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Announcing a New Advertising Network for the Cannabis Industry

Today AdCellerant and Voice Media Group (Westword's parent company) announce the launch of their programmatic advertising network for businesses in the cannabis industry, an entirely new service that will allow marijuana entrepreneurs to market themselves more effectively on the Internet through programmatic display advertising. AdCellerant will work with Voice Media Group...
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Armed for Action at Denver Comic Con? Get Those Props Checked!

This is a big weekend for big events in Denver — PrideFest, Juneteenth and Denver Comic Con — and after the shootings in Orlando last weekend, you can anticipate higher security at all of them. Comic Con poses a particular challenge, since fantasy weapons are such an intrinsic part of...
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DU’s Vicki Myhren Gallery Flashes Its True Colors

Dan Jacobs, the director at the University of Denver's Vicki Myhren Gallery, used to be a high-ranking staffer at the Denver Art Museum. As a result, he has brought museum-like programming, like the current exhibit, Learning to See Color, to the Myhren. Jacobs and co-curator, Jeffrey Keith, a well-known Denver artist and...
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Beer Calendar: Stouts, Stout Month and New England-Style IPAs

Two local breweries had big years in 2016 and are hoping for even more in 2017. Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project "saw the culmination" of its $3 million customized brewery — one that includes a coolship; a new hard-piped, stainless-steel fermentation cellar; twice as many wooden foeders; and new packaging...
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Frontier Airlines Subject of Gender Discrimination Investigation

Last month we reported that four female pilots, with help from the ACLU, had filed discrimination claims against Frontier Airlines with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The pilots charge that Frontier Airlines has unfair practices regarding pregnancy and does not provide adequate accommodations to female pilots who are breastfeeding. Now, the...
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The Mayday Experiment: The Internet and Information Overload

Nothing has ever persuaded me more that our dialogue is broken than the current political quagmire. When I began the Mayday Experiment, one of my goals was to try to change the conversation and have in-person dialogues about sustainability, as opposed to arguing about the existence of climate change —...
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Best Fake Bloody Mary

What’s a restaurant to do when it’s without a full liquor license but still wants to appease the thirsty brunch crowd? Fake it. Table 6 uses sake as a substitute for vodka in the house Bloody, resulting in a tasty morning pick-me-up that would have even the most seasoned imbiber fooled. An eclectic twist on […]
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Robert Dear Ruled Incompetent, Thinks FBI Left Feathers at His House

Fourth Judicial District Chief Judge Gilbert Martinez has found that Planned Parenthood shooter Robert Dear is incompetent to stand trial for a clinic attack that killed three people and injured twelve others in November 2015. Instead, he'll be interred at the Colorado Mental Health Institute in Pueblo for reasons that are...
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Medical Pot in Schools Bill: Epileptic Child Can Now Use Valium but Not MMJ

For years now, as we've reported, families with sick children have been moving to Colorado for medical marijuana access — especially those whose kids suffer from assorted seizure-related disorders that have responded favorably to MMJ, which is typically administered via pills, liquid or patch. However, such kids face an obstacle when...
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Rosane O’Conor’s Microbiological Habitat Lands at DIA

You can find art all over town — not just on gallery walls. In this series, we look at some of the local artists who serve up their work in coffeehouses and other non-gallery outposts around town. Rosane Volchan O’Conor grew up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and studied music...
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The Ten Best Comedy Events in Denver in September

As summer draws to a close and the school year begins in earnest, workaday concerns crowd out the carefree vibe of summer. But you still need to get out and enjoy yourself, so we've assembled a list of ten shows that demonstrate the wide variety of comedic entertainments in town...
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Fewer Teens Are Stoned Than You Think, According to New CO Survey

Over the years, anti-marijuana groups have argued that greater legal access to cannabis inevitably leads to increased teen pot use. Last year, for example, Project SAM, an organization co-founded by former Representative Patrick Kennedy and launched in Denver, claimed that national figures from the Department of Health and Human Services showed...
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Boulder Man Killed by Cops After Firing Gun Into Boulder Creek

As we've reported, the number of officer-involved shootings in the metro area has been on the rise, particularly in Aurora, where three OIS incidents have taken place in May. Even so, it came as a shock to Boulder residents when such a shooting took place in that idyllic community, too...