Saturday, May 25, 2013
News
The war, on drugs
Another front has opened in the wars being fought by the U.S military, and it is one for which the Pentagon was as unprepared as it was for Iraq and Afghanistan.
City 4 Sale!
The city believes companies will spend millions to advertise on city property or with programs.
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Long Story Short
Our stretched-thin military has been prescribing its troops medication to keep them on the battlefield.
A slippery slope
Twelve families have submitted formal complaints about The Classical Academy, and now the state wants answers.
NOTED: Balink dislikes state proposal
Also: Guadagnoli expansion, 3.2 beer lives on, city-county sharing, Canadian sympathy and more.
Where the rubber hits the road
Perhaps the greatest lesson of the recession is that yes, it is your problem.
Time for city vote
If you're considered an active voter in Colorado Springs, you should be receiving your mail ballot.
Columns
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Advice Goddess
Tell her you understand these things are meaningful to her, but you're unhappy and feeling smothered.
Another March, another batch of dreams
Air Force hockey aims for return to NCAA as hoops' annual madness begins.
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Stranger Than Fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
An educator's letter to Obama
My response to your "five pillars" of educational reform is the Educational Trinity: teachers, students and parents.
Humanizing the hard times
You don't know Gordon Riley, but he's living with the worst fate of this rotten economy, day after exasperating day.
Iraq, cont.
Six years after invading Iraq, the costs continue to stack up, both in terms of money and the health of our soldiers.
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Letters
City election, Apuan-Roupe, AIG, St. Patrick's Day parade and more.
Food & Drink
Rustic meets refined
Second Street Art Market has a soothing atmosphere to go with its classy cuisine.
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Side Dish
Whole Foods, Warehouse, Slayton's, Shawn's Bakery
Music
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Playing Around Listings
Who's playing where, and when, around the area.
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Reverb
A whole batch of new "old school" punk bands is coming down the pike, and you can soak up a few at an all-ages showcase.
Junkyard blues
Kubek has a story that illutrates how life imitates art far more often than art imitates life.
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Sound Advice
Shemekia Copeland, Papa Roach, Justin Townes Earle
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Big Gigs
Upcoming concerts here and around the region.
Booka Shade
"A lot of acts in the electronic scene who say they play live look like they're checking their e-mails."
Pretty hate machine
Shaant Hacikyan isn't shy about the internal tensions that have been a big part of life in his group.
Tougher than tough
Their sound is a vibrant take on the reggae style that emerged from Kingston's ghettos in the late '60s and early '70s.
Film
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Movie Picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing in the area.
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Movie Times
What's playing where and when on the area's silver screens.
Phoenix rising
t's a shame that his public circus has become the story, when this film should have been the story.
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Cinefiles
Hollywood Residential: Season 1; Rachel Getting Married; Stash
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Opening this week
Altered Courses, The Class, Duplicity and others.
Hopeless bro-mantics
When sociologists sifting through the male-bonding comedies of the early 21st century, what will they conclude?
Calendar
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The Run Down
Veronika String Quartet; X.J. Kennedy; Yellowstone: Battle for Life
Pushing up Daisey
Mike Daisey's roles include performer, monologist, artist, storyteller, writer and activist.
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Get Involved
St. Baldrick's, protecting public lands, Forest Service committee.
Lend me an ex-rocker
Brian McClure has two things going for him: music experience and not having a lot of opera in this show.
Seven Days to Live
What's happening around the region highlights from our listings.
Special Section
S'more fun for kids
No matter how you find the camps, remember: Summer may be short, but memories are long...
