Wednesday, May 22, 2013
- Issue Archive for
- Jan 20-26, 2000
- Vol. 8, No. 3
- Health & Wellness 2000
News
Mix It Up
Welcome to our Health and Wellness issue, where you'll get ideas on mixing up your regular fitness routine; discover a truly personal trainer; hear the latest on toxic fragrances; and read the last of those stupid Top 100 lists our Top 100 Body Parts.
The Real Personal Trainer
Muscles are very important. The stronger you are, the easier it is to overpower other women at the vending machine and wrestle away their Reese's Sticks. But women have muscles you won't see them working on in the gym.
Smelling Good but Feeling Bad
Have you ever wondered which personal fragrance or perfume will make you the most attractive? If the person you're trying to attract happens to be a member of the Sierra Club, then the answer is probably none.
Top 100 Human Body Parts
All right. This is it. The last of those stupid top 100 lists you'll see. And when you get right down to it: the most important the Top 100 human body parts of the second millennium.
D-11 Administration Scrambles to Mend Fences
Finacially strapped District 11 is scrambling to change voter perception that the administrations and communitys priorities are misaligned.
Scar Blasting Plan Draws Disbelief
A plan to dynamite up to 18 acres of Forest Service land to fix a gaping scar on Colorado Springs mountain backdrop has received preliminary support from the City Council and county lawmakers. But at least one critic believes that the proposal is plain bizarre.
Columns
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Public Eye
Bar signs are seized at Leonards Bar II; and King Soopers stores across Colorado bow down to Morality in the Media.
Kristina Hall, Performance artist
Meet Kristina Hall, a stand-up comedian, who will be performing at the Roe v. Wade 2000 Celebration on Thursday, Jan. 27.
Growth-pained West sows fields of Columbines
In a high school with 2,000 kids, you can trip a nerd and chances are none of his buddies are even around. But do it once too often, and he may get a gun and kill you and a dozen of your closest friends. You are not of his tribe, and he is not of yours.
Youve Got Power
The news that America Online is buying Time-Warner hit me like a bad call in the middle of the night.
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Letters
Readers of the Independent talk back to the editor.
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Domestic Bliss
A For Sale sign has gone up in my next-door neighbor's front yard, beside the carefully edged flower beds that flank the freshly painted front porch.
Circle the Wagons
After considering approximately 150 plays for its annual awards, The Denver Drama Critics Circle announces nominations for outstanding performances and productions in the Denver metropolitan area.
IQ: Firm, fit and fed up
The '90s are over, and the health craze is still on the minds of many.
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Outsider
Last week, The New York Times contained a long obituary of Ella Goldberg Wolfe, who died on January 9 at age 103. Wolfe's life spanned three centuries, and what a life it was!
Food & Drink
A Bowl Full of Noodles
Café Saigon puts the fun in bun with fresh ingredients, light sauces and noodles, noodles, noodles.
The Big Lebowski meets the BLT
Lunchbreak bowling meets burgers and fries The Big Lebowski meets BLT at Bear Creek Bowling Lanes.
Music
Blues Highway
Roomful of Blues rolls into town on the perpetual tour bus for a gig at Tres Hombres.
Playing Around: Tab Benoit
This week we highlight blues guitarist Tab Benoit, who will be performing at the Colorado Music Hall on Thursday, Jan. 20.
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Playing Around Listings
Where to find live music in Colorado Springs.
Film
The 20-year Round
Veteran filmmaker Norman Jewison ("In the Heat of the Night," "And Justice For All") tells Rubin "Hurricane" Carter's story powerfully and with a steady gaze in "The Hurricane."
Borderline Sane
"Girl, Interrupted" is a fine, quiet film that examines the lines between madness and sanity, and how the causes and definitions of insanity may change with the times.
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Movie Picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films showing on Colorado Springs area screens.
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Movie Times
What's playing, where, and when, on the silver screen in Colorado Springs.
Visual Arts
New, Used and Recycled
Competent, unpretentious, and reasonable, David Turner has restored the Fine Arts Center to its rightful place as one of the pre-eminent small art of the American West. Two exhibitions that will open Friday evening bear witness to this change.
Books
Walk on the Wild Side
If you want to read about nice, polite, mentally stable people, look elsewhere. Thom Jones, with his third story collection, Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine, proves to be a master at talking about life's seamy side.
Still Waters
Stacey D'Erasmo's charming first novel, "Tea," has garnered more attention than most literary debuts in its short time on the shelves.
Calendar
Event Listings
If there's something going on, we've got it listed here.
Seven Days
What's happenin' this week in the big city -- highlights from our listings.
