26 MAY 15-21, 2025 westword.com WESTWORD | REAL ESTATE | RENTALS | HEALTH WELLNESS | SERVICES | EMPLOYMENT | ADULT | MUSIC | CLASSIFIED | WARNING: Use of Marijuana Concentrate may lead to: 1. Psychotic symptoms and/or Psychotic disorder (delusions, hallucinations, or difficulty distinguishing reality); 2. Mental Health Symptoms/Problems; 3. Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS) (uncontrolled and repetitive vomiting); Cannabis use disorder/ dependence, including physical and psychological dependence CANNABIS CALENDAR Get up, get out and smoke something with the help of this week’s Cannabis Calendar, which is full of pot-friendly activities in Denver intended to help you paint, stretch, listen and learn. Start the weekend with a Taylor Swift painting and listening party at Colorado’s fi rst licensed cannabis bar, strike a few poses at Sunday’s weed-friendly yoga class at Tetra Lounge, or let out the laughs at a 4/20-themed comedy show at the Cof- fee Joint. Taylor Swift Paint and Listen Party Friday, May 16, 6 p.m. High Society Dispo & Lounge 7667 Washington Street Stoned Swifties, unite. This night of cannabis- friendly painting and listening is prime time for Taylor Swift fans. You’ll be instructed through a painting of a fl ower inspired by the piano used in the Eras Tour, with Taylor Swift albums playing throughout the night. There will be a full cannabis bar with dispensary products for purchase and consumption and a free friend- ship bracelet station, as well. Admission (21+) is $33.85 on eventbrite.com; call Toni at 720- 586-7863 or email mymindisalivestudios@ gmail.com for more information. Laughs and Dabs Friday, May 16, 7:30 to 9 p.m. The Coffee Joint 1130 Yuma Court Take a few tokes and let the laughs out at a weed-friendly comedy show inside of the Coffee Joint, Denver’s first licensed cannabis lounge. Hosted by David Ness, this ninety-minute stand-up session also includes Comedy Fort regular Greg Cherry and New York’s Aubrey Thurman, who’s trying out new material. There will also be raffl es, discounts at the dispensary next door and more. Tickets (21+) are just $4.20 on eventbrite.com. Cannabis Yoga Sunday, May 18, noon to 2 p.m. Tetra Lounge 3039 Walnut Street It’s cannabis-friendly yoga time in Tetra Lounge’s backyard patio, where you can light up as much as you’d like before a yoga class led by an experienced instructor. Feel free to hang before and after the yoga ses- sion for a relaxing toke, and peruse any vendors set up at the RiNo pot lounge for the day. Passes (21+) are $20 at the door or on tetralounge.com. Cannabis 101 Monday, May 19, 6 p.m. Tetra Lounge 3039 Walnut Street Cannabis industry pro Shannon Donnelly is hosting a series of cannabis business classes at Tetra Lounge, where you can learn and burn at the same time. For $30, you’ll have a pass inside Tetra, where you can consume your own cannabis, as well as registration for that week’s class. Sign up (21+) at te- tralounge.as.me. Find more cannabis events at westword.com. A S K A S T O N E R BY HERBERT FUEGO Dear Stoner: I recently obtained a medical marijuana card but haven’t been impressed with the dispensaries offers out here. A little research suggested caregivers may grow bet- ter herb, but how do I go about fi nding one of those? Is there a list somewhere? Snooty Boochies Dear Snooty Boochies: The state doesn’t keep a shareable list of registered caregiv- ers, largely for privacy reasons, and there is no offi cial portal in which to connect with one. Most caregiver-patient relationships are forged through personal and word-of-mouth connections, but I have seen some promote their services on Reddit, and underground cannabis cups tend to attract the caregiver/ homegrowing crowd. Although not as active as they used to be, there are still nonprofi ts dedicated to medical marijuana patients who may help you fi nd a caregiver. Organizations such as Cannabis Clinicians Colorado or Realm of Caring are defi nitely more focused on patients who truly suffer from debilitating conditions, though, so maybe don’t mention that your current ailment is weed snob-itis. Dear Stoner: I like a good coffee blend and see blends of red wine or whiskey bottled and sold all the time. Why not do that with bags of weed, and mix different fl avored strains together? Kam Dear Kam: Although it’s rare to fi nd two strains mixed together on the fl ower shelf at dispensaries, you can still fi nd blends in several other forms. Extractors love mixing strains together when making different forms of hash, for both economic reasons and fl avor characteristics. It’s very common to fi nd rosin “strains” that don’t exist as true cannabis genetics because two different cultivars were used in the extraction process, often chosen by the head hashmaker. This is essentially like a blended whiskey, except what you’re blending differs based on strains, not age. Infused joints are often made with two different strains between the fl ower and con- centrate, too — and there are plenty of weed salads out there fi lling pre-rolls or discounted bags of shake at dispensaries, although those blends aren’t as tastefully chosen. It would be fun to see more pre-packed combos of fl ower, but most users have a hard enough time pinpointing a strain’s characteristics as is. Adding one more will just confuse them. Herbert Fuego is the alias of a longtime West- word staffer. Send him questions through [email protected] ®
