Saturday, May 25, 2013
News
One love
Single-stream is the catalyst that has proven one consistent fact: Make recycling easier, and more people will do it.
Cliff hanger
A huge development proposed for the historic center of Manitou is having problems, but not the sort you'd expect.
Getting trashed
We're lucky, because a Fountain landfill has space to continue storing trash for 30 years, and two others could operate more than 50 years.
Conserve and protect
The new conservation hardware store is a twist in Richard Skorman's campaign to cut local energy use.
Salazar's smooth land-ing
Greater challenges await as the Interior secretary tries to fix the bureaucracy that oversees the bulk of federal lands.
Soon-to-open space
Don't expect to be trekking down brand-new trails at Corral Bluffs and White Acres this summer.
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Long Story Short
Most kids' environmental awareness begins when some TV icon tells them to practice the three R's — reduce, reuse, recycle.
Ten years after tragedy
Author hopes book can dispel lingering myths while telling stories of people who were on the inside of the shootings.
Noted: City economic findings sobering
Also: Health board, Bennet coming to CC, Southern Delivery System, car registration reminders and more.
David Axelrod to speak at Colorado College Friday
Some would debate what was most dazzling about Barack Obama's presidential bid -- the candidate or the campaign that got him elected.
Columns
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Advice Goddess
Your husband may have detached his lip from the beer bong, but drinking was just a symptom of the person he was and still is: an addict.
IQ: Less is more
As the economy sinks worldwide, people are increasingly inclined to conserve, re-use, use longer, repair, make do, grow their own.
Maybe you knew, but ...
There's nothing like a local election, or a market survey, to tell us what we already know about Colorado Springs.
End Zone: AFA, CU cultivate QB depth
Right decisions could mean big year ahead for Falcons and Buffaloes.
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Letters
County DMV, Army expansion, TABOR, city election, gays in the military, and more.
Ranger Rich: Battling for his game, his life
Through the years, Barry Nolan analyzed the golf swing, like Albert Einstein analyzed matter and energy.
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
Food & Drink
Goodbye, Ruby yesteryear
The place has gone through a spectacular transformation, leaving only a ceiling-circling model train behind.
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Side Dish
Mr. B's, Colorado Custard Co., climate change and more.
Music
Young and stupid, or maybe not
Sure, most bands would be insulted, but when you're interviewing the Black Lips, one question is too obvious not to ask.
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Sound Advice
Silversun Pickups, Royksopp, Condo Fucks
Say you want a resolution
Jeremy Greenspan believes that climaxes are overrated, at least when it comes to music.
Hidden arsenal
Six songs will tell you everything you really need to know about this band.
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Big Gigs
Upcoming concerts here and around the region.
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Reverb
Saturday is National Record Store Day, and stores (even here) will be participating with sales, live performances and giveaways ad nauseum.
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Playing Around Listings
Who's playing where, and when, at area venues for the week ahead.
Franz Ferdinand
"I guess we've always been awkward, cantankerous people who never really wanted to fit in."
Jersey boys
With their second album slowly gaining recognition, Gaslight Anthem continues to mix old and new.
Film
Playing politics
Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck make this film, in a small miracle of casting and a testament to addition by subtraction.
Zac to the future
At some point as young would-be stars rise, the industry needs to figure out if they've really got what it takes.
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Movie Picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the city.
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Movie Times
What films are playing where, and when, on the area's silver screens.
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Opening This Week
Crank: High Voltage; Dolphins and Whales; Skiptracers and more.
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Cinefiles
Bollywood Horror Collection, Vol. 2: Veerana; American High School; The Sinful Dwarf
Visual Arts
The Bay of Pigs, er, Tibetans
Susie Stepanek speculates a secret airfield helped send guerilla soldiers to Tibet to resist Chinese occupation of the 1950s.
Curtains, cogs and kimonos
Sexy cocktail dresses constructed from used bicycle-tire inner tubing. Chic blouses made from used kimonos. This is a different fashion show.
Non-toxic assets
Students are learning a lesson in the real world and have a rare opportunity to execute their green-minded designs.
Stage
One wedding and a funeral
Six women with backgrounds as varied as the stories they tell. Among them are an EMT and a pulp-fiction novelist.
Calendar
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Get Involved
National Day of Silence, Autism Walk/Run, The Power of Community
Seven Days to Live
What's happening around the region — highlights from our listings.
