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Morgan Bryson, owner of Tossed food truck, is the new kitchen manager of Grazing Goat Kitchen at the recently opened Northgate second location of Goat Patch Brewing Co., 12245 Voyager Parkway. The first location of Goat Patch Brewing Co. is located at 2727 N. Cascade Ave. Bryson’s food truck is out of service until May.

“Jay Gust (owner of Ascent Restaurant Group) was a consultant for the menu design for Goat Patch,” Bryson said. “We’re using the same dough recipe that Jay uses at Pizzeria Rustica. We’re making the dough from scratch, hand-crushing our own tomato sauce, and using fresh ingredients to top the traditional Neapolitan-style pizzas.”

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For our meal we ordered the Fainting Goat Pizza ($15) and a Billyfold ($17).

What, you’ve never heard of Billyfold? Neither had we.

“In Italy, it would be called pizza portafoglio,” Gust explained via phone call. “That translates to wallet in Italian and it’s a street food in Italy.”

The Billyfold at Goat Patch is made by folding the baked pizza in half and folded again to form a triangle.

“In Naples, the triangular-shaped pizza is placed into a paper cone and served,” Gust explained. “In Italy, pizza is eaten with a knife and fork, unlike the way we pick up the slices and eat them out of hand. They do not slice pizzas before serving, so the folded method is great for eating out of hand on the street.”

The Billyfold was an amazing, delicious treat dripping with ooey-gooey cheese and sauce. The stuffing included sausage, pepperoni, tomato sauce, basil pesto, Parmesan and fresh mozzarella. There was a side of tomato sauce for dipping. Grab extra napkins to enjoy devouring this dish.

“When I was making recipes for Goat Patch, I was going for big on flavor,” Gust said. “I wanted to keep the menu low on labor for the small kitchen space and bold flavors that would pair with Goat Patch’s beer menu.”

The Fainting Goat is an example of those bold flavors. It starts with that fluffy, chewy sourdough crust, topped with homemade tomato sauce, basil pesto, fresh mozzarella, slices of Calabrian peppers and just a few drops of Calabrian spicy honey.

That Calabrian honey is a prime example of what Gust was going for in the flavor department. The combination of super-hot peppers with a hint of sweetness bursts with a surprising and pleasing zing to the tastebuds.

When we asked Bryson where we could buy the honey, she said, “We make it, it’s super easy. We just blend honey with jarred peppers. I use a ratio of four to one honey and peppers.”

On the call with Gust, he added, “If you like the honey you’ll love the goat sauce. It’s insanely delicious. I wouldn’t be surprised to see them bottle and sell it.”

The goat sauce is a Calabrian and herb dressing. And it tastes very good — worth getting a side for dipping.

The menu is tight and small. There are five signature pizzas ($13-$15) with the option of creating your own adventure from a list of toppings ranging from $1 to $3 each. There are a couple of salads, hummus, roasted broccoli and a couple of desserts. The current hours are 11 a.m.- 10 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Details: 719-300-8870, goatpatchbrewing.com/northgate.

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Joseph’s Restaurant & Bar, 1603 S. 8th St., is offering a wine dinner at 7 p.m. April 30. For $120 you get four courses paired with wine. Details: 719-630-3631, facebook.com/JosephsFineDining.

Hotel Polaris, 8989 North Gate Blvd., will offer several Easter Day activities:

• Pamela’s will have brunch 7 a.m.-4 p.m. with entrée choices like Colorado lamb Benedict, honey-glazed ham and cheddar biscuit sandwich and spring vegetable and goat cheese frittata. Dinner menus are 5-9 pm. Reservations through Open Table. Details: 833-311-5581, thehotelpolaris.com/easteractivities.

• Golden Easter Egg Hunt on the Flat Iron Plaza 10 a.m.-2 p.m. At the top of each hour more than 250 eggs will be scattered throughout the Terrance. The lucky guest who finds the golden egg during each hunt will win a free night stay at the hotel.

• Airplane Decorating at noon. There will be a balsa wood/paper airplane building and decorating session. Guests can decorate, then fly their planes for a chance to win several prizes including the hotel’s signature Cadet Teddy Bears or free milkshakes in Doolies.

• Face Painting 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

• Live music in the lobby throughout the morning and early afternoon.

Here are a couple of places taking reservations for Easter Day brunch buffets. Reservations required:

• Joseph’s Restaurant & Bar, 1603 S. 8th St., 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost is $59 per person (plus tax and tip). Details: 719-630-3631, facebook.com/JosephsFineDining.

