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Come Inside and Play Nothing is as it appears in Omega Mart, the “big box” store of art created by Meow Wolf.
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13 EDITOR’S NOTE 14 THE BUZZ News, tips, and tidbits
to keep you in the loop COME GATHER ‘ROUND PEOPLE The Bob Dylan Center
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water-conscious shower head PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT The Dr. Dabber Boost Evo DOWN IN THE DIRT The best and worst cities for naked gardening in honor of Naked Gardening Day
18 THE LIFE Contributing to your health and happiness ONE-HIT WONDERS The joy of the one hitter ON THE COVER
30 THE SCENE Hot happenings and hip hangouts around town MEET ME AT THE TABLE Local cannabis-optional dining
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to normal, “normal” now feels weird. This time last year, we were hoarding toilet paper or making fun of people for hoarding toilet paper or installing and adjusting to our new bidets, which we used every time we had to go, because we had nowhere else to go in a different sense. We were at home, and at home we stayed. Out in the world was a scary place to be. What a difference a year, Dolly Parton, and science can make. I’m writing this two weeks to the day after my second vaccination, which means I am inoculated—my immune system is armed with the antibodies I need to reenter the world, to return to “normal.” Personally, I’m making that return trip with some extra emotional baggage, some new social anxieties and avoidance tendencies that will take some work to get through. Turns out, I’m not alone. There’s a good portion of people in my socially distanced circles feeling the same way, and the more I speak with them about how I’m feeling, the more I realize that abnormal is the new normal and we’re all feeling it to some extent. We’re all (still) in this together, and I find a lot of comfort within this crowd. It’s great to see you here. Thank you for stopping by. I hope to see you out there in the great wide “normal” world real soon. It’s been far too long.
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Come Gather ’Round People Coming to the Tulsa Arts District in 2022, the Bob Dylan center is a world-class facility and cultural landmark in the making. A place to study and appreciate the life and work of Bob Dylan, the Bob Dylan Center (BDC)—set to open in May 2022 in Tulsa, Oklahoma—is set to be the primary venue for The Bob Dylan Archive collection. Featuring handwritten lyric manuscripts to treasured songs, previously unreleased recordings, never-before-seen film performances, rare and unseen photographs, visual art, and other priceless items, the center will showcase more than 100,000
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artifacts spanning Dylan’s sevendecade career. A highlight from the collection: a recently unearthed recording of Dylan performing “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” in the autumn of 1962, made by Milton (Mell) and Lillian Bailey, friends and early champions of the young Bob Dylan when he was a fixture in New York’s Greenwich Village folk scene. This version of the song, recorded in the Baileys’ apartment at 185 East 3rd St., features alternate lyrics and is
the earliest known recording of the song that was eventually released in 1963 on The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan. Founding memberships in The Bob Dylan Center, which include lifetime memberships to both the BDC and The Woody Guthrie Center, as well as permanent recognition on the Center’s donor wall, are available now at bobdylancenter.com. Annual memberships to The Bob Dylan Center will become available later this year.
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The BDC’s three-story façade facing downtown Tulsa’s Guthrie Green public gathering space will depict a rare 1965 image of Dylan, donated to the center by renowned photographer Jerry Schatzberg.
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Moen is a brand known for its innovative bath and kitchen product lines, so the announcement of its Nebia spa shower piqued our curiosity. To understand the value of a shower head that offers both a spa-like experience and water conservation, you should first understand the water waste we create every day. First, think about the moment you turn on your shower head. Chances are you let it run a few minutes until it warms up. According to research conducted by the EPA’s WaterSense Program, running that water equates to 20 percent of wasted water. A low-flow shower head uses about two gallons a minute, or 20 gallons for a 10-minute shower. A standard shower head uses 2.5 gallons a minute, or 25 gallons for 10 minutes. Considering how many countries and states don’t have access to clean water and working plumbing, finding ways to minimize our water waste matters. The Nebia Rainshower and Handshower Combo uses a unique water-delivery system to provide more pressure and double the water coverage of traditional showers, while using significantly less water. This patented spray technology creates the sensation of more water, while actually using 45 percent less than a traditional shower head. That puts it at the top of our list of must-buys. $460 / moen.com
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1 DID YOU KNOW? The average four-year-old child laughs 300 times per day.
