Saturday, May 18, 2013
News
Is the city too generous?
City audit reveals costly policies regarding workers' compensation for illnesses and injuries that happen on — and even off — the job.
Things are changing at the FAC, and not everyone's happy about it
The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center is facing litigation with one of its museum curators, while other employees have claimed wrongful termination. And some of them have even claimed the FAC's permanent collection is at risk.
Purple skies at the upcoming Colorado election season
El Paso County's political parties head into state assemblies with the busy election season ahead.
Noted: Update on Marigold
Also: Memorial news from Suthers coming, opposition group to Fort Carson chopper brigade, Cripple Creek mayor leaving and more.
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Long story short
No messing around this summer. When you, your greens and your "guests of honor" leave the house, you must have the perfect destination in mind.
Columns
Living with slow progress
We're not here today to talk about the current community debate about whether the village should change to a new form of government ("strong mayor") from its current form of government ("wrong mayor").
MMJ: It's here to stay
This column's purpose is singular: Let's eliminate the fear that City Council might vote to shut down dispensaries.
Best hopes, worst fears in Harrison District 2
Our plan, based on systems thinking, good instruction and demonstrated success in raising student achievement, is arguably the most innovative and thoughtful pay-for-performance plan in the nation.
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Letters
A fresh look at the Springs, call to Ritter to veto MMJ bill, looking for a Teddy Roosevelt and more.
Monsanto pays for its arrogance
As an old TV ad used to say: "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature."
New memories for the Hall
At the end of a dark, gray Saturday afternoon in 1983, Ken Hatfield gathered his Air Force football players near the sideline of Notre Dame Stadium and gave them a few final words of inspiration.
IQ: Summer's here ... basically
It feels a little early to talk about summer — and technically, it is, considering the season's official start is June 21.
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CannaBiz
News on the recent dispensary raid, MMJ as a possible cancer cure and more.
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
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Advice Goddess
You're a woman in a hurry. Anything worth having is worth cornering like a trapped animal.
Food & Drink
Balk soup
When I first spoke with owner Lucho Freyre two months ago, he was up-front about an unsuccessful restaurant venture he'd launched that taught him "how not to run a restaurant."
Sidedish
Swirl Wine Bar coming, plus info on two new restaurants.
Music
Goo Goo Dolls manage to let their differences slide
Johnny Rzeznik is no songwriting neophyte. But over the course of writing and recording the band's ninth album, Rzeznik says he was faced with dry periods when ideas just weren't flowing.
Fancying Laura Marling
The British songstress inspires a dedicated, if occasionally idiosyncratic, following.
Adam Arcuragi & the Lupine Chorale Society invent their own mythology
Not all artists can call their music death gospel, and not many would want to.
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Reverb
I bet Ronnie James Dio and Satan are having so much fun right now ...
Sleeping in Gethsemane
"Fargo rocks, and it's a city."
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
Otis Redding, Elizabeth Cook and others
Film
Just like starting ogre: Shrek Forever After
Many of us have suspected it all along, but with Forever After, it becomes official: The Shrek film series is actually a sitcom.
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Opening this week
MacGruber, Shrek Forever After, Yeardley
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Cinefiles
Suburbia, Tokyo Sonata, The Edge and more.
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Movie picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
Stage
Focus on the Family wants you to enjoy the ramblings of demons — for entertainment's sake
If it's difficult to believe in curses, it may be even more so to believe in radio theater as a viable medium. And yet Focus' four-CD Screwtape Letters set has sold 40,000 copies since its release last fall.
Hit and Run sets mirth to music at the MAT's Colorado Improv Festival
When described by troupe founder, director and participant Stephen Wilder, Hit and Run's musical improv act sounds just a little insane.
Front Range Theatre Company director fuels Crimes of the Heart with family flashbacks
For Michael Parker, keeping his personal and professional lives separate has never been an option.
Calendar
Special Section
Café 36 to change hands soon (Updated)
William Sherman of Amuzé Bistro will replace Garden of the Gods Gourmet at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. The restaurant name will change from Café 36 to Amuzé at the FAC and begin lunch service on Thursday, June 3.
Local company looking to help in the Gulf (Updated)
James Wieker, vice president of business development for the STW Water Recycling System says the company, in response to the gulf oil spill is relentlessly trying to get the attention of BP, FEMA and anyone who might help them get STW systems deployed for cleanup efforts.
Colorado rep requests banks cooperate with MMJ
Lately, Rep. Jared Polis has been spending some time in the public eye, frequently in the defense of medical marijuana in Colorado.
U.S. plays World Cup friendly match tonight
Watch the USA play the first of three international friendly warm-up matches for the World Cup tonight at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN and Galavision. The U.S. men's team will take on Czech Republic in East Hartford, Conn. in this first match.
Summer Guide 2010
Prison trips, reservoir dog-paddles and a full calendar of special events, music festivals and a movie round up.
Final MMJ votes from your local legislators
Final votes for passage of House Bill 1284 from El Paso County legislators are in and not surprisingly results are mixed. What is surprising is how the vote divides; for once, party lines were completely ignored in favor of personal ideology.
José's expands, multi-cuisine shop opens in OCC
José Muldoon's will open a second location in the former Palapa's Surfside restaurant at S. Carefree Circle later this year. A new spot called Uchenna will open soon in Old Colorado City.
Summer Camp Guide 2010
Lord, there are a lot of kids around here. Thankfully, with summer approaching, we can also say: Lord, there are a lot of camps around here. And here you'll find information on many of them.
Summer Guide 2010: Do this. Not that.
Ideas to keep you and yours from getting tourist trapped this summer.
Sequel opportunity
More Sex, more Shrek and even a little Stallone? Must be summer at the megaplex.
Sounds of summer
Sure, the idea of WINTER music festivals is all well and good, especially if you live in Jamaica or the Mojave Desert. But for folks up this way, summer is the best time to stumble around in a threadbare Phish T-shirt, drinking overpriced beer while listening to roadies drone, "Check-ONE, check-TWO, check, check."
