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Headliners are Kendrick Lamar, Florence and the Machine and Stevie Wonder. AEG Presents helped with music booking. Each day is themed around the headliner, Erlich said. Single-day tickets start at $99, while tickets for the whole festival start at $259.

“I think we got a little lucky because Kendrick Lamar is one of the most important artists in America today, Stevie Wonder is a legend and Florence and the Machine are one of the best festival bands you could possibly see,” he said.

Denver voters will get a chance this fall to decide whether or not candidates can get public money after the Denver City Council formally approved a ballot initiative for the November election.

The proposal in voters’ hands would provide matching city funds for donations collected by candidates, with a cap of $50 for participating candidates. Proponents see it as a way of encouraging more citizens to participate in the financial side of campaign elections. The idea was initially proposed as a petitioning ballot initiative (Monday’s decision refers the measure to the ballot).

If passed by voters, the program would take effect on Jan. 1, 2020.

Primary sponsor Councilman Kevin Flynn — who doesn’t support public financing in elections — said the program would match contributions by a 9-to-1 ratio. So a $50 donation to a candidate would be matched by $450 from the city.

There would also be caps in place for total amounts for candidates running in various offices, including mayor, city council, clerk and recorder and judge or auditor.

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A member of the crowd cheers during a performance at Outside Lands in San Francisco in August. Superfly, which puts on the festival, will launch Grandoozy in Denver this year, its first event in Colorado.

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Superfly, a New York-based festival producer, has had its eyes on Denver as the setting for its latest project for the past five years. This month, those dreams become reality when Grandoozy opens at the Overland Park Golf Course for the first of what the company hopes will be a long-term music festival.

Superfly is the company behind

Bonnaroo in Tennessee and Outside Lands in San Fransisco, two festivals have been around for 16 and 10 years, respectively. For David Erlich, executive producer of Grandoozy and executive director of the Denver Theatre District, the festival is more than just an opportunity to celebrate music — it’s a means to bring the community together.

Superfly is “not looking to do something for a couple years, they’re looking to build an institution,” he said. “The community’s been an enormous ally and strength for us.”

Grandoozy will be held at the Overland Park Golf Course at 1801 S. Huron St. from Sept. 14-16. In addition to the three music stages, the festival will have 30 food vendors,

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September 6, 2018

Using the city as a canvas Artists, organizations find ‘unlikely’canvases to transform Denver

BY KAILYN LAMB KLAMB@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Tommy Nahulu can still remember his first muralstyle painting, a set of Masonite boards that depicted his classmates at East High School when he graduated in 1978. His art teacher handed him the boards and told him to paint. The mural ended up hanging in the main office at East for the next five years.

“Art just felt like I was wired to do something there,” said Nahulu, who lives in Washington Park and has been painting in Denver for the past several decades.

After he graduated from East, Nahulu began attending the Art Institute of Colorado.

He would skateboard to the bars and restaurants where he worked. The owner of Rick’s Café in Cherry Creek asked him to paint the inside of the bar, which Nahulu said was his first paycheck for a mural. (The restaurant closed in 1993 and is now Chopper’s Sports Grill.)

At the time, many murals were painted inside buildings, Nahulu said. There were a lot of hoops to jump through to even try and get permitting to do art outside. But after reading about murals in school, Nahulu knew it was what he wanted to do.

Tracy Weil, co-founder and creative director of the RiNo Art District, which runs the annual Crush Walls event in the River North neighborhood, said the festival’s goal was to bring art from inside buildings outside onto the streets.

The festival was started in 2010 and is now one of the largest street art events in the city.

This year’s event will be held from Sept. 3-9 in RiNo. Robin Munro, a street artist in Denver, started Crush Walls with a small group of

IF YOU GO Crush Walls will be held Sept. 3-9 in the River North neighborhood.

The event is free. RiNo starts along Broadway, and includes Larimer, Walnut and Blake streets as well as parts of Brighton Boulevard and Lawrence Street.

For more information visit www. crushwalls.org local artists. Now, the festival draws artists from all over the world.

