Colorado Springs Independent | Kirsten Akens

Girls and boys chase ‘simply irresistible’ Ingrid Michaelsonnew

AudioFile

Colorado Springs Independent | Kirsten Akens | 04-24-2014 | Music

City Councilor shows solidarity with transgender crowdnew

'T' for tolerance

Colorado Springs Independent | Kirsten Akens | 11-20-2013 | LGBT

Male callnew

'Anti-sexist' Jackson Katz pushes forward with his gender-jarring messages.

Colorado Springs Independent | Kirsten Akens | 09-19-2013 | The War on Women

The Mathis family fights a first-grade battle close to homenew

Elementary education

Colorado Springs Independent | Kirsten Akens | 04-18-2013 | Children & Families

Turnabout's Fair Paynew

Lilly Ledbetter says her bill is just the beginning.

Colorado Springs Independent | Kirsten Akens | 04-03-2013 | Business & Labor

The things we left behindnew

Amid the confusion of sudden evacuation, a certain kind of clarity sometimes emerges.

Colorado Springs Independent | Bill Forman, Kirsten Akens, Bryce Crawford, Chet Hardin, Wyatt Miller, Achille Ngoma, Matthew Schniper and J. Adrian Stanley | 07-06-2012 | Disasters

Tags: Waldo Canyon Fire

Birthday Suitnew

Colorado singer-songwriter Wendy Woo strips down to the simple things in life.

Colorado Springs Independent | Kirsten Akens | 01-23-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Wendy Woo

Life in the Slow Lanenew

Traveling musician Peter Mulvey prefers two wheels to four.

Colorado Springs Independent | Kirsten Akens | 01-13-2012 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Peter Mulvey

A Fracking Messnew

In his new mystery novel, longtime journalist Mark Stevens tackles murder alongside oil and gas mayhem.

Colorado Springs Independent | Kirsten Akens | 09-22-2011 | Books

¿Hablas Mango?new

Your library's got free language software -- really, and with an iPhone app.

Colorado Springs Independent | Kirsten Akens | 09-01-2011 | Tech

Tags: Spanish, English as a Second Language, ESL, Mango languages

Nothin' but a Hound Dognew

Boulder author Esri Allbritten concocts Manitou mutt mystery.

Colorado Springs Independent | Kirsten Akens | 07-14-2011 | Books

Tags: Chihuahua of the Baskervilles, Esri Allbritten

Home Off the Rangenew

Country singer Joe Nichols chats about labels, legacies and his abbreviated bullriding career.

Colorado Springs Independent | Kirsten Akens | 07-07-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Joe Nichols

God, the Gunman and Jeanne Assamnew

A look at why, even in her new life miles away from Colorado Springs, the security guard-turned-reluctant-celebrity still has to address New Life Church.

Colorado Springs Independent | Kirsten Akens | 03-04-2011 | Religion