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South Carolina

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    J. Michael Melton, exec chef of Zydeco's, on destroying candy bars and shi*tin' and spittin' up

    Lori Midson​ J. Michael Melton Zydeco's 1730 Wynkoop Street 303-293-2887 www.zydecosdenver.com This is part one of my chat with J. Michael Melton, exec chef of Zydeco's. Part two of our interview will run in this space tomorrow. I got the gift of the Southern double name," drawls J. Michae ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Mitt Romney plans CO caucus visit, Ron Paul likely, but what about Newt?

    Earlier this month, Colorado Republican Party chairman Ryan Call argued that this year's Colorado Republican Caucus will mean more than ever, in part because the date was moved up to February 7. When Mitt Romney looked poised to sweep Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, this claim looked suspect ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    American Idol returns tonight on Fox

    And so it begins. Another edition of American Idol is upon us. Idol's eleventh season arrives tonight on Fox with a two-hour episode featuring scenes from Savannah, which served as the callback for the South Carolina auditions. Back in July, we were on hand when the Idol makers came to the Mile High ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2012

    Cafe Society is off to celebrate MLK Day....but here's a heaping helping of leftovers

    Cafe Society is off celebrating Martin Luther King Day, and will be back on duty early tomorrow. If you're hungry for food news in the meantime, try a second helping of some of these entrees from last week: -- Denver Restaurant Week is less than six weeks away, and the $52.80 menus that will be se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    No more owls! Why are Denver DIYers so scared to celebrate the fact that Denver is in the West?

    EtsyThis candlelight of Western love can be shipped to you from Southern California.​I had the perfect Christmas present plan for the out-of-towners in my life: kitschy Western-inspired accessories and home goods. I walked around town, looking for them. Talulah Jones sold necklaces with horses ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    Zydeco's gears up for grand opening this Friday

    ​One month ago, Zydeco's opened quietly in the old Trios Enoteca spot in LoDo, bringing Cajun specialties to the neighborhood. Turns out, though, that was just a limited version of the restaurant. "It was more of a soft opening," says Justin Archuletta, who does marketing for the new place. "T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    Glenwood Springs ups its game to become "Most Fun Town in America"

    Glenwood Hot Springs.​Most lists of the country's cutest, prettiest, drunkest, most livable/affordable/promiscuous places and/or people are, well, about as stupid as they sound. Standard response: "Sez who?" But there's reason to believe that Glenwood Springs earned being singled out as the " ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Denver water tastes like number two -- the second-best-tasting water in America!

    Flickr​We're number two! Denver has the second-best water in the nation, according to the American Water Works Association, which held a blind taste test with the liquid assets of more than twenty municipalities last month in Washington, D.C.

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    Colorado needs more official symbols. How about a State Brewpub?

    It's official: Colorado is high!​When tax revenues are down, state legislators can feel marginalized, even redundant. Unable to fund -- hence debate, manipulate and gerrymander -- pet projects, they retreat to committee rooms or watering holes to wait for the economy to recover. In their quest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    Round two with Will Cisa, exec chef of the Corner Office

    Lori Midson​Will Cisa The Corner Office 1401 Curtis Street 303-825-6500 www.thecornerofficedenver.com/food/dinner This is part two of my interview with Will Cisa, executive chef of the Corner Office Restaurant Martini Bar. In part one of that interview, Cisa dished on monumental cooking dis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Rocky Mountain Right website goes on hiatus due to fear of being sued by Denver Post

    RMR logo.​Visitors to Rocky Mountain Right's website can usually find conservative news and commentary -- but not right now. The home page is currently emblazoned with the phrase "Access Denied." That's because site overseer Antony Surace has temporarily blocked users to the page due to concer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    Matt Drudge latest target of a Denver Post-related copyright infringement lawsuit