The event has helped to spark other street art festivals throughout the city, Weil said.

“I think Robin was onto something quite early.”

The art district has helped raise about $600,000, half of which will go toward artist stipends. It was important to the RiNo Art District to make sure paying artists was part of the plan, Weil said, because artists help to create the vibrant areas Denverites know and love. Artists should also be able to make a living doing what they love.

“It’s super important to value art,” he said. “We’re trying to change that paradigm: Artists move in and make everything cool and then they can’t afford it anymore.”

Creating for the community Nahulu’s work can be seen scattered throughout Capitol Hill, from a large butterfly painting he recently completed on the side of a liquor store at 600 E. Sixth Ave. to murals of Jack Kerouac and Johnny Cash on Colfax Avenue.

Many building owners have started to have murals painted on buildings to avoid being tagged by graffiti artists, Nahulu said. He thinks street artists respect other artists work, and that’s why they won’t tag it.

But making art is about more than preventing tagging for Nahulu. He enjoys bringing something beautiful and new into the community. Weil agreed, saying that one factor that makes the Crush festival so successful is its ability to get people to spend more time in art-driven communities.

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Dragon 76 is a New York-based artist. He came to River North to participate in the 2017 Crush Walls event.

PHOTOS BY KAILYN LAMB of executive office and special projects with the Downtown Denver Partnership (DDP), said the organization also works to create art in the city hoping to bring more people into unused spaces. The DDP is a nonprofit that promotes arts and culture in the city.

“If you can help people reimagine how you use a space through art, it’s a really fun way for people to be able to come together as a community,” she said.

The DDP controls 14 alleys in the core area of downtown, some of which have murals painted in them.

More recently, the DDP launched an installation project, Between Us: The Downtown Denver Alleyways Project. The art pieces can be found in the alleys between Stout and California streets, Champa and Stout streets, Curtis and Champa streets, Market and Larimer streets as well as 14th and 15th streets.

Each artist has his or her own alley space and includes Carlos Fresquez, Kelly Monico, Stuart Semple, Joel Swanson and Frankie Toan. The project launched in conjunction

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Love Pusher created this mural which reads “Magic” in the 2017 Crush Walls event. Crush has been held in RiNo during September for the last eight years. with the “Happy City Denver,” an art installation by Semple, which started in May. The alleyway installations will be in place until next May. “That was rooted in trying to take back control of those spaces, as really dissuading negative behavior,” Barton said. “This next step of alley art really took it to the next level of trying to encourage people to find memorable moments throughout the city in places that are traditionally underutilized.”

The alleys project is part of an art strategy the nonprofit

has developed to beautify different areas of the city. In the past the DDP also did an installation where an artist painted hundreds of trees in the Theatre District blue. The organization also painted a large parking garage with a colorful mural on Lincoln Street between East 18th and 19th avenues.

“That is really at the entry point for a lot of people to downtown,” Barton said.

“That’s another component, figuring out these unlikely canvases to try and transform (them).”

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Local pet store helps animals find a forever home Annual adoption event set for Sept. 9 on Pearl Street STAFF REPORT

For more than 10 years, Sue Green and Nancy Martin have worked with rescue agencies around the state, hoping to connect animals to a family that will love them.

The pair co-owns The Whole Cat & Dogs Too, a pet shop at 1562 S. Pearl St. The event usually has about 10 different rescue organizations. In the past, Green said they have worked with Rocky Mountain Feline Rescue, Big Dog Huge Paws and Kindness Ranch Animal Sanctuary, a Wyoming-based nonprofit that helps former research animals find a home.

The Sept. 9 adoption event, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., is held in the 1400 block of South Pearl Street at the same time as the South Pearl Farmers Market.

Green said they try to find smaller animal rescue organizations to work with for the adoption event. The smaller rescue groups often foster animals, versus keeping them in shelters. This means the organization can get a good feel for the animal’s personality.

