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Round two with Patxi Azpiroz, exec chef of Patxi's Pizza

Patxi Azpiroz Patxi's Pizza 3455 South University Boulevard, Englewood; 303-783-2000 185 Steele Street; 303-331-1000 www.patxispizza.com This is part two of my interview with Patxi Azpiroz, exec chef/owner of Patxi's Pizza; part one of our conversation ran yesterday. Favorite Denver restaurant(s) ... More >>

The ten best books about America's prisons

This week's cover story, "The Lifers Book Club," reports on the Words Beyond Bars Project, a pilot progam at the Limon Correctional Facility that puts high-security prisoners, many of them serving life sentences, in a room with volunteers to discuss great books. It's a modest effort that could trans ... More >>

Burn baby burn! Here's fifteen Burning Man GIFs that will make you want to go next year

We're a world away from Burning Man Festival in Black Rock City, which took place this past weekend Nevada's Black Rock Desert, but that doesn't mean we can't get a taste of what we missed. Our West Coast Sound counterparts were on hand and took a slew of pics, allowing us to live vicariously throug ... More >>

Will the real Rick Strandlof please stand up?

Also read: Stolen Valor was born in Colorado before dying with the Supreme Court

Weekend's best nightlife: Sascha Dive, Danny Daze, Paul Oakenfold, Peter Black and more

See Also: Q&A with Peter Black Q&A with Porter Robinson Aw, yeah, weekend's here! There's a heady mix of local and international talent brewing on the dance scene this weekend, including Peter Black's official retirement party and tunes by Porter Robinson, Danny Daze, Sascha Dive and Paul Oakenfol ... More >>

Wild horses: Feds ignoring evidence castrated stallions don't act "wild"

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management can no longer "remain studiously ignorant of material scientific evidence" indicating that castrating wild stallions is a problematic and possibly illegal way of managing the herds, a federal judge has ruled in the long-running battle over the fate of America's wil ... More >>

Lasley Elementary gets a new salad bar as part of HBO's The Weight of the Nation

Lakewood mayor Bob Murphy stood in front of Lasley Elementary students today and talked about how the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff view obesity as a national security issue, since 27 percent of all applicants for the armed forces are too obese to serve. The rest of the festivities were more upbeat, bu ... More >>

Video: Rachel Maddow wonders if Rick Santorum win in Colorado matters

The headlines say that Rick Santorum, of all people, was the big winner yesterday among wannabe Republican presidential nominees thanks to victories in the Colorado and Minnesota caucuses and the Missouri primary. But his prize didn't come in delegates, since none were at stake in any of the contest ... More >>

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 >>

Is the growing number of conservative Hispanics changing ideas about illegal immigration?

Marijuana: Pierre "Dr. Reefer" Werner asks patients to write Nevada judge leniency letters

Pierre Werner.​In January, Pierre Werner, who ran a Boulder dispensary under the name Dr. Reefer, was indicted in Nevada on multiple marijuana counts -- as were his mother and brother. All three have now signed plea agreements, but Werner is asking patients and advocates to write letters to th ... More >>

The Zenith Project gets more help from another Zenlightenment fundraiser

​Conceived by Michelle "Smallfry" Lessans as an art installation at the 2011 Burning Man celebration in the Nevada desert, the Zenith Project aims to create peaceful zen garden in the often chaotic party that Burning Man can be. "I love burning man, it's a wonderful experience, but at times I' ... More >>

Colorado's No. 1 in fraud complaints: Greeley, Boulder, Fort Collins & CO Springs in top 15

​Statistics compiled by the Federal Trade Commission show that Colorado had the highest per-capita rate of consumer fraud complaints in the nation last year. According to the FTC's Consumer Sentinel Network report for 2010, Greeley, Boulder, Fort Collins and Colorado Springs all ranked among t ... More >>

There's a battle brewing at Govnr's Park; may the best beer win!

Govnr's ParkRevelry from last year's party.​There's a battle brewing at Govnr's Park. On Saturday, from 5 to 8 p.m., the ageless watering hole will host its second annual Spring Meltdown Beerfest, pitting 35 breweries against each other. They'll be fighting for the love of Gov's patrons, and ... More >>

Walker Barnard, February 17 at Old Curtis Street

Wild horse roundups: Funding cut renews cries to end "taxpayer-funded animal abuse" (VIDEO)

A Nevada roundup.​It's been a good week for mustang lovers. Not only did the Bureau of Land Management, in the wake of lawsuits, back off a plan to round up the entire West Douglas herd of wild horses in northwest Colorado, but the U.S. House of Representatives voted to cut $2 million from BLM ... More >>

MapQuest's new error-reporting tool for "neighborhood watch" not quite error-free

​MapQuest, the AOL-owned online mapping service with strong Denver ties, has unveiled a new site that's supposed to encourage users to contribute data and correct errors in its maps -- a kind of cartographic Wikipedia, or what MQ is calling a "neighborhood watch" concept. It's a great idea -- ... More >>

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 >>

Steve Katz on mythology, memory and mining

​Recently, there have been a slew of ill-advised memoirs from people far too young and inexperienced to share their stories with the world. Steve Katz doesn't have that problem. The 75-year-old Denver author started writing his memoir five years ago, and it has since become a collection of ove ... More >>

Robischon shows off with Linda Fleming: Lingering and Katy Stone: New Work

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 >>

Oblio Duo gets geeked about releasing its first piece of vinyl

Running Up the Walls

Displacement marries film and parkour.

The Columbine effect: A horrific roster of school shootings since 1999

The most resonant information that's come my way thus far today in relation to the anniversary of the April 20, 1999 shootings at Columbine High School was contained in an e-mail sent to Westword by Vicki Newell, a public-policy director with the Colorado PTA. It's a list of school shootings since ... More >>

Words of wisdom from Jack A. Weil

Denver Police receive 50 unmarked vans for the DNC

Party Central

Lee Coombs

Saturday, January 19, Vinyl, 303-860-8469.

Burning the Man

Get behind the scenes in the Nevada desert.

Cavemen? Ugh.

Meat Market: The Fourth Annual Adult Film Star Ball

Take a Peak

The Highway of Legends is a visual sensation.

Mountain West Conference Lineup

This debut channel is learning the rules of the game.

A Good-Bye in Vegas

Bite Me

Make a List

Speaking for the Dead

A Denver coroner's investigator tracks down the families of the forgotten.

Another Roadside Attraction

Let Jalapeño Mexican Grill transport you to Juárez.

By a Long Shot

Boom times are here for long-driving golfers.

Oh, the Horror!

James Mangold's latest looks scary, plays funny, and might just be brilliant.

Crazy for Crazy

Audiences are mad for this upbeat revival of a Gershwin classic.

Q-Tip

Amplified
(Arista)

John Linnell

State Songs
(Zoë Records)

Mouthing Off

On the Ropes

The Wagers of Sin

Local bookies get punished, but what about those tempting overseas operators?

Clear as Crystal

Off Limits

Grave Reservations

The Colorado Historical Society has collected Indian artifacts for 120 years. Now it has to give many of them back.

FIT TO BE TY

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