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09 17 LOCAL PRODUCESHARING PROGRAM FRESH FOOD CONNECT EXPANDS INTO 80203

By Haines Eason It has been a big year for Fresh Food Connect, Denver’s first community-garden-produce-sharing program specifically targeting locals living in food-insecure neighborhoods.

“We started in 80205 last year, and by the end of the season we opened up 80207, 80220 and 80210—Park Hill, Montclair and University neighborhoods,” says Groundwork Denver Executive Director Wendy Hawthorne. “We opened them up because there were a good number of people who had signed up who were not in an open zip code.”

Hawthorne says the program's web app allows interested gardeners to sign up even if they do not reside in a service area as a way of gauging interest.

The program is simple: gardeners with surplus vegetables to share sign up at freshfoodconnect.org. Once signed up, growers put produce they wish to share on their porch on a designated pickup day, and Fresh Food Connect’s bike team, pedaling 500-pound-capacity, specially modified produce pickup bikes, comes by for the offering. The ingenious program is in fact a three-way partnership between Groundwork Denver, Denver Urban Gardens and Denver Food Rescue, and it supplies a paywhat-you-may farmstand and local food pantries with fresh produce.

Emily Olsen, program coordinator for Fresh Food Connect, says there are presently between

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Fresh Food Connect Program Coordinator Emily Olsen on the program's electric-assist bike. The program has expanded into 80203 thanks to a large commitment from the West Washington Park Community Garden. Photo by Haines Eason.

60 and 70 gardeners signed up in the zip codes in which the program operates. The program is actively seeking more gardeners, she adds, and it doesn’t take many participants to produce a big pile of produce.

“In the last two weeks, our pickups each week have been bigger than our biggest pickups we ever had last year,” she says. “With all the rain we’ve had, gardens are really starting to get going. The last two weeks, we have distributed 150 or so pounds of produce through our pay-what-you-may farmstand,” Olsen says. “The rest was donated to various food pantries.”

Most of the pickups supply Fresh Food Connect’s pay-what-you-may farmstand located in 80205’s Sky-

line neighborhood. Fresh Food Connect staff targeted that neighborhood because, Olsen says, that neighborhood’s only grocery store closed recently after 65 years.

Hawthorne stresses funds generated by the sales from the stand do not result in a profit for Fresh Food Connect but rather are used to pay low-income youth to do the pick-ups and run the farmstand.

Though it doesn’t take many participants to produce quite a bounty, Olsen and Hawthorne hope to grow the program to 300 or more gardener parCONTINUED ON 10

OVERALL CRIME STATIC; VIOLENT CRIME UP IN DISTRICT 6 SO FAR IN 2017

By Jennifer Turner While the overall crime rate is down 1 percent in Denver Police District 6, violent crime is up compared to the same period in 2016.

District 6 encompasses Capitol Hill, Cheesman Park, City Park West, Civic Center, Five Points and Union Station.

For the first seven months of the year, the violent crime rate, which includes homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault, increased 7.2 percent compared to the same period in 2016.

Eleven murders have been committed in District 6 as of the end of July. Five murders were committed during the first seven months of 2016.

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“In 2017, we have seen an increase of crime in some categories. One of our biggest concerns is in the area of homicide. We have had an increase, but there is no significant trend or reason contributing to the increase.

It appears the majority of the homicides are isolated incidents,” said Denver Police Spokesman Sonny Jackson via email.

Aggravated assault is up 11.7 percent, with 382 incidents reported compared to 342 in 2016. Rape rose 6.7 percent while robberies have decreased by 4.7 percent.

There are likely multiple factors contributing to the rise in violent crime. When asked about this, Jackson said, “Denver’s population growth is an area we are

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looking at as a contributing factor to the increase in crime in our community.”

“The Denver Police Department remains concerned about crime in our community whether it’s going up or down. We meet weekly with all 6 district commanders, major crimes, and representatives of all the sections of the Denver Police Department to look at crime trends throughout the city and how best to prevent them. We continually adjust resources and develop plans to address criminal activity in an area. Crime prevention is one of our main goals,” continued CONTINUED ON 10

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EDITORIAL

By Denver City Councilman Wayne New, District 10

GO Bond funding projects finalized On Monday, Aug. 14, the General Obligation (GO) bond measures were unanimously approved by the City Council for referral to the November ballot.

These seven measures encompass transportation and mobility projects, cityowned cultural facility improvements, a new outpatient care center at Denver Health Medical Center, safety facility projects, Denver Public Library improvements, city-owned facility improvements and parks and recreation projects. The package of infrastructure investments includes 460 projects valued at $937 million, with the largest percentage of the bond being dedicated to the city’s biggest challenge: transportation and mobility.

The following are the seven GO Bond measures and a few of their key projects for District 10 and others across the city: Transportation and Mobility Systems 25 transportation projects valued at $431 million that include investments in pedestrian, bicycle and transit networks, multimodal roadway improvements, street repairs and repaving.

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ACTIVIST Use-of-force committee working for community accountability from DPD

By Stephen Molyneux A committee of community groups is working on revising the Denver Police Department (DPD) use-of-force policy.

The initial deadline was September 1, which has been extended four weeks.

In January, a new use-of-force policy draft was released by DPD Chief Robert White, after refusing the participation of Denver’s Office of the Independent Monitor and community groups in the drafting. Public outcry led to the first community meetings and then formation of the committee, Grid Collaborative Workspaces...........6 HealthONE-Presbyterian/St.Lukes....3 Jalan Spa..........................................10 JW Salon ............................................8 Kavod Senior Life...............................2 Little India.......................................24 Meggitt Motors................................21 Nob Hill Inn....................................22 Park Hill Motors..............................16 Park Tavern & Restaurant.................10 Pete's ...............................................17 Rene Heredia Flamenco.....................7 S Wings Automotive.........................22 Sobo 151..........................................24 Square A Mechanical.......................21 Susan G. Komen Foundation ..........5 Swallow Hill Music..........................18 The Wine Seller & Spirits, Too...........8 Uptown / Vienna Cleaners.................11 Waterworks Car Wash......................11 Wood River Restaurant....................14

sit—$55 million; Colfax Street Improvements—$20 million; Broadway Corridor Multi-Modal Improvements—$12 million.

- Citywide: Sidewalk Construction— $30.7 million; Deferred Maintenance for Streets—$101 million.

Cultural Facilities Six projects valued at $116.9 million to improve facilities at arts and cultural centers.

- District 10: Denver Art Museum Expansion—$35.5 million; Denver Botanic Gardens—$18 million.

- Citywide: Denver Zoo—$20 million; DCPA Bonfils Theatre Complex Upgrades—$19 million.

Denver Health & Hospital Authority Addition of a new outpatient care center.

- Citywide: Denver Health Medical Center Ambulatory Care Center—$75 million.

Public Safety System Six projects valued at $77 million, including building one new fire station and repairing run-down police and fire stations citywide.

- District 10: District 6 Police Station Replacement—$25 million.

- Citywide: District 5 Police Station Replacement—$17.3 million; New Fire Station at 72nd & Tower Road—$16.1 million.

Library System 11 library system renovations valued at $69.3 million.

- District 10: Central Library—$38 million.

- Citywide: Ross-Broadway Library—$2.3 million; Eugene Field Library—$2.1 million.

Parks and Recreation System 18 parks projects valued at $151.6 million, including repairs and improvements at existing recreation centers and parks, and the construction of a new recreation center to serve West Denver.

- District 10: Congress Park Pool Reconstruction—$8.3 million; Civic Center Greek Theatre Improvements—$4 million.

- Citywide: Neighborhood Park Improvements—$15 million; Recreation Center Improvements and Renovations—$8 million.

Public Facilities System Two projects valued at $16.5 million.

- Citywide: ADA Projects/Corrections—$10 million.

The city began the GO bond process in 2016 by engaging the Denver community in a conversation about the enhancements they want in their neighborhoods and throughout the city.

With six public meetings, a map-based online tool, City Council engagement and comment cards located at libraries and recreation centers, the city received more than 3,000 investment ideas.

Please review these infrastructure improvements for the City. For more information about the bond process or to view the final project list, please visit denvergov.org/2017GObond.

which includes representatives from use-of-force, and taking us to the police Denver Justice Project, Colorado Latino academy and demonstrating use-ofForum, the National Association for the force techniques. It was very pro-police.

Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), There was no opportunity built into the National Association for Blacks in Criminal Justice and the Greater Denver Ministerial Alliance.

"My view is that, even if it was the best use of force policy in the world, without community input it would lack community credibility. It would always be viewed as suspect," says Lisa Calderon of Colorado Latino Forum. "Unfortunately, the process, from the very beginning was heavily slanted Lynn Eagle Feather in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Marade, Jan. 18, 2016, near East High toward a police perspective.

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That might make sense if it was just an internal document, just talking to the agenda for critiques or community police officers, but this was a community perspective. This policy isn't just being process. So, the first, about four weeks written for the police, it's also written for of our meetings, focused on the police CONTINUED ON 3 officers' views and their justifications for

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PUBLISHER Where’s Our March?

By Jill Farschman Women, immigrants, science. We’ve marched to advocate for these groups and many others, but not to champion the underlying mechanism for guaranteeing our right to do so—the first amendment. We are guaranteed the right to freedom of religion, speech, press, peaceable assembly and petition of grievances to the government. For obvious reasons, I’d like to focus specifically on “freedom of the press.”

This is a time when it makes total sense to flood our streets and capitol steps in support of our constitutionally protected right to a free press.

Daily we are assaulted with accusations of “fake news” accompanied by journalists being aggressively attacked personally and professionally. The journalistic profession is maligned and denigrated with impunity—its very survival threatened—highlighting a vulnerability in our democratic system. The first amendment’s protection of the press is a cornerstone of our democracy and we allow it to be undermined at our peril.

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the community and for us to understand what is permissible use-of-force and what isn't and why."

The committee voiced concerns about the choice of facilitator, former senior chief deputy district attorney Lamar Sims, who defended the 2014 police shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, in Cleveland, as a paid consultant in that case. Dr. Nita Mosby Tyler was subsequently hired.

"Since she's come on board, we've really made great progress," Calderon says.

"I think the police representatives, particularly those who aren't used to engaging community, really resisted a collaborative approach," Calderon says.

"And then, the one remaining member issued a letter saying he didn't agree with the policy. Well, there is no policy that has been produced by our group yet.

None. It doesn't exist yet. So, to object to a document before it's even been developed, tells us it was just an excuse to slam the process, and we don't give it a whole lot of credence."

LETTERS We say we live in neighborhoods, but do we really act like neighbors? We walk in and out of our buildings glued to our phones. Our parking spots give us quick access to our rooms without having to interact with others. While we may live in a building of 90 units, most of us act like we are on our own two-acre plot of land.

