Friday, May 24, 2013
News
Coming up dry
Without changes, El Paso County won't get ongoing tax revenue from the oil and gas industry.
Brain drain
Parks department loses another TOPS leader at the worst time.
Once biting, twice shot
With a dog-meets-deputy incident, one homeless man delivers a cautionary tale.
Manitou makeover
City plans more improvements, and another roundabout on Manitou Avenue, in 2012.
Best of friends
With no cavalry in sight, volunteer groups strive to protect, preserve their favorite local parks.
Noted: Council delays drilling in city
Also: Governor mic-checked, Mann principal dies in fall, county officials reviewed and more.
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Long story short
"I realize that I am a nerd," she wrote, "but my colleagues are insisting that I show this to you." That concept, featuring two cryptids and a stack of gift boxes, is what you see on this week's cover.
Columns
Bach's budget battle
Now here's an opportunity that Mayor Bach surely shouldn't have missed.
You may not have noticed...
In following the region, I've watched with growing alarm as many influential area newsmakers have left the scene.
CannaBiz: Traffic collisions down in MMJ states
Also: Should you show a cop your red card?
Avs can't rekindle flame
Step inside Pepsi Center these days for a Colorado Avalanche game, and you won't find much living in the past.
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Letters
Thoughts on brands, reviews, zygotes and Ari Berman.
Reasons for Memorial hope
I still believe that the task force members are high-integrity professionals and will assess the proposals objectively and fairly.
'Tis the season
Love it or hate it, you can't escape the holiday shopping season.
Living the high life via E-470
I have no idea how stressful it must be to run a toll road. I can only imagine it's a living hell.
Congress takes lobbyists' side, and kids suffer
Congress: How small-minded is it? How tangled-up in a right-wing ideological knot is it? How subservient to corporate lobbyists is it?
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
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Advice goddess
Some women do volunteer work; some women date it.
Food & Drink
Elementary, my dear
New spot Rudiments Café gives a little life to an east side strip mall.
Side dish: What's new at Another Pint
Also: Famous owners taking over Patty Jewett Bar and Grill
Season's eatings
In journalism, those wishing not to be relegated to neighborhood newsletter-writing generally avoid the "weather lead."
Music
Not your father's hip-hop
The Knux get a pop-rock assist from Kid Cudi and Natalia Kills
Music therapy
Seth Glier seeks pop music's interpersonal connections
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Reverb
Six weeks after the loss of John-Alex Mason, the local bluesman's legacy continues on in a new program to introduce people to the art form he championed.
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Sound advice
Mary J. Blige, Willie Nile, R.E.M.
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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.
Sweet home Detroit
Kid Rock finds a way back to his blue-collar roots
Film
Blue Olsen Cult: Martha Marcy May Marlene
Martha Marcy May Marlene is easy to love and impossible not to admire. That's also true of the film's breakout star.
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Cinefiles
5 Days of War, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, The Wave
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Movie picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
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Opening this week
Martha Marcy May Marlene and local film events.
Visual Arts
All the world's a stage
Ambiguous and layered, the Baroque parallels today, according to the art of Strange Beauty.
Stage
Never-too-old Land
A veterans assisted living center hosts a reimagined Peter Pan in The Lost Boys by TheatreWorks.
A little ode about Frog and Toad
Clothes make the characters in the FAC's take on a new family classic, A Year With Frog and Toad.
Calendar
Special Section
Ode to the Gazette: Ownership makes a difference
What has happened with Freedom Communications is a sad story in comparison with other local-owned newspaper operations, here and elsewhere.
New gallery opening downtown
Starting January 1, Gallery 113 will open downtown, taking the place of Lasko Fine Art on Tejon Street. Artist and printmaker Geoff Lasko has now relocated to Taos, leaving his space to become an "artists-owned LLC."
Holiday Gift Guide 2011
This holiday season, consider buying local and online at etsy.com. Here, we've found options for both.
Out and about
If you're more into sights than bytes, consider these stores.
Wine down
A Broadmoor sommelier vets your holiday vino.
