Improving Education in Early Elementary: A Case for the PreK-3 Continuum in Colorado
2017-03-15 17:30 - 19:00 (America/Denver)
Researchers have demonstrated that participation in high-quality early childhood programs improves academic, behavioral, socio-emotional and cognitive outcomes for all children, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds. Although benefits of high quality preschool have been found through adulthood, studies have revealed some benefits disappear by the time children are in third grade.
Without alignment in curricula and instruction between preschool and elementary, as well as continuous support that takes into consideration the developmental, linguistic, and cultural characteristics of young children, participation in early childhood does not prevent risk of academic failure for some children.
In this session, we will discuss ways in which educational leaders, educators and teacher educators in Colorado might strengthen early elementary to build on the benefits of early childhood education.
When: 5:30-7 p.m., Wed., March 15, 2017
Where: Terrace Room (2nd floor), 1380 Lawrence Street, Denver (map)
Admission: Free, but space is limited — register today! Heavy hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be served.

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Panelists:

Dr. Moira Coogan, Principal, REACH Charter Elementary School
Sharon Ritchie, Senior Scientist, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
Dr. Lisa Roy, Executive Director of Early Education and Two-Generation Approaches, DPS
Dr. Lori Ryan, Senior Instructor, School of Education and Human Development, CU Denver
Sarah Weaver, Third Grade Literacy Teacher, DPS

Moderator: Dr. Christina Gillanders, Associate Professor, School of Education and Human Development, CU Denver

If you are unable to attend, tune in remotely! Join us by phone, computer or tablet by clicking this link at the scheduled start time.
This event is open to the public.

Patriarchy from a Religious Perspective: A Panel Discussion
2017-03-15 18:30 - 20:30 | Curious Theatre, 1080 Acoma St., Denver, CO, 80204, United States
Patriarchy has religious roots. The Colorado Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice invites you to explore how different faiths respond to the modern reproductive health care options that have destroyed the principle that biology is destiny! Representatives from Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh religious leaders will share their views.
All are Welcome!
[$5 Suggested Donation]
More info: https://meetthemiddleeast.org/upcoming-classes-and-events/

Lecture: Haitian Literature
2017-03-16 18:00 - 19:30 | Alliance Française, 571 Galapago St., Denver, CO, 80204, United States
Join the Alliance Française for a lecture on the literature of Haiti and the Caribbean with CU Denver professor Linda Alcott.
[$5]
More info and tickets: http://www.afdenver.org/event/special-lecture-on-haitian-literature/