Are we just conglomerations of strangers or can we be neighbors once again?

Small acts change our buildings and blocks into more supportive, safer places to live. When you enter the elevator, say “hi” and learn the person’s name. Host or participate in a building or block party.

Take five minutes to engage with and

Let’s do a visualization exercise…

Imagine you live in a country without a free press. I know, it’s hard since we tend to take our free press for granted, but work with me. Imagine you’re in, say, Turkey where the highest number of journalists are currently in prison.

According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (cpj.org), 256 journalists were jailed worldwide in 2016. In our country’s darkest moments, we’ve ruined and jailed journalists as well. We must be vigilant.

So why does professional journalism matter? Because possessing a smartphone doesn’t make you a brilliant writer or photographer any more than holding a needle and thread makes you a master seamstress.

Our profession has established ethical and content standards that increase legitimacy of coverage. Writing a compelling, well-researched article or investigative piece is hard work, not for the faint-hearted.

Conducting a substantive and informative interview takes preparation and sophisticated communication skills.

Good journalism takes courage and emotional intelligence. It also takes considerable resources. In short, if you want quality journalism to flourish you need to support it with your pocketbook. In the case of free community publications such as ours, this means supporting advertisers' neighborhood businesses. For larger media outlets,

this means paid digital and print subscriptions, in addition to supporting their advertisers.

There are ways to get involved in the protection of your free press. When

"My son had mental illness and they knew. He needed help not to be killed. He never got medical attention after being shot," says Lynn Eagle Feather, a Lakota woman originally from Rosebud, South Dakota, whose son, Paul Castaway, was killed by DPD in 2015. "They shot him in front of 15 children! They are scarred for life. This has affected many lives, not just my own. His only son talks about "my Daddy in the sky." I think they need to be tested for steroids and everything else.

Body cameras were not used with my son, Paul. He was a generous man who loved being Lakota Sioux and being a father to his only child. I think DPD needs to provide for the children left behind. More transparency!"

The original deadline of Sept. 1 was extended due to time lost in the first four weeks. "Our plans are to hold another forum in October, and reveal to the public what we as a committee came to consensus on about our recommendations," Calderon says. "We'll engage in discussion and answer questions at that time, and then wait for Chief White's response."

learn a new fact about whomever you run into. Start offering help and share with your neighbors.

For when we recognize each other, we begin to notice the suspicious people who try to get into our building or are eyeing the bikes outside. Knowledge of one’s neighbors allows the building to create a safer space where people are looking out for one another. By offering to share and help, we begin to break down the barriers in our area. Just the resources in a 50-unit building are staggering if you know who to ask. What if we decided it is no longer weird to ask for help, to borrow an ingredient or to use a tool? When those barriers are removed, we create a small community of mutual support. By looking around and helping each other rather than ghosting through the building in our own worlds, we can create a safer, better place to live.

—Neal Heitmann

someone in your social circle maligns the press, speak up. Don’t be passive when your values are threatened. Support the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition (coloradofoic.org), a “nonpartisan alliance of news organizations, groups and individuals” with the mission “to ensure that Coloradans—journalists, the general public, public officials, educators, students, business owners and legal professionals— understand and use the public’s rights of access to the records and proceedings of government and the judiciary.” You can also protect your access to legal notices, a right that’s periodically in jeopardy. Legal notices ensure public transparency for court actions, public hearings, bids, proposals, foreclosures, unclaimed property, liens, zoning notices, budgets, public sector executive compensation, and more.

Lastly, seize the opportunity to include free press in your political and social action. Next time you choose to march for something, how about a shout out for your free press?

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Owner Rex Djanvat is excited to introduce Cap Hill diners to his fast casual restaurant concept at Rocky Fin Poke Bar.

Yes, there’s still a line to order at relocated Bourbon Grill, which opened in mid-August to a long line of fans after a brief closure to move west on Colfax.

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OPENINGS

BOURBON GRILL

It’s fall. Let the feasts and football begin. If you’re still worn out from eclipse parties or too much bumper-tobumper traffic, you need good, clean comfort food. You need Bourbon Grill chicken with a side of mac ‘n cheese.

After 15 years as a walk-up window dishing out boxes of cooking to go, Lien Vo and husband Tom Leiber shut down Bourbon Grill in June to relocate. Six weeks later, they reopened a handful of blocks west at 571 E. Colfax. This address is the former home of Pizza Fusion, an eatery run by the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless that trained workers for hospitality jobs and served up some damn fine pie.

Vo appeared genuinely surprised to see lines down the block on August 15th when she reopened, but her bourbon chicken has a big following.

“The food is amazing,” said Matt Morava, who’s been a regular customer for over three years.

We spoke as he patiently waited in line August 19th. “You definitely want to do the bourbon chicken the first visit.”

Now the famous restaurant has indoor seating, but yes, there is still a line to navigate before you get to the order taker. All meals are still packed to

go and many were headed out the door during my visits.

“We did add a few items to the menu,” Vo said. “The (old) kitchen was so small.”

In fact, the original kitchen was only 300 square feet. Now, Vo has room to expand her talents. Fresh-squeezed lemonade returns to the menu along with Paté Chaud and Jambalaya entrees.

In addition to bourbon, blackened or bbq chicken, there are cheesesteak sandwiches, Texas BBQ and other temptations. For Vo, every morning is a journey to all the places she’s lived and loved.

“These are all the foods I like,” she said with glee.

Born in Vietnam, her family ran a restaurant there. Her father worked at the U.S. Embassy and sometimes she helped cater events. As refugees, they moved to the U.S. in 1979 and New Orleans became home.

A Southern influence is woven into many Vo recipes and she already has more additions in mind but not just yet.

“I can’t do much yet because of the crowds,” she explained humbly. The instant return of Bourbon’s client base is clearly a source of well-earned pride paired with flat-out amazement for Vo. At least the phone calls from fans will cease as word of Bourbon’s reopening spreads. For weeks, Vo fielded calls from customers willing to volunteer their time to get the new space open sooner.

Right now, the pace is pretty hectic so you can leave a message at 303-3553821 or stop by daily 10:00a.m.-9:00p.m.

The Sunday hours are new.

Be sure to check out the mural on the back wall. It’s an homage to the original humble space further up Colfax

Owner Rex Djanvat is excited to introduce Cap Hill diners to his fast casual restaurant concept at Rocky Fin Poke Bar. where Vo and Leiber first set down deep roots in the heart of Denver.

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ROCKY FIN POKE BAR

When City Hall Events Center closed for business, signs at 1134 Broadway promised something new. Now Element Kitchen & Cocktail has opened as a sports bar with upscale eats.

As Denver has evolved into a foodie destination, sports bars have struggled.

At least that’s the thinking of partner Jon Spadafora who brought famed Dallas chef John Tesar in to design Element’s menu.

Tesar holds some serious credentials, including an upcoming appearance on TV’s The Gauntlet cooking program and a new cooking show on the Discovery channel.

The elevated sports concept is “as gluten free as possible.” That translates into 90 percent of the eats being available GF. Many ingredients are locally sourced so there’s a "farm to table" element as well.

The menu offers deviled eggs, guacamole made tableside, steak or tuna tartare, fried chicken and waffles, sausage and peppers, plus a long list of other options. Eighty beers are available—that’s 8-0—with 20 on tap and many being gluten free or reduced.

A large projection screen will show local sporting events and Game of Thrones. Check out the full menu of eats and events at element-kitchens.com.

The company is also planning a speakeasy with a sneaker theme. You heard me. "Sneakeasy" will occupy the upstairs space and feature specialty cocktails paired with a collection of rare and desirable sneakers, according to manager Melissa Kelly. That venture is expected to open in November. It will

The stretch of Colfax near Lafayette Street has attracted the area’s first kava bar, a joint that mixes Froot Loops with ice cream and now a fast casual poké eatery. Seems fitting. If you haven’t tried it, the best way to describe poké is a raw fish salad.

Owner Rex Djuanvat, the restaurant owner of Rocky Fin, was on a trip when he hit on the concept. “I went to Hawaii and ate poké for the first time. It was wonderful.”

One taste was all it took. He meshed his experience in a Japanese eatery with work in fast casual eateries and wrote up his business plan.

Djanvat lived at East 12th Avenue and Pearl Street for years. The former Fat Jack’s sub space fronting on Lafayette Street was an easy location choice.

Ordering is easy, too. It’s a five-step process that lets you customize your meal. Think Chipotle does sushi and you’re close.

Step One is the selection of your protein. There are several raw options and several cooked ones. Then toppings, sauce and garnishes are added. The list includes walnuts, pickled ginger and dried seaweed plus dozens of others.

Beverages include two housemade ones with fresh fruits and cane sugar.

Djanvat’s focus is on more healthful options and he’s clearly a foodie. He and his wife spend their days off flying to other cities to try a new restaurant before returning home on a red eye flight.

Rocky Fin dishes up daily 11:00a.m.9:00p.m. The number is 303-861-1188 and the menu’s viewable at rockyfinpoke.

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The décor and the menu are upscale at Element Kitchen & Cocktails, a new "enlightened" sports bar at 1134 Broadway.

Dr. Jon Savage and his wife, Maureen, on screen, demonstrate how telemedicine works in their new online health care venture.

serve tapas and adult beverages.

The main City Hall space is slated to become Temple nightclub—a concept that Kelly describes as "Zen meets alien crop circles." Can’t wait.

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BLUE PAN PIZZA

Detroit arrived in Congress Park August 24 with the opening of Blue Pan Pizza. The old bike store at 3509 E. 12th Ave.—part of the Capitol Heights Pharmacy building—has been reworked into an appealing family eatery.

Blue Pan specializes in Detroit-style pizza but also serves a Chicago cracker crust pie and one that’s dubbed New York style.

“The signature characteristic of Detroit-style pizza, the caramelized crust, is achieved by using a unique blend of brick, white cheddar, and whole milk mozzarella cheeses,” Blue Pan’s owners say.

Yes, in Detroit style, the cheese goes to the edge of the pan—a deep dish pan that is often…wait for it…blue in color.

And the tomato sauce goes on top of the cheese.

Dough for all pie styles is made in house daily. This is the second eatery for Blue Pan; their first venture in the Highlands opened in 2011. The Congress Park store is larger and may allow for a broader menu.

Co-owner Jeff “Smoke” Smokevitch brings numerous awards as a pizzaiolo to this venture. Yup, that’s what you call an expert pizza chef. A liquor license offers adult beverages to pair with some of his award winning recipes and there are 20 beers on tap.

Hours are daily 4:00p.m.-10:00p.m.

The space has no patio but offers a wall of garage doors that will let the interior enjoy outdoor air during finer weather.

