AltWeeklies Wire
Foreign Filmsnew
After earning fans in Europe, The Films look to win over their own countrymen.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pete Freedman |
04-24-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Films
Hedunnitnew
Robert Crais unlocks the mystery behind writing crime novels.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Jill Thomas |
04-24-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Robert Crais, The Watchman
The Earthships Have Landed -- Might More Be On the Way?new
These avant-garde, adobe-style dwellings aren't just homes of hippies anymore.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Ashley Boudreaux |
04-24-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
School Funding is Eating Away at Colorado's Budgetnew
Legislation to fix that -- billed as the linchpin to Gov. Bill Ritter's 10-year education improvement plan -- could be killed before it reaches the House Education Committee.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Naomi Zeveloff |
04-24-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Sixty Seconds with Turntablist Rob Swiftnew
A new documentary about Swift, As the Tables Turn, was released April 10.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kara Luger |
04-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rob Swift
Vet's War Continued at Homenew
Walter Padilla, who recently killed himself after returning from Iraq, struggled with PTSD.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Michael de Yoanna |
04-17-2007 |
War
Is a New Prisoner Labor Program a Solution to Farmers' Staffing Woes?new
Or is the convicts-for-farm-workers plan, hatched two months ago by Rep. Dorothy Butcher, a shortsighted mistake?
Colorado Springs Independent |
Naomi Zeveloff |
04-17-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A Matter of Trustnew
An Iron Chef devotee makes a pilgrimage to Philadelphia's Morimoto.
Colorado Springs Independent |
David Torres-Rouff |
04-05-2007 |
Food+Drink
Grace Under Firenew
Views on homosexuality -- and allegations of impropriety -- divide the membership of Colorado's largest Episcopal church.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Michael de Yoanna |
04-05-2007 |
Religion
Focusing on ... Focusnew
A lesbian couple's recent arrest in Colorado Springs portends Soulforce's campaign to come.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Michael de Yoanna |
04-05-2007 |
Religion
Iranian in Colorado Springsnew
Nikzad Hashemi faced hate and found peace in the United States.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Naomi Zeveloff |
03-27-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Iranian-born Azar Nafisi Urges Americans to Thinknew
The Reading Lolita in Tehran author undertakes delicate work as her home and homeland square off.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Naomi Zeveloff |
03-27-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Reign on Our Parade: Colorado Springs War Protest Paradenew
About 45 people in the St. Patrick's Day parade marched in the name of peace -- and police removed them by force.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Michael de Yoanna |
03-27-2007 |
War
Tags: war & peace
'Rocky Mountain High' Now Official State Songnew
The Colorado Legislature just adopted John Denver's 1972 classic as one of the state's two official songs.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Cara DeGette |
03-20-2007 |
Music
A Blind Spotnew
Former soldier bristles at news of sergeant's death at Walter Reed.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Michael de Yoanna |
03-20-2007 |
War
