Friday, May 24, 2013
- Issue Archive for
- Aug 10-16, 2000
- Vol. 8, No. 32
- The Tesla Files
News
The Tesla Files
Metaphysical leanings, scientific breakthroughs and conspiracy theories surround the life of Nikola Tesla, who did some of his most important and astonishing work in Colorado Springs.
Playing Hardball
In a battle over a rigid neighborhood covenants restricting what homeowners can and cant do at their homes a Mountain Shadows neighborhood association is aggressively pursuing legal action against a woman and her temporary basketball hoop.
Proposed Pueblo cement plant kicks up dust
A plan to build a $150 million, coal-fired cement plant just south of Pueblo has stirred up a groundswell of opposition from residents who say the plant will send huge amounts of dust skyward, spew a variety of toxic pollutants into the air, and put Pueblo in danger of once again running afoul of federal clean-air laws.
Columns
Man, oh Man
In 1975, a small group of men in a women's studies program decided to join in the movement to emancipate women, and thereby "[liberate] men from the traditional constructs of masculinity." This year marks the 25th anniversary of the antisexist men's movement and they're celebrating here in Colorado Springs.
Working their way out of a job
With respect to El Pomar and Red Cross for their concern for the needy, we believe Colorado Springs doesn't need to be a national model for homeless services.
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Public Eye
Longtime local peace activist Bill Sulzman and nuclear resister Carl Kabat are arrested at the Minuteman Missile Silo in Weld County; Doug Dean, the lawmaker who is supposed to represent District 18 in northern Colorado Springs, lives in Denver year-round courtesy of Colorado taxpayers; and our first installment from gaffe-master George W. Bush.
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Outsider
Let me share a little midsummer resolution for moral improvement with you: I have resolved not to watch one second of TV coverage of either convention.
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Letters
Readers of the Independent talk back to the editor.
IQ: AC/DC
Every week, the Independent takes to the streets, in search of your opinion on the latest, breaking news.
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Garden Daze
Recharged by a short nap among blue fescue and feather reed grass, I remember one item on my diminishing "to do" list which cannot wait another day.
Springs-originated Buntport Theater Company on the international fringe
Buntport Theater Company is back in Colorado after going international with their act; there's good news and bad news for the cast of The Laramie Project; and the contributions to state senate District 10 candidates Ron May vs. Doug Bruce have been submitted to the Colorado Secretary of States office.
Jamie Spears
With the Acoustic Coffee Lounge, a dream comes true for two java lovers.
Check-In Time
The Physically Handicapped Amateur Musical Actors Leagues approach to Grand Hotel manages to see through the surface level corruption and societal disintegration to find a kernel of hope around which they've built the foundation for the play.
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Stranger Than Fiction
All the strange news that's fit to print.
Food & Drink
Holy Posole
The adobe warmth of the Southwestern style building which houses El Tesoro makes one want to linger.
Soy or Ploy?
Soy has been heralded as a sort of miracle legume for women's health but the jury's still out on if soy's all it's cracked up to be.
Music
Playing Around: Kansas
This week we highlight Kansas, who will be performing with Foreigner and Badfinger at the Summer Jam 2000 at the Air Force Academy this Sunday.
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Playing Around Listings
Where to find live music in the Colorado Springs area.
Film
Invisible (hu)Man(ity)
Hollow Man,the latest thriller by director Paul Verhoeven, is an empty, excruciating mess.
Dances With Chicks
I saw Coyote Ugly a scant 72 hours ago. Why is it that I can barely remember a thing?
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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
Dog Day Dogma
In one well-paced evening in the Smokebrush Cabaret, Upstart Performing Ensemble introduces Colorado Springs to three first-time directors and a new local playwright.
TV Hole
What are the two most overdone trends in TV today? "Reality" shows and shows about high school. It's hard to believe it's taken this long to combine them, but it's finally happened.
Books
Off the Rack
Soul, spirit and Southern lore in the fourth annual Oxford American Southern Music Sampler 2000.
Toughest prose in town, enit?
Sherman Alexie, a Spokane Coeur d'Alene Indian, was selected by The New Yorker as one of the best American fiction writers under 40. In The Toughest Indian in the World, you'll find nine durable stories that confront the tough realities of living on and off "the rez."
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.
