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Issue Archive for
Dec 16-22, 2010
Vol. 18, No. 50
The Tastemaker
Digital Edition
News
Cover Story
The tastemaker
With a holistic interest in, and wholesale devotion to, top-level foods, he has earned chefs' business — and trust.
by Matthew Schniper
Tags:
Cover Story
,
Dave Nigh
,
Nigh Imports
,
Extraordinary Ingredients
,
Francis Schott
,
Margarita at PineCreek
,
Craftwood
,
Nosh
,
MacKenzie's
,
microgreens
,
spices
,
Bon Appetit
,
Zagat
,
food distribution
Long story short
Dave Nigh's import business helps fuel some of the Front Range's top kitchens, including those that have made Boulder famous.
by Matthew Schniper
Tags:
Long Story Short
,
Dave Nigh
,
Front Range
,
food distribution
,
Sienna
Local News
Degrees of separation
Does the Air Force Academy have the right mix of civilian and active-duty profs?
by Pam Zubeck
Tags:
Local News
,
Air Force Academy
,
Brig Gen. Dana Born
,
Pentagon
,
Armed Services Committee
Local News
Reintegration nation
One local veteran goes to bat for a pilot PTSD program.
by Chet Hardin
Tags:
Local News
,
National Organization on Disability
,
Wounded Warriors Careers Program
,
Stephen Stewart
,
NOD
Local News
Not-so-Easy Park
Downtown meter won't take your card? There's a reason, and it has to do with the city saving money.
by J. Adrian Stanley
Tags:
Local News
,
Greg Warnke
,
Easy Park
,
Colorado Springs Parking Enterprise
Local News
Stopping the spiral
The Suicide Prevention Partnership of the Pikes Peak Region aims to help limit families' pain with its Children Left Behind program.
by Rhonda Van Pelt
Tags:
Local News
,
Suicide Prevention Partnership
,
John Arndt
,
American Association of Suicidology
,
Children Left Behind
Noted
Noted: County administration considers staying downtown
Also: Agencies ask for donations, the Cliff House gets a gift, and Springs voters are promised a Memorial vote.
Tags:
Noted
,
Cliff House at Pikes Peak
,
Memorial Health System
,
FutureSelf Erik Scott
,
Greater Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce
,
Stargazers Theatre and Event Center
Columns
Ranger Rich
Dumb and dumber
Eventually in this rant I will get to our state's own Dan Maes.
by Rich Tosches
Tags:
Ranger Rich
,
Dan Maes
,
Doug Lamborn
,
Lionel Rivera
,
Bentley Rayburn
,
Jeff Crank
Between The Lines
County lost in the dark
At some point on Monday or Tuesday, you had to wonder, who's really in charge?
by Ralph Routon
Tags:
Between The Lines
,
El Paso County
,
State of the Region
,
Plaza of the Rockies
,
Pikes Peak Regional Building Department
Letters
Medical marijuana angst, the problem with pat-downs, and a vote for Christo and Jeanne-Claude.
CannaBiz
Council rejects Planning Commission suggestions, DOR drops by.
by Bryce Crawford
Tags:
CannaBiz
,
Randy Purvis
,
Sean Paige
,
Planning Commission
,
Bryan Burnett
,
UCCS
,
Colorado College
,
Julie Postlethwait
End Zone
Picking the bowl games
This batch of bowls looks more difficult to forecast than any in recent memory.
by Ralph Routon
Tags:
End Zone
,
Bowl Championship Series
,
Air Force
,
Independence Bowl
Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
by Roland Sweet
Tags:
Stranger Than Fiction
,
Randy King
,
John D. Gilliand
Hightower
Our war plans can't succeed in Afghanistan
Lowdown
by Jim Hightower
Tags:
Hightower
,
Taliban
,
Afghanistan
,
Pentagon
,
Pakistan
IQ
IQ: Let's spoon
Some of us may not even know what we've been waiting for until it's served to us with a side of haricots verts. Or fries.
by Bob Campbell
Slice of Life
Advice goddess
Maybe your cinema sex escaped notice by fellow moviegoers, but if there's a wet spot for others to avoid, they'd like it to be a puddle of Pepsi One.
by Amy Alkon
Tags:
Advice Goddess
,
Amy Alkon
,
Advice Goddess
,
Pepsi One
Food & Drink
Side dish
Tamales with a 20-year track record, incoming downtown sushi, east-side Mexican, and more.
by Matthew Schniper
Tags:
Side Dish
,
Colorado's Best Tamales
,
Laura Perez
,
masa
,
Tomo Sushi
,
John Ra
,
Burgers and Bowls
,
Jose Muldoon's
,
Detz Cafe
,
Verna Summers
Appetite
Your momma's so ...
