AltWeeklies Wire
The Communikey Festival of Electronic Arts Takes Post-Rave Culture into a Semi-Improvised Futurenew
What do ravers do when they grow up? They move beyond glow sticks and dance DJs, and embrace a more adventurous intersection of technology and art. They supplement the music with film, exhibits and education. They ditch the under-the-radar venues, and file for proper nonprofit status.
And if they're in Boulder, they create Communikey.
And if they're in Boulder, they create Communikey.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Marc Weidenbaum |
04-07-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Is Bringing the New Combat Aviation Brigade to Fort Carson a Good Idea?new
Now that the Army has chosen Fort Carson to host a new Combat Aviation Brigade, nearly everyone is heralding it as a boon to Colorado Springs' economy and the nation's security. But others aren't thrilled.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
04-05-2011 |
War
Motel Living: How One Young Homeless Family Makes it Work in a Colorado Springs Motelnew
Jami and Nicole had a couple happy, hectic months with their newborn -- until Jami was laid off, they ran out of money, and Nicole found herself looking for somewhere they could go.
"If we had gone to a homeless shelter," Nicole says, "we wouldn't have been able to stay together."
"If we had gone to a homeless shelter," Nicole says, "we wouldn't have been able to stay together."
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
04-05-2011 |
Homelessness
Soul Dispositionnew
Underground hip-hop prodigy Blueprint abandons the rules and goes it alone.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
04-01-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Beer, Blood, Breakupsnew
Chamberlin celebrates good times with moody music.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Nick Chambers |
03-31-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Happy Hookernew
New York City post-punk heroine Shilpa Ray manages to find new cures for the shopgirl blues
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
03-31-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Collarednew
More victims of the down economy: pets and the shelters that protect them.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
03-31-2011 |
Animal Issues
Tags: Animal Rescue, Humane Society
'Would You Please Look at This?'new
A Colorado Springs man languishes for more than a year in an investigation that fails to go skin deep.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
03-31-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Flying Solonew
Grant McKenzie wrestled with bipolar disorder, diagnosed by the Air Force within months of his graduation day but never properly treated.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
03-28-2011 |
Science
Worlds Apartnew
South by Southwest speakers offer mixed messages.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
03-25-2011 |
Music
Tags: SXSW
O Pixies, Where Art Thou?new
Packway Handle Band steers its banjos and mandolins in new directions.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Nick Chambers |
03-25-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Flat-Liningnew
Contrary to hopes, economic indicators point more toward a tortoise-speed recovery.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
03-25-2011 |
Economy
SXSW's Brave New Worldnew
Now in its 25th year, music's most inspired festival keeps getting bigger and better.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
03-24-2011 |
Music
Tags: South By Southwest, SXSW
Guitar Heronew
Helmet helmsman Page Hamilton still rocks, even if he has gone more than a bit Hollywood.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
03-24-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Page Hamilton
Deadly Currents: Full Speed Aheadnew
Author Beth Groundwater dishes on her new novel, Deadly Currents, and steering a course in the writing biz.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Claire Swinford |
03-21-2011 |
Books
Tags: Beth Groundwater, Deadly Currents
