Tuesday, May 21, 2013
News
The little bus that couldn't
Somehow, FREX service between Colorado Springs and Denver continued to hang on — until now.
The price we pay
El Paso County racks up tab 24 percent higher than initially projected for new and renovated facilities.
New Christian coalition
Evangelicals come together in the name of immigration reform, regardless of other political leanings.
Books on the move
PPLD dives into the future of libraries with big plans.
Prove it
Proponents of planned Initiative 84 hope ballot measure will tighten Colorado's foreclosure laws.
Noted: UCH to pay leasing fees
Also: Less than a week to vote, D-11 protects students, BAC gets new director and more.
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Long story short
Chris Weed felt confident about his sculpture pair, "Portal 1" and "Portal 2," which he submitted to Art on the Streets.
Columns
Ode to Lisa Lyden
Lyden has done that better than anybody. She's helped make this a better place to live. And to say we'll miss her, well, it's far more than that.
The race that matters to us
Why should we care what the Pueblo DA does? Three letters: SDS.
Gazette: It's now a fixer-upper
I know this will sound unbelievable, like I just made it up, but here goes: Nobody wants the Gazette.
Mining influence in Montana
In the absence of strict rules, these big players eventually will get what they seek. I vetoed these bills, but future governors might sign them if they're bribed by the money now corrupting our Legislature.
Recognizing the Peak's best
Just two more weeks, and we'll see what the future looks like for the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.
Artful urbanity
Is public art a frivolous indulgence and waste of money, or an investment in our city's soul?
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Letters
Endorsements, on politicians, FREX, Memorial and firefighters.
Local TV news loses its bite
Get ready to shudder, for America's top news source is: your local television stations.
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
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Advice goddess
Nothing says a man's open to a relationship like his ex-wife's three-year-old box of Kotex.
CannaBiz: The word on Cannabis Therapeutics
Also: MMJ tax figures
Food & Drink
Ladies who lunch
Her Story Café adds mobile moxie to deli norms.
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Dine & Dash
Pueblo Viejo, La Creperie, Great Divide Brewing Co.
Side dish: Herbal CSA springs to action
Also: Trains, whiskeys and brews.
Music
Death metal dubstep
Sound guru and Malakai frontman Chris Forsythe brings the noise
Beastie friend forever
Karl Denson pays homage to Adam Yauch and company
Head over heels
Avicii makes electronic dance music with a difference
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Reverb
Right then. Let's start out with a promising new band that'll be making its debut later this month at Zodiac: Rifle.
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.
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Sound advice
BoDeans, Patti Smith, Shonen Knife
Film
Endless summer: Moonrise Kingdom
The film's another of Wes Anderson's dollhouses, unavoidably, but with its windows open and without any shortage of fresh air in circulation.
Wouldn't it be motherly: Brave
It's likely no surprise to anyone who's seen a Pixar movie that Brave is gorgeous to behold.
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Cinefiles
The Woodmans, The FP, Monster Brawl
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Local film events
Fried Green Tomatoes and Cinemaholics
Visual Arts
Two Pair
It's a bold thing to debate art early in a marriage, especially when both parties are collectors and tasked with judging a public art competition.
Culture cache
Music, art and dance return to Green Mountain Falls for the Green Box Arts Festival.
Calendar
Special Section
UPDATE: West Colorado Avenue really needs your help
Potholes, babies in the road, crumbling bridges. No, this isn't a Third World country. It's West Colorado Avenue.
AFA and AP: Shamey, shamey
Air Force Academy exposed for improperly using AP news stories.
Ballots for displaced voters
Those affected by the Waldo Canyon fire can still get a primary election ballot.
Some new thing opens at Cave of the Winds
A quarter-million-dollar new ride joins the Wind Walker Challenge ropes course along the edge of Williams Canyon — which seems to be aggregating into a full-fledged, hodgepodge amusement park of sorts.
Following the #WaldoCanyonFire
The best way to track this story is through television and/or social media.
Fort Carson sewage spill and other enviro missteps
Fort Carson has had its problems adhering to environmental laws, most recently this month.
