Tuesday, May 21, 2013
News
Code red
In an underfunded city, a dwindling Code Enforcement department must handle thousands of complaints and potentially dangerous situations.
Breaking the cycle
By giving away wheels with no strings attached, Bike Clinic Too helps the less fortunate move forward.
Disorder in the court
Behind the junk on Vista Grande Drive lies a complicated situation.
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Long story short
Water from the upstairs bathroom had been leaking under the floor and into the ceiling below for months, maybe — no one is exactly sure.
Altared states
Bestselling author and Harvard professor Robert Putnam believes we're a religiously tolerant people — just don't start in on politics.
No more homework
Though questions abound, the city moves closer to a community center transfer.
A taxing task with nonprofits
County treasurer chafes at chasing down nonprofits to renew tax-exempt status.
Noted: Skorman considering run for mayor
Also: City cuts restored, Modbo moving into Rubbish space, coal cleaning looking good and more.
Columns
IQ: Election aftertaste
In the midterm elections, a record number of votes were cast locally, proof that people want to have their voice heard.
Falcons reach first goal
More than an hour before the kickoff last Saturday, one of Air Force's oldest football followers watched the Falcons and Army warm up before their annual service-academy game.
Clear view from far away
We think the United States has suffered during our latest recession, but that pales when you grasp how bad things were eight decades ago.
A broken region
Colorado Springs has two major problems: urban growth and economic development.
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Letters
Damning words for county officials, afterthoughts on the election, the hard truth about heroin and more.
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CannaBiz
1A still up in the air, news on the Patient and Caregiver Rights Litigation Project and more.
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
The carnage hidden behind war's 'glory'
As Gen. William T. Sherman put it, "Young men think that war is all glamour and glory, but let me tell you boys, it is all hell."
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Advice Goddess
There's that saying, "The camera adds 10 pounds." Well, the Internet often subtracts 50.
Food & Drink
Wrapper's delight
Late-night Mexican joints are the God-given antidote to all that is awesome and evil about drinking a lot.
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Side dish
Live slaughter demonstration, new à la carte menu at Margarita at PineCreek and more.
Music
Kasher in the wry
The leader of Cursive and the Good Life talks about concept albums, collapsed lungs and going solo
Is nothing sacred?
Tim Eriksen moves from alt-rock leader to shape-note svengali
Tiger beat
The folk-inclined KT Tunstall ventures into uncharted musical terrain
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Reverb
It has been over five years since the end of what could be called the "great insurgence," the first time that C-Spgs had a truly decent music scene.
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Sound advice
The Black Angels, Taylor Swift, 7 Walkers
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.
Film
Can't stop, won't stop: Unstoppable
He's played with fighter jets, race cars, submarines and subway trains, but director Tony Scott still isn't done hurling around huge deadly vehicles.
Fulfilling finale: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Like the first sparks of an affair, it'd be difficult to replicate the thrill viewers got when introduced to Lisbeth Salander in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
The money pit: Inside Job
All that's required to get your blood boiling in this documentary is believing that $161,000,000 is an awfully big severance check for someone who ran his corporation into the ground.
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Cinefiles
Agora, The Killing Machine, The Rocky Horror Picture Show:35th Anniversary
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Movie picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
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Opening this week
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, Inside Job and more.
Visual Arts
Allen True: dark horse
The FAC reins in the Springs' most underrated Western artist with a rare retrospective.
Curtis' uneasy masterpieces
Beautiful as they are, controversy envelops these photographs: Curtis, though a gifted artist, failed in his charge to compile an anthropological record.
Girl, interrupting
The woman behind Ephesium Events promises novelty, nudity and socially conscious artistic disturbance.
Calendar
Special Section
News from Cottonwood
Things are changing at Cottonwood Center for the Arts. Not only is it in the midst of a leadership change, but it's expanding.