“There’s a lot of these smaller groups

Platt Park’s Whole Cat & Dogs Too hosts an annual pet adoption event at the South Pearl Street Farmers Market. This year the adoption event will be on Sept. 9.

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that have great animals,” she said.

In addition to adoptions, the event helps people learn about volunteer or animal fostering opportunities if they are not ready to permanently keep a pet.

Some organizations that participate are breed-specific, Green said. Other rescue organizations have a longer adoption process that includes home visits to ensure people have the right yard space.

While the dogs tend to steal the show, Green said cat rescue groups also attend and, sometimes rabbit rescue organizations will be there.

Green and Martin have been running The Whole Cat for 22 years.

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Colorado Book Award winners will read from their works at the third annual Lit Crawl Denver. The winners will read Sept. 8 at the Infinite Monkey Theorem, 3200 Larimer St., Denver. Readings begin at 7 p.m.

Chip Colwell will read from the history book “Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits: Inside the Fight to Reclaim Native America’s Culture.”

Colwell is senior curator of anthropology at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. He has held fellowships with the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, National Endowment for the Humanities, and U.S. Fulbright Program.

Stephanie G’Schwind will read from her anthology “Beautiful Flesh: A Body of Essays.” G’Schwind is the editor of Colorado Review and the director of the Center for Literary Publishing at Colorado State University.

She will be joined in reading by contributor Katherine E. Standefer, whose forthcoming debut book, “Lightning Flowers,” was shortlisted for the 2018 J. Anthony Lukas Works-in-Progress Prize from Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and the Nieman Foundation at Harvard.

Michael Kodas will read from “Megafire: The Race to Extinguish a Deadly Epidemic of Flame.” Kodas is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the deputy director of the Center for Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Laura Pritchett will read from her novel “The Blue Hour.” Pritchett is the acclaimed author of “Stars Go Blue,” “Red Lightning,” “Hell’s Bottom,” “Colorado and Sky Bridge” as well as several books of nonfiction. Her work has garnered several awards, including the PEN USA Award for Fiction, the WILLA, the High Plains Book Award and others.

Helen Thorpe will read from her creative nonfiction book “The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom.”

Her journalism has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, New York magazine, The New Yorker, Slate and Harper’s Bazaar.

The full list of winners can be found at coloradohumanities.org.

In addition to the award winners, more than 30 Denver-area writiers will perform at other RiNo locations as part of Lit Crawl. The complete lineup is avilable at litquake.org/litcrawl-denver.html.

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DPS ninth-graders’ PSAT results lead to puzzlement Educators wonder why students generally scored low on exams

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Ninth-graders across Colorado took the PSAT test for the first time this spring, and the results for Denver students have left district officials disappointed and confused.

Whereas Denver ninth-graders historically scored well on previous state tests, their performance on the preparatory college entrance exam was surprisingly low. That was especially true in reading and writing for students identified as English-language learners — a trend mirrored at the statewide level.

Officials don’t know why. Dissecting annual state testing data at a recent meeting, Denver school board members were pleased to see performance improving at the elementary and middle school levels, but were concerned about ninth grade.

“I’m having assessment blues,” said board member Happy Haynes.

“We’ve had so much focus on trying to get assessments that are meaningful and that tell us the story about our kids’ proficiency.” Looking at the high school scores, Haynes said, “I’m just baffled.”

The statewide switch to the PSAT was meant to make annual state testing more meaningful to ninth-graders, enough of whom were opting out of the previous standardized tests that state lawmakers took notice.

Colorado 10th-graders also take the preparatory PSAT, and 11th-graders take the SAT, which many colleges use to help determine admission.

The test’s higher stakes make it more troubling that students are doing poorly.

Because spring 2018 was the first time ninth-graders took the PSAT, it’s impossible to compare their raw scores year over year. But it is possible to compare students’ “growth scores,” a state calculation that is supposed to show how much students learn in an academic year.

To measure that, the state compares how each student performed on the test relative to other students with similar score histories. Students are given a score from 1 to 99. Those with scores above 50 are considered to have made more than a year’s worth of academic progress in a year’s time. Students with scores below 50 are considered to have made less than that.