2 BY CONTRAST, it takes two months for the average 40-year-old
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3 LAUGHTER IS INDEED GOOD FOR YOU. According to the Mayo Clinic, in the short-term, a good laugh stimulates your organs, increases your intake of oxygen-rich air, activates and relieves your stress response, and soothes tension. Long term, laughter can improve your immune system, relieve pain, increase personal satisfaction, and generally improve your mood. area of your brain associated with laughter.
To mark World Naked Gardening Day on May 1, LawnStarter exposed 2021’s Best Cities for Naked Gardening. The company compared the 100 biggest U.S. cities across nine key metrics, looking at factors such as the nudist population, legality of nudity, and gardenerfriendliness, of course. The findings:
5 MORAL OF THIS STORY: you should get high and giggle more.
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It’s good for you.
Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
4 CANNABIS MAKES YOU LAUGH MORE. It stimulates the
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“Nobody deserves to be a criminal for a plant! Gardening is never a crime.”
City Miami, FL Austin, TX Seattle, WA Atlanta, GA Portland, OR Anaheim, CA Orlando, FL Riverside, CA Irvine, CA Santa Ana, CA
Worst Cities for Naked Gardening
Rank 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. —Jeff Riedy, executive director of Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley NORML chapter, 98. said to a crowd gathered on the steps of the state capitol in Harrisburg to urge Pennsylvania state legislators to legalize cannabis and stop arresting 20,000 99. 100. people for marijauna possession every year
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One-Hit Wonder It doesn’t take much to revamp your mind. The one-hit wonder. In the world of popular music, it’s a somewhat dismissive term. It’s a slight to the bands and artists who enjoyed one hugely successful song (think “MMMbop,” “Walking on Sunshine,” or “867-5309/Jenny”), then more or less disappeared into showbiz oblivion. Personally, I would rather have one hit instead of none. And I often can. That’s because at my house, the term “one-hit wonder” is shorthand for the cannabis cocktail hour, when, sometime around 5 or 6 p.m., I smoke one hit and instantly leave all the Zoom calls, texts, emails, pop-up schedules, news alerts and noise of the day behind. It’s an incredibly liberating feeling. Opening the doors in my head to new ideas, suddenly solving problems to things that just an hour earlier I thought I might never quite figure out, thinking of how I really might finish writing a new book—The Ghost Hotel—this fall, or just kicking the soccer ball for my big dog, Moses, while I move the backyard hose around. The concept of the onehit wonder is something I discovered researching my first book, The Monster, a
kind of allegory about how we might take control of the ways we confront the monsters in our personal lives—whether they be disease, mental strife, addiction, or alcoholism—by “turning a light on.” During my research, I met a rolfer who was instrumental in helping my wife and I on the path to better health. Once, after a particularly therapeutic session, I asked him how he managed the cycle of processing all of the hurt he was healing. Or, in other words, how he made sure he wasn’t holding onto other peoples’ shit. He said, “Every night when I get home, before I walk in the house, I smoke one hit then go hold on to an iron rod in my courtyard until I feel like it’s all gone. Then I can go be with my family for the evening.” “One hit?” I said. “That doesn’t seem near enough for all the problems you’re solving.” But he was already back to focusing on my health— in particular, a lingering knee injury he thought was exacerbated by my reluctance to release my grief over the recent death of my dog Tobear, a barrel-chested, willful, very
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funny Malamute-Labrador mix we had nicknamed, “The Mighty Burrito.” The rolfer said, “You need to stop looking at your feet so much when you walk. Look where you’re going. Look at the horizon.” Which is something I still think about when I go for a long walk. Albeit the one-hit thing is what I think about the most. At the time I was writing that book, it slowly dawned on me that I was also writing it to help myself. It was a period in my life when I wasn’t satisfied with just one of much of anything. And cannabis—along with good beer, bourbon, and crisp reposado—was key to treating every day as part of some extremely casual long-working weekend, something Ernest Hemingway called, “the fiesta concept of life” in his final—and I think finest— book, A Moveable Feast. The beauty of getting back to one sublime moment or lasting sensation, one perfect pint of cold IPA, one fine glass of pinot noir with fresh pasta, or one fragrant inhale of the sweet leaf to remember the magic of each day was still a couple years down the tracks.
