Wednesday, June 19, 2013
News
Law without order
Knots in the City Charter have left power up for grabs — and so far, the mayor has been the beneficiary.
No holding back
Despite debt, New Life adds a downtown presence.
Dumped?
A year later, the 'We Think Local' campaign is MIA.
Noted: Pete Carey CSPD chief
Also: Christo pushing project, Calhan gets RTA vote, Fountain on the bus and more.
Close UP
Ultra has flown under the radar in Colorado, but in other states, it's racked up more than 200 violations, faces a lawsuit, and has been forced to put millions toward its pollution reduction.
What's shakin'?
Like others in the industry, Ultra sends its fracking leftovers deep into the earth. But it might be causing a side-effect that's gotten fewer headlines: earthquakes.
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Long story short
The idea of oil and gas drilling in city limits — as well as farther east in El Paso County — is making waves.
Columns
Lamborn: Yes, we're upset
What might be an appropriate response to his latest shameful shenanigan, boycotting the State of the Union address?
Downtown: Put a there there
Imagine unbroken blocks of businesses, lofts, offices, bars and restaurants stretching from Cascade to Weber.
Frivolity on the ice
If you're a guy and often find yourself shouting, "Goddammit! My nose, feet and testicles are always too hot," I have two words that might help.
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Letters
Thoughts on Bach, Lamborn and Obama; redistributing wealth, taking the transportation challenge and more.
Bane or boost?
Local views on oil and gas fracking range anywhere from wait-and-see to drill-baby-drill.
CannaBiz: Cardholder's son questioned in school
Also: A fourth rally for Bob Crouse scheduled.
GOP supports polluters, not unborn babies
Whose interest do you think these politicos have chosen to protect when it comes to regulating an especially nasty industrial toxin that wreaks hell on unborn babies?
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
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Advice goddess
When life gives you lemons ... break some other woman's windows with them.
Food & Drink
Half-baked
Ficco's hits a few high notes, but fails to really sing.
The weeds
I totally understand being slammed, or dying in the weeds, or just having your ass handed to you by an unexpected rush.
Side dish: Updates at Nemo's
Also: The word on hybrid spot Cafe Velo
Music
Motivational seeker
Grammy winner Alvin Youngblood Hart goes looking for that old-time electricity
It's a shame about Dando
How the trappings of success came to spoil the Lemonheads
Legacy of a legend
New book explores Townes Van Zandt's songwriting genius
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Reverb
"The press loves me. Even my wife loves me again."
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.
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Sound advice
Ani DiFranco, Dion, moe.
Film
Close, but no cigar: Albert Nobbs
Albert Nobbs has for nearly three decades been Glenn Close's passion project — ironic, then, that it completely lacks passion.
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Cinefiles
Texas Killing Fields, Redline, The Whistleblower
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Opening this week
Albert Nobbs, Man on a Ledge and film events around town.
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Movie picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
Stage
Turner classic
Impressive theater pedigrees add promise to TheatreWorks' staging of a 20th-century tour de force Joe Turner's Come and Gone.
The starving artist
Star Bar feeds nothing to the man who has everything in An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf.
Books
Poetry party
Reasons to celebrate abound in the local writing community.
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Short stories
Crazy Enough: A Memoir, Smut: Stories, The Essential Urban Farmer
Calendar
Special Section
Book review: Crazy Enough
You want to know Storm Large. A Portland rock legend, she’s tall, talented and inspiringly self-aware; as evidenced in her brand-new memoir, Large describes her teenage years as a “turd in a punch bowl.”
Meadowgrass announces more acts
Meadowgrass promoters announced today that Appalachian rockers Big Daddy Love will be opening for Son Volt on Saturday, while Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks will take the top slot on Sunday.
Speak up for your state
Democratic Senator Michael Bennet is taking the Colorado economy into his own hands and asking feedback from residents in an attempt to make the federal-state relationship a smoother and more efficient process, especially where federal grants and contracting is concerned.
Weekend blues update: John-Alex Mason and Alvin Youngblood Hart
It's not often that a Grammy-winning artist plays a performance space as intimate as Marmalade at Smokebrush, so if you haven't yet gotten tickets to see Alvin Youngblood Hart there Saturday...