Imperfect delivery aside, Jo-Mamas' eats are no joke.
by Matthew Schniper
Tags:
Appetite
,
Jo-Mamas
,
Linda Robbins
,
pizza
,
Gary Filipiack
,
Grant Family Farms
Music
AudioFile
Hunter and the hunted
Country star Chuck Wicks hits more than the
Billboard
charts
by Kirsten Akens
Tags:
AudioFile
,
Chuck Wicks
,
country music
,
hunting
,
Christmas Unlimited
,
Cowboys
AudioFile
Do the Mickey Avalon
Against all odds, hip-hop's best-loved ex-junkie is cleaning up his act
by Bill Forman
Tags:
AudioFile
,
Mickey Avalon
,
KushCon
,
Jane Fonda
,
Interscope
,
marijuana
,
hip-hop
,
Medical Marijuana
,
MMJ
Reverb
If there were only one show to catch all year (and I only say this a couple times a year), it would no doubt be this Sunday's Kiowa Sessions, Vol. VII.
by Adam Leech
Tags:
Reverb
,
Kiowa Sessions
,
Dave Mansfield & the LAMFs
,
Drag the River
,
Parkway Event Center
,
Changing Colors
Sound advice
Duffy, Hinder, Kevin Fowler
Tags:
Sound Advice
,
Duffy
,
Endless
,
Hinder
,
All American Nightmare
,
Kevin Fowler
,
Best of ... So Far
Playing Around listings
Who's playing where, and when, at area venues for the next week.
Big Gigs
Upcoming big-name concerts here and around the region.
Film
Reviews
Grid expectations: TRON
The psychological setup is just filler until Sam finds his dad's old lab.
by Scott Renshaw
Tags:
Reviews
,
TRON: Legacy
,
TRON
,
Jeff Bridges
,
Joseph Kosinski
,
Garrett Hedlund
,
Olivia Wilde
Reviews
Rocky road:
The Fighter
The comparisons to Stallone's masterpiece are justified, for all the best possible reasons.
by Scott Renshaw
Tags:
Reviews
,
The Fighter
,
Amy Adams
,
Mark Wahlberg
,
Christian Bale
,
David O. Russell
Reviews
Aronofsky's pas de deux: Black Swan
The film is big on going insane and grabbing crotches.
by Jonathan Kiefer
Tags:
Reviews
,
Black Swan
,
Swan lake
,
Natalie Portman
,
Darren Aronofsky
,
ballet
Cinefiles
The Special Relationship, I'm Still Here, The Extra Man
Tags:
Cinefiles
,
The Special Relationship
,
Tony Blair
,
The Extra Man
,
Kevin Kline
,
I'm Still Here
,
Joaquin Phoenix
,
Casey Affleck
Opening this week
TRON
,
How Do You Know
, even some
True Grit
showings
Movie picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
Visual Arts
Art News
Glass menagerie
Local artist David Gonzales sees your window as his canvas.
by Claire Swinford
Tags:
Art News
,
Colorado Springs art news
,
David Gonzales
,
window painting
,
holiday painting
Calendar
Today in colorado Springs
Seven days to live
Special Section
IndyBlog
UPDATE: Energy manager resigns
by Pam Zubeck
Tags:
City Gov
,
Drew Rankin
,
Colorado Springs Utilities
IndyBlog
Please stop bringing sexy back
by Chet Hardin
Tags:
National News
,
Julian Assange
,
Wikileaks
,
TMI
IndyBlog
Indy Minute
by Jack Ward
Tags:
Entertainment
,
Nonprofits
,
Music
,
Theater
,
butte theater stage
,
christmas eve
,
1890’s cripple creek
,
Thin air theatre company
,
angel of the christmas mine
,
Trans-siberian orchestra
,
TSO
,
World Arena
,
manitou springs
,
fruitcake toss
,
Cool Science
,
Give!