• The Carter Payne, 320 S. Weber St., 10-2:30 p.m. Cost is $45 per person (plus tax and tip). Details: 719-306-5006, facebook.com/carterpaynecs.

Old Chicago Pizza + Taproom has introduced the Cantina menu and Cinco Beer Tour through May 25. Here’s a look at the menu available at multiple locations for the eatery. Visit oldchicago.com.

• Nacho Average Pizza: homemade crust topped with creamy queso sauce, ground beef or grilled chicken, tomatoes, pickled red onions, jalapeños, and mozzarella.

• Ranchero Quesadilla: cheddar and pepper jack cheese, crispy chicken, bacon, red peppers, and onions, served with spicy ranch for dipping.

• Queso Bueno: beer-infused queso with spinach, tomatoes, and hot sauce, served with crispy wonton chips.

• Southwest Chicken Pasta: penne pasta with grilled chicken, peppers, onions, green chile pepper sauce, and pepper jack cheese.

• Churro Bites: cream cheese-filled pastries, fried and dusted with cinnamon and sugar, served with chocolate and caramel dipping sauces.

• Ginger Paloma: a cocktail made with Milagro Silver tequila, lime juice, Fever Tree Sparkling Pink Grapefruit, and Fever Tree Ginger Beer.

Multiple medical marijuana stores in Colorado Springs are preparing for Tuesday morning, when they will be able to make the first legal recreational sales in the city.

The launch of sales is a result of the ballot measure voters passed during the November election that allowed medical marijuana stores in Colorado Springs to receive a retail sales license for the first time. The ballot measure language specified that sales could not start until after April 14.

City licensing records show that 27 businesses had received their retail marijuana licenses from Colorado Springs as of Friday afternoon, which includes 24 retail stores and three recreational cultivators. Another store had a license listed "pending inspection," which is the final review by the Colorado Springs Fire Department and the City Clerk's Office.

Retail stores also need to be licensed by the Marijuana Enforcement Division of the Colorado Department of Revenue before they can start making sales.

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Native Roots Cannabis is preparing to start sales Tuesday at all four of its Colorado Springs locations, including the three gas station hybrid stores. Native Roots spokeswoman Liz Zurowski said the sales had been a long time coming for the city, so they wanted to open as soon as feasible.

Tuesday is also the first day the new licenses allow businesses to ship in and handle recreational products. Zurowski said the Native Roots stores would be getting products in early Tuesday, working around the possible lines of customers waiting outside, and setting them on display for a 10 a.m. opening.

"It's kind of business as usual because we are good members of the community but we are trying to put our best foot forward, so we make a positive impression on everyone in Colorado Springs," Zurowski said. "It is a privilege to be able to serve recreational consumers here."

The Epic Remedy owns three approved stories along with two of the addresses that have been granted cultivation licenses. Epic Remedy co-owner Renze Waddington was one of the two plaintiffs who sued to prevent the City Council from running a ballot question in April to reverse the approval of sales.

Other chains with multiple licensed locations in Colorado Springs are Pure, with three stores; Silver Stem Fine Cannabis, with two stores; and Apothecary Farms, with two stores.

On the brink of its 50th season Theatreworks has a new artistic director.

Max Shulman, a longtime professor in the University of Colorado Colorado Springs theater and dance department, will become the professional regional theater company's third artistic director in its five decades-long history. He takes over for Caitlin Lowans, who left in February for a role as artistic director of Ten Thousand Things Theater in Minneapolis.

Murray Ross founded Theatreworks in 1975 and served as its artistic director for more than four decades until his death in 2017.

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"They (Theatreworks) are living their mission statement and producing excellent, challenging work," Shulman said. "They're caring for artists and the community and that’s what most excited me to be part of an organization so effectively following its mission and having such integrity in the work. Colorado Springs deserves a unique and excellent theater producing work that speaks to it."

Shulman currently serves as director of the Heller Center for the Arts and Humanities at UCCS and director of the HomeFront Theatre Project, which creates events around the issues facing veterans and the local military community. He's also directed multiple productions over his eight years at the university, including "An Iliad," "Pericles" and "Henry IV/V."

He'll take over the new role in July and also continue to teach, though he'll step down from the Heller Center.

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Theatreworks will reveal its 2025-2026 season during the free 50th Birthday Season Sharing Party. It's at 7 p.m. Monday at Ent Center for the Arts.

