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Saturday Sept. 19th10am 4pm

Engineering, Science, Technology Celebrate Local Food Growers 3D Printing, Planes, Rockets, Robots Sing “Amerikazoo the Beautiful” Live Music on Three Stages Delicious Festival Fare & Beer Garden Interactive Games & Challenges

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One of the f irst questions artists, musicians, entrepreneurs, explorers, inventors & scientists ask when they begin a new endeavor is

What If...? You’re invited…

to spend the day laughing, playing, discovering, learning, and connecting to new ideas, new people, and new experiences!

SATURDAY SEPT. 19th Welcome to a Day of Wows! FAMILY H ISTORY Delve into your

intergenerational family! Pioneers Museum

77. Meet the Museum. Pick up your family

history passport to explore the museum.

78. Family Recipes. Create your own recipe cards for shared meals

and mixed palates!

79. Your Story. Learn how to share meaningful

memories through oral history!

80. Family Games. Play favorite games

from the past!

81. Changes through Time. See how our city has changed through

its history.

82. Family Photos. Explore the evolution

of photography.

83. The Art of Folding. Learn to make origami. Midland International School

84. Experiment Experience. Exciting science experiments! D11 Science Enrichment

85. Painting without a Brush. Create art with a straw! Colorado Springs Education Association

86. Play with Your Food! Paint with vegetables to make a new kind of art! Whole Foods Market

87. Robot Romp. Operate a robot, watch it play games! Rocky Mountain Robotics

88. Getting Nervous. A NASA-designed device will show you the interference in your central nervous system! Smith Chiropractic

89. Tower Power. Build a giant cardboard tower! Concrete Couch

90. On the Radio. Get interviewed on a real radio broadcast! KCMJ 93.9 Community Radio

91. You Should Be Dancing. Get down with an interactive dance experience! PEAK School of Dance

92. Live Theater in The Gazebo. Watch area actors from local theatre companies perform 15 minute segments from upcoming plays.

93. Edible Landscapes. Learn how to plant landscapes you can eat! Edible Landscape Committee, El Paso County Parks

94. Bag Toss Time! Win a prize by tossing your zip code in a 10-hole corn toss!

95. The Wonder of Water. See a diorama of our region’s water supply. CS Utilities

96. Quick Draw Painting. Artist Tracy Miller begins and finishes a painting in 2 hours! 10am-Noon

Face Painting! All Ages. Pink Rabbit Face and Body Painting

97. World Artisans. Purchase beautiful products made by fair trade artisans from developing countries. Help those in need! [$] Yobel Market

98. Innovative Dance Dancing with umbrellas, math, and more! Ormao Dance Company and School

02. Ask Karnak the Kat. Catty games and feline fun! Feline Rescue Network

3. 3x3 A New Field Game. This isn’t baseball, it’s less, and so much more! Swingline Sport

04. Mix Martial Arts, Dance, & Music. What if you combined unique elements into a fun and stunning performance? Brazilian Capoeira

05. Down the Corn Hole! Play to your heart’s content, help support the festival, win a prize! 2 games for $1.

06. Fun with Fitness. Try gym equipment & workout activities! Gold’s Gym International

07. Hula Hoop Hotspot. Hula in the heart of the festival! Waldo Waldo, Inc.

08. Art Car. An embellished mobile art form! elope

09. The Wonder of Worms. The wonderful world of worm composting! Blue Skies Exploration Academy

10. Where Does All That Food Go? Follow the life of an apple! Colorado Springs Food Rescue

11. Beer Garden. Spark creativity in adult brains by

sampling craft beer and wine. Valid ID Required [$]

Pikes Peak Brewing Co.

