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Arvada Center gears up for Pride Month celebration Community hub set to honor LGBTQ+ folks in June BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
the market — including powders, supplements, pills and gummies — Eaton decided he would try to fill what he perceived as a void, and began looking into making mushroom seltzers. That journey would eventually lead to the formation of Sēkwl. “I said ‘I think there’’s a good opportunity and a path to have a market opportunity and a functional business that is based on functional mushrooms that kind of sits in the middle of a few different current products,’” Eaton said.
The Arvada Center is gearing up for Pride Month with a host of events set to honor and make space for the LGBTQ+ community, including a Pride in Place Concert, Drag Queen Storytime and a concert from the Denver Gay Men’s Chorus and Denver Feminist Chorus. The events will all take place the weekend of June 12. Pride in Place — which is presented in partnership with the Jefferson County Public LIbrary — and the Drag Queen Storytime are free to the public, while “Leather and Lace,” a production of the Denver Gay Men’s Chorus and Denver Feminist Chorus, is a ticketed event. Collin Sanders, the Arvada Center’s digital communications coordinator, said that the events come at a crucial time in the political climate for LGBTQ+ community. “Being a queer individual in our country right now constantly has me questioning the power and hope we have in the LGBTQIA+ community,” Sanders said. “I feel my power and importance for protecting,buildingup my community through hosting a Drag Storytime, hosting internal pride events that boost other queer individuals, and involvement with the Denver’s Pride Festival. “This involvement helps heal the young boy who grew up sheltered and afraid to be his true self,” Sanders continued. “My hope with these events is to give reassurance back to the many who have the same fears I do and add to the ripple of love that can spread and connect us all.”
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Sēkwl comes in six different flavors, each of which utilize different adaptogenic mushrooms. MATTHEW EATON
Functional mushroom seltzer company Sekwl Beverage House opens in Arvada Company founders bring ‘adaptogenic’ beverages from the test kitchen to shelves BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A few years ago, Sēkwl Beverage House co-founder Matthew Eaton woke up to find that he could not hear out of his left ear. While his hearing eventually returned, Eaton’s doctors could not discern the cause of his temporary impairment, leading him to look into herbal remedies. Eaton became familiar with Turkey Tail mushrooms, and said he found a study proving that the commonly -used alternative remedy had been proven to help
with tinnitus. From there, Eaton began making drinks for himself with Turkey Tail tinctures. “Instead of buying the supplements, I bought tinctures, and I like mixology, so I would create little drinks,” Eaton said. “A couple of years ago, I started to think about, ‘What’’s a way that this could just serve the broader public?’ Because I learned a lot more about functional mushrooms beyond Turkey Tail, and I realized mushrooms are really cool.” Noting that at the time, there were lots of other functional mushroom products on
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