Subject: Milwaukee

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2006
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    December 8, 2006
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    May 5, 2008
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    July 1, 2008
  • Music

    April 5, 2001

    The Frogs

    Hopscotch Lollipop Sunday Surprise (Scratchie)

  • Film

    September 26, 2002

    Homies

    Home Movie looks inside some eccentric domiciles.

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2008

    More pressing questions for the Beasties and Tenacious D

    Home Movie looks inside some eccentric domiciles.

  • Dining

    June 22, 2000

    The Great Outdoors

    Home Movie looks inside some eccentric domiciles.

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2009

    DeVotchKa announces spring tour dates

    This Friday night in Philadelphia, DeVotchKa is kicking off a fairly exhaustive eight week tour that will take the band across the country from New York to San Francisco to Austin -- not during South By Southwest, surprisingly -- back up through the midwest before culminating in Cleveland on Saturd ... More >>

  • News

    June 4, 2009

    The Mexican is always packing heat

    This Friday night in Philadelphia, DeVotchKa is kicking off a fairly exhaustive eight week tour that will take the band across the country from New York to San Francisco to Austin -- not during South By Southwest, surprisingly -- back up through the midwest before culminating in Cleveland on Saturd ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 7, 2002

    Check, Please!

    This Friday night in Philadelphia, DeVotchKa is kicking off a fairly exhaustive eight week tour that will take the band across the country from New York to San Francisco to Austin -- not during South By Southwest, surprisingly -- back up through the midwest before culminating in Cleveland on Saturd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2009

    Breathe Carolina premiers new video, tours until the end of time

    Breathe Carolina, a band that tours so often these days that it almost doesn't seem like a Denver band anymore (seriously, with the exception of April and May, the act is going to be on the road from now until at least the end of August; check out the list of tour dates on the next page), recently p ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 27, 2003

    Best Place to Make Fun of Hipsters Making Fun of Yuppies

    Breathe Carolina, a band that tours so often these days that it almost doesn't seem like a Denver band anymore (seriously, with the exception of April and May, the act is going to be on the road from now until at least the end of August; check out the list of tour dates on the next page), recently p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2009

    The Westword.com blog shortcut, February 13 issue

    Having a nice day, all you triskaidekaphobics? Today in Backbeat Online: • Aviano Coffee debuts anything-goes open mike tomorrow. • Fort Collins set to debut all-local music fest in April. • Spoke-In-Wordz debuts new single on iTunes, Amazon. Today in Cafe Society: • 231 Milwaukee back o ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 12, 2004

    Encore

    Having a nice day, all you triskaidekaphobics? Today in Backbeat Online: • Aviano Coffee debuts anything-goes open mike tomorrow. • Fort Collins set to debut all-local music fest in April. • Spoke-In-Wordz debuts new single on iTunes, Amazon. Today in Cafe Society: • 231 Milwaukee back o ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 19, 2004

    Encore

    Having a nice day, all you triskaidekaphobics? Today in Backbeat Online: • Aviano Coffee debuts anything-goes open mike tomorrow. • Fort Collins set to debut all-local music fest in April. • Spoke-In-Wordz debuts new single on iTunes, Amazon. Today in Cafe Society: • 231 Milwaukee back o ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 11, 2004

    Drunk of the Week

    Having a nice day, all you triskaidekaphobics? Today in Backbeat Online: • Aviano Coffee debuts anything-goes open mike tomorrow. • Fort Collins set to debut all-local music fest in April. • Spoke-In-Wordz debuts new single on iTunes, Amazon. Today in Cafe Society: • 231 Milwaukee back o ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 3, 2004

    Drunk of the Week

    Having a nice day, all you triskaidekaphobics? Today in Backbeat Online: • Aviano Coffee debuts anything-goes open mike tomorrow. • Fort Collins set to debut all-local music fest in April. • Spoke-In-Wordz debuts new single on iTunes, Amazon. Today in Cafe Society: • 231 Milwaukee back o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2009

    More scenarios in which Dave Schultheis might not intervene to protect babies

    Dave Schultheis. State senator Dave Schultheis, a Colorado Springs Republican, has long been an expert at saying things that slacken jaws -- but he truly outdid himself yesterday, when he spoke out against legislation that would require pregnant women to receive HIV tests in order to prevent their ... More >>

  • News

    January 20, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    Dave Schultheis. State senator Dave Schultheis, a Colorado Springs Republican, has long been an expert at saying things that slacken jaws -- but he truly outdid himself yesterday, when he spoke out against legislation that would require pregnant women to receive HIV tests in order to prevent their ... More >>

  • Music

    January 10, 2008

    Left Alone

    Dave Schultheis. State senator Dave Schultheis, a Colorado Springs Republican, has long been an expert at saying things that slacken jaws -- but he truly outdid himself yesterday, when he spoke out against legislation that would require pregnant women to receive HIV tests in order to prevent their ... More >>

  • Music

    April 17, 2008

    Kraftwerk

    Dave Schultheis. State senator Dave Schultheis, a Colorado Springs Republican, has long been an expert at saying things that slacken jaws -- but he truly outdid himself yesterday, when he spoke out against legislation that would require pregnant women to receive HIV tests in order to prevent their ... More >>

  • Music

    December 9, 2004

    Call Me Lightning

    Wednesday, December 15, the Construct, 303-292-2234.

  • Music

    February 7, 2008

    Class of 2008

    Here are the other six artists worth keeping an eye on this year.