The state also averages students’ scores to calculate growth for entire districts and schools, and for specific groups of students.

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‘I’m having assessment blues. We’ve had so much focus on trying to get assessments that are meaningful and that tell us the story about our kids’ proficiency. ... I’m just baffled.’

Happy Haynes, Denver Public Schools board member

24-point drop from the growth score of 61 that ninth-graders had earned in spring 2017 on a different standardized test called PARCC. The ninth-grade growth score also decreased in math this year, though not by as much.

Search for reasons The declines could perhaps be explained away by reasoning that the 2018 ninth-graders were entirely different students from the 2017 ninth-graders. But as Denver Public Schools Superintendent Tom Boasberg pointed out, other factors remained constant.

“Same classrooms, same teachers,” he said, referring to the Denver educators who teach ninth grade. “This year, different assessment — and their growth fell off a cliff.”

Even when the district compared the 2018 ninth-grade growth scores with the growth scores those same students earned in 2017 when they were eighth-graders, there was a big dip.

Boasberg called the results “puzzling.”

“There is lots for us to ask,” he said, “and lots for us to try to understand.”

Some other large school districts in the metro area did not see a decline with the switch to the PSAT. Ninth-grade growth scores in Jeffco, Cherry Creek, Douglas County, Colorado Springs, and Boulder Valley either stayed the same or went up from 2017 to 2018.

Those districts have fewer students from low-income families than Denver. They also have fewer students of color and fewer students for whom English is a second language.

A particularly unusual and alarming result for Denver Public Schools was the growth scores for that last group: students whose native language is not English. It’s a big population, with more than a third of the district’s 92,600 students classified as English-language learners.

They include students who have “exited” or been “redesignated” because they achieved fluency in English. Such students have historically done well on state tests and had above-average academic growth.

But that wasn’t true this year on the PSAT. Ninth-grade students in that category earned a growth score of

just 35 in reading and writing.

“We want to make sure we’re working with our English learners and our redesignated students on the language of the assessment to ensure it’s not an issue of test bias,” Deputy Superintendent Susana Cordova told the school board.

The SAT tests have been criticized for being biased in myriad ways. (So, too, have the ACT college entrance exams.) Other Colorado districts that serve high proportions of Englishlanguage learners, including Aurora Public Schools and Adams 14 in Commerce City, also saw their ninthgrade reading and writing growth scores plummet with the switch to the PSAT. At a statewide level, Colorado Department of Education officials noticed a similar trend. Englishlanguage learners had an average growth score of just 38 in reading and writing on the PSAT and SAT. That was lower than the average growth scores for students with disabilities (43), students of color (43), and students from low-income families (42).

Test questions are researched Zach Goldberg, a spokesman for The College Board, which makes the PSAT and SAT, said every question “is researched and pre-tested with a representative sample of students to ensure quality and prevent bias.”

In addition, Goldberg said, English language learners are allowed accommodations to make the tests more accessible to them, including test instructions written in their native language and a word-to-word bilingual glossary.

Will Morton, who oversees test administration for the state education department, said Colorado test coordinators were trained on those accommodations. But because students don’t have to ask special permission to use them, the department doesn’t track how many did, he said.

At a recent meeting, State Board of Education members took notice of the low growth scores for Englishlanguage learners on the PSAT and SAT. Some wondered whether schools were doing a poor job preparing the students to take those particular tests.

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“I think it’s a good program,” Flynn said, adding that even if he’s voting no, he wants residents to get a chance to vote on something that can be done right. “I’ll make it work if voters say `yes.’”

Flynn said they will have an opportunity next year to revisit the ordinance if it passes and work out kinks if necessary. There were changes and provisions added from the original proposed ordinance, including adding clauses that ensured unused funds collected through this program would be returned to the city.

The program also bans corporations, LLCs, labor organizations and other groups from making campaign contributions to candidates.