,
Independent
,
Indy Give
,
Indy Minute
,
Jack Ward
,
Video
,
Video
IndyBlog
Don't get sick, get shot
by Pam Zubeck
Tags:
County Gov
,
El Paso County Department of Health and Environment
,
flu
IndyBlog
Liquor news: King takes queen
Jignesh 'Jiggy' Sheth will be open for business early next year.
by Chet Hardin
Tags:
Local News
,
Queen Liquor
,
Colorado Springs Liquor Board
,
Smoker King
IndyBlog
That's a lot of mashed potatoes!
by Pam Zubeck
Tags:
Local News
,
Bob Telmosse Giveaway
IndyBlog
UPDATE: Reported sex assaults increase sharply at Air Force Academy
by Pam Zubeck
Tags:
Military
,
Air Force Academy
,
sexual assault
,
Department of Defense
IndyBlog
Local musicians compile their Xmas lists
by Adam Leech
Tags:
Music
IndyBlog
It ain't over 'til the Vlad Putin sings
Vladimir Putin, Blueberry Hill, Museveni, Truman, Clinton, Bush, Nero
by Bill Forman
Tags:
Music
,
Video
IndyBlog
New building going up at Peterson AFB
by Pam Zubeck
Tags:
Military
,
Peterson Air Force Base
,
Wyle Information Systems
,
PCL
,
Air Force Space Command
IndyBlog
How to get more for less
by Pam Zubeck
Tags:
City Gov
,
Colorado Springs Utilities
,
Southern Delivery System
,
water
IndyBlog
UPDATE: Smokin'
by J. Adrian Stanley
Tags:
Local News
,
Quail Lake
,
prescribed burn
IndyBlog
Mike Merrifield running for Council District 3
by J. Adrian Stanley
Tags:
Local News
,
Mike Merrifield
,
City Council
IndyBlog
Aurora cop arrested by Springs cops for child porn
by J. Adrian Stanley
Tags:
Local News
,
Morgan Sellman
,
child pornography
,
Colorado Springs Police Department
,
Aurora Police Department
IndyBlog
Whiskey Barrel Espresso release Tuesday
by Matthew Schniper
Tags:
Food & Drink
,
Colorado Coffee Merchants
,
Whiskey Barrel Espresso
,
Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey
IndyBlog
Foie gras: Not so evil?
by Matthew Schniper
Tags:
Food & Drink
,
Serious Eats
,
foie gras
,
PETA
IndyBlog
State seeking your thoughts on released MMJ rules
by Bryce Crawford
Tags:
Medical Marijuana
,
Marijuana
,
Matt Cook
,
Department of Revenue
,
medical marijuana
,
Medical Marijuana
,
MMJ
IndyBlog
Give! breaks $200,000
by Kirk Woundy
Tags:
Media
,
Nonprofits
,
Indy Give!
,
Colorado Springs nonprofits
IndyBlog
Guess who's legally armed!
by Chet Hardin
Tags:
State Gov
,
Police
,
concealed gun
,
audit
,
bureaucratic incompetence
IndyBlog
Flying today? Call first
by Kirsten Akens
Tags:
Breaking News
,
Colorado Springs airport
,
flights
IndyBlog
Bonus CineFiles: Down Under demons, Christian courtrooms and Stone Cold stunners!
by Louis Fowler
Tags:
Film
,
CineFiles
,
The Trial
,
Hunt to Kill
,
Damned By Dawn
IndyBlog
Pssst ... there was a Council meeting Friday
by J. Adrian Stanley
Tags:
Local News
IndyBlog
New city bus contractor had 'best value' but not best price
by J. Adrian Stanley
Tags:
Local News
,
Andy Garton
,
McDonald Transit Associates
,
Inc.