In addition to Shulman, Theatreworks also announced a new position: general director. While the artistic director guides the creative vision and supports the artists and technicians working on productions, the general director will oversee the strategic and operational direction of the company. Shulman will help in the candidate selection process.

"Theatreworks will now be led by two senior positions," wrote Ent Center for the Arts Executive Director David Siegel in a press release. "This new structure reflects what we’ve heard from our community — the need for increased capacity, clearer focus and sustainable support for the people who make the work happen. It’s a model that will allow us to grow with intention and imagination."

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Though the new season was put together by the departed Lowans, and includes a show Shulman was already set to direct, he'll be responsible for next year's lineup.

"Colorado Springs seems to have an ever-changing identity that draws so many kinds of people," he said. "I want every play to speak to that identity and diversity and strangeness and wonderfulness. With all that’s happening in the world I'm especially interested in thinking about what it means to be an American and some of our play choices will reflect that. That could mean going back to the classics in the way they speak to the notions of citizenry or early contemporary work that speaks about what it means to be in this nation in this moment."

SATURDAY

Buy, sell or swap bike gear at the 2025 Colorado Springs Bike Swap by the nonprofits Kids on Bikes and Colorado Springs Mountain Bike Association, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Soccer Haus, 4845 List Drive. $5 at the door or online at cosmba.org/bikeswap.

SATURDAY

Experience the beauty of Ukrainian Easter with its culture, craftsmanship, art, music and food, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at TEV Edelweiss, 17832 CO-8, Morrison. Money raised by Ukrainians of Colorado goes to humanitarian aid and war frontline assistance. Tickets $10 at the door or tickettailor.com/events/ukrainianscolorado/1619711

FRIDAY

See some of the best films of the year during Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival's "Shorts Night" at Stargazers Theatre, 5:30-9 p.m. Friday. A perfect time to see award winners. Popcorn and candy while you watch. Dinner items and cocktails for purchase. rmwfilm.org

FRIDAY

It's that song! Come to dance at the Pink Pony Club during Chappell Roan/Sapphic Night, 9-11:55 p.m. at Lulu's Downtown. First local show by The Pink Pony Show and All Your Stupid Friends. $15. lulusmusic.co/shows/pink-pony-club-chappell-roan-sapphic-night-11-apr

FRIDAY-SATURDAY

Downtown Pueblo will be rocking this weekend with the Steel City Music Showcase. More than 40 headliners on 5 stages. Add to that food trucks, vendors, Plus Art by Graffiti Kids and a Saturday after-party. $25 day pass, $45 for the weekend. steelcitymusicshowcase.org

FRIDAY-SUNDAY

Searching for a comic whodunnit? It's the final weekend before the curtain goes down on "The Butler Did It, Again!" at Butte Theatre in Cripple Creek., Friday-Sunday. The sequel to the popular "The Butler Did It." Tickets $18. ci.ovationtix.com/35629/production/1225637

FRIDAY-SUNDAY

Everything about hunting and fishing and even competitions on how to call wildlife and sound like them, too, at the Mile High Hunt and Fish Expo. A big schedule of sportsman and how-to events at Gaylord Rockies Resort in Aurora, mikehighhuntexpo.com.

SATURDAY

An annual wild and fun time in the ski area awaits at Steamboat's Cardboard Classic with everyone racing down the mountains in homemade cardboard boxes. Stampede Run participants, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., build creations out of cardboard, glue, string, water based paint, duct tape, masking tape, balloons and other decorations. tinyurl.com/c4s4fsxn.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY

Wondering who's got the buttons? They're in Denver this weekend at the Colorado Button Society Show and Sale at Embassy Suites by Hilton at Denver Central Park, 4444 Havana St. Vintage and contemporary buttons and some that are little works of art on display and sale by vendors. The theme is “Celebrating Women” and Saturday at 2 p.m. Denver's Legendary Ladies will be featured as some of the Colorado famous women. Free shows are Saturday at 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free parking code E9FAB01E.

MONDAY

Help Theatreworks open its 50th year with a party announcing its 2025-26 season. Toast what productions will be coming and maybe make plans for your theater year at Ent Center for the Arts, 7 p.m. Monday. The evening is free but reservations are requested: [email protected].

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - Yellow signs posted across the Pikes Peak region say luxurious items like fine art and jewelry, even a new sports car, are up for auction this Saturday, but a deeper dive finds those items might not be worth much.

The signs have been seen along major corridors in Colorado Springs like Academy Boulevard, Austin Bluffs Parkway, Interquest Parkway, Woodmen Road, and Garden of the Gods Road to name a few.

