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Hurricanes and Cyclones

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Big Easy Creole Kitchen is coming to Cherry Creek North

    Creole is suddenly on a roll in Denver: Zydeco's opened last fall on Wynkoop Street, a new Gumbo's is going into the space that had been Roam on East 17th Avenue, and the 1812 Restaurant & Bar is currently amassing funds to build a restaurant in Five Points. Now you can add another spot to the list: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Kyle Morton of Typhoon on Nabokov, inspiration and Tender Loving Empire

    Founded in Salem, Oregon in 2005, Typhoon (due tonight at the hi-dive with Lord Huron and Sour Boy Bitter Girl) started out as a recording project but quickly evolved into a sprawling live project with over ten members. Two years into its time together, the act essentially went on hiatus before be ... More >>

  • Music

    August 4, 2011

    Typhoon

    Wednesday, August 10, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

  • Calendar

    June 16, 2011

    Heckuva Job

    Wednesday, August 10, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Red Sea parted (on computer) by CU & National Center for Atmospheric Research: Holy Moses!

    ​Hallelujah! The parting of the Red Sea, one of the great miracles of ancient times, has occurred again -- only this time it happened on computer simulators designed by Boulder researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the University of Colorado at Boulder. The result, sa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 31, 2009

    Not a Pretty Picture

    ​Hallelujah! The parting of the Red Sea, one of the great miracles of ancient times, has occurred again -- only this time it happened on computer simulators designed by Boulder researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the University of Colorado at Boulder. The result, sa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2009

    One year ago today at the DNC: The New Orleans All-Star Jam-Balaya at the Fillmore Auditorium

    Allen Toussaint.​This week marks the one-year anniversary of the Democratic National Convention, an event that made Denver the center of the media universe for several unforgettable days. To mark the occasion, we'll be offering selected flashbacks of Westword coverage. First up: An on-site cou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2009

    Q&A with local scribe Dan Baum, author of Nine Lives

    11:11 ProductionsDan Baum How do you report on one of the most-covered events in recent U.S. history? That was the conundrum facing Boulder-based writer Dan Baum, then a New Yorker staff writer, when he arrived in New Orleans a few days after Hurricane Katrina. Baum and his wife and writing partner ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    Wake-Up Call: FEMA trouble

    Among the residents who evacuated in the face of a fast-moving fire in Boulder this week was Michael Brown, current consultant and talk-show host, and former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a man who will be forever linked with this remark by President George W. Bush over his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2009

    Turnabout is fair play: Ex-FEMA head Michael Brown evacuated in Boulder fire

    You remember Michael Brown -- or "Brownie," as George W. Bush liked to call him. He was head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) when Hurricane Katrina hit, and he soon became the walking, talking symbol of the government's failure to anticipate the size and scope of the disaster or ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2008

    CNN hero gets advice on rocking from former Westworder

    Penny Parker's amusing column in today's Rocky Mountain News spotlights Yohannes Gebregeorgis, founder of Denver-based Ethiopia Reads, which raises funds to bring books and libraries to Gebregeorgis' native land. Our November 13 blog "Vote for Ethiopia Reads' Yohannes Gebregeorgis as CNN's Hero of ... More >>

  • Film

    October 16, 2008

    Katrina, stark and surreal, in Trouble the Water

    Penny Parker's amusing column in today's Rocky Mountain News spotlights Yohannes Gebregeorgis, founder of Denver-based Ethiopia Reads, which raises funds to bring books and libraries to Gebregeorgis' native land. Our November 13 blog "Vote for Ethiopia Reads' Yohannes Gebregeorgis as CNN's Hero of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2008

    Gustav lets loose a flood of Katrina memories...and Michael Brown

    Penny Parker's amusing column in today's Rocky Mountain News spotlights Yohannes Gebregeorgis, founder of Denver-based Ethiopia Reads, which raises funds to bring books and libraries to Gebregeorgis' native land. Our November 13 blog "Vote for Ethiopia Reads' Yohannes Gebregeorgis as CNN's Hero of ... More >>

  • Music

    January 31, 2008

    Willie Nelson

    Moment of Forever
    Lost Highway

  • Music

    January 24, 2008

    Big Easy Blowout

    Friday, January 25, Boulder Theater, Boulder, 303-786-7030; Saturday, January, 26, Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom, 303-297-1772.

