Saturday, May 18, 2013
- Issue Archive for
- Dec 21-27, 2000
- Vol. 8, No. 51
- 'Tis Chic to be Simple
News
'Tis Chic to be Simple
Though mainstream marketing gurus have latched onto the concept of simplicity as if it were a new-fangled notion, Malcolm Howard discovers living simply is neither simple nor easy.
Neighbors Decry Group Home Plan
A dispute between a born-again ex-convict who wants to set up a group home for prison parolees and nearby residents opposed to the plan could end up having repercussions for every residential neighborhood in Colorado Springs.
Power Plays
Nine months after the city-owned utility company bought more than a dozen homes and forced property owners to move away from the Mill Street neighborhood south of downtown, project organizers now say they wont need to demolish those once-targeted homes after all.
Columns
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Public Eye
This week, the media is by and large accepting the cant we all just get along? spin being proffered by politicians after Gores concession speech, but Bush has all but dropped any real bipartisan agenda.
Presidential survivor
So one guy finally was kicked off the electoral island. Now all eyes turn to the lone survivor, who was able to outlast his opponent in a battle of legal attrition. But before we change the channel, let's reflect for a moment on some of the lessons learned from this trial-by-ordeal.
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Outsider
So George W. is gonna be president! What a boon for comics not to mention environmentalist organizations.
Usually George writes the annual holiday letter, but with all those resumes piling up on his desk, he asked if Id do it.
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Domestic Bliss
When we were little, our daddy would make us mad every morning by busting into our bedrooms, throwing on the lights and bellowing like an opera star until we got out of bed.
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Letters
Readers of the Independent talk back to the editor
Donner
Donner, the least recognized and understood of St. Nicks famous reindeer, takes a break from his off-season training and chats it up with the Indy.
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Stranger Than Fiction
All the strange news that's fit to print.
IQ: Going Thoreau
We've been bombarded for close to two months with messages about how we need to buy stuff and more stuff just to be happy. And we also need to buy a whole bunch of stuff so everyone around us will be happy too.
Food & Drink
G-g-g-g-gadgets!
Satisfy food lovers of all sorts with gifts of stylish and functional kitchen gadgets.
Beneath the green awning
As fall passed into winter this year, a quiet buzz developed downtown over the little forest green awning that appeared on Tejon Street. Cunninghams, the specialty food shop located north of Garden of the Gods Road, was opening a new branch.
Music
Playing Around Listings
Where to find live music in Colorado Springs
Film
You Go, Girl!
In addition to the ads that run before movies and the spinoff marketing that's spurred by movies, we now have a new generation of advertisement best demonstrated in What Women Want.
Reading, Writing and Playing it Safe
Finding Forresteris best described as a Bronx update of director Van Sant's Good Will Hunting. But where the script for Good Will Hunting turned and twisted like a Ferrari on the California coast highway, Finding Forrester lags and lurches like an old Volkswagen navigating potholes in a bad neighborhood.
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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 screens in Colorado Springs.
Visual Arts
Toast of the Town
Pueblos Temple Emanuel turns 100 years young and the community celebrates with LChaim, an exhibit at the Sangre de Cristo Arts Center featuring works by local and regional Jewish artists.
Books
The Beatle Goes On
Most coffee table books require only idle passages of flipping between their weekly maintenance dustings. The Beatles Anthology is not that kind of book.
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.
