Saturday, May 18, 2013
- Issue Archive for
- May 18-24, 2000
- Vol. 8, No. 20
- It's your turn, Dick
News
The Male Pill
As the development of a viable male contraceptive wins interest and funding, both sexes can look forward to spitting the responsibility of pregnancy prevention. No one knows yet what the first male contraceptive will be, but here are some of the most promising possibilities.
Shelter plan poorly conceived, neighbors say
When backers of a proposed homeless shelter began to secretly buy up property in the south downtown Mill Street neighborhood last fall, they said stealth was necessary because they wanted to make sure their plans were in order before going public. Now, five months later, a task force of seven residents of the neighborhood say they are still in the dark on key aspects of the plan, and, as a result, have shifted from support of the plan to outright opposition.
Springs churchgoers protest Iraq sanctions
Hundreds of Colorado Springs church-goers added their voices Sunday to a growing chorus of protest over the death, disease and hardship that U.S. sanctions are imposing on the people of Iraq.
Lawsuit, low ranking snarls Gold Camp Road plan
What has become a high-stakes effort to re-open Gold Camp Road to cars was struck down a notch last week when the Pikes Peak Area Council of Government assigned a low ranking to a Forest Service petition for $175,000 in federal transportation funds.
Columns
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Public Eye
The Independent made an impressive showing at last weekends Society of Professional Journalists Best of Colorado Excellence in Journalism Awards for 1999, so bear with us while we toot our horn a little.
Diana DeGette
People always ask me what it was like growing up with Congresswoman Diana DeGette. Now I finally get to hand over the answer that Ive been patiently waiting for years to say.
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Outsider
As you may have read in these pages last week, our intrepid Council members recently took a few minutes from their busy schedules to bash the media theyre negative/nitpicking/unfair, etc., etc. When I was on Council, I would have agreed with all of it, but now things seem a little different.
Yelling fire in a crowded West
We can expect hysteria and distortion in the wake of the Los Alamos fires: a fierce blaming attitude toward federal agencies and suggestions that we log the heck out of the land to save houses. But the situation is more complicated than that.
Rat Pack
My response to Red Herring's dumb, sexist images: Grow up. Be creative. And leave a legacy beyond some cheap male fantasy.
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Letters
Readers of the Independent talk back to the editor.
IQ: Will men take the pill?
The advent of the birth control pill, 40 years ago, liberated an entire generation of women from worries of using contraceptives that didn't effectively and reliably prevent pregnancy.
Gardening Daze
Last week, I went out and did something I have never done in ten years of Colorado gardening. I bought a 12-foot-tall Shademaster Honey Locust. The allure of instant gratification grabbed me.
Food & Drink
Hallowed Table
Its no longer a consecrated church, but at the Old Stone Church Restaurant in Castle Rock, food is worshiped. Our dining experience was damn close to transcendent.
The backyard salad bowl
Even the most well-groomed of suburban backyards can yield a veritable cornucopia of tasty wild plants that, blended in a block party salad, will not only raise your level of self-reliance but impress the heck out of your Safeway-shopping neighbors.
Music
Playing Around: Junior Brown
This week we highlight Junior Brown, the simple country boy whose seems to have inherited the soul of Jimi Hendrix. Hell be performing tonight Thursday, May 18 at the Colorado Music Hall.
Swingin' Into the Big Time
Ever since bursting on the scene last year as the areas only trio dedicated to guitar-focused, French gypsy jazz, Mango Fan Django members have been handing out CDs the group has burned of informal studio and live, concert sessions.
Mining for Silver and Gold
The opening strains of Neil Young's new solo album are like a promise kept.
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Playing Around Listings
Where to find live music in the Colorado Springs area.
Film
On Their Toes
Like many of you, when I saw the trailer for Center Stage, I glibly dismissed it. But my pre-judgment was uninformed.
Gag Fest
In today's enlightened environment, it seems the only people you can still parody on film are white rural folk and the grossly overweight and Held Up does its level best to take advantage of this loophole while it can.
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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
Shimmering Visions in Stone and Steel
In an age of endlessly replicating chain stores and asphalt fields which strip the land of its character, Into Thin Air, a sculpture show and benefit sale at the Pankratz Studios and Gallery in Monument, is an advertisement for individuality.
Books
Gonzo Gourmet
Your typical chef becomes a sober, ass-covering member of the professional classes as he moves up the culinary ladder. But not Anthony Bourdain, chef of Les Halles in New York and author of Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly.
Pistol-whipping Mother Teresa
A conversation with Anthony Bourdain
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.
