ICYMI | Lulu's music venue finds new home in Colorado Springs

PLUS | Colorado bill that would have required residents to register, pay for pets postponed indefinitely; Colorado House speaker turns away families of Hamas victims from chamber and more. [View in browser]( [Share with a friend]( Springs PM Update Good evening! Today is Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. Catch up on everything going on in Colorado in 5 minutes. [Lulu's music venue finds new home in Colorado Springs]( Lulu's Downstairs is moving up some floors — and becoming Lulu's Downtown. The entertainment venue, which announced it would be closing its location in Manitou Springs last week, will be moving into the space formerly occupied by Studio 32 Discotheque on the second floor of 32 S. Tejon St. The {NAME} Cohn Group, which owns the downtown Colorado Springs building, confirmed the move. [Read More]( ['Being Michelle' star coming to Colorado Springs for screening]( Roundup Fellowship, a nonprofit helping kids and adults with developmental disabilities, is bringing the filmmaker and subject behind the documentary "Being Michelle" to Colorado Springs. [Read More]( [Bobby Witt Jr. inks benchmark extension with Royals after breakout year | Luke's Rapid Reaction]( Bobby Witt Jr. will be in Kansas City for a long time after Monday’s announcement. According to ESPN's Jeff Passan, the Royals shortstop signed an 11-year, $288.7 million contract extension and is guaranteed more money than all but 15 players in league history. [Read More]( [Colorado bill that would have required residents to register, pay for pets postponed indefinitely]( A bill that would have required Colorado residents to pay an annual pet registration fee or face steep penalties for not doing so was postponed indefinitely Monday morning. If approved, every pet, including fish, would have cost residents $8.50 per animal a year. [Read More]( [Arapahoe Basin Ski Area to become an Alterra Mountain Company property]( After 27 years of ownership, Dream Unlimited Corporation will sell Arapahoe Basin Ski Area to Alterra Mountain Company, the resort said in a release Monday. The deal is expected to close later in 2024, adding Arapahoe Basin to Alterra’s portfolio of destinations in Colorado. [Read More]( [No offseason for these Colorado Springs kayakers: Winter key for skills, camaraderie]( It was a strange sight on what was a record cold day in Colorado Springs: close to 20 people unloading kayaks from their Suburus and trucks. “We wanna get in the water!” remarked Kurt Schroeder. [Read More]( [Colorado House speaker turns away families of Hamas victims from chamber, while Senate welcomes them]( A delegation of Israeli officials and representatives of six families of hostages and victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack was turned away at the House doors Monday by House Speaker Julie McCluskie. [Read More]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube]( Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up [here.]( Engage in the conversation in [today's eEdition]( Interested in podcasts? Check out ours [here]( Already subscribed? [Log in.]( Manage your email preferences or unsubscribe [here.]( 30 East Pikes Peak Avenue, Suite 100 Colorado Springs, CO 80903