The working title for the sketch-comedy show Vox Phamalia: Pity Pity Bang Bang was “inspiration porn,” reveals Edith Weiss, who co-wrote the show with Jeremy Palmer and the rest of the creative cast at Phamaly Theatre Company. “It’s a series of sketches with a comedic take about living with disabilities,…
“I feel extremely re-energized,” says Brandi Shigley, the entrepreneur behind Fashion Denver, which is celebrating its ten-year anniversary this year. And she’s planning big things for the Fall Fashion Market: Elevate, the newest version of the clothing-and-accessory showcase that Shigley throws on a semi-regular basis. “We’re doing four fashion shows…
Like many Coloradans, I’m a little obsessed with my dog. He sleeps on my bed. He’s attended concerts with me and even come on a vacation or two. And of course I’m obsessed with what he eats (or, rather, what I feed him). I won’t bore you with the details,…
Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School — a life-drawing class combined with a cabaret show — is back. Burlesque artist Vivienne VaVoom (aka Michelle Baldwin) launched Dr. Sketchy’s five years ago, but she put it on unintentional hiatus a few years ago. “I decided it was time to take a break because…
“We want the general public to be able to tell a marijuana cookie from a Chips Ahoy cookie just by looking at it.” That’s the intent behind the edible work group currently hashing out recommendations for future edible packaging. And one recommendation submitted yesterday would solve that problem by eliminating…
The next meeting to discuss the implementation of a law requiring that marijuana edibles look different from everyday food products will take place this afternoon — and there are more pot-related events happening this week, too. Keep reading to learn more: See also: Recreational Marijuana Sales Outpace MMJ in August…
Aurora’s new recreational pot shops weren’t the only venues to land rec licenses between September 1 and October 1 this year. Licenses for recreational stores were granted in five brand-new municipalities — and there was a lot more happening on the state’s licensing list. Keep reading to find out what:…
Last week, we reported that Euflora, located at 6260 South Gun Club Road, would be the first recreational marijuana shop to open in Aurora — and the dispensary is indeed making its debut today. But that’s not the only item on our cannabis calendar. There are plenty more events to…
Radiolab’s Jad Abumrad — who was awarded a MacArthur fellowship in 2011 — is just as affable and eloquent on the phone as he sounds on the radio, with a dash of vulnerability revealed when he worries about fucking up the answer to a question. Yes, he actually said that…
It was all over the news when Aurora decided to allow recreational dispensaries within city limits — but October 1, the date when those dispensaries could theoretically open doors, came and went without a puff of smoke. So what’s the status with these 21 new recreational dispensaries? Here’s what we…
“There’s one thing I never do, and that’s oversell my shows,” says Normand Latourelle, founder of Cavalia and artistic director of Odysseo, the equestrian-and-acrobatic extravaganza that’s taken over the Pepsi Center parking lot. “But I can tell you that Odysseo is the most beautiful show in the world.” Latourelle conceived…
After Jad Abumrad, the co-host and co-creator of the popular public-radio show Radiolab, was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2011, “I was super spun around by the question of how Radiolab came to be,” he remembers. “So originally, I was asked to give a short talk about that — how…
Want to learn how to grow your own cannabis but aren’t inclined to leave the comfort of your couch? The Grow School is launching a new two-week online course this Tuesday. There’s also a pot-infused painting class and more on the cannabis calendar for the week: See also: Inside Colorado’s…
Dating can be difficult no matter where you live. But outdoorsy types in Colorado have a special challenge: There’s a whole lot of great wide-open out there — but it’s not easy to run into person of your gender/orientation preference who also enjoys the outdoor activities you do. Mike Keshian,…
The author of Cannabis Pharmacy, Michael Backes, will be discussing and signing the book at 7 p.m. this evening at the Tattered Cover LoDo, 1628 16th Street. So what can readers expect from this “sensible guide to medical marijuana?” See also: Marijuana: Reviewing The User’s Guide to Colorado Marijuana Law…
Ryan Hamilton has been around the block a time or two; the resident of New York City (who grew up in Idaho) was named one of Rolling Stone’s Five Comics to Watch in 2012 and appeared on two seasons of Last Comic Standing, where he gave a good showing. He’ll…
Hemp seeds have started infiltrating grocery-store shelves across America. They’re often sold shelled and in bulk quantities, but some producers have also been packaging them as snack items. Roasted and seasoned, they’re fine snacks — they taste nothing like pot and don’t get you high, but they’re high in protein…
The book of poetry penned by Uche Ogbuji that won a 2014 Colorado Book Award is titled Ndewo, Colorado. That name should give you some idea of the gorgeous contradictions between its covers, poetry that pays homage equally to landscape and scientific concepts, penned by a computer engineer and immigrant…
After picking up a signed copy of a new cannabis tome hitting the shelves, you’ll be spoiled for choice when deciding what to do this weekend: Will it be the Gypsy Jane carnival or the Hemp Awards & Festival? Or maybe something else entirely? Keep reading and figure it out:…
Breckenridge resident, women’s right activist and avid cyclist Shannon Galpin (whose adventures we featured in the July 2012 cover story, “Peak Performance”) has quite the story to tell in her just-released autobiographical tale, Mountain to Mountain: A Journey of Adventure and Activism for the Women of Afghanistan, which chronicles the…
The concept behind The User’s Guide to Colorado Marijuana Law, a guidebook penned by Robert M. Linz, the associate director and head of public services at the University of Colorado School of Law, is a solid one. But the paperback format almost certainly ensures that this resource won’t be relevant…
Erika T. Wurth, now a creative writing professor at the Western Illinois University, went to school in Idaho Springs. She already has one book of poetry under her belt and now a novel, Crazy Horse’s Girlfriend, set in the mountain town. She’ll be back in Colorado on Monday, September 29…
