Westword feature subject Timber Dick left behind a magnificent legacy when he died in an April 2008 car accident — eleven remarkable children. But the latest accomplishment by Charity Sunshine, Timber’s daughter, is impressive even by Dick family standards. A renowned opera singer, she recently performed for the first time…
With dispensaries on every street corner, legislators having rolled out the first regulatory system for statewide marijuana distribution in the country and activists seriously considering an initiative to legalize pot this November, it might seem like Colorado has always been a marijuana Mecca. But just a few years ago, the…
There’s no second-guessing on Jaden Franklin’s lacrosse field. He’s on the move from the first face-off, his cleated feet taking him exactly where he needs to be, sometimes before his mind even catches up. Lacrosse IQ, they call it: knowing instinctively how to exploit the ever-changing geometries of the 110-by-60-yard…
Los Angeles documentary filmmaker Gabriela Cowperthwaite didn’t know what to expect when two years ago she returned to Denver, moved into the basement of her parent’s house with her one-year-old twins (daddy stayed in LA) and turned the cameras on City Lax, the inner-city youth lacrosse program that her friend…
Colorado’s new medical marijuana regulations ushered in by House Bill 1284 mean lots of changes for a lot of pot businesses, not the least of which is the part of the law that prohibits all on-site marijuana consumption. That means Ganja Gourmet and all other marijuana restaurants and coffee shops…
As if B-cycle, Denver’s new bike-sharing program — the largest of its kind in the country — wasn’t cool enough… Now, when you rent your bike and help save the planet at the B-cycle station at the corner of 25th and Lawrence streets, you can get your art on, too…
While Colorado doesn’t boast that many animation studios, those we have are known to pack quite a punch. Take Mighty Fudge Studios, a Boulder operation that for the past eleven years, has been churning out Saturday morning-style cartoons with an adult twist by way of its spots for Clear Channel…
Colorado rolled into the history books last week as the first place to codify a statewide marijuana distribution system, thanks to the passage of House Bill 1284 and Senate Bill 109. Both laws will take Colorado’s convoluted and confusing medical marijuana industry and… make it convoluted and confusing in a…
He wooed women and got away with pricey sports cars by fooling people into believing he was a Broncos player. Eventually he’d get locked up, but he started the scam all over again as soon as he was free. Amadeus Harlan, aka Johnny Harlan, spent years stealing money, vehicles and…
Project Hello — Denver 2010 from Matt Dunn on Vimeo. Last Saturday, Denver’s creative community came together in a big, shmoopy and very productive group hug as part of Project Hello, a collaborative exhibition at the Taxi II community space. To spread the word about the unique event, local artists…
There’s been lots of news about all the medical marijuana dispensaries opening around town, but some of the existing operations have been closing, too. While there’s no easy way to compile a complete list of which dispensaries have crashed and burned, a good point of reference is Westword’s dispensary directory…
Looking for a fun new board game to while away these lovely spring afternoons? Anti-immigration firebrand Tom Tancredo has the perfect suggestion. As the Colorado Independent first reported, Tancredo fired up his Twitter account last week and tweeted to his followers, “Check out the new illegal immigration game at http://www.illegalimmigrationgame.com/default.aspx…”…
For the most part, the marijuana movement has long been seen as a predominantly male group — but that’s about to change. Just in time for Mothers Day, a variety of local pot activists (most of them female) are launching the Women’s Marijuana Movement with the belief that the fairer…
In the 2006 Westword story “Pot of Gold,” we detailed a strange expedition to the wilds of Ethiopia to find the fabled origins of the Geisha, one of the world’s most celebrated and expensive coffees. Among the coffee fanatics who went along was Joseph Brodsky, co-founder, along with his brother…
The Grand Hyatt Denver will be hopping this Saturday, as folks gather to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation, the local drug-policy reform organization better known as SAFER. Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, Denver City Councilman Chris Nevitt, and columnist and morning show host David…
Over the past several years, northwest Denver has been the site of heated clashes over new development, struggling schools and other hot-button issues — and the political pot got stirred into a frenzy when Denver City Council District representative Rick Garcia split for a gig with the U.S. Department of…
Over the past several years, northwest Denver has been the site of heated clashes over new development, struggling schools and other hot-button issues — and the political pot got stirred into a frenzy when Denver City Council District representative Rick Garcia split for a gig with the U.S. Department of…
Over the past several years, northwest Denver has been the site of heated clashes over new development, struggling schools and other hot-button issues — and the political pot got stirred into a frenzy when Denver City Council District representative Rick Garcia split for a gig with the U.S. Department of…
Over the past several years, northwest Denver has been the site of heated clashes over new development, struggling schools and other hot-button issues — and the political pot got stirred into a frenzy when Denver City Council District representative Rick Garcia split for a gig with the U.S. Department of…
Over the past several years, northwest Denver has been the site of heated clashes over new development, struggling schools and other hot-button issues — and the political pot got stirred into a frenzy when Denver City Council District representative Rick Garcia split for a gig with the U.S. Department of…
To legalize or not to legalize? That could be a question for the November ballot. Last week, as thousands hazed up Civic Center in celebration of 4/20 and, just across the way, legislators inched closer to passing the country’s first state marijuana dispensary regulatory system, it seemed like Colorado marijuana…
Over the past several years, northwest Denver has been the site of heated clashes over new development, struggling schools and other hot-button issues — and the political pot got stirred into a frenzy when Denver City Council District representative Rick Garcia split for a gig with the U.S. Department of…
