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Michigan

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    Working-class songs Mitt Romney should study

    It's news to no one that Mitt Romney is having difficulty finding common ground with the voters in his home state of Michigan. His image as a fortunate son of wealth and privilege often clashes with the down-home, middle- to low-class voters of the Great Lakes state. These coupon-clipping, Walmart s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Jeremy Kittelson, chef of Ambria, on trends, Taco Bell and eyeballs

    Jeremy Kittelson Ambria 1201 16th Street 303-623-8646 www.ambriadenver.com This is part one of my chef and tell interview with Jeremy Kittleson, exec chef of Ambria. Part two of our chat will run tomorrow. Before Jeremy Kittelson opened Ambria in mid-November, he conducted a tasting, and while h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    Trevor Hobbs of Breathe Owl Breathe: "You have to create your own things to occupy you"

    Breathe Owl Breathe (due tonigh at the Hi-Dive) is from East Jordan, Michigan, a relatively remote place that forced the members of the act to turn inward for inspiration in its music. This explains the unique sound of its albums including its most recent, 2010's Magic Central, which falls somewhere ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    Medical marijuana patients who share a joint are breaking the law -- really

    ​For some MMJ patients, medicating with others is a chance to hang out and talk about what ails them with people going through similar problems. For others, it's a way to explore new strains they might not have tried on their own. But while this kind of socializing/sharing among patients is ve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Beer is for breakfast at the Copper Kettle, which is releasing a breakfast stout

    Yes, beer has always been for breakfast. But a few breweries around the country -- notably, Founders Brewing in Michigan -- have elevated and refined the fine art of early-morning drinking with a style of beer called the breakfast stout. Loaded with coffee (thus the breakfast part of the name) and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Ryan Leinonen, exec chef/owner of Trillium, wants to stage at Le Bernardin

    Ryan Leinonen Trillium 2134 Larimer Street 303-379-9759 www.trilliumdenver.com This is part two of my interview with Ryan Leinonen, exec chef/owner of Trillium. Part one of that interview ran in this space yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: Gotham Bar and Grill in New York. I really like ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Ryan Leinonen on "Mr. Wizard," Velveeta, pig's nipples and the raw vegan

    Ryan Leinonen Trillium 2134 Larimer Street 303-379-9759 www.trilliumdenver.com Hey!" hollers Ryan Leinonen to one of his cooks. "How's that cauliflower soup doing? Make sure you keep an eye on it." And for the next two hours, Leinonen, the chef-owner of the month-old Trillium, watches from afar at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Marijuana: Remembering "Michigan" Mike Torpie's Nederland legalization campaigner

    Backbeat editor Dave Herrera broke the news that Nedfest music festival founder "Michigan" Mike Torpie had died at the age of 43. As Herrera wrote, Tarpie was a "vital, highly esteemed and beloved member of the [music] scene." But his death is also a blow to the Colorado pot community, which lost a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    Richard Carl Heeringa, molester and one of U.S. Marshal's 15 most wanted, captured in Michigan

    Big pic below.​Update below: In April, convicted child molester Richard Carl Heeringa wound up in the number four slot on Denver's list of the top 25 most violent fugitives. Then, in July, Heeringa was added to the U.S. Marshals Service's 15 most wanted list for the entire country. This increa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    Short's Brewing, from Michigan, will distribute beer in Colorado for one week only during GABF

    ​Short's Brewing, a tiny beermaker in the even tinier Michigan village of Bellaire, caused a stir at last year's Great American Beer Festival when social media (including a tweet by beer guru Charlie Papazian) made it the buzz beer to find. And find it people did. When the dust cleared and the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    Richard Carl Heeringa, child molester, added to U.S. Marshals' 15 Most Wanted List

    Big pic below.​The heat on convicted child molester Richard Carl Heeringa has been turned up. In April, he wound up in the number four slot on Denver's list of the top 25 most violent fugitives. Now, he's been added to the U.S. Marshals Service's 15 most wanted list for the entire country. Why ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2011