Artist Talk Lisa Kereszi and Benjamin Donaldson
2017-03-16 18:00 - 21:00 | Dikeou Collection, 1615 California St, Denver, CO, 80202, United States
The Dikeou Collection is thrilled to welcome artists Lisa Kereszi and Benjamin Donaldson to Denver for free public lectures. Kereszi and Donaldson will each give individual presentations, followed by a group conversation with Denver Art Museum’s Curator of Photography, Eric Paddock. Doors open at 6pm.
[Free]
More info: http://www.mopdenver.com/eventscalendar/
Lisa Kereszi was born in and grew up in Suburban Philadelphia to a father who ran the family auto junkyard and to a mother who owned an antique shop. In 1995 she graduated from Bard College with a Bachelor of Arts. She teaches photography and is the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Art at the Yale School of Art, where she received her MFA in 2000. Her work is in the collections of the Met, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and others. She is represented by Yancey Richardson Gallery in New York. Works from Kereszi’s series “Facing Addiction: Looking at Drugs and Alcohol in People’s Lives” (1994-1997) are on permanent view at Dikeou Collection and were featured in issue 9 of zingmagazine. Her project “The More I Know About Women” is featured in current zingmagazine issue 24. She lives and works near New Haven, Connecticut, where she is raising a toddler.
Benjamin Donaldson’s photographs are in the collection of the Yale University Art Gallery as well as private collections, and he had several solo shows, including: “Mouth of the Hudson” at Jen Bekman Gallery, 2003, “Terrain” at Kimball Union Academy, NH, 2004, “Summerland” at Jen Bekman, 2007, as well as numerous national and international group shows. Publications include Artnews, Details, House and Garden, Newsweek, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Nylon, The Manchester Guardian(UK), The Yale University Literary Magazine, Time Magazine Style, V Man, and W. Commercial clients include Yale University. He was included in Photo District News 30 emerging photographers of 2003, and was a recipient of a Connecticut State Arts Grant in 2008. He has been on the faculty of the School of Visual Arts, the International Center of Photography and Hunter College, CUNY. Donaldson has been Lecturer at the Yale School of Art since 2009, and lives near New Haven, CT. Donaldson’s photography project “Priory” has been featured in zingmagazine issue number 20, and was curated by Lisa Kereszi.
Eric Paddock was born and raised in Boulder, Colorado. After receiving his B.A. from The Colorado College he traveled, worked a crazy assortment of jobs, and assisted photographer Frank Gohlke over a four year period before entering the MFA program at the Yale School of Art. He was Curator of Photography and Film at the Colorado Historical Society (now History Colorado) from 1982 to 2008; during that time he was actively making and exhibiting his own work, which is held in permanent collections at the Amon Carter Museum, the Bibliothéque Nationale, MoMA, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, SFMOMA and other institutions. At various times, Mr. Paddock has taught photography, art history, American history, and landscape studies at the University of Colorado, The Colorado College, the University of Denver, and Arapahoe Community College. In 2008 he was named Curator of Photography at the Denver Art Museum, in which capacity he has, among other things, curated exhibitions of work by Robert Adams, Laura Letinsky, Kenneth Josephson and Will Wilson as well as group exhibitions of contemporary and historical photography.

SOLD OUT - Lecture: Risky Business: Art of the 1980s
2017-03-16 18:30 - 20:00 | Clyfford Still Museum, 1250 Bannock Street, Denver, CO, 80204, United States
The 1980s marked a turning point in recent art history, from both creative and commercial standpoints. The art world of the late 1960s and ’70s was a relatively small, modest place. Interest in contemporary art was similarly small, due in part to the hermetic nature of minimal and conceptual art that dealt mostly with concerns specific to art and artists.
This began to change around 1980, when the work of living artists began to achieve high prices and draw attention to the significance, and value, of the art of one’s own time. This rise in the market also coincided with the emergence of a new generation of artists. Neo-expressionist painters like Julian Schnabel and Anselm Kiefer; photographers like Cindy Sherman and Richard Prince; and even the sculptor Jeff Koons, who manipulated the art world by drawing attention to his own personality, provoked a new conversation about contemporary art.
Join Dean Sobel, an active curator during the 1980s, to revisit and reassess the art of the Reagan era.
Clyfford Still Museum
Anschutz Foundation Atrium
Registration required
[Free]
More info and registration: https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/event/lecture-risky-business-art-of-the-1980s/

Science Lounge: Time Travel
2017-03-16 18:30 - 21:30 | Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO, 80205, United States
Rewind for a journey through eras long past, then fast-forward into future epochs on an exploration of time. Hop through decades of Museum mysteries, figure out what makes the atomic clock tick, and debate the scientific plausibility of pop culture time travel before sipping a timeless cocktail at the bar.
21+ ONLY.
[$13 – $15]
More info and tickets: http://www.dmns.org/learn/adults/the-science-lounge/the-science-lounge-time-travel/

