5280 Magazine

For over 30 years, 5280 magazine has served its readers as an essential guide to life in the Mile-High City and beyond. Throughout those three decades, the publication has stayed true to its original mission: proudly locally owned and strongly committed to delivering award-winning journalism that tells Denver’s story with authority and style. Each month, 5280 covers the greatest and latest in dining, culture, wellness, travel, and adventure content.

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We’ve Gone Country

Meet The Neighbors

Star Power • Whether you’re fascinated with the luminaries above or the ones who live in Hollywood, here’s how to make your backyard the center of the social universe this summer.

The Sound Of Summer • Did splurging on tickets to Paul Simon at Red Rocks this month decimate your live music budget? Not a problem. Forty years ago, City Park Jazz began offering free Sunday performances during the summer, and it’s now complemented by a chorus of seasonal concert series—all of which are unique, but none of which will cost you a dime. Here are three worth a listen.

Down The Rabbit Hole • At Denver’s first licensed microdosing cafe, one writer sets out to soothe her mounting anxiety with the help of magic mushrooms.

Bag Secured, Sanity Pending • A new women’s fashion boutique in Hale gives the idea of retail therapy a literal storefront.

We All Scream

On The Side • Two local chefs and one distiller have turned passion projects into artisanal, take-home products for your kitchen.

Peak Performance • Cimera’s top-floor menu raises the roof on traditional Peruvian cuisine in the Mile High City.

Testing The Waters • A young family might find no better introduction to adventuring than along the banks of Idaho’s Lower Salmon River (venomous serpents aside).

BACK AT THE RANCH • WHOEVER SAID “DON’T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE COWBOYS” CLEARLY NEVER TOOK THEIR KIDS TO GRANBY’S 107-YEAR-OLD C LAZY U RANCH. PLUS: FOUR MORE SPOTS TO SADDLE UP FOR A QUINTESSENTIAL COLORADO VACATION.

RAWAH RANCH • Authenticity reigns at Rawah, a charmingly rustic, outdoors-focused retreat.

SMITH FORK RANCH • The motto is “your ranch, your way” at this exclusive Western Slope escape.

RAINBOW TROUT RANCH • This 100-year-old getaway near the New Mexico border is a family affair.

TUMBLING RIVER RANCH • Dip your toes into guest ranching—and a cedar hot tub—at the relatively accessible wellness haven that is Tumbling River.

¡VIVA LOS CHARROS! • FOR MORE THAN 150 YEARS, THE DIAZ FAMILY HAS BEEN RIDING, ROPING, AND PERFORMING CHARRERÍA, MEXICO’S NATIONAL SPORT, ACROSS COLORADO AND THE UNITED STATES. BY NOW, THEY HAVE IT BY THE HORNS.

7 WAYS TO COWBOY [& GIRL] UP IN DENVER WITHOUT EVER TOUCHING A HORSE.

RANCH ROYALTY

COSMIC COWGIRL

OLD-SCHOOL WRANGLER

HIGH DESERT HORSE GIRL

THE LAST RODEO KING • MIKE CERVI BUILT A COWBOY EMPIRE THE LIKES OF WHICH COLORADO HAD NEVER SEEN. A YEAR AFTER HIS DEATH, IT’S UP TO HIS SONS TO DRIVE THE FAMILY’S BUSINESS INTO THE NEXT GENERATION. BY ROMAN STUBBS

Dining Guide

THE OVERSIMPLIFIED GUIDE TO: Chalk Art • From local kids to elite professionals flown in from Italy, the more than 200 artists at the Denver Chalk Art Festival (June 6 and 7 at 12th Avenue and Bannock Street in the Golden Triangle) see every humble slab of cement as a potential canvas. Ahead of the 24th annual exhibition, we asked Michael Rieger, the event’s artist director and co-founder, to share pointers for becoming a pavement Picasso.