    The Grand Rapids LipDub: A tribute to my hometown

    That's right, Newsweek.​Few could have anticipated a decade or two ago, when I was a kid growing up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, what kind of toll the decline of the Big Three automakers would take on the whole state; back then, it was a solidly middle-class and blue-collar place to be from, a p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    Ask the Bartender: Meet Joshua Smith, Colorado Cocktail contestant

    ​Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with almost 25 years behind the bar, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    New restaurant to watch: Chef Ryan Leinonen just inked a deal on a Larimer Street space

    ​It's been a good week for Ryan Leinonen, the former chef de cuisine at Colt & Gray -- and a former alum of Root Down and The Kitchen in Boulder. Just two days ago, Leinonen inked a deal on a new space at 2138 Larimer Street, a burgeoning food-centric block that already struts a collection of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Ten beers that will make you a man -- if they don't kill you first

    Avery's ​Mephistopheles' Stout​You're a man, so by definition, everything you do must be manly, right? Wrong. There are hundreds of beers out there to choose from, lining the liquor store shelves and bar taps like kids waiting to get picked for a game of recess football. But only a very of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    Tesco Vee of the Meatmen on punk in Michigan, Meatmen album covers and Touch and Go

    The Meatmen​ In the late 1970s, Tesco Vee was an elementary school teacher in Michigan who lead something of a secret life, first as a fan of punk rock and then as the frontman of one of the most notorious and hilarious bands of that era -- the Meatmen (due this afternoon at Twist & Shout for ... More >>

  • News

    March 24, 2011

    Wall of Shame

    CNN, USA Today, and other media organizations got fooled

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    Manitou Springs brings the olde-timey weirdness

    ​Wherever you go, chances are that not too far away from you is a hidden gem tucked away in some off-the-path corner of the landscape, a weird little spot that somehow got bounced off the flatbed of time and just kind of stayed there -- to find it, you just have to know where to look. Where I' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    The Colorado Cider Company will turn apples to apple cider

    ​Brad Page, a real estate agent and co-founder of the Coopersmith's Pub & Brewing in Fort Collins, plans to start Denver's first hard ciderery this spring. Cider, which is more popular in England and Ireland than in the United States, is made from fermented apples. Page will buy his apples f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    Is Cassie Smith too heavy for Hooters? Fat chance.

    HIs Cassie Smith too fat? Check out this CBS photo gallery.​Horton sees a Hooter. If you're into breasts and thighs for happy hour, there's no better place to find them than your local Hooters, where the servers wear skimpy attire and hang on your every word, if not your wallet. Cassie Smit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    Marijuana legalization in Nederland: Q&A with "Michigan" Mike Torpie, the man behind the initiative

    Photo by Anthony Camera"Michigan" Mike Torpie circa 2004, when marijuana legalization was only a dream.​Yesterday, we told you about Nederland's passage of a marijuana decriminalization initiative -- making it the third city in Colorado (after Denver and Breckenridge) to take this step. The e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Arcanium lands month long tour supporting Bullet for My Valentine

    ​ After a stint supporting Megadeth on its Endgame tour with Machinehead and Suicide Silence last fall, Arcanium has landed a slot on another high profile tour. At the end of the month, the Loveland-based metal act will join Bullet for My Valentine, Chiodos and Airbourne on the road. The twen ... More >>

  • Music

    January 21, 2010

    Greensky Bluegrass

    Wednesday, January 20, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497; Thursday, January 21, Hodi's Half Note, 970-472-2034.

