Friday, May 24, 2013
- Issue Archive for
- May 4-10, 2000
- Vol. 8, No. 18
- Spring into Reading
News
Witch Hunt, Roth Style
Kick off your spring reading season right with some of these recommendations in our Spring Into Reading edition.
Recommending Roth
In recommending Philip Roth and his works, candor is a requisite.
Diviner Inspiration
Author Craig Childs searches for the secret knowledge of water.
Daughter's Dance
Reviews of MotherKind by Jayne Anna Philips and The Cabal and Other Stories by Ellen Gilchrist
Property owners decry risk of seizures
The city is considering passing a broad-sweeping ordinance that would enable cops to seize and condemn all property in the city limits, for infractions as minor as waving a lit sparkler around in your backyard and singing the Star Spangled Banner at the top of your lungs.
Mistrust High in D-11
District 11 leaders must get their priorities into sync with the voting public or risk losing a mill levy freeze this November which would escalate the districts budget crisis dramatically.
Columns
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Public Eye
Guns are driving the big old Cadillac of El Paso County GOP, Doug Bruce and Ron May to duke it out for the District 10 Republican vote, SAFE moves ahead with collecting signatures to close the gun-show loop hole, and Gary Bauer gets air time on Letterman.
Gay role models can espouse -- and teach -- traditional family values
Gay role models can espouse -- and teach -- traditional family values.
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Letters
Readers of the Independent talk back to the editor.
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Outsider
If you want to know how government really works, go take a look at the city's new Comprehensive Plan on the city Web site. This document, which will replace our old, tired, outdated, and presumably thoroughly unfashionable Comprehensive Plan, is supposed to make everything all better in our fair city.
IQ: Chillin' out with a good book
Ah, the joys of summer!
40 Pairs and 400 Shares
My inner feminist is having a bad month.
Janora Curtis
Ah, French. The language of luuuuuve. It also the second language of Janora Curtis, an 18-year-old Palmer High senior who is helping to coordinate this year's District 11 French Film Festival.
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Domestic Bliss
I used to think Mother's Day was sort of a trophy day. Truth be told, it felt like amends.
Food & Drink
A Quick Trip to Denver
When you grow tired of dining in the Springs, try a weekend in Denver to freshen your outlook.
Early bird gets the warm coffee
Through much perseverance and trial and error, my friend and I have discovered a few early morning dining gems.
Music
Friend for Life
Bryan Bowers, a national treasure and a mainstay on the folk and bluegrass scene, piles on layers of sound with cowboy poet Waddie Mitchell, Monday at the Smokebrush.
Simply Sara
Sara Hickman to play Tres Hombres on Friday night.
The Playlist
A play-by-play of CDs South African Legends and dial: MACEO.
Playing Around: Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Bluesman Kenny Wayne Shepherd to play the Colorado Music Hall next Wednesday.
Film
Time Tripping
Sci-fi thriller Frequency opens with a bang, follows up with a prolonged seat-gripping session and ends with Garth Brooks howling about life and love. Go figure.
Viva Variety
Sharpen your movie-going senses with these local film festivals.
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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
The Test of Time
The ripe talents of local artists glow in exhibits at The Warehouse and The Bridge Gallery.
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.
Playing Around Listings
Where to find live music in Colorado Springs.
