Fresh City Life

We’re bringing together food entrepreneurs and chefs for Battle Quick Bread – including Ellen Daehnick of Helliemae’s Salt Caramels. Four spectacular, moist and delicious breads – but only one can win. And that recipe will be crowned as the superior quick bread. You’ll get to taste all the versions too, vote for your favorite and walk away with a collection of recipes just in time for the holiday baking season. Come to judge the quick and the bread!

This enchanting instrument was originally used in rituals of courtship, healing and religion. Through several revivals it has become more commonly heard in American New Age and world music as well as contemporary Native American recordings. One of Denver’s most talented singers and musicians, Marta Burton, brings this haunting flute concert to the library.

Our favorite knitting teacher, Heather McKenzie, will be on hand to coach you on the basics of pattern and chart reading, as well as deciphering the idiosyncrasies of contemporary knitting patterns. Come for one class or all three. Bring your project that needs help, a difficult pattern or both. Heather will also have sample patterns and charts on hand as study guides. To register, go to http://denverlibrary.org/fresh or call 720.865.1206.

Musicians Joseph Lukas and Eyal Revlon explore the Yiddish folk music that became an important form of expression for Jewish immigrants coming to the United States from 1880 through the 1920s. The sound of Klezmer music is meant to mimic human vocalizations from talking and laughing to mournful crying. It’s evocative of Old World celebrations and a treat to hear.

Personal writing can be a wonderful tool for conjuring your own ghosts. Use your writing to revisit happy memories and the ghosts of a lifetime of experience. Or summon all your strengths to encourage your “demons” to move on. In this WordShop, explore the ever-present human choices between confidence and fear. Since you can be either bold or fearful, what ‘ghosts’ are preventing you from choosing boldness?

When children go bad, the usual suspects in their downfall are rounded up: parents, genetics, family environment, television, video games, the education system. But sometimes the reason a kid goes rogue just can’t be pinned down: Is Junior wreaking havoc because of alien intervention or some evil force – or is it really too many sugary snacks?

When children go bad, the usual suspects in their downfall are rounded up: parents, genetics, family environment, television, video games, the education system. But sometimes the reason a kid goes rogue just can’t be pinned down: Is Junior wreaking havoc because of alien intervention or some evil force – or is it really too many sugary snacks?

Our last chance to host a beginners’ knitting workshop this year! Fresh City Life has been creating new knitters since Fall of 2004 with the aid of our expert knitting teachers and the relaxing multiple-night classes. Learn the basics and we’ll help you move on to more advanced knitting as your confidence grows. All materials provided; $10 materials fee. To register for beginning knitting, go to http://denverlibrary.org/fresh#craft or call 720.865.1206.

Explore the intersections of great food and strong local arts with our ArtSkool panel discussion: The State of Art in Our Community. Sponsored by our friends at Whole Foods Market, this first annual event will help to raise awareness about the challenges faced by our artists, propose ways that we can get involved in the arts, and celebrate creatives and their successes. Sample some fantastic canapés and sweets from Whole Foods Market and then enjoy a moderated panel discussion with Q &A to follow. Panel includes artists Jimmy Sellars, Jill Hadley Hooper, Lonny Hanzon and Marie Gibbons.

For several years now, savvy knitter Janny Potter has been repurposing old sweaters by taking them apart, relaxing the fibers and reknitting the yarns into gorgeous lace shawls and other projects. In this three-part workshop, Janny will show you how to find the best sweaters for unraveling, pull apart the seams, relax the yarn, wash your materials and estimate the yardage for a future knitted piece. She’ll also let you in on the secrets of finding the best retired sweaters for unraveling. All materials provided; $5 materials fee.