12. Botanicals for the Garden. See what plants

can do to enliven an outdoor space! Phelan Gardens

13. Need for Speed. Discover high performance cars and race preparation! Concours Motorsport

14. Ride an e-Bike! Try out a solar-charged electric bike! The e-Bike Company.

15. Paint in Light! Paint with the brilliant vibrant colors of light! elope

16. Amerikazoo the Beautiful. Make a kazoo and join the

performance at 1pm or 4pm. Sarah Groh Music

17. Radio Drama Sound Odyssey. You’re the star in old-time radio theater! Focus on the Family

18. Drone On! Fly a real drone through a challenge course! Lockheed Martin

19. Snowflakes for Soldiers. Cut a snowflake for a USO holiday package! Lockheed Martin

20. Recovery From Addiction Is Happening! Hear the celebratory stories of those who have recovered from addiction. Springs Recovery Connection

21. Build a Bot. Learn how to build your own droid! Mountain States Droid Builders

22. Wearable Art. Beautiful jewelry and neckties made from recycled electronics! [$] TechWears

23. The Future of Chocolate. Chocolate at the cutting edge of the culinary arts. [$] Cacao Chemistry

24. Becoming da Vinci. Invent, imagine, and tinker just like the man himself! The da Vinci Academy

25. Around the World. Connect with sister cities in other countries! Academy for Advanced and Creative Learning

COOL SCIENCE! INVITATION TO INVENTION Interact with inventions that solve real world problems!

26. 3D-Printed Hand. See how 3D printing is

revolutionizing prosthetics!

27. FoldScope. A microscope made with paper origami!

28. Vigeo eyeglass frames. Stylish, indestructible glasses!

29. GV 20-20 Eyeglasses. What If...one pair of glasses

worked for everyone?

30. Hippo Water Roller. Can you roll 50 gallons

of water?

31. IEEE! Explore electrical and electronic engineering. CTU - Colorado Technical University

32. STEM Science Fun. Science is everywhere! Fascinating experiments. CTU

32.a Cool Tech! CTU

33. The World of Dinosaurs. Play with real dinosaur fossils and paint your own 3D casting! Dinosaur Resource Center

34. High Altitude Science. Learn how easy it is to make and launch a weather probe! An Innovative Pine Creek HS Student!

35. Geek is Chic! Connect with your inner comic book hero or villain! CK Comics & Collectibles

36. Race for the Sun. Construct a solar-powered car and race it! The Career Building Academy

37. Retrain Your Brain. Try an interactive metronome and the Alpha-Stim! Heuser Chiropractic

38. Cat in the Hat! Get ready for Over the Moon Family Theatre on Oct. 7th! Discounted tickets on festival day. Imagination Celebration

39. Cougars Gone Wired. Watch robots play frisbee! Coronado High School D-11

40. Bubble Blowout. Make giant bubbles with the MAT! Millibo Art Theater

41. Colorado Soundscapes. Enjoy playing handmade musical instruments like the kalimba! [$] Colorado Soundscapes

42. Music to the Ears. Ever hear music coming from an ambulance? Blindworm Guitars

43. Play in the Clay! Get your hands into the mud! Colorado Springs School District 11

44. Cave Crawling. Crawl through an incredible cave simulation! Catamount Institute & Cave Sim

45. Energy Renewed. Discover renewable energy resources and biomimicry! High Trails Outdoor Education Center

46. Pipe Dream. Build an incredible structure from PVC! Lockheed Martin

47. Angry Nerds! The giant slingshot is back with a larger than life game! Lockheed Martin

48. The Fuss about the Bus. Where public transportation goes… community grows! Mountain Metropolitan Transit

49. Chalk It Up! See sidewalk chalk masterpieces being created in front of your eyes! Imagination Celebration

50. Clayfest. Throw your own pottery! Clayfest

51. Spin-Bot Art. Spin the Spin-Bot and create amazing art! COPPeR – Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region & Pikes Peaks Arts Council

52. Rube Goldberg Gadget Glory. Help build a crazy and complex contraption that does a simple task! Homeschool Science Colorado

53. Be Seen on the Green Screen! As seen on TV…you! Pikes Peak Library District

54. Community Art Collage. Add an image to the giant collage created by hundreds of festivalgoers! PPLD

55. Giant Jenga. Play this popular large-scale game! Odyssey of the Mind

56. Find Your Inner Superhero! With designs and facepaint, you become a superhero! Girl Scouts of Colorado

57. The Future of the Future. Meet this year’s TEDx speakers! TEDx Colorado Springs (Oct. 17) & Pikes Peak Library District

57.a Transformation @ Elevation. Learn about the 2015 APPR titles and authors. Try your hand at creating a graphic novel. Find out about the Maker Faire. All Pikes Peak Reads - PPLD

58. Talk Across the Water. Listen and learn about world languages! Pikes Peak Community College

59. Healthy Chocolate. It’s delicious… and also good for you? The Healthy Chocolate Co.

60. Innovations in Games. Play new computer, card, and table-top games! UCCS Bachelor of Innovation

61. 3D-Printing Play. Explore what you can do with a 3D printer! Titan Robotics, Ltd.

