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Westword is a Denver-based local news and culture outlet with a strong focus on city life, arts, and entertainment in the metro area. It operates in the tradition of an alternative weekly, combining local journalism with in-depth cultural coverage and lifestyle reporting.
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- 563
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- Sep 30, 2026
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A journey through Colorado history, in celebration of Westword’s 50th anniversary (opens the original)
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Let us take you on a time-traveling voyage. The post A journey through Colorado history, in celebration of Westword’s 50th anniversary appeared first on Denver Westword.
This Michelin-recommended restaurant’s secret weapon? Mom’s garden (opens the original)
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Wildflower chef Aiden Tibbetts on always maintaining a garden-to-table ethos.. The post This Michelin-recommended restaurant’s secret weapon? Mom’s garden appeared first on Denver Westword.
Room with a view: 50 years of Westword offices (opens the original)
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Westword moved into our first office on the same day we published our first issue: Sept. 1, 1977. After polishing our proposed publication that summer in the basement of a Wash Park bungalow — a house we rented for a whopping $325 a month — we thought we needed a more respectable, official address. Through a classified ad in one of Denver’s two dailies — a newspaper we planned to soon offer an alternative to as an alt-weekly — we found just the thing on the second floor of an old storefront just
Something to hold on to: Take a peek at Westword's covers from over the years (opens the original)
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A few weeks ago, Westword’s editors and writers gathered around the newsroom coffee table — not to discuss story ideas for the future, but to take a (very dusty) trip down memory lane through over 49 years’ worth of Westword bound volumes. The shelves containing the alt-weekly’s physical archives loom over our Capitol Hill newsroom like a monument, comprising all of the articles, artwork and ads that came before us and brought us to today. I’ve visited this shelf before: first, to reorganize it
Climate change: Has Denver's local media dried up, or is this just evolution? (opens the original)
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Media has always been rooted in change. But right now it’s tough to tell whether the medium is evolving, devolving or mutating in ways we may not understand for years. Since 1977, when Westword made its debut in Denver, the ways folks consume text, audio and video have radically changed. But the speed at which technology is currently altering long-established platforms and processes is flat-out inconceivable. What was accepted as communication gospel last week may soon be antiquated, with new fo
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