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Are You Ready to Get Lit? A Dozen Things to Do in Denver This Week

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Reader Response

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Reader: An Outside Music Venue Makes Noise? Who Knew?

By Westword ReadersAugust 18, 2024

There was plenty of excitement leading to the opening of the Ford Ampitheater in Colorado Springs. Afterwards, there were plenty of complaints…

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Commentary: Coloradans for the Common Good Uses the Power of Organized People

By Zeik SaidmanAugust 18, 2024

If an organization can mobilize well-informed and disciplined citizens to solve problems, it will always be taken seriously.

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Readers: Denver Is Becoming So Unaffordable I Might Have to Leave

By Westword ReadersAugust 18, 2024

At another Community Conversation, Mayor Mike Johnston got an earful about affordability challenges.

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Benny Blanco’s Leaving Cap Hill for the ‘Burbs Isn’t a Reflection on Denver

By Teague BohlenAugust 17, 2024

Mourn the loss of East 13th Avenue garlic knots, but no need to mourn the city overall.

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Reader: The Big Lie Is Not About the Lie Itself, It’s About Undermining Belief in Everything

By Westword ReadersAugust 17, 2024

Donald Trump claims the Kamala Harris Detroit rally photos were faked. But a Denver photographer knows they’re real: He took them.

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Reader: Elway’s Time in Cherry Creek Has Come…and Gone

By Westword ReadersAugust 11, 2024

The former Broncos’ quarterback and his partner are closing the doors to make way for a major construction project, but the steakhouse could reopen in a new spot.

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Reader: With Mutiny Leaving Denver, the City Is Losing Some of Its Soul

By Westword StaffAugust 11, 2024

With its longtime building up for sale, the bookstore is moving down Broadway to a new space in Englewood.

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Analysis: Even Short Trips to Space Can Change an Astronaut’s Biology

By susan baileyAugust 10, 2024

NASA just announced that the two Starline astronauts could be stuck in space for months.

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Reader: With Charlie Brown’s Off Limits, Where Are the Good Smoking Patios?

By Westword ReadersAugust 4, 2024

A city inspector determined that the patio at Charlie Brown’s is enclosed…which means smoking there is banned.

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Reader: Isn’t Everyone High on Colorado? (And in Colorado?)

By Westword ReadersAugust 3, 2024

On the Centennial State’s 148th birthday, we asked why you love Colorado.

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Reader: Johnson’s Corner Had Some of the Best Cinnamon Rolls of All Time!

By Westword ReadersJuly 28, 2024

One of the original Johnson’s Corner locations is becoming Johnson Station.

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Analysis: What a Kamala Harris Presidency May (and May Not) Mean for Progressives

By Lisa CalderonJuly 28, 2024

The candidate is a complicated person who deserves to be judged within the full context of her record.

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Snow Job: David Lesh Gets a Pass for Unsanctioned “Work Activity” at Keystone

By Teague BohlenJuly 22, 2024

“This is not just a victory for me, but for basic American freedom and social liberty.” And people who poop in Hanging Lake.

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Reader: It’s Not Supply and Demand. It’s Supply, Demand and Money

By Westword ReadersJuly 21, 2024

Denver’s housing inventory is increasing faster than in any other major city. But who can anyone to buy here?

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Reader: We Need Better Musicians Representing Colorado

By Westword ReadersJuly 21, 2024

Ingrid Andress went from singing the national anthem at the MLB Home Run Derby to entering rehab.

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Analysis: Trump’s Raised Fist Is a Go-To Gesture With a Long History of Different Meanings

By Roger J. KreuzJuly 14, 2024

In addition to the former president, the raised fist has been used by fascists, socialists, communists, Black Power advocates and even golfer Tiger Woods.

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Reader: A Lot of Copy/Paste People Walking Around Denver, for Sure

By Westword ReadersJuly 14, 2024

Pollsters found that 72 percent of people in Denver had hiked, biked, skied or recreated in the mountains in the last twelve months.

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Reader: Bar Bar Was Always an Adventure, and the Best Dive Ever!

By Westword ReadersJuly 7, 2024

While the Carioca Cafe is closed because of fire damage, memories continue to flow.

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Reader: Fans Will Travel Quite a Distance to See a Concert at Red Rocks

By Westword ReadersJuly 7, 2024

Twelve employees claim they spotted a UFO over the famous venue, but skeptics want to see the pictures.

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Reader: Lakeside Is Our Legit Old-School Location, but It’s a Dump

By Westword ReadersJuly 6, 2024

While some of the rides don’t work, you can always take a trip down memory lane.

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Reader: Let’s Celebrate While We Still Can!

By Westword ReadersJuly 4, 2024

Fireworks are illegal in Denver, but citing people who set them off is a low priority for the police.

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Analysis: Fireworks Sales Have Dropped Back to Earth After Years of Explosive Growth. Why?

By Jay L. ZagorskyJune 30, 2024

Sales skyrocketed during the pandemic.

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