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Well, this is awkward. Earlier today, Joel Warner wrote a post about the stupidity of blogs about memes, and now here we are with a stupid blog about memes....

Hats off to Go Go Chapeaux.

Happy anniversary, Mayor Hancock. A year ago, Michael Hancock defeated Chris Romer in the Denver mayoral runoff, capping an unlikely campaign that saw Hancock...

Male strippers are the latest victims in the city's war on crack.

This is a big weekend for CD release parties. First up tonight at the Oriental, ManeLine will unveil its latest effort, & Sew Its Seams, in the company of its...

Ed Sheeran's in Denver at Empower Field on Saturday, August 19, and Doja Cat plays Ball Arena on Friday, November 10.

Thursday, April 7, Rhinoceropolis, 303-641-9809.

I stopped by Rosa Linda's Mexican Cafe last night, and the place was packed. Packed full of TV cameras, full of people who'd heard about the controversy that...

There is a long and storied tradition in this country of hobos jumping freight trains and riding across the country, looking for work. It's a tradition that...

Hot Congress doesn't function as a musical collective so much as a support system between friends and compatriots in one strand of the underground music scene...

Etsy sent a notice of trademark violation to artist Karl Christian Krumpholz, at the behest of the ownership group that's funded by the South Park cartoon...

Larry Winget, a reporter for Alamosa's Valley Courier newspaper, has seen a lot of things during his five years as a journalist. But last week, he experienced...

Want to know how a city works? Start by watching 1974's The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, a primer in which subway hijackers test how long it'll take a...

Cafe Society served up six Guess where contests last week, ranging from a still-unidentified Italian breakfast (the photo above is another clue) to a breakfast...

with Gilad Hekselman, Will Vinson and Nate Wood

Are you stalking me?" That's the question that Josiah Williams asked Westword after he saw the illustration on the cover of our September 6 issue, which...

While digging a snow pit and pitching a tent in winter is great preparation for high-altitude mountaineering and a fun experience in its own right, Colorado...

Editor's note: Each week, illustrator Noah Van Sciver shares his ongoing story of an 80s rocker on a road trip through his past with the readers of Backbeat....

Our cruise through the Colorogosphere. Send tips. How to protect gays from hate-crime violence? Make sure they're strapped. With guns. (Colorado Independent)...

True Broncos fans tend to hang on to anything and everything associated with the team -- and my late Uncle John certainly qualified. He passed away a few years...

Three prominent U.S. senators, including likely GOP presidential candidate Rand Paul, have introduced a bill that would protect states' right to legalize...

Tonight's holiday beer dinner at the Wynkoop Brewing Company is sold out, but you can still enjoy some beer-infused holiday cheer with two special...

Unlike Michigan, Colorado doesn't have a Cannabis College -- not yet. But the entire state is getting quite an education in both the efficacy of medical...

Today's Color Me Rad 5K at the Botanic Gardens at Chatfield takes a runner's high to a whole new level with a hyper-hued splash of fun. Throughout this unique...

Stories abound about sex, drugs and violence at Lookout Mountain YSC. The Colorado Division of Youth Services has accepted the resignation of the former...

Smashburger will finally smash into downtown this week, when it opens a restaurant in the Tabor Center at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Earlier today, we offered Cafe...

Is marijuana a performance-enhancing drug? This question springs to mind in connection with Cirque de Cannabis, a THC Magazine-hosted party on October 5 at...

PAUL SIMON & STING at PEPSI CENTER | 2/11/14 When Paul Simon and Sting took the stage together, they were each accompanied by their full bands, which often...

While Danno Simpson has been told to leave Denver for Nashville to make his name, Simpson says he wants to "raise Colorado's notoriety for songwriters."

Much like political ads and zombies in October, found-footage flicks are starting to get old, but now and then comes a twist that makes the trend relevant...

A community staple in the small community of Sphinx Park for over a century, it was recently purchased by Pete Kazura.

The customers were more diverse than stereotypes suggest.

More often than not, people who design fashion or work in clothing stores see the act of getting dressed as an art form, and they dress with passion. We...

Trinity Brewing in Colorado Springs has released the label for its Double Rainbow saison and there's only one way to describe it: "It's so intense!" That's...

Westword has always covered the local arts scene. But ten years ago, we recognized that if the arts were really going to grow in those town, they could use...

A mix of Tropicanna Cookies, Grape Pie and Papaya, Poontang Pie is most popular in rosin form, but the flower still appears in dispensaries.

The Denver Art Museum's nod toward Europe is a true blockbuster.

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As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to...

Laser Palace Self-released

So the Harlem Shake. You now know everything you need to know about it. If you still have doubts about the ubiquitous grasp it has on the zeitgeist at the...

The debate regarding cell phones in restaurants rages on.

Colorado House Bill 23-1068 seeks to prohibit landlords from charging extra for pets.

Opponents of Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act are hyping a letter endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatric's Colorado branch decrying...

Amuse-bouches, those tiny morsels of goodness offered by a chef to kick-start a meal, can be made of nearly anything -- salmon tartare, cucumber gazpacho,...

Upcoming concerts in Denver this year include Ludacris at Fillmore, Random Rab at the Fox, Leftover Salmon at Boulder Theater and more.

ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT at SUMMIT MUSIC HALL | 2/1/14 Rather than linger through decades of drama and/or mediocrity, Rocket From the Crypt rose to fame in the...

