Saturday, May 25, 2013
- Issue Archive for
- Mar 15-21, 2001
- Vol. 9, No. 11
- Guitar Legend Johnny Smith
News
Guitar Legend Johnny Smith Alive and Well in Colorado Springs
Bob Campbell visits with guitar legend and Ivywild resident Johnny Smith, whose parabolic career from a hillbilly band in Maine to the upper echelons of the ultra-sophisticated Manhattan jazz world and subsequent anonymity in jazz nowheresville, Colorado Springs is as improbable as it is fascinating.
Dean Maneuvers to Kill Telemarketer Constraints
Colorado Speaker of the House Doug Dean is intent on killing a bill that supporters describe as one of the most bipartisanly popular and widely supported measures of recent years.
The Reverend Moon's Comeback
In one of his first moves as president, George W. Bush signed a proclamation designating the day after the inauguration as a National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving. Hold onto your prayer shawls, my friends, because out of the pomp and pomposity of the inauguration comes the rising of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon.
Columns
Equal protection for voters requires Electoral College reform
When Senate Bill 51 passed the state Senate, Colorado moved closer to correcting one of the most undemocratic features of our presidential election the winner-take-all system of apportioning a states Electoral College votes.
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Public Eye
Eric Singers remains in the spotlight for his moment of greatness; and Ted Kaczynski gets wooed by journalists looking for a big interview.
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Outsider
First, a little bragging, then a little nagging.
Gotta Dance
With a passion for dance and a commitment to provide opportunities for budding dancers, DanceQuest stages its annual production, Katya's Dream: A Russian Trilogy.
IQ: Violence 101
Angst, hormones-to-Mars and grudges against the entire known universe are widespread givens of teenage existence.
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Insight
A new weekly photographic feature
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Letters
Readers of the Independent talk back to the editor
Food & Drink
El Torito Mexican Grill
The profusion of little Mexican restaurants around town may be my downfall.
Music
Springs Awakening
In 1998, a little-known band out of Boston played the Colorado Music Hall, kicked ass and then split town. Now Godsmacks back, with a platinum-selling CD and a brand new album under their belts.
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Playing Around
Dearly departed, let us remember the right honorable Tim Finnigan, a band of spirited music, of robust drinking ability, and of generous nature. Today we gather not in sadness but in celebration of the life of this much-respected band, and thereby begin our wake for Tim Finnigan.
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Playing Around Listings
Where to find live music in the Colorado Springs area.
Film
Roll Over, Oscar
Why Hollywood doesnt deserve to congratulate itself this year
Opening This Week
What's new in the theaters
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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
Mapping the Inner Athlete
In American Athletes, newly open at the Olympic Complex Visitors Center, photographers Jonathan Anderson and Edwin Low capture the hardship and sacrifice of Olympic athletes, transcending sport and portraying the strength of the human spirit.
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.
