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Play Downtown
Retail, Restaurants
on the Rise Downtown
It's a great time to be Downtown - warm sunny days, cool comfortable evenings and an increasing plethora of great places to dine and shop.
Six new retailers, six new restaurants and a bank have joined the downtown scene since Old Man Winter beat his retreat. Two downtown mainstays are moving within the district and expanding, too.
Fashionistas are discovering LuLu (214-1/2 N. Tejon) and Drama Boutique (107 N. Tejon). Look for the hottest trends and celeb-inspired apparel and accessories at these hip boutiques. In between, at 210 N. Tejon, fashion- and fit-minded active women are practically sprinting into Title Nine.
Kelly Phelan, owner of Drama, says the "upscale casual" offerings by 1921 Denim, Twill 22, Ed Hardy and other lines are a great draw since they aren't available elsewhere downtown. "Things are going really well," Phelan said. "We've had a great response."
For an other-worldly shopping experience, check out Jacqueline Lundquist's One World 2 U, newly located at 101 S. Sahwatch. Rugs, furniture, and unique home accessories from India, and jewelry are offered. One World's next big show is July 24-27, featuring guest appearances by Indian fashion designer, Vivek Narang, with his "easy to wear jackets and blouses," and gold and precious jewelry by Indian "jeweler to the stars" Amrapali. Hours for the event are Thursday - Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.
"We are so pleased to be downtown and hope to take advantage of both lunch-time traffic and downtown shoppers," Lundquist said. "Despite the fact that we are only open six weekends a year, we thought it would be important to promote Downtown 80903 efforts, especially since I had mounting pressure from the Downtown Partnership President, Dick Celeste, who also happens to be my husband!"
Other new Downtown retail includes Island Pacific, an upscale resort-wear shop, at 125-1/2 N. Tejon. Serious skateboarders (or those who love them) are drooling over what's in store at The Frontside Grind, 101 N. Tejon.
Is your inner foodie still seeking? Your hunger won't know what hit it at Flavors on Tejon, an "inspired" breakfast and lunch café located at 321 N. Tejon. Open less than two months, Flavors is capturing the fancy of many, quickly. Says owner Joe Irisi, "We're having fun, we're delighted with how things are going, and we're not surprised. If you want food that's a little more creative, come on in."
Got a craving for new Middle Eastern cuisine? Check out Heart of Jerusalem at 15 E. Bijou or Arabica Cafe at 12 S. Tejon. For serious sandwich sensations, try Jimmy Johns Gourmet Sandwiches at 10 S. Tejon or Grand Slam Subs at 101 N. Tejon (although you'll enter from Kiowa St.). If it's pizza you're pining for, Mama Trino's (512 S. Tejon) has just the pie(s) to delight your taste buds.
Patrons of Compass Bank can now enjoy utilizing its new downtown branch at 102 S. Tejon.
Downtown's premier cookware shop, Sparrow Hawk, is moving around the corner to 120 N. Tejon in August. Owner Sam Eppley and his many loyal patrons are sure to enjoy the larger space. Fans of Fujiyama, Japanese Cuisine and Sushi Bar, will enjoy a more comfortable dining experience when the restaurant soon expands into space at 22 S. Tejon, two doors up from its current location.
For complete information on Downtown dining and shopping, check out our online Guide.
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On with the show
Taking it to the Streets
Nicholas Ordahl took home the top cash prize for his unique, interactive "Day Break" at the 10th Anniversary Art on the Streets opening gala on June 20th at the Pikes Peak Center. The steel, solar, glass and L.E.D.-lit
 bench obviously caught the eye of Star Juror Adam Lerner of The Lab at Belmar. Check out Day Break on the south side of Pikes Peak Ave., between Cascade and Tejon.
Michael Whiting's playful "Buck & Doe," gracing the open space at the northwestern corner of Bijou and Cascade, took second place. Coming in third was Steve Lynch's "Solar Iron," placed in the median on Cascade just north of Colorado Ave.
Lerner was excited about the show, stating that he looked primarily for works conveying fresh vision. "It's not skill that interests me, it's creativity," Lerner said. "What makes up civic life is a mixture of different elements. Art is a big part of that."
 Chris Jenkins of Nor'wood Development, which underwrites a significant portion of the annual exhibit, spoke of art's importance to a thriving city. "Economic development and your arts and culture health are inextricably connected. We're here to attract companies, employees, people who come to live here, people who come to study here, people who come to visit here. If we want to be a city of excellence, we've got to have a healthy arts and culture component. Art on the Streets is a piece of that puzzle."
