Entertainment

Chef Coreen Carroll, right, and fiance Ryan Bush host their Canaisseur series dinner pop-up, which pairs gourmet courses with marijuana. Photo by Albert Law. www.porkbellystudio.com

'Cannaisseurs': Pop-up dinner pairs marijuana with gourmet food, wine

Annie Sciacca ~ San Francisco Business Times ~

At chef Coreen Carroll’s latest pop-up dinner series, people may ask you to “pass the weed,” and no one will think it’s strange.

Entertainment 29 July 2015

Christopher Carr broadcasts The Cannabis Connection live at KSCO 1080 AM on Friday nights. (Shmuel Thaler -- Santa Cruz Sentinel)

At Calif. radio station, marijuana hits airwaves with The Cannabis Connection

Samantha Clark ~ Santa Cruz Sentinel ~

Cannabis industry insider starts a radio talk show meant to demystify misconceptions about marijuana.

Entertainment 24 July 2015

Former Eugene TV anchor, reporter and producer, Cyd Maurer posted a video on her website askmeaboutmarijuana.com after she was fired from KEZI. (Image courtesy of Cyd Maurer)

Oregon TV anchor: Pot got me fired

Noelle Crombie ~ Oregonlive.com ~

The morning weekend anchor at Eugene's ABC affiliate says she was fired in late May after testing positive for marijuana.

Entertainment 24 July 2015

Colorado TV Station Puts The Kibosh On First Recreational Marijuana Ad Amid Legality Questions

Mary Beth Quirk ~ Consumerist ~

It almost was, until it wasn’t: The first recreational marijuana TV ad ever got pulled from its slotted schedule last night amid legal concerns.

Entertainment 21 July 2015

First-ever cannabis commercial to air on American TV

Kathleen Burke ~ MarketWatch ~

Spot will be aired late Monday during ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ on ABC Denver affiliate.

Entertainment 18 July 2015

D.C. State Fair will have a marijuana growing competition this year

Perry Stein ~ Washington Post ~

It’s been five months since marijuana was legalized in D.C., and now there’s a public opportunity to show off, if you’ve been letting that liberty take root.

Entertainment 16 July 2015

Love Erchul, left, and Polly Bates, right, dance together at The Oregon Country Fair in 2013. Brittany Greeson/ The Oregonian

Marijuana still banned at the Oregon Country Fair

Jamie Hale ~ OregonLive.com ~

Recreational marijuana may now be legal in Oregon, but it’s still forbidden at the state’s famous festival.

Entertainment 10 July 2015

Philly activist N.A. Poe and some fellow pot proponents borrowed a page from the Whitney Houston songbook. Screenshot/ Youtube

The greatest herb of all

Natalie McDonald ~ PhillyVoice.com ~

Here’s what happens when you combine cannabis and a drag queen with an outspoken marijuana activist.

Entertainment 07 July 2015

Image of Marc Paskin, who goes by the name Gary Ganja, on the air in the Smokin 94.1 studio in Denver. Credit Matthew Staver for The New York Times

Marijuana Is in the Air and on It

Julie Turkewit z ~ New York Times ~

A look at Colorado’s only pot-themed FM radio station, which made its debut June 1

Entertainment 20 June 2015

Bill Clinton makes a marijuana joke

Nick Gass ~ Politico ~

Former President Bill Clinton made a marijuana-related joke during a Clinton Global Initiative event on Wednesday with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

Entertainment 11 June 2015