Every opening and closing this week: Two new sushi spots surface
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Every opening and closing this week: Two new sushi spots surface

By Antony Bruno
Wax Trax is opening a "real store" at Stanley Marketplace
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Wax Trax is opening a “real store” at Stanley Marketplace

By Michael Roberts
Reader: Blame road rage on high elevation and Subarus!
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Reader: Blame road rage on high elevation and Subarus!

“Driving in the Denver metro area is a Gladiator sport.”
By Thomas Mitchell
Denver moved people indoors. Now it needs to move them forward
Community Voice

Denver moved people indoors. Now it needs to move them forward

By Erik Clarke
Health

Lettuce distributor connected to “explosive” and “watery” diarrhea outbreak has facility in Colorado

By Thomas Mitchell
Restaurants

Leftovers: El Chingon finally returns, fire shuts down a popular farm

By Antony Bruno
Denver Life

Free things to do in Denver (and beyond) this week, July 13-19

By Kristen Fiore

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Reader: Blame road rage on high elevation, Subarus
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Reader: Blame road rage on high elevation, Subarus

Wax Trax is opening a "real store" at Stanley Marketplace
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Wax Trax is opening a “real store” at Stanley Marketplace

Denver homeless solution has long-term gaps
Community Voice

Denver homeless solution has long-term gaps

Two new sushi spots surface
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Two new sushi spots surface

Your Guide to 2026 Colorado Film Festivals
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Your Guide to 2026 Colorado Film Festivals

News

Frontier Airlines sued twice for weak cybersecurity after data breaches
Courts & Lawsuits

Frontier Airlines sued twice for weak cybersecurity after data breaches

By Sage Kelley
Will the Denver Mint produce the $1 gold Trump coin?
Politics & Government

Will the Denver Mint produce the $1 gold Trump coin?

By Hannah Metzger
Marijuana regulators issue recall for Colorado's Best Dabs
Marijuana

Marijuana regulators issue recall for Colorado’s Best Dabs

By Thomas Mitchell
Politics & Government

Dark-money group, Colorado’s Kent Thiry behind late pro-Hickenlooper PAC spending

By Chase Woodruff, Colorado Newsline
Politics & Government

Congressional proposal would fuck with Colorado daylight hours

By Thomas Mitchell
Environment

As Colorado River and tributaries shrink, a public power system frays

By Hank Lacey, Newsline
Environment

Waste activists hold funeral at Gov’s Park for millions of dead electronics, all killed by a lack of software

By Sage Kelley

OPINION

Reader: Waymo didn’t get a real winter to test drive
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Reader: Waymo didn’t get a real winter to test drive

By Thomas Mitchell
Colorado or bust: The Great American State Fair's state of confusion
Calhoun: Wake-up Call

Colorado or bust: The Great American State Fair’s state of confusion

By Patricia Calhoun
Denver already has Blucifer and the Big Blue Bear. Meet Baa'al, our third blue entity!
Community Voice

Denver already has Blucifer and the Big Blue Bear. Meet Baa’al, our third blue entity!

By Ryan Clapp
Calhoun: Wake-up Call

Colorado’s Republican Party doesn’t have a prayer

By Patricia Calhoun
Community Voice

Showing up to work as a wildfire fire burns six miles away

By Bekah Grim
Calhoun: Wake-up Call

Bishop Castle survives Aspen Acres fire … so far

By Patricia Calhoun
Community Voice

A call to the Walton-Penners: Build something that lasts longer than football

By Richard Rael

Food & Drink

Rick Thomas Distillery Schedules Inaugural Malt Whiskey Release
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Rick Thomas Distillery Schedules Inaugural Malt Whiskey Release

By Gabe Toth
Park Burger closing Highland location after nearly 15 years
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Park Burger closing Highland location after nearly 15 years

By Antony Bruno
This Lone Tree noodle shop shows off a Cat's Cradle of carbs
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This Lone Tree noodle shop shows off a Cat’s Cradle of carbs

By Timothy Duggan
Restaurants

Fire closes newly renovated uptown Nepali eatery

By Antony Bruno
Bars & Breweries

Denver bar rated as most visited in the nation during World Cup

By Sage Kelley
Restaurants

Cafe Calendar: A rosé tasting two-fer, Rhône at Vendôme, and more

By Antony Bruno
Restaurants

Carmine’s Italian Restaurant is closing one of two locations

By Antony Bruno

Arts & Culture

All the 2026 Film Festivals in Colorado Announced So Far
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All the 2026 Film Festivals in Colorado Announced So Far

By Michael Roberts and Others
Hit and Run: Musical Improv has invented 730 musicals and counting
Performing Arts

Hit and Run: Musical Improv has invented 730 musicals and counting

By Toni Tresca
Mountain magic awaits up the Poudre
Travel

Mountain magic awaits up the Poudre

By Chelsey Dequaine-Jerabek
Visual Arts

Art events around Denver this week, July 16-23

By Kristen Fiore
Film, TV & Streaming

Carl Lee Schmidt from ‘Love Island USA’ is Colorado’s newest reality TV star

By Hannah Metzger
Denver Life

Things to do in Denver this week, July 13-19

By Kristen Fiore
Visual Arts

Couture fashion exhibitions are worn out. Union Hall is providing something different

By Kristen Fiore

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Music

Pueblo's annual free hip-hop festival returns this weekend
Concerts

Pueblo’s annual free hip-hop festival returns this weekend

By Justin Criado
New Denver entertainment venue licensing rules almost final
Features

New Denver entertainment venue licensing rules almost final

By Michael Roberts
Lowry's Soiled Dove has a new name and a renewed underground vibe
Features

Lowry’s Soiled Dove has a new name and a renewed underground vibe

By Patricia Calhoun
Features

Stacked two-album collab highlights Colorado’s hip-hop and R&B talent

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Features

Three Denver music venues are unionizing

By Michael Roberts
Features

This Denver music festival is creating activism with folk punk

By Justin Criado
Concerts

The Avett Brothers prove Red Rocks is still their living room

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Hit and Run: Musical Improv has invented 730 musicals and counting
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Hit and Run: Musical Improv has invented 730 musicals and counting

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Mountain magic awaits up the Poudre

By Chelsey Dequaine-Jerabek
Art events around Denver this week, July 16-23
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Art events around Denver this week, July 16-23

By Kristen Fiore
Restaurants

Cafe Calendar: A rosé tasting two-fer, Rhône at Vendôme, and more

By Antony Bruno
Denver Life

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Visual Arts

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