The number is 720-519-0944. Online ordering and delivery are also available.

MATT CAMRON RUGS & TAPESTRIES

At 248 Detroit St., Matt Camron Rugs has opened next to Aviano Coffee.

It’s the old SOL Lingerie spot.

Camron has showrooms in Houston where the business began, Dallas, Chicago, and Washington D.C., in addition to their new location in Cherry Creek North (CCN).

This venture also does appraisals and rents rugs for special occasions.

The website is mattcamron.com and the shop number’s 303-777-8010.

CARE ON LOCATION

Your plans for this weekend probably don’t include an ER visit but fevers and sore throats happen with no heed to the time of day. A new telemedicine

venture launched by a pair of Washington Park residents could spare you that lengthy, costly ER or urgent care trip.

It’s called Care on Location (CoL) and medical director Jon Savage, MD brings 15 years’ experience as an ER doc to his new venture.

“The military has been using some form of telemedicine for decades and, when you think about it, so have on-call physicians all over the country as they return calls at night from patients and try to (determine) what the problem is and how to solve it,” he explained.

Long ER shifts demonstrated that many of his patients didn’t really need an ER; they just couldn’t get in to see a primary care doc. This is the segment of the market he’s targeting.

He cites a study indicating that the average wait to see a primary doc is now 27 days, so it’s no surprise that in 2015, a Colorado Health Access Survey documented that 40 percent of ER patients really didn’t have an emergency.

Savage believes telemedicine can address numerous complaints that didn’t require blood tests or x-rays.

“These issues may include cough, cold symptoms, sore throat, rash, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, medication refills. But at only $49.99, this care is perfect for individuals who have high deductibles and have to potentially pay for the first $6000+ out of pocket before insurance pays a dime,” he explained.

A second category of patients falls into what Savage dubs the "should I stay or should I go?" category. Is that cut serious enough to need stitches? Is my ankle just sprained or do I need an x-ray?

“If a patient does need further care, we can direct them to the most appropriate and cost-effective location for that care, potentially saving them the frustration and cost of going somewhere and not having their issue adequately addressed.”

His third target group is patients who desire extra privacy or have other issues. They could want to avoid crowds, have mobility issues or live in rural areas. Even tourists far away from home can access CoL. The company, which launched in May, reports their #1 customer currently is a mom concerned about her child.

To start, the service is via two-way online chat but eventually more services, including technician home visits could be added. Current hours are 4:00p.m.midnight, Thursday-Monday.

The website for pricing and registration is careonlocation.com. A credit card is needed to make a reservation and Savage said the average wait time is around 20 minutes for your

WOODS BOSS BREWING

Chad Moore and Jordan Fink were friends and adventurers before they became business partners. Fink was a professional brewer and Moore was a craft brew fan with a business background.

First, Fink traveled to Nepal to open that nation’s first craft brewery. Then Moore and his family trekked through South America while the duo hammered out their business plan via Skype.

Put their Woods Boss Brewing venture, 2210 California St., on your "Must See" list this month. It’s an amazing transformation.

“The building was over 100+ years old and truly looked like a disaster but the architecture and the location

is where the vision took over,” Moore explained.

Their realized vision is both rustic and glamorous. It’s a vast warehouse space finished with woodsy detailing. The centerpiece is an amazing bar crafted from fallen redwood—a single slab, 21 feet in length, that ends with a wood burl over five feet in diameter.

“We used another 21 foot long slab to build a beer table surrounded by couches that would enable people to sit comfortably, share stories and relax around a gorgeous centerpiece that is itself a conversation starter,” he said.

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a newcomer to craft and those seeking the more "funky," creative flavors from a brewer pushing the envelope. Roughly a dozen are brewed here and available on tap, along with Tommyknocker root beer and Happy Leaf kombucha.

The Woods Boss name pays honor to their fondness for the outdoors but it’s officially an old job title Fink held working with the youth corps in the Pacific Northwest years ago.

“The Woods Boss was the one who would check in on each of these teams and assist the crew leaders with any challenging kids or bring in supplies, etc. The Woods Boss was the one who brought in the fun, worked hard, yet was the light-hearted goofy guy/gal,” Moore said.

Woods Boss reflects the duo’s shared values. Their business plan includes profit sharing with the community, accessibility and making everyone feel at home. So far, they’re off to a great start.

Call 303-727-9203 for information or just drop in. Doors are open Monday-Thursday 2:00p.m.-10:00p.m.; Friday-Saturday, noon-11:00p.m.; Sunday, noon-8:00p.m. Don’t overlook the foot-

rests at the bar!

BIRDCALL

Is this the perfect place to launch a chicken joint or what? Birdcall is now open at 800 E. 26th Ave. If the address rings a bell, it was the long time address for Tom’s Home Cooking when Tom’s was chicken central in Five Points.

Fried chicken goes modern here.

This new concept from the folks behind Park Burger debuted complete with modernization of ordering and pickup.

There are touch screens outside the front door to grab your order and record payment. “Very cutting edge,” said co-founder Connor Boyton who sees it as an inevitable trend. “(We) put the ordering in the customer’s hands, which decreases order mishaps, and we also are getting a leg up on the future of fast food!”

Inside, there are LED screens that tell you how long your order will take and a honeycomb of pickup slots where you finally get your hands on the food.

Repeat customers can save their profiles and past history if they want to reorder a great meal.

Chicken is served in numerous forms. There’s a grilled chicken Caesar

sandwich, a crispy Nashville Hot coated in dry rub and the Southern paired with pimento cream cheese and slaw.

While Birdcall could be all about chicken, a Cowcall built with Harris Ranch beef is also on the menu; it’s topped with caramelized onions. A crispy tofu sandwich and four salads give vegetarians something to ponder.

Breakfast also gets its due. The place opens at 7:00a.m. weekdays for the first meal of the day. Eleven different entrees under six dollars will tempt you to grab two or three.

Juices are house-squeezed. Beers on tap include a draw from Spanagalang Brewery just around the corner. You can grab a draft, sandwich and side salad for around $16.

EVENTS AND ADVENTURES

A singles social club from Phoenix has moved its offices to Denver and 789 Sherman Street in Capitol Hill. That places the Events and Adventures (E&A) team offices diagonally across from Black Eye Coffee.

As the name suggests, this is an event and travel-planning company. The club has chapters in 11 cities now and chose Denver for its central location.

Travel, skydiving, scuba, skiing, broomball, fishing. This club promises it all. It is membership-based and there’s a one or two-year contract, plus some extra fees for costly events but there are numerous meets each month.

Members range in age from 20s to 50s. The focus is on local events but there are big trips, too, including one to Antarctica that’s reportedly sold out.

Their website, eventsandadventures. com, has details.

CHANGES

SOUTHSIDE BAR KITCHEN

First, let me address the rumors about the Cold Crush hip-hop club reportedly moving from RiNo to 3014 E. Colfax Ave. “False” says the current tenant and owner of SouthSide Bar | Kitchen, John Elliott.

Cold Crush, the source of much RiNo drama in recent years, has until Halloween to vacate its space on Larimer Street. Its lease was not renewed and owner Brian Mathenge bought the Southside property in April but Elliott says he plans to stay put.

“The new property owner has been trying to force us out of our lease for the

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The slab of fallen redwood the anchors Woods Boss Brewing is a gorgeous one that ends with a big burl. Trail signs on either end display what’s on tap.

Ordering is streamlined, and you can count down until your meal’s ready at Birdcall, a new Five Points chicken-centric eatery from the Park Burger folks.

past four months but we have a solid (one) through 2019,” he added.

He’s so confident in his tenancy that he recently transformed the upstairs space from Beetle Bar into Hidden Idol Tiki Bar. “We focus on classic Tiki. Hidden Idol is designed to be an escape.”

Local tikifile groups (yup, they exist) have latched on. Half the drink offerings are old beachcomber favorites—zombies, suffering bastards, Mai Tais, etc.

The rest are house creations. There have already been several luaus and other special food events will arrive monthly.

Hidden Idol is open Thursday-Saturday, 7:00p.m.-close; Sunday 4:00p.m.11:00p.m. The space also hosts private events.

Monday-Saturday, Southside and Idol offer 25 percent drinks for teachers, first responders, military members, nurses and service industry. That discount bumps to 50 percent on Sundays.

prompted shorter operating hours at Sweet Cooie’s vintage ice cream parlor, 3506 E. 12th Ave. Weekdays, doors will open at noon instead of 11:00a.m. The weekend open is still 11:00a.m.

Congress Park residents and other fans have warmly embraced this new addition to the Little Man Ice Cream company. Is it coincidence that the new hours started on the day of the a.m. eclipse?

live theatre.”

“There’s a reason our motto is ‘no guts, no story,’” said managing director Katie Maltais. “We were founded by risk takers and that’s what’s enabled us to not only survive, but thrive for 20 years. We are Denver’s home for diverse, thought-provoking new work.”

Learn more about the theater’s 20th season at curioustheatre.org.

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The yoga studio at 2780 E. Sixth Ave. now offers Sunday classes. This change in service launched several months ago; I’m tardy but sharing the news.

Hours on weekends start a bit later— at 8:30a.m. versus 5:30a.m. weekdays.

Call 303-399-9642. First week’s free so what’s your excuse now? The website for class schedules is cherrycreek.yogapod. com.

ADRIFT TIKI BAR & GRILLE

Readers who live in the 80203 and 80218 ZIP codes can tiki for less at Adrift Tiki Bar & Grille. On Tuesday evenings, those lucky residents can quaff Zombies and other beverages for 15 percent less at Adrift, Broadway’s well-known Tiki bar. That discount is for the entire check.

Sadly, I reside in 80206.

The new promotion is designed to draw in more locals, including those on foot or two wheels. The space at 218 S. Broadway is open Tuesday from 4:00p.m.-10:00p.m.

SOL MEXICAN COCINA

There are also a few changes in baja Mexican cuisine to report. SOL Mexican Cocina is celebrating its first anniversary in CCN by shaking up lunch and happy hour.

Matt Baumayr, co-founder and operating partner of SOL Mexican Cocina, said, “Our new lunch menu offers smaller portions which are priced aggressively for the market and our happy hour is now seven days a week from 3-6 p.m.”

Many happy hour offerings are only offered during that time frame. They include single tacos like the black bean and sweet potato or beer fish offerings or SOL’s signature grilled corn dish carved tableside.

Lunch now features smaller versions of SOL tacos, tortilla soup, salads and more. Larger sizes will remain available.

SOL is located on the northeast corner of Columbine Street and East Second Avenue in CCN.

SWEET COOIE’S

The coming cooler weather has

Tuesday evenings at 6:30p.m., Congress Park Taproom’s (CPTR) Run Club is hitting the streets this fall. I hear there’s a liquid reward at the end of the run, too.

