Sunday, May 26, 2013
News
Budget blowback
The City's projected budget shortfall has effectively doubled, from $14 million to a paralyzing $28 million.
Calling in reinforcements
Fort Carson soldier suicides — five so far this year — and a string of homicides involving combat veterans from the post, have healthcare professionals looking to bring the network here.
Whisk them away
"There's something grotesque about burying alive one of nature's best diggers."
Noted: Statewide GOP jostling starts
Also: Zubeck to join Indy, Section 16 talks on the rocks, new detox up and running and more.
Columns
Missing the toll booths
Even a technology buff like me had a heckuva time trying to pay my toll via a new computerized system on highway E-470, the road that takes us from our village to Denver International Airport.
Broncos test fans' mettle
After more than three decades of being one of the Broncos' most vocal realists in print, I'm on the upbeat side now.
City picks its battles well
You don't see editors disagreeing with their publishers very often — at least not in print. But not this time.
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Letters
TABOR's bright side, camera concerns, today's death panels, the future of a low-tax city and more.
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Advice Goddess
I'd probably be less "conventional" if I were around 13, the age at which adolescent rebellion strikea — a perfect time to act out by donning the T-shirt "Ask me about my nipple rings."
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
IQ: Right-brain respect
The salad days of your painting career may have come and gone in elementary school, but everyone has an artistic bone somewhere in their body.
Food & Drink
Boo and cheer
I've always had a morbid curiosity for exactly what takes place at the site of everyone's favorite illegal Barr Trail and Incline parking lot in Manitou Springs
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Side dish
Great Harvest Bread closing, Mollica's expanding, falafel follow-up, Springs Foam Fest and more.
Music
Hip-hop heavyweight
"I'm basically a record label's nightmare," says 2Mex, "We're like, 'Career suicide is our style!'"
Get the balance right
Depeche Mode's Sounds of the Universe documents a turning point for the band.
Post Prairie League
Cody and Willy Braun of Reckless Kelly may hold the world record for shortest turnaround time between bands.
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Reverb
So, by now you've all seen the "50 bands I've seen live" crap all over the face-space.
Crosby, Stills & Nash
"My life is fine right now because David's not barking at Stephen and Stephen's not barking at David. I think we're getting along better than we ever did."
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Sound Advice
Willie Nelson, Cobra Starship, Irma Thomas
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Playing Around Listings
Who's playing where, and when, at area venues for the next week.
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Big gigs
Upcoming concerts here and around the region.
Film
Myth America
This may not be a look at the Woodstock that was, but it's charming as a look at the Woodstock that we wish it had been.
Unoriginal sin
Except maybe in the case of Aladdin or Hamlet or Gandhi, it's automatically lame when a movie's title is just its main character's name.
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Cinefiles
Merlin and the Book of Beasts, Hardbodies Collection, Sunshine Cleaning and more.
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Opening this week
Adam, The Final Destination, Spread and more.
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Movie Picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
Visual Arts
Choose your own adventure
Synergy promises to be fun, whether or not you're familiar with the term "visual phrase."
Calendar
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Get Involved
Fifth annual Family AfFaire, Wet 'n Waggin' Charity Dog Wash, Heart and Music — Benefit for '09
Special Section
Fall Arts Preview '09
Each year at this time, we like to fast-forward a few months and highlight some of what's ahead on our local artscape.
Fall Arts Preview '09: Season's bleatings
Do a bit of digging, and it becomes apparent that there's still a lot going on, though some of it may be a bit more underground than in autumns past.
Fall Arts Preview '09: 38 degrees of collaboration
38 Degrees Latitude sees potential in abstract and contemporary arts climate along the 38th parallel in Colorado. And they want to bolster the burgeoning movement.
Fall Arts Preview '09: Collection agency
No bigger story buzzes in the art world than that of underground collectors Herbert and Dorothy Vogel. And that story includes our Fine Arts Center.
Fall Arts Preview '09: Dare to dance
A low-cost, meat-market-free look at some of the best local places for learning to dance.
Fall Arts Preview '09: A stack mountain high
Our short guide to some upcoming home-grown writing.
Fall Arts Preview '09: In a winning state
Fantasy fans may not know of Fort Collins author Carol Berg. But that may soon change.
Fall Arts Preview '09: The drama club
The Informant!, Surrogates, Capitalism: A Love Story, Where the Wild Things Are and more.
