Saturday, May 18, 2013
News
Picture this
Jim Turner and Matthew Stevens have been working their way through a monstrous to-do list.
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Long Story Short
This weekend's film festival will be a testament to what you can do with a little creativity and a lot of guts.
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Noted
Elizabeth Fineron, Cañon closing, Lamborn petitioning, MAT moving, more.
Scattered shots
The squad commander suggests off-base training is an efficient way to polish needed skills with minimal hassle.
The real deal
He'll hate the comparison, but Shiveley brings to mind a thinking man's Paris Hilton.
Air-brained idea?
Pueblo's airport is facing the danger of the FAA relocating some of its functions.
Illegal motion?
Pion Canyon ranchers and supporters have taken the bull by the horns.
De-magnetized
Karen Dandino is out to teach District 11 the most fundamental lesson.
Columns
No light, no heat, no life
This month, Mae Mills and Steve McCrystal have gone through misery unlike anything in their lives.
What women really want
If sex appeal sprang from inner beauty, Eleanor Roosevelt would've been Playboy's hottest cover girl ever.
Hoping the boycott bomb doesn't explode
This year's pre-Olympic script seems eerily and ominously familiar, in too many ways.
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Stranger Than Fiction
All the strange news that's fit to print.
Break for corporate crooks
Now the Bushites have devised a neat way to go soft on corporate criminals.
See you in the pixel papers
One of the Independent's founders says farewell after 15 years in the Public Eye.
Who has a housing policy?
There's a strange disconnect between the presidential campaigns and national reality.
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Letters
War machine, DNC protests, no Utopia, snake oil and more.
Going indie
Our movie tastes say a lot about who, and how old, we are.
Food & Drink
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Side Dish
Another CSA, clarification, events
Hog heaven
If the sight of the former Sharky's made you flash back to adolescence, particularly a naughty '80s movie, you're not alone.
Music
Every mile a memory
Even in his sixth year of touring, Bentley comes off as personable and upbeat.
Plow you under
In Scott H. Biram's retelling, it's a bit like Truman Capote's In Cold Blood except, you know, with chickens.
The bewitching ballad of Another Black Day
Another Black Day is just another rock act attempting to turn a dream into a career.
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Reverb
Music news and gossip
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Sixty Seconds
"We're into a mix of rock and electronic and even Italian soundtracks from the '70s."
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Sound Advice
The Black Keys, Punk Goes Crunk, Sarah VonderHaar
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Big gigs
Big-name concerts around the region
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Playing Around Listings
Where to find live music in the Colorado Springs area.
Film
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Cinefiles
Wasting Away, 305, Windcroft
Dream on
Eric Shiveley has created a spare, beautiful story about the difficulties of doing what you love.
Indigestation
We're turning supposedly grown women into juvenile idiots, like we've done with supposedly grown men?
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Movie Picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films showing on Colorado Springs area screens.
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Opening This Week
Deception, Iron Man, Married Life and more
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Movie Times
What's playing, where, and when, on the silver screen in Colorado Springs.
Calendar
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The Run Down
Pinball Showdown, MAT circus, Goat lady
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Get Involved
TABOR forum, Community in Action, wildfire victims
Event Listings
If there's something going on, we've got it listed here.
The fame game
The play was written in 1907, but the moral still applies today.
Funky cold imposta?
Will the rapper really show up for his gig here, or not?
Seven Days
What's happenin' this week in the big city -- highlights from our listings.
