Brain Rapp News Today

Over the years we have seen venues shape up and improve their standards and practices, but there is still plenty of room left to innovate, that’s where Washington DC’s Songbyrd comes in.

Others coffee packages with a logo design inspired by one of co-founder Ashley May’s paintings. All images courtesy of Others Coffee. At least one other silver lining has emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic: It’s Others Coffee, a design-savvy fledgling roasting company launched by a pair of furloughed Washington D.C. baristas. The Baltimore duo behind the brand consists of Brian Raupp, a graphic designer and musician that goes by the rap alias Brain Rapp, and Ashley May, an illustrator and p...

Opening ceremonies for Beaver Creek were held on Dec. 15, 1980. From left to right: Brain Rapp, president of Beaver Creek Resort Company; Harry Bass, chairman of Vail Associates; unidentified Forest Service representative; Jack Marshall, president of Vail Associates; then-governor Dick Lamm; former U.S. president Gerald Ford. (Vail Resorts Special to the Daily) Editor’s Note: The Vail Daily’s Tricia Swenson has compiled this information from talks with longtime locals, her own experience as...