62. Marvelous Makers. Interact with inventions by local “makers”! Pikes Peak Maker Space

63. MIY… Make It Yourself! Use makers tools to solder, cut, carve and more! Pikes Peak Maker Space

64. Crazy Construction Competition. Teams try to build the largest structure with unusual materials. Launch High School & The Science Festival

65. Patterns at Play. Dive into pattern and make your own masterpiece! UCCS Galleries of Contemporary Art

66. Flight. A kaleidoscope of beautiful butterflies! Colorado Springs Rotary

67. Beauty is in the Eye. Photography finds beauty in both a shiny new hot-rod and a rusted old roadster. Colorado Photography Learning Group

68. Zoomobile! Check out the zoo animals! Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

69. Costume Creations. Invent your own costume with supplied materials! GalaxyFest

70. Hula Hoop Hustle. Hula hooping as art, dance, fitness, and fun! Third Eye Colorado

71. Cut Me Some Slack! Try to walk on a slackline and watch the AcroDorks! CityROCK

72. Street Art, Wide Open. Enjoy a graffiti art demonstration and breakdancers! Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center

73. Rovie the Robot vs. The Maize Maze. Run a robot through a maze of corn cans! Pikes Peak Library District

74. Planes, Rockets & Robots! Design a bridge or paper airplane. Check out a bomb disposal robot and a hybrid rocket! USAFA STEM Outreach

75. Tell It Forward. Inspire others by sharing your community service stories! Pikes Peak Community College

76. Wild Things. Interact with interesting animals! PPCC Zoo Keeping Technology

01. TREASURE HUNT! It’s easy to win prizes just by participating in festival experiences! Pick up your Treasure Hunt card from Xfinity to begin!

99. Do the LocalMotive. See how we can rebuild a healthy food economy through local sourcing.

LocalMotive, PBC

100. Tiny House Heaven. Take a tiny tour of the tiny house. EcoCabins

101. Yes, You Can Can. A demonstration of how to can foods.

Hungry Chicken Homestead

102. Jammin’ Jam. Learn how to make your

own jam and try samples. kt’s creations

103. Eggciting Animals. Interact with a duck, turkey,

and chicken. Red Leap Backyard Homestead

104. Super Soil. Learn about organic

gardening and importance of soil to next year’s successful garden. High Yield Organics

105. Flour Power. See how flour is made.

In Joy Baking Co.

106. Food Frolic. Play games to learn

about what you’re eating. Colorado Health Coaches

107. Dairy Delight. Sample raw milk

and yogurt cheese. Hi Plains Dairy

108. Awesome Asparagus. Grow

asparagus, a healthy and hardy perennial.

Greensong Gardens

109. Tiny Farms. Learning how to farm on urban infill.

Pikes Peak Small Farms

110. Lettuce Plant Vegetables.. Sample

vegetables and learn to transplant. Venetucci Farms

111. Organic Planet. Healing the planet with

organic materials. Flying Pig Farm

112. Beyond Organic. Chemical-free farming.

Wheeler Farm

113. Global Grounds. See how to roast fair-trade

coffee, which helps to fight human trafficking. Global Grounds Coffee

114. Holistic Ranching. Learn more about ranching.

Chico Basin Ranch

115. Lettuce Head. Lettuce through Aquaponics.

Emerge Aquaponics

116. Is it Ripe?Learn how to determine ripeness. Solar Food Aquaponics

117. Up on the Roof. Build a greenhouse on your roof.

UrbanAg Structures

118. Greenhouse Greatness. Learn how

to grow microgreens in a greenhouse. Tortuga Farms

119. Kombucha Fermentation. Taste it as it

ferments. J&J Kombucha

120. Petting Zoo. Pet farm animals! Wishing Star Farm

121. Foods That Want to Know You. Identify friendly fruits and vegetables! Pikes

Peak Farm to School.

