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Oddities & Curiosities Expo returns to Denver this weekend (opens the original)
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Oddities & Curiosities Expo / Boulevard Trash Entertainment In just a few days, the Mile High City will once again transform into a sanctuary for the strange, the eccentric, and the wonderfully unexpected. From Saturday, Oct. 3, to Sunday, Oct. 4, the Oddities & Curiosities Expo lands at the Colorado Convention Center for a weekend celebration of dark art, hands-on preservation, and countercultural community. Built as a nationwide haven for niche creators and curious wanderers, the Oddities & Cu
Review: Jungle at Red Rocks (opens the original)
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Before seeing Jungle live at Red Rocks, I knew the act primarily as a peripheral soundtrack to my life–the vinyl album spinning on repeat in our living room, the irresistible funk basslines echoing through the kitchen, but mostly a band spoken about with reverent excitement by my significant other. In case you’re new to the band like me, Jungle is an outfit formed in London by childhood friends Josh Lloyd Watson and Tom McFarland in 2013. The pair originally chose their name for the simplicity,
Beyond the pumpkin patch: Niche ways to get in the spooky spirit around Denver (opens the original)
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After a few autumns in Denver, the average Denverite starts looking past predictable pumpkin patches and cliché haunted houses. And if they look closely, they’ll find the city has built a solid underbelly of niche, immersive fall traditions — from subterranean mixology joints and luminescent garden pathways to crisp, gold-dusted foothill trail runs. Allow Westword to be your guide beyond the basic corn maze with an insider’s list of the quirky, eerie and non-traditional Halloween spots scattered
30 years, 30,000 tail wags: How Golden Retriever Rescue of the Rockies built an empire of second chances (opens the original)
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I didn’t drive out to Arvada expecting to leave with my entire world attached to a leash. I was simply going to look, ponder and peruse. But there was a 2-year-old waiting in the wings for me that knew better. When I submitted my application to Golden Retriever Rescue of the Rockies (GRRR) back in March of 2024, I was just another hopeful applicant looking for a spark. The intake process was refreshingly grounded — a quick, honest assessment covering my background, daily routine, living arrangem
Review: Noah Kahan's inevitable ascension was on display at Coors Field (opens the original)
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Call it Northern Attitude, but I want you to know that I knew — and worshipped — Noah Kahan before he was big. When “Stick Season” had not yet made its 2020 TikTok debut. When my DMs actually had a chance of being opened (they weren’t). When people still pronounced it “Kay-han.” When he was just the guy writing about overthinking, and life and love and grief and healing in his childhood bedroom. Luckily, Kahan still is that guy – and on Saturday, Aug. 8, he proved it. Kahan’s Colorado trajectory
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