Many thanks to these Art on the Streets Sponsors:
Presenting Sponsors
U.S. Bank
Nor'Wood Development
G.E. Johnson
Supporting Sponsors ($2,000)
Esther Beynon & Alfred Metzger
Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado
H. Chase Stone Trust
Nolan & Sharon Schriner
Pikes Peak Association of Realtors
SSB Charitable Foundation
Honorary Sponsors ($1,000)
Chamber of Commerce
Cynthia & Elliot Cohn
Kate & Ben Faricy
Katherine H. Loo
Kris & Patrick Faricy
Lyda Hill
Timothy C. Hoiles
Contributing Sponsors ($500)
Julia & Matt Wills
The Kathleen Horrigan Hybl Fund
of the Pikes Peak Community Foundation
Friends of Art on the Streets (Up to $500)
A. Marvin Strait, CPA
Anita K. Lane
Anne Hopley Watson
Artie Kensinger
Ava & Gernot Heinrichsdorff
Barbara & Don Gazibara
Barbara Webb
Benefit Resources, Inc.
Bill & Nancy Hochman
Carlton Gamer
Cate & Tim Boddington
Charles L. Campbell
Craig & Irene Larimer
David & Joann Supperstein
David & Judy Finley
Deborah R. Adams
Dick & Judy Noyes
DLR Group
Dwight & Sue Brothers
Elaine E. Freed
Elizabeth M. Francis
Elizabeth M. Kane
Elmer & Judith Peterson
Experience CS at Pikes Peak, Convention & Visitors Bureau
First Community Bank
Gary & Anne Bradley
Gill Foundation
Herman & Ann Zwinger
Isabel H. Laber
James & Myra McCoy
Jan Martin
Jane A. Emery
Jane Cauvel
Jim & Lee Ringe
John & Peggy Fuller
John Boddington
Jon J. & Becky Medved
Judith & John Wray
Judith M. Bell
Kathy & Blake Wilson
Lauren K. Tyson
Lynn & Hunter Frost
Marjory R. Abbott
Mary & Edward Osborne
Mary Ellen McNally
Mary Lou Makepeace
McDivitt Law Firm
Mediterranean Café
Mountain Chalet
Paula & Jay Miller
Peak Performance Physical Therapy
Phillip & Meg Kendall
Raphael Sassower
Red & Eloise Noland
Richard & Charlotte Rixon
Richard Celeste & Jacqueline Lundquist
Robert & Joan Donner
Robert & Judith Mollo
Robert & Marianna McJimsey
Ron & Una Brasch
S & R Construction
Sam & Mary Alice Hall
Sara & Robert Howsam
Shirley A. Killeen
Susan B. Mulvihill
Susan B. Tyson
Suzanne Macaulay & Allan Lazrus
Terry & Elizabeth Lilly
The Albany
The Old North End Neighborhood Association
Tobias & Summer Kircher
UMB Bank
Vaughan & Demuro Attorneys at Law
WEM Investment Co.
YOW Architects, P.C.
In-Kind Contributions
Antlers Hilton Hotel
Bristol Brewing Company
Centerplate Catering
Colorado Springs Utilities
Michael Collins Architecture
Fine Arts Center
Murphy Construction
Nosh
Pikes Peak Center
Tejon Street Wine & Spirits
Whitney Electric
Learn more about Art on the Streets and get a walking tour map.
You can also view a CultureCast interview (scroll down to segment 164) on the opening night reception.
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So many choices
Summer Sensations
Summertime, and lots of great Downtown choices!
For a comprehensive listing of Downtown art exhibits, music, festivals, comedy and more, go to Peak Radar. Be sure to keep scrollling down the page - there's tons happening!
For specifics on Colorado College's jam-packed calendar of dance, concerts, lectures, films and more go here.
Hot, Hot, Hot
July 19- Picasso: Etchings 1966 - 1971
Sept. 14 Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale
Opening Reception July 18, 5-8 p.m. 634-5583 or
www.csfineartscenter.org for more information.
July 20 PrideFest & Parade, Acacia Park, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Parade starts at noon.
July 26 Blues under the Bridge festival, 12:30 to 10:30 p.m.,
218 W. Colorado Ave (under the bridge!)
Headlined by Coco Montoya, this is one music fest not to
miss. KRCC members $18 in advance; General Public $25
in advance; $30 day of event. Purchase tickets at KRCC,
912 N. Weber.
Free Music
America the Beautiful Park
Getting' Down Downtown concerts and Farmers Markets,
Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m.
