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.

Author Article Archive

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.

By Angela Ufheil

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.

By Angela Ufheil

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.

By Angela Ufheil

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.

By Angela Ufheil

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.

By Angela Ufheil

Gift Guide 2019: How to Use Colors to Impress Your Loved Ones This Year

Let color show you the way this holiday season.

By Angela Ufheil

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.

By Angela Ufheil

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.

By Angela Ufheil

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.

By Angela Ufheil

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.

By Angela Ufheil

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.

By Angela Ufheil

Hogwarts Houses, Colorado Edition

We played "sorting hat" with some of Colorado's most recognizable faces.

By Angela Ufheil

Behind the Design of Little Man Ice Cream’s Newest Hub

At the Factory, the cold-treat empire's headquarters, visitors find a sense of wonder (and few right angles).

By Angela Ufheil

Architect Tician Papachristou’s Love Affair with Colorado

Boulder's Month of Modern in September celebrates the life and work of the late starchitect with a retrospective of his 11 years on the Front Range. Here, a primer.

By Angela Ufheil

Would You Stay at a Murder Hotel in Victor?

Find out how a Denver developer created the Black Monarch's spooky aesthetic.

By Angela Ufheil

3 Colorado Plants to Forage for This Month

These common plants can help improve your health.

By Angela Ufheil

How to Make the Most of Your Summer in (and Around) Denver

Time does more than fly when temperatures ratchet up—it hops aboard a jet and breaks the sound barrier. The solution? Weaving the season into every moment you can steal, whether that’s a fleeting minute, a lunch hour, or a whole weekend.

By Angela Ufheil

Are You a Helpful Colorado Tour Guide? Take Our Quiz to Find Out

In anticipation of the tourism department's new training platform, Colorado Concierge, we created our own, much less official, hospitality test.

By Angela Ufheil

The Beginner’s Guide to Xeriscape in Denver

Here's how you can save water without sacrificing greenery.

By Angela Ufheil

More Dinosaur Bones Found at Highlands Ranch Construction Site

Dig into the latest prehistoric discovery as scientists from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science uncover long-buried fossils.

By Angela Ufheil

Royalty Exchange Wants to Make Music the Future of Smart Investing

Will the Denver company's new web portal make buying music royalties mainstream?

By Angela Ufheil

A Comically Fun Weekend In Trinidad

Visitors lured to Trinidad’s new comedy festival will find more than laughs in the burgeoning arts capital of southern Colorado.

By Angela Ufheil

The 5280 Farmer’s Almanac

We put all the wit and witicism we could muster into our condensed guide to gardening, pollinators, and astrology.

By Angela Ufheil

You Can Now Fly Direct to Arizona’s High Country

The new (and only) nonstop flight from Denver to Flagstaff makes visiting northern Arizona more enticing than ever. Here are eight spots worth putting on your radar.

By Angela Ufheil

These Coloradans Are Pushing Video Game Boundaries

Three local groups are using the medium to spark empathy, expand understanding, and explore the galaxy.

By Angela Ufheil

Three Locals Who Harnessed Instagram to Launch Their Businesses

Instagram friends or potential customers? If you’re savvy, they can be both. Get acquainted with three Denver artisans who have recently turned their passions into Insta-careers by making the most of their photo grids.

By Angela Ufheil