Wednesday, June 19, 2013
News
'Completely trashed'
A city-owned downtown building goes from art school to eyesore in a matter of months.
Cliff dive
Manitou's historic hotel, the Cliff House, lets its hard-won expansion plans sink — then starts a rescue.
Flickering flame
Around the city, MMJ centers are disappearing.
Rides like a Dream
With a new mobile clinic, local animal-welfare nonprofit Dream Power aims to add horsepower.
Noted: Provisional votes for MMJ, Morse tallied
Also: Term limits uproar grows, billboard prospects dim, Focus leads anti-gay day and more.
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Long story short
Two words: Harry Potter.
Columns
Give voters another shot
Several times in the two months before the recent election, we raised a specific red flag for Independent readers.
Joining the mayoral race
After eight years of Mayor Lionel Rivera, the man or woman who becomes our next mayor will, by comparison, seem like a combination of Aristotle and Winston Churchill.
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CannaBiz
Cannabis Council food drive, Thursday meetings and news on Schriever and MMJ.
Lesson from '30s Germany
The current conditions of economic recession, job loss, gridlock and polarization are reminiscent of Germany prior to the Nazi takeover.
IQ: When Harry met Santa
The holiday season always gives rise to a slew of new movies. The most eagerly anticipated blockbuster this season? Harry Potter.
Hero for a day, then ...
CU quarterback Cody Hawkins was named the Big 12's top offensive player for the games of Nov. 13. And there wasn't a peep of disagreement from anywhere.
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Letters
Lingering elections opinions, outrage at Bush, response from Utilities and more.
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
Google joins all the other tax cheats
If you google Google, you might learn that this Internet powerhouse once proudly promised to do no evil.
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Advice goddess
He just might be the guy who inspires you to blurt out, "You had me at 'Goodbye, see ya in a coupla days.'"
Food & Drink
The return of soul
Set your hopes for mostly satisfying soul food, and it'll be all good.
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Side dish
New ownership at Mucky Duck, Beaujolais Nouveau dinners at Le Bistro and more.
Green machine
Bon Appétit revolutionized big-time food service. Founder Fedele Bauccio explains how.
Music
Vinyl fetish
Lizzie Huffman resurrects the arcane art of country storytelling and 10-inch EPs
No relations
The Johnson Family Band gets ready to practice that old-time derision
Reliving the past
Longtime friends, bandmates gather for annual Hungry Farmer reunion
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Reverb
This week's tremors come to us from Colorado Springs' own Broken Spoke, which will be saddling up this weekend for its first rodeo release.
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Sound advice
Cee-Lo Green, Kings of Leon, Quincy Jones
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
Holiday Film Preview
There's nothing like a bad economy to boost ticket sales for the movies. Here are some reasons to hit theaters this season.
The great escape: The Next Three Days
It sounds odd to say that one of the reasons I love The Next Three Days is that it feels years long.
Bored of director: Fair Game
This story of Valerie Plame is a schmaltzy affair lacking narrative thrust or the slightest hint of humor.
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Cinefiles
Predators, Antichrist, The Psycho Legacy
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Movie picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
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Opening this week
Fair Game, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, The Next Three Days, Tangled
Fighting gravitas: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
This Potter falls somewhere between ambitious and momentous in its own way, yet never quite as powerful as it wants to be.
The wizard and my grandpa
When the latest Harry Potter film opens, one writer will celebrate the intersection of fantasy, reality and family.
A Springs special
Surprisingly, our first screening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 has Los Angeles roots.
Bait and bombs
A look at the must-sees and we'll sees of the holiday season.
Boxed out
Local filmmakers join a growing chorus calling for better incentives to attract Hollywood producers to Colorado.
Visual Arts
Go Figure
While it's here, take a look at PPCC's first Pueblo-bound exhibit.
Stage
Risky business
'Laboratory theater' hits UCCS, courtesy of one flexible company.
Calendar
Special Section
And now, changes at COPPeR
We've already reported there are huge changes to the local arts scene. And now there's even more.
