Editing Colorado (section)

==Culture==

[[File:HistoryColoradoCenter1.jpg|thumb|[[History Colorado Center]] in Denver]]

===Arts and film===

* [[List of museums in Colorado]]
* [[List of theaters in Colorado]]
* [[Music of Colorado]]

Several film productions have been shot on location in Colorado, especially prominent [[Western (genre)|Westerns]] like ''[[True Grit (1969 film)|True Grit]]'', ''[[The Searchers (film)|The Searchers]]'', ''[[City Slickers]],'' ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]], and [[My Life with the Walter Boys|My Life With the Walter Boys]]''. Several historic military forts, railways with trains still operating, and mining [[List of ghost towns in Colorado|ghost towns]] have been used and transformed for historical accuracy in well-known films. There are also several scenic highways and mountain passes that helped to feature the open road in films such as ''[[Vanishing Point (1971 film)|Vanishing Point]]'', ''[[Bingo (1991 film)|Bingo]]'' and ''[[Starman (film)|Starman]]''. Some Colorado landmarks have been featured in films, such as [[The Stanley Hotel]] in ''[[Dumb and Dumber]]'' and ''[[The Shining (miniseries)|The Shining]]'' and the [[Sculptured House]] in ''[[Sleeper (1973 film)|Sleeper]]''. In 2015, ''[[Furious 7]]'' was to film driving sequences on [[Pikes Peak Highway]] in Colorado. The TV adult-animated series ''[[South Park]]'' takes place in central Colorado in the titular town. Additionally, The TV series ''[[Good Luck Charlie]]'' was set, but not filmed, in Denver, Colorado.<ref>{{cite news|first=Eric|last= Griffiths|title=Young offenders|work=[[New Statesman]]|date=June 21, 2007|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2007/06/south-park-sex-studies|access-date=25 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627133812/https://www.newstatesman.com/books/2007/06/south-park-sex-studies|archive-date=June 27, 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Colorado Office of Film and Television has noted that more than 400 films have been shot in Colorado.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cangialosi|first=Jason|title=Scenic Memorabilia: Colorado's Film Locations|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/news/scenic-memorabilia-colorados-film-locations.html|publisher=Yahoo! Movies|access-date=March 4, 2013}}</ref>

There are also several established film festivals in Colorado, including [[Aspen Filmfest]] and [[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]], and [[Telluride Film Festival]]. On March 27, 2025, it was announced [[Sundance Film Festival]] would move to Boulder starting in 2027 after reaching a deal for a ten-year duration.

Many notable writers have lived or spent extended periods in Colorado. [[Beat Generation]] writers [[Jack Kerouac]] and [[Neal Cassady]] lived in and around Denver for several years each.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westword.com/arts/jack-kerouac-got-off-the-road-in-colorado-and-even-became-a-homeowner-here-11412026|title=Jack Kerouac Slept Here Seventy Years Ago|work=[[Westword]]|location=[[Denver]]|date=July 17, 2019|last=Calhoun|first=Patricia|access-date=May 3, 2021}}</ref> Irish playwright [[Oscar Wilde]] visited Colorado on his tour of the United States in 1882, writing in his 1906 ''Impressions of America'' that [[Leadville, Colorado|Leadville]] was "the richest city in the world. It has also got the reputation of being the roughest, and every man carries a [[revolver]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://britishandirishhistory.wordpress.com/2017/03/02/oscar-wilde-in-leadville-colorado/|title=Oscar Wilde in Leadville, Colorado|work=Isles Abroad|last=Flewelling|first=Lindsey|date=March 2, 2017|access-date=May 3, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/41806/41806-h/41806-h.htm|title=Impressions of America|author=[[Oscar Wilde]]|publisher=Keystone Press|location=[[Sunderland]]|date=1906|via=Project Gutenburg|access-date=May 3, 2021}}</ref>

===Cuisine===

Colorado is known for its [[Cuisine of the Southwestern United States|Southwest]] and [[Rocky Mountain cuisine]], with Mexican restaurants found throughout the state.