It’s the savoring of things, and sometimes the scarcity, that gives them meaning. It’s by being in the moment that you heighten the pleasure and increase the memory of each event. And it’s so much more enjoyable than the monotony of gluttony—of having so much of something that the only remarkable aspect is of how much you can cram in your garage or stuff in your mouth. You know that feeling you get when you first hear a song that you know you will love forever, and every time you play it again, it takes you back to the first time you heard it? That’s what I’m talking about. I read once that when Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys founder and architect of the California surf sound, first heard The Ronettes classic wall of sound masterpiece, “Be My Baby,” he had to pull over to the side of the road because it impacted him so much. In 2013 he told The New York Times, “In a way it wasn’t like having your mind blown, it was like having your mind revamped.” That’s the way I feel when I enjoy my one hit at the end of the day. Then I walk out onto my patio to look at the big, blue beautiful world, as I smile and wonder about it all.
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Nothing is as it appears in this “big box store” of art. TEXT DEBBIE HALL PHOTOS HOLLIE CARDINAL PHOTOGRAPHY
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ou might enter Omega Mart in Area15, “America’s Most Exceptional Grocery Store,” looking for a snack among items like Impact Corn, Caltucky Freedom Glaze, or Americanized Beef. The juxtaposition of familiar things and unknown territory rapidly becomes apparent. Quickly you’ll realize that Omega Mart is a gateway of the imagination. It’s a world of inspi-
ration, play, and transformation, a totally unpredictable immersive art experience. In February, Santa Fe–based arts and entertainment company Meow Wolf debuted its second permanent installation, Omega Mart. More than 325 creatives worked on over 250 unique projects inside four vast anchor spaces. There are 60 environments with installation-filled rooms, terrains, and portals to other spaces. Over 50 visual and musical artists collaborated on Omega
Mart, including world-renowned artists like Shrine, Amon Tobin, and Android Jones. Behind rows of “consumer goods,” visitors are invited through portals—like a refrigerated beverage case and a camping display—into four themed areas, Omega Mart, Dramcorp, Factory, and The Projected Desert. The façade opens up to an underground river that leads to a behind-the-scenes corporate entity (lost in the 20th century, according to the story), as well (continued on p. 27) 35)
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as a Tron- and Mad Max-inspired maze. Psychedelic art morphs into transcendent interiors. “This is actually the third Omega Mart,” says Jim Ward, Chief of Content and Co-CEO of Meow Wolf. “It was originally done as an experiment, then as an installment in Santa Fe, and now the third expression has come to Las Vegas.” In one room, decades collide as the projection of a spindle for a 45
record covers one wall while geometrics—Upload_Ghost_s 2021, created by artist Stephen Hendee—cut patterns in the room as music fills the space. “We really like the designs of this artist— the low poly and low design. We paired his work with [musical artist] Beach House,” explains Marsi Gray, a senior creative producer. In another space, shapes mutate on the walls like ice crystals. Inspired by a trip to Yellowstone M AY 2021
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National Park, the artist expresses the fluidity of nature. The artists who collaborated on Omega Mart represent diverse perspectives and communities. “We support marginalized artists in under-supported communities in any community we enter,” explains Ali Rubinstein, Chief Creative Officer and Co-CEO of Meow Wolf. “This exhibit is technology-driven, which certainly
SECRET DATA Omega Mart includes a hidden bar, called Datamosh, offering adult beverages. Datamosh features eight specialty cocktails, including The Blank Berry Bliss made with pink peppercorn Champagne syrup, lemon, and basil seed; The Source with mezcal, and notes of shiso, tarragon, lime, and a photo-worthy rosemary bubble filled with smoke; and The Happy that mixes soju, apple juice, apple blossom bitters, and buzz button flowers for extra kick. Want to try them for yourself? Good luck. There is no signage; visitors must discover the secret cocktail lounge through the various portals, visiting spaces and exploring the immersive landscapes.
fits Las Vegas. As we grow, we will change spaces, add, and expand as an evolving exhibit to represent the culture and community of Las Vegas.” Double the Santa Fe installation’s size at 52,000 square feet, Omega Mart took three and a half years to create. A third permanent Meow Wolf installation is scheduled to open in Denver in late 2021. Meow Wolf—the only certified B-Corporation in the themed entertainment industry—is dedicated to building a more sustainable and inclusive arts economy. M AY 2021
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Step aside, gummy bears. These companies are working to redefine our idea of cannabis edibles while providing foodies and cannabis lovers alike with exciting and sophisticated options for celebratory dinners, socializing, and everyday meals. TEXT EMILIE-NOELLE PROVOST
For better or for worse, the past year has changed the way most of us eat. We’re dining out less and making more meals at home. When we do treat ourselves to a restaurant meal, we’re more particular about where and what we’re eating than in the past. Sensi readers have reason to rejoice in these cannabis- and CBD-infused meal options that
range from home-delivered make-it-yourself dinner kits to private catering and high-end group dining experiences suitable for celebrating just about any major life milestone.
