Everything I know about patriotism I learned from Captain America

Captain America made me the patriot I am today. I’m sure there were some other influences. Probably a little Red Dawn, a splash of GI Joe and perhaps even some stuff that didn’t come from comic books, movies or after-school cartoons. But it was Captain America, specifically a two-year story…

Six college students pedaling for a purpose stop in Denver tomorrow

Six college students are pedaling for a purpose for 3,200 miles for Bicycles Against Poverty, and on Wednesday the team will make a pit stop at the Denver Bicycle Cafe. Bicycles against Poverty (BAP) is a non-profit organization that distributes bicycles to low-income entrepreneurs in Africa who pay for the…

GroundSwell Gallery unveils a new mural this weekend

Furthering its commitment to supporting local artists, GroundSwell Cannabis Boutique and Gallery recently commissioned a mural on the shop’s heavily trafficked block of Colfax Avenue. With help from the gallery’s DJ Mario Zoots, curators Rebecca Peebles and Danette Montoya connected with artist and sign painter Kevin Hennessy, who (along with…

Westword Book Club: Author Kenn Amdahl on algebra, self-publishing and daphnia

Kenn Amdahl is an author, an entrepreneur, and something of a homespun polymath based in Broomfield Colorado. Frustrated by difficulties getting his book, an educational manual leavened by bits of whimsy, Amdahl founded Clearwater Publishing in 1990. Since then, Clearwater has released 11 books from their humble press. Westword sat down with Amdahl to talk about math and science, self-publishing, his favorite books and being part of a community of writers.

The ten most obnoxious TV personalities ever

These days, there’s no shortage of loud, obnoxious jerks on TV getting paid to basically yell at you, but it wasn’t always this way. Until Morton Downey Jr. helped pioneer the new age of television hate in the late ’80s, the TV landscape was a much more civil place (with…