Tattered Cover’s 19th Annual Holiday Reading with Jamie Horton

Tattered Cover Book Store 2526 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO, United States

Jamie Horton, acclaimed actor, director, and writer, will once again join Tattered Cover for a very special holiday event. We'll celebrate the spirit of the holidays with cider, hot chocolate and cookies as Jamie reads from several holiday classics. While this event is free, guests are encouraged to help us celebrate the spirit of giving.... Read More

Author Event: Upside-Down Magic

Tattered Cover Book Store 2526 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO, United States

Are you reading along with the Youth One Book, One Denver program? Come meet two of the women who wrote this year's selection, Upside-Down Magic. Nory, Elliott, Andres, and Bax are just four of the students in Dunwiddle Magic School's Upside-Down Magic class. In their classroom, lessons are unconventional, students are unpredictable, and magic has.... Read More

18th Annual Holiday Reading featuring Jamie Horton

Tattered Cover Book Store 2526 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO, United States

The Tattered Cover welcomes Jamie Horton, acclaimed actor, director, and writer -- currently an Associate Professor at Dartmouth College -- for their annual holiday reading. Everyone is invited to celebrate the spirit of the holidays with warm drinks, and yummy treats provided by the Tattered Cover Cafe, as Jamie reads from several holiday classics. While this event is.... Read More

Lecture: The State of the European Union

Tattered Cover Book Store 2526 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO, United States

Formed in the wake of World War II, the European Union was created to provide a unified trading bloc for Western Europe. As the EU has grown, it has faced obstacles to integration, such as the addition of Central and Eastern European countries and partial adoption of the euro. Now, years later, the EU faces.... Read More

Lecture: NASA and the Future of Space Exploration

Tattered Cover Book Store 2526 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO, United States

With the end of the Space Shuttle program, the Obama administration has laid the groundwork for its policy regarding the future of space exploration. Join Active Minds for a look at the future of manned and robotic space travel at this pivotal juncture. We will cover the future of the International Space Station as well.... Read More

National Poetry Month Poetry Reading: Helen MacDonald

Tattered Cover Book Store 2526 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO, United States

April is National Poetry Month! Not sure how to celebrate? Well, coming to hear poetry read by an acclaimed author would be a great place to start. Poet, illustrator, historian, naturalist, and research scholar Helen MacDonald, author of the bestselling memoir H is for Hawk, will read from and sign her poetry collection Shaler’s Fish..... Read More

Anne Weil – Knitting Without Needles

Tattered Cover Book Store 2526 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO, United States

Anne Weil, the voice and creative mind behind the popular Flax & Twine website (www.flaxandtwine.com), will lead a mini-workshop and discuss her new book Knitting Without Needles: A Stylish Introduction to Finger and Arm Knitting ($19.99 Potter Craft). An all-in-one resource for a new kind of craft, this book shows you how to loop yarn with your.... Read More

Active Minds Lecture: China’s Economic Evolution

Tattered Cover Book Store 2526 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO, United States

This past summer, the Shanghai stock market lost more than one-third of its value, creating financial ripples throughout the world and sparking broad criticism of how the Chinese government is managing its economy. Join Active Minds for a look at China's complex journey from a sleepy Communist economy to one of the most important financial.... Read More

Juan Thompson (Son of Hunter S.) Author Talk

Tattered Cover Book Store 2526 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO, United States

Denver author Juan Thompson, who grew up in Woody Creek, Colorado with his father, Hunter S. Thompson, will read from, discuss, and sign his new memoir Stories I Tell Myself: Growing Up with Hunter S. Thompson ($26.95 Knopf) "A tender but tough tale of growing up as the son of the fearsome, charismatic and unrestrained writer, Hunter.... Read More

The Year in Review

Tattered Cover Book Store 2526 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO, United States

Join Active Minds for a program that highlights the important issues and events of 2015. Covering international events, economic challenges, social and political issues and more, this free lecture will examine how pivotal moments from the past twelve months affected us and will continue to impact our lives. Active Minds Co-Founder John Henderson will also take issues.... Read More