[[Boulder, Colorado|Boulder]] was named America's Foodiest Town 2010 by [[Bon Appétit]].<ref name="Bon Appétit">{{cite web |last=Knowlton |first=Andrew |url=http://www.bonappetit.com/magazine/2010/10/americas_foodiest_town_2010_boulder |title=America's Foodiest Town 2010: Boulder, Colorado: In the Magazine |date=September 9, 2010 |publisher=bonappetit.com |access-date=June 5, 2011 |archive-date=June 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613033434/http://www.bonappetit.com/magazine/2010/10/americas_foodiest_town_2010_boulder |url-status=dead }}</ref> Boulder, and Colorado in general, is home to several national food and beverage companies, top-tier restaurants and farmers' markets. Boulder also has more Master [[Sommelier]]s per capita than any other city, including San Francisco and New York.<ref name="Denver Magazine">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.denvermagazine.com/March-2011/Colorado-039s-Master-Sommeliers/ |title=Master Class: The Coloradans who've passed the Master Sommelier test that 97 percent fail |first=Jacob |last=Harkins |date=March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315081041/http://www.denvermagazine.com/March-2011/Colorado-039s-Master-Sommeliers/|archive-date=March 15, 2011 |magazine=Denver Magazine}}</ref> [[Denver]] is known for steak, but now has a diverse culinary scene with many restaurants.<ref name="Travel + Leisure">{{cite web|url=http://www.travelandleisure.com/guides/colorado |title=Colorado Travel Guide|publisher=Travelandleisure.com |access-date=June 5, 2011}}</ref>

[[Polidori Sausage]] is a brand of pork products available in supermarkets, which originated in Colorado, in the early 20th century.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Antonation|first=Mark|date=October 20, 2015|title=Chef & Tell: Steve Polidori Talks About 90 Years of Sausage in North Denver|url=https://www.westword.com/restaurants/chef-and-tell-steve-polidori-talks-about-90-years-of-sausage-in-north-denver-7261764|access-date=April 26, 2021|website=Westword}}</ref>

The [[Food & Wine Classic]] is held annually each June in [[Aspen, Colorado|Aspen]]. Aspen also has a reputation as the culinary capital of the Rocky Mountain region.<ref>{{cite news|last=Arnold |first=Katie |url=http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/travel/08Choice.html |title=As Skiers Depart Aspen, Chowhounds Take Their Place |website=Travel.nytimes.com |location=New York City|date=June 8, 2008 |access-date=June 5, 2011 }}</ref>

