Cordelia Finley

In Colorado, the Rocky Mountains are notorious for attracting slightly crazy wilderness enthusiasts — especially along the ridge lines of its highest (and most treacherous) mountains, the Fourteeners. Last summer, physician Jon Kedrowski and meteorologist Chris Tomer took on those peaks with an approach that no one had attempted before:...

Considering that the United States was built on the radical concept that happiness and comfort should be accessible to everyone, our national independence came at an inconvenient time of year: Battling extreme July heat and that all-permeating dust that’s all too common at outdoor festivals is no small task. And...

It might be the oldest news around, but public schools are really broke. Denver Public Schools alone is facing $332 million in budget cuts this year -- which means that already watered-down 'nonessential' programs will be further starved of funding or cut altogether. The arts, as usual, die first. Michael...

Colorado Creatives #94: Dylan Scholinski Dylan Scholinski has not lived an easy life. Born a girl named Daphne and sent at fifteen to a mental hospital with the diagnosis 'inappropriate female,' Scholinski spent the majority of his high school years training extensively in what his doctors considered proper femininity. "I...

Summertime should be kaleidoscopic. The days are slow and the nights are warm and the living is lush; at the risk of sounding cliche, there's a solar saturation about this time of year that other seasons just lack. On some level, this vividness permeates damn near everything, clothing included --...