by Lexi Reich | Aug 13, 2021 | Features, Lifestyle/Culture, Local Business
//D. Fritz in the Colorado mountains. Photo courtesy of River + Root Photography. In an industry built upon centuries of tradition and gendered rituals, wedding photographer D. Fritz offers those in the LGBTQ+ community a way to reimagine how to tie the knot in a...
by Emma Jerry | Aug 18, 2021 | Arts/Entertainment, Features, Local Business
//Boudoir photographer Danielle Worthington photographed by Kyla Fear. Photo courtesy of Worthington. Most boudoir photography is sexualized. It’s about making a body look its best, oftentimes in superficial ways. Sometimes, the photos come out highly photoshopped....
by Esteban Fernandez | Mar 17, 2021 | Arts/Entertainment, Features
//Cindy Loya, Denver artist, paints a portrait of Ynés Mexía on the window of Hope Tank gift shop in Denver on March 6. Photo by Polina Saran | polinasarana@gmail.com As lockdown orders went into effect last year, Erika Righter of Hope Tank gift shop on Broadway was...
by Ms. Mayhem Staff | Nov 25, 2021 | Features, Local Business
//Illustration by Madison Lauterbach | mlauterbach@msmayhem.com Another year has come and gone. The holiday shopping season is upon us once again, whether our wallets like it or not. Throughout the year we profiled so many amazing small businesses and artists in...
by Lexi Reich | Jul 23, 2021 | Badass Women, Features, Local Business
//Hajra Khan, owner of the custom home bakery Just Us Cupcakes, pipes icing on her chocolate cupcakes in her home kitchen in Centennial on July 21. Khan also works as a lawyer. Photo by Ali Mai | alimai@msmayhem.com Hajra Khan knows how to serve up justice. As a...
by Emma Jerry | May 21, 2021 | Features, Local Business
//Casey Stelter, owner of SheWolf Studios, holds one of her art pieces, a ceramic vase sculpted out of doll faces. Lafayette on May 10. Photo by Polina Saran | Polina.sarana@gmail.com SheWolf Studios’ inventory is literally eye-popping. A commonplace macrame plant...
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 | polinasarana@gmail.com Taxidermy, a word that conjures images of museum caveman exhibits, moth-eaten...
by Madeleine Kelly | Jun 2, 2021 | Features, Local Business
//Paul and Pam Italiano, owners of FashioNation on South Broadway, stand at the counter with their daughter Sydney on May 14. Sydney started the TikTok account after seeing a customer-made video of the shop go viral. Photo by Madeleine Kelly |...
by Ms. Mayhem Staff | Jun 14, 2021 | Features, Local Business
//Illustration by Madison Lauterbach | mlauterbach@msmayhem.com Over the last several years, there’s been a discussion about “Rainbow-Washing,” in which corporations replace their regular logo with a rainbow version and carry a limited stock of LGBTQ+ gear emblazoned...
by Jenna Thomas | Jan 29, 2021 | Badass Women, Features, Local Business
//Betsy Lay, one of three co-owners of Lady Justice Brewing Company, at the brewery on Jan. 29. Photos by Polina Saran | polinasarana@gmail.com Take a stroll along East Colfax Avenue near Elmira Street, and it’s hard to miss the gaze of Ruth Bader Ginsburg inside Lady...
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