CPTR is not a brewery. It’s a taproom that hosts craft beers from many local brewers and others from farther afield.

With 30 taps in all, there’s likely to be something for everyone here. Sunday mornings they offer burritos and brews for brunch. Check out hours and details at congressparktaproom.com.

CASTLE MARNE

The Hill’s celebrated 1889 lava stone structure designed by famed architect William Lang has garnered some new recognition in its 127th year. Castle Marne, the area’s historic B&B received a perfect score from HotelsCombined. com, joining some very elite company.

Only five establishments can boast a 10 out of 10 rating.

The rating covers quality of rooms, food and location. Situated at 1572 Race St., Castle Marne’s been restored to its 1880s splendor, offering guests a chance to enjoy this prime example of the greatest construction boom in Denver history.

CURIOUS THEATRE

Curious Theatre at 1080 Acoma St. just received a grant that is being called "transformational." A fitting way to celebrate a 20th anniversary.

The grant comes from the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust.

It’s a three-year, $100,000 gift to support the company’s growing national profile and allow more investment in artistic opportunities.

“We feel a strong momentum right now,” said producing artistic director Chip Walton. “We have a unique voice in our community and we are committed to working with the best artists across the country to realize our vision in production.”

In the past decade, playwrights of color, LGBTQ playwrights or female playwrights wrote two thirds of the plays Curious staged. The company in recent months has rebranded itself as “a social justice organization whose platform is

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THRIFT MART

The building housing Thrift Mart, the Assistance League of Denver’s recycled clothing and goods shop at 1331 E. Colfax Ave., was recently sold but the thrift operation will continue in business until winter. Expect a big closing sale around Thanksgiving.

THE GOODS

“We know your work week is stressful. Perhaps we can help a little.” That’s the message from The Goods restaurant

at 2550 E. Colfax Ave. The company is encouraging local families to bring in the kids any time on Wednesdays when kids eat free all day.

A play area is also available for bouncy kiddos who need activity until their food arrives. Vegans, vegetarians and the GF crowd will all find their favorites on the menu alongside carnivore fare.

Owner Mark Whistler must know that his pitch is music to harried parents’ ears. The Goods opens at 11:00a.m. weekdays. The eatery is now open on Mondays, too. Call 303-355-5445 for more.

THE USUAL BARBERSHOP

This RiNo business has been a hit since it opened its doors. Originally launched in a space adjacent to Our Mutual Friend brewery on Larimer Street, The Usual Barbershop has relocated to a brand new space at 2950 Welton St. Owner Bridget Mahoney has true business flair; she named her barbering business The Usual because that’s what most male clients order. Mahoney’s new space near Purple Door Coffee has plenty of chairs for a cut or shave. Call 303-297-1672 for an appointment.

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DEVELOPMENT Every month, LIFE will provide answers to the community’s burning questions about new and ongoing developments. If there is a pile of dirt you’re curious about, or if you want to know how much longer your street parking will be sacrificed during construction, email Stacey McDole at capitolhill303@gmail.com. She’ll do the investigation for you and report back. __________________________________________ Vantage Seventh and Grant Street —670 Grant St. The Dinerstein Companies has acquired the half block between Sixth and Seventh avenues along Grant for a new eight story, 175-unit apartment complex, complete with street-access retail units.

“We are very excited about the Seventh & Grant location, being next to Trader Joe’s and great walkability to amenities and outdoor activities for our residents,” says Josh Vasbinder, West Coast partner of The Dinerstein Companies.

Approximately 4,200 square feet of first floor retail space will draw more foot traffic to the area. There are no early takers yet interested in the space, but Vasbinder says it is designed to accommodate potential restaurants.

Dinerstein Group, headquartered in Houston with a satellite office in Solana

Beach, California, decided to develop in the Denver area.

“We are hoping to continue our commitment of delivering high-quality, sustainable, urban “in-fill” apartments to the Denver market.”

John Riecke, CHUN treasurer and delegate of CHUN Neighborhood 4 AKA West Capitol Hill worries that the design of the building poses a threat to pedestrians like the 12th Avenue and Grant Street development. The entrance to the building is in the middle of the structure, which forces pedestrians and auto traffic to juggle the right-of-way.

“I hope that the City will consider re-designing back into a commercial and residential main street, with the Mayor’s professed commitments to Vision Zero [a program Denver adopted from other cities to significantly lower traffic-related incidents] and multi-modal transportation,” Riecke says, of the looming Grant Street multi-modal issues.

Several buildings remained fencedoff and vacant for quite a while until they were demolished a few months ago.

Construction has officially begun and the project is slated to be finished sometime second quarter 2019.

For more information on The Dinerstein Companies, visit dinersteincos. com.

Seventh Avenue and Sherman Street Retail What was once a valet parking lot for a neighboring restaurant has become the newest addition to a row of retail/

The half block between Sixth and Seventh avenues at Grant Street is soon to be the site of a 175-unit apartment complex. Photo by Sara Hertwig. restaurant spaces on Seventh Avenue at Sherman Street. The property is being developed by Elevation Development Group, and designed by Galloway. Mural artists Pedro Barrios and Jaime Molina were commissioned to design and execute artwork to tie the building into the eclectic Governor’s Park community.

“We were really pleased at the overall design of the property,” says Brent Farber, principal of Elevation Development Group of the 4,200 square-foot building. “The single-story building is conducive to inviting pedestrian traffic to the area, which is crucial to the success

DENVER RECYCLING RATE IN THE DUMPS AT 18 PERCENT

By Jennifer Turner For such a green city, Denver’s recycling rate is a surprisingly low 18 percent. This means that out of everything that city residents throw out, only 18 percent ends up in recycling carts.

The national average is 34 percent, according to a recent study by the Colorado Public Interest Research Group (CoPIRG) and Eco-Cycle, a non-profit recycler. Boulder clocks in at 54 percent and Seattle has a 60 percent recycling rate.

Mayor Michael Hancock and Denver City employees are committed to changing this number. However, it

takes more effort to recycle than to just throw things in the trash, and people often don’t change their behavior unless incentivized to do so.

“Denver continues to improve our recycling and composting services citywide. One of the City’s Sustainability Goals is to increase Denver’s recycling and composting rate to 34 percent or greater by 2020 so we can secure our basic resources for the long term. We encourage residents to utilize recycling and composting services made available to them and help us achieve that goal together,” said Mayor Hancock’s Deputy Communications Director Jenna

Try to buck up when the kids go back to school.

Espinoza.

One of the main reasons Denver’s rate is so low is land (and landfill space) is plentiful and disposal fees are relatively inexpensive. When that is the case, it can be hard for cities to develop recycling and composting programs that are cost competitive. In some places—including Houston, Kansas City and Seattle— residents are allowed a certain number of trash bags each week, and are charged if they exceed that limit.

Another issue is recycling in Denver is voluntary and not everyone has easy access to curbside recycling. The service is not available to residents of multifamily

of the area.”

Elevation is also responsible for the MOTO Apartments one block north at Eighth Avenue and Sherman Streets, again catering to the pedestrian traffic by housing Black Eye Coffee and Proper in its first-floor retail space.

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properties over seven units unless landlords or HOAs cover it. Businesses also have to pay for recycling service.

Up until recently, city residents had to enroll themselves in Denver’s recycling program. In order to increase participation, City employees began automatically dropping off purple recycling containers last year to households scheduled to have their dumpsters replaced with black trash carts that hadn’t already signed up for recycling. As of May, the citywide average for recycling enrollment was 77 percent.

This number does not reflect how many people are actually recycling, just who is enrolled in the service and have carts.

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ticipants, and the current expansion into 80203 is being fueled by one large donating garden, in particular, the West Washington Park Community Garden at 201 Grant St. “The West Wash Park Community Garden reached out to us because they have a very large donation program where last year they donated over 3,000 pounds of produce grown by their gardeners,” Olsen says. “The food pantry they were bringing this produce to is closing down at the end of August, so they were looking for a new way to donate the food they grow.”

For Francine Haber and other gardeners at the West Washington Park Community Garden, Fresh Food Connect just makes sense. "We put in volunteer hours to give back to the community; that's how we interpret the idea of community gardens," she says. "We found Denver Food Rescue quite by chance, ran into the bikes and what I thought were ice cream carts in the parking lot of Sprouts. Last year we gave 3,500 pounds of fresh produce, and we're up to 900 pounds this year."

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District 6 is not an anomaly when it comes to an increase in violent crime.

Since 2014, the statewide murder rate jumped more than 20 percent, according to a recent Colorado Public Radio report. However, Colorado’s overall violent crime rate is 17 percent lower than the national average.

While any increase in crime is troubling, Denver is safer than some

Haber says last year's and recent donations and the closure of the local food bank make the garden's new connection with Fresh Food Connect very timely.

"We have made quite an effort to find an outlet, and we've been working with Denver Urban Gardens for a few years... [Fresh Food Connect] seems like a very wonderful program, very cool, and we hope to give hundreds and hundreds of pounds to the food needy in the Denver area. And they pick up, which is wonderful."

As for what else is fueling the program’s expansion, Hawthorne says they recently added an electric-assist bike to their fleet, making longer-range trips easier for the produce pickup team.

And, the program’s web app is drawing attention from other cities’ garden-food-sharing programs.

“One of the things we’ve been working on is the technology side, making it so we can license people to manage Fresh Food Connect in different regions through [the app],” Hawthorne says. “We already have Colorado Springs using it; they started using it last year as our first region outside

Emily Olsen, back, weighs produce provided by Francine Haber and others at the West Washington Park Community Garden. Photo by Haines Eason.

Denver. As soon as licensing is ready, we’ll have at least five communities that want to use it. One in Florida, one in Connecticut, Milwaukee and a few local: Boulder, Longmont…”

There’s still plenty of time left in the growing season, and if you’re overwhelmed by your garden’s bounty and interested in this program, considering signing up at freshfoodconnect.org.

other comparably sized cities. Detroit has roughly the same population but five times more murders were committed there in 2016. Baltimore has about 78,000 fewer residents, but had over six times more homicides last year. The murder rate in Denver is also roughly half what it was in the mid-1990s.

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HISTORY Once home to Denver’s poorest, “the Bottoms” now on top

By Becca Dierschow Today, the Platte River is often seen as an underutilized resource— ripe for redevelopment in the midst of the current economic boom. In the 1970s, it was considered an ecological disaster, full of hazardous run off.

In 1965, it was the site of a flood that would rewrite the landscape. And for decades before, it was a river that ran according to its own whims. A mile wide, an inch deep, and subject to floods and sudden realignment. As a result, it was never fully integrated into Denver’s built environment. It always served to separate communities rather than unite them.

