Individual Membership

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Membership also comes with benefits to connect you with the Westword community. Learn more about membership levels and benefits below.

Supporting nonprofit journalism for a more informed community

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Subscription to our monthly Letter From the Editor and other updates

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Our gratitude and a place on our growing member wall

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Invitations to our members-only events

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Access to local community partner discounts

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Access to concert & event ticket giveaways

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Member tote bag

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Annual recognition in an online article and in our print publication

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Local Community Partners

Recurring members will receive discounts thanks to the local businesses listed below. If you are already a recurring member, keep an eye on your email for how to claim them.

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Managing Your Membership Profile

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Meet Our Individual Members

Westword relies on reader support to sustain our local, fact-based journalism. We thank the members, listed below, who make our work possible.

Thomas Abraham
Natalie Accardo
Kathleen Adamson
Steve Adkison
Kathy Aguirre
Suzie Ahlers
Jacqui Ainlay-Conley
Leandro Albertoni
Nicole Allard
Rochelle Allen
Dean Allman
Donna Altieri
Traci Anderson
Dylan Anthony
Gordon Appell
Marty Apple
Christopher Archie
Abby Aronsohn
Mary Athearn
Kevin Aumiller
Edwin Austin
Mary Awalt
Victoria Baldwin
Emilie Baratta
Charles Barnard
Josh Barocas
Aimee Basile
Sam Baskin
William Bates
Steven Baum
Chris Baumgartner
Lowell Baumunk
Mary Beall
Scott Beilfuss
Frank Benedict
Christopher Bentzlin
Angie Berens
Kristen Best
Jordan Blakesley
Sterling Blood
George Blosser
Neva Blubaugh
Lilly Bock-Brownstein
Thomas Bonavia
Douglas Borg
Michael Van Den Bosch
Ilene Bourdeau
Deborah Bowman
Seth Bradley
Mary Bradley
Georgia Brandau
David Brasel
Michael Breitenbach
Judith Briles
Scott Bristol
Elizabeth Brooks
Marcia Brown
Thomas Bryenton
David Bubes
Susan Buckingham
Richard Burcham
Kyler Burgi
Dianne Burner
Grace & Jordan Buttorff
Glenn Cackovic
Cynthia Cain
Caitlin Calvert
Inga Calvin
Kelly Campbell
Curtis Carney
Jason Carolan
Lindsay Carpenter
Gail Carpenter
Lee Carroll
Mollie Carter
Deana Carter
Max Case
Nancy Cassidy
Russell Castagnaro
Jane Cates
Roberta Cedillo
Laura Chapin
Alain du Chélas
Derek Chen-Becker
Michelle Chiang
Douglas Christ
Justin Christian
Ellen Christianson
Alex St Clair
Jerry Clark
Gloria Clark
Sandra Clark
Abe Claude
Jason Claycomb
Christina Clayton
Carol Clem
Cathy Cloepfil
Marcia Cohen
Mark Cohen
Kirsten Dahl Collins
Ryan Conley
Julia Cooper
Thomas Cope
Jessica Corey
Sandy Cosner
Monica Costello
Erin Courtney
Kenda Cowan
Caitlyn Cox
Dawn Cozart
David Crain
Patricia Crawford
Cal Crawley
Jim Cress
Jennifer Crismon
Susan Crites
Jennifer Crowley
Miguel Cruz
Lee Cryer
Laura Cuetara
Jeff Cuneo
Jacob Curtis
Joseph Daniels
Jordan Daniels
Debbie Darrow
Christine Davidson
Bill Davis
Brian Davis
Jeffry Davis
William Degroot
Eugene Delay
Derrick DeLeon Be Great
Stephen Delgrosso
Jennifer Detoy
Dennis Devore
James Dewhirst
Carolyn Diana
Kate Dill
Julie Dionigi
James Dixon
Marco Dorado
William Douglass
Linda Biska Drake
Jason Drautz
Helen Du
Aj Dubler
Ruth Duerr
Rick Dula
Bradley Dunkin
Diane Dunn
Karen Eberle-Smith
David Ebner
Kaye Edwards
