Denver might be the new weed capital of the world — with hundreds of dispensaries, plenty of smoke shops and pro-ganja culture — but there’s one thing missing from the Mile High City: places where consumers can enjoy marijuana. Anna Zhuravlev has a solution for that, thanks to zoning regulations…
Crossroads Theater is in the middle of its first Last Week of Arts, which will culminate on Friday, April 1 with a special, two-part Bucket of Fools show. This will be the sixth edition of Bucket; past monthly performances have resembled variety shows with comedy bits, musical pieces and impromptu sketches as local…
Rigs 4 Us will celebrate its first anniversary on April 1 with a day of dabbing and DJs at a real house party. It’s been a year since Anna Zhuravlev opened her head shop at 5912 East Colfax Avenue, next to the Mindful dispensary and Los Parceros, a Colombian restaurant. At…
In the winter of 2014, South Carolina-based tennis coach John Prenelle called Ryan Segelke with a proposition. Prenelle was training a bright young Ugandan tennis player named John Lutaaya who was running out of funding and needed somewhere to go or else he’d be on his way back to Uganda,…
No matter how many times she performs, Qbala still gets butterflies. Throwing up in trash cans before shows is common for her, as are endless bathroom detours and trips to and from her car. It’s a habit that started during her basketball-playing days, when she would get herself psyched for…
Go Denver, a new transportation app, went live yesterday — right about the time Mayor Michael Hancock unveiled it at Union Station. Go Denver melds multiple modes of transportation into one app that’s designed to help commuters find the fastest, cheapest and greenest routes to their destinations. It’s basically Google…
Super Bowl 50 is in the books and I’m 0-2 at picking winners in the Westword. Predicting sports games is never easy; there’s too many variables. I didn’t expect the 2011 version of Cam Newton to suit up after he had just won his first NFL MVP award. He looked…
Congratulations Denver. Tom Brady and the Patriots were vanquished in the AFC championship game, and the hometown donkeys are on their way to Super Bowl 50. I admit not seeing that coming. Yes, I’m the guy who wrote a prediction piece entitled “Tom Brady, Patriots Will Kick Broncos’ Ass and Here’s…
Thank God for YouTube — if only so that NFL super-fans can broadcast their homemade anthems to the rest of the world. Fans of the Carolina Panthers are quick to show their claws and express their team pride via song. These misguided tributes take many forms, ranging from Southern rap…
Jeff Popp and Casey Lorenzen will unpack their Denver-based CO.ALITION line of backpacks on tonight’s episode of ABC’s popular Shark Tank, and Mile High Spirits is hosting a free “Get Shark Tanked” viewing party for the business partners — and the public — from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. CO.ALITION…
When entrepreneur Russell Hopkins isn’t tearing up local skate parks on his BMX bike or converting old Volkswagens to run on oil, you can find him at his new bike shop in Lakewood, the Container Collective, crafting bamboo bicycle frames from scratch. A Wisconsin native whose last job was teaching…
It’s time for Brady versus Manning 17. Plenty of pundits and sports fans predicted this matchup for the AFC Championship Game before the season started, but the road here has been anything but predictable. Manning started the season cold, consistently throwing interceptions until head coach Gary Kubiak replaced him with…
If there’s anything that can make Shakespeare more digestible, it’s beer. Put the two together and you get William Shakesbeer, a venture by the Wit Theatre Company that features a troupe of local actors doing their best to remember their lines while drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon on stage. The group’s…
Editor’s note: Moments after Peyton Manning led the Denver Broncos to a comeback win over the San Diego Chargers, an already brewing quarterback controversy steamed over. The question: Who should start under center for Denver in its first playoff game, slated for Sunday, January 17: Peyton or Brock Osweiler, who won…
On the bad days, Jim Stevens would curse and throw tools across his art studio, frustrated by his inability to create like he did before he lost his sight. He’d just come off a rough seven years: losing his vision, his wife, his job and his artistic ability in quick…
Denver-raised rapper Cisco the Nomad might be the busiest twenty-year-old in the state. In between classes at Colorado College, Cisco, whose birth name is Clay Edwards, finds time to write plays, act and rap. Below you can hear his latest single, “Vinyl,” off of his upcoming LP Future Real Estate,…
Los Parceros, Denver’s only Colombian restaurant, would be easy to miss if not for the bright blue, yellow and red school bus parked in front of its East Colfax Avenue storefront. For owner Joaquin Contreras, the bus is a warm reminder of home, where similar buses, called chivas, were used…
Big Data, the electro-rock band responsible for the 2013 hit “Dangerous,” will perform at the Ogden Theatre on Wednesday, November 18. The Brooklyn-based five-piece band helmed by producer Alan Wilkis fuses electronic music with live instruments and the spirited vocals of Wilkis and Liz Ryan. Together with the rest of…
The Squire Lounge on East Colfax Avenue isn’t often thought of as a premier musical venue, but the Sunday open mics and free concerts on Thursdays have started bringing out some serious talent. Local funk band Dogs Got Flavor played every Thursday this October and will finish up its residency with…
Four years ago Chris Taub was sitting in his downtown Denver apartment with a bottle of Patron and a carton of key lime ice cream. He imagined a creamy Margarita dessert, mixed them together and put the concoction in the freezer. His first batch of alcoholic ice cream didn’t come…
Sitting at the long oak table in the dining room of her house in Cheesman Park, 78-year-old Joyce Thorn takes a drag from her cigarette and talks about growing up in Denver. She remembers that one of the few arguments her parents ever had was over buying a new car…
