Friday, May 24, 2013
- Issue Archive for
- Nov 4-10, 1999
- Vol. 7, No. 44
News
Speaking in Celluloid
Every year, on the first weekend of November, the Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival celebrates the "drive, spirit and diversity of women" by showing a slate of recent films, most documentaries, made by or featuring women.
Taking Back America
Jim Hightower waxes on Campaign 2000, the coporate takeover of politics, and the populist explosion that could save us from ourselves.
Vegetarian vandals entertain with errors
Hasselstrom, a cattle rancher in western South Dakota, offers some commentary on PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Columns
Alcohol, Tobacco and Futility
A software application can predict which kids will explode in violence. At least that's what a California security firm would like to sell us. I'm not buying it.
-
Your Turn
A recent transplant from San Diego gives us seven reasons why Colorado will never be California.
-
Domestic Bliss
In the modern world, it is understood that we will all die knowing something about science
-
Letters
Readers of the CS Independent talk back to the editor.
George Migash, Product Designer
The age-old dilemma of what to do with the cat pooper scooper when you're done cleaning the box has finally been answered by local resident (and former Independent art director) George Migash.
IQ: Panhandlers
Every week, the "Independent" takes to the streets, in search of your opinion on the latest, breaking news.
Shake-up at the USOC
The USOC looks for new leadership, County Clerk and Recorder Pat Kelly gets local campaign-finance contributions and expenditures on the Internet, the "G" offers an interesting "history" of the Independent, and a Denver Post lead catches our eye.
The Bear Facts
Meet Bear, a.k.a. Tammy McLaughlin, a 31-year-old steel sculptor. She's a combination of femininity, vibrancy and toughness, much like the art she creates.
The Big Thumbs Down
"Down, down, down, down, down de-doobie doobie down ... wah wah wah." The voters must have been listening to Oldies radio. Down went D-11, down went the cable franchise agreement, down went MERTAA, down went collective bargaining, and down went the zoo.
World Series Journal
A pilgrimage to the 1999 World Series offers insight to writer and baseball enthusiast Owen Perkins.
Pete Rose
Hear it from the horse's mouth.
All-Century Team
More baseball greats give us food for thought.
Food & Drink
More Schnitzel, Please
German food, to me, is comfort food. It's hearty, soothing, uncomplicated. So, with great expectations, I went to visit Mannheim 99, the latest German restaurant to open up in the Springs.
Happy in Hartsel
With ski season about to drop in on us, it's once again time to discuss the most overlooked, yet most basic element necessary to a productive day on the slopes: breakfast.
Music
Playing Around: Jonny Lang
This week we highlight Jonny Lang, who will be performing at the Colorado Music Hall on Sunday, Nov. 7.
-
Playing Around Listings
Where to find live music in Colorado Springs.
Film
The End of Marriage
Call it coincidence, but in one 48-hour period last weekend, I watched three films playing on the same irritable theme that self-help author John Gray phrased best: Men are from Mars, women are from Venus.
-
Movie Picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films showing on Colorado Springs area screens.
-
Movie Times
What's playing, where, and when, on the silver screen in Colorado Springs.
Visual Arts
Springs' Art Heyday Recalled
As far as I know, the current exhibition at David Cook Fine Arts in Denver, titled "John F. Carlson and Artists of the Broadmoor Academy," is the most ambitious show of its nature ever to grace our state.
Art alert: Look up before you fly
If you find yourself walking down the main (and only) concourse of our perky little airport, look up! Some of the wonderful paintings that Mary Chenoweth did in the last years of her life are displayed from above.
Books
The Language of the Landscape
Writer Linda Hogan will be speaking on "Writing From the Land" at Colorado College on Wednesday, Nov. 10.
Procrastination Therapy
Books about writing are the highly addictive painkillers of the would-be writer. Here, we offer a review of Escaping into the Open: The Art of Writing by Elizabeth Berg.
Calendar
SevenDays
What's happenin' this week in the big city -- highlights from our listings.
The Listings
If there's something going on, we've got it listed here.
