Tuesday, May 21, 2013
News
Tea Party vs. Occupy Wall Street
Both Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party are mass movements, but their attitude toward the masses couldn't be more different.
What democracy looks like ... here
Occupy Colorado Springs shows fervor and fractures.
Get off the couch! (or not)
You don't need to pitch a tent to get into this conversation.
The Empire strikes back
A one-month anniversary visit to the Occupy Wall Street encampment.
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Long story short
Oddly enough, both music editor Bill Forman and I traveled to New York City during October.
Citizens shed MHS responsibility
Task force victory leads an election night kind to incumbents and cruel to tax increases.
Knock and talk
Getting to know interim police chief Pete Carey, as he auditions for the permanent gig.
Ain't afraid of no growth?
Dave Gardner's new movie GrowthBusters begs locals to reconsider the economics of insatiability.
Complex equation
If anything's booming in building, it's apartments.
Noted: Absent at town hall
Also: Clark gets a challenger, election mess in Manitou? Freedom sells TV stations and more.
Columns
Keep an eye on Jim Mason
Just when you wonder who could develop into a different kind of leader for the city, someone who might fit the need emerges.
All we need is new vision
We were once, in this area, a worldwide magnet for daring young entrepreneurs, who created tens of billions of new wealth (in today's dollars) in a few years' time.
Bigger than St. Peter's Basilica
St. Peter's in Rome is only a bit more than half the size of the El Paso County Citizens Service Center, with a mind-boggling 300,000 square feet of floor space.
CannaBiz: New head at MMED
Also: New MMJ bans across the state
NCAA (sorta) makes progress
Just a guess, but you probably didn't notice the headline last week out of Indianapolis.
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Letters
Suggestions for parking meters, complaints about the World Arena, calls for sudoku and more.
Tea partiers and 99 percenters
The tea party and Occupy Wall Street movements both claim to speak for the people. Is anyone listening to either?
Hey everyone, let's buy Cal Thomas a clue
Many big-time newspapers have run mocking pieces by political pundits about the Occupy movement, denigrating it as confused and chaotic.
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
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Advice goddess
Eighty percent of sex is just showing up. (The other 20 percent is remaining conscious while you're having it.)
Food & Drink
Nuts to you
One tasty peanut butter spot (and the other).
Bites in buildings
This week, we're talking about those little tucked-away delis inside large downtown office structures, places that mainly cater to the suits upstairs.
Side dish: Fajita joint opening
Also: Zane's closes, All Colorado Beer Festival coming and more.
Music
Occupy Hip-Hop
Murs on police, politics and the culture of greed
Post-Pedro
David Bazan buries the Lion and re-examines his faith
Late for the sky
Dawes wakes up to a bygone Laurel Canyon sound
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Reverb
Although I'm not a huge fan of Garrison Keillor's homespun soliloquies on powdermilk biscuits and small-town Lutherans, I'm willing to concede that 4 million Prairie Home Companion fans can't be wrong.
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Sound advice
Shelby Lynne, The Gaslight Anthem, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis
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
Breaking Murphy's law: Tower Heist
For a critic, there are few pleasures more satisfying than ripping into a bad movie. But one of those few is discovering that a film that you were expecting to hate turns out to be wonderful.
Joint to the world: A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas succeeds — inasmuch as a 3-D Christmas stoner comedy can.
Snow job
Springs native brings a fractured fairy tale to the Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival.
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Cinefiles
Tabloid, Water for Elephants, Mr. Nice
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Movie picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
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Opening this week
Tower Heist, A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas and other film events around town.
Stage
Facets of the feminine
In an ambitious performance, visiting expert Tina Packer explores Shakespeare's take on women.
Calendar
Special Section
Bonus CineFiles: Vlog, The Heart Specialist and A Little Help!
You really wish you could reach into the screen and hug Jenna Fischer, and maybe even buy her a beer.
Show preview: Gringo Star @ the Triple Nickel tonight!
Due to its relatively recent booking, I only got a mention of tonight's Gringo Star show into this week's Reverb column. So rather than have you miss their stop at the Triple Nickel and then forever hate me...
