Feb. 22 Spirit of the Springs rally Mayor Steve Bach will host the winter rally for the Spirit of the Springs program from 5 to 7 p.m. in Armstrong Hall at Colorado College. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, go to bachsoffice.com. Community leadership award nominations Leadership Pikes Peak [...]

Feb. 8 CC economics and business series Bill Craighead, assistant professor of economics at Wesleyan University, will present “Monetary Shocks and Real Exchange Rates: Evidence From Two Centuries” at 2:30 p.m. in Palmer Hall. The event, which is free and open to the public, is part of the Colorado College Economics and Business Department 2012-13 [...]

Feb. 4 Lions Heart Celebration Tickets are on sale now for the Colorado Springs Christian Schools 2013 Lions Heart Celebration, which will honor Tim Tebow this year. The event is April 13 at Broadmoor Hall and tickets are $85 and $50 for children ages 3 to 10. The event includes dinner and the program with [...]

Jan. 29 Minding Your Business Learn how to research starting or growing a business or how to find a job in a class from 1 to 3 p.m. at Sand Creek Library. This class covers print sources, electronic databases and websites to help find information on industry, competition, vendors, financials and more. Pikes Peak Regional [...]

Jan. 19 H&R Block on retirement An H&R Block presentation dealing with retirement planning will be at 11 a.m. at Cheyenne Mountain Library. The session will cover relying on nest eggs, Social Security benefits and taxation of retirement-plan distributions. Jan. 22 Career Compass — Job Search Help Learn about the library’s computer resources that can [...]

Jan.12 Paying for college Barbara Swiatek, with the National Association of College Funding Advisors, will host a free workshop on “How to Pay for College without Going Broke” from 10:15 to 11:45 a.m. at the East Library, 5550 N. Union Blvd. Swiatek will discuss federal financial aid forms and give tips on how to pick [...]

Jan. 7 H&R Block Tax Talk H&R Block professionals will be on hand from 6 to 9 p.m. at the East Library to discuss tax filing procedures for property owners. For details go to ppld.org. Jan. 8 PVG Pitch Night Peak Venture Group will host its next Pitch Night at 5:30 p.m. at Epicentral Coworking, [...]

Jan. 9 Buzz with the B’s The Better Business Bureau of Southern Colorado will host Buzz with the B’s, a quarterly breakfast to give businesses an opportunity to discuss current issues, trends and provide a forum for a fresh flow of ideas. It will be from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at Trinity Brewing Company, 1466 [...]

Jan. 17 Lunch-n-learn The city’s next “Green Bag Lunch-n-Learn” will be from 12:11 to 12:49 p.m. at the City Administration Building, 30 S. Nevada Ave., suite 102. A panel will discuss how the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Colorado College, Colorado Springs School District 11, Academy School District 20, Harrison School District 2 and the [...]

Dec. 15 Computer class An Excel II class will be from 8:30 to 10 a.m. at Penrose Library. Participants will learn more complex formatting, charts, formulas and sorting of an Excel worksheet. Prerequisites: completion of Excel I. Dec. 18 CC transportation study Colorado College hosts a working group meeting from 4 to 6:30 p.m. at [...]