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Giving Thanks

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The true spirit of Thanksgiving encourages the conscious expression of gratitude, focusing on spending time with those we love and giving back to our community in a meaningful way. It’s all too easy to get wrapped up in our day-to-day lives, with truly being present only for a fleeting moment here and there. Yet we all know true contentment comes deep from within and from fulfilling who we were made to be, not from what status we’ve achieved, what accolades we’ve collected or what tasks we've checked off our to-do lists. Appreciating those around us that have helped us in our journey reminds us of what truly matters. Our November issue is dedicated to stories of gathering, gratefulness and giving back to our amazing community. We are so thankful for the residents and businesses nearby who support so many incredible organizations and help make our city the vibrant community that it is. This holiday season, as we prepare to gather with our loved ones, and in the true spirit of thanksgiving, let’s set time aside to pause to consider what truly makes life meaningful and stop to reflect on those moments. “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” - John F. Kennedy In gratitude,

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Lifestyle Letter

Denver Artist Monica Curiel on Plaster, Purpose

City Scene

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Local Limelight

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Outdoor Adventure

Mental Wellbeing

34 Helping Denver’s Unhoused Youth Nonprofit Dry Bones Meets Youth and Young Adults Where They’re at and Finds Ways To Help Them Live a Better Life

40 French Connection

Noisette Is a Breath of Fresh Air for the Denver Restaurant Scene

46 Cheers to 60 Years

Vail Mountain’s Year-Long Celebration Will Honor Its History and Innovation Both on and off the Slopes

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business monthly A round-up of exciting news from local businesses. The Immersive Nutcracker, A Winter Miracle Immersive Nutcracker is an ideal family outing, featuring whimsical animated characters alongside footage of professional ballet dancers. This joyful 30-minute immersive experience is an ideal outlet to introduce young children to the art of ballet and the captivating storytelling that often accompanies it. Set to the sweeping music of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Immersive Nutcracker encompasses visitors in over 500,000 cubic feet of projections composed of over one million frames of video, curating a grand immersive display that relays the tale of The Nutcracker from opening to finale. Immersive-Nutcracker.com

Warren Miller's Daymaker Nov. 17-19 at Paramount Theatre This fall, free your mind and leave it all behind with Warren Miller’s 73rd annual ski and snowboard film, Daymaker. Come along on a journey from British Columbia to Greece’s Olympus Range, Alaska and beyond. Get in on the biggest days with Karl Fostvedt, Michelle Parker, Katie Burrell, Jonny Moseley and more. Then get ready for your own. Because there’s no better day than one out on the snow. Find your tickets at WarrenMiller.com.

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Inside artist Monica Curiel’s home studio in Denver, you’ll find all the same tools and materials you might find at a home construction site. Large pieces of wood, every form of plaster, grouting tools and more. “Pretty much anything you can find at a hardware store, I make with,” Monica explains. But her connection to these tools extends far back before her art career; these are tools and materials she learned how to use at a young age growing up in Texas. “I grew up accompanying my parents to work, and they’re both labor workers; my mom cleans houses and was a stay-at-home mom, and my dad has rental properties which he flips, and that’s how we learned to use construction materials and paint walls and grout tiles and use plaster,” she says. Monica went into college knowing she wanted to pursue a creative field and majored in fashion design, but a cancer diagnosis her freshman year was the impetus to really start granting herself creative permission and push the limit of what’s possible. “Through that experience, looking back, I really am grateful for it, as it really helped me to have a mentality of, ‘If I have the time, I’m going to really explore what I want to do.’” By her senior year, Monica was exploring her identity through different creative practices, and, for the first time, she had more time to dabble in different mediums. She found herself pushing for creative liberty once again. “We had some time to do independent study, which just meant you could dabble in whatever medium you wanted and explore it for a year. To be quite frank, I had never gotten the permission to do so….So I went to materials I knew how to use, which was plaster and concrete and grouting tools. And I started doing these textural paintings for my space.” Today, that connection between art, home, culture and medium all comes together in Monica’s work as she explores functional objects like lighting and furniture in addition to her plaster art pieces. She uses a variety of plasters to create everything from sculptural paintings that mimic draped fabric to lamps and candleholders.

