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Denver's densest neighborhood needs a new park, according to Parks & Rec, but some council members aren't happy with recent spending. https://www.westword.com/news/new-golden-triangle-park-money-approved-40919430/
City Council approves $3.2 million for new park in Golden Triangle
Denver's densest neighborhood needs a new park, according to Parks & Rec, but some council members aren't happy with recent spending.
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A Pay What You Can program will set aside tickets for one designated performance of each production, allowing patrons to choose a price that fits their budgets: westword.com/arts-culture/colorado-ballet-bets-on-cheaper-tickets-to-build-its-future-40919540/
Enriquez's family says he was led to believe he'd gain legal status because his daughter is a member of the military. https://www.westword.com/news/ice-navy-daughter-undocumented-man-arrested-denver-ties-40919425/
Claim: ICE used Navy daughter as bait to entrap undocumented man with Denver ties
Enriquez's family says he was led to believe he'd gain legal status because his daughter is a member of the military.
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A Boston restaurant that opened in April goes by a remarkably similar name. https://www.westword.com/food-drink/tavernetta-denver-sues-boston-restaurant-la-tavernetta-40919336/
Tavernetta owners sue another restaurant called… Tavernetta
A Boston restaurant that opened in April goes by a remarkably similar name.
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Check out outdoor equipment, books and more from Anythink Nature Library, which opens Aug. 8 in Thornton. https://www.westword.com/arts-culture/inside-anythink-nature-library-nations-first-public-library-with-outdoors-focus-40917161/
Inside Anythink Nature Library, the nation's first public library with an outdoors focus
Check out outdoor equipment, books and more from Anythink Nature Library, which opens Aug. 8 in Thornton.
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Decades before Spider-Man made his comic debut and dominated movie theaters, a murderer claimed the name: westword.com/news/denver-real-life-spider-man-murderer-40919270/
On Monday, Aug. 3, Colorado Parks & Wildlife is offering free entry into all 43 of its state parks in honor of the milestone. https://www.westword.com/arts-culture/colorado-state-parks-free-entry-150-birthday-40917386/
Get free entry at all Colorado state parks for the state's 150th
Colorado's 150th birthday is a gift that keeps on giving.
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Not all Coloradans want to share their cities with Canada geese and their poop. https://www.westword.com/news/more-geese-in-denver-warmer-weather-wildlife-experts-40919174/
More geese are coming to Denver as it gets warmer. Should wildlife experts do something about it?
Not all Coloradans want to share their cities with Canada geese and their poop.
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First it was Jelly by DU, now it’s Syrup in Cherry Creek. Denver’s breakfast joints are folding like omelets. https://www.westword.com/food-drink/syrup-denver-cherry-creek-closing-40917339/
Small Bites: The Syrup stops pouring in Cherry Creek
Plus, restaurant industry workers get a free screening of ‘Tony’
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This state's towering peaks have inspired equally lofty inventions. https://www.westword.com/news/colorado-inventions-firsts-40917126/
To celebrate our 150th, here are 10 Colorado firsts
This state's towering peaks have inspired equally lofty inventions.
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Notable openings temper the pang felt by three big losses. https://www.westword.com/food-drink/denver-restaurant-closings-july-2026-40917356/
Restaurant Roll Call: Every opening and closing in July
Notable openings temper the pang felt by three big losses.
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The King of Wings owners are turning the Wheat Ridge space into two restaurants under one roof. https://www.westword.com/food-drink/snipeburger-tillies-tavern-pizza-opening-wheat-ridge-40916691/
Snipeburger and Tillie's Tavern Pizza are taking over the old Colorado Plus building
The King of Wings owners are turning the Wheat Ridge space into two restaurants under one roof.
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Giorgios Pizza had a 10-year run before closing during the pandemic. Now it’s coming back. https://www.westword.com/food-drink/giorgios-pizza-returns-on-leetsdale-denver-40917316/
Multi-generational pizza place plots return after closing two years ago
Giorgios Pizza had a 10-year run before closing during the pandemic. Now it’s coming back.
