Sunday, May 26, 2013
News
For the love of a road
Concerned commissioners weigh the worth of a proposed 4-mile extension to Powers Boulevard.
Glenn: No trouble seeing double
Darryl Glenn sees no problem with being the only elected official to vote twice on Copper Ridge at Northgate.
Jail death: 'Undetermined causes'
Autopsy report doesn't help family of 20-year-old who died three months ago in El Paso County's jail.
Feeling flush
Where did all that stimulus money go? Some of it has been piped into Manitou Springs' infrastructure.
Crimes of punishment
A top prison expert talks to the Independent about human rights in our jail, and across the nation.
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Long story short
Next time you're at a loss for where to dine out, we hope our Bites compendium will come in handy.
Noted: D-49 super leaving
Also: Lamborn gets a challenger, FAC picks theater director, spice heats up AFA and more.
Columns
Gessler fails the smell test
Let me introduce you to Colorado's new secretary of state. Because apparently many of you don't really know anything about him, or you would have voted for somebody else.
UFO Phil aims for the stars
"I get abducted almost every day," Phil said. "They seem to take one day off each week."
Enterprises: threatened species
Defending the city's enterprise system has remained a central tenet of Council majorities for decades.
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Letters
Discussing PERA, city role models, words to live by and more.
Picking the Super Bowl
Something tells me this Super Bowl, barring some kind of crazy collapse or game-turning injury, will turn into an instant classic.
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CannaBiz
Meetings on legalization, legal policies and industry rules.
IQ: Tuck in, take out
What happens when our dining experiences go pear-shaped?
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
Obama trusts big business with our future
Exciting news, folks. Obama and team say they're recalibrating, retooling and rebranding his presidency!
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Advice goddess
It's hard to have a rational conversation about porn because people's first reaction is so often knee-jerk hysteria.
Food & Drink
Asian con-fusion
Pho-N-Thai mixes all with mixed success.
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Side dish
Bargain philosophy at one new restaurant, roaster moves into old Smokebrush Gallery and more.
Music
Meet the boys on the battlefront
Big Chief Monk Boudreaux carries on a uniquely New Orleans tradition
Glitch slap
A post-Mob Kraddy gets back in the loop
Freak-folk family
Cotton Jones embraces its small-town sensibility
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Sound advice
Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers, Gurf Morlix, British Sea Power
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
Lust in translation: Somewhere
Clever, relaxed, confident, Somewhere sometimes seems merely like an assembly of fine touches.
Gourmet cheese: Sanctum
Sanctum is extreme people in extreme danger in an extreme place in 3-D.
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Opening this week
The Roommate, Sanctum, Somewhere
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Cinefiles
Paper Man, Freakonomics, Secretariat
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Movie picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
Visual Arts
Art without artifice
A young painter opens his sketchbook for a Pueblo show.
Stage
Not dead yet
Monty Python's Spamalot coconut-clops into town.
Calendar
Special Section
The 2011 Bites Dining Guide
Welcome to Bites, the Independent's version of a typical dining guide, but with more tooth.
Evening in Jerusalem 3 postponed
The weather forecast is currently for snow tonight and snow tomorrow, with temperatures no higher than 10 degrees Tuesday night. So ...
It happened one night
Area restaurant workers share bizarre, funny and bloody tales from the line of duty.
The 2011 Bites Dining Guide - Listings
Your Independent resource for dining out locally.
Chain gang
Franchises and corporate outfits that earned your votes for Best Of 2010.
Be an Indy food critic
What's the food scene missing? You.
