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Thunderstorms early, then partly cloudy after midnight. Low around 40F. Winds N at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 70%. Updated: May 8, 2021 @ 5:49 pm
LITERARY EVENTS
Pikes Peak Writers Virtual Open Critique 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday. Registration required: pikespeak writers.com/ppw-events/open-critique.
Virtual Write Drunk; Edit Sober With Pikes Peak Writers, learn to write without letting your inner critic get in the way and then use critical analysis to continue to work, 6:30-9 p.m. May 12. Registration required: pikespeakwriters.com/ppw-events/may-2021-write-drunk-edit-sober.
Virtual Writer Night With Pikes Peak Writers, 6:30-8:30 p.m. May 24. Registration required: pikespeakwriters.com/ppw-events/april-2021-writers-night-2.
HOT OFF THE PRESS
Recent regional author offerings:
• “The Kingdom’s Sandcastle” by Luai Qubain. Published by Rare Bird Books. Summary: Based on true events that ensued in a Middle Eastern kingdom, Louie, a closeted young gay man, has been forcibly brought back from California because of a drug rumor. Just a few weeks after his regression back into the kingdom, his mother dies under suspic
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Pikes Peak Library District will host COVID-19 vaccine clinics in partnership with Gov. Jared Polisâ Vaccines for All plan. The first clinic takes place at Sand Creek Library beginning Wednesday, May 5, with a focus on vaccinating 250 community members in Southeastern Colorado Springs.
Sand Creek Library, located at 1821 S. Academy Blvd., will host the clinic from 11 a.m.-3 p.m., with vaccinators administrating the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine while supplies last. Appointments are required and can be made online in English or Spanish directly here through the State of Coloradoâs registration website. No ID or insurance is needed, and an American Sign Language interpreter and Spanish translator will be on-site for the clinic as well.
Amazon continued its expansion in Colorado Springs last week by paying $9.1 million to buy the former Western Forge manufacturing plant, where the online giant plans to build a second local delivery station.
The company plans to demolish the former hand tool manufacturing complex at 4607 Forge Road, which closed last year after more than 50 years of toolmaking, and replace it with a nearly 105,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility that Amazon calls a delivery station, according to plans filed last year with the city of Colorado Springs. The company already operates one such facility near the Colorado Springs Airport, used to make so-called last mile deliveries to online buyers.