Thursday, May 23, 2013
News
Winter film in 3-D
As winter settles in, it's time to prepare for the avalanche of film that will hit screens before 2010.
The Lon and the short of it
As local movie director Pete Schuermann talks about his work, he admits he has a pet peeve: People can't believe he makes films in Colorado Springs.
Gather your nuts
I am here to advise you to see this fall movie season as a period of rest, recuperation and gradual replenishment.
The discs that keep on giving
With Thanksgiving upon us, it's time to reflect on what truly matters: friends, family and, of course, sitting idly in front of your television.
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Long story short
When I called Sarah Lotfi to schedule this week's cover shoot, her only question caught me a little off-guard.
School of thought
When Al Loma and LuAnn Long take their seats Nov. 30 on the D-11 board, they'll bring points of view that have been absent as of late from the group. They might even bring some fireworks.
The costs of Freedom
Also, after two years of shedding jobs, the Gazette laid off 11 workers last week, thanks in part to Freedom's failures.
Asking for it
When Manitou Springs City Council created an ordinance forbidding all panhandling, it probably didn't realize just how far-reaching the law would be.
Still flowing
Under a new pay plan included in Utilities' $1.11 billion 2010 budget proposal, employees won't get a one-time bonus, but their base pay will go up and they will be eligible for one-time payouts.
Noted: Marijuana taxes
Also: FBI investigation on Fort Carson noose, new ambulance alarm, AK-47 accusation not a threat and Strandlof denies charges.
Columns
Glenn steps forward
At least one City Council member is assuming more of a leadership role, whether he's in the majority or not.
D-11 on the upswing
District 11 has made significant progress, but we know we must do better. We are not afraid to acknowledge and address our challenges. If we had all the answers, it would be easy.
AFA's springboard to 2010?
Troy Calhoun always has been optimistic about the future of Air Force football. He and his staff believe in the cadet-athletes, mainly because most of them followed that same path.
Dopey strikes again
Thousands of people think our own state Sen. Dave Schultheis looks a bit odd. Like a grown-up version of that kid with the banjo in Deliverance.
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Letters
Outcry on 2C continues, Winnebago answer, Berlin Wall anniversary, ignored veterans speak and more.
IQ: Winter, in reel life
Maybe during next year's holiday season, we'll throw on the heavy coats and head to a local movie event. In the meantime, our film choices are two: the multiplex or the living-room couch.
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
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Advice Goddess
Offering a woman a massage is, like, the oldest college boy sex gambit in the book: "If you'd just take your shirt off, I could really get at that knot."
ES&S trying to monopolize America's voting system
During the past decade, state and local election authorities have ever-so-quietly allowed a little intrusion to come between the casting and the counting of our votes. The intrusion is called "privatization."
Food & Drink
Punctual pies
Aside from pleasing the kids, Pizza Time ultimately succeeds in satisfying grown-up eaters too.
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Side dish
Five stars for the Penrose Room, biodiesel donations for Designated Driver, free meal for military and veterans and more.
Music
Swell Season's greeting
Glen Hansard figured out a good way not to have to deal with the pressure of following up a hit album. He pretty much made the new Swell Season CD, Strict Joy, before he realized what was happening.
Discomfort and joy
While other kids were sneaking out to parties and listening to Limp Bizkit, Crescenzo was hanging out in his parents' home studio and immersing himself in Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder and Weather Report.
Devil in the details
"I was always a writer, you know, and my father's a fantastic storyteller. I'm sort of a culmination of his upbringing, I suppose."
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Reverb
Well, misses and sirs, it appears that the "Holey Daze" are upon us. This year, however, there is an alternative to visiting the stale, muggy, fluorescent-lit, mouth-breathing-consumer swine-flu hell of Mall City, USA.
Alela Diane
"I was rebellious in the opposite way of how most people are. Because my parents were a little more free-flowin', I took the road of trying to do really well in school."
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Sound advice
Tegan and Sara, Spencer Day, Nirvana
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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
Young and restless
An Education feels more mature than most coming-of-age movies, and will buoy anyone who remembers taking that first peek into life beyond parents and textbooks.
Trap play
The Blind Side is unimpressive for a conventional reason: It's simply a lazy piece of movie-making.
Web Extra: Bloodless
Two hours of pretty teenagers making moon eyes at one another in this love triangle is an hour-forty-five too much.
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Opening this week
The Blind Side, An Education, Planet 51, The Twilight Saga: New Moon
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Cinefiles
Rocky: The Undisputed Collection, Andy Barker, P.I.: The Complete Series, Spread and more.
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Movie picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
Visual Arts
Sweet and sour
The mysteries of sugar grow exponentially in scale and complexity in terms of its role in history and biology, from the slave trade to genetic modification on farms.
Calendar
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Get involved
Heritage of Hope Art Show and Reception, 25th annual Trees of Life Outdoor Tree Lighting Ceremony, Suicide Awareness Day
