Word Power

In second grade I wrote my first book, a bizarre tale of a doorknob that walked and talked and wandered around the house in search of adventure. Learning to read the year before had been such a thrill that it only seemed natural to become a writer.

Black Forest Road on Ice

In the course of seven hours of hearings and public imput over whether to put a road through Black Forest Park, last weeks meeting of the Board of County Commissioners erupted several times into heated accusations and denials, mocking denunciations and sharp legal exchanges.

• by Bob Campbell

City Smacks Home Concert Organizer

A Colorado Springs man who has opened his home up to nationally recognized folk musicians is being ordered to stop the music or face the rage of the citys lawyers.

• by Cara DeGette

The Sound and the Furious

Once upon a time, a person could see kout silence and find it. But noowadays, silence has become a rare and elusive thing. Without humans protecting it, the quiet appears and disappears like an endangered species. That which used to dominate earth for miles at a time and days on end is on the run.

• by Corinne Asturias

A weekly photographic feature

A weekly photographic feature

IQ: I write, therefore I am

It's amazing how many people say they once dreamed of being a writer.

• by Bob Campbell

Slowhand Jam

Eric Clapton rocks Colorado in a concert for the ages.

• by Owen Perkins

Lear's Royal Rain

With thought-provoking directorial choices, Colorado Shakespeare Festivals Lear is fit for a king.

• by Paul Wilson

A Tonic for Road Rage

There really are good reasons to drive Academy Boulevard, even though it means braving oxygen-deprived drivers and construction zones. In the middle of one such construction zone youll find Akasaka Japanese Restaurant, nestled in the plaza on the southeast corner of Flintridge and Academy.

• by MB Partlow

Speak Greek to Me

"So, what are you doing for Potluck this week?" my friend asks. "There's a new Greek place, over on Kiowa, kind of by the Underground. The Mediterranean Café," I reply.

• by Suzanne Becker
• Tags: Potluck, Mediterranean Cafe

O Norman, Where Aren't Thou?

Flat-picking legend Norman Blake rides the wave of old-timey music.

• by Owen Perkins

Playing Around: Xiren

This week we highlight Xiren, the Denver-based rock and roll band who will be performing at the Acoustic Coffee lounge on Friday, August 3, at 7 p.m.

• by Suzanne Becker

Monkey Business

For about ten seconds, when Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes opened last week, it seemed the pessimistic dread that most people intuited about was unfounded. But then it happened. Crowds squeezed into sold-out cinemas all over the country only to report that the movie was much worse than they could have imagined.

• by Cole Smithey

Dynamic Duo

Rush Hour 2 is a movie sequel that comes with a preemptive seal of approval by Jackie Chan's dedication to pushing his martial arts skills to the limits of acrobatic extremes.

• by Cole Smithey

Landscape Ho!

Most of the attention in today's art world seems to go to work that is more abstract than landscape painting. It fact, there are quarters of the art world where any kind of representational art is frowned upon.

• by Dave Rootes

If My Vagina Could Talk

In the same way dialogue has become a verb, I have a feeling vaginalogue is on the verge of similar liberation; itll break out from the confines of noundom, enter the exciting world of the action verb and be used everywhere from coffee klatches to 12-step programs.

• by Owen Perkins

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