There will be contests, games and giveaways, as well as coffee for the parents of these hyperactive readers. Admission to both events is free. In fact, today at Bancroft Park , 24th Street and Colorado Avenue, some of the Springs' top chefs will cook locally grown produce and sell it to you to raise funds for Chefs Collaborative Colorado , an effort to join area farmers and restaurants in selling and serving topnotch fresh produce. Joining our local culinary leaders will be high-profile guest chefs from Boston and Vermont. Join them in Old Colorado City from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Chefs in Shades will be accompanied by live music, informative speakers and educational booths.
Admission is free.
Call 632-4887 for info. For one day only, the pretty ponies will show off their intricate, exhaustive and well-borne training, once at 2 p.m. and again at 6 p.m. The masterful musician will perform An Evening of the Gypsy Violin as part of the Aspen Music Festival at Harris Concert Hall, in the ski village. 10 Monday Forget picking up the dry cleaning, spend your lunch hour listening to some beautiful performances of Colorado College Summer Music Festival students. Colorado Springs' musical darling Christopher Wilkins conducts the Colorado College Festival Orchestra in Packard Hall tonight.