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For just $195,000, you can own a century-old one-bedroom with structural damage: westword.com/news/five-cheapest-homes-for-sale-denver-summer-2026-40916952/
Westword members can catch this time-melting rock band at our office on Aug. 27. https://www.westword.com/music/velvet-daydream-next-westword-membership-concert-40917166/
Rock out with Velvet Daydream during Westword's next membership concert
Westword members can catch this time-melting rock band at our office on Aug. 27.
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From mainstays such as King Rat to the ripping, clean-vocaled Public Opinion, Denver has no shortage of fantastic punk bands. https://www.westword.com/music/best-punk-bands-from-denver-colorado-to-see-live-21109185/
The Best Punk Bands From Denver and Beyond You Need to See Live
From mainstays such as King Rat to the Latin feminist punk of Soy Celesté, Denver has no shortage of fantastic punk bands.
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Chantal Morales Rojas was arrested by ICE while boarding a flight at DIA last week. https://www.westword.com/news/judge-bond-release-woman-detained-ice-denver-airport-40917015/
Judge orders bond release for Ecuadorian woman detained at Denver Airport
Chantal Morales Rojas was arrested by ICE while boarding a flight at DIA last week.
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"There is no single thermostat setting that is right for every person or every home. And there are other easy, low-cost steps that can help keep everyone comfortable when hot weather sets in." https://www.westword.com/news/right-thermostat-ac-setting-for-everyone-in-denver-40916810/
Even in Denver's heat, keeping the temp at 78 may not be the right move
Sometimes, cooler is better for your health and home.
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Six of the state’s 10 largest wildfires have happened in the last six years. Experts say extreme fire conditions are the new normal, but that doesn't mean future catastrophic blazes are inevitable: westword.com/news/colorado-wildfires-impact-and-future-planning-40914399/
At what seems like the last minute, the restaurant group behind Root Down, El Five and Linger has acquired the bakery and will reopen it under new management on Wednesday, Aug. 5. https://www.westword.com/food-drink/wooden-spoon-highlands-sold-to-edible-beats-40917018/
LoHi favorite The Wooden Spoon saved from closure
"We thought it would be such a shame to watch that close."
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A federal immigration judge on Tuesday ordered a bond release for Chantal Morales Rojas, the 27-year-old Ecuadorian woman arrested and detained the week prior by ICE at Denver International Airport: westword.com/news/judge-bond-release-woman-detained-ice-denver-airport-40917015/
Because nothing softens the blow of a failed emissions test like a discount on joints: https://www.westword.com/news/northglenn-dispensary-failed-emissions-test-discount-40916816/
The highly anticipated film festival has shared more details about programming, venues and key dates: westword.com/arts-culture/sundance-film-festival-expands-programming-for-boulder-colorado-debut-40916801/
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For more than 30 years, wild rumors have been flying about Denver's airport. Here are the ten wildest conspiracy theories about DIA: westword.com/news/10-wildest-denver-airport-conspiracy-theories-23546794/
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For more than 30 years, wild rumors have been flying about Denver's airport. https://www.westword.com/news/10-wildest-denver-airport-conspiracy-theories-23546794/
What a Trip! The Ten Wildest Conspiracy Theories About Denver International Airport
For more than thirty years, wild rumors have been flying about Denver's airport. Now they're landing on the Truth Be Told podcast.
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"As a pedestrian, I support them more than the oblivious drivers on the roads in pedestrian filled areas. They’re less likely to kill me," one Westword reader says about dirt bikes on Denver's streets. https://www.westword.com/opinion/denver-preapring-laws-against-dirt-bikes-some-unmoved-40914367/
Reader: I support dirt bikes more than the oblivious drivers on the roads.
"They're less likely to kill me!"
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