• Issue Archive for
  • Oct 18-24, 2001
  • Vol. 9, No. 42
  • Best of 2001

News

  • Cover Story

    • Best of Colorado Springs 2001

    Welcome to our eighth annual Best Of edition -- the original and peerless annual publication that honors the best of our world in the Pikes Peak Region. As always, we have you, our faithful readers, to thank. More than 700 of you responded to the survey and we set 10 diligent tallyers on the task of determining the winners. We offer the long-awaited results here with our sincere congratulations.

  • Endorsements

    The Independent picks the best candidates and weighs in on the issues for the upcoming Nov. 6 election

Columns

  • Outsider

    OK, you've just gotten a long, incomprehensible mail-in ballot dropped in your mailbox, and you have to deal with it. You're in luck; Sister Mary Ignatius will explain all.
    • by John Hazlehurst

  • Letters

    Readers of the Independent talk back to the editor.

Food & Drink

Music

  • I on the Arts

    • Hard Labor

    It gives me great pleasure to announce the birth of a bouncing baby arts program.
    • by David Ball
  • Playing Around

    • Playing Around: Elea Plotkins

    Elea Plotkins keyboard-based folk-pop resonates with late-70s influences and her vocal delivery is clear, mature and feminine.
    • by Kristen Sherwood

Film

  • Reviews

    • Hollywood Noir

    After his Disneyish anomaly The Straight Story and the disastrous Lost Highway, director David Lynch returns with a vengeance Mulholland Drive.
    • by Cole Smithey
  • Reviews

    • Inside Joke

    Nothing near hilarity ensues in Corky Romano.
    • by Cole Smithey

  • Movie Times

    What's playing, where, and when, on the silver screen in Colorado Springs.

  • Movie Picks

    Our reviewers' recommendations for films showing on Colorado Springs area screens

Visual Arts

  • Artbreak

    • No Absolutes

    A new exhibit at UCCS explores cultural identity and perspective in contemporary Russian and American art
    • by Dave Rootes

Stage

  • Dance

    Ballet Hispanico sashays its way to the Pikes Peak Center this Saturday.
    • by Kimberly Dark

Books

  • Fine Print

    • The Road Leads Home

    Local author debuts with a prize-winning story collection.
    • by Michael Salkind

Calendar

  • Events

    • Event Listings

    If there's something going on, we've got it listed here.
  • Today in colorado Springs

    • Seven Days

    What's happenin' this week in the big city -- highlights from our listings.
    • by Kristen Sherwood

Best Of

  • Best Of 2001

    • Best of Local Folk: Just Folks

    Once upon a time, a dastardly schoolteacher hissed into a little girl's ear that she had no right to paint a picture without demonstrating great talent. That little girl was Mary Mashburn.
  • Best Of 2001

    • Best of Recreation: Work that Body

    There are hundreds of miles of excellent hiking trails in and around Colorado Springs. And there are epic hikes to be found farther afield.
  • Best Of 2001

    • Best of Urban Living: Uniquely us

    It was just like a Hollywood movie. Seven escaped fugitives, accused of killing a cop, end up renting out a spot in an RV park up near Woodland Park, passing themselves off as traveling missionaries for several weeks.
  • Best Of 2001

    • Best of Goods and Services: Making us look good

    See, if aliens landed in Colorado Springs, no, wait! If Captain Kirk came to the Springs with aliens, and with Spock and the doctor, and these aliens wanted to know all about humans, or maybe they wanted to become humans, or were judging humans or something. Wait, where was I?
  • Best Of 2001

    • Best of Food and Drink: Vital Vittles

    You could taste the love. Forks moved slowly from plate to mouth. Eyes closed in blissful contemplation. Gentle sighs escaped our lips. So closely did our experience match what one could only fantasize from reading (or viewing on film) Like Water for Chocolate, the highly sensual, food-friendly novel by Laura Esquivel.
  • Best Of 2001

    • Best of Art and Entertainment: Life's Pleasures

    If movie theaters are the temples of the secular age -- the carriers of our common cultural narratives -- shouldn't they look at least somewhat classy? Shouldn't we honor them by surrounding them with good architecture, public art, and an ice-cream store? When you emerge from them, shouldn't you be greeted by inviting green benches and strolling diners?

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