National Theatre Live: Saint Joan
2017-03-16 19:00 - 22:00, 2017-03-19 13:00 - 16:00 | Sie FilmCenter, 2510 East Colfax, Denver, CO, 80206
2 shows only:
Thursday, March 16th at 7pm and Sunday, March 19th at 1pm.
Joan: daughter, farm girl, visionary, patriot, king-whisperer, soldier, leader, victor, icon, radical, witch, heretic, saint, martyr, woman.
Josie Rourke (Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Vote, Coriolanus) directs Gemma Arterton (Gemma Bovery, Nell Gwynn, Made in Dagenham) as Joan of Arc in this electrifying production.
Bernard Shaw’s classic play follows the life and trial of a young country girl who declares a bloody mission to drive the English from France. As one of the first Protestants and nationalists, she threatens the very fabric of the feudal society and the Catholic Church across Europe.
As a part of the National Theatre Live series, “Saint Joan” will be recorded live and shown on a delayed basis. The Sie FilmCenter is the exclusive Denver-area venue for this thrilling series of great plays.
Simulcast in full HD and 5.1 Surround Sound.
[$15 for DFS Members, $16 for Seniors or Students, $18 for General Admission]
More info and tickets: http://secure.denverfilm.org/tickets/film.aspx?id=28675

MCA Spring Breaks: Yo! MCA Raps Karaoke with Bella Scratch
2017-03-17 17:00 - 20:00 | Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St, denver, CO, 80202, United States
New this year: MCA Spring Breaks: A Vacation From Normal. This brand new series of epic events will bring you back to your days of MTV debauchery and give you an excuse to name drop Carmen Electra and Sisqo again. Bring on the frosted tips, jorts, and tequila-infused seediness because Spring Break is here.
Channel your best Ice Cube, LL Cool J, and/or 2Pac and be ready to make rap battle history when you take the stage.
Happy hour 5-7PM | Bingo 6-8PM in the MCA Cafe
The museum is open until 9PM on Fridays
Here’s what you can expect from the series:
-3/17: Yo! MCA Raps Karaoke with Bella Scratch
-4/7: House of Style Cocktail Party (starring Brittany Wangsness of St. Germain)
-4/21: MCA Unplugged featuring Chella & the Charm (ticketed event)
[Free with $5.00 museum admission]
More info: http://mcadenver.org/eventscalendar

Month of Photography Lecture Series: Andrew Beckham
2017-03-17 19:00 - 20:30
Month of Photography Lecture Series
For 2017’s Month of Photography Denver, The Denver Art Museum is pleased to present four Front Range photographers working across the diverse spectrum of the medium:
March 3: Carol Golemboski
March 17,: Andrew Beckham
March 23: Gary Emrich
March 30: Benjamin Rasmussen
All talks start at 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Hamilton Building, Lower Level
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
March 17, 2017: Andrew Beckham
Andrew Beckham has been called a “visual poet” for his contemplative body of work that seeks to make sense of humanity’s place in nature. In his photography, the minutia of life has equal weight to the sublime vista. His juxtapositions of scale and visual associations elicit thoughts on both form and the psyche, and lend poignancy to the places and things he depicts. The Colorado Springs Fine Art Center presented an extensive mid-career retrospective of Beckham’s work, Firmament, in 2013 in conjunction with the publication of his monograph by George F. Thompson Books.
[$5 – $10]
View more info Here

The Jazz Project
2017-03-17 19:30 - 22:00 | McNichols Building in Civic Center Park, 144 W Colfax Ave, Denver, CO, United States
The Jazz Age: An era of cool, edgy opulence. The economy was booming and jazz music filled buzzing basement clubs in New Orleans, Chicago and New York. It was the age of flappers donning fur coats and sequin gowns, bootleggers hucking bathtub gin, and a blues bands scoring the era’s soundtrack. For the first event of 2017, The McNichols Project will immerse guests in the Jazz Age, complete with era-appropriate cocktails, music, and decor.
Guests receive a choice of Prohibition-era cocktails or craft beers, along with live music, and art. Complimentary snacks will be available along with additional food for purchase from some of Denver’s favorite food trucks.
The McNichols Project is a unique event series that will explore select eras from the past in 2017. Immerse yourself in art, food, drink, live music, and more this Spring, Summer and Fall.
[$30]
More info and tickets: https://www.mcnicholsproject.com/project1

