Exploring Denver’s shops and restaurants, neighborhoods and people (including myself)
In the first post about Restoration Nation, I asked, “How can we move restoration into the private sector?”
Today, as part III of my Farmer in Chief series (considering Michael Pollan’s article “Farmer in Chief”), I was wondering whether turning parts of a suburban yard into a small farm qualify as the kind of restoration I’m [...]
Pressure Cooker
Directed by Jennifer Grausman and Mark Becker
Starz Denver Film Festival
I went to see Pressure Cooker on the advice of Denveater, who described it as Rocky with toques. It was the third movie I saw at the Starz Denver Film Festival.
That seems like a pretty accurate description to me, though I haven’t seen Rocky since [...]
An Evening with Carolee Schneemann
Stan Brakhage Vision Award
Starz Denver Film Festival
Tender moviegoers should probably start their acquaintance with Schneemann at Americana I Ching Apple Pie. It’s a hilarious deconstruction of baking an apple pie that involves hammers, two-headed axes, car scrapers to mix dough, audience participation, and deep questions, such as “Should I just throw [...]
At Market Street Station, a fat, drunk, white man has passed out on one of the circular cement benches. A cop and an RTD guy stand over him, calling for detox. The cop coaxes the guy to sit up. Sitting behind him, I can see his butt crack.
The bus is late. I
wander around the [...]
Late in his article “Farmer in Chief,” Michael Pollan repeats the chestnut that the average American farmer is 55 years old.
Sounds like American farmers are just a couple of decades from becoming extinct, doesn’t it?
But maybe it’s not quite as bad as it sounds.
This article, from the Economic Research Service (ERS) of the U.S. Department [...]
Lord God Bird
Starz Denver Film Festival
Directed by George Butler
Hell, it wasn’t just grown men crying at the thought of seeing an ivory-billed woodpecker. I cried too, for all the times that some piece of land where I used to wander had been developed, for the fact that I’ll never see a flock of passenger [...]
Count Basie: Then as Now, Count’s the King
Starz Denver Film Festival
Directed by Gary Keys
I like to see documentaries at the Starz Denver Film Festival because they don’t show at nearby theaters. We truly are doubly blessed in the Denver-Boulder area: we have the film festival, and when that’s over, we can go to Video Station, [...]
This link comes courtesy of Mile High Gay Guy, who is such a relentless blogger I can’t keep up with him.
MSNBC has posted a story titled, “Gay Animals Out of the Closet?” I’ve heard this stuff before, but this article is very informative. Check it out.
It’s dark, except for lights sparkling on the river. I walk to the edge of the concrete plaza, where kayakers launch themselves into the Platte, and look down on … trash … or rocks. It’s too dark to tell.
REI is closed, and it may be dangerous to sit down here by myself, but I am [...]
Ever heard of Michael Pollan? He’s probably best known for the book The Omnivore’s Dilemma, but I notice he has a couple of plant/gardening books on Amazon. Look’s like he right up my alley.
The other day I came across his article “Farmer in Chief,” directed to President-Elect Barack Obama. I’m going to write about it [...]