While there weren't any clear winners across the board at local record stores for the week ending September 12, !!!'s Strange Weather Isn't It made it into the...

EatDenver's annual food fest returned to the Galleria at the Denver Performing Arts Complex on July 20, and restaurants like Blackbelly and the upcoming MAKfam...

After a rough April and what was dubbed as "worst 4/20 in five years" by the Marijuana Industry Group, Colorado dispensaries performed worse in May.

This week we spotted an eye-catching look from artist and musician Piper Shepherd. Although she's from Alabama originally, Shepherd now lives in Colorado. Read...

The Swayback is obviously Eric Halborg's main gig. But lately he's been moonlighting in Dragondeer, a side project he helms with Swayback drummer Carl Sorensen...

Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows, including...

John Hickenlooper's political career was launched when the then-barkeep campaigned to keep the name "Mile High Stadium" at the new football palace the...

Nobody likes Bob Eason. Maybe it's because he has all the wrong (property) values.

This week's question is for all you office drones out there, from one of your own: When time is tight and money even more so, what downtown cart serves the...

Graffiti can be artistically fascinating or it can be simple vandalism. This is a post about the second kind. At least 33 different spots in the Spruce...

The Empire Lounge and Restaurant is no dinosaur, even if its inspiration dates back to the '70s. At the front, on a Saturday night with an overfull house and...

Patients Choice is one of Denver's oldest and longest-running dispensaries. Opened in March 2009, the shop hasn't moved from its end-cap spot in a little...

The great American game is another chance to foist false research on a gullible media

It's National Margarita Day, and Racines is featuring three new cocktails in honor of the occasion. Keep reading for the drink menu, and if you know of any...

A few days ago, I had the misfortune of eating the horrible macaroni and cheese from Moe's Original BBQ, specifically the outlet at 3295 South Broadway. The...

Brent Jeffs lived the insider's life behind the closed gates of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the LDS splinter denomination...

Ah, prom, that special time when you rent an ill-fitting tuxedo in a bizarre color and awkwardly dance until you get your date drunk enough on a smuggled 750ml...

Arcis Golf has sued Clayton, a school that serves low-income students in northeast Denver, "claiming that the potential transaction with the city in September...

Last month, Douglas Newman, the executive editor of JamsBio.com, reached out to me looking for folks that were on hand at Red Rocks on that fateful day...

Red Roots Rolling Company founder Kayne Perry moved to Colorado from a Kentucky tobacco farm with one goal: owning a cannabis business.

Just over two weeks ago, Gaetano's, the long-standing newly remodeled Italian restaurant on the corner of 38th Avenue and Tejon, was nailed by a Ford Probe...

Now that weed prices are low and sales have been dropping for well over a year, staying in business is especially hard for new cannabis businesses in Colorado.

Reverend Harris's neighbors smoke him out.

The Boulder Fringe Festival boils over at the b.side.

Fall is in the air, and food events are reflecting the change in season, with pumpkin and cider celebrations as well as classes, wine-tastings and more. Here's...

Last week, Pat Dunn, representing a group protesting an anti-Obama billboard at Wolf Interstate Leasing & Sales, 4855 Miller Street in Wheat Ridge, complained...

Vanilla Ice -- famed rapper-turned-dancer-turned boxer-turned-motocross-professional-turned-remodeler -- is reportedly playing Captain Hook in pantomime...

A marijuana attorney in Colorado takes issue with U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado Robert Troyer's recent opinions about legal marijuana's effects on...

Return of the grievous angel--a tribute to Gram Parsons, The Road Kings, Paul Westerberg

Yesterday was the sixth anniversary of the sad day in December 2007 when Sandy Widener, Westword co-founder, was killed in a car crash that also took the life...

On Friday, we offered readers another chance to win a pair of tickets to Dish, Westword's annual celebration of dining in Denver, at the EXDO Event Center,...

It's back: Every First Friday, Infinite Monkey Theorem, 931 West Fifth Avenue, presents First Fridays with Drunken Monkey: Art Under the Influence, offering...

Little Owl Coffee has opened at 1555 Blake Street, in the building that's home to Mapquest and just across the street from the most restaurant-heavy block in...

Woe be to the scribbler who presumes to rewrite a master--unless he is so deft that his invasion of privacy produces something new and exciting. Enter British...

Cheetah Piss was named in honor of Cat Piss, an energetic, ammonia-smelling strain from the 2000s that became popular at medical dispensaries on the West...

Kevin Matthews, the leader of the Denver psilocybin decriminalization campaign, is taking his movement national with a new organization known as SPORE.

It's hard to imagine Denver without Lauri Lynnxe Murphy. But it's time to start trying, because six weeks from now, the artist/entrepreneur will pack her bags...

Michael Paglia visits Robischon Gallery and William Havu Gallery in this week's review, "The Nature Lovers," taking in a group show, an exhibit featuring both...

Avoiding the Consequences (Latenight Weeknight Records)

Scientists are coming out of the woodwork in support of medical marijuana and the Drug Policy Alliance is standing by them. In an effort to support marijuana...

Featuring Colorado artists Hazel Miller & the Collective, the Jack Hadley Band and Graham Good & the Painters.

The City of Denver is working closely with Denver Police officials and the Colfax Business Improvement District to reduce crime in the 1400 block of Ogden.

The Center, a longtime dispensary located in southeast Denver, plans to move into a historic former fire station on South Broadway in September.