Arts & Entertainment Briefs
‘A Gold Medal Show’ Through June 7, Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m., Curtis Arts & Humanities Center, 2349 E. Orchard Road, Greenwood Village. Five Years of First Place Winners from the Greenwood Village All Colorado Annual Shows, highlighting professional artists, Kathryn Cole, Joellyn Duesberry, Robert Gratiot, Sharon Holsapple and Irene Delka McCray. [...]
Free document-shredding June 1 in Highlands Ranch
By Jerry Brown, JerryBrownPR Do you have a big stack of personal or business documents that need to be shredded but don’t want to spend hours doing it yourself? You can bring up to two full file boxes of them to a free community shredding event between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Saturday, June [...]
Denver Botanic Gardens announces 2013 Summer Concert Series
Denver Botanic Gardens and Swallow Hill Music, the Gardens’ concert producing partner, have announced the 2013 Summer Concert Series lineup. Situated inside one of the nation’s top botanic gardens, the 2013 Summer Concert Series at Denver Botanic Gardens’ UMB Bank Amphitheater, named one of the “5 Best Outdoor Venues in Colorado” in 2012 by Westword, will [...]
Lone Tree makes big splash during State of the City
By Tom Barry The small but rapidly expanding city of Lone Tree, population 11,000, made several big splashes at the Chamber of Commerce’s annual State of the City event May 9. The catered noontime event was held at the city’s Arts Center just west of the burgeoning Sky Ridge medical facility. Major business sponsors included [...]
86 percent of LPS third-graders proficient or advanced on TCAP reading
District’s second highest-ever scores outpace state average Submitted by Littleton Public Schools Littleton Public Schools third graders once again posted very high scores on this year’s Transitional Colorado Assessment Program reading test. Eighty-six percent of all LPS third graders scored proficient or advanced on 2013 TCAP reading, compared to 73 percent at the state level. [...]
Love of movies inspires young writer, director
By Clarissa Crozier A love of film that started with going to movies with his father and creating and posting comedic videos online has blossomed for Zach Eastman, a 2009 graduate of Cherry Creek High School. With experience and opportunities gained at CCHS and several years at Colorado Film School, Eastman wrote and directed a movie [...]
Gov. Hickenlooper signs 2 bills into law in Cherry Hills Village
By Jan Wondra When Gov. John Hickenlooper walked into the Joint Public Safety Facility on May 13, it marked the first official visit by a sitting governor to Cherry Hills Village. The purpose of the governor’s visit was to sign two bills passed by the Colorado General Assembly into law. The visit was brought about [...]
2013 High School Graduation Dates
St. Mary’s Academy Saturday, May 18, 10 a.m. on campus Kent Denver School Tuesday, June 4, 9:30 a.m., Chenery Theater, 4000 Quincy Ave., Englewood CHERRY CREEK SCHOOLS Cherokee Trail High School Friday, May 24, at noon, Ritchie Center, 2201 E Asbury Ave, Denver Cherry Creek High School Wednesday, May 22, at 8 a.m. Stutler Bowl Eaglecrest [...]
Coffman wants to cut exemptions from health care mandate
Submitted by Rep. Mike Coffman’s Office Last week, U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, introduced the Affordable Care Accountability Act, which would require all congressional staff, the president and vice president, their dependents, cabinet secretaries and executive political appointees to participate in the newly established state health-insurance exchanges. Previous legislation required members of Congress and their personal [...]
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