• Issue Archive for
  • Dec 18-23, 2008
  • Vol. 16, No. 51
  • Peace
Digital Edition

News

  • Ups and down(town)s

    Beth Kosley is gone now, but she's still everywhere in downtown Colorado Springs.
  • Long Story Short

    My father, it seemed, had shown me a secret for future Christmases. Then my mother started yelling.
  • Nick of time

    Yes, Virginia, there will be stores open on Dec. 25 to bail out some of us.
  • Give and take

    Charities can help you give a gift that will make a difference this year.
  • Follow me

    Hiring more research faculty could spur major growth at university.
  • Surprise ending

    Fortunately for local booklovers, some stories have surprise endings.
  • A $200 second chance

    Diversion has been an eye-opener for many success stories.
  • Down the ICE hole

    A jail-capacity problem has brought a solution in which inmates are cash cows.

Columns

  • Advice Goddess

    There's a time for active listening and a time for active running for your life.
  • Letters

    Bleak outlook, Mike Miles, health forum, Blago, automakers and others.
  • Updated: A whole new ballgame

    Now we'll see a scramble: Salazar's replacement, and then the dominoes falling beyond that.
  • Ho ho ho, heh heh heh

    We needn't limit the holidays to read-from-the-script piety, convention and tradition.

Food & Drink

  • Side Dish

    Heart of Jerusalem Caf, Solar Roast Coffee, Xero Footprint and more.

Music

  • Worley possessions

    At 44, country artist Darryl Worley finally seems to have found some peace.
  • Cheech & Chong

    "Just the sound of our voices can get everybody stoned, including ourselves."
  • Big Gigs

    Upcoming concerts here and around the region.
  • Reverb

    Kinfolks will have a benefit for the Empty Stocking Fund.
  • Intelligent design

    Acosta insists that she and frontman Eli Mishkin are not brother and sister.

Film

  • Cinefiles

    Man on Wire; The Man Who Fell to Earth; Beer for My Horses
  • Movie Times

    What's playing when, and where, on the silver screen.
  • Opening this week

    The Metropolitan Opera: Thas; Seven Pounds; Slumdog Millionaire plus more.
  • If he were a rich man

    Now we know why the world has been overrun by idiotic game shows.
  • Movie Picks

    Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
  • Mouse tales

    He is smart, brave, adventurous, adorable and tiny. He's a mouse.
  • Will power

    Trailers usually give away the plot, but not for this one.

Books

  • I'll be dead for Christmas

    The characters are significantly different from Harris' original creations.

Calendar

  • Get Involved

    Toy Drive, PPRTA committee, Tree and Shrub Sale.
  • The Run Down

    Nutcracker on Ice, experimental cinema, Google's free 411.
  • Crochet my video

    VHS tapes become the latest fashion at Commonwheel.
  • Seven Days to Live

    What's happening in the region highlights from our listings.

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