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Topeka

  • 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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    Roderick Elias belatedly convicted of felony murder in 1980 stabbing of Kristen Swanson

    Big pic below.​In March 2010, we told you about a cold case that heated up with the arrest of Roderick Elias for the slaying of Kristen Swanson, age 22. She died way back in 1980 -- so long ago that her job had been at a disco. More than a year later, the case finally reached a jury, whose me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2011

    Ryan Wheeler, Westboro Baptist Church target, glad picketers didn't ruin Ponderosa graduation

    Ponderosa High.​The members of Topeka, Kansas' Westboro Baptist Church are notorious for many things, including signs that read "God Hates Fags" and protests of military funerals. But for them to plan a protest at his graduation was a shocker Ponderosa High senior Ryan Wheeler wasn't ready to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2010

    Westboro Baptist Church protest in Fort Collins to be met with silence

    WBC's evil Fred Phelps.​Earlier this month, we told you about threats by the haters from Westboro Baptist Church to befoul a number of area locations, with several opportunities for bigotry against gays and Jewish residents of Fort Collins planned. If WBC does show up, the Lambda Community Ce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2010

    Seven-year-old boy pretty sure God hates Jews

    ​See more photos at westword.com/slideshow. The traveling hate circus of Westboro Baptist Church swung through Capitol Hill on its current Denver-Boulder Tour of Brightly Covered Disparagement, unloading its Kia full of signs outside the offices of the Intermountain Jewish News. It was prett ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Westboro Baptist Church targets Denver-area schools and more: Students, parents plan counter-protest

    Westboro Baptist Church Pastor Fred Phelps and his gang are coming to spread the message that God hates school?​The infamous anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church -- which is currently making headlines for its claim that God was responsible for a mine explosion this week in West Virginia that kille ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Nine best April Fools' Day food pranks culled from around the World Wide Web

    starbucks.comHappy now?​In case you're surfing the Internet today and are flummoxed by reports of Guy Fieri winning a Peabody award or a controversy surrounding a dessert app replacing real sweets (not to mention Google officially changing its name to "Topeka")...don't forget to check the date ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    Roderick Elias charged with 1980 murder of Kristen Kay Swanson: Another cold case heats up

    Roderick Elias and the DNA on Kristen Kay Swanson were a match.​Another day, another cold case belatedly moved forward by DNA. Yesterday, we told you about Kevin LeWayne McKinney, who's been charged in the 1998 murder of Diane Caldwell. Today, it's Roderick Elias, formally accused of murderin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    Vile prejudice and hatred to accompany same-sex marriage debate at CU

    Westboro Baptist Church's Fred Phelps: one evil bastard.​No doubt some supporters of same-sex marriage already had their doubts about the evenhandedness of tonight's debate on the topic at CU. After all, it's sponsored by the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Center -- and the Catholic church as an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2009

    Dialed In: This week's local music radio playlists

    ​​Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows, including Radio 1190's long-running Local Shakedown, KTCL's Locals Only, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all ov ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 5, 2009

    Blood, Sweat and Jeers

    Don Johnson, the early years.

  • News

    November 20, 2008

    Was Jimi Hendrix a Mexican?

    Don Johnson, the early years.

  • Music

    November 29, 2007

    Jeff Finlin

    Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2006

    Hate in Uniform

    Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret

  • News

    March 16, 2006

    X Marks the Spat

    Puttling Colorado on the map.

  • News

    November 17, 2005

    Truman Tale

    Inside a courtroom drama playing at a theater near you.

  • Culture

    September 15, 2005

    Paint the Town

    A Bruce Price solo at +, with paintings and more at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House.

  • News

    June 23, 2005

    Westword Music Showcase 2005

    A Bruce Price solo at +, with paintings and more at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House.

  • Culture

    June 16, 2005

    Seeing Thinks

    Smart conceptual solos are on view at + Gallery and Capsule@Pod.

  • News

    May 5, 2005

    What's So Funny

    Smart conceptual solos are on view at + Gallery and Capsule@Pod.

  • Culture

    April 22, 2004

    Plaids and Solids

    Post-minimalism is all the rage at + Zeile/Judish.

  • News

    April 8, 2004

    Rosy Dreams

    Derby fantasies stand on the spindly legs of a colt at CSU.

  • Culture

    November 13, 2003

    Western Culture

    The CSFAC examines the Old West while its new director shakes up the place.

  • News

    March 20, 2003

    Off Limits

    Bitch, bitch, bitch

  • News

    March 6, 2003

    Thin Air, Thin Hope

    The secret Rockies formula: Prepare to meet thy doom.

  • Film

    September 26, 2002

    Homies

    Home Movie looks inside some eccentric domiciles.

  • Dining

    September 19, 2002

    Business Class

    Trinity Grille still has the feel -- and the food -- of a men's club.

  • News

    September 13, 2001

    Forward Into the Past

    At Camp Amache, a school project reopens an ugly chapter of Colorado history.

  • Food & Drink

    March 29, 2001

    Best Chicken-Fried Steak Omelette

    Rip Griffin's Truck Stop

  • News

    March 15, 2001

    True Romance

    How a snap decision led to a long love affair with the West.

  • Music

    March 8, 2001

    The RH Factor

    Death comes calling jazz's legendary players.

  • Culture

    September 30, 1999

    G.I. Janes

    Credit an energetic cast and a savvy director for putting some boogie-woogie in Swingtime Canteen.

  • News

    March 18, 1999

    Wise Gal

    Anne Slemmons took Michael Wise's money and ran for the border.

  • Culture

    November 26, 1998

    All Aboard

    Anne Slemmons took Michael Wise's money and ran for the border.

  • News

    May 21, 1998

    Uneasy Street

    Is the crackdown on East Colfax's sex trade working? Ask the johns.

  • Music

    February 20, 1997

    Eye of the Storm

    In a cynical world, Iris DeMent struggles to maintain her virtue.

  • News

    November 7, 1996

    Blake Like Me

    The hills are alive... with generations of this fractious family.

  • News

    June 20, 1996

    A Stitch in Time

    At the Blue Jay Inn in Buffalo Creek, life sews on.

  • News

    April 11, 1996

    Winging It

    Hype makes right at the center for the new west.

  • News

    January 31, 1996

    DOUBLE TROUBLEWILL THE REAL DOUGLAS PICHON PLEASE SHOW UP?

    Hype makes right at the center for the new west.

  • Calendar

    August 23, 1995

    THRILLS

    Hype makes right at the center for the new west.

  • News

    May 31, 1995

    POLITICAL SEANCE

    A CITY AGENCY CALMS INDIAN SPIRITS AT DIA, BUYS T-SHIRTS FOR SENIORS AND BONES UP ON ITS FRENCH--ALL IN THE NAME OF "COMMUNITY RELATIONS."

  • Calendar

    October 12, 1994

    THRILLS

    A CITY AGENCY CALMS INDIAN SPIRITS AT DIA, BUYS T-SHIRTS FOR SENIORS AND BONES UP ON ITS FRENCH--ALL IN THE NAME OF "COMMUNITY RELATIONS."

  • Music

    April 6, 1994

    ON THE GRIFT

    A CITY AGENCY CALMS INDIAN SPIRITS AT DIA, BUYS T-SHIRTS FOR SENIORS AND BONES UP ON ITS FRENCH--ALL IN THE NAME OF "COMMUNITY RELATIONS."

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