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“I think there’s a correlation for me between my mental health and my environment. I feel less anxious when I have control, and I feel more calm when I can express it and dive into it creatively. And I think a lot of what I’m doing today taps into that. I’m giving myself this new permission to explore things outside of being just a piece of art. I’m exploring space and how people interact with it, which is super exciting because it has to do with all the interests I’ve ever studied.” This year, those creations made it all the way to Milan Design Week, where Monica participated in an exhibit called “This is America,” showcasing underrepresented communities of American creators. For Monica, it was yet another opportunity to push boundaries and grant permission. “I feel this responsibility to try it all. While I am able and while I have this power to dictate what my hands do, I want to do that. Along with honoring my parents’ sacrifices, I think that is really taking advantage of the fact that I’m alive and well and able,” she says. “I think what other people might see as impulsive or chaotic, like the fact that I just started painting and now I’m trying to do furniture… To me, I think ‘Why not while I can? Let me explore. Let me do it now.’” You can see more of Monica’s work at MonicaCuriel. Art or on Instagram at @MonicaCuriel.Art.

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Rootbeer Richie and The Reveille is a raucous eight-piece, soul-infused, Swamp Pop band that has gained local attention for their high-energy live shows. We reached out to Rootbeer Richie to learn more about bringing the Bayou to Colorado.

WHAT IS SWAMP POP AND HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR SOUND? RR: Swamp Pop is a genre of music created in the 1950s in Acadiana Parish, Louisiana, where I was born. It’s a combination of a New Orleans-style rhythm, blues backbeat on the bass and drums, rock-n-roll guitars, thumping pianos, blaring horns and belted lovelorn lyrics. In short, it’s good-time-dancing music about love and loss. All of my inspiration for this project comes from old musicians from Louisiana and the South. Legendary artists like Fats Domino, Lee Dorsey, Sam Cooke and Cookie & The Cupcakes.

TELL ME A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR JOURNEY FROM LOUISIANA TO DENVER. HOW DID YOU LINK UP WITH THE BAND? RR: The first time I spent in Denver was on tour with an old group of mine in 2014, and I’ve been in love with the city ever since. The music scene here is really special. Everyone supports everyone and roots for each other, and it honestly feels like a family. That’s how the members of the group came to be; I just ended

up becoming close friends with all of my favorite musicians in Denver by accident and the band kind of formed itself.

DID YOU HAVE AN EPIPHANY MOMENT GROWING UP WHERE YOU KNEW YOU WANTED TO FRONT A BAND AND MAKE MUSIC? RR: Not really, honestly. I’ve always thought bands were cool and have always had a huge appreciation for music, but growing up I always wanted to be a paleontologist. Until I realized that paleontologists don’t make very much money…so then I decided to pursue something that makes even less.

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You belong; you are unconditionally loved; and you have immeasurable worth and value. These are the pillars of Denver-based nonprofit Dry Bones, which works with unhoused youth and young adults. The nonprofit began 21 years ago by Matt Wallace, his wife Nikki, and Jeff and Kama Medders. Before starting Dry Bones, the Medders were visiting Denver and became aware of how many kids and young people were living on the streets. They began interviewing those impacted about what was being done to help this age group. One thing led to another and eventually Dry Bones was formed. “This younger population often has a completely different set of needs than the general unhoused population,” says Matt, executive director of Dry Bones. “The younger population is new to this life of not having a place to belong. Maybe they've hopped from group home to foster home, maybe even to a family member's home for a while and this is their first experience of being unhoused and living on the streets. They just hold tremendous hope and expectations that they won't remain on the streets forever, and that kind of changes the nature of services and the nature of what's needed.” By meeting unhoused youth and young adults—typically those between the ages of 12 and 30—where they are mentally, physically and emotionally, Dry Bones is able to build friendships with them and help them with a variety of wants and needs. These services range from providing home-cooked meals several nights a week to bowling outings, street outreach, shower and laundry services, resource navigation, emotional and spiritual support, safe spaces, companionship and much more. Dry Bones also offers job readiness and training, including a 12-month job training program through their social enterprise, Purple Door Coffee. From assisting with resumes and applications to providing work attire, Matt and his team of volunteers help young adults find worthwhile jobs. But only if that’s what they are asking for, Matt says. “We want to see young people become members of society with wholeness, and that looks different for every person,” he says. “We don't have any sort of cookie-cutter goals for these kids. We want them to come into their fullness and find wholeness.” Dry Bones doesn’t have one single end product or task in mind for these young adults. By not checking

