Tuesday, May 21, 2013
News
You've got mail
Darryl Glenn sends messages, makes 'presumptuous' assurances during Copper Ridge presentation.
City Aud: A little help from its friends
One group wants to bring back the grandeur of the old City Auditorium — for a relatively small price.
Social studies at Focus on the Family
Focus' questionnaire draws mixed responses from candidates.
Cram course
District 11 likely will increase class sizes and ax teaching positions in 2011-12.
Noted: Nuclear plant debated
Also: Utilities rates going up, candidates request oversight, edibles survive challenge and more.
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Long story short
When we first set out to identify the best burger in our area, I want to tell you that I was dreading the process.
Columns
A new outlook for City Council
Will our city democracy become a gerontocracy?
Challenge to city voters
Starting with his first victory in 1991, Doug Bruce has done more to undermine community pride in Colorado Springs than anyone in the city's history.
Betty Beedy reincarnated
When they made ol' Betty, people said, they broke the mold. And just to make sure it didn't happen again, they beat the hell out of the mold-maker.
CannaBiz: Fountain man looking to change ban
Also: Harrison student still suffering and more.
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Letters
Reader thoughts on our endorsements and who should win the election.
NCAA: No thrills in Boulder
We cannot let slide the ridiculous injustice that was done Sunday to the University of Colorado, which was left out of the 68-team NCAA field.
Food for talk
There's guilty pleasure in consuming things we know aren't good for us.
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
MIA: America's leading force in a sad time
The greatest problem our nation faces can be summed up in one word: leadership.
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Advice goddess
You didn't plot to make the guy love you and want a life with you just so you could really stick it to him four years later.
Food & Drink
... and a show
Broadway Deli expands into dinner and mostly succeeds.
Burgers be beefin'
Our search to find the best burger in the area.
Side dish: Royal Gorge Brewing Co. coming
Also: Pueblo Viejo opening up north, Oscar's changes its menu and more.
Music
Darkness visible
25 years later, synth-popsters OMD maneuver their way back into the spotlight
Bow before her
From Aretha Franklin to the African diaspora, Regina Carter takes jazz violin into increasingly esoteric realms
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Reverb
By the time you read this, I'll be deep in the heart of Texas at SXSW.
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Sound advice
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears; Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will; Exene Cervenka
Playing around
Who's playing where, and when, at area venues this week.
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Big gigs
Upcoming concerts here and around the region.
Film
'80s invasion: Paul
Though Paul does earn some good laughs, the filmmakers are so immersed in nostalgic rapture that they don't seem to care if a reference to an E.T. ripoff is likely to inspire blank stares.
Dazed and enthused: The Lincoln Lawyer
Matthew McConaughey has never been better as a man fueled by a complicated code.
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Cinefiles
Skyline, The Bleeding, A Beautiful Life
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Opening this week
Limitless, The Lincoln Lawyer, Paul
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Movie picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
Stage
One hell of a story
A sympathetic look at demons comes to the Springs in The Screwtape Letters.
Books
Full speed ahead
Local author Beth Groundwater dishes on her new novel, Deadly Currents, and steering a course in the writing biz.
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Short stories
Kiss & Tell; Beautiful Fighting Girl; Blood, Bones & Butter
Calendar
Special Section
Update: Artist Louis Cicotello dies in climbing accident
Local artist and UCCS art professor Louis Cicotello died in a climbing accident in Utah over the past weekend.
Saint Makers: Devoted to their art
The tradition of the native New Mexican and Coloradan Art form known as santeros and santeras (saint makers) is alive and well.
The Sheen comes spinning our way
Have your credit cards at the ready, because tickets for Charlie Sheen LIVE: My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is Not an Option are going on sale tomorrow. That's right, the Warlock, and current office obsession, will hit the Wells Fargo Theatre April 28.
Camp Guide 2011
Gathering info on today's summer camps brought memories of sunburned legs on hot plastic bus seats, but also a sense of loss ... and deep, deep envy.
See it tomorrow: Supermoon
According to NASA, the full moon tomorrow night will the be special, because it's going to 31,000 miles closer to Earth.