The signs don’t have a company name. They do list a “U.S. Department of Legal Impound,” but no such agency appears to exist. The signs have a Colorado Springs area code phone number. No one answered when 11 News called initially, but a follow up text from a New York area code number was sent with details about the upcoming so-called auction, including parking information and forms of payment accepted.

No location was shared until Friday, the day before the event. Another text from a New York number was sent, saying the event was at The Antlers, a Wyndham Hotel downtown Colorado Springs. 11 News reached out to The Antlers and had not heard back at the time of this writing.

Rich Schur is the Chief Operating Officer at Schur Success Group in Monument where he is a professional auctioneer. He says, questionable auction practices have been sweeping the country for years and the signs posted recently in the Pikes Peak Region raise many red flags for him.

“The public is going to have that perception that they are a legitimate operation ... They’re unethical and dishonest in my opinion,” Schur said. “It’s incredibly scary because they are very skilled at what they do. That’s their motive ... To convince you that the merchandise is high-end, high-quality. You are going to spend way above what those items are actually worth and you’re probably not going to suspect anything until down the road.”

CBS Chicago investigated pop-up auctions sweeping the U.S., all of which appear to be marketed using similar signage to what’s been seen in Colorado Springs this week.

11 News reached out to an attorney possibly representing the people who might be behind the pop-up auction in Colorado Springs, but no response had been received at the time of this writing.

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Space is becoming more crowded and as the number of satellites increases, so too does the risk of a collision, highlighting the need for multimode propulsion in spacecraft, according to industry panelists at the 40th Space Symposium.

Multimode means an engine that can operate in a high efficiency/low thrust mode and a high thrust/low efficiency mode. This gives them flexibility to stay in orbit as needed — most spacecraft orbits naturally decay, especially in low earth orbit — but also dodge incoming threats if they emerge.

One Colorado company, Agile Industries, is leading the charge with their Hesperus design. The engine uses hydrazine as a fuel, which CEO Chris Pearson says allows for more immediate introduction because the infrastructure for it already exists.

“We have a gas reactor that turns hydrazine into nitrogen and hydrogen, meaning we can use pure hydrazine for normal (monopropellant) thrusters. … But then we actually use the decomposed gases to get the high efficiency performance,” he said, adding that Agile is currently working with the Space Force. “There's hardware that's being put together, and we're going to be testing in the summer.”

Hydrazine has fueled spacecraft since World War II, so Agile isn’t trying to reinvent the wheel.

Other members of the panel like Phase Four’s Chief Technology Officer Umair Siddiqui admit that hydrazine is great but may not be the fuel of the future.

Towards the end of the panel, Siddiqui said we may one day look back on hydrazine as we see sailboats today: antiquated.

“My bet is the first multimode systems deployed in the new space generation is going to be hydrazine based ... (but) that doesn't mean we shouldn't explore and continue to develop other propellants,” Siddiqui said. “Industries are testing new green propellants. ... And the Air Force Research Lab is continuing to push forward a new green propellant called ascent.”

All of the new propellant concepts have their own pros, cons and cost curves, he said, but they still warrant investment and investigation.

While Pearson may have a natural preference to working with hydrazine, as Agile Industries is building a multimode engine to use it, Adam Dissel, the director of transformation, space propulsion & power systems at L3Harris Technologies is more agnostic in choosing his “favorite” propellant. He joked that if something is a good propellant or oxidizer, it’s probably dangerous.

“We actually at L3Harris are working on some new propellants to bring to the table (and they are) best fit for the mission,” he said. “So I think, really important is to make sure that we deliver on the capabilities that are really needed.”

Dissel supports using both hydrazine as a near term solution while growing and fostering the infrastructure needed for other options. By using older, “heritage” designs and fuels, companies can insert multimode propellant and engines into spacecraft faster, fulfilling the pressing need for it currently.

But the challenges for a business in operation now comes down to “demand signals,” Pearson said. As a business person, he needs to have an idea of how large a certain market is before going in and making investment decisions.

Over the course of the panel, Pearson said speakers touched on seven applications for multimode propulsion, all related to national security, civil and commercial space.

“You need to, in my opinion, do some kind of collaborative trade studies, where you're really looking at these different applications: Where is that sweet spot?” he said. “I've got an idea of how big the market is, I'm very excited about it, otherwise I wouldn't be up here. But we need to work it out together, and then we can bring this capability to market faster.”