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off a box or completing of a set program, these kids can become who they want with additional support and guidance as needed. This is indicative of a genuine relationship, Matt says. “We also don't age people out of the community,” Matt added. “Dry Bones is a genuine, lifetime supportive community. We have a lot of people that even though they've moved off the streets, and they're long off the streets, they're still a part of our family, our community, and we're still the system that provides that relational life support for them.” The youth-focused nonprofit is always looking to grow its community, but to do that, it relies on donations and volunteers. Those interested can make a monthly or one-time donation at drybonesdenver.org/ donate-now, organize a donation drive, purchase coffee from Purple Door Coffee or volunteer. Volunteers must complete a training course with Dry Bones, complete a background check and application and provide references. More opportunities to get involved can be found at drybonesdenver.org/be-involved. DryBonesDenver.org PurpleDoorCoffee.com

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French Connection Noisette Is a Breath of Fresh Air for the Denver Restaurant Scene

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You don’t have to love French food or style to appreciate what Noisette brings to the Denver restaurant scene. In a sea of menus that read the same and cookie-cutter modern-industrial-chic dining rooms, Noisette’s nuanced menu and stunning space stand out, wafting a breath of fresh croissant-scented air across town. And if you do love French food and style? Well, bienvenue to your new favorite restaurant/bakery/hangout in the city. Noisette opened in a quiet LoHi corner (yes, one does exist) in August. It’s the dream restaurant of wife and husband team Lillian and Tim Lu—she’s the pastry chef, while he helms the savory side. While the food from the French Culinary Institute of New Yorktrained chefs certainly shines, the first thing you’ll notice is that incredible space. Pastel, crushed velvet chairs pop against muted tile floors; brass candelabras hang from a circled ceiling; and just the right amount of French flair—two golden fans, a trio of ornate framed portraits—hang on the white walls. Tablescapes are equally gorgeous, with

cut glassware, mismatched China and small vases of fresh-cut flowers decorating the tables. Lillian spent a year and a half collecting the antique floral plates from area thrift shops, and you—and your Instagram followers—will appreciate every second of her efforts. The menu is a mix of both expected French fare, like escargot, duck and those rich, creamy sauces the French do so well, and things you’ll be pleasantly surprised to find. Monkfish, for example, isn’t something you see on many Denver menus, and Tim’s is beautifully light and succulent, floating on a pool of mussel broth and chicken jus. The quail is stuffed with forbidden rice and topped with a sweet cherry and maitake glaze, perfect for sopping up the bowl of impossibly smooth whipped potatoes. The mushroom and melon salad is another dish you won’t find anywhere else. The tiny cubes of cantaloupe and honeydew make a picturesque bed for the braised lobster mushroom and prosciutto crown. Eaten together, it’s a sweet, salty, umami-packed bite. The escargot is different, too, served minced with potato choux pastry and crisped up into little balls before getting a dip in herb aioli. Lillian’s carbs deserve a story of their own, starting with the baguette and ending with the tarte Tropezienne. The baguette comes warm, knotted and served with a cup of cultured brown butter, and you can taste every bit of care that goes into the deceptively simple starter. The dessert menu includes scoops of sorbet, a dark chocolate tarte, and that tarte Tropezienne, a split sweet brioche bun dotted with pearl sugar and filled with fluffy vanilla bean cream. You can get more of Lillian’s sweet creations at the attached bakery, which serves a mix of croissants, cannelé, bonbons, macarons, éclair, tarts and more, depending on when you get there. You can also take home loaves of baguette and beurre Noisette, their house-made cultured brown butter, or grab coffee drinks from Novo Coffee or a Ku Cha tea. Whether you hit the bakery or the restaurant, you’re bound to be floored by the atmosphere and the food. Especially when so many restaurants tend to blend together, Noisette is something beautifully different. Noisette Restaurant & Patisserie: 3254 Navajo St., Denver, 720-769-8103; NoisetteDenver.com

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Year in and year out, thousands of people hit the slopes at Vail Mountain, from the legendary back bowls to the Look Ma run. Countless others visit the mountain to celebrate après culture and enjoy elevated dining experiences. But this year will be different. Coming off a record-breaking season, Vail Mountain will kick off the 2022-23 season by celebrating a milestone year. Vail opened to skiers 60 years ago on December 15, 1962. After just five months of construction, the mountain opened to visitors with one gondola, two chairlifts, eight ski instructors and nine runs. The process to open took “a lot of determination, a lot of scrambling,” founder of Vail Ski Resort Pete Seibert said back in 1986. Today, the mountain spans more than 5,300 acres of developed ski and snowboard terrain with countless runs and seven back bowls. This year’s 60th celebration will pay homage to Vail and the innovators, like Pete and others, who made the mountain resort what it is today.