The area around the Platte was known as “the Bottoms” or “the Gris Patch.” Well-to-do Denverites stayed well clear of the area, quite literally rising above the Bottoms with a series of viaducts that connected downtown to the Highlands to the northwest.

Consequently, the Bottoms became

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CLYDE RESTAURANT & WINE BAR + DESIGN STORE

This is one email I didn’t expect any time soon. Clyde Restaurant and Wine Bar at East Eighth Avenue and Lincoln Street closed Aug. 19 after less than a year in business. So did the adjacent Clyde Design space that opened last December.

“We really gave it our all,” the owners wrote to alert followers to their decision.

Chris Fehlinger and Jon Lipshutz pains-

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home to Denver’s lowest classes—those who had the least to lose, but those who lost it often to frequent floods and fires.

Many immigrants who moved to Denver lived near the factories and smelters where they worked. Globeville, Elyria and Swansea were three towns that were home to flourishing immigrant populations. Some, however, could not even afford the rent of workers’ cottages or boarding houses. They took a risk and lived where the land was unimproved, and in fact, had once been the city dump. Over time, they worked to improve the land, wheeling in dirt to make solid foundations, laying out streets and forming communities of their own.

The Bottoms never made it onto the promotional “birds eye” aerial maps of Denver. Nor was the area covered in the Sanborn Fire Insurance maps—perhaps deemed too poor and too ephemeral to have anything worth insuring. But newspapers of the time often covered grisly murders, including gang violence between different ethnic groups and constant fires. These scintillating tales, told for the consumption of Denver’s more well-to-do, reduced the inhabitants of the Bottoms to little more than macabre figures, far removed from polite society. In 1882, a series of violent outbursts plagued the Bottoms, prompting the Rocky Mountain News to describe the scene at “Poverty Flats”

as being a “war of races” between the Italian population and other groups

takingly did most of the renovations of the former Le Central space themselves.

I don’t think we’ve heard the last of these guys.

was offered an opportunity to sell and grabbed it.

It’s a mystery what’s up next for the address but work is underway to host something brand new.

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Arizona.

“We are very excited to open our third Denver location in the Governor’s Park area. The feedback from the community is overwhelmingly supportive,” says Angella Jimenez, of KTM Restaurant Group.

This location of Taco Tequila Whiskey will have the same menu as the other two locations, but the atmosphere will be guided by the “vibe of the area and

and commence animosities against Italians whenever occasion offers. On

View of roughly 19th Avenue and Clay Street in the Jefferson Park neighborhood. Houses are of corrugated metal, timber, sheet metal and tar paper. Roofs are shingle or tar paper. Shows the Walker Castle tower, the Colorado State Capitol dome, and probably the brick Tramway Building at 14th (Fourteenth) and Arapahoe Streets. Denver Public Library, Western History Photographic Collections, William Fick photographer. living in the area: "The general opinion up-town seems to be that the people of other nationalities in the Bottoms are primarily to blame in these disturbances

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after a short run.

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The garden level CCN quick stop on the corner of East Second Avenue and Detroit Street is now closed also. The building will eventually come down to make way for a multi-story, mixed-use space.

The ‘hood lost a popular eatery with no fanfare and minimal notice a month ago. Uoki Japanese on East Sixth Avenue and Washington Street closed rapidly and vamoosed. The number’s been disconnected.

One worker at a nearby business told me that the eatery’s popular owner

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will mold into its own personality,” says Jimenez.

Unfortunately, this location will not have a patio, but with a January/February 2018 opening, the patio will not be missed. And even though Farber says the building will be ready sometime in September, the restaurant will take its time to properly hire and train the right staff.

Two more tenants are still sought for the remaining bays.

For more information on Elevation Development Group, visit elevation.net.

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timelines are not spared by anyone. Kevin Delk, the restaurateur turning the building into his next raved-about endeavor, says delays are inevitable, but construction is going as smooth as possible. He hopes to open the doors to the Capitol Hill community late September. Delk’s official concept is still under wraps.

Next month’s column will be all about Colfax Avenue, from the Capitol Building making stops down to Josephine with an update on the Carla Madison Recreation Center.

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12 editor about my column way more than the complimentary ones.

Here is my response.

CURMUDGEON Whine not, or, Gone with the Whine

By D. Todd Clough A few months ago in a letter to the editor, a reader who took issue with my commentary about rude bicyclists accused me of a few negative things. The accusation that stung the most was his accusation that I am a whiner. Ouch, because a good curmudgeon (in my book) is not a whiner, but is a crunchy optimist, who, through bluntness, contrarian vigor and humor, ultimately wants the world to be a better place. See Mark Twain, Sir Winston Churchill, Woody Allen, Ernie Hemingway, Oscar Wilde, Andy Rooney, George Bernard Shaw and, my personal favorite, P.J. O’Rourke.

Edward Abbey, the author of one of my favorite books, The Monkey Wrench Gang, had the following to say about curmudgeons: “I have been called a curmudgeon, which my obsolescent dictionary defines as ‘a surly, ill-mannered, bad-tempered fellow.’ Nowadays, a curmudgeon is likely to refer to anyone who hates hypocrisy, cant, sham, dogmatic ideologies, and has the nerve to point out unpleasant facts and takes the trouble to impale these sins on the skewer of humor and roast them over the fires of fact, common sense, and native intelligence. In this nation of bleating sheep and braying jackasses, it then becomes an honor to be labeled curmudgeon.” This is the kind of curmudgeon I shoot to be.

Clearly the reader didn’t like my opinions about cyclists and, in a pretty whiny way, voiced his opinions. I have always liked the negative letters to the

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to his rescue and get up a disturbance."

Such descriptions and the continued coverage of these violent episodes reveals a deeper social anxiety at play.

In the 1880s, Colorado, and Denver in particular, was seeing a huge influx of immigrants. Denver’s population soared between 1870 and 1890. In 1870, Denver was home to approximately 4,700

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people. In 1880, that number rose to 35,000 people, and by 1890, it was over 106,000. In 1889, the Rocky Mountain News wrote that the “Italian, Russian, Austrian and Hungarian additions to our population have grown uncomfortably large.” These immigrants were often very poor, and were fleeing famine and violence in their own countries.

These new immigrants were viewed unfavorably by some Americans whose

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Broadway or Colfax for that matter. For me, the South Broadway bike lane is confusing and makes parking more difficult, which is a detriment to businesses located on Broadway.

I have noted when I drive my car, I am amazed at how many aggressive and out-of-control bike riders there are. When I ride my bike, I am appalled at all of the A-hole drivers there are! Both scenarios are correct.

The bottom line is that there are bad

riders and bad drivers. My hope is that the dialogue we are having will help in some way. It is dangerous out there (I was sorry to hear about your friend who was seriously hurt by a bad driver): I was run off the road a few years back at 7th and Williams by a driver who ran a stop sign and forced me onto the median and off my bike. It was scary, but I was lucky in that I didn’t break any body parts (just a six pack of beer). Thanks again for your opinions and I hope that you keep reading the

own families emigrated from places like England, Wales and Germany. In this

to people who had improved them as their limited means would allow. No matter the improvements, they were quickly demolished, often before people had time to remove their belongings.

In 1902, a Mrs. Dow of Idaho Springs came forward to claim the land around the Platte River near 19th Street. The Denver Times, detailing the plight of the inhabitants of the Bottoms, wrote that these were the homes of “Denver’s submerged.” The Times estimated that nearly 500 families would be evicted as part of her claim.

By about 1910, the time of the squatter was over—little more than an outdated hallmark of the disappearing West—a time when a person could stake out a claim and live undisturbed.

As Denver grew as a hub of commerce, railroads snapped up the land on either side of the river and families moved south to Auraria or north to Globeville.

The Platte became useful to industry, and was soon contaminated with the runoff of factories and smelters upstream.

However, the Rocky Mountain News was more prophetic than anyone could have realized. Today, the area once known as “the Bottoms” is home to “LoHi”—one of the most popular neighborhoods in Denver. Likewise, the riverfront is now home to “high brick structures” that once again bring people to the banks of the Platte.

A Denver native, Becca Dierschow is the Preservation and Research Coordinator at Historic Denver. She has a degree in history from Lewis & Clark College and a Masters in Building Archaeology from the University of York.

These homes, considered 'miserable hovels' by the Rocky Mountain News, were nonetheless home to people who had improved them as their limited means would allow. No matter the improvements, they were quickly demolished, often before people had time to remove their belongings. instance, debate around immigration centered on religion—the majority of these new immigrants were Catholic and many Americans believed that as Catholics, their loyalty would remain to the Pope, rather than to their new nation.

In the end, it was not the floods, fires, or frequent violence that pushed people off the Platte. The growth of the railroad and associated industries was something that no one could stop.

In 1890, the Rocky Mountain News observed, “These great waste places are gradually becoming smaller by the encroachment of the city, and the time is not far distant when the tents of the squatters will disappear and high brick structures will rise in their places.”

The newspaper was all too correct— in 1893, the evictions began between 23rd and 28th Streets to make way for rail lines. These homes, considered “miserable hovels” by the Rocky Mountain News, were nonetheless home

13 Curmudgeon.

Being a curmudgeon—I will own that; a whiner, I will not. Whining comes in handy sometimes, according to clever author, David Sedaris. “I’ve been keeping

There are all of these people that say, my mommy doesn’t love me enough, my daddy doesn’t hug me enough. There are some people who would want to coddle them somewhere. I want them to shut up and stop whining. a diary for 33 years and write in it every morning. Most of it’s just whining, but every so often there’ll be something I can use later: a joke, a description, a quote. It’s an invaluable aid when it comes to winning arguments. ‘That’s not what you said on February 3, 1996,’ I’ll say to someone.”

But that is not how I roll.

Danny Bonaduce, child actor famous for playing Danny on the 1970s mega hit “The Partridge Family,” has made his adult living being a celebrity buffoon.

Here is his take: “There are all of these people that say, my mommy doesn’t love me enough, my daddy doesn’t hug me enough. There are some people who

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On any given week, 85 percent of the people who have recycling carts put them out for collection, according to Charlotte Pitt of Denver Solid Waste. “This is a very high number. It’s hard to tell if the remaining 15 percent are out of town, only put their carts out once a month (recycling pickup is every other week) or just don’t recycle,” Pitt said.

Composting is one clearly identified solution that could cut the amount of trash that ends up in city landfills. “Fifty percent of what Denver residents throw away is compostable organic material.

Without composting, the city cannot meet its recycling and disposal goals. We encourage all residents who can, to sign up for compost service,” said Pitt.

Compostable items include yard debris, scraps, non recyclable paper items and pet hair. In 2016, 8,646,000 pounds of compostable material was collected in Denver.

