Tuesday, May 21, 2013
News
Better Together?
Nonprofit works on the fly to plan out long-term recovery effort for fire victims.
Memorial's day nears
Tuesday, we'll find out whether voters have decided to lease city-owned Memorial to University of Colorado Health.
SDS cancellation sought
Stormwater funding may affect whether the Southern Delivery System can be used.
Take 5
Colorado Springs hosts the Stage 5 finish. Here's how to plan a USA Pro Cycling Challenge race day to remember.
Mom-and-pop skate shop
Local couple makes their 'Room' into a home away from home for many youth in Memorial Park.
Points for participation
Parking, spectating, and more. Get locals' tips for those racing in for the Springs' stage of the race.
Noted: Bach hands out pink slips
Also: Panhandling ban discussion, Gessler still hunting for illegal voters, BAC vandalized, and more.
Columns
These images still burn
About 140 homes gone, not just here and there, but entire streets and cul-de-sacs wiped out. If it doesn't bring you to tears, you're not human.
West side heading downhill
What old-timers call "Poverty Gulch" could have become the Stone House Neighborhood with signs, historic plaques, a walking tour.
When GPS leads to SOS
People are venturing into the backcountry without survival skills, carrying gadgets they think of as get-out-of-jail-free cards.
CannaBiz: Impacts of an Amendment 64 win
Also: A money bomb for MMJ
Broncos: work in progress
"We've got work to do," said John Fox. "And our '2s' have to do better."
Obama's missed opportunity
This, as you might guess, was not Todd Akin's first hike into the Moron Forest.
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Letters
Thoughts on the Memorial lease, gun control, the presidential race, Chick-fil-A, and more.
The real world
We should have known that asking students for thoughts on the value of higher education would bring in a pro-college response.
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that’s fit to print.
Food giants stoop to new low
About 9 out of 10 Americans say they want GE foods to be labeled so they can decide for themselves whether to buy the industry's hype.
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Advice goddess
Making things work comes down to the basics — love — and wanting to be together so much that the tradeoffs seem worth it.
Food & Drink
Strong bones
Seafood stalwart shows why people freak over its fish.
Side dish: Dine late at Whiskey Dick's
Also: Supernova's an '80s-flavored "barcade."
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Dine & dash
Lemongrass Bistro, Thunder & Buttons II, Jelly
Music
Too much, too young
Texas troubadour Bleu Edmondson survives his own success
Free the Flobots
The Denver collective returns to its indie origins
Keep on trucking
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit revisit the American dream
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Reverb
Springs history will repeat itself Friday with another ‘Let It Be’-style rooftop concert.
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Sound advice
Shoes, Shel, James Luther Dickinson &North Mississippi Allstars
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
Brass Dax: Hit & Run
The stars of this half-baked cross-country romp are a thoroughly likable bunch.
B-plus: Premium Rush
It cuts through bloated-spectacle nonsense to demonstrate how you can wrap an audience around your finger for 90 minutes.
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Cinefiles
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog, The Kill List, Dance Moms: Season One
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Local film events
A Streetcar Named Desire, A Thousand Words, Restless Heart: The Confessions of St. Augustine, and more.
Visual Arts
Breaking through
Making a comic book is one thing. Making it in the comic book industry is entirely another.
Calendar
Special Section
Why Sheriff Maketa's calling for a tax hike
Sheriff Terry Maketa outlines his need for a tax hike.
UPDATE: Lawsuit over PERA could delay Memorial lease deal
The city seeks a ruling saying PERA's termination provisions don't apply to Memorial under its lease transaction and that because of that, the city doesn't need to pay PERA anything.
Dump Drake, enviros say
The Sierra Club has jumped on Steve Bach's bandwagon, proving the old adage true that politics make strange bedfellows.
Broadmoor moves on without Moore
Amidst upcoming expansions and renovations, the Broadmoor announces the departure of ACF master chef Derin Moore, who came on as the fifth chef in hotel history this past May, replacing Siegfried Eisenberger.
Student Survival Guide 2012
The joys of college debt, how to get a paying gig after graduation, the long arm of campus law, and much, much more.
Hente's firm in TV spotlight
Scott Hente's contracting firm to be featured in HGTV show.
The ground rules
Public safety officials answer five pressing questions related to life on campus.
Field trips: CC
Sure, it makes sense to start with the Tejon strip, but you're a local now. So get out there and act like it.
Finding Plan B
Take advantage of the flexibility in “disability.”
Field trips: UCCS
Start rolling down the hill, and you'll find plenty of reasons to keep going — perhaps all the way to Manitou Springs.
How to be in debt
Navigating the present-day pitfalls and politics of student loans.
Long story short
No matter what you're looking to get out of your college years, you can find it in this town.
Field trips: PPCC
You biked or drove to campus. Now bike or drive away from it.
Get a job, ya bum!
Five things you can do in college to set yourself apart after college.
