What's better than Santa Claus coming to town? John Waters coming to Denver. He's a lot like Santa, except his bag of toys is for adults only, his trademark mustache is neatly trimmed, and his elves include Patty Hearst, Traci Lords and Liz Renay.

The 15th annual Sonoma International Film Festival, April 11-15, 2012, will pay tribute to innovative filmmaker John Waters, hosting the American director, author, actor and photographer during a special evening on Saturday, April 14, at the Sonoma Veteran's Memorial Building.

Building upon the Opportunity Green Business Conference held in November, I interviewed Adrian Grenier and Peter Glatzer, co-founder's of SHFT.com -a multimedia platform to curate and position sustainably-designed products and ideas, and nudge them into the mainstream through video, design, art and culture.

The Whistler Film Festival announced its award winners at a brunch held on Sunday.