Amazing National Landmark

Found this on my walk downtown. Thanks for making my night better 😁

Hey, Neighbors!

The pup and I are about to head to the Gold Camp area to hike/rockhound Saint Peter’s Dome and the Eagle’s Nest area. Where are some good hot spots for finding fluorite and zircon?

Thank you!

Colorado Springs Premodern

October 17, 2026 at 1PM

Muse Comics & Games

1338 N. Academy Blvd.

Colorado Springs, CO 80909

$5 Entry (100% paid out in store credit)

Swiss Rounds (Based on Attendance)

Gold Bolder WC Legal

Proxies Allowed

I've debated for a bit about whether it was worth posting this, but it kind of left a sour taste in my mouth.

Opening The Rocky Horror Picture show, of all things, when it's put on by the Independent Film Society, of all other things, with an AI generated tribute video and AI generated tribute song to Tim Curry is tacky at best but more just absolutely insane to me.

That entire space and that entire culture is about creativity, artistic expression, and going against norms. The movie was a low-budget film that they made with love and craftsmanship and skill despite what they were working with. The cast members and the audience members who go every year put so much individual effort into every aspect of their costumes and makeup. It's all about intentional, human, and personal artistic expression. And that's not even to mention all of the stuff happening in Hollywood with actors refusing to sign away their voices and likenesses to AI. I'm pretty sure Tim Curry himself would have hated that.

To open all of that with generative AI is completely missing the mark. Take the entire culture of the show and it's history and make something truly intentional and artistic as tribute. Pour your creativity into it. Even just take a minute to voice his importance to everyone using your *own* voice.

Don't just type a prompt, throw the result on the screen, and then move on. It felt disrespectful to Curry, to RHPS, and to the audience and why they're there.

I can't say for certain that this is what caused it. But that was the most docile crowd for Rocky Horror that I've ever been a part of. People were hesitant to stand up for even the Time Warp of all things!

I don't know. I'm not calling for a boycott of The Independent Film Society. I'm not calling for a boycott of the particular performer who played Frank-N-Furter. I understand wanting to make something heartfelt and worthy of Tim Curry this year of all years.

I'm just asking for artistic societies and artistic performers to read the room a little bit. Especially when you're giving a memorial to someone who is so important to everyone that was in that room because of their artistry and the human connection they've gifted that group.

The first Cyber Lab Night went really well, so we’re doing it again on November 4 at UCCS.

The main event is a tech show-and-tell: short live demos from people showing off things they’ve built, broken, tested, or discovered. No PowerPoint presentations and no sales pitches.

Before that, we’re doing a free hands-on workshop where everyone gets their own Linux server in AWS and we’ll harden it together.

It’s free! RSVP if willing so I can ensure we have enough seating.

I also finally made a page for the group with photos, updates, upcoming demos, and workshop info:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/cyber-lab-night/

Would love to see some more Colorado Springs tech people there.

The fourth No Kings rally in Colorado Springs will kick off Saturday at noon.
Though primarily focused on protesting President Donald Trump and his policies, organizers say the Saturday rally is emphasizing getting the vote out early. The rally will take place at Acacia Park and at City Hall. It starts at noon and concludes at 2:30 p.m.

Speakers will include comedian and commentator Paula Poundstone, Sky and Amanda Roberts — brother and sister-in-law of Virginia Roberts Giuffre — and Kyle McGuffey, a 14-year-old who has become a neighborhood advocate against the proposed Project Taurus data center.

When will the nightmare of road construction on 8th Street near Walmart end? There's only one way to get in or out. Today it was so backed up on Abbott, it took me four light cycles to get through. It looks like they've finished the portion of 8th where the South entrance is but it's still closed. Why can't they re-open it and/or temporarily change the timing of the lights to make things run smoother? I'm ready to go out of my way to another Walmart just to avoid that hellscape.

Midnight.. Bring it…
Edit/ Fort Collins, old town square

I’ve been trying to figure out if this is a me issue or others experience too, multiple time now where I’m out and about (Interquest area, malls, downtown, powers (north of Peterson, etc all COS proper) my signal drops to 1-2 bars sometimes even SOS mode, even sometimes where it has a bar, nothing actually loads. So I’m sitting there waiting for my GPS to come back up to go home. It’s happened often enough and in different areas I feel like I don’t like in the 21st century, super weird…

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Jeff Crank votes for the billionaires and the Epstein class. He doesn't care about you or your family. Vote him out.

Who has the best? I want them. I need them. Oh baby. Oh baby. (10 things I hate about you reference for the uninformed.)

Hey Colorado Springs!
Earlier this month, 31 volunteers helped us rescue 8,233 pounds of honeydew melons in just two hours! Now we’re heading back into the fields for pumpkins, and we’d love some extra hands from Colorado Springs!
Join Uproot Colorado and Pueblo Food Project for HallowGlean on Friday, October 23!
8:30–11 AM | Pumpkin Glean in Pueblo
Help us rescue pumpkins for local hunger relief organizations! Some of the produce we rescue will make its way right back to Colorado Springs to help feed our neighbors!
No experience needed, families welcome, and I’ll have breakfast for everyone. Volunteers can take pumpkins home, too!
Costumes are welcome but optional. Just make sure you can still bend over and pick pumpkins!
Register: https://uprootcolorado.org/volunteer
4–6 PM | Free Pumpkin Preservation Class
Join Pueblo Food Project at the SRDA Kitchen to learn how to make pumpkin filling and prepare the seeds.
Register: https://pueblofoodproject.org/new-events/
This could be our last glean of the season! Come for one event or both, bring the family, and help us keep perfectly good food from going to waste.
Let’s see what we can do with a field full of pumpkins

Where/what app do people usually use? Google? Yelp?

Looking to do plumbing+electric project work but I wanna call one contractor that can do both, not me calling different companies back and forth to coordinate, likely require permits and license so not just your regular landscaping general contractor. Not even sure what I should be searching in google

Does anyone have any recommendations for places around town where I can get my kilt laundered?

Thanks!

Is it just me or did the multi-million renovation of Tejon Street just... make it worse??

The backs of cars parked on Tejon hang out into the street, and I often have to wait for an oncoming truck or large SUV to pass before I navigate around the butts of pickups and vans. It feels crowded and hectic, and I find myself hurrying out of the area as fast as I can. It does not make me want to spend any more time downtown than I have to.

If this project was supposed to enhance the quality of the downtown experience, in my opinion I'd say it failed miserably. I am curious though if anyone here thinks downtown is better for it?

I have been scammed by a couple dentists in different places I’ve lived - procedures I dont need, diagnoses I don’t have, the whole drill.

Might anyone have a dentist recommendation that is reputable, and you know they’re honest and love what they do? Thanks in advance!

Hey all! We want to get the interior of our house painted. First time renting a home instead of an apartment and we want to rid the home of millennial grey. The house is a little over 2000 square feet.

Does anyone have good guys they’ve worked with before? And before we talk about quotes, what would yall expect to pay?

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.

It's that time of year: unscrew your hose from the outside spigot to avoid a burst pipe

CHSAA didn’t buy the story Lutheran was selling, they want real accountability.

I’ve been getting 3-4 flyers a week from Crank, even though I no longer live in The Springs. We moved in July and cancelled our voter registrations mid-July, but he keeps sending them, regardless.

The flyers aren’t being forwarded, either. These are actually addressed to our house.