The Westword.com blog shortcut, May 5 edition

Potential is flowering. Today in Cafe Society: • Something's cooking in Summit County. • Cinco or swim today. • Drinking Goat at the Goat. • Frasca finally opens for lunch -- for two days only. • Denver's best female chefs wowed at Women Cook! Today in Backbeat Online: • Black...
By Michael RobertsMay 5, 2009
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Potential is flowering.

Today in Cafe Society:
• Something’s cooking in Summit County.
• Cinco or swim today.
• Drinking Goat at the Goat.
• Frasca finally opens for lunch — for two days only.
• Denver’s best female chefs wowed at Women Cook!

Today in Backbeat Online:
• Black Market Empire comes alive.
• Moving Pictures: Jim McTurnan, Mike Marchant, Hawks of Paradise, Snake Rattle Rattle Snake, Angie Stevens and more.

Today in The Latest Word:
• Death-penalty bill: Politicos willing to raise taxes to keep the killing option open.
• A big win for that cellphone-using idiot driving fifteen MPH under the speed limit.
• As swine-flu fever rages, pig lovers are in the crosshairs.
• Kenyon Martin’s fine is fine by us.
• Every day’s John Denver day on YouTube. Take me home…

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Michael Roberts began his career with Westword in 1990 as music editor. In 1999, he took on a new role, full-time media reporter, as author of a column called The Message. In 2008, he became the lead writer for Westword‘s news blog, The Latest Word, a position he held until January 2023. Michael continues to freelance for Westword, covering everything from business to sports and the media; he also contributes to Jazziz, a national music magazine. He holds a bachelor’s degree from what is now Colorado Mesa University and master’s degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Northwestern University.

michaelrobertscolo@gmail.com

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