July 16 - The Nostalgics
July 23 - The Swing Connection
July 30 - Joe Uveges and Friends
Aug. 6 - George Whitesell & His All-Stars featuring Jill Watkins
Aug. 13 - Jim Adams Blues Band
Aug. 20 - Changing Times Big Bandd with Laura Davis
Aug. 27 - TBA
Acacia Park
Brown Bag Lunch Series, Tuesdays, Noon to 1 p.m.
July 15 - Sabroso
July 22 - Avant Guard
July 29 - Jubilant Bridge
Aug. 5 - Jerry Brown and Friends
Aug. 12 - Mountain Sky
Aug. 19 - Firebird
City Auditorium
Sack Lunch Serenade, Thursdays, Noon to 1 p.m.
July 17 - Jim Calm
July 24 - Jim Calm
July 31 - Brett Valliant
Aug. 7 - Ragtime Special - Tom O'Boyle
Aug. 14 - Tom O'Boyle and Bob Lillie
Aug. 21 - Red hat Day - Tom O'Boyle and Bob Lillie
Aug. 28 - Tom O'Boyle, Bob Lillie, Jim Calm and Deloy Goeglein
Jazz in the Parks
July 23 - Swing Connection, America the Beautiful Park
July 30 - Bruce Pennington Quartet, Antlers Park
Aug. 20 - Changing Times Big Band with Laura Davis. ATB Park
Aug. 27 - U.S. Air Force Academy Band's Falconaires, Acacia Park
Monument Valley Park, FAC lawn
Musical Mondays, 7 p.m.
July 21 - Bill Emery & The New Century Band
July 28 - The Most Dangerous Summer Band (D-11) with Brian Usher
Colorado College, Armstrong Quad
Pikes Peak Library District World Music Series, 7 p.m.
July 18 - Caji & Salome
Aug. 9 - Vagabond Opera
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From the Downtown Snoopster
Alley Ways
Some of Downtown's alleys are secret gems. They have character and beauty all their own. The Snoopster likes the alley between Tejon Street and Cascade, crossed by Bijou and Kiowa. If you haven't walked this part of downtown, it's time you did. Follow me.
Starting from Kiowa and heading north in the alley, you see, on your right, the work of artist Carlita Trujillo. The brilliant blue background and stunning white birds in the garage door mural of the Daniels Building are an unexpected, visual treat.
Next you see a large-scale "sculpture" in the form of layered stairways and back entrances to retail shops. Intimate, esthetic touches are Old Chicago's patio and the canopy of the Degraff Building.
Then there's the cute little structure with the decorative stone arch. Formerly used for storage by Sparrow Hawk and now for lease, this is just the sort of place that could be a funky art gallery, boutique, or fortune-telling firm.
On your left is L & H Jewelry, where Dwight Bonner sells antique and estate items, appraises your jewelry, repairs your favorite pieces, and engraves whatever needs a name.
Next, to your right, is the Rubbish Gallery, which exhibits mainly local artists, who, at long last, have a place to show their talents. The gallery is open Fridays, between 5:15 and 10:15 p.m.
If, by now, you've worked up a thirst, you can hydrate at 15C martini bar, across from Rubbish. And to satisfy your liquor-induced appetite, you can gobble falafel at the Heart of Jerusalem Café, corner of alley and Bijou.
Take a walk in the Snoopster's shoes - skip the street and savor the alley!
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Welcome New and Renewing Members
NEW MEMBERS
ASSOCIATE LEVEL
David Barber, Architect, David Barber
RENEWING MEMBERS
FRIENDS LEVEL
Conover Realty, Gary Conover
In Compass, Ingrid Richter
ASSOCIATE LEVEL
Benefit Resources, Inc., Bruce Helm
Brenda L. Speer, LLC, Brenda Speer
Lorig's Inc., Harold Eichenbaum
Mountain View Bank, John Whitten
Pikes Peak Regional Development Corp., Douglas Adams
MEMBER LEVEL
First United Methodist Church, Leanne Schreiner
Johannes Hunter Jewelers, Linda Hunter
Pueblo Bank and Trust, Robert Corley
SUSTAINING MEMBER
El Paso Natural Gas Company, Jim Cleary
Pikes Peak Association of Realtors, Inc., Terry Storm
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL LEVEL
First Community Bank, Doug Woods
Gay & Lesbian Fund, Mary Lou Makepeace
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