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The Eight 2014 Inductees Into Colorado’s Hall of Shame

Every year, we bring you the best examples of the worst behavior we can find from the past 365 days of news stories in Colorado. And from a shady sheriff to a cancer faker to the people who cursed us with exorcist politician Gordon Klingenschmitt, there was, as always, plenty...
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Video: Inside the Pot Edibles Kitchen of Sweet Mary Jane Bakery

Sweet Mary Jane Cooks Up Cannabis Success in Denver from Voice Media Group on Vimeo. For the second of Westword's video series about pot edibles in Colorado (following our profile of Dixie Elixirs), our team sat down with Karin Lazarus, owner of the award-winning Sweet Mary Jane Bakery -- and...
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Queer Cheer

Kate Bornstein is a lot of things: activist, artist, writer, actor, playwright and gender theorist. But she’s also human, and tonight’s screening of Kate Bornstein Is a Queer & Pleasant Danger gets that point across. Not so much a documentary as a contemporary day-in-the-life tale with biographical elements woven throughout,...
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A Look Ahead at Our Geeky 2015

Last week, I devoted my column to looking back at the excellent year of geek fun we've just finished. So this week, it's time to look ahead (that's just science, after all). Last year, I made a bunch of geek resolutions, but it would be silly to do that again...
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The Seven Strangest Colorado Marijuana Stories of 2014

Colorado rang in 2014 with a bit of a mellow buzz -- a certain relaxed attitude -- and it was a feeling that lasted throughout the year. Sure, that mellow was harshed by continuing problems with police and sheriff's deputies, as well as a very contested (and expensive) election season...
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Marion Cotillard Wins — Twice — in Our 2014 Film Critics’ Poll

What kind of circle is time again? A year after blowing the doors off our annual critics’ poll, golden boy Matthew McConaughey won just a single vote for his turn in the loudest movie of the year, Christopher Nolan’s tears-in-space effort Interstellar, which has tied with the unprescient Transcendence as...
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More cycling can result in more safety, according to UC Denver study

Heavier bike traffic can lead to fewer traffic collisions, according to a recent study by the University of Colorado at Denver. The study, though administered by UC Denver research students, focuses on Boulder, given that city's large cycling presence. See also: Reader: Bicycles should only be allowed on trails and...
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Five WTF Moments with Beloved Food Products

When word got out on social media that the irreplaceable mainstay of the Easter holiday, the Cadbury Crème Egg, was being fucked with, the virtual table-flipping and wall-punching could not be contained. British CCE fans are getting the shaft this year because six-packs are now five-packs at the same price,...
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Five Food Trends That Need to Die With 2014

This year has seen some almighty good food trends from paleo-inspired, wood-grilled meats to the proliferation of pop-up restaurants, citrus everywhere and DIY foods, more global tastes than ever before, and even a ramen renaissance. But like every year, 2014 had its share of downer-grade food fails, and plenty of...
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Arturo Garcia Talks About Broken: The Forgotten Children of Immigration

When mixed-citizenship families hear a knock at the door, they cower. It could be the immigration police coming to take away the parents, splitting them from their children, says Arturo Garcia, co-editor of Broken: The Forgotten Children of Immigration. Garcia, who will be discussing his book tonight at the American...
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I Just Watched Friends for the First Time on Netflix

In 2004, I worked at a bar in Kansas City's River Market district. One night, a woman handed me her credit card to pay her tab; I looked at it and said, "HAHA. Your name is Monica Ross!" She made a big, exasperated noise and dropped her forehead to the...