Tuesday, June 18, 2013
News
One nation under FOX
This Saturday, Sept. 12, Colorado 9-12ers intend to protest perceived government intrusions since then by attending a large rally in Denver, or by joining an even larger event planned for Washington, D.C.
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Long story short
Last spring, Glenn Beck was easy to ignore: a fuzzy-haired FOX News warbler singing sweet duets with talk radio's Rush Limbaugh. But today, Beck can't be ignored.
Deal with this
According to local attorney Lindsay Fischer, the Colorado Springs city government must gain approval from voters to pay off the USOC deal with government buildings as collateral.
Heading home
Personal issues — from finances to family — have motivated Heimlicher and his wife to move back to their hometown of Memphis, Tenn.
A lot to lose
Months after voters approved casinos staying open 24/7, and higher gambling limits, nonprofits and government leaders are bracing for programming money from gaming to disappear.
Noted: College enrollment up
Also: Baca drilling on hold, Skorman named to new water board, setback for the Army, Pete Lee back on the campaign trail and more.
Columns
Not exactly brainwashing
Earlier this week the president wanted to talk to our school kids about his nut-job, radical, communist/socialist ideology. Examples include doing homework. And trying hard. This caused some to get so agitated they started shouting about Nazis.
Broncos' mystery will end at 8-8
Don't make sweeping judgments based on what happens in the season opener Sunday.
Heimlicher: It's a sad farewell
As certain as Jerry Heimlicher feels about saying farewell to Colorado Springs, he knows he'll leave unfinished battles behind.
Yes on 2C, No on 300
To the citizens of Colorado Springs: We write today with a united, fervent appeal from the region's two largest newspapers.
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
IQ: Social insecurity
The health care reform fight has the word "socialism" being thrown around by some right-wingers as though we're facing a mass conspiracy to undermine everything they believe America stands for.
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Advice Goddess
"I'd love to take you out to buy yourself a glass of wine!"
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Letters
Unemployment history, Metro transit station, dissecting the GOP, what socialism means and more.
Food & Drink
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Side dish
New local gelato, Colorado Mountain Brewery and Mucky Duck expansion.
Sugar shack
Squeak takes you back to when all you cared about were sweet, creamy and fizzy things.
Music
Noise annoys
Underneath the noise, and in a real studio, Williams is writing pop songs.
Heartstrings and elk guts
Chuck Stokes learned to love American country-rock the old fashioned way, through a Wyoming construction worker who earned extra money skinning and gutting animals.
Some days the fire eats you
With their previous album, A Hundred Miles Off, the Walkmen experienced something new in their career — a backlash from much of their fan base.
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Reverb
Looking for a little fresh meat in the metal scene?
Phoenix
"We don't work well in comfortable places. That's why we never go to regular studios. We go to weird places, vacant and dirty places."
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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.
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Sound Advice
Brendan Benson, Radiohead, Arctic Monkeys
Film
Snow job
Whiteout is a movie in which a character might be seen in a flashback, killing someone, and then say, "I killed him."
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Opening this week
Sorority Row, Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself, Whiteout and more.
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Cinefiles
Crash: The Complete First Season; Sleep Dealer; Screwballs
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Movie Picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
Visual Arts
Gang of 4
No longer a substitute for a window to the outside; landscapes assume the role of visual diary to the artists' world within.
Still a skater boy
In local art circles, Huebert's name has become synonymous with a certain style featuring graffiti elements and quirky, cartoonish characters in colorful, dreamlike settings.
Stage
Sweet dreams are made of these
"Just because the things you see aren't real, does that lessen the emotional impact [they] can have?"
Calendar
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Get involved
Health reform presentation, Pikes Peak Quality of Life Indicators Report, Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure
