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Why Colorado Tokers Love Strawberry Banana

Who doesn’t like the word “juicy”? Besides being the name of one of Biggie’s most recognizable songs, almost everything sounds better when described as “juicy.” Fruits, steaks, derrieres, bits of information — they’re all more desirable when juicy. Just hearing the word makes me imagine something ripe and refreshing. Something like Strawberry Banana — the cannabis strain, not the smoothie.
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American Grind Comes to Avanti Food & Beverage

American Grind started its life as a mobile food vendor in the summer of 2014, serving diner-style burgers and milkshakes. But owner Jared Schwartz says he had to "put that idea to sleep for a while" as he was busy opening the Way Back with fellow Linger alumni Chad Michael...
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Rules of the Road: What’s Legal and What Isn’t for Cyclists in Colorado

This week marked the death of legislation that would have allowed cyclists to treat red lights and stop signs as yields at intersections with no oncoming traffic. Because the so-called "Idaho stop" bill failed to escape the state senate's transportation committee, bike riders who roll past stop signs even when the route's clear will be breaking a state law that's already filled with plenty of oddities and quirks.
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100 Colorado Creatives 3.0: BUMBAKiNi

#37: BUMBAKiNi Lionel Bumbakini, aka BUMBAKiNi, brings a global view to the Denver art scene. Of Congolese descent, he boldly envisions the modern American experience from a black man’s perspective, in swaths of bright folk imagery inspired by Africa but also by current events and politics. As he prepares to...
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A Penny Can Buy a Lot of Pot — If You’re a Deserving Patient or Vet

Dispensaries are in the holiday spirit, helping out medical marijuana patients and veterans. Starting Wednesday, December 21, LivWell Enlightened Health is providing an ounce of CBD for a penny to qualified medical patients through its LivWell Cares program, in partnership with CannAbility and American Medical Refugees (AMR). "We're always looking...
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Colorado Restaurant Association Alerts Members to Day Without Immigrants

Cities across the country are preparing for A Day Without Immigrants, a grassroots action set for Thursday, February 16, which calls for members of immigrant communities - primarily Latino, but definitely not limited to that - to walk out of work to protest the anti-immigration policies of the Trump administration. The Colorado Restaurant Association just sent a letter to its members alerting them to possible walkouts.
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Ten Ways to Avoid Being Killed in an Avalanche

In Colorado, we tend to hear about avalanches when they have fatal consequences, as was the case with a Garfield County slide caused by snow bikers in February that overtook two people, killing one of them. But at this time of year, when winter is transitioning into spring, avalanches that don't get media attention are happening all the time, and many, if not most, of them could have deadly consequences if folks are in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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Review: Month of Photography Off to Strong Start With Two Arvada Center Shows

March marks Denver’s biennial Month of Photography, a tremendously successful, multi-venue event founded by photographer and photography advocate Mark Sink in 2004. Each iteration of MoP sees many of the area’s exhibition spaces mounting shows at least tangentially related to photography. The Arvada Center has already opened two of them: Double Exposure: An Exhibition of Photography and Video, a large group show, and Stop/Look/See: Photography by James Milmoe, a major solo.
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Boulder Dinner Theatre Salvages the Fun in Thoroughly Modern Millie

Thoroughly Modern Millie, now playing at Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, couldn’t be lighter. It provides a comically paper-thin plot, hummable but hardly memorable tunes and serviceable dialogue. But also lots and lots of fun, sparkly performances and some of the best tap dancing you’ll see around here.
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Ever Valles’s Deportation Status Before Light-Rail Killing Goes National

Ever Valles, one of two men arrested after the February 7 RTD light-rail station murder of Tim Cruz, is due in court today after being formally charged with murder and more by the Denver District Attorney's Office. The case has garnered national attention, especially in the conservative press, thanks to the revelation that Valles, who's from Mexico, was released by the Denver Sheriff Department in December 2016 after his arrest for another crime despite him being targeted for deportation.