    Matt Drudge.​The copyright-infringement warning the Denver Post published last month was followed by a lawsuit filed on behalf of the Post and its owner, MediaNews Group, by Las Vegas-based Righthaven LLC against a small South Carolina blogger. This action implied that the firm had targeted a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    Denver Post parent MediaNews Group puts Mike Rosen column at center of copyright suit

    Dean Singleton.​Last month, we noted that Denver Post and MediaNews Group execs weren't eager to discuss a copyright-infringement warning published by the paper. At the time, we asked these three questions: "So... what prompted the Post to rattle this saber? Are lawsuits imminent? And against ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Free movie time: Daughters of the Dust at the Blair-Caldwell Library

    ​Every once in a while in these vast United States, you come across an area so remote, so isolated, that the people of that area maintain a culture that is completely removed from the mainstream. The San Luis Valley in Colorado, where people still speak an archaic form of Spanish descended fro ... More >>

  • Music

    November 18, 2010

    Toro Y Moi

    Saturday, November 20, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Cheeseburger causes gas pains!

    ​Assault with a deadly burger.​A South Carolina woman who thought her car was running "rugged" late last week took the vehicle to a local mechanic -- and what he found did not ease her anxiety pangs. As the mechanic ran a diagnostic check, he was surprised to find a cheeseburger and pickle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    The guys who called Coloradans' d*cks small: Shmucks of the Week

    "I'm small, but I'm powerful."​So ...I love city and state rankings. I even wrote a whole ode to them once. I'm fully aware that they're complete bullshit, just bait for us desperate blogger-types to suck down and spit out in the form of free publicity for whichever company pulled the alleged ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Band of Horses at the Ogden: It's that booty-rocking funeral music!

    Photos by Joe Tone​Band of Horses • Co. • 03.16.10 | Ogden Theatre There are certain tricks storytellers use, moves that keep the audience's minds or livers from getting anxious and hitting the bar. Band of Horses owns a heavy arsenal of those tricks -- but we'll get to that shortly.

  • News

    January 21, 2010

    LEGO Universe -- even adults think it's out of this world!

    Photos by Joe Tone​Band of Horses • Co. • 03.16.10 | Ogden Theatre There are certain tricks storytellers use, moves that keep the audience's minds or livers from getting anxious and hitting the bar. Band of Horses owns a heavy arsenal of those tricks -- but we'll get to that shortly.

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    Where out-of-towners go to root, root, root for their home teams

    The Sports Column is a Steelers bar. So that'll be fun next weekend.​The World Series is in full swing, and although the Rockies didn't make it this year, just about every TV in every sports bar in town has been tuned to the match-up between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2009

    The mouth-taping secretary and five other horrible reports about students mistreated or abused at school

    A reminder, Jennifer Carter: Tape is for wrapping packages, not students.​Palmer Elementary secretary Jennifer Carter has been formally charged with two misdemeanors in relation to an incident last week, when she allegedly dealt with a misbehaving six-year-old student by taping his hands toget ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Colorado delegation doesn't tweet during Obama's healthcare speech

    ​Last night, Colorado's representatives and senators actually paid attention during President Barack Obama's healthcare address to a joint session of Congress -- or at least they resisted posting their comments about it while the speech was taking place. Not all of the state's federal official ... More >>

  • News

    July 2, 2009

    A new book puts Colorado's political sex scandals on the spot

    ​Last night, Colorado's representatives and senators actually paid attention during President Barack Obama's healthcare address to a joint session of Congress -- or at least they resisted posting their comments about it while the speech was taking place. Not all of the state's federal official ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2009

    The Colorado connection to the Mark Sandford scandal

    South Carolina Governor (for today, anyhow) Mark Sandford. For political junkies, and the sort of folks who can't resist slowing down as they pass car wrecks, the sight of South Carolina Governor Mark Sandford revealing that he'd spent the better part of a week canoodling with his Argentinian mistr ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 19, 2009

    Objectivity

    The only things these fifteen artists have in common is their focus.

