AltWeeklies Wire
¿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
Foilednew
One writer learns that swordplay demands legs of steel and an iron will.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
08-05-2010 |
Sports
Tags: Fencing, Kathryn Lewis-Salem
Gene Trindl's Photos Give Glimpses of the Golden Age of Televisionnew
Best-known for producing more than 200 covers for TV Guide, Trindl shot an overwhelming number of Hollywood's elite during his lifetime.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
12-17-2009 |
Art
The Story of Web Sensation Annie Leonardnew
Leonard's The Story of Stuff, is an entertaining tale of global production and consumption patterns, and their connections to larger social and environmental issues.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
12-03-2009 |
Shopping
Humorists Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood Return for More Self Abusenew
"Sometimes we look at each other right before the show, when we're about to walk onstage before a thousand people and all we have is a little piece of paper with a list of games."
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
11-05-2009 |
Performance
Pakistani Cartoonist Nigar Nazar Spreads a Female-Focused Messagenew
Nazar's cartoons focus on women's and children's rights, but are heavy on humor, which makes them approachable. Much like her protagonist, Gogi, a perky 20-something.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
10-08-2009 |
Cartoons
A More Tolerant Colorado Welcomes a More Levelheaded Paula Poundstonenew
Poundstone remembers two things about Colorado Springs: "that the Yellow Pages had eight pages of churches," and that it was covered with billboards. Her billboards.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
10-01-2009 |
Comedy
Tags: Paula Poundstone, NPR
Director Ping Chong Turns His Spotlight on Six Colorado Springs Locals With Disabilitiesnew
"Whether we do it in Tokyo, or Holland, or Germany, it's about being 'other' in those places or being marginalized in those places and giving voice to people who are marginalized."
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
09-24-2009 |
Theater
Comedian Lewis Black Takes on His One-time Hometownnew
Black's come a long way since those first days, the earliest of which include living and working in Colorado Springs for a year. Black, who grew up in Maryland, ran a theater company that worked at Palmer High School, Fort Carson and a couple prisons.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
08-19-2008 |
Performance
Making it Hemi-bignew
You're about to find out what Jon Reep's been doing since "Last Comic."
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
03-11-2008 |
Performance
Tags: performance
