Monday, May 20, 2013
- Issue Archive for
- Dec 14-20, 2000
- Vol. 8, No. 50
- Snow Daze
News
Snow Daze
As a guide for the chillingly challenged, the Indy has assembled a collection of stories to address your wintry requisites, a "how-to" for doing the daze.
License to Thrill
Liability and litigation gain momentum in Colorado's fight for skier safety
Goin' Snowbile
Riding my '68 Schwinn Camelback on three to six inches of dry squeaky snow is a fun unique dance.
Leaves of Snow
Remembrances of winters past for an ozone-deprived generation
Can-do Candles
Wintertime crafts to get the blood flowing
Coming up Short
Colorado Springs soaring rents and plummeting vacancies keep residents coming up short in the search for affordable housing.
Life and Death
The destruction of a "xeriyarden" leads to changes in how the city does business with its neighbors
Columns
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Public Eye
The latest amusing e-mail being circulated online is attributed to former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, who offers up 18 ways of How to be a good Republican.
Art Goodtimes
Art Goodtimes is a self-styled radical, liberal progressive and a poet who runs a huge annual mushroom festival in Telluride every August.
Our Lady of the New West
A world that began with the Mexican War is ending, and I have seen a symbol of that change, standing humbly on a supermarket's bottom shelf.
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Outsider
Weve all seen the bracelets and pins engraved with the initials WWJD. The initials stand, simply enough, for What would JesusGandhi do? Not a bad guide for decision-making, most of us would agree.
Philip Morris Puts Up Good Citizen Smokescreen
Tobacco is not supposed to be advertised on television, yet Philip Morris was there again last night. The ad told the poignant story of a woman who was helped by a donation that the company made to a domestic violence shelter.
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Letters
Readers of the Independent talk back to the editor.
IQ: Let it snow
The first time I was ever whitewashed was on a cold Halloween when I was about 12. Some big kids decided they'd rather introduce me to the experience of having snow inside your shirt than go door to door for candy.
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Garden Daze
The garden sleeps, yet it is very much alive.
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Stranger Than Fiction
All the strange news that's fit to print.
Food & Drink
One With the Tomato
If you follow the trends of new cookbooks, you may have noticed those written by monks popping up periodically, gaining popularity and sales.
Trailside Treats
Winter adds a whole new dimension to trailside snacking and meal preparation.
Music
Build Your Own Box Set
Homegrown music from three Colorado treasures
Playing Around: One Man Gone
This week we highlight One Man Gone, who will be performing at the Ritz this weekend.
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Playing Around Listings
Where to find live music in the Colorado Springs area.
Film
The Self-Satisfied Man
The Family Man is a perfectly acceptable takeoff of a great movie, and although it is missing virtually all of the original magic, it is still a decent film.
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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
Beam Me Up
In what is turning out to be a season of whimsical art shows, the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Gallery of Contemporary Art has come up with perhaps the most whimsical of all, The UFO Show.
That Was Then, This Is Now
The Double Visionexhibit at the Pioneers Museum shows the evolution and the devolution of Springs man-made landscape.
Books
On Solid Ground
Barbara Kingsolver and Jane Hamilton deliver solid new novels.
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.