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2008

    Cory Boyd, the Broncos' next 100-yard runner, was once "back like cooked crack"

    When Peyton Hillis became the 47th Bronco running back to go down with an injury this year, he opened the door for rookie Cory Boyd to be the next back to rush his way onto your fantasy playoff roster. Sure, the Broncos will trot out Tatum Bell as the starter, but Bell proved on Sunday to be one of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2008

    Giving thanks for that drunk guy on the plane

    My flight back to DIA last night from an extended Thanksgiving vacation was remarkably stress-free. I was flying United, which always makes me nervous (This is the airline, after all,  that once stranded me in Spartanburg, South Carolina, with a $15 meal voucher and a Best Western room with no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2008

    Delegating Denver #45 of 56: South Carolina

    My flight back to DIA last night from an extended Thanksgiving vacation was remarkably stress-free. I was flying United, which always makes me nervous (This is the airline, after all,  that once stranded me in Spartanburg, South Carolina, with a $15 meal voucher and a Best Western room with no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2008

    Sunset State

    My flight back to DIA last night from an extended Thanksgiving vacation was remarkably stress-free. I was flying United, which always makes me nervous (This is the airline, after all,  that once stranded me in Spartanburg, South Carolina, with a $15 meal voucher and a Best Western room with no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2008

    Thompson: Law & Disorder

    My flight back to DIA last night from an extended Thanksgiving vacation was remarkably stress-free. I was flying United, which always makes me nervous (This is the airline, after all,  that once stranded me in Spartanburg, South Carolina, with a $15 meal voucher and a Best Western room with no ... More >>

  • Music

    August 9, 2007

    Rene Marie Requires No Airbrushing

    This jazz singer keeps it raw on her latest album.

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2007

    More Carnage

    This jazz singer keeps it raw on her latest album.

  • Culture

    April 12, 2007

    Debut

    Denver Art Museum

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2006

    Uncle Tom's Crabbin'

    Denver Art Museum

  • Culture

    June 8, 2006

    Now Playing

    Brief reviews of current shows

  • Music

    December 16, 2004

    '89 Cubs

    Wednesday, December 22, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

  • Film

    July 4, 2002

    Deep Waters

    Swimming masterfully portrays a girl poised to dive into womanhood.

  • News

    May 30, 2002

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of May 30, 2002

  • News

    May 23, 2002

    Deliverance

    Time's a-wastin' at Rocky Flats.

  • Music

    January 6, 2000

    Q-Tip

    Amplified
    (Arista)

  • Music

    January 6, 2000

    John Linnell

    State Songs
    (Zoë Records)

  • Calendar

    April 23, 1998

    Seeing Is Believing

    State Songs
    (Zoë Records)

  • Calendar

    March 12, 1998

    Calendar

    Mar. 12 - 18, 1998

  • News

    March 12, 1998

    A Tip of the Cap

    Mar. 12 - 18, 1998

  • Culture

    January 15, 1998

    Tour 'Da Force

    Mar. 12 - 18, 1998

  • Music

    October 2, 1997

    Feedback

    Mar. 12 - 18, 1998

  • News

    December 20, 1995

    A CRUMBLING FOUNDATION

    THE DOCTOR'S IN JAIL AND MOST BOARDMEMBERS HAVE QUIT--BUT BILL COORS VOWS TO PRESS ON.

  • Culture

    March 22, 1995

    TAKE ME OUT TO THE ART SHOWS

    THE DOCTOR'S IN JAIL AND MOST BOARDMEMBERS HAVE QUIT--BUT BILL COORS VOWS TO PRESS ON.

  • News

    March 1, 1995

    THE DOCTOR MAY BE OUT

    CHUCK STEVINSON'S DEATH MAY ALTER THE DENVER DREAMS OF HIS CONTROVERSIAL PHYSICIAN.

  • News

    April 27, 1994

    TRICK OR TREATMENT

    CHUCK STEVINSON'S DEATH MAY ALTER THE DENVER DREAMS OF HIS CONTROVERSIAL PHYSICIAN.

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