Justice is swift. Taylor Swift announced Wednesday to People Magazine that she is countersuing the DJ who allegedly grabbed her ass backstage at a private meet-and-greet in June 2013. David Mueller, former KYGO DJ, sued Swift earlier this year for losses he suffered from the alleged butt- groping that he…
Halloween is almost here, and the Mile High City has pulled out all the stops this year. In celebration of every show ending in “ween”, we’ve compiled a list of the seven best. From hell-raising metal to ’90s cover bands, there are plenty of places at which to show off…
The ever-changing canvas of Bella Vista Mexican restaurant is sporting a new piece of street art that is a bit more topical than usual. Today is Back to the Future Day, since 4:29 p.m. October 21, 2015 is the exact date and time referenced in the second BTTF film released in…
The October 3 MassRoots Munchie Crawl was a big success in its inaugural run down the coolest strip of Broadway, stinking up a few blocks of local restaurants, dispensaries and participating shops. A team of green tour guides helped crawlers reach the participating spots on the map, between pot pit…
Denver is a good place to start a business and Denver Startup Week has been living proof of that. The city’s annual celebration of entrepreneurs, which started in 2012, has already attracted 10,000 people to this year’s edition, which features 250 events over the course of five days and runs…
Puff, Pass, and Paint often welcomes colorful guests at the private, cannabis-meets-cocktails-and-canvas class offered every weekend. This Saturday, comedians Margaret Cho and Kevin Pereira joined in the fun while filming an episode of the new TruTV show I’m So Into that highlights — you guessed it— marijuana. Comic Cho has done…
The Great American Beer Festival is as astronomical in size as it is in character. Every year, the most eclectic group of beer lovers in the world go all out when they attend this fun and outrageous convention. And this past weekend the costumes, along with the entire 2015 event,…
The Colorado Music Hall of Fame is now officially up and fully operational at its new location at the Trading Post of Red Rocks Amphitheatre. The grand opening party for the new Comfort Dental-presented CMHOF was earlier this week. The honorary crowd listened to guitar and vocals by local musician Jim…
What a beautiful, aerosol-filled weekend! Colorado Crush was massive this year, taking over the RiNo arts district and adding fresh murals by acclaimed local and international artists. Jonathan Lamb of Like Minded Productions had helped locate the walls and sanction space for the artist lineup, which included Colorado Crush founder Robin…
Cannabis is growing in importance in Colorado, shaping our economy as well as our image. For a closer look at the businesses creating that image, Westword took a behind-the-scenes tour of L’Eagle, a mom-and-pop pot shop on the industrial edge of the Baker neighborhood that specializes in organic, sustainable and health-conscious…
The Doggfather himself made a public service announcement wishing everyone in Colorado a happy pot tax holiday. The video was sponsored by Merry Jane media. Mostly celebrating the money rolling into the state, Snoop also reminds youngins’ that recreational marijuana is for those 21 and older. Here’s exactly what he…
Nature versus civilization is a time-honored battle, and there are some beautiful, abandoned places in Colorado where it is clear nature has won: worn, rusted places returning to the earth. As summer ends, you can enjoy seeing nature triumph — and leaves turn — while also checking out everything from…
Tucked away in the farm country around Eaton is the largest hemp farm in the United States. Colorado Cultivars has planted nearly 300 acres of the cash crop known not just for its CBD properties, but numerous commercial uses — including oils for cooking, topical lotions, clothing, rope and everything…
Maria Knowlton wanted to beautify the Mountain Thrift franchise she runs in Lakewood. But the national Disabled American Veterans organization, which owns the building, thought the street art presented an ugly image for veterans, and now wants her to cover the wall. The mural was painted on July 4 by…
The green market is headed for the stock market. Although dispensary businesses are having trouble securing financial services — because marijuana is still illegal at the federal level — several pot-related Colorado companies are either currently being publicly traded…or soon will be. How do they manage that? It’s never the…
Colorado Crush is almost here! The state’s biggest annual celebration of street art will fill RiNo this weekend, and artists are already working on murals in the area. Starting today, you can see them repainting the outdoor canvas along the alleyways from 25th to 32nd streets between Larimer and Walnut streets,…
Straight out of a pottery barn catalog, the Headquarters Harvest Dinner went off without a hitch last night in Lyons, Colorado. From the brilliant minds of Hosea Rosenberg of Blackbelly Market and Top Chef fame, Ashley Rheingold of Headquarters Cannabis Company, and Kendal Norris of Mason Jar Productions, this dinner was…
It’s the American Dream: Go to college, get a degree, graduate with honors, start selling weed. To be fair, I was an English major, so becoming a budtender in the wild, wild West of Denver’s marijuana industry seemed like a pretty reasonable gig. I’d had my first dispensary experience several…
Imagine taking a trip to a beautiful, secluded yoga retreat in the mountains of Colorado. Picture walking through the lovely setting, heading to your comfortably rustic cabin room, meditating…and then lighting up a joint. Twisted Sister invites you to do just that at Align With Your Heart, a cannabis-friendly mountain yoga retreat…
In Denver celebrity news, soon to be Bachelor Ben Higgins was spotted giving hugs and smiling for photos with adoring fans at Pinehurst Country Club in South Denver for the Labor Day festivities on September 7. He was playing golf with family friends, relaxing before leaving to film the show…
An affordable French restaurant? Mais ouis. Le Central charmed Denver from the moment that Robert Tournier opened his restaurant at Eighth and Lincoln — and for the next 34 years, Le Central stayed true to its goal of serving good, inexpensive French fare in surroundings as accessible as the price…
Get your fix of two things Denver does best: weed and food. The brainchild of local cannabis cool guy Brett Davis, the first annual Mass Roots Munchie Crawl will take a group of stoners to a string of locations along Broadway, where they’ll partake in some of the best munchies the…