Not everyone is eligible for compost service, although new routes were recently added on Broadway between Sixth and Florida Avenues and all of Green Valley Ranch. Of the 176,000

would want to coddle them somewhere. I want them to shut up and stop whining.”

Okay, I probably lean more toward this train of thought.

I think W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, author, historian, and civil rights activist had the best take on whining. “A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.”

I wish our president would read Dr. Du Bois’ quote. I think it is safe to say he has not. Mr. Trump is not only the leader of the free world, he is also the reigning king of whininess. Everyday he tweets or utters another rant blaming others, aggravated by how unfairly the press treats him. He rarely misses an opportunity to complain.

The primaries were unfair, the election was unfair, and no one is giving him the credit he so deserves—blah blah blah.

In a perfect storm, his whininess struck a chord with enough unsatisfied and pissed-off Americans that he won the election BECAUSE HE WHINES! His whininess is giving a voice and strength to a segment of our nation that is content to complain and hate. As W. E. B. stressed years ago, we must stop whining, work harder and strive to be a unified community. Unlike wine, whine doesn’t age well.

single family homes under seven units for which Denver provides trash collection, 110,000 are eligible for compost pick up.

Roughly 11,000 Denver households have signed up for service, according to Pitt.

The maximum capacity for composting is currently 14,000-15,000 households, so Pitt says there is room for 3,000-4,000 more.

A deterrent to participation is cost; Denver residents must pay $29.25 per quarter, or $120 per year to participate.

In order to save money, neighbors should consider sharing service. Composting carts are picked up weekly and, unless you are feeding a hockey team, it can be difficult for many households to fill up a cart of compostable material every week.

Denver does not profit from its composting service, but the program is set up to cover its costs. In order to get the lowest possible processing fee and keep service cost low, the city’s compost vendor keeps all the compost and sells it. Pitt says the process is expensive and reduction volume is low; every 10 tons of material yields about one ton of compost.

For more information on the city’s recycling and compost services, or to sign up, visit denvergov.org or dial 311.

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Yoga for Stress Reduction (for self-identified men) This yoga is an opportunity to practice in a safe space through movement, breath, and yogic teachings and philosophy. The practice is for anyone experiencing anxiety, stress, past or current trauma and/or on a path to self-healing. Mats provided. | 720-865-1111 Denver Public Library: Central branch, 10 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy. denverlibrary.org

GALLERIES Daily, 09/06-09/23 Wes Magyar & Riki Klages feat. Shelby Shadwell Ricki Klages' landscape paintings, Wes Magyar's figure paintings and Shelby Shadwell's charcoal drawings are concurrently exhibited through September 23rd. For more information on each of these three artists, please check out the website. | William Havu Gallery, 1040 Cherokee St. williamhavugallery.com Daily, 09/08-10-03 Experimental Surroundings Free from recognizable elements, abstraction allows the artist to explore and create experimental surroundings. In this group exhibition, 6 artists examine constructed environments within their abstract work. | 303-355-8955 Walker Fine Art, 300 W. 11th Ave. #A

develop better social and emotional skills, both in and out of school, through the Partnerships for Social and Emotional Learning Initiative Grant.

DPS is partnering with the Denver Afterschool Alliance (DAA) to align and integrate day school and afterschool to better support kids with developing skills in self-control, persistence, teamwork and goal-setting, which are all linked to success in school, career and life.

Denver is one of six cities in the nation to receive the first-ever grant from the Wallace Foundation, a philanthropic organization based in New York City. In the first year of implementation, DPS and DAA will invest $1-$1.5 million in students in grades K-5 at six DPS schools. The partnership will also provide educators with additional support by convening members of the professional-learning community, sharing information with other cities engaged with the initiative and ensuring they have access to resources that will continuously improve Denver’s education system.

“The support from the Wallace Foundation will allow DPS to significantly advance our work in social and emotional learning for not only our students, but for our educators,” Superintendent Tom Boasberg said.

“This work will not only strengthen our partnership with DPS, but ensure that kids across our city are supported in all settings of their learning environment,” Mayor Michael

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The support from the Wallace Foundation will allow DPS to significantly advance our work in social and emotional learning for not only our students, but for our educators. providing professional development, implementing SEL pilot programs and practices and engaging stakeholders.

They received technical assistance and guidance from national experts affiliated with the Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality, the Forum for Youth Investment and the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL).

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Toddler Storytime In the Berger Children's Pavilion, Stories, songs, rhymes and fun for toddlers ages 18-36 months and their parents or caregivers. Craft activity immediately follows the program. Free. | 720-865-1111 Denver Public Library: Central branch, 10 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy. denverlibrary.org Thursdays, 09/07-09/28 | 10:30a.m.

Preschool Storytime & Craft Stories, songs, rhymes and fun for 3-5 year olds and their parents or caregivers. Craft activity immediately follows the program. | 720-865-1111 Denver Public Library: Central branch, 10 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy. denverlibrary.org Mondays & Fridays, 09/08-10/02 | 10:30a.m.-11:00a.m.

Baby Storytime Stories, songs, rhymes and fun for babies ages 0-18 months and their parents or caregivers. Formerly called Book Babies. | 720-865-0135 Denver Public Library: Central branch, 10 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy. denverlibrary.org Tuesdays & Saturdays, 09/09-10/03 | 10:30a.m.

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This playful program for toddlers and their parents, grandparents, or caregivers includes: a fun new art project each month inspired by artwork in the museum, storytime in front of the artwork, and instructor-guided close looking to explore the art. | 720-913-0130 Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy. denverartmuseum.org/programs/create-playdate Sat, 09/16 | 8:00a.m.

Low Sensory Morning The doors are opened exclusively for families that prefer a low sensory environment, with the museum closed to the general public, attendance limited, and the sound in exhibits turned down. All ages, reservations required. | 303-447-8679 History Colorado Center, 1200 Broadway historycolorado.org

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TAB Meeting & Teen Fall Celebration Calling all teens that love the crisp days of fall! We will be having fall crafts and treats while we plan more awesome activities. Ideal for ages 12-18. | 720-865-0120 Ross-Cherry Creek Library, 305 Milwaukee St. denverlibrary.org/events Sun, 09/24 | 2:00p.m.-6:00p.m.

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Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance Family and friends are always welcome, as well as those who have a mood disorder such as depression or bipolar disorder.

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Volunteer Fair The Volunteer Fair sponsored by the St. Paul Lutheran and Roman Catholic Community of Faith at 16th & Grant is an opportunity for people to meet face-to-face with nonprofit organizations seeking help. Let’s work together to help our neighbors! | 303-839-1432 St. Paul Lutheran and Roman Catholic Community of Faith, 1600 Grant St. saintpauldenver.com Sundays, 09/10-10/01 | 12:30p.m.

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Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous Through shared experience and mutual support, join a meeting to help each other to recover from the disease of food addiction. | 303-775-8062 Trinity United Methodist Church, 1820 Broadway foodaddicts.org

awareness of the benefits of welcoming everyone. We will host a panel discussion with local area immigrants & refugees. All are welcome! | 720-865-0120 Ross-Cherry Creek Library, 305 Milwaukee St. denverlibrary.org/events

Sat, 09/09 | 9:00a.m.

Shabbat Services 303-388-4239 Temple Micah, 5209 Montview Blvd. micahdenver.org

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Saturday, 9/23 | 11:00a.m.-4:00p.m.

Energy Day Denver

Exciting exhibits and interactive demonstrations will teach students and their families about various forms of energy and how through STEM education, they can find an exciting career in the energy industry.

Come down to East High School and support our local schools, energy experts, and the amazing kids out there looking to learn and develop their skills in STEM education! energydayfestival.org

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Start a New Life Join Neil and Brian to discuss the challenges of being homeless. Create a support system and camaraderie with others.

Learn vocational tools and save for an apartment. Get ideas on handling family issues. We'll work your way through homelessness. | 720-865-1111 Denver Public Library: Central branch, 10 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy. denverlibrary.org

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Moderation Management Weekly meetings for problem (vs. chronic) drinkers who want to reduce their intake of alcohol. Email: denver@moderation. org. | First Unitarian Church, 1400 Lafayette St. moderation.org Tue, 09/19 | 6:30p.m.-7:30p.m.

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Denveright / Blueprint Denver Growth Strategy Workshop How should we plan for growth? City planners have heard from thousands of Denverites about your priorities for how we grow as a city. Join your neighbors and city planners to review and provide input on draft maps & potential future growth strategies | East High School 1600 City Park Esplanade Wed, 09/27 | 10:30a.m.-12:00p.m.

Coffee Connections The DPL invites library customers experiencing homelessness and customers interested in social issues to join staff for coffee, snacks and conversation on topics related to social inclusion. Let's discuss what we have in common. |

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Catholic Mass 303-839-1432 St. Paul Lutheran and Roman Catholic Community of Faith, 1600 Grant St. saintpauldenver.com Sundays, 09/10-10/01 | 8:30a.m.

Contemporary Services 10:45 Service offered as well. | 303-322-5733 Church in the City-Beth Abraham, 1580 Gaylord St. churchinthecity.org Sundays, 09/10-10/04 | 7:30a.m.

Catholic Mass Also, Spanish Mass, 12:30p.m. (2nd and 4th Sundays) and African Mass, 1p.m. (3rd Sunday). | 303-322-8042 St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church, 2301 York St. loyoladenver.org Sundays, 09/10-10/05 | 11:00a.m.

Catholic Mass Catholic Mass with Children's education and nursery available. | 303-333-9366 Ten Thirty Catholic Community, 1100 Fillmore St. 1030catholic.org Sundays, 09/10-10/01 | 9:30a.m.

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The Evening Road

By Laird Hunt Little, Brown and Company | 288 pages.

I came to The Evening Road with previous experience of its author, Laird Hunt. His American Civil War novel, Neverhome, was chosen as a selection by the One Book, One Broomfield committee I sit on. I had the chance to meet Hunt at a dinner held in his honor, and he revealed what he was then working on. The Evening Road (released in February) was inspired by the famous photo of the lynching of two young black men in Marion, Indiana in 1930. His imagination was sparked after hearing an NPR story about the 80th anniversary of “Strange Fruit,” the song Billie Holiday is possibly most famous for and which took the lynching as its inspiration as well.

The narrative is split into two halves—first we are introduced to Ottie Lee Henshaw, a white woman who joins her husband, Lee, and her boss, Bud, on their journey to see the lynching in Marion on the fateful day in August. The second part of the narrative is devoted to Calla Destry, a young black woman who happens to be light skinned enough to slip through the Indiana countryside mostly unhindered in her Dictator convertible.

Ottie Lee and Calla have more in common than one might assume, especially their share of problems: lecherous men, overbearing family members... As these issues are alluded to, the lynching itself hovers just out of sight.

