AltWeeklies Wire
New Mexico Disc Golf Course Offers Rare Vertical Challengenew
Ski slopes are no joke when it comes to objects capable of rolling and gliding a long distance.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Matthew Schniper |
08-20-2009 |
Recreation
A Colorado Culinary School Offers a Taste of Realitynew
You might describe Victor Matthews as a food fundamentalist who believes in trial by fire. From a converted Colorado Springs hotel, the polarizing figure aims to take on big schools, chain restaurants and an industry that he feels has grown stagnant in many ways through the Paragon Culinary School.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Matthew Schniper |
07-14-2009 |
Food+Drink
Drunk Tank: Colorado Springs Loses Its Detox Facilitynew
Emergency rooms will soon be the only safe place for chronic substance abusers to crash in Colorado Springs. What's that say about the rest of us?
Colorado Springs Independent |
Matthew Schniper |
01-27-2009 |
Drugs
Miracle Fruit: Miracle Workernew
A much-hyped food item brings magic and sweetness to the tongue -- and dinner parties.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Matthew Schniper |
11-13-2008 |
Food+Drink
Floyd Gessner, the 5 Million Mile Mannew
At 76 and with more than 40 years at the same company, Floyd has no plans to retire. He speculates that he's driven between 4 and 5 million miles. To put that in perspective: Earth's circumference at the equator is 24,902 miles. Floyd has effectively driven around the world at least 180 times.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Matthew Schniper |
08-01-2008 |
Economy
Friendship Brings One of the Largest Mose Tolliver Collections to Colorado Springsnew
Mary Allen, a leisure-time art collector in her late 40s, resolved to track down and meet Mose T., the name by which the artist signed his works and became affectionately referred. Her quest, and her resultant foray into folk art collecting, would inspire an unlikely, enduring friendship.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Matthew Schniper |
06-24-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Chuck Palahniuk Talks 'Snuff'new
He talks at length about his ninth and latest novel, Fight Club and fainting spells.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Matthew Schniper |
05-23-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Sunny Delightnew
Pueblo brothers expand one-of-a-kind, solar-roasted coffee operation.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Matthew Schniper |
03-04-2008 |
Food+Drink
Dogs Are Reshaping Colorado Prisons ... and Prisonersnew
The Prison Trained K-9 Companion Program rescues dogs from shelters and desperate situations, then turns them over to inmates to train for sale as companion, service, search and rescue or explosive-detection dogs.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Matthew Schniper |
02-19-2008 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
'Trade': Botched Deliverynew
The film trudges on lethargically like one of its drugged characters, crossing the finish line with cliched resolution, ultimately doing an injustice to the sex trafficking story.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Matthew Schniper |
10-16-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: trade, Marco Kreuzpaintner
Pinkberry Yogurt Trend Spreads to Coloradonew
In L.A., they were calling it "crackberry" and "frozen heroin juice." Consumers jovially referred to themselves as "addicts."
Colorado Springs Independent |
Matthew Schniper |
09-04-2007 |
Food+Drink