Process Reversal Presents: Expanded Cinema Workshop with Alex Mackenzie
2017-03-18 09:00 - 13:00 | Sie FilmCenter, 2510 East Colfax, Denver, CO, 80206
In this workshop, media artist Alex MacKenzie will present a closer look at the original engine of expanded cinema: the projector. Specifically, participants will explore how to work with 16mm projection devices to allow an extension of their potential and a re-purposing of their function. Discussion and examination of the various elements of projection: light, lens, focal plane, film gate, speed, shutter, motor, bulb, and screen will all be explored with live examples and an up-close and hands-on approach. The work of contemporary media artists as well as historically significant artists will be discussed. Participants will be given the opportunity to try out various techniques, and will leave with a better understanding of how these elements work both separately and in tandem, as well as with a demystification of the primary instrument of the motion picture.
https://www.alexmackenzie.ca/
Included in the Workshop is one (1) ticket to the Apparitions screening on Sunday March 19th, 7:00pm.
*All materials for workshop will be provided*
This workshop is presented by Process Reversal, a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring the viability of photochemical filmmaking practices through access to materials, equipment, and education initiatives. For more information visit processreversal.org
[$25]
More info and tickets: http://secure.denverfilm.org/tickets/film.aspx?id=29103

Bolshoi: The Sleeping Beauty
2017-03-18 13:00 - 15:00 | Sie FilmCenter, 2510 East Colfax, Denver, CO, 80206
One Screening Only! Saturday, March 18th at 1pm.
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreography: Yuri Grigorovich
Libretto: Ivan Vsevolozhsky and Marius Petipa (after Charles Perrault)
Cast: The Bolshoi Principals, Soloists and Corps de Ballet
On her 16th birthday, a curse by the evil Carabosse causes the beautiful Princess Aurora to fall into a deep slumber for 100 years. Only the kiss of a prince could awaken her…
In this resplendent and magical classic, the Bolshoi dancers take us on a dream-like journey through this classic fairytale complete with jewel fairies, a magical kingdom, a youthful princess and a handsome prince in this purest style of classical ballet. The Bolshoi’s sumptuous staging with its luxurious sets and costumes gives life to Perrault’s fairy tale unlike any other. A must-see!
As a part of the Pathe Live’s Bolshoi Ballet series, “The Sleeping Beauty” was recorded live and will be shown on a delayed basis.
Simulcast in full HD and 5.1 Surround Sound.
[$15 for DFS Members, $16 for Seniors or Students, $18 for General Admission]
More info and tickets: http://secure.denverfilm.org/tickets/film.aspx?id=28451

Exploring Colorado and the American West: Creating a Field Guide to the Regional Landscape
2017-03-20 13:00 - 14:00, 2017-03-20 19:00 - 20:00 | History Colorado Center, 1200 Broadway, Denver, 80203, United States
A journey to Colorado’s high-country ghost towns, suburban strip malls or quiet farming communities reveals a complex region and a fascinating landscape steeped in history—and rapidly changing in the twenty-first century. What can we learn about the future of the place we call home? Montana State University geographer and photographer Dr. William Wyckoff, author of How to Read the American West, explores the joys and challenges of creating a guide to contemporary Colorado and the larger West.
[$8.50 – $10]
More info and tickets: http://www.historycolorado.org/event/exploring-colorado-and-american-west-creating-field-guide-regional-landscape

Make/Shift Monday presents: Death to Small Talk
2017-03-20 18:00 - 20:00 | Redline, 2350 Arapahoe St., Denver, CO, 80205, United States
Death to Small Talk: A Conversational Salon for the Bold and Curious
Are you afraid of meeting new people and hearing the same questions? Where are you from? What do you do? We are too. So come and join us for a evening of frivolity, facts and chats. You will learn to use your passions to deflect the most excruciating parts of meeting new people and hopefully have a great time doing it.
Free and open to the public, BYOB!
Make/Shift Monday is a fun, off-script program created for and by Denver’s unique creative community. Join us for these regular happenings that activate the space and provide informal opportunities to engage with RedLine.
[Free]
More info: http://www.redlineart.org/upcomingevents/2017/2/20/redlines-makeshift-monday-presents-death-to-small-talk

