Thursday, May 23, 2013
News
God before country
With the help of one powerful member of its congregation — Rep. Doug Lamborn — a pastor at Woodmen Valley Chapel received his green card, an advantage most immigrants might never have.
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Long story short
Most of us journalists don't often venture into the realms of theology.
DADT: Treading lightly
A telling hesitation lingers among many service members as 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' finally dies.
Happy endings for redistricting
Local legislators, both Republicans and Democrats, share relief in state's apparent redistricting outcome.
Shaking the foundation at AFA
Pentagon investigates claims that Air Force Academy leaders falsely reported faculty credentials.
Noted: Who's expected for Memorial task force
Also: AFA limits religion edict, city recycling diverts tons, Aztec looks for helping hand and more.
Columns
Ranch has wide attention
Ultra Petroleum apparently has Texas-sized hopes for those 18,000 acres. Yes, that means drilling lots of wells, with jobs by the hundreds (who knows, thousands?) to spur the local economy.
The next bubble: health care
You don't have to be an economist to realize health care costs are unsustainable. The numbers have to come down. But how?
Changes at The Broadmoor
Turns out 71-year-old rich person Philip Anschutz is indeed buying The Broadmoor. This is great news, guaranteeing that we, the villagers, will continue to be able to pay $87 for a beer.
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Letters
Ideas, criticism and a nightmare related to the Memorial Hospital task force; love for an Indy cover model; sharp words for Social Security.
CannaBiz: No plea deals for MMJ cases
Also: Original Cannabis Growers robbed.
About Uncle Guido ...
While immigration is part of so many of our individual stories, today there's an undeniable "us vs. them" vibe to this realm of political debate.
NCAA losing all stability
Suddenly, the entire college landscape is changing before our eyes. Not in spring or summer, but smack-dab in the middle of football season.
The GOP's jobs debate: Is that all?
Let's turn the Hubble telescope to the faraway galaxy where Rick, Mitt, Michele and Goofy are contending for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
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Advice goddess
What kind of man sends his girlfriend a postcard from his sex vacation with his fling?
Food & Drink
Big, fat and loud
Brace yourself for dining at North Academy newbie My Big Fat Greek Restaurant.
Gurney grubbin'
In accordance with our effort to keep this column fresh in terms of the food styles we write about, this week we venture to hospitals.
Side dish: SwitchBack coffee's air roasting
Also: Two soon-to-open locales and the new Babylon Market.
Music
C'mon, get happy
Low's Mimi Parker reflects on the minimalist trio's career highs
Twisted misters
The Peculiar Pretzelmen explore the arcane art of carnival chaos
Wandas never cease
Boston's 'best live band' takes stage sound to the studio
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Reverb
There's too much going on this week to even think about hibernating.
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Sound advice
Blitzen Trapper, Reckless Kelly, The Kooks
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
Whole new ballgame: Moneyball
A baseball movie for people who don't think they like baseball movies.
Statham-fisted: Killer Elite
Statham's on-screen persona is one of pure thuggishness. He's not asked to be witty or charismatic or anything other than a brute.
Sanctuary cinema
Lavender Film Festival imports some of the year's best to a community that could use some escape.
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Cinefiles
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop; Straw Dogs: Unrated Version; Camelot: The Complete First Season
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Movie picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
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Opening this week
Abduction, Dolphin Tale, Moneyball and other film events around town.
Visual Arts
Runway project
Local artist Aaron Graves brings his eye, style and skill to vintage and modern fashions.
Audio graffiti
New UCCS sound art installation Mountain Ghosts needs you to make its mark.
Books
A fracking mess
In his new mystery novel, longtime journalist Mark Stevens tackles murder alongside oil and gas mayhem.
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Short stories
Manufacturing Hysteria, Crazy Things Parents Text, He Talks Mars / She Talks Venus
Calendar
Special Section
Bonus CineFiles: Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace, The Magnificent Seven, The Return of the Magnificent Seven, and The Exterminator!
It must have sucked to have lived in a major metropolitan area in the late ’70s and early ’80s. Look at movies like Death Wish, Vigilante or Defiance, which show that living in the ghetto war zones of New York City or L.A. was a veritable death sentence ...
Colorado Mountain Brewery to open second location on the west side
Colorado Mountain Brewery announces plans for a second location in the former Van Briggle Pottery building on 21st Street.
Upcoming COPPeR bootcamps
Earlier this month, COPPeR held its first artist bootcamp class on how artists, nonprofits and arts organizations should deal with the print media.
Caitlin Green leaving GOCA
Caitlin Green, co-director of the Galleries of Contemporary Art at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, has left her position to pursue other opportunities.
