• Issue Archive for
  • Dec 25-31, 2008
  • Vol. 16, No. 52
  • Strange brew
Digital Edition

News

  • Hope rings eternal

    Gloria Mendoza doesn't feel hopeful about the bailouts helping local homeowners.
  • Long Story Short

    The cover photo may have been a little short on holiday spirit, but the idea made us laugh, and, well, we just gave in to it.
  • A preventable death

    After carbon monoxide kills a young mother, Manitou rallies for a law the state has failed to pass.

Columns

  • Letters

    Needless tragedy, religion, torture, dog poop in the park, and more.
  • AFA tests its bowl formula

    Falcons have the right basics: discipline, patience, big defensive plays and solid quarterbacking.
  • Advice Goddess

    What does this woman have to do to show she loves you, put a big red bow around your neatly folded tighty-whities?
  • Our new crime fad

    Let's discuss throwing shoes as hard as we can at the heads of our dopey elected officials.
  • Talking to ourselves

    We're all taking stock of the people, events and personal experiences that defined Colorado Springs in 2008.
  • 2008: a year to remember

    For this space's final installment of the year, here's a Top 10 list of what to remember from a local perspective.

Food & Drink

  • Side Dish

    Ranch Foods, sushi guide, Phantom's birthday
  • Nine perfect 10s

    This year has proven rough on many fronts, and the local restaurant scene has reflected as much.

Music

  • Reverb

    Black Pegasus got sideways with the Fort Collins cops and spent a night in Larimer County's jail.
  • Stoked Herring

    You never fully appreciate what another musician has gone through until you take his or her place.
  • Sound Advice

    Made in China, Chess Records stars, The All-American Rejects
  • Big Gigs

    Upcoming concerts here and around the region.
  • Rose Hill Drive

    "It's kind of like trying to repaint the Mona Lisa exactly how it was painted."

Film

  • Cinefiles

    Alice in Wasteland; Frost/Nixon: The Original Watergate Interviews; Surfer, Dude
  • Literary criticism

    Benjamin's unique predicament? He is born an old man.
  • Movie Picks

    Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
  • Movie Times

    What's playing where, and when, on the silver screen.
  • Second to nun

    Meryl Streep's holy woman is a beast in a habit, and she will put the fear of God in you.

Calendar

  • Get Involved

    Tree recycling, Earthseeds grants, cell phones for soldiers.
  • The Run Down

    Other cultures, Fruitcake Toss, The City on MTV
  • The Tao of TIE

    The result is an art form in which the peculiarities and limitations of the camera and film stock play an integral role in the work itself.
  • Seven Days to Live

    What's happening around the area highlights from our listings.

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