Tuesday, May 21, 2013
News
Land of enchantment
If it's surrealism you seek, or just a llama trek, Taos has you covered.
Prickly pear and spice
Taking a snapshot of culinary artistry in Taos.
Taking the initiative
Colorado College's new president Jill Tiefenthaler brings a track record of success in the classroom and engagement in the community.
Taste of flight
Speed through Cañon City's zip line course, and you'll long to return to its friendly skies.
Head north, dear friends
From century-old porches to drinkable potatoes, Boulder offers more than expected.
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Long story short
Can you really blame us for organizing a series of travel features for this week's cover package?
Feeling the flow
'Dirt-A-Tracter' could buffer Pueblo-Springs water relations.
We can explain ...
When asked about Terri Velasquez's claims, city officials provide a few answers.
A sad sign on I-25
Southbound travelers into Colorado Springs are seeing an ugly sign of intolerance.
CSPD clears the air
The department shares that it does offer voluntary training to recognize all forms of developmental disability and mental illness.
Noted: Donna Nelson appointed city economics vitality specialist
Also: Manitou honors LGBT; Chamber, EDC to remarry?; storm at the state fair; and more.
Columns
Debating election-year options
We're still five months away from 2012, but that doesn't stop the political world from looking ahead to the upcoming election year.
Park situation gives you paws
"Trails for dogs, pails for people."
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Letters
Letting the dust settle on Lamborn's gaffe, the debt vote and more.
Paved with good intentions
As a kid, road trips feel long and nauseating, but as an adult those same drives tend to become our favorite treks down memory lane.
CannaBiz: Beacon St. raids trial pushed back
Also: CSMCC sets up committees and more.
Rockies give up on 2012
What happened last Saturday night in San Diego wound up being senselessly cruel.
What if we could simply fire Congress?
Impossible, you say? Not so — in fact, it just happened. Not here, unfortunately, but in Latvia.
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
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Advice goddess
Ask yourself what compels you to stay with a guy who commits sex crimes every time he takes a walk.
Food & Drink
Thai-hot, and not
North-side spot Thai Mint ranges in heat and precision, but earns cred with inspired experimentation.
Destination dining
Since we're on the road for this week's cover package, we figured it'd be apropos to feature some more far-flung restaurants here as well.
Side dish: Brent Beavers' new venture
Also: Blue Sage expands and more.
Music
Punk in the trunk
Eminem protégé Yelawolf offers hip-hop with attitude
Heartstrong
Christina Perri turns a surprise hit into a budding career
Constant changing
k.d. lang begins yet another new musical chapter
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Reverb
So what's with Colorado Springs bands going Hollywood these days?
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Sound advice
Cody Canada & the Departed, Tim Easton and the Freelan Barons, R.E.M.
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Big gigs
Upcoming concerts here and around the region.
Playing around
Who's playing where, and when, at area venues this week.
Film
The swap meat: The Change-Up
Here's the ugly truth about genre film formulas: They generally exist for good reason.
The Fischer queen: A Little Help
A Little Help comes across like one of those vintage sitcoms that you liked for being funny and weren't sure about when it turned serious.
Simian sensation: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
This is more Charly than Heston.
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Cinefiles
Damnation Alley, Zonad, Rio
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Movie picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
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Opening this week
The Change-Up, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and The Help.
Stage
It's complicated ...
TheatreWorks grapples with romance, racism and comedy in supercharged Shakespearean show The Merchant of Venice.
Calendar
Special Section
Time to party like a zip-liner
As a companion to today's travel story about zip lining in Cañon City, here's a video of my "cannonballing" down the line.
Colorado Springs, the baby book
We all enjoy marveling at early photographs of our fair city. The sparse, treeless foothills stamped with a few somewhat recognizable buildings; mountains the only landmarks that — obviously, but still oddly — appear just the same.
Win two tickets to the Gonzalo Bergara Quartet, with Mango fan Django
I like gypsy jazz, you like gypsy jazz, we all like gypsy jazz — it's just a question of tickets. Well guess who's got two tickets to next week's concert at First Congregational Church and is giving them away? This guy!
