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 Alexandra Cummings | Mar 12, 2021 | Equity, Features
//Amy E. Brown, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter 5280, on Jan. 7 in Denver. Photo by Polina Saran | polinasarana@gmail.com While national foundations like Black Lives Matter are often in the public eye, it’s the chapters on the ground across the United States...
by Lexi Reich | Mar 11, 2021 | Features, Local Business
//Raven Faber, founder of EngErotics works on online orders from her home in Westminster on March 9. Photo by Polina Saran | polinasarana@gmail.com Have you ever been close to climaxing when your vibrator gives out? It turns out it’s not so uncommon, especially...
by Jenna Thomas | Mar 8, 2021 | Badass Women, Features
//Anna Perks, founder of Perks Deconstruction Ltd, cuts underlayment at a job site in Cherry Hills Village where she is finishing deconstruction on March 1. Photo by Polina Saran | polinasarana@gmail.com March 7-14 is Women in Construction Week, which aims to...
by Jenna Thomas | Mar 4, 2021 | Features, Health
//Ashlee Morris Hobbs, a school social worker, holds her 6-months-old son on Feb. 26 at Cheesman Park. Hobbs, who gave birth to her son last year, worries about how systemic racism and the COVID-19 pandemic will impact her child’s future. Photo by Polina Saran |...
by Lexi Reich | Feb 27, 2021 | Arts/Entertainment, Equity, Features, Reviews
//A visitor walks past a self-portrait of the artist and activist Zanele Muholi at the Center for Visual Art, MSU Denver on Feb. 18. Their work is on display at CVA until March 20. Photo by Polina Saran | polinasarana@gmail.com Zanele Muholi is not exactly an...
by Annie Burky | Feb 24, 2021 | Equity, Features, News
//William Wei, Ph.D., stands in front of the plaque that is being changed by the end of the year due to racist wording at 20th and Blake Streets on Feb. 16. Photo by Polina Saran | polinasarsna@gmail.com At the corner of 20th and Blake Streets sits a commemorative...
by Jenna Thomas | Feb 12, 2021 | Features, Local Business
//Sandra Lin, the owner of Disruptive Ink Tattoo Studio, tattooing a client on Jan. 28. Photo by Polina Saran | polinasarana@gmail.com Editor’s note: This story comes with a content warning, as it includes a story about sexual assault. Within the walls of...
by Alexandra Cummings | Feb 2, 2021 | Badass Women, Equity, Features
//Amy E. Brown, Kelsey Lansing and Jeanette Vizguerra. Photo of Brown by Polina Saran | polinasarana@gmail.com. Other photos provided by Lansing and Vizguerra. Women of color have always been at the forefront of social movements throughout history, from racial...
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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