A New Online Course Reveals What Scientists Really Know About Marijuana’s Health Benefits
The professor behind a new online marijuana class hashes out what scientists know about the plant’s healing properties.
|Angela Ufheil
Assistant Editor
Angela Ufheil co-creates the Compass, Adventure, and Culture sections of 5280 and writes for 5280.com. Before joining the 5280 team, she worked at Midwest Living and covered breaking news for the Des Moines Register. Her writing has also appeared in Elle and Men’s Journal. Ufheil grew up in Illinois and studied writing and magazine journalism at Drake University in Iowa. While not reading, writing, and editing, she can be found running, biking, or making gluten free pasta from scratch while listening to podcasts or Janelle Monáe.
3 Ways to Avoid the New Year’s Gym Rush
Breaking a sweat can raise your body temperature, but crowded fitness centers full of resolution-crazed exercisers will just make your blood boil. Instead, try one of these unorthodox methods for getting fit.
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Barry Karcher Survived 69 Days in Canada’s Frigid Wilderness
The Fort Collins contestant of the History Channels’ survival series Alone gives his best tips for staying warm when you’re camping outdoors this winter.
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Snuggle up in Front of These Colorado Fireplaces This Winter
We tracked down five fireside spots that are perfect for thawing out on a winter’s day.
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We Ranked Some of Denver’s Spiciest Foods
Turn up the heat on your winter cuisine with these local confections—plus, a toasty drink from a Mile High mixologist.
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Escape the Colorado Winter to One of These Warmer Locales
When you can’t take Denver’s chilly temperatures, make like a bird and fly south (or west, or east) to hotter climes.
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4 Colorado Products to Keep You Cozy All Winter Long
These local makers have you covered (literally) for all of your winter-time needs.
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Where to Celebrate the Chinese and Vietnamese New Year in Colorado
Ring in the new decade with the Colorado Asian Cultural Heritage Center dragon and lion dance performances.
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34 Ways To Stay Warm This Winter
When the cold and snow become too much this winter, here are 34 cozy ways to stay warm.
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Will Jim Deters’ Newest Big Idea Work?
Deters learned some tough lessons as CEO of Galvanize—here’s how Gravity Haus, his hotel concept opening this month in Breckenridge, will be different.
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This New Book Teaches You How to Invite Hygge Into the Home
From the owner of Hygge Life, Dwell Gather Be reminds us that hygge is more than just sheepskin throws.
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This New Exhibit Explores Music From the Future
Denver artist Thomas “Detour” Evans’ new exhibit, The Five Pointers, transforms the RedLine Contemporary Art Center into a museum set in the year 2120.
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Afrofuturism Is Alive and Well in Denver
Four local creatives are saving the day for black geeks—and every sci-fi and fantasy lover in search of more diversity.
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Meet the Groups Improving Transgender Healthcare in Colorado
Local organizations Transformative Freedom Fund and Denver Health want to make sure transgender individuals are getting the care they need.
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Gift Guide 2019: How to Use Colors to Impress Your Loved Ones This Year
Let color show you the way this holiday season.
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Colorado’s House Of Horrors
To celebrate the season, we imagined an eerie abode filled with the terrors Front Range residents fear most right now—and immediately wished we hadn’t.
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Our Favorite Sites Along the High Line Canal Trail
A new guidebook for the 71-mile path just came out. We read all 238 pages so you don’t have to.
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Home Tour: An Antiques-Filled Southmoor Home With Serious Charm
This family home is brimming with bold color schemes, even bolder patterns, and inherited antiques.
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Design Find: Ash’Kara’s Playful Geometric Wallpaper
Denver restaurant Ash’Kara gets as much recognition for its design as it does for its Middle Eastern menu. We blame the wallpaper.
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Have Denverites Found a Way to Control Development?
A mechanism in the Mile High City’s zoning code is allowing residents to challenge construction plans.
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