Culture Colorado

1 culture

1.1 fine arts

1.1.1 film


1.2 cuisine
1.3 wine , beer
1.4 marijuana , hemp

1.4.1 medicinal use
1.4.2 recreational use


1.5 sports

1.5.1 professional sports teams
1.5.2 college athletics

culture

history colorado center in denver



street art in denver



list of museums in colorado

fine arts

music of colorado
theater in colorado

film

a number of film productions have shot on location in colorado, prominent westerns true grit, searchers, , butch cassidy , sundance kid. number of historic military forts, railways trains still operating, mining ghost towns have been utilized , transformed historical accuracy in known films. there number of scenic highways , mountain passes helped feature open road in films such vanishing point, bingo , starman. colorado landmarks have been featured in films, such stanley hotel in dumb , dumber , shining , sculptured house in sleeper. in 2015, furious 7 film driving sequences pikes peak highway in colorado. tv series, luck charlie being filmed in denver, colorado. colorado office of film , television has noted on 400 films have been shot in colorado.

there number of established film festivals in colorado, including aspen shortsfest, boulder international film festival, castle rock film festival, denver film festival, festivus film festival, mile high horror film festival, moondance international film festival, mountainfilm in telluride, rocky mountain women s film festival, , telluride film festival.

cuisine

colorado known southwest , rocky mountain cuisine. mexican restaurants prominent throughout state.

boulder, colorado named america s foodiest town 2010 bon appétit. boulder, , colorado in general, home number of national food , beverage companies, top-tier restaurants , farmers markets. boulder, colorado has more master sommeliers per capita other city, including san francisco , new york.

the food & wine classic held annually each june in aspen, colorado. aspen has reputation culinary capital of rocky mountain region.

denver known steak, has diverse culinary scene many restaurants.

wine , beer

colorado wines include award-winning varietals have attracted favorable notice outside state. wines made traditional vitis vinifera grapes along wines made cherries, peaches, plums , honey, colorado wines have won top national , international awards quality. colorado s grape growing regions contain highest elevation vineyards in united states, viticulture in state practiced between 4,000 , 7,000 feet (1,219 , 2,134 m) above sea level. mountain climate ensures warm summer days , cool nights. colorado home 2 designated american viticultural areas of grand valley ava , west elks ava, of vineyards in state located. however, increasing number of wineries located along front range.

colorado home many nationally praised microbreweries, including new belgium brewing company, odell brewing company, great divide brewing company, , oskar blues brewery. area of northern colorado near , between cities of denver, boulder, , fort collins known napa valley of beer due high density of craft breweries.

marijuana , hemp

colorado open pot tourism. adoption of 64th state amendment in 2013 colorado became first state in union legalize medicinal (2000), industrial (2013), , recreational (2014) use of marijuana. colorado s marijuana industry sold 996 million dollars worth of marijuana in 2015. colorado regulates hemp part of plant less 0.03% thc.

amendment 64, adopted voters in 2014 general election, forces colorado state legislature enact legislation governing cultivation, processing , sale of recreational marijuana , industrial hemp. on april 4, 2014 senate bill 14–184 addressing oversight of colorado s industrial hemp program first introduced, being signed law governor john hickenlooper on may 31, 2014.

medicinal use

on november 7, 2000, 54% of colorado voters passed amendment 20, amends colorado state constitution allow medical use of marijuana. patient s medical use of marijuana, within following limits, lawful:

(i) no more 2 ounces (57 g) of usable form of marijuana; and
(ii) no more twelve marijuana plants, 6 or fewer being mature, flowering plants producing usable form of marijuana.

currently colorado has listed 8 medical conditions patients can use marijuana—cancer, glaucoma, hiv/aids, muscle spasms, seizures, severe pain, severe nausea , cachexia, or dramatic weight loss , muscle atrophy. colorado governor john hickenlooper has allocated half of state s $13 million medical marijuana program cash fund medical research in 2014 budget.

recreational use

on november 6, 2012, voters amended state constitution protect personal use of marijuana adults, establishing framework regulate marijuana in manner similar alcohol. first recreational marijuana shops in colorado, , extension united states, opened doors on january 1, 2014. in colorado marijuana sales generate high amounts of tax money used repairs, schools etc.

sports

the colorado rockies baseball club @ coors field



sports authority field @ mile high, home of denver broncos , denver outlaws



pepsi center, home of denver nuggets, colorado avalanche, , colorado mammoth



dick s sporting goods park, home of colorado rapids

colorado has 5 major professional sports leagues, based in denver metropolitan area. colorado least populous state franchise in each of major professional sports leagues.

the pikes peak international hill climb major hillclimbing motor race held @ pikes peak highway.

the cherry hills country club has hosted several professional golf tournaments, including u.s. open, u.s. senior open, u.s. women s open, pga championship , bmw championship.

professional sports teams

college athletics

the following universities , colleges participate in national collegiate athletic association division i. popular college sports program university of colorado buffaloes, used play in big-12 play in pac-12. have won 1957 , 1991 orange bowl, 1995 fiesta bowl , 1996 cotton bowl classic.