,
Mountain Metropolitan Transit
IndyBlog
The 'Artport'
by Kirsten Akens
Tags:
Arts
,
Colorado Springs airport
,
art
,
Cottonwood School for the Arts
IndyBlog
UPDATE: Memorial's PR firm pulls out
by Pam Zubeck
Tags:
City Gov
,
HCA-HealthOne
,
Memorial Health System
,
Sean Paige
IndyBlog
Victory for gay soldiers
by Bree Abel
Tags:
Military
,
National News
,
Senate
,
Barak Obama
,
"don't ask
,
don't tell"
,
New York Times Inside Congress
,
Michael Bennet
,
Mark Udall
,
Allen R. Schindler
,
Jr.
,
Esquire
,
President Clinton
IndyBlog
County jail ends postcard policy
by Chet Hardin
Tags:
Local News
,
El Paso County jail
,
postcards
,
ACLU
,
Sheriff Terry Maketa
IndyBlog
Standup tragedy: Jess Walter coming to Tattered Cover
by Bill Forman
Tags:
Books
,
Jess Walter
,
Tattered Cover
,
Denver
,
The Financial Lives of Poets
,
Citizen Vance
,
Billy Bob Thornton
,
Ten Best
,
books
,
Video
IndyBlog
'Absurdly talented' Monae wins top album honors
by Bill Forman
Tags:
Music
,
Janelle Monae
,
ArchAndroid
,
Guardian
,
album of the year
,
PopMatters
,
MTV
,
Rhapsody
,
Video
IndyBlog
Get Groupon's awesome FAC New Year's Party deal today
by Matthew Schniper
Tags:
Entertainment
,
Groupon
,
New Year's Eve
,
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
,
FAC
IndyBlog
Company wants to meet MMJ center staffing needs
by Bryce Crawford
Tags:
Medical Marijuana
,
Marijuana
,
Westword
,
CannaStaff
,
Neil Demers
,
medical marijuana
,
Medical Marijuana
,
MMJ
IndyBlog
Why's pot still illegal, again?
by Chet Hardin
Tags:
National News
,
Marijuana
,
legalization
,
drug war
,
Medical Marijuana
,
MMJ
IndyBlog
Who wants to start a radio station?
by Chet Hardin
Tags:
Science & Technology
,
Community radio
,
Democracy Now!
,
video
IndyBlog
Many Colorado banks in trouble
by J. Adrian Stanley
Tags:
Economy
,
bank rating
,
BauerFinancial
,
Denver Post
IndyBlog
Pineries master plan draft unveiled
by Pam Zubeck
Tags:
Eco News
,
County Gov
,
The Pineries
,
Great Outdoors Colorado
Gift Guide
Indy
's Last-Minute Gift Guide
When all else fails, we appeal to the senses.
Gift Guide
Eat and be merry
Dig in to a rundown of local ways to make mouths smile.
by Kirsten Akens
Tags:
Gift Guide
,
Garden of the Gods Gourmet
,
Wag N' Wash
,
Colorado Coffee Merchants
,
Wisdom Tea House
,
Sweet Daphne Confections
,
Couture Cupcake Co.
,
Pikes Peak Chocolate and Ice Cream
,
Vitamin Cottage
,
Mountain Mama
,
Sammy's Organics
,
Colorado Springs gift ideas
Gift Guide
Buy the book
Navigating the aisles may be easier with a published author holding your hand.
by Kirsten Akens
Tags:
Gift Guide
,
Laura Reeve
,
David Mason
,
Angel Smits
,
Kirk Farber
Gift Guide
Beats and pieces
Listen up: We've got plenty of auditory delights to go around this December.
by Bill Forman
Tags:
Gift Guide
,
Beatbox
,
Beats by Dr. Dre
,
Turbo Tooth Tunes
,
ICP ornaments
,
box sets
,
CablJive DockXtender
Gift Guide
Say it in celluloid
Consider these last-minute DVD and Blu-ray picks for the holiday enigma in your family.
by Louis Fowler
Tags:
Gift Guide
,
MGM Movie Collection: 6 '80s Movies
,
Alien Anthology
,
The Sound of Music: 45th Anniversary Edition
,
Space Precinct
,
Hoarders: Season Two, Part One
,
Avatar: Extended Collector's Edition
,
Antichrist
,
Vampires Suck
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