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This is how many pennies were collected last year by kids helping with the Penny Harvest, a program in which kids gather money for charity and learn about the impor- tance of helping others.

Colorado schools, including 25 in Denver. So it\u2019s time to use your com- mon cents, nickels and dimes for a good cause. Some of the participat- ing schools in the North Denver area include Columbian Elementary, Edison Elementary and Skinner Middle School.

Penny Harvest is only one of the many charitable youth programs in Denver. You may have seen kids during Halloween from Odyssey and other schools gathering money for \u201cTrick or Treat for UNICEF.\u201d Or you may be aware of the project that res- taurateur Noel Cunningham started, \u201c4 Quarters for Kids,\u201d which raises money so that kids in Ethiopia can get meals and school supplies.

Regardless of the program, what is important is that kids are learning to consider the well-being of other people, because as Noel Cunningham has pointed out, \u201cthere is always someone more needy than ourselves.\u201d

impressed with how much attention the kids gave to where their pennies would go. The school raised $1,250 last year and went through a lengthy pro- cess to decide which causes to support. Principal Carolyn Riedlin said that the kids interviewed each charity at length and really asked some tough questions.

As important as the $38,000 in change raised by Penny Harvest was, the thousands of hours in com- munity service provided by the kids. The kids worked after school and during the summer for several of the same charities receiving donations.

There are many similar programs throughout the city in which kids give time to help the community. Rainbow Bridge, DECA, Southwest Improvement Council, school- based community service programs, faith-based volunteer programs, Volunteers of America and YouthBiz are just a few examples.

Two great sources of information about youth opportunities for vol- unteerism are the Youth Volunteer Guide from Metro Volunteers and the Student Volunteer Network website set up by young people for young people. Both resources help kids match their interests to worth- while volunteer programs.***

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Last month I went back in time to tell y'all about about deliver- ing roomservice to the Cobains in Seattle, 1993. This month I feel compelled, for no obvious

reason, to return to that same time and place and tell another story.

Matthew and his wife Monica who were visiting from Kansas. There were a lot of raver kids at the bar and a DJ playing house, a genre I would learn to later hate in San Francisco when I had a House DJ roommate who played it all night long. At the time though house music was still pretty interesting.

In the corner of the bar I saw Timothy Leary sitting by himself and listening to the music. Timothy Leary was both a champion of and championed by the early Raver culture, for obvious chemically enhanced reasons. I recognized the great doctor right away having seen him lecture at a metaphysical show a year ago in Spokane. He had such a good time lecturing at the meta- physical show that he went over his two hours and had to be asked off the stage by the coordinator so that the guy who played Starbuck from the original Battlestar Galactica could give his speech on creative visualization.

Of course I stayed to hear what Starbuck had to say! Among other things I learned from Starbuck, per- haps the most important stemmed fom a self-visualization. In the excercise I saw an unfinished statue which read at bottom, "Thou wilt be what thou wilt be." I remember wondering if this meant "you will be what you will be, no two ways about it" or "you will be what you will yourself to be, it's up to you." Having appeared from my deep sub- conscious imagination the inscrip- tion could, of course, be interpreted either way. I still haven't figured it out.

by himself listening to rave music in a bar in Seattle. When this kind of alignment of the stars happens,

I feel duty bound, as a writer, to play my part in mak- ing the moment memo- rable, the "will" meeting "fate" face to face. The odd thing I've found is that celebrity, especially

when well deserved, creates a hole in the space/time continuum. If you believe in myth, then you don't want to let a prime opportunity like this go to waste.

I decided to ask Tim a question. I wanted it to be a perfect question; short, funny, to the point, yet open ended. I had my question. I walked over and sat down.

"Hello Dr. Leary, " I said as I shook his hand and introduced myself. "I saw you sitting over here and recognized you. I admire your work very much and wondered if you might entertain a question?"

tion, no."
"In that case, certainly."
"What are you drinking?"

I ordered Mr. Leary and myself some scotch. He downed his prior glass and started on the new one.

designer realities."
There was an awkward silence.
Dr. Leary returned to his drink.

I wished him good night and went away to think about his words for a thousand years.