The Great Debate
2017-03-20 20:00 - 22:00 | Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan Street, Denver, CO, 80204, United States
Buntport Theater’s “The Great Debate” pits teams of non-experts head-to-head, toe-to-toe, and often dumb-and-dumber in lively debates of the inconsequential. Mundane topics are brought to life by ordinary, but opinionated folks. You’re bound to be a flip-flopper after listening to compelling arguments on things that never mattered. New topics every month!
About this month’s installment: “We feel as though 2016 really forced us to grow up. We think you’ll be impressed with the level of our maturity when you find out that the debate topic is: Pu-pu platters vs Lake Titicaca
Boom. We’re adulting like crazy.
Make a reservation now so you can hear compelling arguments from our panel of experts: Hannah Duggan, Brian Colonna, Kim Kutt, Roger Norquist, Mike Marlow, Laura Jo Trexler, Rachel Weeks, and Eryc Eyl.”
[$7 online ($6-$8 at the door)]
More info and tickets: http://buntport.com/2016/09/third-tuesdays/

Café des Arts – Edward Hopper: an American Artist in Paris
2017-03-21 18:00 - 19:30 | Alliance Française, 571 Galapago St., Denver, CO, 80204, United States
A look at Edward Hopper’s experiences as a traveling artist with a focus on his time in Paris. This lecture is in English.
[$10 – $16]
More info and tickets: http://www.afdenver.org/event/cafe-des-arts-edward-hopper-an-american-artist-in-paris/

Intergalactic Planetary 90s Dimension
2017-03-22 06:00 - 08:45 | Space Gallery, 400 Santa Fe Dr., Denver, CO, 80204, United States
Sieze the morning! Daybreaker is an early-morning dance party with free coffee and breakfast noshes that takes place in cities across the country. Get ready for an Intergalactic Planetary ’90s Dimension party that warms up with a stretch and a yoga session before turning into a dance and space-themed costume ball.
So pull out your brightest colors, strap on your moon boots, and get ready to dance your way into the ’90s dimension.
THE LINEUP
// Featuring DJ J|Adore + Brandi Shigley of Fashion Denver
// Yoga 6 – 7am / Dance Party 7 – 8:45am
// Free coffee, healthy juices & breakfast treats
[$20 – $35]
More info anf tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/daybreaker-den-intergalactic-planetary-90s-dimension-tickets-32133808085

Voices of Refugees – Democratic Republic of the Congo
2017-03-23 18:00 - 19:30 | Alliance Française, 571 Galapago St., Denver, CO, 80204, United States
Join the Alliance Française for a presentation exploring the colonization of the Congo and how the French language entered the country. This lecture will be given by Congo-native and refugee, Pascal Nzitonda.
[$5]
More info and tickets: http://www.afdenver.org/event/special-presentation-on-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo/

The Soviet Union: The Road After Collapse
2017-03-23 18:45 - 19:45 | Sam Gary Library, 2961 Roslyn St, Denver, CO, 80238, United States
What was known as the Soviet Union dissolved twenty-five years ago this past December. Join Active Minds as we explore the history of the Soviet Union as well as the causes of its failure. In addition, we will discuss the continued relevance of the Russian Federation, the influence of Vladimir Putin, and ongoing challenges to democracy in the region.
[Free]
More info: Active Minds: The Soviet Union: The Road After Collapse

Month of Photography Lecture Series: Gary Emrich
2017-03-23 19:00 - 20:30
Month of Photography Lecture Series
For 2017’s Month of Photography Denver, The Denver Art Museum is pleased to present four Front Range photographers working across the diverse spectrum of the medium:
March 3: Carol Golemboski
March 17,: Andrew Beckham
March 23: Gary Emrich
March 30: Benjamin Rasmussen
All talks start at 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Hamilton Building, Lower Level
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
March 23, 2017: Gary Emrich
A fourth-generation Coloradan, Gary Emrich uses humor and pop-culture iconography to both celebrate and poke fun at the myths of the West in his art. Making what he calls “straight photographs in the studio,” Emrich constructs his images from found and collected materials that include family mementos, kitsch objects, and even throw-away packaging. Through his inventive recontextualizations, he addresses deeper concerns like water scarcity, the aerospace industry, and personal memories. Promise, an exhibition of Emrich’s recent work in photography and video, was featured at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center in 2016.
[$5 – $10]
View more info Here