“This season will be packed with celebration, and we’re going to be bringing forward so many amazing experiences from the past, but with a modern twist,” says John Plack, senior communications manager at Vail Resorts. Vail will bring back its famous Look Ma Mogul Challenge this season. The event pays homage to the organic and haphazard mogul competitions that took place for many years at Vail. Open for anyone to participate in, this amateur mogul competition will showcase new-school and oldschool bump skiers, costume contests and prizes. Dates and details will be announced later this season. One of the most anticipated celebrations will take place at the Vail Mountain Ice Bars. How the ice bar came about is full of lore and legend, but according to John, a “pioneering young person piled up some snow at the resort and brought après to life.” This year, the iconic environment is back with two Ice Bars—one at Eagle’s Nest, which can be accessed with or without skis, and the other at Wildwood. Pack hand warmers and wool socks, though, because

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this open-air bar will be made entirely of ice and snow. The cocktails, frequent music and company, however, are sure to keep visitors warm and entertained. For guests wanting to continue the ice-themed celebrations, snow bungalows will be available for rent at the Eagle’s Nest Ice Bar, creating an elevated, personal retreat right in the heart of Vail Mountain. But that’s not all. Vail has several other happenings taking place for its 60th-anniversary celebration, including the opening of two new high-speed chairlifts. One will replace Game Creek Express, lift number 7, which was built in 1985. The other, lift number 17, connects the bottom of the Sun Up and Sun Down bowls to Wildwood. Celebrations aren’t only for skiers and boarders, either. There will be a Birthday Bash taking place across the mountain with

live music, celebration, events and, of course, après the week of December 15. There will also be “throwback signature menu items, classic events and fine art experiences that celebrate the resort in a fresh and modern way,” John says. The season officially starts at Vail on November 11, but celebrations will take place all season long. Vail Mountain is already thinking about the next 60 years, too—a time that’s sure to bring innovation, excitement and community. According to John, diversity, equity and inclusion will be Vail’s focus for the next 60 years. “The next 60 years will build upon Vail Mountain’s position as the world’s premier mountain destination by leading the industry in a welcoming spirit that creates an opportunity for everyone to feel the excitement of the Legendary Back Bowls and beyond,” he says.

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FIND YOUR HOLIDAY BLISS Prioritize Your Health and Wellness With These Local Spots Sure To De-Stress This Holiday Season

It’s the season of giving, but we all know you can’t pour from an empty cup. Though we call it the most wonderful time of the year, endless gifts to buy, people to see and parties to attend can make it feel like quite the opposite. Prioritize your health and wellness with these local spots sure to de-stress this holiday season.

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HIT THE TRAILS: Red Rocks Mountain Park Just 20 minutes outside Denver, Red Rocks Park boasts stunning views and hikes for all skill levels. Perfect for a family-friendly holiday outdoors or a solo winter stroll.

BREAK A SWEAT: Studio CLBMR – 155 St. Paul Street, Denver

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Change up your cardio with a StudioCLMBR cardio or boot camp class in the heart of Cherry Creek.

Lagree Luxe - 300 Josephine Street #220, Denver Sign up for small group fitness classes on the oneof-a-kind Lagree MegaFormer machine.

The River Yoga – 1212 Delaware Street, Denver Transform your flow with a heated class at this Denver staple studio.

Allumen Yoga - 2590 Lawrence Street, Denver Women- and veteran-owned, this RiNo studio offers root, restore and flow classes for whatever your holiday season brings.

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TREAT YOURSELF: CYL Sauna Studio - 2445 E 3rd Avenue #2, Denver Experience the “serenity of sweating” in a personal luxury sauna pod, perfect for a holiday detox and reducing stress.

Onus IV - 3233 Tejon St Ste. 107, Denver Get a different kind of holiday cocktail this season with one of Onus IV’s vitamin-infused IV therapy cocktails—made to boost immunity and general health and wellness.

Restore Hyper Wellness Cherry Creek 295 St. Paul Street, Denver Whether you want to warm up with infrared saunas or cool down with a cryotherapy session, Restore is a one-stop-shop for all things wellness in Cherry Creek.

SOMETHING NEW: Workshop at Rosy Rings Studio 2940 E 6th Avenue, Denver Fill your home with the smells of the season with one of Rosy Ring’s candle-making workshops. While you’re there, check out their stunning gift shop and dried flower bar for the perfect party gift.

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