For Stephanie Tourles, licensed holistic esthetician and author of Raw Energy: 124 Raw Food Recipes for Energy Bars, Smoothies, and Other Snacks to Supercharge Your Body, her raw-food education began as a child on her grandparents’ Georgia farm. “They had two large gardens in which they grew a substantial portion…
The Baltimore Sun most recently came to the attention of the pop-culture world as the backdrop for the fifth season of The Wire — the groundbreaking cop drama whose creator and writer, David Simon, served as a Sun police reporter for twelve years. But Simon is far from the only…
“Denver has a lot of talented and generous chefs,” says Sheila Lucero, executive chef of Jax Fish House in Denver and Boulder, “but I really wanted to create something a little more intimate for the guests that would include a fun group of female chefs.” Welcome to Females on Fire,…
Think of Brooklyn-based videographer Cliff Evans as a Great Master for a budding century, one whose brave new palette leaves the rectangle of the canvas light years behind. In his three-channel HD video work, Citizen: The Wolf and the Nanny, the montagist unleashes a multi-screen barrage of images lifted from…
Colorado is the Napa Valley of beer, so most Coloradans are used to the idea of pairing beer with food. But what about beer in their food? Any chili chef or beer-can-chicken cook will tell you that beer is an easy and delicious secret ingredient, but the 1st Annual Twisted…
“You’ve got to love ice climbers,” says Erin Eddy, executive director of the Ouray Ice Park. “Anybody who’s up for playing in the snow and ice when it’s 5 degrees out is somebody who loves the outdoors and has a positive attitude.” And the annual Ouray Ice Festival, presented by…
It’s been a few years, but U2 will finally return to Denver — on June 12, at the Pepsi Center. If you’re impatient, on a budget and/or prone to arena-phobia, however, you have another option: Under a Blood Red Sky. Since 2005, the Denver-based band has paid tribute to Bono…
So, you took your kids to Cirque du Soleil and now they’re dreaming of running away with the circus? Yeah, me, too. But I’m keeping my would-be runaways closer to home for a little while longer, thanks to Boulder’s new Frequent Flyers Productions Aerial Dance Studio. “Aerial work is a…
Named for the Norse god of snow, who dumps more than 300 inches of sweet, sweet powder on Breckenridge each year, the Ullr Fest is one of the longest-running events in town. “It’s in its 47th year,” says spokeswoman Carly Grimes. “It began when the town was really small and…
You know the year is off to a good start when Tejana folk artist Tish Hinojosa comes to town. Her annual visits to the Swallow Hill Music Hall are always reason to celebrate, but especially now. It’s become a longer trip for Hinojosa, who used to reside full-time in Austin…
This year marks the tenth anniversary of Vail’s Big Beers, Belgians & Barleywines Festival, and the organizers have something special planned. “Twenty-one breweries from around the world have created beers or are releasing new beers at our event,” explains organizer Laura Lodge. “Most are created specifically for our festival and…
The National Western Stock Show kicked off on January 9, a century-old reminder of how the West was fun! While most of the action is up at the NWSS complex in north Denver – at the Coliseum, and the Arena, and the Exhibition Hall (with the fabulous Cowboy Bar in…
Miles from the Village, the 885-acre Blue Sky Basin has been a must-explore-spot for Vail skiers for 10 years. The popular woodsy terrain beyond the mountain’s Back Bowls is blessed with plenty of snow, tight trees, steeps, open powder fields, and even a few groomers. On bluebird day, there are…
Three snowboarders from Colorado are among the qualifiers for today’s Men’s Halfpipe Finals at the U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix event at Mammoth Mountain, the second of five U.S. competitions in the run-up to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. In Heat One of yesterday’s qualifiers Broc Waring (Vail) and Matt…
If you’ve watched a Warren Miller video over the last 20 years, you’ve seen skiers getting choppered up to sick, exquisite terrain, jumping out of the helicopters and descending thousands of feet of virgin powder on ridiculously steep mountainsides…
Atop Wolf Creek Pass between South Fork and Pagosa Springs is one of the state’s highest (10,600 feet at its base) and oldest resorts (70 years old this season), and lift tickets are just $50. It’s also the snowiest (465 inches a year). And it’s 100% open, there’s plenty of…
Helmet cameras are about to get some company in the first person snow sports video market. Liquid Image, already the makers of a digital underwater camera mask, is unveiling a camera-equipped ski goggle at an electronics show this weekend in Las Vegas. The goggle has a 5-megapixel camera that shoots…
What’s the right age to begin teaching your kids to snowboard? Let’s just say that if, at the end of the day, you ask them what their favorite part was and they say “Falling down!” then you’re probably doing something right. January is Colorado Ski Country USA’s Learn to Ski…
Vail’s Gay Ski Week is back! According to the Associated Press, the days-long celebration of everything gay and ski-y was canceled last year due to the economic downturn. But this year, the economy is apparently healthy enough for Vail to host the event, which is scheduled for January 27 to…
Hey boaters! Wondering what to do if you don’t have the scratch to go where it’s warm and the rivers aren’t blocks of ice? Need a kayaking fix? Just because it’s winter doesn’t mean it’s time to put away the boats.Damon Gold has put together a video montage of some…
Jason Blevins’ story in Saturday’s Denver Post covered the impact of mobile technology on snow reporting. In the process, it also shined a light on a question raised in the comments of a previous On the Edge post about Bob Berwyn’s firing from the Summit Daily News for after criticizing…
Three days in to the 38-day trek and one of the women had already dropped out. Her hands were frostbitten. She couldn’t continue. The seven other women labored on, and on the last day of 2009 they completed their 562-mile cross country ski journey through blizzards, 80 mph winds, and…
