed to come to the Nov. 10 grand opening of her new restaurant, the Kamayan Hideaway in the Satellite Hotel, but ...

The noise of unified applause from the citizens who attended August 27’s Colorado Springs City Council meeting to challenge Ford Amphitheater nearly rivaled the cacophonous concerts they came to ...

Discover the Fine Arts Center’s journey from cultural success to financial crisis and its acquisition by Colorado College. A deep dive into the FAC’s past, present, and future.

Welcome to the first issue of the new Colorado Springs Independent. I know what some of you might be thinking. Again with this? Yes, again.

Scott O'Malley sidles up to the hitching post at his Western Jubilee Recording Company offices and Warehouse Theater in downtown Colorado Springs where E. Cucharras meets the old railroad track ...

Mobile Arts began as a small idea in the overwhelming gloom of the COVID-19 pandemic. Naomi Wood, associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese, had been awarded the National Endowment for the ...

Dave Philipps, who lives in Colorado Springs, is a military reporter for the New York Times. Photo by Michael Ciaglo ...