F O O D P H E N O M E N O N : Where Does Your Food Comes From?

Expand your knowledge of our local foods community. Purchase organic goods at this farmers market. [$]

The Whimsical Smokebrush Toaster! What will it be this year?

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DELICIOUS FESTIVAL FOOD COURT FARE !

Crepe Caper

Heavenly Dessert Truck

High Grade Catering

Kona Ice of Colorado Springs

Front Range Barbeque

Mountain Pie Company

Potato Potato

TAPAteria

SuppenBar

Vore Food Truck

Vera’s Coffee Coach

This celebration is undaunted and will occur rain or shine! By city ordinance, No Pets allowed at the Festival.

Schedules are subject to change.

Get to the Festival!

Drive - Bus - Uber - Bike - Walk !

Free or inexpensive parking in all directions.

(Meters in effect.)

BRING YOUR FRIENDS !

Bring water!

Don’t forget sunscreen.

ENORMOUS THANKS TO THE FOLKS WHO MADE THE FESTIVAL POSSIBLE! First and Foremost… Colette Labate & David Lee ! Adam Schnoes, Amanda Hansen, Ashley

Thompson, Betsy McClenahan, Brian Elyo, Dan Wecks, David Ball, Elise Rothman, Elsa Kendall, Fabrizio Labate, Haley Davis, Jenny Pierce, Kevin Nathan, Mary Beth Burichin,

Mady Fisk, Matthew Jensen, Meg Poole, Pam Smith, Priscilla Barsotti, Ryan Lane, Sean Anglum, Vanessa Lister, Eva Pierce & Chris Jenkins of Norwood; Mike Hassell of Sun

Plaza; Matt Mayberry of CS Pioneers Museum; Jack Ward of CS Independent; Michelle Rue & The City of Colorado Springs; Dave Rose & El Paso County and The Imagination

Celebration Board of Directors: Ana Olivas, Antoine Samir, Beth Seymour, Becca Sickbert, Bill Miller, Diane Loschen, Emily Fletcher, Keith Johnson, Kim Nguyen, Lee Kyle,

Stacey Harris, Stacy Sprewer. Kudos from Festival Producer; Curious Choreographer of Creativity, Imagination Celebration

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Performances & Live Music!

Bring your own kazoo or make one at Booth #16 then join the impromptu Amerikazoo sing-along

at 1pm or 4pm on CSDT Stage A !

Amerikazoo!

F R E E

D. KRCC Stage

10 am The Reminders

11 am Springs Harmony Acapella

Noon Last Chance Romance

1 pm Lazer and Levi

2 pm Eros and Eschaton

3 pm Peter Bradley Adams (On His National Tour)

C. Dining Oasis Stage

Young Performers

10 am to

Noon

Wyatt Grueter

Sophia Hanna

Evie Goldman

The Random Paper Jams

Noon Katie Sleeveless

1 pm Ryan Flores

2 pm Madera Dulce

E. Theatre @ Pioneers Gazebo

10:30am - 3pm Live Theater in The Gazebo. Watch area actors from local theatre companies

perform 15 minute segments from upcoming plays.

B. Blindworm Stage

10 am My Name is Harriett

11 am Madera Dulce

Noon Charlie Milo Trio

1 pm Mo Mungus

2 pm Electric Universe

3 pm Leopard and the Vine

A. Colorado Springs Dance Theatre Stage

10 am Live Wave Communidance Band

11 am Krithika Performing Arts

12 noon Brazilian Capoeira

1 & 4 pm Amerikazoo Sing Along

2 pm Ormao Dance Company

3 pm Cleo Parker Robinson DanceEnjoy a variety of timeless works from this world-renowned modern-dance ensemble’s rich and diverse dance performance legacy. Get inspired and energized as ensemble members perform sections from their signature work “Raindance” and the “Fanga” section of their “Granny Dances to a Holiday Drum.”

( PERFORMERS AND SCHEDULES SUBJECT TO CHANGE )

Discover more about each performance @ www.whatif-festival.org

Thank You What If… Festival Sponsors!

2015 Presenting Sponsor

Peter Bradley Adams