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		<title>&#8220;Real Stoners Quit Going to the 420 Rallies Twenty Years Ago&#8221;</title>
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					<dc:creator>Thomas Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:44:44 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title>&#8220;Americans Just Don&#8217;t Know How to Make Coffee&#8221;</title>
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					<dc:creator>Patricia Calhoun</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:54:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/04/sweetbloom.webp" alt="two men in front of coffee shop" /><p>Two Denver coffee shops made the list of the Top 100 in the Western Hemisphere.</p>
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		<title>The Pearl Saga &#8220;Just Gets Messier by the Day&#8221;</title>
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					<dc:creator>Kristen Fiore</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:42:17 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title>&#8220;We Live in an Unserious World, Do Unserious Shit&#8221;</title>
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					<dc:creator>Patricia Calhoun</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:48:34 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title>&#8220;Trump Doesn&#8217;t Like Colorado&#8217;s Voting System Because He Doesn&#8217;t Win Here&#8221;</title>
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					<dc:creator>Patricia Calhoun</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 09:37:36 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title>Fans Pour Out More Memories of the Dark Horse</title>
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					<dc:creator>Patricia Calhoun</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 08:58:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/04/hamburgerguy.webp" alt="statue of burger guy from Dark Horse" /><p>Over fifty years, this Boulder bar hosted plenty of memorable gatherings.</p>
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		<title>&#8220;Downtown Is Not Some Regional Amusement Park&#8221;</title>
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					<dc:creator>Patricia Calhoun</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 06:58:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/04/denvair.webp" alt="downtown denver with a proposed gondola" /><p>Would a gondola project take Denver for a ride?</p>
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		<title>In Our Hearts, the Imperial Closed a Long Time Ago</title>
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					<dc:creator>Patricia Calhoun</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 06:37:11 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/04/20260331_143929.jpg" alt="building with an &quot;Imperial&quot; sign on it" /><p>The Imperial had a forty-year run, but the last few years were very rough, readers remember.</p>
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		<title>&#8220;I Love Trains, But I Hope This Proposal Never Leaves the Station&#8221;</title>
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					<dc:creator>Patricia Calhoun</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:13:42 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/trainstory.webp" alt="&#8220;I Love Trains, But I Hope This Proposal Never Leaves the Station&#8221;" /><p>You have until March 30 to name the proposed Front Range train. Some are calling it DOA</p>
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		<title>&#8220;Nothing Good Ever Comes Out of Meeting Someone at the Bar&#8221;</title>
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					<dc:creator>Patricia Calhoun</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 09:19:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/dons.webp" alt="outside of bar named Don&#039;s" /><p>So says one reader. But others disagree, and share stories of finding love at local saloons.</p>
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