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Smart Issue

A Part of the Herd: How Horses Can Heal

It was in the round breeding pen where Richard McMahan was launched 20 feet through the air. Landing on his back, his intestines perforated. His arteries popped. He was rushed to the ER, where doctors pumped 14 units of blood into his septic body, snipped nine inches off his colon, and hooked him up to a dialysis machine...

Features

E-Nostalgia: Video Games Win an Extra Life

For a generation that grew up pushing joysticks and buttons, there's a growing demand to relive the simpler games of their youth.

Strains and Gains

The handwriting is on the wall for the use of tablets and computers for younger children. It's on the wall, or paper, or anywhere other than a screen. That's because research is catching up to rapid inclusion of technology in our learning and the results show we need to scale back the e-everything. At some point learning to create slideshow presentations is worthwhile, but earlier is not...

A Part of the Herd: How Horses Can Heal

As a therapy technique, he decided to re-teach her how to ride. His wife owned two horses, so he propped the girl atop one on an English saddle (as opposed to a Western saddle), which gave her a bit less control, forcing her to engage with the animal, and thus her fears, more directly.

Scene

Spotlight on Mike Birbiglia

Any given Wednesday, you might find Mike Birbiglia walking down the streets of Denver … or any other comedy-loving city. But it wasn’t stand-up that brought him to Cherry Creek this time (though he did play the Paramount on his last tour) — it was his second feature film, Don’t Think Twice. Birbiglia wore all of the hats on this one: writer, director and co-star. The picture follows a...

Scene Stealers and Editor’s Picks

The Jaipur Literature Festival in Boulder brings together distinguished contemporary authors from across the globe to share in a celebration of culture, art, music and the written word. We caught up with Punjabi folk, jazz and soul artist Amrit Kaur Lohia for a quick chat. Yellow Scene: Has the current political climate affected the reception of your music in the U.S.? Amrit Kaur...

Duly Noted: I’m With Her

Tikkun olam. It’s Hebrew for, “repair the world.” There’s some room for interpretation as to what that fundamentally means. In my Jewish perspective, it means I have a duty to try and leave the world better than I found it. It means I have a responsibility to try to make things better. And for me, the first step is to “do no harm.” Ethically speaking, we’ve seen a moral...

Culture: How to Write an Outstanding College Essay

Writing college application essays fills many students with dread, especially if they don’t like to write. However, a college essay is very different from the kinds of essays you typically write for school, and you might find that you actually enjoy this type of writing! As a senior in high school, chances are you are quite adept at writing a five-paragraph essay. Yet your college essays...

Blunt Talk: Cannabis and Cognition

I once quipped to a friend who’d given me a sample of a strain called Brain OG that it felt to me more like Braindead OG. With so much herb that hits like a young George Foreman, I sometimes have to wonder, 'Is this stuff ruining my brain in some way?'. Like every other child of the 1980s, I can't fry an egg without mentally replaying Nancy Reagan's This Is Your Brain on Drugs spot in my mind's...

Cuisine

Behind the Bar: Looking ahead to a dressier Oktober

GABF is even more better this year If you've ever blown off dressing up for the Great American Beer Festival because you didn't want face paint on your teeth or your wig ended up itching all night, think again. New for the 35th annual GABF, Oct. 6-8, is the "Golden Ticket." Two lucky people (and their posse, if they're a package deal) waiting to enter Hall A will be plucked from the line...

Formation of a Foodie: Start early with daily lunch planning at home

The morning chaos can be a struggle for any parent. You've got to get the children up, dressed and fed before school while also planning lunches, all before the bus comes bright and early in the morning. And that all happens before your first cup of coffee. What is a working parent to do? How do you plan a week's worth of school lunches without breaking the bank or driving yourself crazy with...

Food News: Aug. 2016

Sweet corn season It's farmers market season! There are so many delicious treats in season right now. Fill your shopping bags with carrots, kale, dill, beets, peppers, peaches, shallots, tomatoes, raspberries and more, including Colorado's tasty sweet corn. Visit Miller Farms from Platteville at the Longmont Farmers Market. "The coolest thing about our sweet corn, particularly at the Longmont...

Big changes equal blessings in disguise for Lunada Eatery and Cantina

When Steve Smalley talks about his customers, he gets a tear in his eye. He's that thankful for the love and support from the community of Lafayette. In an industry that sees nearly 50 percent of new ventures close within the first year, it's rare to find a restaurant that makes it. Even tougher is when a restaurant is forced to close and relocate after just three years in its first space. That's...

Notables

The Boulder Running Group that Could

The unorthodox Roots Running Project didn't need sponsors or funding to send two athletes to the Olympic Trials.

Also in This Edition

Finding a New Crew

Is it any wonder that Colorado Junior Crew — coached by seasoned rowers Lisa Dirth, Tyler Romero, Peter Graca and Nikolas Huebler — is growing fast, from 20 kids when it started in 2007 to 56 today

Month in Review

Month in Review: Aug. 2016

Colorado legalized rain barrels. | Erie police chief Marco Vasquez retired after 43 years of service. Police commander Kim Stewart takes over as chief in mid-September. | This month's thing to fear: Tularemia. A Broomfield resident tested positive for the bacterial infection, which can be picked up from dead animals — in this case, dead rabbits. | Former Tour de France champion, turned...