4 FEBRUARY 2-8, 2023 westword.com WESTWORD | MUSIC | CAFE | CULTURE | NIGHT+DAY | NEWS | LETTERS | CONTENTS | W ® 9 LORD OF THE ANTS What a long, strange trip it’s been to opening this gallery. BY EMILY FERGUSON 17 WAUGH! The Fort celebrates sixty years of Old West wonder. BY MOLLY MARTIN 21 BLASTING OFF Break Science kicks off 2023 with new music and a concert at Meow Wolf. BY JUSTIN CRIADO 6 News 17 Cafe 21 Music CONCERTS/CLUBS ................................... 24 32 Marijuana TOKE OF THE TOWN ................................ 32 ASK A STONER ......................................... 34 STRAIN GANG .......................................... 36 VOLUME 46 NUMBER 23 FEBRUARY 2-8, 2023 E D I T O R I A L Editor Patricia Calhoun Editorial Operations Manager Jane R. 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The grind, year after year, sounds like it can become unbearable. Carol Carpenter Denver Thank you, Michael, for all of your hard work and straightforward reporting over the years, especially on local media when other media coverage gradually disappeared and you were the only person left who gave a damn. Best of luck to you in your next chapter; I hope you embrace the new job title of “recovering journalist.” Greg Barman Denver Editor’s note: After more than three decades as a full-time editorial staffer at Westword, Michael Roberts has pushed away from the keyboard. Read his farewell at westword. com/news/michael-roberts-leaving-west- word-16014218. “SPIN CONTROL,” HELEN XU, JANUARY 26 W H E E L E R D E A L E R S The “Mountain Biking Capital of the World” moves from Colorado Springs to Bentonville? What kind of crazy Walmart deal is this? Henry Travers Denver Bentonville elevation: 1,296 feet. William O’Reilly Denver There are no mountains in Arkansas. Period. 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