Rumble in the Bronx
2017-03-24 22:00 - 23:30
Jackie Chan in his breakout role!
After years as a major star in most of the rest of the world, Jackie Chan finally broke through to stardom in the United States with Rumble in the Bronx, a dubbed and re-edited version of Hung Fan Kui. Here Chan plays Keung, a police officer from Hong Kong who travels to New York to attend the wedding of his uncle, Bill (Bill Tung). Bill has just sold his grocery store to Elaine (Anita Mui), and Keung finds Elaine to be a pretty good reason to extend his visit to New York. However, a mean-spirited and fashion-challenged street gang has moved into the neighborhood and is demanding protection money from the local storekeepers. Elaine is ready to sell the store and move on, but Keung is determined to show the toughs that he’s not about to be pushed around. Things get even more sticky when the hoods are on the trail of a lost cache of stolen jewels.
Hong Kong, 1995, 87 min
Roger Ebert wrote: “Any attempt to defend this movie on rational grounds is futile. Don’t tell me about the plot and the dialogue. Don’t dwell on the acting. The whole point is Jackie Chan – and, like Astaire and Rogers, he does what he does better than anybody. There is a physical confidence, a grace, an elegance to the way he moves. There is humor to the choreography of the fights (which are never too gruesome). He’s having fun. If we allow ourselves to get in the right frame of mind, so are we.”
[$7 – $11]
More info and tickets: http://secure.denverfilm.org/tickets/buy.aspx?FID=84&ID=45647

Harvest Rainwater for Your Garden
2017-03-25 10:00 - 11:00 | Central Library, 10 W 14th Ave, Denver, CO, 80204, United States
Harvesting rainwater is now legal in Colorado. Ruby Hill Tiny Farm entrepreneur, Sharona Thompson, will present techniques for collecting and retaining water in your garden.
[Free]
Floor 1, Burnham Hoyt Book Club Room
More info: Harvest Rainwater for Your Garden

Opera: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
2017-03-25 13:00 - 16:00
From Opéra de Paris: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
By the time he came to tackle the composition of Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Offenbach’s opus already included more than a hundred operas. Left unfinished when he died during rehearsals in October 1880, his last work combines fantasy, gravity and humour in an unexpectedly innovative synthesis of opera buffa, romantic opera and grand opera. This adaptation of three tales by E.T.A. Hoffmann, with a sprinkling of Goethe’s Faust, portrays the German poet as both narrator and hero recounting his love affairs with Olympia, Antonia and Giuletta. Robert Carsen’s spectacular production highlights the melancholy genius of a man marked by life, with a coherence and dramatic sense remarkable for a work that leaves numerous questions unanswered. Under the baton of Philippe Jordan, Nadine Koutcher, Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Kate Aldrich, Yann Beuron and Ramón Vargas, in the title role, interpret the legendary airs of this work whose brilliant mystery will continue to dazzle opera houses for countless years to come.
Conductor: Philippe Jordan
Director: Robert Carsen
Cast: Ramón Vargas, Nadine Koutcher, Kate Aldrich, Ermonela Jaho, Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Doris Soffel
French, English Subtitles, France, 2016, 205 min
[$15 – $18]
More info and tickets: http://secure.denverfilm.org/tickets/film.aspx?id=29007

How to Hygge
2017-03-25 14:00 - 15:00 | Byers, 675 Santa Fe Dr., Denver, CO, 80204, United States
Learn all about this Danish lifestyle and cozy up with a steaming hot beverage and board games while you advance your knitting game.
[Free]
More info: How to Hygge