During a discussion on the bill at the Finance and Government Committee meeting Aug. 14, Flynn thanked the group Democracy for the People for coming to the table to retool the proposal. Among the organization’s representatives attending the committee meeting was Owen Perkins.

“There’s so many issues that are affected by campaign finance reform and you’re taking that on,” Perkins said during the meeting.

Perkins said in an email blast on behalf of The Democracy for The People Campaign on Aug. 27 that the measure passed by the city sticks to the core components of their original initiative, including a ban on direct corporate contributions to campaign and lowering the “relatively high campaign contribution limits in Denver” to be more on par with the state levels.

“There may never have been a time as

ripe with corruption as we’re seeing on the national level, but we’ve never had as good an opportunity to take on the status quo system that favors the influence of big money in politics with meaningful change to empower small-dollar donors and regular voters — people, not money!” Perkins said in the email blast.

Flynn said the entire reworking process was “collaborative.”

“I want to give a ton of credit to Owen and the petitioners, who include, by the way, two candidates for council,” Flynn said.

Former Denver Councilwoman-at-large Susan Barnes-Gelt said she doesn’t support public financing in elections and wants a deeper look at spending. When Colorado passed laws severely limiting campaign contributions a few years ago, she said it opened the floodgates for “dark money” and committees pouring money into a campaign.

“The issue with campaign finance is disclosure and immediate disclosure,” BarnesGelt said. “I think the limits are much less important than transparency.”

One reason she doesn’t support public money: She believes a candidate’s ability to raise money is a good measuring stick for their potential, though she also doesn’t think every candidate needs thousands of dollars to be viable.

“The ability to raise money in the local level reflects your ability to appeal to a range of voters,” Barnes-Gelt said.

The ballot measure will be certified in September to ensure it’s on the November ballot.

This year’s general election takes place Nov. 6.

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State education officials don’t have answers. And they don’t have much historical context, either, because of frequent changes to the rules about which students take which tests.

In 2015, third- through 11th-graders took the PARCC standardized tests, which are aligned to the standards that dictate what students should know at each grade level. But a significant number of students in wealthy, suburban districts who saw little value in taking the PARCC tests opted out.

The opt-out numbers were highest at the highschool level.

So state lawmakers switched the high-school tests. In 2016, 10th- and 11th-graders started taking college entrance exams instead. And in 2018, ninth-graders joined them.

Back when all students took the PARCC tests, their growth scores did not drop off in ninth grade, said Marie Huchton, the principal statistical consultant for the Colorado Department of Education. The declining trend started last year among some groups of high-schoolers, including English language learners, and intensified this year, she said.

The state is investigating why. Some observers, including Derek Briggs, a University of Colorado professor and testing expert, have posited that optout rates might be to blame.

If more ninth-graders from wealthy, suburban districts participated in testing in 2018, and if those ninth-graders were more motivated to do well because they found the PSAT more relevant, their performance could be throwing off the yearto-year comparisons, Briggs said.

But even if that were true, he said he doesn’t think it would completely explain Denver’s big drop, for example. “It’s usually that there are multiple causes,” Briggs said.

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Third Annual Lit Crawl: 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8 at The Infinite Monkey Theorem, 3200 Larimer Street. More than 30 Denverarea writers will perform at other RiNo locations as part of Lit Crawl.

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BuCu West Eighth Annual Westwood Chile Fest: 12 p.m. to 7 p. m. Saturday, Sept. 8 from along the Morrison Road Corridor, 3738 Morrison Rd., Denver. Since 2010, BuCu West Development Association has celebrated the culture of the Westwood community with their annual Westwood Chile Fest (WCF). All events are free and open to the public. For more information, please visit www.bucuwestchilefest.com

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CORE New Art Space - Jude Barton: Runs through Sunday, Sept 9. at CORE New Art Space, 900 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Jude Barton’s work explores the form and function of line, shape and space; creating a certain uncluttered calm and freedom within her structuring of fragmented and blurred iconic images. Visit coreartspace.com.

Flamenco Denver Dance Company Presents `RAICES 4’: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 8 at Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe Drive.

