This summer, a pair of concerned cannabis educators from Manitou Springs have joined forces to create an unprecedented event combining art and education, all surrounding this (legal, yet still wildly) controversial plant. Two former magazine publishers, Dean Frankmore and Michael Browning, met through Dean’s Manitou Movie School and brought their mutual interests of cinema, cannabis and empowermen
t to bear in designing a unique weekend festival perfectly suited to the recreational paradise of Manitou Springs. Art (a Manitou staple, in the form of film) plus Education, which has been in short supply, locally, for this newly minted legitimate industry. Hence, they’ve devised the combined event to occur over the weekend of November 11th, 12th and 13th. Perhaps you’ve read several of Dean’s articles on Cannabis Fitness in these pages (you can refresh yourself online searching for Dean Frankmore). Frankmore will curate a Conference for Cannabis Fitness which features both paid and free presentations. Manitou Art Center will host two rooms screening film programs all day long, The ABCs of Cannabis Health Research and H**p History: From Clothing To Cure-All? with the Still Life Photography exhibit, live presentations, patient information and many other amazing free offerings for the general public. Those paying to attend the conference+festival will get additional Conference offerings, like Dean’s Friday night keynote address on Creating The Cannabis Fit Community, and Saturday’s Patient Pioneers panel, both at Memorial Hall. Michael’s recent success with Longmont’s 4th Front Range Film Fest has him at the helm of Cinebis Film Festival programming – which has been coming in from all over the globe, including one feature length documentary already selected from the U.K.
