Chloe Sommers

Women from all walks of life gathered on June 7 for the Denver launch of Ellementa, a women-centric cannabis discussion group. The organization aims to help pot-curious females navigate a growing, changing marijuana market through monthly meetings, and has plans to expand around the country after starting in Alaska and moving on to Colorado.

The eighth annual Hemp History Week, which runs from June 5 through June 11, is a national, grassroots effort pushing to restore support for industrial hemp farming in America. And the Denver-based Industrial Hemp Research Foundation is doing its bit by putting on the Grateful Hearts Unite for Hemp fundraiser on June 9, which coincides with the Dead & Company concert at Boulder's Folsom Field.

Book lovers got lit over literature at the inaugural Cannabis Literary Society author meet-and-greet book-signing on May 23. The new consumption-friendly cannabis book club is the latest endeavor of marijuana patient advocate Amy Dawn Bourlon-Hilterbran, who wanted to create safe and legal space where people could talk about the plant and...

As the Colorado Legislature ended its session last week, the Denver chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws celebrated a year of wins on the reform front. “We left our mark, but there’s so much work left for us to do,” said Jordan Person, executive director of Denver NORML at a chapter meeting.

Two days before Mother's Day, Susan Squibb and her team at 4&20 Blackbirds hosted the fifth annual Mother's High Tea, an event fit for a queen with beautifully prepared food, a stand-out group of speakers and such gourmet teas as Ginger Peach, Rose Oolong and Elegant Earl Grey. Neither the teas...