Friday, May 24, 2013
News
Gazette names new publisher
Also: Edifice closing, Cripple Creek vote, county budget, Council race and more.
Ups and down(town)s
Beth Kosley is gone now, but she's still everywhere in downtown Colorado Springs.
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Long Story Short
My father, it seemed, had shown me a secret for future Christmases. Then my mother started yelling.
Nick of time
Yes, Virginia, there will be stores open on Dec. 25 to bail out some of us.
Give and take
Charities can help you give a gift that will make a difference this year.
Follow me
Hiring more research faculty could spur major growth at university.
My art on your sleeve
Everyone's been there: searching for that perfect gift for a fashion-forward friend.
Surprise ending
Fortunately for local booklovers, some stories have surprise endings.
A $200 second chance
Diversion has been an eye-opener for many success stories.
A taste of the Old World
Some local businesses make treats that anyone would be happy to unwrap.
Gambling on Gift Cards
For many of us, gift cards will be gambles worth taking.
Down the ICE hole
A jail-capacity problem has brought a solution in which inmates are cash cows.
Columns
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Advice Goddess
There's a time for active listening and a time for active running for your life.
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Letters
Bleak outlook, Mike Miles, health forum, Blago, automakers and others.
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Stranger than fiction
All the strange news that's fit to print.
Giving out the last presents
I'm proud to announce that I have, officially, finished my shopping.
Updated: A whole new ballgame
Now we'll see a scramble: Salazar's replacement, and then the dominoes falling beyond that.
Ho ho ho, heh heh heh
We needn't limit the holidays to read-from-the-script piety, convention and tradition.
Picking away at the bowls
So much for what could have been. Let's deal only with reality.
Food & Drink
Conventional blend
Don't label it as authentic Mexican, but the Tex-Mex cuisine is worth the visit.
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Side Dish
Heart of Jerusalem Caf, Solar Roast Coffee, Xero Footprint and more.
Music
Worley possessions
At 44, country artist Darryl Worley finally seems to have found some peace.
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Playing Around Listings
Who's playing live music this week in the area.
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Sound Advice
Nickelback, Gramercy Arms and Little Joy.
Cheech & Chong
"Just the sound of our voices can get everybody stoned, including ourselves."
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Big Gigs
Upcoming concerts here and around the region.
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Reverb
Kinfolks will have a benefit for the Empty Stocking Fund.
Intelligent design
Acosta insists that she and frontman Eli Mishkin are not brother and sister.
Film
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Cinefiles
Man on Wire; The Man Who Fell to Earth; Beer for My Horses
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Movie Times
What's playing when, and where, on the silver screen.
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Opening this week
The Metropolitan Opera: Thas; Seven Pounds; Slumdog Millionaire plus more.
If he were a rich man
Now we know why the world has been overrun by idiotic game shows.
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Movie Picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
Mouse tales
He is smart, brave, adventurous, adorable and tiny. He's a mouse.
Will power
Trailers usually give away the plot, but not for this one.
Books
I'll be dead for Christmas
The characters are significantly different from Harris' original creations.
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Short Stories
Above Top Secret, Between the Covers, A Mercy
Calendar
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Get Involved
Toy Drive, PPRTA committee, Tree and Shrub Sale.
From the back of her pink Cadillac
Local Mary Kay rep turned humanitarian presents on women's crisis in Ethiopia.
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The Run Down
Nutcracker on Ice, experimental cinema, Google's free 411.
Crochet my video
VHS tapes become the latest fashion at Commonwheel.
Seven Days to Live
What's happening in the region highlights from our listings.