Speaking of designer realities, check out what's happening at www. dnote.us.***

Greater social consciousness is growing around the source of the food we eat and how it impacts our health. Dr. Andrew Weil spoke in a recent lecture about the link between lifestyle choices and health. He

encouraged the audi- ence to acknowledge the impact of our behaviors on our physical health and see the social conse-

quences on our medical system of lifestyle-related illnesses. Dr. Weil suggests greater accountability in the food production industry and preventing fast food companies from setting up shop in public schools. Films such as Food Inc and the steady growth of organic food sales even in a down economy make it clear that there is a spread of greater mainstream awareness regarding food processing and its impact on the nutritional content of food.

system in the United S t a t e s allows

us to be very removed from

we purchase. For a few generations we\u2019ve pro- gressively b e c o m e further dis- tanced from the source of our sus- tenance,

the earth its plants and animals. Living in a city creates a greater disconnect even for a ranch girl like me. I grew up on a cattle ranch in Oregon, where day-to-day ranch duties keep that awareness fresh. Our animals roam freely in broad grassy pastures and drink out of natural streams, in the winter eat- ing hay grown and cut from the same land. It isn\u2019t organic farm- ing; it is the way things have been done for generations by those who haven\u2019t jumped into large-scale food production. Recently I was at the ranch when calves were being sent off to the auction. My father,

the eye as they were packed into the trailer wasn\u2019t easy to do but I wanted to do it to remind myself of the reality of the food I eat. For the next two days and night\u2019s mother cows

A new generation of farmers is prospering by melding some of the old ways that keep animals in a natural environment with local distribution networks, while at the same time being responsible for how the livestock is treated. One of the louder voices on the topic is farmer Joel Salatin, an evange- list for moral farming. He speaks out in the film Food Inc and has been interviewed for international publications. His voice is contrib- uting to awareness that farming

are an environ- mental and nutritional issue.

Recently there has been a rise in

urban farming. Whether it\u2019s the joy of gardening or reducing costs

for organic veg- gies, honey

and eggs by growing your own, the benefit of fresh, higher nutrient content in home-grown food is undeniable. It\u2019s a step in the right direction for many reasons: greater nutritional value, connection to the earth and its daily offerings supporting our life. Choosing to be informed of the environmental realities involved in food production makes even the steely minded person a bit uncomfortable. The upside is that it will encourage you to make food-buying decisions that have more integrity and contribute to your physical health.***

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Almost everyone has a reaction to the unusual shape and design of Daniel Libeskind\u2019s Frederic C.

Hamilton Building at the Denver Art Museum. Whether you love it or hate it or fall somewhere in between, you have to admit it gets noticed.

Denver Art Museum opened a special exhibit titled Embrace!, in which 17 of the world\u2019s most cre- ative artists were invited to let the eclectic shapes and spaces of

Christoph Heinrich, DAM\u2019s incoming director, and Polly and Mark Addison Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, each artist has chosen a particu- lar space in which to realize and exhibit an individual work.

When Heinrich first stepped into the atrium of the Hamilton building he thought, \u201cWow, this is incredible. I\u2019ve been to the build- ing in Europe (the Felix Nussbaum Museum in Osnabr\u00fcck, Germany), but this is different. This is a build- ing for people to meet, to commu- nicate about art, to be surrounded by art. The idea is you step right into the art.\u201d

Much of the exhibit can be categorized as breaking through barriers \u2013 words leap into three dimensional space, entire galler- ies becomes multifaceted paintings you walk right into, and paintings sprout up from the floor in an effort to become sculpture \u2013 all in a visual explosion of color, light and form.

When you first walk into the atrium you will encounter an aston- ishing and expansive installation by Katharina Grosse. This massive airbrushed wall painting spans the four-story atrium and is visible from every floor. It is as though a 30-foot kid, armed with giant cans of spray paint has elevated graffiti to a heavenly level.

Actually Grosse used a cher- ry picker in a mesmerizing wall dance to create the image. You can actually watch the progres-

the Timelapse Lounge located in the Anschutz Gallery. Here information plus photographic and video records of the artist\u2019s creations are available for visitors to peruse.

Also on the first floor is Rupprecht Matthies\u2019 multilingual room full of big words made plush, three-dimensional and larger than life in a whimsical look at symbol-

ic thought. The words themselves come from the record- ed impres- sions of stu- dents visit- ing Denver for the first time.

the exhibits, a

phone number is provided so you can call on your cell to hear the artists talk about their works

as you regard them.

price of admis- sion alone is

Kristin B a k e r \u2019 s Dihedral Barrage \u2013 a stunning work build-

ing on the angles and prismatic effects of jewels that simply assails the senses with wonder and imagi- nation, as painting becomes sculp- ture or vice versa \u2013 you decide.

Also of note to local residents is Rick Dula\u2019s fascinating image of the building\u2019s construction. He has captured the elusive nuances of the afternoon sun and the aging of structural beams in his work. Looking at this image you are look- ing through a window in time when

Kristin Baker, Dihedral Barrage, 2009. Acrylic on Plexiglass with pow- der coated steel freestanding structure; 13' 5" H x 14' 4" W x 5' D. \u00a9 The artist; courtesy Denver Art Museum. Photo by Jeff Wells.