This performance will feature internationally known dancers and musicians from US and Spain. For those individuals interested in Spanish and Hispanic culture and music, it won’t disappoint. $32 in advance, $38 at the door. www.flamencodenver.com.

Foxy and Shmoxy at the Denver Art Museum: 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 9 at the Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14 Ave. Parkway. After a long summer break, Foxy and Shmoxy, the DAM’s art detectives are ready to get back to work. Catch Foxy and Shmoxy at the DAM every second Sunday of the month from September 2018 through May 2019. Free with general admission; youth 18 and younger free. No reservations required. For details, email familyprograms@denverartmuseum.org or call 720-913-0130.

Project Careaoke Launch Party Benefiting the Denver Actors Fund: 5 to 10 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 9 at The Venue, 1451 Cortez St. Denver Program includes (invited) competitive karaoke, live-art by local artist Hayley Steiner, local artist silent auction,

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CORE New Art Space - Brian Haley: Runs through Sunday, Sept 9. at CORE New Art Space, 900 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Haley works to assimilate the disparities between century old hand salvaged mine wood and mid-century modern design characteristics to create one of a kind tables, chairs, and wall art. Visit coreartspace.com.

Vietgone: Runs through Sept. 9. Ricketson Theatre 1400 Curtis Street, Denver. Forced to leave their country during the Vietnam War, two refugees find themselves falling in love at the same relocation camp. Bubbling with energy, this rap-spitting, pop culturecrusted comedy is an ode to the courtship of playwright Qui Nguyen’s parent. www. denvercenter.org/tickets-events/vietgone/ Athena Project Presents Honor Killing to debut in Denver at the JCC Denver: Sept.

8 to Sept. 30 at JCC Denver, 350 S. Dahlia St. Honor Killing is a suspenseful and compelling story of New York Times reporter Allisyn Davis who is investigating the honor killing of a young Pakistani woman at the hands of family. Tickets are $25. Visit www. athenaprojectarts.org/premiere-production/ for more information.

Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra plays The Music of Stevie Wonder: 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, Sept.

13 at Dazzle Jazz at Baur’s, 1512 Curtis St., Denver.

The Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra featuring vocalists Robert Johnson and Heidi Schmidt perform with music from their new Stevie Wonder recording project, “Overjoyed.” Tickets are $25 - 303-8395100 or dazzledenver.com/ events/coloradojazz-repertoryorchestras-steviewonder-project/

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stories. Single tickets are $15-$28 and available online at www.storiesonstage.org or by calling 303-494-0523.

From Dvorak to Debussy to Phish - Eclectic String Ensemble Concert: 4 to 6 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 16 at the Studios at Overland Crossing, 2205 South Delaware, Denver.

Sphere Ensemble is offering an exciting mix of music, from classical, to jazz, to jam band, to pop, played by thirteen string musicians violin, viola, cello, and bass. Adult tickets $20, Senior/Military $15, Student/ Child $10. https://www.sphereensemble. org/upcoming-events-1

Change, Not Charity: 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18 at the Posner Center, 1031 33rd St., Denver. Are you passionate about social change and interested in building your skills in fundraising, grantmaking, and community building? Then come learn about our community leadership program in social justice philanthropy, The Giving Project. Meet our staff and learn how you can support definite, statewide impact for social justice.

To RSVP or learn more, visit our website or contact Program Director Juliette Lee at sjlee@chinookfund.org, 303-455-6905 x2.

Doors Open Denver: 10 a.m to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22 and Sunday, Sept. 23 at Union Station, 1700 Wynkoop St. See what’s on the horizon for Denver in design, architecture and urban planning and explore the richness of Denver’s built environment.

Event is free. For more information, visit denverarchitecture.org

Out of the Office featuring Chalk Art Show and Competition in Collaboration with Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design: Noon to one. Arts Brookfield is pleased to present the final installation of Out of the Office, an entertainment series at Republic Plaza in downtown Denver. So mark your calendar and get out of the office on Thursday, Sept. 27 to vote for your favorite artist.

