Cairn Magazine
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Cairn Magazine is an online magazine covering Colorado's cultural landscape. It's tagline, "Colorado's Cultural Guidepost," reflects the intent of the magazine. Content is eclectic, including music, art, the outdoors, fiction pieces, book reviews, photo essays, etc. All content relates to the Colorado lifestyle or has been contributed by Colorado authors.
. Cairn Magazine has covered such diverse topics as hydroponics
, the emerging Denver rock scene, Rocky Mountain oysters
, the Nepalese sex trade and rock climbing
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In January 2008, Cairn Magazine converted to an all-online format in order to better serve its readers. New content is posted at least weekly, and the online format encourages active participation from the readership.
Lofty Concepts is the most eclectic of the tab sections, including short articles on various events, news, food and drink, global and local culture, and other miscellany.
Get Rhythm discusses regional music of all genres. This tab features coverage of music events, album reviews, and exploration of the creative process.
Creative Front covers other forms of artistic expression, including painting, sculpting, theater, film and photography. Articles also present views on artistic influence on culture and the art industry.
Novel Ideas contains a variety of articles related to the written word, including book reviews, fiction pieces, author interviews, and poetry.
Dirty Habits is the forum for outdoor destinations and activities.
The official Cairn blog (the "Clog") functions as a bulletin board for local events and music as well as other random recommendations such as a summer movie-watching list and cocktail recipes.
Other Cairn blogs focus more narrowly on topics such as the RuckusRoots movement.
. This name suggests that the magazine functions as a guide for readers on a cultural path, much as a physical cairn structure signals a path or trail.
History
Cairn Magazine was originally a quarterly print publication. The first issue debuted in the spring of 2006, and circulation prior to conversion to e-media was approximately 10,000 copies with readership primarily throughout the Front RangeFront Range
The Front Range is a mountain range of the Southern Rocky Mountains of North America located in the north-central portion of the U.S. State of Colorado and southeastern portion of the U.S. State of Wyoming. It is the first mountain range encountered moving west along the 40th parallel north across...
. Cairn Magazine has covered such diverse topics as hydroponics
Hydroponics
Hydroponics is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions, in water, without soil. Terrestrial plants may be grown with their roots in the mineral nutrient solution only or in an inert medium, such as perlite, gravel, mineral wool, or coconut husk.Researchers discovered in the 18th...
, the emerging Denver rock scene, Rocky Mountain oysters
Rocky Mountain oysters
Rocky Mountain oysters are bull calf testicles used as food.They are often deep-fried after being peeled, coated in flour, pepper and salt, and sometimes pounded flat...
, the Nepalese sex trade and rock climbing
Rock climbing
Rock climbing also lightly called 'The Gravity Game', is a sport in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a pre-defined route without falling...
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In January 2008, Cairn Magazine converted to an all-online format in order to better serve its readers. New content is posted at least weekly, and the online format encourages active participation from the readership.
Current Layout
The Cairn Magazine webpage (www.cairnmag.comhttp://www.cairnmag.com) features the following content tabs: Lofty Concepts, Get Rhythm, Creative Front, Novel Ideas, and Dirty Habits.Lofty Concepts is the most eclectic of the tab sections, including short articles on various events, news, food and drink, global and local culture, and other miscellany.
Get Rhythm discusses regional music of all genres. This tab features coverage of music events, album reviews, and exploration of the creative process.
Creative Front covers other forms of artistic expression, including painting, sculpting, theater, film and photography. Articles also present views on artistic influence on culture and the art industry.
Novel Ideas contains a variety of articles related to the written word, including book reviews, fiction pieces, author interviews, and poetry.
Dirty Habits is the forum for outdoor destinations and activities.
Blog
Cairn Magazine features blogs (also accessible via a tab at www.cairnmag.comhttp://www.cairnmag.com as an extension to the magazine itself.The official Cairn blog (the "Clog") functions as a bulletin board for local events and music as well as other random recommendations such as a summer movie-watching list and cocktail recipes.
Other Cairn blogs focus more narrowly on topics such as the RuckusRoots movement.
About the Title
Cairn Magazine's name was derived from the Scottish word cairnCairn
Cairn is a term used mainly in the English-speaking world for a man-made pile of stones. It comes from the or . Cairns are found all over the world in uplands, on moorland, on mountaintops, near waterways and on sea cliffs, and also in barren desert and tundra areas...
. This name suggests that the magazine functions as a guide for readers on a cultural path, much as a physical cairn structure signals a path or trail.