Friday, May 24, 2013
- Issue Archive for
- Nov 21-27, 2002
- Vol. 10, No. 47
- Getting manic about organic
News
Eaters of the World, Unite
As we gather around Thanksgiving tables this year, we can be thankful that, while the profiteers and politicians are headed in one direction with our food system, We the People are headed in quite another
Springs Police Spied on Local Activists
Denver 'spy files' include information furnished by CSPD
Whistleblower May Hold His Breath
Baker, contractor in settlement talks
CC Support Staff Air Grievances
President Celeste to address 'caste system' on campus
Columns
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Public Eye
Cara DeGette on leaving your head on, and other mangled song lyrics
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Livelong Days
What's happening this week in the big city-- highlights from our listings.
Pooper Scoop
What's happening this week in the big city-- highlights from our listings.
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Outsider
John Hazlehurst on waddling down the green mile
Kookamongous
Kool Keith to serve you ... chicken wings and juice boxes
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Letters
Readers of the Independent talk back to the editor
IQ: You are what you eat
The recent shutdown of the Swift and Co. beef plant in Greeley due to the discovery of feces-contaminated meat is the latest in the gross news about the food we consume. Over the past several years, the American public has been treated to an increase in genetically modified vegetables and hormone-treated milk.
Blinded by Science
Teaching children to be environmental stewards
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Domestic Bliss
Kathryn Eastburn on the boys of our dreams
Food & Drink
A Yam Ain't a Yam
It's a sweet potato
Music
Playing Around: Irrational Exuberance
Playing Gregor Mendel with their genres, Irrational Exuberance is mostly folkie la Greg Brown but with added trombone, banjo, mandolin, guitar, electric bass, drums and various noisemakers that give the band the strange sounds of a group bent on being bent.
Film
Mariachi Moments
The film biography of Mexican painter and pop culture icon Frida Kahlo, directed by Julie Taymor (Titus), tells Frida's life story in relatively straightforward, consecutive order, taking us from her school days where she taunts muralist Diego Rivera as he comes on to a nude model, to her death at age 47 and her wry parting remark: "I hope the end is joyful and I hope never to come back."
In It for the Long Haul
A review of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
It Ain't Easy Being Funny
A review of Comedian
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Movie Picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films showing on Colorado Springs area screens.
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Opening This Week
What's new on Colorado Springsarea screens
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Movie Times
What's playing, where, and when, on the silver screen in Colorado Springs.
Visual Arts
DAM's Good Show
Curator Diane Vanderlip's contemporary legacy on display
Books
Hell's Inferno
Punk progenitor lives an open book
