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Welcome back. Today in Cafe Society: • Beerdrinker of the Year: A judge's tale. • Sexy Pizza's sexy facelift. • It's Denver Cupcake Week for Lovely Confections Bakery. • Room for one Pho. • Oodles of noodles and more news from Jet Entertainment. • Another round at Katie Mullen's. •...

By Michael Roberts

February 23, 2009

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Welcome back.

Today in Cafe Society: • Beerdrinker of the Year: A judge's tale. • Sexy Pizza's sexy facelift. • It's Denver Cupcake Week for Lovely Confections Bakery. • Room for one Pho. • Oodles of noodles and more news from Jet Entertainment. • Another round at Katie Mullen's. • A Milking It review of Jumbo Multi-Grain Krispies. They're big.

Today in Backbeat Online: • Review: Two Cow Garage at 3 Kings Tavern. • Dialed In: This week's local-music radio playlists. • Animo making-of documentary debuts tomorrow. • DeVotchKa to open for David Byrne at Red Rocks. • Airborne Toxic Event show postponed.

Today in The Latest Word: • Slumdog Millionaire's triumph also a victory for the Denver Film Festival. • Is it Peter Boyles, Peter Boils or Boil Peters? • Boulder Police Chief Mark Beckner goes national with his pitch to lower the drinking age. • Kenny Be's Yard Arteology: Anarchitecture. • Rocky Mountain News' John Temple on whether or not this week will be "boxless." Get your mind out of the gutter.

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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.

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