Peak Town Square

By Studio 809 Podcasts

Join us in the town square! Colorado Springs’ movers and shakers take the mic to share what’s happening in our city. Politics, art, culture, recreation, business, food and health – everything is on th... more

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May 22, 2023 Sneak Preview: Music You’ll Hear at MeadowGrass Music Festival 2023
Get a taste of what you’ll hear under the sun and stars this Memorial Day weekend in the Black Forest. MeadowGrass Music Festival Music Director Steve Harris drops by the studio to fill us in on the artists who’ll grace the stage and give us a musical sampling from some of the bands.

In this episode we hear the music of The Coffis Brothers, Red Moon Rounder, Donna the Buffalo, The Commonheart, Cha Wa and Twisted Pine. Find the full lineup at rockymountainhighway.org.
MeadowGrass takes place May 26-28, 2023 at La Foret Conference & Retreat Center in Black Forest. Nicole also shares details about other music events this summer (see links below).
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
MeadowGrass info and tickets
About Peak Town Square:
Join us in the town square! Colorado Springs’ movers and shakers take the mic to share what’s happening in our city. Politics, art, culture, recreation, business, food and health – everything is on the table.
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May 13, 2023 A Deeper Connection: MeadowGrass Music Festival 2023
MeadowGrass Music Festival is a great way to start the summer, connect with friends, enjoy community, and include the kids. Nicole Nicoletta, Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Highway Music Collaborative, fills us in on everything the festival has to offer. If you’ve never been, this is a good opportunity to learn what to expect and what to bring.
MeadowGrass takes place May 26-28, 2023 at La Foret Conference & Retreat Center in Black Forest. Nicole also shares details about other music events this summer (see links below).
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
MeadowGrass info and tickets
Rocky Mountain Flower Fest – July 29
La Foret Conference & Retreat Center
Root Center for Yoga and Sacred Studies
Boredom Fighters
Kids on Bikes
Millibo Art Theatre
Concrete Couch
Explore With Media
About Peak Town Square:
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October 11, 2022 Two Chicano Warriors Fight Southern Colorado Battles
In this Indigenous Peoples’ Day conversation, Joe Barrera and George Autobee discuss the truth about Christopher Columbus and share heartfelt stories about serving in Vietnam and the physical and emotional combat wounds. George also tells Joe about his voter registration project, Pueblo politics and a battle between Chicanos and Italians.

Joe Barrera, Ph.D., has lived in Colorado Springs since 1968. Joe graduated from The Colorado College with a degree in English, earned the MA in English at Claremont Graduate School in California, and his Ph.D. in American Literature at the University of Texas at Austin. He taught at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, at Pikes Peak Community College, and The Colorado College. He was the founder of the Sister Cities Mural Art Project and coordinated mural art projects with artists from our sister cities in Mexico and Australia. Joe launched and published The Almagre Review/La Revista Almagre, a literary journal with contributors from all over the U.S. and from other countries.
George Autobee is co-founder of Pueblo Voter Registration Project Inc. and president/CEO of World Demographic Research LLC. He lives in Colorado City, CO.
About Peak Town Square:
Join us in the town square! Colorado Springs’ movers and shakers take the mic to share what’s happening in our city. Politics, art, culture, recreation, business, food and health – everything is on the table. These partner organizations contribute episodes:
Colorado Springs Business Journal
Colorado Springs Independent
Downtown Partnership of Colorado Springs
Southeast Express

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October 07, 2022 Arts Month October 2022
Walk, don’t run, to the virtual buffet of cultural activities happening during Arts Month in Colorado Springs. Andy Vick, executive director of the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region (COPPeR), shares some highlights and explains what Arts Month is all about. Andy invites us all to get off the couch and try something new and invigorating.
LINKS:
Arts Month – events, merchandise, and a contest
Peak Radar – the online cultural calendar of the Pikes Peak Region
Sustainability in Progress – presentations by Andy Vick of COPPeR and Natalie Johnson of the Manitou Art Center
October 19, 12 noon
RSVP here
Arts Vision 2030
Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region
About Peak Town Square:
Join us in the town square! Colorado Springs’ movers and shakers take the mic to share what’s happening in our city. Politics, art, culture, recreation, business, food and health – everything is on the table. These partner organizations contribute episodes:
Colorado Springs Business Journal
Colorado Springs Independent
Downtown Partnership of Colorado Springs
Southeast Express

