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Go for the Gold: A Dozen Free Things to Do in Denver (and Beyond) This Week

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Ana Campbell

Ana Campbell has been Westword‘s managing editor since 2016. She has worked at magazines and newspapers around the country, picking up a few awards along the way for her writing and editing. She grew up in south Texas.

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Lorena Garcia on 2020 Race, the Time Cory Gardner Allegedly Made High School Girls Cry

Lorena Garcia on 2020 Race, the Time Cory Gardner Allegedly Made High School Girls Cry

By Ana CampbellNovember 30, 2018

Senator Cory Gardner’s first challenger out of the gate might not have his name recognition or political experience, but Lorena Garcia hopes her background as a community organizer and desire to help change politics in Washington will help her win in 2020.

RiseUp Reality: DPD Wreaks Havoc, Calls School Staff “Libtards”

RiseUp Reality: DPD Wreaks Havoc, Calls School Staff “Libtards”

By Ana CampbellNovember 29, 2018

“I don’t know about that, but they need to stop that racist shit.”

Lorena Garcia to Challenge Senator Cory Gardner in 2020

Lorena Garcia to Challenge Senator Cory Gardner in 2020

By Ana CampbellNovember 27, 2018

Garcia is a is a seventh-generation Coloradan and a longtime community organizer.

The Ten Best Hot Springs in Colorado

The Ten Best Hot Springs in Colorado

By Ana CampbellNovember 17, 2018

Weather extremes in Colorado make any outdoor activities that can be done year-round a hot commodity (no pun intended).

Proposition 112 Is Dead: Will Anti-Frackers Find a Friend in Governor Polis?

Proposition 112 Is Dead: Will Anti-Frackers Find a Friend in Governor Polis?

By Ana CampbellNovember 7, 2018

He’s betrayed them before, but opponents of the growing energy industry in Colorado think Polis might come around.

Everything You Need to Know About Today’s Election (Including the Parties!)

Everything You Need to Know About Today’s Election (Including the Parties!)

By Chris Bianchi and OthersNovember 6, 2018

Where to vote (and drink) on Election Day.

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Your Unofficial Guide to Denver’s Ballot Initiatives

Your Unofficial Guide to Denver’s Ballot Initiatives

By Ana CampbellOctober 19, 2018

We looked into all the citywide ballot initiatives so you don’t have to!

Green — Err, Cool — Roof Initiative Moves to Denver City Council

Green — Err, Cool — Roof Initiative Moves to Denver City Council

By Ana CampbellOctober 12, 2018

It was a large meeting by any standard, particularly one that involves civic affairs.

RiseUp Still Reeling Five Months After Police Stormed Charter School

RiseUp Still Reeling Five Months After Police Stormed Charter School

By Ana CampbellSeptember 21, 2018

An incident from April still hangs over the RiseUp Community School.

Term-Limited Councilman Paul López Running for Clerk and Recorder

Term-Limited Councilman Paul López Running for Clerk and Recorder

By Ana CampbellSeptember 20, 2018

The seat will be decided in next year’s May municipal election.

Even Its Most Outspoken Opponent Agrees: Grandoozy Was a Success

Even Its Most Outspoken Opponent Agrees: Grandoozy Was a Success

By Ana CampbellSeptember 18, 2018

“I don’t lie. I’m not going to say something different to maintain my argument.”

Social Consumption Task Force Finalizing Recommendations for Council

Social Consumption Task Force Finalizing Recommendations for Council

By Ana CampbellSeptember 13, 2018

Chairwoman Kendra Black will send the task force’s final recommendations to City Council in November.

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Love It or Not, Grandoozy Is Here

Love It or Not, Grandoozy Is Here

By Ana CampbellSeptember 11, 2018

A Denver neighborhood has been split on whether Superfly’s Grandoozy music festival should come to the Overland Park neighborhood. Now, Grandoozy’s here

Denver Awards Social Consumption License to Second Business

Denver Awards Social Consumption License to Second Business

By Ana CampbellAugust 24, 2018

Vape and Play will operate a bar that will give consumers all the tools they need to get high — save for the pot itself, which isn’t allowed under city rules — and offer games, TVs and vending machines and live entertainment from comedians and musicians.

Travis Scott Bringing the Antidote to Denver

Travis Scott Bringing the Antidote to Denver

By Ana CampbellAugust 20, 2018

Tickets go on sale on Friday, August 24, at 10 a.m. at altitudetickets.com or livenation.com.

At Least Ten Injured in Explosion at Apartment Building on Santa Fe Drive

At Least Ten Injured in Explosion at Apartment Building on Santa Fe Drive

By Ana CampbellAugust 14, 2018

Ten people have been injured, one critically, following an explosion at a fourplex at Santa Fe Drive and Fourth Avenue likely due to a natural gas leak.

Lil Pump and His Gucci Gang Coming to Denver

Lil Pump and His Gucci Gang Coming to Denver

By Ana CampbellAugust 14, 2018

The seventeen-year-old south Florida hip-hop artist comes to Denver on September 28.

Couple’s Wash Park Home Seized, Wife Jailed, Over Four Pot Plants

Couple’s Wash Park Home Seized, Wife Jailed, Over Four Pot Plants

By Ana CampbellAugust 9, 2018

Four marijuana plants have cost a couple in Wash Park $30,000 in legal fees, jail time, a three-year lien on their home and emotional scars that won’t soon go away.

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Coloradans Could Vote on Transportation, Oil and Gas, Education Funding, More

Coloradans Could Vote on Transportation, Oil and Gas, Education Funding, More

By Ana CampbellAugust 7, 2018

Go in public in peace, Colorado: Those pesky signature-gatherers are no more.

Denver Police Department Releases Revised Use-of-Force Policy

Denver Police Department Releases Revised Use-of-Force Policy

By Ana CampbellAugust 3, 2018

Today, August 3, the Denver Police Department emailed its new use of force policy to the committee that has spent countless hours revising it, and Westword received a copy.

Independent Monitor Nick Mitchell Polices the Police

Independent Monitor Nick Mitchell Polices the Police

By Ana CampbellJuly 31, 2018

Under Nick Mitchell, the Office of the Independent Monitor continues to prod the city’s law-enforcement agencies into submission.

Mayor Hancock’s State of the City Proves He Should Stay Off Script

Mayor Hancock’s State of the City Proves He Should Stay Off Script

By Ana CampbellJuly 17, 2018

More than an exercise in public speaking, the State of the City gave the mayor the chance to wax eloquent about his administration’s accomplishments over the last seven years and introduce new initiatives.

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