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Dinner at Mary’s A meal kit delivery service with a twist, Dinner at Mary’s offers customers kits to make cannabis-infused dinners at
home. Delivered every Thursday to addresses in the Greater Boston area, the kits include enough local organic ingredients to make a three-course meal for two. Ingredients come pre-measured and you’ll receive easy-to-follow cooking directions. Dinner at Marys’ kits also include a free but optional vial of cannabis-infused olive oil that can be used to enhance ingredients. Specific instructions give customers the ability to control THC levels, making the
meals suitable for just about anyone. dinner-at-marys.com
Dope Dinners Boston Owned by a husbandand-wife team of chefs, Dope Dinners Boston offers private catering in customers’ homes. THC- and CBD-infused menus serve a minimum of six people, customized according to clients’ preferences and special occasions. Seasonal ingredients for Dope Dinners’ meals are sourced locally whenever M AY 2021
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Eat Sacrilicious Eat Sacrilicious also offers private cannabis meal experiences in the Boston area. Similar to a supper club, Eat Sacrilicious serves dinners at set places and times. Tickets for dining “events” are available for purchase by Eat Sacrilicious’ members on the company’s website (memberships are free to anyone over 21). Dinners range from five to eight courses. The meals, which also include wine
and cocktails, lean gourmet. Although events are currently on hiatus due to COVID-19, they are expected to resume soon. eatsacrilicious.com
Mass Cannabis Chefs Another supper clubstyle dining company, Mass Cannabis Chefs serves meals that are “cannabis-friendly.” Membership is free to anyone age 21 or over. Guests are encouraged to arrive an hour or two prior to serving time and to bring their own cannabis products to use or share while mingling with other diners. Guests also have the option of enjoying a cannabis-infused dinner. The chef individually creates each diner’s meal in accordance with his or her usual canna-
bis consumption and personal preferences. Diners are encouraged to hang out and socialize after the meal is over. Mass Cannabis Chefs also offer vegan-friendly experiences. Keep an eye on the company’s website for announcements about upcoming dinners. masscannabischefs.com
PotLoveDinners PotLoveDinners, located about 20 miles west of Boston, is a membership-based dining club offering scheduled dinner events as well
as private catering services. Founded by a Culinary Institute of America graduate and a local entrepreneur, both of whom are cannabis advocates, the company focuses on using high quality, locally sourced ingredients in everything it makes. The company makes cannabis-infused baked goods, including muffins, cookies, and bars, that members can enjoy at home. Membership to PotLoveDinners is free to anyone over the age of 21.
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reen Unicorn Farms was born at the tail end of 2019 when its fouders saw a gap in the market for a brand that could deliver consistent, quality, affordable CBD hemp flower online to customers all across the US. Green Unicorn searches far and wide for the latest and most popular CBD strains to add to its curated selection. The result is an ever-expanding menu of low-THC flowers to meet the needs of this rapidly growing product category within the CBD industry. For Green Unicorn Farms, education is key, which is why the company goes
the extra mile to provide as much information as possible to help guide its customers’ journeys. Green Unicorn even offers an AI shopper on its website to help first-time buyers find the right products, with the ultimate goal being to help people living as a better version of themselves by offering a wide range of wellness products that can be used from dusk till dawn. The founders of Green Unicorn Farms, Christopher Leonard and Robert Hising, have years of experience helping build and grow brands in the cannabis and CBD space with their agency Cannaverse Solutions.
The insights they have gained from this experience help them navigate the many challenges a new company faces when launching into a competitive marketplace. Green Unicorn Farms doesn’t stop with low-THC flowers though. The company has ambitious goals for the high-THC cannabis market as well. With a fun and approachable brand architecture, the company is currently evaluating potential licensing partners in states such as New York and California. Eventually, the plan is to offer a full-spectrum of cannabis and CBD products that can be found in both regulated and unregulated markets nationwide. In order to give back to the community, Green Unicorn Farms has partnered with Sweetleaf Collective to launch ALTRSM compassion flower. All proceeds from the sale of ALTRSM products through Green Unicorn Farms’ website support the Sweetleaf Collective, which helps low-income terminally ill patients access free medical cannabis.
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