  • News

    February 14, 2008

    Beer Town Abuzz with Coors-Miller Merger

    There may be something in Rocky Mountain spring water, but Milwaukee is already buzzing about the future headquarters for Miller and Coors.

  • Calendar

    July 19, 2007

    Tramps Like Us

    Hitch a ride to the Hobo Film Festival.

  • Calendar

    June 28, 2007

    Band Aid

    Hitch a ride to the Hobo Film Festival.

  • Dining

    May 4, 2006
  • Calendar

    March 10, 2005

    Code Words

    Experts help residents learn how to figure out a city’s design.

  • News

    January 6, 2005

    Building for the Future

    Peter Park is in the urban-planning game for good.

  • Music

    November 18, 2004
  • Calendar

    March 6, 2003
  • Film

    November 18, 1999

    Grand Illusion

    A documentary goes behind the scenes of an American Movie.

  • News

    December 18, 1997

    The Long and Winding Road: A Prisoner's Diary

    A documentary goes behind the scenes of an American Movie.

  • News

    December 12, 1996

    Where Cheeseheads Meet

    A documentary goes behind the scenes of an American Movie.

  • Music

    August 22, 1996

    Swell La Donnas

    A documentary goes behind the scenes of an American Movie.

  • News

    February 14, 1996

    THE APPELLATIONS OF OUR EYE

    A documentary goes behind the scenes of an American Movie.

  • News

    January 17, 1996

    A DAY OF INFAMY

    A documentary goes behind the scenes of an American Movie.

  • News

    July 19, 1995

    THE GRAND YOUNG GAME

    A documentary goes behind the scenes of an American Movie.

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    Pet Shop Boys announce tour, skip Denver

    In support of Yes, their tenth full-length album(!), synth-pop kings Pet Shop Boys have just announced an eighteen-date North American tour, to begin at the end of August. The show promises to be filled with plenty of costumes, capers and theatricality. Unfortunately, the tour schedule is focus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2009

    Candy Girls: Crackheads

    Liz KellermeyerWe must be looking a little tired around the office, because a co-worker recently bestowed this candy upon us. Hey, we don't look gift horses in the mouth, we just put them in our mouths. The gifts, that is. The candy.  Maybe we need a couple more of these...

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    Hearsay bits: Mansfields, Hello Kavita, Whygee & Sunkenstate, DJ Klaw and more

    New music: The Mansfields, who just completed a tour with the Queers, will be recording a new album in Atlanta, and Joe Queer will be reportedly producing it. Hello Kavita has posted three new songs ("Sunday," "To a Loved One" and "Ok") on its MySpace page from the forthcoming album the outfit has b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    Biker Jim's, Rioja and Table 6 all on the national radar

    ​While y'all already know that Westword's Cafe Society blog is far and away the best place to digest all your local food and restaurant news, it just so happens that three of our favorite food places -- Rioja, Table 6 and Biker Jim's -- got some well-deserved love and ink from Bon Appetit and Maxi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    The Westword.com blog shortcut, August 11 edition

    A sign of the times.​All we need is "U." Today in Cafe Society: • The mystery of the missing letters on Bastien's marquee. • Golfin' for good (with good eats). • Civic Center Eats: Forte Farms. • 231 Milwaukee back on the market... again. • Tonight: The Denver Five dish it out at D ... More >>

  • Music

    October 1, 2009

    "Add It Up" and Get Your Irish Up at Scruffy Murphy's

    A sign of the times.​All we need is "U." Today in Cafe Society: • The mystery of the missing letters on Bastien's marquee. • Golfin' for good (with good eats). • Civic Center Eats: Forte Farms. • 231 Milwaukee back on the market... again. • Tonight: The Denver Five dish it out at D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    The taxing problems related to Denver's Frontier offer

    ​ The city's offer to Republic Airways Holdings -- an effort to keep as many Frontier Airlines jobs in Colorado as possible -- doesn't represent the final word on potential lures. "They're in negotiations," says Tom Clark, the Denver Economic Development Corporation's executive director, "so t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Hundreds of Frontier Airlines jobs flying away from Denver: Read John Hickenlooper's statement

    ​ Signs that Republic Airways Holdings, owner of Denver-based Frontier Airlines, might move jobs from Colorado to either Milwaukee or Indianapolis have been unavoidable for at least month. Note this October 9 blog, in which Denver Economic Development Corporation executive director Tom Clark s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    Jennifer Latham's $37 million verdict against Assurant Health: Will it impact the health care debate?

    A 2005 collision with a meth dealer fleeing police demolished Jennifer Latham's car -- and her health coverage.​This week's cover story, "You're in Bad Hands," follows a Lafayette woman's four-year battle with her health insurance company after a devastating car accident left her seriously inj ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    Frank Bonanno, Alex Seidel, Jennifer Jasinski, Steve Ells and James Rugile among James Beard semifinalists

    Lori Midson Venue chef James Rugile ​Restaurant and chef semifinalists for the 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards were released this morning, which gives all the nominees exactly 32 days to chew on their success before the five finalists in each category are announced on Monday, March 22. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Frontier Airlines mechanics sue Republic for allegedly breaking contract

    Do Frontier mechanics think Republic execs are tools?​The identity of Frontier is, well, up in the air, with a new name among the possibilities. But Frontier mechanics seem more interested in the amount of their paychecks rather than the moniker stamped on it -- which is why, late yesterday, t ... More >>

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