Inside the Writer's Studio: On-Stage Interview & Reading with Aleksandar Hemon and Elif Batuman
2017-03-25 18:00 - 20:00 | Tivoli Student Union, 900 Auraria Pkwy., Denver, CO, 80204, United States
Join Lighthouse Writers for an unscripted conversation between Aleksandar Hemon, author of five books, including The Lazarus Project, and Elif Batuman, author of The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them and The Idiot (March 2017). They’ll talk about their work, their writing process, and more, live on stage.
Doors open at 5:30 PM at Tivoli’s Baerresen Ballroom (Room 320). The reading and interview will begin at 6:00 PM. Q&A and book signing to follow.
Don’t miss discounted tickets, available as part of the All-Access Pass or through Lighthouse Writers’ Spring Break Five-Pack (including craft talks with Aleksandar Hemon, Elif Batuman, David Shields, and Jim Shepard).
Aleksandar Hemon is the author of five books, including The Book of My Lives and The Lazarus Project, which was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award. Born in Sarajevo, Hemon visited Chicago in 1992, intending to stay for a matter of months. While he was there, Sarajevo came under siege, and he was unable to return home. Hemon wrote his first story in English in 1995. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a MacArthur Fellowship, and the PEN/W.G. Sebald Award. He lives in Chicago with his wife and daughter.
Elif Batuman has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2010. Her first book, The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her novel, The Idiot, is forthcoming from Penguin in March 2017. Her stories have been anthologized in the 2014 Best American Travel Writing and the 2010 Best American Essayscollections. She is the recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award, a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award, and a Paris Review Terry Southern Prize for Humor. Batuman holds a doctoral degree in comparative literature from Stanford University. From 2010 to 2013, she was writer-in-residence at Koç University in Istanbul. She lives in New York.
Tivoli Student Union – Baerresen Ballroom (Room 320)
900 Auraria Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204
[$10 – $15]
More info and tickets: https://lighthousewriters.org/workshop/detail/id/1609

The Huddle: March Madness
2017-03-26 15:00 - 17:00 | McNichols Building in Civic Center Park, 144 W Colfax Ave, Denver, CO, United States
The NCAA basketball tournament is underway! Come watch an Elite 8 game and talk about student athletes, student activists, and the role of campuses and sports in social change.
Yes, there will be drinks!
[Free]
More info: http://www.warmcookiesoftherevolution.org/event/the-huddle-march-madness/

Conserving History: The Battle Flag of Glorieta Pass
2017-03-27 13:00 - 14:00 | History Colorado Center, 1200 Broadway, Denver, 80203, United States
The Battle of Glorieta Pass was a decisive Western victory for Union troops during the American Civil War. As we commemorate the 155th anniversary of the battle, join History Colorado for a unique program that combines history with the whys and hows of artifact conservation at the museum. An overview of the battle and its context within the war will be provided by Flint Whitlock, local historian and author of Distant Bugles, Distant Drums: The Union Response to the Confederate Invasion of New Mexico. Then, we’ll get an up-close look at the U.S. flag carried into battle at Glorieta Pass by the 1st Colorado Volunteer Infantry. History Colorado’s Director of Collections Management & Registration, Melissa DeBie, will discuss recent conservation work on the flag and provide insight into our approach to artifact care.
[$4 – $5]
More info and tickets: http://www.historycolorado.org/event/conserving-history-battle-flag-glorieta-pass

SCFD Free Day: Molly Brown House
2017-03-28 10:00 - 15:30 | Molly Brown House, 1340 Pennsylvania St, Denver, CO, 80203, United States
Historic Denver’s Molly Brown House Museum is among the most visited historic sites in the state of Colorado, and one of only a handful of sites nationally dedicated to the interpretation of a woman’s story. Open for more than 43 years, the Museum serves nearly 50,000 people every year, including 10,000 youth, successfully achieving its mission to enhancing the city’s unique identity by telling the story of Margaret “Molly” Brown’s activism, philanthropy and passion through educational programs, exhibits and stewardship.
All visits to the Molly Brown House are as part of a tour group. Guided tours start every 30 minutes; subject to availability
Tickets are given out starting at 10a on a first come, first serve basis. Go early in the day before free tickets run out!
[Free]
More info: http://www.mollybrown.org