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September 07, 2022Blues on the Mesa 2022
“Steady Rollin” Bob Margolin joins Amy and George Whitesell for a sneak preview of music and details about the music festival at Gold Hill Mesa on October 1, 2022.
Margolin is a guitar player and singer who tours worldwide. He delivers original songs and the spirit of Chicago Blues that he learned onstage and in the studio with Muddy Waters from 1973 to 1980. The festival directors have been bringing music to the area since 2006 through A Music Company. Blues on the Mesa debuted in 2021, and returns this year even stronger.
We hear clips from several other artists slated to appear at the festival. The festival lineup:
Frank Sinclair, Co-Master of Ceremonies
King Solomon Hicks
Bob Margolin and the Delta Sonics
Hazel Miller & The Collective
Lionel Young Band
Mojomama
LINKS:
Blues on the Mesa – October 1 at Gold Hill Mesa, 11:30 am to 6pm
Tickets and Information
Bob Margolin
A Music Company
Pinetop Perkins Foundation
About Peak Town Square:
Join us in the town square! Colorado Springs’ movers and shakers take the mic to share what’s happening in our city. Politics, art, culture, recreation, business, food and health – everything is on the table. These partner organizations contribute episodes:
Colorado Springs Business Journal
Colorado Springs Independent
Downtown Partnership of Colorado Springs
Southeast Express

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August 28, 2022 What If Festival of Innovation & Imagination 2022
Leave your inhibitions at home and unleash your creativity at the What IF Festival in downtown Colorado Springs on Saturday, September 10. This free festival offers over 100 interactive experiences in engineering, science, technology, and the arts – for people of all ages.
The festival’s Deborah Thornton, Curious Choreographer of Creativity, and Betsy McClenahan, Magical Maestro of Music & Movement, share the history of the festival, it’s culture and purpose, and what we can expect at this year’s event.
What If Festival of Innovation & Imagination 2022
Saturday, September 10, 2022
10 a.m. to 4 p.m
Downtown Colorado Springs (Tejon St. and Cascade Ave. between Colorado and Vermijo)
Studio 809 Podcasts appreciates the generous support of Gold Hill Mesa
About Peak Town Square:
Join us in the town square! Colorado Springs’ movers and shakers take the mic to share what’s happening in our city. Politics, art, culture, recreation, business, food and health – everything is on the table. These partner organizations contribute episodes:
Colorado Springs Business Journal
Colorado Springs Independent
Downtown Partnership of Colorado Springs
Southeast Express

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July 20, 2022 Music at the Indy: Ryan Flores
Get to know Colorado Springs musician Ryan Flores, and hear him perform three original songs. Ryan sits down with Indy Editor-in-Chief Bryan Grossman in the studio at the Indy to chat – and perform a “tiny studio concert.” Learn how Ryan got his start in music, and what he is doing in terms of performing and recording. Ryan will be onstage July 27 as part of the free outdoor concert series, Music at the Indy.
Ryan Flores
July 27, 2022, 6 to 8 pm (Colorado Farm and Art Market at 3 pm)
235 S. Nevada Ave. (the Indy parking lot, across Nevada from the Pioneers Museum)
Colorado Springs
See Music at the Indy for more details.
Here’s the rest of this summer’s Music at the Indy concert lineup:
JULY 27 – RYAN FLORES
AUGUST 31 – INTERROBANG
SEPTEMBER 28 – CC WELLS
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Music at the Indy
Heart Shaped Records
Ryan Flores on Instagram
Ryan Flores Band on Facebook
Ceremony of Hands – poetry by Ryan Flores
Phil Long Dealerships (sponsor of Music at the Indy)
About Peak Town Square:
Join us in the town square! Colorado Springs’ movers and shakers take the mic to share what’s happening in our city. Politics, art, culture, recreation, business, food and health – everything is on the table. These partner organizations contribute episodes:
Colorado Springs Business Journal
Colorado Springs Independent
Downtown Partnership of Colorado Springs
Southeast Express