Christopher Eliot
Ryan Ennis
Jared Enos
Paul Erlendson
Darcy Ervick
Jessica Ervin-Hang
Pam Espinoza
Penny S Evans
Laura Evans
Jana Everett
Yazid Fadl
Tom Farber
Andrew Ferguson
Michael Fernandez
Ann Fernandez
David Ferrin
Jacqueline Feulner
Tom Fisher
Ellen Fitzgerald
Benjamin Fletcher
Matthew Flood
Dru Flowers
Nicholas Fountain
Alex Fountain
David Franco
Dana Franklin
Holly Franson
Aretha Frazier
Allen Freed
John French
Kerri Friedman
Russell Frum
Bill Fry
Sami Gabriel Debell
Thomasina Gabriele
Steve Gaddy
Linda Gallegos
Craig Gander
Charles Garcia
Simone “Miss Pixie” Garcia
Jeremy Gardner
David Gasvoda
Seth Gavin
Chris Geisler
Ginny Gelbach
James Gilbert
Alison Gitomer
Scott Glander
Carl Glass
Susan Glassmacher
Cody Goebel
Utsav Goel
Maureen Gollob
Ann Gonzalez
Gabriel Gopen
Thomas Gougeon
Lisa De Graaf
Hugh Graham
Rhea Graham
Zeb Grandpre
Kari Grant
Kathleen Graves
Christopher Gray
Tom Green
Mason Green
Andrew Greenstein
Matt Greer
Christina Greutink
Jane Griffin
Mariellen Guerra
Nick Gully
Turi Gustafson
Lucia Guzman
Lisa Haddox
Bern Haggerty
Andrew Hahm
Robert Hall
Aaron Hall
Charles Hall
Forrest Hanson
Rainer Hantchel
Laura Harper
David Harrell
Caitlin Harrill
David Harrison
Matthew Harrison
Deborah Harvey
Tom Hatton
Chet Heaney
Jane Hebert
Robert Heberton
Jamie Heinlein
Steve Heinz
Daniel Heller
Warren Hem
Jessy Hennesy
Chuck Herbert
Ben Hernandez
Fabby Hillyard
Frederick Hoeschler
Cynthia Holden
Tom Hollinshead
Matthew Holman
Seth Hooper
Brandi Hosick
Richard Howell
Tristan Hudson
Jessie Huisinga
Grant Hunter
L Roger Hutson
Roger Hutson
Rebecca Ihrie
John Imbergamo
Mark Inglis
Diana Jacobs
Kimberly Jacques
Michael Jahn
Ellen James
Cristina Jay
Eric Jean
Christopher Jennings
John Jennison
Janet Jerde
Sharon Jewell
Jeaniel Castro Jimenez
Melinda Johnson
Amanda Johnson
Vicki Johnston
Ashton Jones
Leigh Jones
R J Jones
David Kahn
Karen Kaiser
Derek Kalahar
Austin Kane
Paul Karolyi
Matthew Katz
Dr. Tracie Keesee
Laurie Kepros
Daniel Kimpton
Karen Kindblade
Michael Klahr
Nancy Klaiber
Chet Klecha
Barbara Kline
Shilpa Klocke
Scott Knick
Marcia Knott
Frances Koncilja
Jennifer Krabbenhoeft
Mike Kranzdorf
Steven Krauss
Daniel Kreppein
Mary Krueger
Louis Krupp
Adam Kubaryk
Dan Kubiak
Claudia Kuhns
Heather Kurland
Jackson Lamb
Christopher Lamorte
Stephanie Landin
Jules Langston
Linda Largent
Caroll Latimore
Clayton LeBeau
Margaret LeCompte
Nathan Lee
Jane Leechild
Anthony Lehtola
Heather Leja
Brian LeMaire
Larry Leszczynski
Carol Levine
Marjorie Levine-Clark
Tom Liehe
Andy Lievertz
Hai Lin
Roger Linkenhoker
Fernando Lins
Whitney Littleton
Celine Liu
Carey Lowe-Curry
Marty Luloff
Thomas Luten
Mike Maclennan
Denverse Magazine
Deborah Malden
Maribeth Malecki
Jim Manire
Rose Mankowski
Bret Mann
Pete Marczyk
Grace Markley
Heidi Markley
Daniel Martinelli
Jeremy Martinez
Robin And Roberto Martinez
Gerald Martínez
Tom Mascarenas
Bruce A Mastriona
Sarah Mattingly
Susan Maynard
Phillip McCart
Sarah O McCarthy
Mark McClurg
Charles McCormick
Kate McCoy
John McCullough
Ryk McDorman
Sue McElhinney
Maura McGrath
Clint McLaughlin
Kendrick McLish
Kayla McNeil
John McSweeney
Nadine Medina
Maureen Meegan
Marilyn Megenity
Ann Meisel
Jane Mercaldi
Jon Meredith
Norbert Meyer
Sean Mikles
John Milewski
Joelle Milholm
Brian Miller
Michael Miller
Terry Miller
Kelsey Miller
Claudia Milstead
Betty Mitchell
Julian Mitchell
William Mohrman
Jeff Montgomery
Derrol Moorhead
Evan Morgan
Jeffery Morgan
Carra Morris
Jim Morris
Sammie Moss
Kevin Mossey
Natalie Mozer-Renn
Steve Mulkey
Patricia Murphy
Travis Murtha
Jesse Myers
Bruce Myers
Charles Nadler
Helen Neal
Edgar Neel
Keely Nelson
Daniel Nesmith
David Newman
Laura Newman
Francis Ngo
Elizabeth Nguyen
Leigh Nicholl
Susan Nicholl
Blaine Nickeson
Nancy Nixon
Henry Norton
Glenn November
