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Local entrepreneur spotlight: Mother Tucker Brewery
Sep 11 2017
As part of Anythink Startup Month, we're highlighting entrepreneurs and interesting businesses in Adams County. Stay tuned for weekly profiles throughout September.
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Local entrepreneur spotlight: Clear Intentions
Sep 4 2017
As part of Anythink Startup Month, we're highlighting entrepreneurs and interesting businesses in Adams County. Stay tuned for weekly profiles throughout September.
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Experiencing a Japanese tea ceremony
Aug 25 2017
I had never heard of a Japanese tea ceremony before seeing a post advertising just such a thing on Anythink's Facebook page. I live in Bennett, but the program was being held at Anythink...
BoJack returns, in all his angsty glory
Aug 23 2017
If you are anything like me, you rejoiced at hearing the news that Netflix original series BoJack Horseman will be returning for a fourth season on Sept. 8. If you are not like me, what’s the hold-up? This...
Prepping for Paris: trip planning edition
Aug 16 2017
The prospect of going on a trip invites all sorts of daydreaming. Over the last year or so, my wife and I have fantasized about our honeymoon in Paris. We’ve used language learning programs to burnish our high school French, accumulated a worrying amount of cookbooks about French cuisine, binge-...
5 fantastic fantasy novels for teens
Aug 16 2017
From contemporary to Medieval, there’s an endless amount of fantasy out there to read. Sometimes they involve magic, and sometimes they don’t. Maybe it’s in a mythical land, or maybe it happened in your backyard. You never know what will happen when you pick one of these fantastic fantasy books...
How can I read more? 7 tips for consuming more books
Jul 28 2017
I often find myself asking, “How can I read more books?” Since starting work in libraries, my reading list has become a behemoth, overgrown with amazing content. The reality is that there will never be enough time for any of us to sit down and leisurely take in all of this fantastic material,...
Anythink LIVE! teen contest: Vote for your favorite act
Jul 5 2017
Voting is now closed. We're excited to announce that the winner of Anythink LIVE! is Obliviate – they'll perform as opening act at the Aug. 11 Backyard Concert Series with Hazel Miller Band. Thank you to everyone who...
Songs for the summer
Jun 27 2017
Among a certain curmudgeonly sort, there’s a prevailing opinion that music isn’t very good these days. To such people I say: you’re just not listening hard enough. Over the last few months artists as varied as...
Denver Comic Con 2017 giveaway: How to enter for your chance to win tickets
Jun 23 2017
This contest is now closed. Thanks to everyone who entered!
Anythink is celebrating Denver Comic Con again this year, and we're giving away passes to some lucky Anythinkers.
Here's how you can enter for a chance to win:
On Wednesday...
Questions abound: Mysteries for all ages
Jun 22 2017
Who did? Where did he go? Is he dead? What are the answers to these questions? Do you want to know? Are you just looking for something to read? Whatever the answer is, why not give one of these mysterious mysteries for all ages a shot?...
Prepping for Paris: Food edition
Jun 5 2017
Paris attracts people for all sorts of reasons. Picasso came for the bohemian art scene that thrived in Montmartre. Hemingway,...
Revisiting 'Twin Peaks'
May 19 2017
“I’ll see you again in 25 years.”
Those words were cryptically spoken the last time we saw...
Kylo Ren drives a bus
May 18 2017
The newly released DVD Paterson, directed by Jim Jarmusch is an enjoyable ride through work week monotony. Instead of hunting down the rebel cause and attempting to extinguish the Jedi...
Discovering backyard bird songs
Apr 28 2017
When I hear this particular type of bird sing, I know its name. To my ears, the sound is lovely, although the word is not. Oddly, the two – sound and word – are said to be one for this specific bird: the killdeer.
If you hear a bird call and wonder about its name,...
Earth Week: Can cli-fi novels help save us from ourselves?
Apr 15 2017
What can literature do to help solve the world's problems? This question surrounds a new genre of fiction that's been "heating up" the literary scene. Viewed by some as a subgenre of sci-fi and by others as a new genre in its own right, "cli-fi" is the term being used to describe the slate of...
Prepping for Paris: language edition
Apr 6 2017
Some people decide to go on a trip, buy their tickets, book their hotels and leave the rest to chance. I am not one of those people. For me, planning a trip is not just a necessity, it’s a pleasure. In the preparatory stages, the vistas of possibility have yet to be winnowed by time or finances or...
'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend': the weirdly wonderful show you're not watching
Mar 24 2017
The CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend will return this fall, after having been renewed for a third season. If this title does not ring a bell for you, you’re probably not alone...
Daily work at 'The Daily Show'
Mar 20 2017
The Daily Show (The Book) is a compelling read. It presents the workings of a unique program in a style well-suited to the subject. This book shows the show during Jon Stewart’s tenure...
The whimsical world of Hildafolk
Mar 19 2017
Some books are so good you want to share them with the world. Not every good book elicits this reaction, though. Some books we want to keep for ourselves; they’re too weird or personal for us to press into the hands of friends, family and strangers. But every once in a while – if you’re lucky – you...