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    Wake-Up Call: Stirring the pot at Denver City Council today

    ​Unlike Michigan, Colorado doesn't have a Cannabis College -- not yet. But the entire state is getting quite an education in both the efficacy of medical marijuana in soothing certain maladies and the difficulty of imposing new rules on dispensing it. Denver City Councilman Charlie Brown has ... More >>

  • Music

    November 19, 2009

    Millions of Brazilians

    Thursday, November 19, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

  • Music

    September 10, 2009

    The Getdown! At the Larimer Lounge

    Thursday, November 19, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2009

    The Columbine effect: A horrific roster of school shootings since 1999

    The most resonant information that's come my way thus far today in relation to the anniversary of the April 20, 1999 shootings at Columbine High School was contained in an e-mail sent to Westword by Vicki Newell, a public-policy director with the Colorado PTA. It's a list of school shootings since ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2008

    The Autumn Film back home for a bit before heading out again on East Coast tour

    After completing two extensive back-to-back tours of the West Coast and Midwest over the summer and through the fall, the Autumn Film is back at home briefly through the holidays, taking a bit of time off to write before embarking on another series of dates. On the next jaunt, the act, which was whi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 30, 2008

    Top Ten Money-Saving Efforts for the Democratic National Convention

    After completing two extensive back-to-back tours of the West Coast and Midwest over the summer and through the fall, the Autumn Film is back at home briefly through the holidays, taking a bit of time off to write before embarking on another series of dates. On the next jaunt, the act, which was whi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2008

    Party Central

    After completing two extensive back-to-back tours of the West Coast and Midwest over the summer and through the fall, the Autumn Film is back at home briefly through the holidays, taking a bit of time off to write before embarking on another series of dates. On the next jaunt, the act, which was whi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2008

    Delegating Denver #26 of 56: Michigan

    After completing two extensive back-to-back tours of the West Coast and Midwest over the summer and through the fall, the Autumn Film is back at home briefly through the holidays, taking a bit of time off to write before embarking on another series of dates. On the next jaunt, the act, which was whi ... More >>

  • News

    November 22, 2007

    Quiznos Has A Full Plate

    The sandwich chain is improving, but some franchisees are still hungry for change.

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2007

    Q&A: Jeffree Lerner of Sound Tribe Sector 9

    The sandwich chain is improving, but some franchisees are still hungry for change.

  • Culture

    March 8, 2007

    2007 Faculty Exhibition

    CU Boulder’s art professors can do way more than just teach.

  • Calendar

    January 4, 2007

    Fun and Funnier

    CU Boulder’s art professors can do way more than just teach.

  • Music

    September 28, 2006

    Wolf Eyes

    Human Animal (Sub Pop)

  • Music

    August 25, 2005

    The Trembling

    Sunday, August 28, Breakdown Book Collective, 1409 Ogden Street, 303-832-7952.

  • Music

    December 25, 2003

    Hit Pick

    Zombie Zombie

  • News

    March 6, 2003

    Leave the Driving to Bill

    When special interests collide over auto insurance, consumers feel their pain.

  • News

    June 20, 2002

    Fist City

    Young fighters descend on Denver for the Golden Gloves.

  • News

    July 12, 2001

    The Michigan Way

    Michigan's no-fault plan works. Here's how.

  • Culture

    August 31, 2000

    The Mouths of Babes

    In or Out! (Doing Time?) cuts across issues with sharp words.

  • News

    January 20, 2000

    Ready, Willing and Disabled

    The state's treatment of the developmentally disabled isn't broken. So why does Colorado want to fix it?

  • Film

    October 29, 1998

    Daze of Future Passed

    The state's treatment of the developmentally disabled isn't broken. So why does Colorado want to fix it?

  • News

    September 19, 1996

    Public Enemy Number No. $1

    The legislature says it's payback time for prisoners. So far, the prisoners haven't cooperated.

  • News

    May 30, 1996

    Colorado's in Its Cups

    The legislature says it's payback time for prisoners. So far, the prisoners haven't cooperated.

  • News

    December 20, 1995

    GIMME THAT BOWL-TIME RELIGION

    The legislature says it's payback time for prisoners. So far, the prisoners haven't cooperated.

  • News

    October 18, 1995

    SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES THEM

    The legislature says it's payback time for prisoners. So far, the prisoners haven't cooperated.

  • News

    April 26, 1995

    OFF LIMITS

    The legislature says it's payback time for prisoners. So far, the prisoners haven't cooperated.

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