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May 10 at 3:58 p.m. by Evan SemonLa Alma Lincoln Park (LALP) is not only one of Denver’s oldest residential neighborhoods, with a rare concentration of homes built before 1890, it was also at the heart of Denver’s Chicano Movement in the 1960s and 1970s. This area along Lipan,…
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May 1 at 8:48 a.m. by Evan Semon
After months of empty streets, the crowds at the RiNo Bazaar on April 30 made for an almost bizarre, otherworldly sight. There were few masks but many smiles at the festive gathering, which will run from 4 to 9 p.m. every Friday through the…
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April 24 at 3:49 p.m. by Evan Semon
Casa Bonita closed up tight in March 2020, and while the ownership group has promised to reopen the pink eatertainment palace this summer, it also recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. To show community support for bringing back…
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April 23 at 7:30 a.m. by Jacqueline Collins
Red Rocks came back to life for the venue's debut 2021 show — the first in Lotus's four-night stand. Fans bundled up fashionably and danced through the electronic jam band's instrumental music. With a 2,500-max capacity, the normally 9,500-seat…
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April 3 at 6:48 a.m. by Evan Semon
Opening Day brought crowds back to lower downtown on April 1 — though not quite the crowds of years past, since capacity at Coors Field is now held to 21,000. The four-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers continues with games on Saturday…
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March 16 at 6:22 p.m. by Evan Semon
If you were coming to Denver from Washington, D.C., wouldn't you visit Maria Empanada? That's where Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, stopped off for a small-business roundtable that marked the Biden administration’s…
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March 14 at 3:06 p.m. by Evan Semon
Although the snow was slow to arrive, by the afternoon of March 14, the Front Range was under a blizzard warning imposed by the National Weather Service, with 20 inches (and counting) having already landed at Denver International Airport, where…
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March 10 at 3:50 p.m. by Jacqueline Collins
Cannabis can make you very creative, as evidenced by the murals on dispensaries around Denver. Take a tour with us.
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January 21 at 10:52 a.m. by Michael Emery Hecker
Hours after the inauguration, protesters met at the Colorado State Capitol to share their demand that President Joe Biden release the hundreds of children separated from their families through the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance policy" on…
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January 10 at 8:47 p.m. by Michael Emery Hecker
Several hundred people — and nearly 100 vehicles adorned with signs like "Impeach Traitor Trump" and "Trump Has Blood on His Hands" — gathered at South High School on January 10 to call for the impeachment of President Donald Trump and listen to…
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January 6 at 5:36 p.m. by Michael Emery Hecker
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the Colorado Capitol on January 6 for "We Are the Storm," a protest of the electoral college vote certification slated for the same time in Washington, D.C. — before protesters there stormed the U.S.…
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January 5 at 1:30 p.m. by Westword Staff
The world of marijuana was full of uncertainty, growth and fast times last year, and our photographers were there to capture it. Here are our ten favorite Colorado marijuana photos of 2020.
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January 3 at 8:35 a.m. by Michael Emery Hecker
On January 2, a line of patrons wrapped around the block for the grand opening of Scout, a resale shop that has taken over the former Buffalo Exchange at 51 Broadway. Buffalo Exchange Colorado's locations closed over the summer after dozens of…
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December 28 at 10:22 a.m. by Evan Semon
This started off like most years in Colorado, with the traditional Stock Show parade and the Martin Luther King Marade; in February came a parade of presidential candidates. Then COVID changed everything, locking down the state even as…
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December 14 at 11:15 a.m. by Michael Emery Hecker
On November 20, as counties across Colorado moved into Level Red, restaurants in those counties were ordered to close their dining rooms. Most complied; the Lyons Den Restaurant and Taphouse did not. On December 7, the Lyons Board of Trustees…
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November 30 at 4:25 p.m. by Michael Emery Hecker
Before the sun came up on November 30, city workers along with Denver Police Department officers started to sweep a giant homeless encampment running alongside the South Platte River in RiNo. A crowd of protesters heckled the officers and helped…
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November 22 at 2:57 p.m. by Michael Emery Hecker
The Denver branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation organized a rally to demand justice for Elijah McClain on November 21 at the Colorado Capitol — where it overlapped with a Stop the Steal demonstration on behalf of President Donald…
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November 19 at 5:14 a.m. by Evan Semon
While Denver continues to grapple with the city's homelessness challenges — efforts that included a sweep in the 600 block of Sherman Street on November 19 — the Department of Housing Stability installed holiday lights at Sonny Lawson Field in…
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November 9 at 9:25 a.m. by Jacqueline Collins
Denver's cannabis scene got a little hotter on Thursday, November 5, when California-based Cookies made its debut on South Broadway's Green Mile. Founded by cannabis breeders Jigga and Berner, whose original cut of Girl Scout Cookies started one of…
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November 7 at 3:04 p.m. by Evan Semon
Denver joined other U.S. cities, including Atlanta, Boston, Philadelphia, New York City and Washington, D.C., as large crowds flooded the streets to celebrate the election of Joe Biden as 46th president of the United States. The celebrants were on…
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