A new study from Rand’s Drug Policy Research Center suggests that marijuana costs could be slashed as much as 80 percent, and pot use could increase by as much as 50 percent, if Californians pass the legalization measure on their November ballot. Such momentous changes could drastically shake up the…
Here’s good news for all those fearing the coming robot apocalypse: SkyNet, the company behind the giant digital billboard at the Colorado Convention Center named for a fictional, computer-based defense system that takes over earth and spews out Arnold Schwarzenegger robots, seems to have been terminated…
It was a sad day for Denver coffee connoisseurs when Doug and Saadia Naiman, owners of Aviano Coffee, finally gave up on their bitter struggle with the beleaguered Beauvallon condo complex and closed the doors on their posh coffee shop in April. But now caffeine junkies can raise their espresso…
These days, Denver seems to be pumping those pedals like never before, thanks to initiatives like the city’s new B-cycle bike-sharing program. But it turns out the city has always been bike crazy, with more bikes per capita than any other city in the country around the turn of the…
The guerilla art movement wallsONwords comes up with phrases summing up different municipalities and then has local volunteers install those phrases around town. Austin, for example, was recently emblazoned with “You’ve always been my favorite,” while Seattle scored, “If you’re looking for the past, we’ve moved on.” So what phrase…
The Denver Art Museum’s new mega-blockbuster exhibit “Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs,” features more than a hundred artifacts associated with the celebrity pharaoh. But one thing you probably won’t find anywhere is Tut’s penis. That’s because it’s apparently missing, possibly because it was teeny-weenie…
Can you have your pot cake and sell it, too? That’s the dilemma facing edible makers and manufacturers of other marijuana-infused goods, since according to new state law they have to apply for an “infused product manufacturer” license by July 1 in order to continue operating — but in most…
While medical marijuana entrepreneurs are figuring out how to turn a profit in the face of new statewide regulations, Medical Marijuana Assistance Program of the Rockies (MMAPR) is working towards a different goal: making sure indigent patients have access to low-cost medical marijuana and other alternative treatments…
Republican congressional candidate Cory Gardner may have a very colorful skeleton in his closet: As a student at Colorado State University, it appears he was an official Ram Handler, one of the chosen few in charge of primping and pimping the school’s official mascot, CAM the Ram…
Hometown burrito hero Chipotle tends to launch quirky marketing campaigns that inspire strong reactions — sometimes adoration, sometimes not. But all we can say about the restaurant chain’s latest gimmick — emblazoning its takeaway bags with garbled Latin usually used as placeholder text and translating more or less into a…
Care about medical marijuana? The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is looking for a few good men and women to serve on the Medical Marijuana Registry Advisory Committee, which will help implement the new medical marijuana regulations required by the laws recently passed by the state legislature. Think…
There are loads of media honors, but in broadcast journalism, the national Edward R. Murrow Awards stand above the rest. That’s why it’s a big deal that KUNC, the northern Colorado public radio station, just nabbed its first national Murrow for “Two Men, Two Women and a Baby,” a very…
The rehabilitation of Denver’s historic Union Station into a modern transit hub is one of the most complicated and ambitious projects ever attempted around here: a convoluted labyrinth of rail lines, bus infrastructure, pedestrian walkways and private development crammed into a crowded, historic corner of LoDo plagued with underground utility…
Denver officials are scrambling to fix zoning-code loopholes that could let dispensaries open up shop in previously closed-off parts of town. The city has spent years crafting a new-and-improved version of the zoning code, the blueprint that will guide Denver’s future growth and development after it heads to Denver City…
Last year, Colorado parkour pioneers Ryan Ford and Mat Marshall opened APEX Movement, the world’s largest parkour gym, in downtown Denver. Now that the record’s been overtaken by other locations, they’ve moved to a new spot in Englewood that, after the grand opening celebration this past weekend, is once against…
Here’s possibly the best evidence yet that something very, very wrong is occurring at Fort Carson, the giant Army base in Colorado Springs: A joint NPR and ProPublica investigation into how the military handles brain injuries has found that as many as 40 percent of Fort Carson soldiers had mild…
Puppets and caffeine? Now that’s a combination we can get behind. A cafe called Zook’s is slated to open in the Denver Puppet Theater, the bright yellow landmark at 3156 West 38th Avenue, by the end of July. “We wanted to use the space more,” says theater owner Annie Zook…
With all the media attention being devoted to medical marijuana these days, it’s surprising that a Colorado Court of Appeals decision last week that medical marijuana use doesn’t necessarily constitute child endangerment failed to capture more headlines. After all, the ruling could have a major impact on medical marijuana users…
People who drive cars are morons. Just ask the Colorado Department of Transportation…
BMoCA Presents: Michelle Ellsworth from Tony Farfalla on Vimeo.Now this is art we can get behind. As first reported by Denver Egotist, Boulder-based performance artists Michelle Ellsworth has created The Burger Foundation, a website dedicated to reevaluating the relationship between hamburgers and humans for the good of all mankind. (A…
Local pro-skier-turned-swinger-magnate Scottie Ewing grabbed headlines after federal charges were filed against him last week for allegedly failing to pay taxes on the Denver Sugars and Denver Players Club, a high-end prostitution service he owned and sold in 2005. Along the way, attention is being drawn to former Westword staffer…
The court case People v. Clendenin has already proved troublesome to Colorado’s medical marijuana community — and those problems could soon start growing again. Last October, the Court of Appeals upheld the drug conviction of Longmont resident Stacy Clendenin even though she argued she was a medical marijuana caregiver. Rob…
