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Chess tournament assembles artists, activists and entrepreneurs for community strategizing

Chess tournament assembles artists, activists and entrepreneurs for community strategizing

by Kieran Purce | Feb 25, 2021 | Arts/Entertainment, Equity, Features

//Photographer and artist Yvens Alex Saintil, left, speaks to a visitor about his artwork that explores his experience as a U.S. Army veteran at ILA Art Gallery on Feb. 19. Photo by Kieran Purce | [email protected] Last summer, while battling through clouds of...
For many Natives, Thanksgiving isn’t a celebration—it’s a day of mourning

For many Natives, Thanksgiving isn’t a celebration—it’s a day of mourning

by Madison Lauterbach | Nov 26, 2020 | Equity, Features

//Original painting by Gordon Johnson from Pixabay. Illustration by Madison Lauterbach | [email protected] For many Americans, Thanksgiving is a cheerful time to share a big meal and spend time with family. But for many Natives and Indigenous people, it can be...
BIPOC and plus-sized women are carving out their own space in the outdoors

BIPOC and plus-sized women are carving out their own space in the outdoors

by Alexandra Cummings | Mar 27, 2021 | Features, Lifestyle/Culture

//Danielle Moore, Colorado Springs resident, stops on her hike at Ridge Loop Trail in Garden of the Gods on March 20, to take in the view. Photo by Ali Mai | [email protected] REI’s litany of media experienced a tremor in 2018. After public condemnation, the company...
Colorado elected a record number of women to the state House, among them the first Muslim-Arab woman

Colorado elected a record number of women to the state House, among them the first Muslim-Arab woman

by Jenna Thomas | Nov 22, 2020 | News

//Representative-elect Iman Jodeh, the first-ever Muslim-Arab woman elected to the Colorado House of Representatives Nov. 3, 2020. Photo courtesy of Jodeh. When lawmakers step foot inside the Colorado House of Representatives at the start of the next legislative...
Despite pandemic hurdles, nonprofit for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ community lives on

Despite pandemic hurdles, nonprofit for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ community lives on

by Lexi Reich | Oct 7, 2020 | Badass Women, Features, Local Business

//Ali Duncan, owner of Urban Sanctuary. Photo provided by Duncan. Ali Duncan grew up in a rural farm 10 miles north of Fort Collins. Once a month her father would take her to various Black churches in Denver. As the only Black family in their town, this monthly trip...
2020 Denver holiday shopping guide!

2020 Denver holiday shopping guide!

by Ms. Mayhem Staff | Dec 9, 2020 | Features, Local Business

//Ms. Mayhem’s 2020 gift guide. Illustration by Madison Lauterbach | [email protected] This year has been absolutely exhausting, right? We’re right there with you. Small businesses have especially been through the wringer this year. With COVID closures and a...
The living art of dead things at Denver’s Terrorium Shop

The living art of dead things at Denver’s Terrorium Shop

by Madison Lauterbach | May 24, 2021 | Features, Local Business

//Amber Hage-Ali, co-owner of the Terrorium Shop in Denver, stands by the register and gets ready for closing the shop for the day on April 6. Photo by Polina Saran | [email protected] Taxidermy, a word that conjures images of museum caveman exhibits, moth-eaten...
REVIEW: ‘Our Flag Means Death’ resists performative representation to deliver comedy gold

REVIEW: ‘Our Flag Means Death’ resists performative representation to deliver comedy gold

by Ali Mai | Mar 29, 2022 | Featured six, Reviews

//HBO Max’s “Our Flag means Death” delivers a fresh comedy with dynamic queer and BIPOC characters—without making them fight for screen time. Graphic by Ali Mai | [email protected] HBO Max’s “Our Flag Means Death,” a loose retelling of the...
Rad-De-Colonial creates space for Denver BIPOC performers

Rad-De-Colonial creates space for Denver BIPOC performers

by Keegan Williams | May 9, 2022 | Featured six, Features, Lifestyle/Culture

//Rad-De-Colonial founders Major Moisture and Siren Sixxkiller pose in front of a mural “Still Here” by Danielle Seewalker in the RiNo Art District in Five Points on May 3. Along with Piss E. Sissy who isn’t pictured, Moisture and Sixxkiller formed...

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