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June 16, 2022 Music at the Indy: Joe Johnson and Grant Sabin
Get to know Colorado Springs musicians Joe Johnson and Grant Sabin, and hear them perform three original songs.
Joe and Grant sat down with Indy Editor-in-Chief Bryan Grossman in the new in-house studio at the Indy to chat – and perform a “tiny studio concert.” Their connection and respect for each other (“eternal and inevitable”) shines throughout this conversation. Learn how Joe and Grant met and began performing together. Get their take on the blues. Joe Johnson can’t stand music snobs, but some of his best friends ARE music snobs. Learn what they’re up to, what they’re recording, and more. Joe and Grant will be onstage June 22 as part of the free outdoor concert series, Music at the Indy.
Joe Johnson and Grant Sabin
June 22, 2022, 6 to 8 pm (Colorado Farm and Art Market at 3 pm)
235 S. Nevada Ave. (the Indy parking lot, across Nevada from the Pioneers Museum)
Colorado Springs
Here’s this summer’s Music at the Indy concert lineup:
JUNE 22 – JOE JOHNSON
JULY 27 – RYAN FLORES
AUGUST 31 – INTERROBANG
SEPTEMBER 28 – CC WELLS
LINKS:
Music at the Indy
Joe Johnson
Grant Sabin

Special thanks to Studio 809 Supporter and Community Partner, Springs Homes
About Peak Town Square:
Join us in the town square! Colorado Springs’ movers and shakers take the mic to share what’s happening in our city. Politics, art, culture, recreation, business, food and health – everything is on the table. These partner organizations contribute episodes:
Colorado Springs Business Journal
Colorado Springs Independent
Downtown Partnership of Colorado Springs
Southeast Express

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June 13, 2022 Summer of Music: Rocky Mountain Highway Music Collaborative
Rocky Mountain Highway Music Collaborative Executive Director (and MeadowGrass director) Nicole Nicoletta sat down with Studio 809 Podcasts’ Dave Gardner at the MeadowGrass Music Festival to debrief on the festival and to share details of other live, local music events planned for the summer.

Rocky Mountain Highway Music Collaborative
EVENTS DISCUSSED
Rocky Mountain FlowerFest
June 25, 2pm to 10 pm
Venetucci Farm
Music and Flowers
August 19-21
Summerfest German Festival
September 10
Mountain of the Sun

About Peak Town Square:
Join us in the town square! Colorado Springs’ movers and shakers take the mic to share what’s happening in our city. Politics, art, culture, recreation, business, food and health – everything is on the table. These partner organizations contribute episodes:
Colorado Springs Business Journal
Colorado Springs Independent
Downtown Partnership of Colorado Springs
Southeast Express

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May 23, 2022 MeadowGrass Music Festival This Weekend
The MeadowGrass Music Festival starts this Friday, May 27 and features live Americana Music under the sun and stars through Sunday. Festival Director Nicole Nicoletta updates us on all the attractions – the Faricy Boys KidZone, the VIP Experience, camping, great food, and more.
The MeadowGrass Music Festival is a Memorial Day Weekend outdoor tradition in Black Forest, CO. It’s brought to us by the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Highway Music Collaborative, a community-focused music cooperative.

LINKS:
MeadowGrass Music Festival – information and tickets
MeadowGrass 2022 Music Lineup
MeadowGrass Music Festival 2022 Preview Episode of Peak Town Square
Rocky Mountain Highway Music Collaborative app
Official MeadowGrass 2022 Spotify Playlist
Special thanks to Studio 809 Supporter and Community Partner, Springs Homes
About Peak Town Square:
Join us in the town square! Colorado Springs’ movers and shakers take the mic to share what’s happening in our city. Politics, art, culture, recreation, business, food and health – everything is on the table. These partner organizations contribute episodes:
Colorado Springs Business Journal
Colorado Springs Independent
Downtown Partnership of Colorado Springs
Southeast Express

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FAQs about Peak Town Square:

How many episodes does Peak Town Square have?

The podcast currently has 102 episodes available.