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North Carolina

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    New Belgium will build a second brewery in Asheville, North Carolina by 2015

    New Belgium Brewing will build a second major brewing facility in Asheville, North Carolina, giving the Eastern Seaboard its own claim to the nation's second largest craft brewer and the company that made its name on a bike-friendly beer.

  • News

    March 1, 2012

    Online poker kings get cashed out

    Killing livelihoods and a $2.5 billion industry, the feds attack Internet gambling

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2011

    What's in a name? For craft brewers at #GABF, anything goes

    There are the cute ("Smokey the Beer," Blind Tiger Brewing in Topeka, Kansas), the mysterious ("Hoodoo Voodoo IPA," Three Creeks Brewing in Sisters, Oregon), the sexy ("Sexual Chocolate," Foothills Brewing in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) and everything in between when it comes to beer names spotte ... More >>

  • Music

    May 19, 2011

    Warren Haynes Band

    Tuesday and Wednesday, May 24 and 25, Ogden Theatre, 303-830-8497.

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Ivy's back with a new label and radio show

    Photo by Uriah WestIvy is back.​You may have noticed recently that Josh Ivy has been popping up behind the decks in the Mile High City with greater frequency. Good news: He's not visiting. He's back from his hiatus in North Carolina. We caught up with Ivy for a few minutes to talk about his br ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    Human smuggling: Defense attorneys question whether law is too harsh on alleged smugglers

    ​ This week's cover story, "Disappearing Act," examines the difficulties of enforcing Colorado's anti-human smuggling law, which was passed in 2006. Though the law was well-intentioned, prosecuting the alleged smugglers has proven tough. As such, many smugglers end up taking plea deals that re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    Beer bloggers plot world domination

    ​There are as many styles of beer blogging on the Internet as there are blogs, and there's a new beer blog starting out there every other day. Last weekend, at least a hundred of those bloggers -- from all across the country -- showed up in Boulder to talk beer. They spent the three days of f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    Great American Beer Festival: A dozen non-Colorado breweries to try

    ​Colorado makes some of the best beers in the world, but when the Great American Beer Festival is in town, it's your chance to try something from another state, especially the ones that are talked about by beer aficionados across the country. We're lucky in that some of these breweries - like ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 26, 2010

    Big BBQ

    ​Colorado makes some of the best beers in the world, but when the Great American Beer Festival is in town, it's your chance to try something from another state, especially the ones that are talked about by beer aficionados across the country. We're lucky in that some of these breweries - like ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    Body parts, animal parts and prophylactics: top five horrific things found in food

    A Flickr photo​For anyone who's keeping track, a North Carolina teen is the latest victim to fall prey to finding an unappetizing object in his food. In this case, it seems the kid found an entire box cutter -- intact -- in his bag of Barcelona-brand peanuts. Quick, call Homeland Security! ... More >>

  • Music

    August 20, 2009

    The Avett Brothers

    Friday, August 21, Boulder Theater, 303-786-7030.

  • Music

    July 23, 2009

    The Bowerbirds are every bit as ornate as their namesake

    Friday, August 21, Boulder Theater, 303-786-7030.

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    Nuggets score big with Ty Lawson pick-up

    Even hardcore Nuggets fans didn't go into last night's NBA draft expecting the team to do much. After all, the squad had the number 34 selection -- the sort of position that would likely result in the drafting of a European player we'd never see in a baby-blue uni. And that's precisely what happen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Wake-Up Call: King for a day

    Both Governor Bill Ritter and Lieutenant Governor Barbara O'Brien were out of town yesterday (he to the Western Governors' Association meeting in Utah, she to an education confab in North Carolina). And who did that leave in charge? By the Colorado Constitution, the State Senate President. But Br ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2009

    The List: BBQ road trip

    The Q is a required stop on our BBQ road trip.The Q Worldly Barbeque (which I reviewed this week) might claim to have the market cornered on all manner of international barbecue styles, but like all other 'cue joints in this town, it doesn't offer everything that a big hungry boy needs when he's got ... More >>

  • Dining

    May 21, 2009

    Barbecue is international -- but at The Q Worldly Barbeque, North Carolina rules

    The Q is a required stop on our BBQ road trip.The Q Worldly Barbeque (which I reviewed this week) might claim to have the market cornered on all manner of international barbecue styles, but like all other 'cue joints in this town, it doesn't offer everything that a big hungry boy needs when he's got ... More >>

  • 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

    April 6, 2009

    Our March Madness predictions: The end is near

    Tyler Hansbrough. The March 18 blog "Our March Madness Predictions: A Prelude to Humiliation..." shared NCAA men's and women's basketball picks made by my daughter Lora and me, which fell short of flawless. True, we had Connecticut making it to the women's finals on Tuesday, but not Louisville, whi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    Our March Madness predictions: Have the Connecticut women even broken a sweat yet?

