Entertainment

SpringsGiveaways Has New Deals for You Every Day

Have you checked out ColoradoSpringsGiveaways.com? You should! They have giveaways (translation: FREE), with new stuff every day. For excample, you can win lunch for two at a local restaurant and tickets to the Colorado Springs Philharmonic or other local ticketed event. There’s supposedly a new giveaway contest every weekday, including restaurants, spas, retail shops and entertainment venues. To find […]

National Parks Offer Lots of Free Activities and Entertainment

National parks – “America’s Best Idea” – offer a wealth of free entertainment options. Admission is modest for what they have to offer. Even if you pay to get in ($25 or less for a carload for seven days), there are a multitude of activities that don’t cost a penny. Here are a few ideas […]

Vacation Travel Doesn’t Have to Break the Piggybank

Travel can be expensive Here, from our sister site, Living on the Cheap, are some tips to cut costs. 1. Before you go, order a visitors guide from the state tourism board or convention and visitors bureau of the place you will be visiting. Often the guide will have money-saving coupons to local attractions, accommodations […]

Run for Fun and a Cheap Glass of Beer at Jack Quinn’s Irish Pub

Love to run? Love to quaff a fine beer or ale? Well, you can combine the two when you join Jack Quinn’s Runner’s Club. Hundreds of runners meet up at 6 p.m. Tuesdays to do a 5K run through downtown Colorado Springs. They work up a good thirst and quench it with $2.50 pints of Odell’s […]

Library Express Lets you Check Out Books, DVDs Yourself

Don’t get to the library as often as you’d like? You’re missing out on all that FREE reading! So listen up! You now can pick up the latest bestseller from the Library Express Kiosk at 3327 New Cinema Point in the First & Main Town Center on Powers Bolulevard. The service is FREE. Just scan […]

Check out Free Current Movies at Any Local Library

OK, you’ve seen “Sound of Music” 50 times … but you want to see it again. Or maybe something more current, like “Hunger Games.” You can borrow older movies for a week, newer ones for three days, from libraries and branches of the Pikes Peak Library District. They’re FREE with your library card. Cheaper than renting […]