Sunday, May 19, 2013
News
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Long story short
This week's main features focus on individuals who left high-profile positions under highly unusual circumstances.
Van Jones: Energy star
"I think the more we recognize that everything that's good for the environment is a job, the more people will be interested."
Judgment day for the Rev. Armstrong
As the St. George's Anglican rector faces his sentencing hearing, his former Grace followers take stock of the damage done.
About last week ... Council says city elections should be corporate-friendly
City officials were terribly mistaken when they believed they had made a terrible mistake.
Jail-job program: Nowhere to go
As more people enter jail without jobs, the county sees a once-promising revenue stream weaken.
Sun block
Unlike in other states, Colorado Springs Utilities and similar suppliers reduce their solar cell rebates.
Friends in high places
In times of tumult, Armstrong has kept a couple of his most prominent supporters.
Noted: Initial Incline plans approved
Also: Pueblo's nuclear option, lawmakers examine solitary, the two faces of Littleton and more.
Columns
'Inactive' and inexcusable
Next month, voting will be easy and convenient for half of the electorate, and confusing and difficult for the rest.
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Letters
Valuing every life, thoughts on the GOP, the mayoral candidates and our artistic layout.
Where's our Harry Baals?
Here you're probably saying, "That's great, but for God's sake, tell us more about your Harry Baals!"
While Rome burns
Many in Congress seem more set on imposing a favored principle than on fashioning nuts-and-bolts solutions to serious problems.
Our strength lies in our unity
There are some facts about Black History Month that every American should know, and it is past time to set the record correct.
CannaBiz: Checking in on public schools' MMJ policies
Also: medicated patches, ordinances and possible driving restrictions coming.
Rockies' new game-changer
Somehow, through all that late-season suffering, nobody blamed the one person who arguably was most responsible for the Rockies' slump.
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
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Advice goddess
The truth is, a gay wedding is generally just slightly more gay than weddings already are.
Want tougher gun control? GOP says 'No'
Let's take a little trip to Irony, Ariz. It's not a town, but a concept, though the state's political leaders don't seem at all familiar with it.
Food & Drink
Good omens
All signs point to authenticity at Pho Viet 1.
Side dish: Frogurt is back
Yogurt is the star in two new establishments.
Music
Perfect shave
Opera Theatre of the Rockies taps Met baritone for Barber
Cynical guy
The ambivalent resurrection of Marshall Crenshaw
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Reverb
Conventional wisdom has it that local DJing is pretty much limited to the mainstream pop fare that comes out of Tejon Street sound systems each weekend.
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Sound advice
Esben and the Witch, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Amos Lee
Playing around
Who's playing where, and when, at area venues this week.
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Big gigs
Upcoming concerts here and around the region.
Film
Hell and back again: Drive Angry
Oh, look: Nicolas Cage once again portraying a hellspawn on a vehicular rampage.
Love's toughest work
Referencing tragedies political and personal, a visiting filmmaker tackles forgiveness.
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Cinefiles
Beauty & the Briefcase, The Romantics, Ronald Reagan: An American Journey
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Movie picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
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Opening this week
Drive Angry, Hall Pass
Calendar
Special Section
Movie movement: Local theaters bet big on Rango
Tinseltown is betting the most, offering Rango in its XD theater — an IMAX knock-off with a $3 surcharge — plus normal screenings to the tune of 13 per day.
Armstrong avoids jail time, must pay $99,247 in restitution
Judge upholds plea agreement giving Armstrong four years of probation for his role in misuse of Grace and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church funds.