    Connecticut's Maya Moore. The updates that have followed in the wake of the March 18 blog "Our March Madness Predictions: A Prelude to Humiliation...," which shared choices in the men's and women's NCAA basketball tournament made by my daughter Lora and me, have been grim at times. Last night, thou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2009

    Our March Madness predictions: 0-2 in the women's tourney last night

    Going slow and steady didn't help Marissa Coleman's Maryland Terps. The women's NCAA basketball tournament bracket my daughter Lora and I shared in "Our March Madness Predictions: A Prelude to Humiliation..." have taken a pounding, and last night's pair of Elite Eight games didn't help -- not that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2009

    Our March Madness predictions: The men's bracket is busted

    Sam Young's 28 points weren't enough to secure a Pitt victory. The NCAA men's basketball bracket assembled by my daughter Lora and me and shared in the March 18 blog "Our March Madness Predictions: A Prelude to Humiliation...," was looking shaky prior to the beginning of weekend play. Now it's esse ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2009

    Our March Madness predictions: Savaged by (Baylor) Bears

    Louisville's late burst plowed under Kelli Griffin's Baylor squad. The women's NCAA basketball bracket put together by my daughter Lora and me isn't quite as calamitous as our men's picks, but close. The big blow: Baylor, which we designated to reach the finals, went dry late in the second half of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2009

    Our March Madness predictions: The catastrophe worsens in the women's second round

    Duke's Abby Waner, who's from Highlands Ranch, probably didn't enjoy the game against Michigan State. Oh. My. God. The headline on the first blog about the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournament picks made by my daughter Lora and me -- "Our March Madness Predictions: A Prelude to Humiliation. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2009

    Our March Madness predictions: A sad start to the women's second round

    Italee Lucas' 21 points weren't enough for the Tar Heels. "Our March Madness Predictions: A Prelude to Humiliation...," published March 18, shared brackets assembled by me and my daughter, Lora, for both the men's and women's NCAA basketball tournaments -- and in an update posted yesterday, I noted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    Our March Madness picks: A prelude to humiliation...

    A photo-illustration from the University of Pittsburgh website. Each year, I sit down with my daughter Lora -- a rabid sports fan with strong opinions about 9News' Susie Wargin -- to fill out NCAA tournament brackets for both the men's and women's basketball championships as part of a friendly cont ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2008

    Boyz II Men, Stevie B and Break EFX at the Ogden Theater

    Photo: Chad FahnestockBoyz II Men, Stevie B and Break EFXFriday, November 28, 2008Ogden TheaterBetter than: Listening to the recorded soundtrack from the ten-year high school reunion of any graduating class from the 1990s.The reactions varied wildly. When I told people that I was covering the Boyz I ... More >>

  • Music

    September 4, 2008

    Valient Thorr

    Saturday, September 6, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2008

    Game Changers and Tie Breakers:

    Saturday, September 6, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2008

    Party Central

    Saturday, September 6, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

  • Music

    April 3, 2008

    We Are! We Are!

    hi-dive

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2008

    Delegating Denver #37 of 56: North Carolina

    hi-dive

  • Calendar

    March 13, 2008

    Quilts of Isolation

    hi-dive

  • Music

    July 12, 2007

    Weedeater

    Thursday, July 12, 3 Kings Tavern, 303-777-7352.

  • Music

    November 17, 2005

    Road Rage

    Milemarker is back on track.

  • Music

    September 29, 2005

    The Rosebuds

    Saturday, October 1, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

  • Film

    August 18, 2005

    Southern Discomfort

    A transplanted son revisits his roots in the ambitious Junebug.

  • Music

    August 18, 2005

    Des Ark

    Tuesday, August 23, Rock Island, 303-572-7625.

  • Music

    January 6, 2005

    Drag the River

    Hey BuddiesŠ (Mars Motors) Music for Life (Harmonized Records)

  • Music

    July 22, 2004

    Various artists

    Old Enough 2 Know Better: 15 Years of Merge Records (Merge)

  • Film

    May 27, 2004

    Hard Knocks

    A Slipping Down Life takes a beating in the transition from book to film.

  • News

    March 18, 2004

    The Sky's the Limit

    Colorado could be courting a winner in the NCAA Tournament.

  • Film

    December 25, 2003

    A Mountainous Achievement

    Cold Mountain sets the new standard for Civil War drama.

  • Music

    July 25, 2002

    The Picking's Good

    Doc Watson has played across five decades of bluegrass music.

  • News

    May 9, 2002

    A Gumper Stumper

    So you think you know hockey, eh? Here's a quiz to see if you Av half a brain.

  • Music

    February 11, 1999

    Hop to It

    The musicians in the Freight Hoppers are on the right track.

  • Dining

    August 7, 1997

    State of the Union

    The musicians in the Freight Hoppers are on the right track.

  • News

    March 20, 1997

    Slaying a Knight

    The musicians in the Freight Hoppers are on the right track.

  • News

    December 20, 1995

    GIMME THAT BOWL-TIME RELIGION

    The musicians in the Freight Hoppers are on the right track.

  • News

    March 15, 1995

    DRIBBLE AND DROOL

    The musicians in the Freight Hoppers are on the right track.

  • Music

    March 9, 1994

    CRITIC'S CHOICE

    The musicians in the Freight Hoppers are on the right track.

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