Sunday, May 19, 2013
- Issue Archive for
- Dec 7-13, 2000
- Vol. 8, No. 49
- Dem Bones
News
Dem Bones
The Teller County coroners contentious battle with the sheriff raises questions of misconduct, falsified public documents and shoddy investigations.
Council Shifts its Historical Mindset
A vote on a seemingly innocuous proposal last week could signal a significant change in the position of the Colorado Springs City Council toward issues of neighborhood preservation.
Complaint spurs more downtown tree chopping
Spurred by an anonymous complaint, the city chopped down several young aspen trees downtown near the statues of men on horseback at the corner of Pikes Peak and Cascade Avenues.
Columns
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Public Eye
The revelation that people go to stores and buy things is once again major fodder for daily newspapers and local broadcast stations.
Reality of poverty a need-to-know proposition
Is poverty off our local radar screen? I don't think so. In fact, Serving the poor is a huge local industry.
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Outsider
As a few hundred power brokers and political junkies already know, our power-lunchin City Council is toying with the idea of raising the municipal sales tax from 2.1 percent to 3.1 percent, ostensibly to fund capital improvements and public safety.
Winners and Losers of Florida Recount
Winners and Losers of Florida Recount
Billy Carter
You could consider him a medicine man, of sorts. Having educated himself on many aspects of alternative medicine, Billy Carter found his friends and co-workers turning to him for advice and counsel. Now hes got Health and Happiness to invest his talents in.
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Letters
Readers of the Independent talk back to the editor.
IQ: A claim to fame
Teller County invokes a nostalgia of old-time Colorado, when hard-rock miners toiled and fortunes were made and lost in a heartbeat.
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Garden Daze
The night before Thanksgiving, around 8 in the evening, my cat Malcolm was killed on his way across my garden, just 50 feet from my kitchen where I was cooking pies.
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Stranger Than Fiction
All the strange news that's fit to print.
Food & Drink
Awakening to Chiles Rellenos
An evening of epiphanies and tried-and-true Mexican fare at The Bean Bandit Restaurant.
Does size matter?
Last week a giant burger-tunity came knocking, in the form of a little restaurant called Chel's.
Music
Order Up: Musical Meat and Potatoes
Musical wise man Martin Sexton serves up a feast of funky fundamentals this Saturday at Colorado College.
Playing Around: The Holiday Blues Gala
This week we highlight The Holiday Blues Gala, a benefit for the Colorado Actors Theater featuring members from the Tony-nominated Broadway musical It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues, who will be performing at The Warehouse restaurant on Sunday.
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Playing Around Listings
Where to find live music in the Colorado Springs area.
Film
A Barely Detectable Pulse
Whenever I don't enjoy a movie I expected to like, I ask a simple question: Is this a movie I would want to see again? In the case of Proof of Life, the answer is no, definitely no.
K2 and Nitro a Deadly Mix
While the films opening sequence, set against a stark rock mountain in Utah, promises a sophisticated thrill-ride, Vertical Limit succumbs to the same hackneyed ideas that have weighed down other mountain-climbing movies.
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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
Better Than the Mall
Not all the pieces will knock your socks off, but the wearable art in the BACs Better Than Nude exhibit sure will make the malls seem tame.
Let There Be Technicolor
Visually stunning and musically impressive, the FACs Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat makes for an excellent family outing.
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.
