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Teen Read Week Sticker Contest

Submitted by angela on August 19, 2010 - 9:41am
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Books with Beat. Teen Read Week - Oct. 17-23, 2010

Hey teen artists - it's time again for our Teen Read Week Sticker Contest!

Teen Read Week is October 17-23 this year and the theme is Books with Beat. One person will be chosen as our contest winner and will have their sticker distributed in all Denver Public Library locations during Teen Read Week! The winning art will also be featured on our teen website, eVolver.

The Rules

  • Artwork needs to measure 3” x 3.”
  • It can be any kind of 2-D art: color, B/W, photo, digital, whatever!
  • Entries need to be turned in by Saturday, September 4, 2010 and the winner will be announced by the first week of October.

Get all the details on eVolver!

Taste of the Garden

Submitted by Tara on August 18, 2010 - 7:44pm
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The Vegetable Dishes I Can't Live Without Recipes and Drawings by Mollie Kat

LiveWell West Denver invites you to a Taste of the Garden Produce and Health Fair on August 20 from 9-11:30 a.m. at Iglesia Luterana Cristo Rey. Each family or single adult will get a bag or box full of free fruits and vegetables! There will also be cooking demos with free samples!

What is your favorite fresh from the garden vegetable recipe? I love zucchini and asparagus. I've found that the trick to cooking asparagus is to saute them over medium/low until they turn bright green. Serve quickly. They really taste the best when they are still snappy. The rest of the menu usually goes a little something like this: baked salmon in wasabi/honey/soy sauce mix, couscous, and spring mix salad. Depending on how fancy we are feeling, we might saute the asparagus in garlic and fresh rosemary. What I like best is that none of these dishes is time or labor intensive.

Prospector's New Look

Submitted by Janet on August 18, 2010 - 2:34pm
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Prospector logo

Prospector has a new look for keyword searching for an improved searching experience. On the DPL site, direct links to Prospector (such as on the Didn't Find It page) will go to the new search page. If you select any search type other than Keyword, you'll go back to the "classic" interface. Prospector's Keyword search is similar to the power of DPL's new catalog:

  • Single search box to search all fields
  • Powerful relevance ranking
  • Facets to filter by format, language, year, location and other elements

Format limiting has not been possible before in Prospector. Now you can limit to DVDs or any other format. Use the Keyword search to enter the title or any combination of words, authors, subjects, etc. On the results list, use the "Refine by" list to limit to DVD/Videos, Books or any other format.

The Buzz on Beekeeping & Honey

Submitted by Tara on August 17, 2010 - 9:55pm
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Bees

Join staff from DenverBee.org on Saturday, August 21, at 10:30 a.m. at Ross-Cherry Creek Branch Library as they talk about their experience with and love of beekeeping and honey. Participate in a honey tasting! It will be the Bee's Knees! Learn more about having your own hive!

The Clock is Ticking

Submitted by Tara on August 17, 2010 - 8:04pm
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The span of a few heartbeats may be the difference between life and death. The concept of time is rife with clichés. Time and time again, it seems that time is running out. These films are not only racing to beat the clock, but also play with the concept of time and our perception of reality. Time may be misleading, mutable, or overlapping!

Chew and Review: Mac n Cheese Pancake Recipe Review

Submitted by lauriekm on August 17, 2010 - 1:03pm
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Mac n Cheese Pancakes

You picked the recipe and now it's time to review it. The Mac n Cheese Pancakes from Eat Me: The Food and Philosophy of Kenny Shopsin were a huge hit at my house! Watch the video and see how easy it is to make them at home.

I. LOVE. THIS. COOKBOOK. Seriously people, is there a more fun-to-read, easy-on-your-busy-lifestyle, creative cookbook out there?

Fun to read because he's so entertaining and funny and he has a potty mouth that keeps it real.

Easy because I had left over macaroni to use for a pasta salad later in the week and although I do prefer to make things from scratch, using the dry pancake mix was a cinch. With all that maple-y, crunchy, cheesy goodness, I couldn't tell it was from a box.

DIY for Mad Scientists

Submitted by Tara on August 17, 2010 - 12:10pm
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If you refer to your garage as your laboratory, or long for the days of science fair projects to explain how you blew off your eyebrows, you may be a mad scientist! Whether you are a gadget geek, a chemistry champion or an experiment egghead, the library has something to inspire, explain and delight.

Sleigh Bells "Treat" The World To A Little Brooklyn Noise!!

Submitted by Selecta Roswell on August 17, 2010 - 9:17am
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Sleigh Bells Treats album cover

Sometimes it's the simple things in life that make the most sense. Once again the good city of Brooklyn has stepped up to give the world of the music industry a blast of what it might need right about now....a bit of simplicity. Take one part hammering drums & guitar and one part shoegazer female vocals and you have the latest "Treat" from New York in the form of Sleigh Bells.

 

The musical hurricane known as the Sleigh Bells (with Derek Miller serving as the chaos of massive drums with screaming guitars and his band mate Alexis Kraus dwelling in the eye of it with her sweeter than sugar vocals) started dropping demos on the Internet last year and in the few months that followed they had quickly earned their way into every conversation of, "What is new in music today?" Following up the goss

Free Child Support Consultation - August 16-20

Submitted by nan on August 17, 2010 - 9:05am
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Free Child Support Consultation

 

Denver will offer free Child Support information and consultation at the Castro Human Services Building located at 1200 Federal Blvd., along the first floor corridor.

August 16 - 20, 2010 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. each day

 

Happy 50th Birthday Sean Penn!

Submitted by Tara on August 17, 2010 - 7:53am
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It's hard to believe that Jeff Spicoli is turning 50 today! Sean Penn continues to have an amazing career, with two Academy Award wins for Best Actor and numerous critically acclaimed movies under his hat, both as an actor, writer and director!

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