===Wine and beer===
{{Main|Colorado wine|Colorado beer}}
[[Colorado wine]]s include varietals that have attracted favorable notice from outside the state.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jackenthal |first=Stefani |url=http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/travel/05biking.html |title=Biking Colorado's Wine Country |website=Travel.nytimes.com |location=New York City|date=October 5, 2008 |access-date=June 5, 2011}}</ref> With wines made from traditional ''[[Vitis vinifera]]'' grapes along with wines made from cherries, peaches, plums, and honey, Colorado wines have won top national and international awards for their quality.<ref name="Jefferson Cup Invitational Wine Competition">{{cite web|url=http://www.thejeffersoncup.com |title=The Jefferson Cup Invitational Wine Competition |publisher=Thejeffersoncup.com |date=November 24, 2010 |access-date=June 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501072251/http://www.thejeffersoncup.com/ |archive-date=May 1, 2011 }}</ref> Colorado's grape growing regions contain the highest elevation [[vineyard]]s in the United States,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.winesandvines.com/template.cfm?section=features&content=48734 |title=Wine Industry Feature Articles—Is Colorado the New Washington? |publisher=Winesandvines.com |access-date=June 5, 2011}}</ref> with most [[viticulture]] in the state practiced between {{convert|4000|and|7000|ft|m|0}} [[above sea level]]. The mountain [[climate]] ensures warm summer days and cool nights. Colorado is home to two designated [[American Viticultural Area]]s of the [[Grand Valley AVA]] and the [[West Elks AVA]],<ref name="Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau">{{cite web |url=http://www.ttb.gov/appellation/us_by_ava.pdf |title=Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau : U.S. Department of the Treasury : Tables |website=Ttb.gov |access-date=April 1, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319073548/http://ttb.gov/appellation/us_by_ava.pdf |archive-date=March 19, 2015 }}</ref> where most of the vineyards in the state are located. However, an increasing number of wineries are located along the [[Front Range]].<ref name="Colorado Wine Industry Development Board">{{cite web|url=http://www.coloradowine.com/overview.html |title=Colorado Wine Industry Development Board |publisher=Coloradowine.com |access-date=June 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428212220/http://www.coloradowine.com/overview.html |archive-date=April 28, 2011 }}</ref> In 2018, [[Wine Enthusiast Magazine]] named Colorado's [[Grand Valley AVA]] in Mesa County, Colorado, as one of the Top Ten wine travel destinations in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.winemag.com/top-10-wine-travel-getaways-2018/grand-valley-colorado-usa/|title=Grand Valley, Colorado|website=Wine Enthusiast|access-date=2018-02-06|archive-date=2018-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207063007/https://www.winemag.com/top-10-wine-travel-getaways-2018/grand-valley-colorado-usa/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Colorado is home to many nationally praised [[microbreweries]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Colorado beer.org|publisher=coloradobeer.org |access-date=January 24, 2013 |url=http://coloradobeer.org/}}</ref> including [[New Belgium Brewing Company]], [[Odell Brewing Company]],and [[Great Divide Brewing Company]]. The area of northern Colorado near and between the cities of Denver, [[Boulder, Colorado|Boulder]], and [[Fort Collins]] is known as the "Napa Valley of Beer" due to its high density of [[craft breweries]].<ref name="The Denver Beer Triangle">{{cite web|url=http://www.denver.org/what-to-do/colorado-day-trips/denver-beer-triangle |title=The Denver Beer Triangle |publisher=Denver.org |access-date=June 18, 2013}}</ref>

===Marijuana and hemp===

Colorado is open to [[Cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] (marijuana) [[Recreational drug use|tourism]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Land Water People Time (Cultural Guide) |url=http://www.santafenewmexican.com/life/travel/a-new-rocky-mountain-high-colorado-open-for-cannabis-tourism/article_dd6187a4-d20e-5ba3-8c9a-3b4022235184.html |title=A new Rocky Mountain high: Colorado open for cannabis tourism—The Santa Fe New Mexican: Travel |newspaper=The Santa Fe New Mexican |date=February 11, 2014 |access-date=April 1, 2016}}</ref> With the adoption of the [[Colorado Amendment 64|64th state amendment]] in 2012, Colorado became the first state in the union to [[Legality of cannabis by U.S. jurisdiction|legalize marijuana]] for [[Medical cannabis in the United States|medicinal]] (2000), industrial (referring to [[hemp]], 2012), and [[2012 Colorado Amendment 64|recreational]] (2012) use. Colorado's marijuana industry sold $1.31 billion worth of marijuana in 2016 and $1.26&nbsp;billion in the first three-quarters of 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/revenue/colorado-marijuana-sales-reports|title=Marijuana Sales Reports—Department of Revenue|website=www.colorado.gov}}</ref> The state generated tax, fee, and license revenue of $194 million in 2016 on legal marijuana sales.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/revenue/colorado-marijuana-tax-data|title=Marijuana Tax Data—Department of Revenue|website=www.colorado.gov|access-date=April 7, 2016|archive-date=April 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404065511/https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/revenue/colorado-marijuana-tax-data|url-status=dead}}</ref> Colorado regulates hemp as any part of the plant with less than 0.3% THC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/agplants/industrial-hemp |title=Industrial Hemp &#124; Department of Agriculture—Plants |website=Colorado.gov |date=March 30, 2015 |access-date=April 1, 2016}}</ref>