Although the two women meet only once over the course of the novel, much of the same road—literally and figuratively— is travelled by both. Certain little twists of fate bring them together, such as a prayer meeting, even if the two never actually get acquainted.

Hunt’s novel is a picturesque one that owes much to The Odyssey and the rambling journeys of Mark Twain, and it introduces us to an eclectic cast of characters and events bordering on

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the fantastical at the very least and potentially magical at the extreme.

Hound dogs draped in neckties, deceitful country boys with political aspirations and secret lovers, a “magical” map—if you can come up with it, it’s probably here in the mix somewhere.

Even though the lynching remains unseen, it serves as motivation for these characters to move across the chessboard of their lives, and its echoes and implications permeate the narrative at every turn. As a result, the way Hunt conveys the awful day is highly atmospheric and, at times, it feels like we’re reading a horror novel, with every incident reading like an awful portent of what’s to come just off the page.

Whether it’s the specter of the lynching or the travails that these women themselves experience, commonplace cruelty is everywhere here. That famous quote about the banality of evil comes to mind. The characters in The Evening Road— peripheral ones included—all react to the prospect of the lynching in different ways: some accept it, some reject it, some mull its wrongness, as does Calla Destry, who says, “Wrong wasn’t the word for what was happening. It was a thousand miles from what needed saying.”

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An open call for entries ended in July, and 28 local and national artists were accepted.

Entries were juried by Jessica Fowler (Creative Director of Artwork Network), Amy Norton (of The Creative Angle) and gallery owner Niza Knoll. Visitors to the gallery will enjoy original depictions of man’s best friend rendered in photography, mixed media, painting, fabric, clay, print and more.

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By Peter Jones Brett Mitchell remembers the day he discovered the genius of Ludwig van Beethoven.

It was 1994 while watching the biopic Immortal Beloved with his mother. As actor Gary Oldman pantomimed one of the great piano sonatas, 15-year-old Mitchell grew puzzled, then aghast.

“Mom, they stole this melody from Billy Joel. How are they getting away with this?” the high school freshman whispered in quiet desperation.

Within a few hours, the truth had sunk in.

It was Joel who had nicked the tune from Beethoven, not the other way around. The 20th century piano man had some years earlier transformed the German composer’s exquisite “Sonata Pathetique” into a lamenting tribute to 1950s doo wop in a 1983 hit song called “This Night.”

Like countless devotees before him, the newly enlightened Mitchell would soon scour the life work of Beethoven, whose tortured life, he discovered, was in frequent contrast to the sheer beauty of the composer’s wide-ranging work.

“Beethoven kind of stands for this great moral searching,” Mitchell explained. “Now, he’s a huge part of my life, every bit as much as Kurt Cobain was 25 years ago.”

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While CSO still covers the likes of Bach and Mozart with faithful precision, the house band at Boettcher Concert Hall has increasingly discovered other uses for its strings, brass

Mitchell somehow found his calling in symphonic music, first in the movie soundtracks of John Williams, which would act as his bridge from pop to classical and set him off on his quest.

Before landing in the Mile High City, Mitchell held conducting positions with symphonies in Saginaw, Michigan, Cleveland and Houston, having studied conducting at the University of Texas in Austin. He held

Seattle-born Brett Mitchell, the new 38-year-old musical director for the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, was raised on grunge before discovering his love for all things symphonic—and we do mean all things. Photo courtesy Colorado Symphony Orchestra. and woodwinds. In recent years, CSO has shared the stage with everyone from Smokey Robinson to Nederland’s Elephant Revival and has even incorporated Pokemon and the comedy of Second City into the act.

Like his recent CSO predecessors, the new Generation-X conductor is determined to bring “longhair” music to everyone—yes, including those with hipster beards. The millennial ticket-buying generation will soon constitute half the nation’s workforce and half of its expendable income.

“Millennials tend to not be so insistent about putting things into boxes,” Mitchell said, noting the symphony’s ongoing genre surfing. “Classical music doesn’t actually mean anything. That’s kind of a nonsense term we use to cover a lot of stuff. The opposite of classical, whatever the hell that means, is pops, whatever the hell that means.”

This year, it means not only upcoming homages to Beethoven and George Gershwin and collaborations with classical vocalist Renée Fleming and cellist Yo-Yo Ma, but also tributes to Ella Fitzgerald and Prince, a concert with eclectic banjoist Bela Fleck (interviewed in this column in February 2007), live accompaniment to a screening of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, and a special performance dedicated to the music of video games.

Tell Tchaikovsky the news, but break it to him gently.

Born in Seattle in 1979, Mitchell came of age when new wave was already old and his city of birth was delivering a newer child called grunge.

[Remember the dollar bill dangling in front of the swimming infant on the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind?]

“I heard a very tortured soul who was trying to work through things in a very public way,” Mitchell said of Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain. “When I started listening to Beethoven, honestly, I heard the exact same thing.”

Although rooted in the BabyBoom rock of his parents and the 90s rock that permeated his hometown,

an assistant-conductor post with the Orchestre National de France and had a litany of guest shots across the United States and Europe prior to settling down in Denver this year.

Although Mitchell has yet to hit 40, that is not so unusual for a conductor, he says. Keep in mind, when the

Beethoven kind of stands for this great moral searching. Now, he’s a huge part of my life, every bit as much as Kurt Cobain was 25 years ago. legendary Leonard Bernstein took the reins at the New York Philharmonic in 1958, he was only a couple years older than Mitchell is now. Even so, Mitchell sees his relative youth as a benefit.

“I’m sure that doesn’t hurt in terms of reaching out to younger audience members,” he said. “But what really helps is the fact that I’ve been evangelizing for classical music in a way that I hope makes it relatable to anybody and everybody.”

Mitchell points out that even someone as revered as Bernstein was no stick in the mud when it came to music. The conductor-composer was a sort of ambassador between classical and other genres and in 1967 hosted CBS’s Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution, in which Bernstein introduced the “establishment” to the likes of Brian Wilson, Roger McGuinn and Janis Ian (all three of whom have also been interviewed here in LIFE Music). “[Bernstein] would listen to the Beatles’ Revolver with his kids. The only discrimination was the quality of music they would listen to,” Mitchell said. “We approach it very much the same way in our house and I think Lenny was really a light that led the way for a lot of the rest of us.”

For a complete CSO schedule, visit coloradosymphony.org. Contact Peter Jones at pjoneslifemusic@aol.com.

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CONCERT HIGHLIGHTS

By Jason McKinney

Ogden Theatre Presents:

Thundercat

Thursday, Sept. 14 | 8:00p.m. | 935 E. Colfax Ave. | ogdentheatre.com | $22 Stephen Bruner, better known as Thundercat, plays bass guitar, produces and sings. He released his third album, Drunk, this year but is also known for his work with producer Flying Lotus and thrash band Suicidal Tendencies. He also appeared on Kendrick Lamar’s award-winning 2015 album To Pimp a Butterfly. Last year, he won a Grammy for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for his work on the track "These Walls." Bruner had success from an early age when he had a minor hit in Germany as a member of the boy band No Curfew at the age of 15. A year later he joined his brother as a member of the Los Angeles punk band Suicidal Tendencies, replacing former bass player Josh Paul. Along with his band duties Bruner was also a session musician on Erykah Badus New Amerykah and Flying Lotus' Cosmogramma.

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Indie rock band San Fermin is led by composer and songwriter Ellis Ludwig-Leone (seated, front) and just released a third album, Belong, this year after a two-year hiatus. San Fermin came together as a band after Ludwig-Leone graduated from Yale. There he studied composition and assisted composer Nico Muhly (!!!) on several film scores and operas. Although he was in several bands in high school and then college, Ludwig-Leone did not decide to focus on pop music as a career initially; it wasn’t until the end of his college career that it became a defining option.

San Fermin’s first eponymous album featured performances from 22 different musicians. Even now, after almost five years into the band’s career, the various members continue to work within and outside of the group.

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by Pitchfork magazine. A further distinction came for the band came when their performance of it on the Late Show with David Letterman became the most-viewed video on the show’s YouTube page. In April 2017, the band released their fifth album, The Far Field, which was a more-than-welcome return to form. They have been described

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GARDENING Managing Japanese Beetles

By Liz Clift You may have noticed a little jewel of a beetle munching away at your garden this year. This beetle, a member of the scarab family, is the Japanese beetle (Popilla japonica), and can wreak havoc on your plants. For the most part, we are concerned about the adult beetles, because these are what we see feasting on our leaves—including roses and grape leaves. But the larvae feed on grasses and the roots of plants as well. This can cause additional, and sometimes perplexing damage to our gardens.

However, there are a variety of ways to manage this beetle in your gardens.

You may have noticed some beetle traps in your neighborhood. Maybe you even have one (or several) on your property.

These beetle traps are funnel-shaped bags that use pheromones to attract the beetles, which then become trapped in the bag.

If these beetle traps are dispersed in a community (and away from the plants Japanese beetles would really like to munch on), these can be beneficial. But if you’re the only one who has them in your yard—or nearby—then really you’re just attracting the beetles to your yard, and the plants you’re trying to protect.

With that in mind, I’m going to encourage some other options. One popular method of controlling Japanese beetles is to make a solution of soapy

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Annual Baker Home Tour Sept. 16

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water in a bowl or bucket. Hold the bucket just below the leaf and shake it or tap it gently to cause the Japanese beetles to drop into the bowl. As a sidenote to this method, one of my favorite things to do as a kid was to shake the branches of the plum trees in my parents’ yard to cause the Japanese beetles to swarm off. Not too many of them dropped gently down, but they did make beautiful swarms (and some got tangled in my hair). This may mean gently plucking the beetles and dropping them into the soapy water, if this is the method you want to use.

If you keep chickens or ducks, you can feed the Japanese beetles to them, which will help nourish your garden and possibly your body, if you keep those birds for eggs or meat.

But one of the best ways to control Japanese beetles is to start early in the season. Get rid of them as soon as they start to show up—or use one of the natural bacteria that preys upon their larvae (these are generally applied to your yard, and how successful these actually are seems to be a matter of debate). This helps protect the roots of your plant, and may be especially successful if you can coordinate with a few neighbors to also put down one of these bacteria.

This means not only starting early in the growing season, but also planning now for next year.

You may want to consider integrating plants that Japanese beetles dislike into your garden. These can have a limited range of effect, but can also be an important part of integrated pest management (which might also include those chickens or ducks!). Plants that deter Japanese beetles include catnip, chives and garlic. If you choose to plant alliums, be sure you know how other

plants will react, as alliums can keep other plants (such as peas) from growing as well.