Alex Nuttall
Brenton Nye
Rhonda O’Brien
Catherine Obarski
Raymond Oberbroeckling
Rosemari Ochoa
Tim OConnell
Karen OKeeffe
Marilyn Olsen
James Olson
Alexander Ooms
Michael Orban
John Orr
Marsha Osborn
Chris Pabst
David Pair
Debra Palenik
Susie Palmquist
Jonathan Parkinson
Scott Patrick
Joanne Payne
Rob Payne
Tammy Payne
Susan Payne
Melinda Pearson
Dena Penders
Esteban Peralta
Naomi Perera
Brennan Peterson
Justin Pettinato
Matt Pfister
Mary Phillips
Brian Phillips
Jeff Piehl
Russ Pierce
Fallon Pierce
Trenton Pinson
Hanna Pippin
Roberta Ponis
Wendy Potthoff
Jack Pottle
Kathryn Powell
Murray R. Powell
Gerald Prchal
Susan Priest
Mary Pritchard
Melissa Pulsinelli
Jessica Purcell
Earl Purdy
Michael Scott Ramming
Stephen Ramsey
Paul Ramsey
Ryan Randell
Amanda Rankine
Rebecca Rapport
Joe Rassenfoss
Emily Raznick
Carol Reble
Barbara Reff
Amy Reichardt
Katie Reinisch
Dr Clarissa Pinkola Estés Reyés
Paula Rhodes
Kami Richey
Rich Riddle
William Rigler
Ryan Ringer
Carmen Ripley
David Risher
Luke Ritt
Gene Roberts
Lashion Robinson
Ellen Robinson
Leslie Robinson
Andrew Robinson
Steve Rockwell
Carina Rodriguez
Kathleen Rogness
Michelle Roof
Dana Rosebrook
Ryan Ross
Albert Ross
Katie Roush
Cheri Rubin
Elizabeth Rudolph
Troy Rumpf
Sylvan Ruud
David Ryan
Loren Ryder
Zeik Saidman
Daniel Salazar
Richard Sall
Connell Saltzman
Charles Sandford
Cynthia Savage
Andrew Scarponi
Jane Schachtel
Marshall Schecter
Michael Schiavo
Julie Schilz
Cynthia Schuele
Dave Schultz
Sasha Schultz-Boro
Margaret Scott
Kevin Scott
Douglas Scott
Marek Sedlacek
Joan Seeman
Wende Seever
Donna Seitz
John Sellars
Blake Sellers
Robin Sewell
Barry Grant Shaffer
James Shannon
Barbara Shannon-Banister
Linda C Shapley
Mical Sharp
Stacy Shea
Mark Sheldon
Jeri Shepherd
Eric Shimizu
Oliver Short
Andrew Shultz
Daniel Shurz
Roger Siemers
Eric Silva
Renee Sime
Michael Simeone
Walter Simon
Craig Sirkin
Lyndsey Slade
Douglas Slansky
Sarah Smith
Graeme Smith
Ashlyn Smith
Barbara Smith
Tom Snoich
Aaron Snyder
Jose Soiza
Saul Solares Romero
Delia Sosa
Elizabeth Sparkman
Brandon Spears
Jeff Spence
Lauren Spivey
Colin St John
Stacey Steers
Martin Steinberg
Erica Stephan
B Stephens
Staci Stevens
Hugh Stewart
Mitchell Stewart
William Stjohn
Jeff Stone
Lee Stonehouse
Kent Story
John Strain
Gary Strand
Kashmir Suiter
Dennis Sullivan
Aaron Sullivan
Paul Suter
Dustin Sweden
Brendan Sweeney
Marlene Sweeney
Bonnie Taher
Deborah Tahlman
Tanya Talapatra
Paul Tamburello
Jerry Tate
Geoff Taylor
Jeff Tensly
Ann Terrill
Amy Thomas
Richard Thomas
Christian Thompson
Kyle Thompson
Mark Thompson
J. Michael Thornton
Jennifer Thornton-Kolbe
Charles Tinnell
Hazuki Tochihara
Luis Toro
Alison Torvik
Martha Tracey
Samuel Trask
Olivia Trinko
Trompeau Bakery and Cafe
Eric Trujillo
Rachel Tumin
Mary Tuttle
Kim Umbarger
Dana Underwood
Cynthia Vaida
Steve Vander Veer
Russel Vanderveer
Teresa Vaughn
Kirsten Vermulen
Scott Vickers
Mary Jane Vinette
Alexia Vitalia
Steve Volin
Carolyn Volk
Brian Volkman
Bob Vorachek
Tyler Walborn
Laura Waligorski
Marty Walsen
Jim Warland
Jeff Warner
Henry Warrington
Gardner Waterman
Barbara Watson
Katie Waugaman
Blake Weber
Marty Wedel
Joe Weeg
Mark Weimer
Mark Weindling
Michelle Weinraub
Chris Werstiuk
Maya West
Martha West
Eric Westerman
Paul Wetzel
Lindsey Whipple
Salina Whitaker
George White
Robert M White
Colin Whitenack
Don Wicks
Barbara Wiens
Peggy Wiese
Nan Wigington
Elinor Williams
Molly Williams
Alexander Wilson
Harold Wilson
Patrick Winfield
Thomas Winger
Tim Wirtjes
Lisa Witlen
Bill Wunsch
Jacqueline Yarbrough
Larry Yates
Jason Youngstrom
Noel Yuri-Bermudez
Mark Zambarda
Anna Zapata
Edward Zitt

This list is updated monthly. If you have a question or concern, please email supportus@westword.com.

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