Reader: MMJ Rules Should Be Professional, But Why Make Patients Suspect?

During the last legislative session, lawmakers encouraged the Colorado Medical Board to come up with new guidelines for recommending marijuana. And after considerable controversy, the board did just that last month. And while the responses to this revised proposal have been more supportive, the issue still inspires plenty of comments. Says…

Strange Colorado Planes, Trains and Automobile Stories From 2015

Growth and development, newcomers and Mile High rent dominated much of the conversation in the city in 20015. But there were also lighter, funnier and just plain weirder stories, too. Here are some of our favorite strange but true events involving planes, trains and automobiles. Find the rest of our…

Reader: Waiting Two Hours for Brunch at Snooze Is Stupid

Denver’s favorite meal might be brunch — and diners often put up with long waits to get into some of their favorites. But there are undiscovered gems around town, several of which made our 2015 edition of the Ten Best Brunches in Denver. One of the most popular spots in…

Strange Colorado Crime Stories From 2015

Growth and development, newcomers and Mile High rent dominated much of the conversation in the city in 20015. But there were also lighter, funnier and just plain weirder stories, too. Here are some of our favorite strange but true events involving crime. Find the rest of our Year in Review…

Four Strange Colorado Marijuana Stories From 2015

Growth and development, newcomers and Mile High rent dominated much of the conversation in the city in 20015. But there were also lighter, funnier and just plain weirder stories, too. Here are some of our favorite strange but true events involving marijuana. Find the rest of our Year in Review…

Reader: The Homeless Have a Place to Go — California

As the cold weather hangs on, the discussion is heating up about Denver’s homeless. Many of the most heated comments have been about those who were left out in the cold this Christmas after their possessions were removed by Denver police officers. Says Marion: What the DPD is doing is NOT…

Westword’s Ten Most-Read Denver Arts and Culture Stories in 2015

What got people talking in 2015? On Westword’s arts blog, the hottest topics spanned everything from inner city woes and ugly buildings to the most Colorado-iffic ways of escaping both. Without fanfare, here are our ten most-read arts blogs of 2015. 10) Film on the Rocks 2015 Schedule Announced “Outdoor…

Reader: Is M Uptown More SoDoSoPa Than Hamburger Mary’s?

Last Monday, the decade-old Hamburger Mary’s suddenly turned into M Uptown — the result of owners Jennifer and Jeff Kustok failing to come to an agreement with the franchise, which prompted them to go off on their own. But while the name has changed, they promise that the food, entertainment…

2015: The Year Denver DIY Didn’t Die

DENVER DIY NEVER DIESAs the city’s older, less attractive face crumbled under the facade of a new, youthful and pricey cardboard cut-out of what is now being sold to the world as “neo-Denver,” our DIY music scene scurried under the rubble like a cockroach. But like that sturdy cockroach, it…

Strange Colorado Animal Stories From 2015

Growth and development, newcomers and Mile High rent dominated much of the conversation in the city in 20015. But there were also lighter, funnier and just plain weirder stories, too. Here are some of our favorite strange but true events involving animals. Find the rest of our Year in Review…

Best Concerts and New Year’s Eve in Denver This Week

Although there’s not a lot happening around the area early in the week, things ramp up on Wednesday with the first night of many multi-night New Year’s Eve stands, including Decadence at the Colorado Convention Center, Umphrey’s McGee, the Black Angels at the Gothic, Yonder Mountain String Band at the…

Where To See Music in Denver This Holiday Week

This week’s shows include some holiday-centric concerts, including jazz pianist Annie Booth performing A Charlie Brown Christmas, KlezFest featuring Hal Aqua & the Lost Tribe and Rabbi Joe Black, and pianist George Winston, who brings his “Winter Whow” to the Boulder Theater. See more picks below.  MONDAY, DECEMBER 21 Sugarsplat…

Ten Only-in-Colorado Holiday Traditions

Colorado’s charms are undeniable — from amber waves of grain to purple mountain majesties, we’ve got it all: the great outdoors, a great climate, great eats and arts, and a newfangled hip quotient that leaves the old cow-town designation behind in the dust. And naturally, we have our own special…

Reader: Too Bad Jared Is One of the 100,000 Who Moved to Colorado in 2015

Colorado is renowned for its sunshine, powder, pot…and now a rogue’s gallery of prisoners incarcerated in this state, who are adding to the population boom. Just joining their ranks: Jared Fogle, the Subway pitchman who turned out to be a pedophile. Here’s how Alan Prendergast explains Colorado’s collection of notorious…