You can also integrate plants that Japanese beetles enjoy eating, but will poison them, which include four o’clocks and larkspur. These plants can also be poisonous to humans, so please be sure to consider where you’re planting these,

take a look at what else is going on in your neighborhood, and to talk to neighbors about how they are managing their Japanese beetles. Perhaps you can coordinate efforts to decrease the number of beetles you have chowing down on your plants for the end of this growing season, or can make plans in preparation for next.

especially if young children frequent your yard.

Whatever you decide to do with the Japanese beetles that have attacked your garden—and you do have a lot of options—they are also another reminder of how what’s happening in our gardens indicates overall health of not only our garden, but of the surrounding environment. If your plants have a lot of Japanese beetles, it may be time to

But even more than offering us opportunities to consider our place, and build community, Japanese beetles also offer us a humbling reminder of how much there is in life we cannot control.

Liz Clift lives, works, and gardens in Denver. She holds a Permaculture Design Certificate, and works for a restoration ecology firm. In her free time, she is involved in food justice and communitybased medicine.

public for the annual Baker Home Tour Saturday, Sept. 16, 11:00a.m.-4:00p.m.

Tickets are $20 beforehand, $25 day of at bakerhometour.com.

This year’s tour features six homes of various architectural styles, a midcentury modern library, a neighborhood church and a Neo-Gothic school (now the Denver Center for International Studies (DCIS) at Fairmont). Tour proceeds fund the Baker Historic Neighborhood Association with a portion donated to DCIS Fairmont.

Baker witnessed its beginnings in 1872 when Denver expanded residential development southwards to accommodate its swelling population. Originally known as South Side or South Broadway, the name was changed in the 1970s to honor James Hutchins Baker, a former University of Colorado President. (Interestingly, Baker never actually lived in the neighborhood.)

Several renowned Denverites have resided in Baker, including two city mayors—Marion D. Van Horn and Thomas S. McMurray—and many prom-

Baker is unique among Denver’s neighborhoods, boasting the largest concentration of Queen Anne Victorian homes in the city’s historic center, and

inent women—Sadie Likens, first Police Matron of Denver; Alice Polk Hill, Colorado’s first Poet Laureate; and Mary Coyle Chase, author of the Pulitzer prize -winning play, Harvey.

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After Kirtan, we have a presentation on Bhakti Yoga followed by an Kirtan & Arati, and a free vegetarian feast. | Radha Krishna Temple, 1400 Cherry St. krishnadenver.com Sun, 09/17 | 10:30a.m.

Watoto Children's Choir The Watoto Children’s Choir, a group of 18 orphans from Uganda, will continue its six-month U.S. tour in the Denver area, featuring a brand new concert, Signs and Wonders. The concert will feature worship songs that share the stories of the children. |Epiphany Episcopal Church, 100 Colorado Blvd. watoto.com

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Active Minds presents: Somalia Somalia's history is a story of Colonialism yielding to authoritarianism dissolving into anarchy. Lately, the Islamist extremist group Shabab has added another challenge to the mix.

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STAGE Daily, 09/06-09/10 The Costume Studio & Weekend Demonstrations Explore the vital role that costumes play in developing characters and telling stories on stage and film. Occurs every day the museum is open. Every weekend from noon to 3 pm, local creatives will be on hand for demonstrations relating to costuming. | Denver Art Museum 100 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy. denverartmuseum.org Sat, 09/09 | 7:00p.m.-9:00p.m.

Una Noche de Flamenco Enjoy an evening of authentic Gypsy flamenco music and dance as René Heredia and his Flamenco Fantasy Dance Theatre bring the heart and soul of Spanish gypsy flamenco , complete with colorful costumes, castanets, stomping feet and fiery passion. | 303-246-1049 Su Teatro Cultural & Performing Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe Dr. reneheredia.com/una-noche-de-flamenco-su-teatro Mondays, 09/11-10/02 | 10:00p.m.

Comedy with Roger 303-320-9200 Lion's Lair, 2022 E. Colfax Ave. lionslairco.com/events Sat, 09/23 | 7:00p.m.

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a Denver historic district in 2000. Any passerby can quickly recognize this style by its ornate exteriors, fairytale turrets and decorative balconies. Several homes on the tour showcase these characteristic details, though examples of other architectural periods are also represented.

Henry Roth, a coppersmith, built one such featured property in 1928 for $100 in a style called Hobo Craftsman. A creative recycler, he incorporated barrel lids and railroad spikes into his home’s roof and Platte River boulders into its façade.

Another home was completely remodeled and a small apartment was added over the garage. Also known as Accessory Dwelling Units or mother-in-law suites, these structures are common in Baker and have seen a reemergence since new zoning laws passed in 2012.

With such a wide range of beautiful homes and the fascinating stories underlying them, the tour is sure to satisfy architectural aficionados and local history buffs alike.

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Teller Backpack Friends: A community enabling children to learn, thrive and grow One in five children don’t know where their next meal is coming from.

Hunger is a global epidemic that is growing every year. Only this statistic isn’t just global or even simply national.

Almost 20 percent of children in Colorado don’t know where their next meal will come from.

Among all Colorado children, those under the age of six have the highest risk of living in homes with little or no food.

We can fight this though; this community was built on a foundation of kindness, honesty and togetherness.

The Teller Backpack Friends Program was created to ensure no Teller student faces these issues. Through the generous support of the Teller community, Backpack Friends helps families feed themselves and their children.

This year, we are back with both a stronger food bank and growing support.

The Food Bank of the Rockies recently designated Teller Elementary as a food distribution site, enabling the Teller Backpack Friends and the PTA to purchase food at greatly reduced pricing.

In the coming months, Teller Backpack Friends will be concentrating on feeding those families in need during the school year. In order to do this, we are concentrating on providing a growing number of families with food and supplies.

By volunteering at the Food Bank of the Rockies, donating non-perishable items, donating grocery cards, or making a monetary donation, individuals can assist the Teller Backpack Friends in helping those children in need.

We can fight this growing issue, and we can ensure that no child in our community goes hungry. For more information, please visit: backpackfriends. wordpress.com If you have any questions, please contact: backpackfriends@gmail.com For fundraising questions, or if you would like to have your business support a fundraiser, please contact: mrs.sjmennell@gmail.com

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The August open house marking the relocation of CASA to 960 Clarkson St. Photo courtesy CASA. hors d’oeuvres and cocktails, a silent and live auction and festive games for guests to enjoy.

Since 1995, Denver CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) has trained compassionate and dedicated volunteers to advocate for abused, neglected and traumatized children and youth in Denver County, providing a particularly vulnerable population of children with an ally, a voice in court and a friend. Each year, the End of Summer Soiree celebrates Denver CASA’s countless dedicated volunteers

NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED BUDGET AND NOTICE CONCERNING BUDGET AMENDMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budget for the ensuing year of 2018 has been submitted to the Colfax Business Improvement District (“District”). Such proposed budget will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be held at UMB Bank, 1635 E. Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado, at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 12, 2017.

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A copy of the proposed 2018 budget and the amended 2017 budget, if required, are available for public inspection at the offices of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 E. Crescent Pkwy., Suite 500, Greenwood Village, Colorado. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to final adoption of the 2018 budget and the amended 2017 budget, file or register any objections thereto.

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port, Denver CASA will increase its provision of CASAs for Denver’s abused and neglected children from 40 percent to 100 percent by the year 2020.

If you are unable to attend the event and are still interested in making a difference, please reach out to the organization via denvercasa.org for more information on opportunities to give back or become a CASA volunteer. You can also contact the organization to check out their new Capitol Hill digs at 9th Avenue and Clarkson Street—they love visitors and enjoy

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First Unitarian Church secures restoration funding from divers sources—work to begin in October As one of Colorado’s first social activists and ardent suffragette, Augusta Tabor—early supporter of the First Unitarian Society of Denver—would be proud of her church. Since Ms. Tabor’s passing in 1895, First Unitarian (founded in 1871) has carried her mantle by charging to the forefront of progressive social issues— from civil rights to gay rights to black rights to immigrant rights.

The past year has been a busy one.

While providing sanctuary to immigrant rights activist Jeanette Vizguerra who was facing deportation, First Unitarian submitted an application for Denver Landmark status and launched a $2.6 million capital campaign. For years, First Unitarian dedicated the bulk of its resources to supporting social action—based in the church and in other organizations.

However, the crumbling historic stonework and critical infrastructure needs prompted the congregation to focus on funding a much-needed building renovation. Part of the fundraising plan was to attain historic status in order to access the State Historical Fund.

The First Unitarian congregation moved from its 19th and Broadway home in 1958 when it purchased 1400 Lafayette St. from the original occupants, First Plymouth Congregation. The Lafayette Street church building was considered

remarkable from the beginning. Upon completion, the building was described in a May 14, 1899 Denver Daily Times article as one of Denver’s “most strikingly beautiful churches.” For 59 years, First Unitarian has been an active member of the Capitol Hill neighborhood. During a long-range planning process, the congregation “reaffirmed its commitment to remaining an urban sanctuary, anchoring liberal religion in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood.”

In August 2016, First Unitarian became a Denver Landmark and Aug. 1, 2017, the State Historical Fund awarded a $200,000 grant to provide the final piece of the $2.6 million capital campaign pie.

In addition to securing another $10,000 grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the congregation dug deep and committed $2.4 million to the project. “Our congregation has never undertaken a fundraising campaign of this magnitude,” says Reverend Mike Morran.

“Perhaps the only comparison is when the women of First Unitarian, spearheaded by Augusta Tabor, saved our fledgling congregation by raising and donating personal funds to purchase the 19th and Broadway church in 1886 for $42,358.”

The State Historical Fund grant, which will be managed by Historic Denver, will support the restoration of the church’s historic exterior façade constructed of Rhyolite stone quarried in Castle Rock. The interior work, funded by the congregation, will include a reworking of the main floor to move and upgrade the kitchen, expand and improve the staff office space, and install a moveable large glass wall with doors between the sanc-

tuary and community room—thereby expanding opportunities for increased capacity at special events. Improvements and updates to the infrastructure will improve comfort and safety in downtown Denver’s only EnergyStar-certified church building.

In August, First Unitarian also gained

supporting and securing marriage equality for the LGBTQ community in Colorado, in part through its annual Standing on the Side of Love Sunday service held on the steps of the Colorado State Capital from 2006-2014.

Permits are in the pipeline and First Unitarian hopes to begin the interior con-

First Unitarian Church at 1400 Lafayette St. Photo courtesy First Unitarian Church. national recognition by securing a listing on the National Register for Historic Places administered through the National Parks Service. This listing is significant because of the limited number of properties listed on the Register, which have a place in the LGBTQ struggle for equality.

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struction project in October of this year, with the repair and restoration of the historic stonework following thereafter.

The congregation will continue to meet during the construction. Check the website, fusden.org, for locations. The newly renovated building will be celebrated in the spring with a ribbon cutting.

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