Westword

Westword is a free alternative weekly newspaper located in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1977, Westword started as an independent publication. In 1983, it came under the ownership of New Times Media. In 2005, New Times expanded by acquiring Village Voice Media and rebranding itself as Village Voice Media. Then, in September 2012, executives Scott Tobias, Christine Brennan, and Jeff Mars purchased Village Voice Media's publications and online assets from the original founders, leading to the creation of Voice Media Group.

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Peak Performance: Meet Five Adventurers Who Dared the Impossible on Colorado Fourteeners

1 day ago | westword.com | Abigail Bliss

The mind does strange things at high altitude. However, that doesn't explain the odd antics of some people at 14,000 feet. Of Mark Dierauer, who portaged Handies Peak with a heavy metal canoe; or Bill Kresge, who hula-hooped at the summit of every Fourteener; or those legendary Pikes Peak peanut pushers. But if not the dizzying elevation, what on earth explains these actions? For some people, the answer is simple: camaraderie, fun, a desire to make your mark (while leaving no trace).
Nuggets Fans: Jokic Mistakes Led to Game Two Loss to Clippers

2 days ago | westword.com | Michael Roberts

After the Denver Nuggets fell to the Los Angeles Clippers, 105-102, in game two of their opening round playoffs matchup on April 21, fans on social media aimed their blame at Nikola Jokić for uncharacteristic mistakes over the course of the bout. But they also acknowledged that without the Joker, the Nugs wouldn't have had a chance in hell of a W. Fair? Probably not — but such is reality for the squad's 2024-2025 edition.
10 Asian Food Week Specials to Try as Denver Event Returns

2 days ago | westword.com | Abigail Bliss

Free up your calendar and cue the countdown: Mile High Asian Food Week will return from April 27 to May 3. As with its inaugural year and second edition, this third annual event will celebrate AANHPI-owned food businesses across the metro area. But unlike in previous weeks, the eighty-plus participants this round are welcome to craft whatever cuisine they prefer. Still, Asian flavors star in the large majority of pop-ups, prix fixe menus and limited-time items.
Nuggets, Russell Westbrook Avoid Gagging Away Game 1 Versus Clippers

3 days ago | westword.com | Michael Roberts

The Denver Nuggets' 2024-2025 regular season started out wacky and grew progressively loonier over time. So it's appropriate that the opening contest of the squad's playoffs campaign — a 112-110 overtime victory at the expense of the Los Angeles Clippers on April 19 — would produce so many head smacks that thousands of fans probably woke up this morning still bearing swollen palm prints over their eyes.
High, I'm Hungry: 4/20 Munchies and Food Deals Around Denver

5 days ago | westword.com | Thomas Mitchell

As we get older, wiser and fatter, 4/20 often becomes less about weed and more about food. Do I burn enough herb to alert the U.S. Forest Service on April 20? Sure. But it's the munchies — fed by buffets and Sunday specials — that get me going. And as one of the national epicenters of cannabis culture on 4/20, Denver's food scene never fails to show up.
Celebrate Bicycle Day Pedaling on Trippy Colorado Trails

6 days ago | westword.com | Bennito L Kelty

Coloradans love bicycling and the outdoors, and a growing number of us are growing fond of psychedelics. Yet Bicycle Day, which celebrates the discovery of LSD, is still overshadowed by the cannabis holiday 4/20 one day later. Bicycle Day always falls on April 19, the day when Swiss chemist Albert Hoffman experimented in 1943 with a drug he derived from ergot fungus. He was so dizzy and restless at his lab when he went home via bike, which he had to ride because of wartime restrictions on car use.
Buzzing With Amenities: Downtown Denver Hotel Installs Beehives on the Roof

6 days ago | westword.com | Catie Cheshire

Two colonies of bees are now enjoying the high life at Grand Hyatt Denver after the hotel installed beehives on the rooftop. Bees can travel up to six miles from their hive in search of pollen, so the Grand Hyatt put hives at 1750 Welton Street to improve downtown Denver's ecosystem, according to Grand Hyatt general manager Amit Patel. “In Colorado we’ve got such a beautiful backdrop when you look at the mountains and the greenery and all the parks,” Patel says.
DCPA's Little Shop of Horrors Reimagines a Cult Classic Musical With Style

6 days ago | westword.com | Toni Tresca

“I think we’re all hungry for joy,” says Chris Coleman, director of Little Shop of Horrors and artistic director of the DCPA. “We’re all still trying to figure out what a future looks like when forces that seem like they could end civilization are coming after us. But this show lets us laugh — and maybe take away something deeper.” That tension between laughter and looming doom is exactly what makes Little Shop such a delicious paradox.
Metro Denver Chain Los Dos Potrillos Finally Comes to Core City

6 days ago | westword.com | Patricia Calhoun

Some of the scene's biggest restaurateurs have been complaining that it's impossible to do business in Denver and are now looking for opportunities outside the city...sometimes outside the state. But one of the metro area's most successful homegrown chains just opened its first location inside Denver city limits. Los Dos Potrillos founder Jose Ramirez grew up on the Northside, where he got his first job bagging at a grocery store when he was thirteen.
New Lawsuit Disputes Ownership of Denver Music Venue

1 week ago | westword.com | Catie Cheshire

Within the last six months, music venue and bar Your Mom’s House has experienced a lot of ups and downs, and the upheaval isn’t over yet as a new lawsuit questions the bar's ownership.