Wednesday, June 19, 2013
News
Longtime city employees find greener grass elsewhere
Reminiscing about the 13 years he's spent building Colorado Springs' network of trails, open space and parks, TOPS manager Chris Lieber speaks the language of a city government lifer.
A guy called Alligator Joe demonstrates how tilapia and basil could heal the planet
A look at one local aquaponics operation by a man who wrestles alligators.
Local businesses apply simple but revolutionary technologies to clean our water and air
Here's a look at just three Colorado-tied outfits whose products and services stand to make a significant change to our environment.
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Long story short
With Earth Day falling on April 22, we've focused much of our coverage in this week's paper on eco concerns. (Just tryin' to do our part.)
That's a relief: Under a new state bill, public urination ceases to be deemed a sex offense
Imagine this scenario: You're homeless, you can't find a bathroom, so you urinate in an alley. You get caught, and you're charged with indecent exposure. Now, suddenly, you're sex offender.
Army's rail secret takes nearby residents by surprise
Here are some words you don't hear from the Army very often: "We made a mistake."
City's cutbacks on streetlights might save trainloads of coal, but the renewable energy lobby could use truckloads of cash
To go from diminutive measures to significant national change will require closing the influence gap between sustainable-energy advocates and fossil-fuel lobbyists.
Noted: Cops finding closure on crime lab mistakes
Also: Walker ranch for sale, Jerald Day's trial on hold, checking in on Marigold's, Senate debate this week and more.
Columns
Changing times at Carson
As rituals go, the Fort Carson Community Partnership Town Hall event appears to be losing its mass appeal.
Pit stop for an icon
Karl Rove, the grand master of modern American politics who single-handedly made the eight-year presidency of George W. Bush possible, came to our village the other day.
Major moment for McKid
We can only guess what Josh McDaniels' priorities are in reshaping the roster. But here's an educated guess of how a successful first two rounds of the draft might look for the Broncos, followed by a few sleepers.
IQ: Over the hill?
What if you turned 40 and nobody cared? We wondered if that was the current scenario facing Earth Day, which debuted in 1970 and will be celebrated again April 22.
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Letters
Thoughts on sex ed and Tea Party patriots, pros and cons with a strong mayor, global natural disasters and more.
Mr. President: Put a populist on the court
The crying need on this Supreme Court is for a new, populist-minded justice who will unflinchingly stand up to corporate arrogance and avarice.
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
Closing the wage gap
According to the most recent U.S. Census Bureau statistics, women who work in full-time, year-round jobs earn, on average, 77 cents to every $1 earned by men working in full-time, year-round jobs.
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Advice goddess
You're about three blocks past "way too pathetic" when the stuff your girlfriends got sick of telling you — You deserve better!" — is coming from the guy you "deserve better" than.
Food & Drink
East Coast ghost
If you liked East Coast, you should have no problem with I-95. Most of the menu, is the same, offering All-American, casual, family-dining.
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Side dish
Info on the olive oil emporium coming to Manitou and the new soul food restaurant as well as the beauty of curly dock.
Music
Dierks Bentley steps away from country treadmill with bluegrass intervention
As successful as he's been in contemporary country music, Bentley has roots in bluegrass that have twice saved him from the more soul-sucking aspects of the music world.
Holly Golightly leaves Jack White behind for Lawyer Dave
You may know her from her duet on "It's True That We Love One Another," or maybe from her recordings with Thee Headcoats, or its spinoff, Thee Headcoatees. Or you may not know her at all, in which case it's clearly time to get acquainted.
Exploring the improbable journeys and multiple resurrections of a former Sex Pistol
He may no longer be Johnny Rotten — the sneering, spike-haired proto punk who once helmed the notorious Sex Pistols — but John Lydon still has a wickedly razor-sharp wit.
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Reverb
Man, oh man, is it just me, or did the '90s just throw up all over the place?! Everywhere I turn, it's all flannel this, or worse yet, neon that!
AM Taxi
"I'd say that I'm ... cautiously optimistic. Cautiously optimistic about how far a rock band can really go these days."
Playing around
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
BoDeans, Bettie Serveert, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
Film
In its third year, Indie Spirit brings in more filmmakers, more parties — and, oh yeah, another hundred films
Festival organizer Matt Stevens says it's a fine piece of random affirmation: "Now people come up to me, and they don't ask, 'What is Indie Spirit?' They ask me, 'When is Indie Spirit?'"
Filmmaker Aloura Charles on modest budgets, short shorts and big breaks
An interview with one of the "Featured Filmmakers" coming the Indie Spirit Film Festival.
Oceans: Sea minus
Oceans offers up a lot of pretty pictures, but not something that feels like a movie.
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Cinefiles
The Missing Person, T.A.M.I. Show: Collector's Edition, Beeswax and more.
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Opening this week
The Back-up Plan, The Losers, Oceans and more.
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Movie picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
Visual Arts
Whale Wars' Captain Paul Watson talks about his 'clients' and combatants
The Good Shepherd: Watson talks about his fight with Japanese whalers, the fishing industry and more before his appearance at Colorado College.
Stage
TheatreWorks revives a classic black comedy
Arsenic and Old Lace, says artistic director Murray Ross, is the "kind of prophetic warning that cozy, safe havens can also be sources of danger."
Calendar
Special Section
City to fund homeless program through CDBG
City Council has agreed to fund a homeless program that puts individuals in local hotels and requires them to look for a job.
Pikes Peak Writers Conference kicks into gear today
The Pikes Peak Writers Conference officially gets underway today (following yesterday’s “optional add-on sessions”) with an ambitious schedule of workshops, speed-pitching, author and agent panels, and reading/critiquing sessions.
Davis departs Crêpes Française
James Davis confirms that he did indeed depart Crêpe Française last week.
Acacia Park to get Monday farmers market
As we predicted in our Insider Guide earlier this month, another new farmer's market has already sprung up.