  • News

    September 13, 2007

    Michael “Heckuva Job” Brown Knows Disaster

    The former FEMA head revisits his worst mistake and talks about the disaster that is the What If? Colorado campaign.

  • Music

    March 1, 2007

    Otis Taylor

    Definition of a Circle
    Telarc Records

  • Home Entertainment

    January 18, 2007

    Weird and Wonderful

    Definition of a Circle
    Telarc Records

  • Music

    January 18, 2007

    Stanton Moore Trio

    Friday, January 19, Bluebird Theater, 1-866-468-7621; Saturday, January 20, Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-443-3399.

  • Home Entertainment

    January 4, 2007

    Weird and Wonderful

    A look back at the year's flick picks.

  • Home Entertainment

    December 21, 2006

    A True Horror Classic

    A look back at the year's flick picks.

  • Music

    November 16, 2006

    Henry Butler

    Katrina swamped his life, but music keeps this jazzman afloat.

  • Music

    September 28, 2006

    Preservation Hall Jazz Band

    Thursday, September 28, Boettcher Concert Hall, 303-830-8497.

  • News

    August 31, 2006

    The Eye of the Storm

    From the bayou to Boulder, Michael Brown's had a heckuva year.

  • News

    August 31, 2006

    Myth America

    Hurricane Katrina evacuees have enough woes without battling stereotypes.

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2006

    Boulder's Storm Warning

    Hurricane Katrina evacuees have enough woes without battling stereotypes.

  • News

    June 29, 2006

    The Skeptic

    Celebrated and shunned, CSU's Bill Gray is taking heat in the global-warming debate.

  • News

    May 25, 2006

    Queen City of the Plains

    Nathanial Trotter has a plan to crown Oprah.

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2006

    All Wet

    Nathanial Trotter has a plan to crown Oprah.

  • Music

    April 27, 2006

    Goatwhore

    Tuesday, May 2, the Starlight, Fort Collins, 1-970-484-4974.

  • Calendar

    March 30, 2006

    Oyster Opportunity

    Tuesday, May 2, the Starlight, Fort Collins, 1-970-484-4974.

  • Music

    March 16, 2006

    Juvenile

    Reality Check (Atlantic)

  • Music

    March 9, 2006

    Mogwai

    Mr. Beast (Matador)

  • Music

    February 16, 2006

    Dr. John

    Thursday, February 16, Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom, 1-866-464-2626.

  • Music

    February 16, 2006

    Critical Fatwa

    Michael Stipe

  • Music

    December 8, 2005

    Club Evolution

    Give till it hurts.

  • Calendar

    October 20, 2005

    Skideo Video

    Real riders slide in Soup d'Jour.

  • Music

    September 29, 2005

    Out and About

    Fresh at Lotus

  • Music

    September 29, 2005

    Critical Fatwa

    Michael Jackson

  • News

    September 29, 2005

    We're Not Worthy

    Charity began at home. This home.

  • Calendar

    September 22, 2005

    Day-by-Day Picks

    From the week of September 22, 2005

  • News

    September 22, 2005

    Take Your Best Shot

    Throwing a few back for Katrina relief.

  • Music

    September 15, 2005

    Club Scout

    Dazzle Restaurant and Lounge

  • Music

    September 8, 2005

    Dave Matthews Band

    Friday-Monday, September 9-12, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 303-830-8497.

  • Music

    September 8, 2005

    Critic's Choice

    End of Summer Outlaw Music Festival

  • Music

    September 8, 2005

    The Weather Machines

    Thursday, September 8, Sundown Saloon, Boulder, 303-449-4987; Friday, September 9, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

  • News

    September 8, 2005

    Off Limits

    A Real Horse's Ass

  • News

    September 1, 2005

    Off Limits

    Trouble's Bruin

  • Dining

    March 15, 2001

    Check, Please!

    Readers give our food critic something to chew on.

  • News

    October 9, 1997

    Global Warning

    What do you get when greenhouse gases inspire greenhouse guesses? A heated argument--but not much scientific agreement.

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