Monday, May 20, 2013
- Issue Archive for
- May 1-7, 2003
- Vol. 11, No. 18
- Would Jesus buy it?
News
Would Jesus buy it?
Divine inspiration can come in many forms. For some, it's a mystical vision. For others it's a moving hymn.
New 'Spy-File' Revelations
The Colorado Springs Police Department's practice of spying on political activists -- and passing information about them to other law-enforcement agencies -- has been far more extensive and systematic than department officials have previously admitted, newly released intelligence files indicate.
Columns
Bearing bad news
Their job is delivering the most awful news any military family can ever receive: that their loved one has been killed in the line of duty.
A tale of five cities
Recently a writer, new to Colorado Springs, invited me to lunch.
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Livelong Days
What's happening this week in the big city-- highlights from our listings.
Everclear: Proof Positive
Throughout Everclear's career, frontman Art Alexakis has been known for being one of rock's most personal artists.
The cowardice of Council
It's heartwarming, isn't it, to realize that our new City Council is so dedicated to municipal thrift that they managed to slash a whole six grand from the city's $364 million budget in their very first meeting?!!
Maiden Forms
Artist and teacher Miriam Schaer sees the body as an open book.
What it means to be an American
I haven't ever written a public letter to any elected official and up until a few days ago, had you asked, I could not imagine a chain of events that would provoke me to do so.
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Letters
Readers of the Independent talk back to the editor
IQ: junk for Jesus
One woman's junk for Jesus is another man's prayer aid.
Food & Drink
The Way We Eat Now
A trip to the far corner of Powers and Constitution -- land of flapping banners and helium balloons, signifying a state of perpetual grand opening, where all doors open automatically -- usually takes the wind out of my sails.
Music
Playing Around: Dar Williams
On this tour, Dar Williams is promoting her new CD, The Beauty of the Rain, released recently on Razor and Tie Records.
Film
Heads Roll
James Mangold's Identity is both a whodunit and a wet-your-pants whentheygunnadoit that begs the question of Columbia TriStar Pictures, didtheyneedtodoit?
Somwhere, N.C.
Filmmaker David Gordon Green, director of 2000's quiet but surprisingly moving George Washington, wants to create a real and natural universe on-screen -- a place settled in its entirety where his characters can wander along train tracks overgrown with weeds, work in a sweaty textile mill, and sleep and make love on creaky mattresses in leaning frame houses.
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Opening This Week
What's new on Colorado Springsarea screens
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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
Local art treasures hit the bidding block
George White, who died at the age of 91 just over a year ago, was a lifelong bachelor who lived for over 60 years in the same modest cottage on East Boulder.
Books
Flight For Life
Literary aspirants might spend years on a first novel or story collection, but few bother with essays.
