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Ginger White Brunetti Gets Straight to the Art in Aurora

By Patricia CalhounSeptember 13, 2024

The former head of Denver Arts & Venues is now leading Library and Cultural Services in Colorado’s third-largest city.

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Artist Jim Green, Who Created “Train Call” at the Denver Airport, Has Departed

By Patricia CalhounSeptember 11, 2024

He captured the sounds of this city, from murmuring sidewalks to singing sinks.

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Opinion: The Environmental Case for Denver’s Slaughterhouse Ban

By Dayton MartindaleSeptember 8, 2024

Superior Farms, the largest lamb slaughterhouse in the U.S., would be closed if voters pass Ordinance 309.

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The Vote Is In: Westword Summer Membership Drive a Winner

By Patricia CalhounSeptember 8, 2024

As we start a new year and focus on the upcoming election season, we’re thankful for our loyal readers.

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Reader: It’s Like the Casa Bonita I Remember as a Kid…but Cleaner!

By Westword ReadersSeptember 8, 2024

The pink eatertainment palace will finally start taking reservations on September 16. But is it worth the wait…and the money?

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Reader: Get Rid of the Construction and Crime, and Baker Can Come Back

By Westword ReadersSeptember 8, 2024

A Broadway business group is fighting for the neighborhood. But in the meantime, longtime businesses are heading south to Englewood.

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Reader: “Dateless in Denver” Is Like Being Foodless in King Soopers

By Westword ReadersSeptember 7, 2024

“Finding love is never too late,” suggests a poet, while a Wyoming man urges Colorado women to head north.

Lower Downtown Design Review Commission Rejects El Chapultepec Project Plan

Lower Downtown Design Review Commission Rejects El Chapultepec Project Plan

By Patricia CalhounSeptember 6, 2024

It’s back to the drawing board for the Monfort Companies.

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The Lever: This Election, Dark Money Is Blackmailing Lawmakers

By Helen SantoroSeptember 2, 2024

“If we’re not willing to work hard, if we’re not willing to stand up to bullies, then this is bound to happen.”

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The Wait Is Almost Over: Casa Bonita Will Start Taking Reservations September 16

By Patricia CalhounSeptember 1, 2024

Mark your calendar for 3 p.m. on Monday, September 16.

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Reader: I Hope People Who Victim-Blame the Homeless Read the Tragic Story of Joe Henry

By Westword ReadersSeptember 1, 2024

Three weeks after he was fired by the Brown Palace, the homeless handyman took his life.

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Reader: What Will Denver Be Without Its Small Businesses, Like Benny Blanco’s?

By Westword StaffSeptember 1, 2024

For 24 years, Holly and Mike Martinez served the late-night needs of hungry fans in Capitol Hill.

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Analysis: 26 States May Soon Need to Regulate Cannabis – Here’s What They Can Learn From Colorado and Washington

By Boyoung SeoAugust 31, 2024

Why didn’t Colorado’s freer marketplace lead to lower prices, as an economist would expect?

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Mike Lindell, Election Denier and Tina Peters Supporter, Coming to Colorado Without Mustache

By Patricia CalhounAugust 22, 2024

The bare-faced mattress mogul has been doing some bare-faced lying.

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Mile High Highlight: Elbra Wedgeworth on Bringing the 2008 Democratic National Convention to Denver

By Patricia CalhounAugust 19, 2024

“When Senator Obama walked across the stage at Invesco Field that night, I cried with joy and pride to be here for this celebration.”

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Dateless in Denver: A First and Last Date on First Friday

By R.M.August 18, 2024

The plan was to walk around and just soak in the awesomeness of Denver’s Art District on Santa Fe. Things did not go according to plan.

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Reader: An Outside Music Venue Makes Noise? Who Knew?

By Westword ReadersAugust 18, 2024

There was plenty of excitement leading to the opening of the Ford Ampitheater in Colorado Springs. Afterwards, there were plenty of complaints…

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Commentary: Coloradans for the Common Good Uses the Power of Organized People

By Zeik SaidmanAugust 18, 2024

If an organization can mobilize well-informed and disciplined citizens to solve problems, it will always be taken seriously.

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Readers: Denver Is Becoming So Unaffordable I Might Have to Leave

By Westword ReadersAugust 18, 2024

At another Community Conversation, Mayor Mike Johnston got an earful about affordability challenges.

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Benny Blanco’s Leaving Cap Hill for the ‘Burbs Isn’t a Reflection on Denver

By Teague BohlenAugust 17, 2024

Mourn the loss of East 13th Avenue garlic knots, but no need to mourn the city overall.

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Reader: The Big Lie Is Not About the Lie Itself, It’s About Undermining Belief in Everything

By Westword ReadersAugust 17, 2024

Donald Trump claims the Kamala Harris Detroit rally photos were faked. But a Denver photographer knows they’re real: He took them.

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Kamala Harris Crowd Photos: AI or Evan Semón?

By Patricia CalhounAugust 12, 2024

The Denver photographer was in Detroit to shoot the event for the United Auto Workers.

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