Saturday, May 25, 2013
News
Apple's new iPad is poised to change the world of publishing — possibly
I can't tell you definitively whether or not the device will, in fact, change the future of publishing, or save newspapers and magazines, or, on the flip side, decimate bookstores and libraries. No one knows. Yet.
Author Kirk Farber on rock tours, e-books and Postcards From a Dead Girl
In this interview, Farber talks about his literary breakthrough, how the novel's premise evolved while touring with his former band, and the future of the publishing industry in an age of electronic uncertainty.
'You're a weird one'
An excerpt from Postcards From a Dead Girl
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Long story short
There are plenty of opinions about how the iPad and similar devices could change the future of publishing. See what experts in Colorado say.
Memorial Hospital works against the odds to instill a new culture
Aiming to save money and improve care, a team approach to health care is gaining traction at Memorial, but the pressure is on.
City pays extra for contracted-out transit expenses
Empty city-owned buildings, and related expenses, result from bus service cuts and lease commitments.
City in awkward position as only one community center attracts a bidder
Despite reassurances, the city's silence on a new operating contract for the Westside Community Center leads to community concern.
Courtside Ministries effort chafes local attorney
The Christian support stand outside the courthouse has some outraged.
Noted: Maketa saves sergeant from demotion
Also: Cyberpunks pity our city, former governors to speak at CC, local GOP responds to health care bill and more.
Columns
How to use $1,003 of water — on vacation
Gigantic salaries, huge bonuses and sneaky raises have become as common at our Utilities as, to use the old saying, "nipple rings and thongs at an El Paso County Sheriff's Office staff meeting."
City manager's silent exit
As quietly as Penny Culbreth-Graft entered our world at the start of 2008, she slipped away just as unpretentiously last week.
Drowning ourselves in democracy
Can five votes make a difference in America's democratic elections? You betcha, as Sarah Palin might say. Especially when those five voters are Supreme Court justices.
IQ: From 'I' to 'i'
With Apple's release of the iPad, electronic technology is becoming the center around which our lives circle.
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Letters
Support for sex addiction, thoughts on Shirk, highway news and more.
Time for immigration reform
President Obama might offer a rallying cry for immigration reform, but the president faces a referendum in midterm elections and a political capital depleted by the health care bill.
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Stranger than fiction
All the wierd news that's fit to print.
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Advice goddess
At a certain point, "more of me to love" becomes "way too much of me to lust after."
Colleges: big scramble coming
Every decade or so in the unstable world of major-college sports, some of the top conferences indulge in a game of musical chairs. It's about that time again.
Food & Drink
Mucho gusto
Sabores del Peru had already earned a following before it moved from 30th Street to South Academy Boulevard but has made a new name for itself with new owners.
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Side dish
The Fine Arts Center gets sweet, new Italian restaurant and "Don't Be a Fool" restaurant week.
Music
Patty Griffin takes her voice back to church
"I loved to hear people singing in church. But I remember being very confused about whether that was a dream I had, if I'd really heard the singing in church that the nuns were doing."
The Low Anthem plan their next step
The neo-folksters most recent album combines heightened emotional peaks with solemn, nearly hymnal valleys.
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Reverb
If the springtime snowstorms of this week have you longing for hotter days, you can always dream about the forthcoming festival season.
Jet
"I think now we've reached a new level of maturity ... I just think we're a lot more comfortable in our own skin now."
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Sound advice
Graham Parker, Zeus and more.
Playing around
Who's playing where, and when, at area venues for the next week.
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Big gigs
Upcoming concerts here and around the region.
Film
How to Train Your Dragon: Depth wish
If we've learned anything from the recent phenomenal success of Avatar, it's that audiences haven't lost their enthusiasm for paying more to spend two hours in a fantastical world.
Chloe: Sad state of affairs
Chloe is elegant: designed with an eye toward reflecting the coldness and isolation of its characters. But it never makes that leap from aesthetically pleasing to emotionally rewarding.
Greenberg: He who hesitates
We are meant to admire Greenberg the movie because it doesn't take pains to redeem Greenberg the man. There is bravery in this presentation.
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Opening this week
Chloe, Hot Tub Time Machine, Greenberg and more.
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Cinefiles
Gigante, The Stoning of Soraya M., Paris, Bandslam
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Movie picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
Visual Arts
The FAC looks into the offbeat sides of conflict and resolution
Little girls in white dresses and hairbows kick and beat each other. Meanwhile, a man flies a kite. These images explore the nature of conflict and resolution, the theme for the museum's new show.
Invisible no more: a survivor of Uganda's war tells his tale
The documentary star share his experiences at Colorado College as part of an Invisible Children fundraiser.
Stage
One high school's theater program puts on striking stage productions
With an emphasis on student integrity, Pine Creek produces Pippin.
Calendar
Special Section
Zoo still searching for missing otter
The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo has lost one of its North American river otters. Kitchi and three other otters broke out of their enclosure last Thursday, and while the other three were recovered safely, Kitchi remains AWOL.
Get your cheap beer here
If you're a big fan of chaotic shopping clusterfucks the likes of REI's garage sales and Black Friday openings, and you happen to like beer, then, boy, do I have the event for you.
Pita Pit returns
According to the original owner, the downtown Pita Pit location will open tomorrow, April 1, and the Garden of the Gods outfit will open sometime next week, most likely by Friday.
Race for Divide mayorship getting tight
Yes, it's true, and if you followed the polls at all, you'd know that the election is purely for animal figurehead to guide the Teller County hamlet...
