Here’s some news that will add a delightful lift to your Monday: There’s a Tommy Chong’s meet-and-greet contest coming to Denver. Yes, you can hang with the legend himself when he comes to town for the official release of his Chong’s Choice cannabis line, selling now exclusively at these seven…
Tommy Chong’s weed is now in a pipe near you. Seven dispensaries in Colorado quietly began carrying Chong’s Choice flower this week. The modest yet carefully thought-out cannabis line consists of three strains, marketed simply as Chong’s Choice Indica, Sativa and Hybird. The genetics of the three strains: Grape Stomper…
Art has been given new life on the wall of Potager, a garden spot of a restaurant in Capitol Hill. After eight years, abstract artist Andrew Hockenberry returned to Denver from New York City to restore his mural on the north-facing wall of the beloved eatery that Teri Rippeto opened in 1997. Hockenberry,…
No, this isn’t a super-happy cult — it’s a cannabis and yoga class put together by the master of relaxation himself. We recently interviewed Yogi D about his upcoming 420 Yoga Retreat, happening at Aspen Canyon Ranch on September 30 through October 2. For a taste of what’s to come, Yogi…
There’s a new marijuana competition in town that aims to crown the best cultivator in Colorado. “We hope you guys are ready to grow some really fire weed,” says Sohum Shah, co-founder of The Grow Off, the self-proclaimed “quantitative quest for the best.” The Grow Off is designed as a…
The Denver Wrangler’s new location at 3090 Downing Street opened to a rager on Sunday, August 14, after what appeared to be a wild pre-opening party on Saturday night. The official announcement that the town’s longtime bear bar had finally made the move from Uptown to the edge of Five Points…
No 72: The Tuna Poke Bowl at Ohana Island Kitchen The owners of Ohana Island Kitchen are onto something with their little lunch window that welcomes the lunchtime crowd on the side of the Truffle Table in LoHi. Louie Colburn is a native Hawaiian who has a sweet, decadent and…
Winter is coming to Denver and so is a brand new Game of Thrones concert experience. Thanks to the show’s creator D.B. Weiss and Live Nation, Denver will be one of the twenty-eight cities to be treated to an immersive concert event that covers the shows six-season plot with a live…
It’s been a hot summer — both in air temperature and aesthetics. Street artists continue to blow away all expectations as they enliven the Denver art scene, and these ten new murals prove it. As more mainstream organizations such as the Urban Arts Fund and the Downtown Denver Partnership pay…
The side of Cold Crush at 2700 Larimer Street carries a powerful new statement: the boxing-style propaganda mural called “Bad Cop Versus Good Cop.” Cold Crush co-owners Musa Bailey, Eric Cunningham and Brian Mathenge have had a wide range of local and national artists to put their spin on the “phoenix wall”…
Emo gods never die. At least ones with the passion and musical talent of Andrew McMahon, who last night opened a show lineup in Denver that included Panic! at the Disco and Weezer at Fiddler’s Green. McMahon began playing piano at the age of nine and by the time he…
Kids and adults alike are suddenly planning their summer around the places where they can find the most Pokémon. The app has topped 15 million downloads in the U.S. (and counting). Fortunately, Pokémon Go stops are clustered in some of the coolest spots around Denver, so you can stroll around…
Yogi D has a solution to the nation’s “stress epidemic”: a weed-and-yoga retreat in Aspen from September 30 through October 2 called the 420 Yoga Retreat. A yoga veteran of 25 years who was dubbed “America’s relaxation expert” by CNN, Yogi D has just recently come out of the dark as a cannabis…
Don’t you hate it when you’re out chasing Pokémon and you run out of weed? Same. Don’t fear, Pokémon masters, because we’ve come up with the ultimate Denver guide to Pokéstops that happen to be right next to, across the street from, or even on dispensaries. Here are the five best…
Want to take your weed-snob knowledge to the next level? Under President Max Montrose and CEO Jim Nathanson, the Trichome Institute offers a series of cannabis courses, culminating with the “weed sommelier,” or interpening, class. In his interpening — technically “interpreting terpenes” — class, Montrose regularly guides cannabis enthusiasts through the ins…
Tiny Japanese monsters have suddenly invaded Denver. If you download the free Pokémon Go app, you’ll see them popping up all over town: high-tech versions of the characters introduced to America on Pokémon cards two decades ago. While the app leaves something to be desired on a technological level (the augmented…
Paul Hamilton owns one of the country’s largest private collections of African art, which fills his three-story Five Points home: up the stairs, down in the basement, out in the garage. Over 800 artifacts are stashed into every crevice imaginable. Now artist and photographer Thomas Evans has brought Hamilton’s collection to…
We don’t blame you for missing National Falafel Day on June 12, it’s not exactly the kind of holiday that attracts attention. But falafel is street food and street food is summer food, so what better time to declare your love for these Mediterranean deep-fried balls of garbanzo goodness —…
At the edge of downtown at 921 21st Street, where the city gets grittier and there’s always parking, you’ll find a unique new boutique: Whiskey/Grade. This shop opened up in late March with a goal of tying alternative Denver subcultures together through fashion. Those subcultures include the front-of-the-house The Shop Barber…
Permanent art, executed meticulously over a lifetime, that touches people and is literally touched by people. A piece of art that ages with you, shows your path and works as a scrapbook to your life. This can only be found in the art of tattooing. Denver has a beautiful and…
Colorado-born comedians Nicole Conlan and Rollie Williams of Stevedore Comedy have hit the nail on the head with a satirical public-service announcement that’s gone viral. “Colorado Immigration Crisis: Keep These People Out” looks at the transplant issue that’s been on the minds of many Coloradans since stoner immigrants began flooding…
The metal door slams behind him as he looks up the last few flights of the stairway of a thirty-story office building in downtown Denver. Clean-cut, bearded, dressed in all black, he runs silently up the stairs until he turns a corner and sees a sign that reads “Rooftop Access,”…
