Tuesday, June 18, 2013
News
How the county's Child Welfare team identifies the calls that must be answered
Review, Evaluate, Direct (RED) Teams are groups that will vet referrals of abuse claims and decide whether or not to investigate, and with what immediacy.
Polling Council candidates for their sense of 64
The fate of marijuana retail in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs bike-plan update will be regional
2011 bike map available for purchase
Stormwater task force fate unclear
The power struggle over whether the task force will ever move forward played out further in the Council meeting.
"What do you think is underreported?"
Long Story Short
Columns
Jose Antonio Vargas: My family's papers
There are no words to describe just how much stress and heartbreak my immigration status, and my choice to go public with it, has caused my grandmother.
Susan Edmondson: downtown's champion
"My fire has been stoked for downtown since I moved to Colorado Springs more than 20 years ago."
Tim Leigh and the 52 percenters
"Voting is a privilege. As the adage says — 'use it or lose it!'"
Rockies face big questions
To have a chance at sniffing .500, Colorado must find solid answers to these five.
Disney's creepy surveillance
Until it can answer these four questions to your satisfaction, don't let Disney put a "MagicBand" on your family.
It's Academy Awards time again
Glitz, celebrity, limousines, paparazzi, puddles of diamonds, one-of-a-kind show gowns, plunging necklines ...
Not all cruises turn sour
I had so many tumblers I started calling the drink pum runch, and we all laughed.
Con keeps hiring cops as hit-men
Stranger Than Fiction
She's just not into him
Tell him explicitly: "Friendship. Period."
Food & Drink
Palmer Lake's La Rosa is a desert flower
In this broad earth of ours / Amid the measureless grossness and the slag / Enclosed and safe within its central heart / Nestles the seed perfection.
Uinta Baba Black Lager, Ute Inn, Mayo's
Dine & Dash
Music
Dark Time Sunshine
The hip-hop duo puts angst in the past
Foals, Pinnick Gales Pridgen, Frightened Rabbit
Sound Advice
Major concerts in Colorado
Big Gigs
Bar and club gigs in Colorado Springs
Playing Around
Film
Oscar obscurities
Picks on the lesser-hyped categories of film excellence
Death knell: A Good Day to Die Hard
This is the worst Jason Bourne movie yet. What were they thinking?
Visual Arts
Everyday family life is an artistic treasure trove at the FAC
It's all relative
Stage
TheatreWorks' Everyman gets the modern treatment and hits the road
Final destination
Calendar
Special Section
Pride group takes aim at Al Loma
Springs Pride group asks builders group to rethink its endorsement of Al Loma, who believes homosexuality is "unnatural."
UPDATE: The godfather's slate for City Council
Developers and Schuck endorse the same slate for six City Council district seats.
Bach: He's working on west-side issues
Mayor Steve Bach begins his townhall circuit with a stop in Old Colorado City.
Think you can sing? Try out for Sky Sox
Sky Sox singers to be auditioned next month.
Vegas slaying leads to e-book
Local author William Scott writes a fictionalized account of how Las Vegas police killed his son.
Primus bringing full-immersion spectacle to City Auditorium
The 3D-enhanced performance means you’ll get to stare at the band through paper glasses for two sets of what critic Joe Gore dubbed “thrash-funk meets Don Knotts, Jr.”
Fort Carson prepares to downsize
Fort Carson announces impact of furloughs on the mountain post.
Utilities employee group picks City Council slate
Utilities employees choose a slate of City Council candidates.