On April 4, 2014, Senate Bill 14–184 addressing oversight of Colorado's industrial hemp program was first introduced, ultimately being signed into law by Governor John Hickenlooper on May 31, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Colorado Senate Bill 14-184|url=http://openstates.org/co/bills/2014A/SB14-184/|access-date=October 13, 2014}}</ref>

====Medicinal use====

On November 7, 2000, 54% of Colorado voters passed Amendment 20, which amends the Colorado State constitution to allow the [[medical use of cannabis|medical use of marijuana]].<ref name="norml-co">{{cite web
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}}</ref> A patient's medical use of marijuana, within the following limits, is lawful:
* (I) No more than {{convert|2|oz}} of a usable form of marijuana; and
* (II) No more than twelve marijuana plants, with six or fewer being mature, flowering plants that are producing a usable form of marijuana.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalfamilies.org/guide/colorado20-full.html |title=Full Text of Colorado Amendment 20—Medical Use of Marijuana 2000 |website=Nationalfamilies.org |access-date=April 1, 2016 |archive-date=April 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412014416/http://www.nationalfamilies.org/guide/colorado20-full.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Currently, Colorado has listed "eight medical conditions for which patients can use marijuana—cancer, glaucoma, HIV/AIDS, muscle spasms, seizures, severe pain, severe nausea and cachexia, or dramatic weight loss and muscle atrophy".<ref name=Young>{{Citation |last=Young |first=Saundra |date=August 7, 2013 |title=Marijuana stops child's severe seizures |publisher=[[CNN]] |url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/07/health/charlotte-child-medical-marijuana/ |access-date=January 1, 2014}}</ref> While governor, [[John Hickenlooper]] allocated about half of the state's $13&nbsp;million "Medical Marijuana Program Cash Fund"<ref name=MMPCF>{{Citation |year=2014 |title=Colorado laws about Medical Marijuana |publisher=Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment |url=http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/CDPHE-CHEIS/CBON/1251593017076 |access-date=January 1, 2014 |archive-date=January 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104212929/http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/CDPHE-CHEIS/CBON/1251593017076 |url-status=dead }} Several links are found, including .PDF documents to download.</ref> to medical research in the 2014 budget.<ref name=Markus>{{Citation |last=Markus |first=Ben |date=November 26, 2013 |title=Colorado to spend millions researching medical marijuana benefits |publisher=[[Colorado Public Radio]] |url=https://www.cpr.org/news/story/colorado-spend-millions-researching-medical-marijuana-benefits |access-date=January 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108235138/https://www.cpr.org/news/story/colorado-spend-millions-researching-medical-marijuana-benefits |archive-date=January 8, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> By 2018, the Medical Marijuana Program Cash Fund was the "largest pool of pot money in the state" and was used to fund programs including research into pediatric applications for controlling autism symptoms.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2018/12/30/colorado-marijuana-tax-cash-fund-general-assembly/|title=Almost half of Colorado's marijuana money can go wherever lawmakers wish|date=December 30, 2018|work=The Denver Post|location=[[Denver]]|access-date=November 11, 2020}}</ref>

====Recreational use====

On November 6, 2012, voters amended the state constitution to protect "personal use" of marijuana for adults, establishing a framework to regulate marijuana in a manner similar to [[alcohol (drug)|alcohol]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aclu-co.org/aclu-joins-campaign-to-regulate-marijuana-like-alcohol/ |title=ACLU Joins Campaign To Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol—ACLU—Colorado |website=Aclu-co.org |date=September 14, 2011 |access-date=April 1, 2016}}</ref> The first recreational marijuana shops in Colorado, and by extension the United States, opened their doors on January 1, 2014.<ref name=Healy>{{cite news|last=Healy|first=Jack|title=Colorado Stores Throw Open Their Doors to Pot Buyers|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/02/us/colorado-stores-throw-open-their-doors-to-pot-buyers.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/02/us/colorado-stores-throw-open-their-doors-to-pot-buyers.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited|work=The New York Times|date=January 2014 |access-date=January 1, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>