Cary Elwes (whose booksigning originally scheduled for tonight at the Tattered Cover has been postponed until further notice), explains in the introduction to his bestselling book, As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales From the Making of The Princess Bride, that he was inspired to pen the tome at the 25-year-anniversary celebration…
Even if you were just at the Denver Botanic Gardens to catch the final days of the Chihuly exhibit, there’s no reason to skip your trip to the Blossoms of Light display, which opens tonight, because it really does get better each year as the DBG adds more and more…
Forget about Santa for a moment: Tonight’s Downtown Littleton Elf Crawl is focused on the unsung heroes of Christmas, Santa’s little helpers. The inaugural event includes ten different stores within walking distance of each other; anyone who registers gets three tickets that can be used at any of those establishments…
Either the cold weather is slowing down business in general, or the recreational boom in cannabis is finally slowing down. There were nine additions to the recreational licensing list last month — and shockingly, not one of those locations was in Aurora. Find out where they all were instead: See…
Remember those never-ending working group meetings surrounding the never-say-die edibles bill? The working group has been unable to reach a consensus, but you still have a chance to offer a public comment…if you do it quickly. Keep reading for details. See also: Marijuana: Pot Sales Down, Patient Numbers Up in…
Once a year, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science takes its popular Science Lounge series, which offers adults the chance to enjoy science, food and libations in a fun atmosphere, to an off-site location. Tonight’s Science Lounge: Experiencing the Speakeasy will take place at the Savoy at Curtis Park,…
There are still places in Colorado without dispensaries, believe it or not — but fewer of them every month. In October, a medical marijuana dispensary license was granted to a store in Tabernash, and several other licenses were allotted in municipalities that have established dispensaries. Here’s a closer look. See…
There’s yet another edibles work-group meeting first thing this morning in Golden, and there’s a lot more happening this week in cannabis. Keep reading to find out what: See also: DIA Says Pot Merchandise Won’t Fly — But You Can Weigh In…
The powers-that-be behind Warm Cookies of the Revolution were thinking about the future of jobs when they brainstormed today’s offering, Warm Cookies of the Revolution: Stupid Questions, Stupid Talents. And so, naturally, they started talking about robots. “We’ve done stupid questions and stupid talents before,” notes spokesman Evan Weissman. “And…
If you’ve walked past the Buffalo Exchange on Broadway this month, you might have noticed the Kork-Ease Pop Boutique, a temporary installation and display designed to emulate fashion boutiques such as Biba, the illustrious London shop from the 1960s and ’70s that revolutionized how young people found and purchased clothing…
This past Friday, IRIS Fire Investigations held a “Hash Oil Hazards Training for the Insurance Industry” seminar. The seminar focused primarily on the ways that making hash oil at home (typically using butane) can go terribly wrong, and what investigators at a suspicious fire should look for. But there was…
Tonight, a Medicinal Cannabis Discussion Panel will take place up in Frisco, with experts on hand to provide knowledge to the medical industry about cannabis — and there’s a lot more going up in smoke, so to speak. See also: Marijuana: Eighteen Disputed Ballots to Decide if One Colorado Town…
Colin Roybal, director and choreographer of Equinox Theatre Company’s production of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: The Musical, knew he’d have to tweak the show in order to adjust to the digs at the Bug Theatre — a task that required some innovation. “When the show originally…
“Of course we love costumes and flannel and shenanigans,” says Kiki Nichols, organizer of the annual All Jacked Up: Denver Lumberjack Party, “but primarily, it’s about drinking for a purpose.” That’s a party goal that pretty much anyone can get behind. The beneficiary of the wood-cutting shenanigans is Environmental Learning…
It won’t come as a surprise to anyone who follows the cannabis industry that last week’s inaugural National Cannabis Industry Association’s Infused Product and Extraction Symposium focused heavily on safety issues — both consumer safety and employee safety. The importance of proper procedures and protocols was emphasized in almost every…
There’s a joint-rolling competition this weekend, and next week is going to be packed with events. So pull out your datebooks and start penciling some things in. See also: Marijuana Study: Legalization Hasn’t Hurt or Helped Colorado as Much as Predicted…
Peter Fatianow first became interested in the possibilities of a retail store focused on sleep while working for an integrated delivery system in the Midwest that was acquiring sleep labs. “I was fascinated about what was going on in that business,” he says, and although he wasn’t working directly with…
Kork-Ease platform shoes — particularly the iconic Ava style — became wildly popular in the United States in the 1960s, “at the time when everything was colliding in this country,” explains Kathy Teter, the event’s media representative. “It was the beginning of the youth cultural movement, and everything was happening…
Fans of the annual Denver Gorilla Run might notice that the event has migrated this year from its longtime home in lower downtown to City Park. “Runners will see a lot more natural vegetation,” notes Frank Keesling, president of the Mountain Gorilla Conservation Fund, the beneficiary of the event. “It’s…
The Mercury Cafe does Halloween right every year — and for 2014, it’s throwing a little bit of samba flavor in with the usual favorites. “On Halloween, we invite our beloved dead to come feast with us and dance,” explains owner Marilyn Megenity. “Throughout the entire building, that’s what we’ll…
The inaugural National Cannabis Industry Association’s Infused Products and Extraction Symposium kicked off last night with a cocktail reception and networking event; today, the symposium started in earnest with two different tracks for attendees. “This is an area of the industry that’s creating a lot of conversations right now,” says…
A new round of Sell-SMaRT classes, the responsible cannabis vendor training program collaboration between NCIA and Cannabis Trainers, has been scheduled for today — and that’s just the first of many marijuana-related activities on this week’s calendar. See also: “Family Friendly” DIA Plans to Ban Marijuana-Related Souvenirs…
