Friday, May 24, 2013
News
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Long story short
We'll look at a couple of other new frontiers in urbanized food cultivation as well as a resourceful, road-tested cooking method in this week's issue.
The Independent presents New Frontiers in Food
How much further will people go to be green and revolutionize their food systems? When will D.I.Y. yield to nuh-uh? We can't say for sure, but a quick look around unveiled a few trends on the rise.
Drive-on dining
There's a profound sense of self-sufficiency that comes from cruising down I-25 with a fine meal cooking on top of a roaring engine.
Hens in the hood
While farm folk would likely laugh at city slickers' excitement over a few yard birds, home chicken coops exemplify a small part of the pervasive green movement that's rooting across the nation.
Jarring: the new canning?
It's worth revisiting the basics of packing food into jars. Because no matter what you opt to call it, doing it right remains as critical as ever. You don't want to seal an ill fate with those lids.
Hive mentality
My manifesto was simple: I wanted to pollinate my vegetable garden. I wanted to establish one more healthy, chemical-free hive. And most of all, I wanted my own honey. And I wasn't alone.
Housing crunch
As Penelope Culbreth-Graft grapples with the biggest financial crisis to hit the Springs in decades, she faces a quagmire of her own: the impending foreclosure of her $1.25 million California beachfront property.
District of confusion
Minutes after voters spanked local government at the polls, the word "district" was on the tongues of everyone from Mayor Lionel Rivera to Parks and Recreation director Paul Butcher.
Paper trails
Things are so tight that Colorado Springs' daily newspaper has relinquished its credentials to cover the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the first time that's happened since the USOC relocated to Colorado Springs in 1977.
A Bible thumping
When a sign went up in late September announcing Andrew Wommack Ministries had just bought a sprawling ranch near their Woodland Park homes, locals felt a jolt of rage.
Noted: LandCo ordered to pay up by county
Also: prayer sessions at the Haggard home, police and fire saved from harshest cuts, the fight for Piñon Canyon continues and more.
Columns
Others share Springs' pain
Elected mayor of Manitou Springs Marc Snyder can't ignore how his 5,000 or so constituents are enduring the same consequences as their big-city neighbors.
What now for the Broncos?
Suddenly the Broncos have lost their way, their aura and their equilibrium. They have fallen to Baltimore and Pittsburgh, taking them from a confident 6-0 to a shaken 6-2 at the season's halfway point.
What's next for the city?
Recent Colorado Springs election results were less about the issues on the ballot and more about the voters handing City Council members their heads. It was a performance review.
Pot Task Force 101
One day, this whole marijuana debate — currently racing through our village like Doug Bruce on his way to a Social Outcasts Anonymous meeting — will seem silly.
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
Sick leave policies spread swine flu
One of the meanest and stingiest workplace policies is the denial of paid sick days for employees — a reality faced by almost 40 percent of private sector workers.
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Letters
Fickle art world, trusting the mayor and City Council, Haggard backlash and more.
IQ: Green acres
We like to think of our unique hobbies as interesting, and our personal eccentricities as charming. Of course, the neighbors may view them a little differently.
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Advice goddess
Of course Crushgirl's more appealing than your wife — or any real woman. As a creation of your as-of-yet unmatriculated high school imagination, she never gets her period or PMS.
Food & Drink
Bubba Kraus?
From chicken and waffles to a jambalaya po' boy, S&B crosses cultures, and gets soggy.
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Side dish
Extraordinary Ingredients opening, South Jersey Subs and sandwich parties, Beaujolais Nouveau celebrations and more.
Music
Depth to the Pixies
There are obvious career signposts that tell you your band has made it. In the case of the Pixies, their current sellout tour is a fairly favorable omen. Especially given the fact that the band officially broke up way back in '92.
Vanguard ventures
It takes a special kind of band to combine surf and jazz influences and actually make it work. Factor in the limited market for either form of music, and it takes a special kind of band to even want to.
Back in pack
In August of 2008, things literally fell apart for the band, as bassist Chris Ross and drummer Myles Heskett tendered their resignations. After 300-plus feral performances, had Wolfmother howled its last?
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Reverb
"We have been through about five band lineup changes in the last 12 minutes."
Tom Taylor and the Needlewood Orchestra
"I usually come up with a composition, put it down on score, then spend time thinking about the proper way to orchestrate it."
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Sound Advice
Julian Casablancas, Weezer, Bad Lieutenant
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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
Beg, burrow and steal
Wes Anderson has developed a signature aesthetic. And with Mr. Fox, he proves it can lift even a stop-motion animated feature.
Ship of fools
Pirate Radio is set in 1966, when official British radio stations did not carry rock 'n roll. But if you're expecting this film actually to be about that time and circumstance, you are mistaken.
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Cinefiles
I Love You, Beth Cooper; Say Anything...; Not Forgotten; Born of Fire and more.
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Movie Picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
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Opening this week
2012, Play the Game, Pirate Radio and more.
Stage
Don wan
Nine owes its origins to the classic film 8½ and a plot seeped in Jungian theories on the unconscious, archetypes and dreams.
Classical charisma
Scheel has built his career on three prongs: remixing classical music in unusual ways; offering humorous between pieces and playing his own beautiful compositions.
Calendar
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Get involved
Medicare Monday, Miracle Meters Launch Party and Springs Rescue Mission Volunteer opportunities