Free Fridays at Clyfford Still Museum: Free Fridays 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Clyfford Still Museum, 1250 Bannock Street. Minimalist showcase for the largescale paintings & archives of the namesake Abstract Expressionist.

Call (720) 354-4880 for more information.

LGBTQ Student Resource Center Silver Soiree: 6:30 p.m to 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept.

13 at Auraria Campus Tivoli Turnalle, 4141 Umatilla St., Denver. Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Auraria Campus LGBTQ Student Resource Center at our Silver Soiree. Event is free. Email info@glbtss.org for more information.

The Jester’s Court Returns to The Voodoo Comedy Playhouse: 10 p.m., Fridays at The Voodoo Comedy Playhouse located at 1260 22nd Street, Denver. The Jester’s Court is proud to announce several new performances of its hilarious and very popular short-form improv comedy show. Tickets are just $8 in advance or $10 at the door. Tickets are available online at www.jesterscourtcomedy.com.

‘It’s all Relatives’: Performances at 1:30 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16 at Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe Drive. Celebrating their 18th Season, Stories on Stage presents renowned actors performing dynamic and entertaining short

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Reclaiming the Platte A new study aims to restore habitat space along the South Platte River

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A restoration plan by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could add water depth to a section of the South Platte River flowing from 58th Avenue to 6th Avenue in Denver, giving it more variety and habitat space for animals, ,if the federal government approves an estimated $397 million in projects.

Jeff Shoemaker, executive director of The Greenway Foundation, sees the restoration plan as the next iteration of cleaning up the South Platte.

- The Greenway Foundation was formed in 1974 by Shoemaker’s father, Joe, nine years after the city had witnessed one of the worst floods in its history in 1965. During the flood, the Platte brought a tidal wave to Denver that destroyed bridges and covered the city in mud and debris.

For years before the flood, the city had used the Platte as its literal dumping grounds, Shoemaker said.

Landfills lined the river bank, and property values close to the Platte dropped, compared to the surrounding area. The flood was a turning point for the city. Shoemaker said his father’s dream was to make the wPlatte the city’s economic driver and a place where people would flock to for recreation.

“It’s important to remember, when I was just 10 years old, this river was a flowing sewer,” Shoemaker said. “Everybody thought (my dad) was crazy.”

But after more than 40 years, the dream has been realized, Shoemaker said. Property values along the river are up, and Confluence Park, the foundation’s first project, completed in 1975, is one of the most used in the city. Confluence Park sits on the banks of the water where the South Platte River meets Cherry Creek. The park has a network of trails as well as kayaking.

In 2008, The Greenway Foundation lobbied Adams County leaders to try and expand the opportunity for a study by the Army Corps on the portion of the Platte in that county. rThe study then expanded to include a larger section, as well as two tributaries, the Weir and Harvard gulches.

The study on the river has been divided into six sections, in which the Corps looked at the river’s depth, flooding issues, recreation access and the ecosystem as a whole. While the study has some flood mitigation benefits, it primarily looked at habitat restoration.

In August, the Corps took public comments as the final part of the study. The study will now cycle through the chain of command before being included in a final report, which will go to Congress for approval. The Corps is hoping to have this process done in time for the projects to be included in the Water Resources Development Act of 2020.

A recent study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will help restore habitat areas along the South Platte River. Ronnie Crawford said the fish that live in the Platte prefer deeper and cooler waters.

MORE INFORMATION South Platte River Study For more information on the study of the South Platte visit https://bit.ly/2Ns4flG. The city website includes links to the presentation done by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as well as information on the timeline of the study.

Greenway Foundation In addition to the river study, the Greenway Foundation is working on several park projects throughout Denver, such as the River Norh Park. The orgranization has also put together a recommendation plan for the Chery Creek trail between University and Colorado Boulevards. Through the Chatfield Reallocation Project, the foundation has partnered with Denver Water to add more storage in the Chatfield Reservoir in Littleton. The added water will become an environmental pool which will release water into the river throughout the year to benefit the ecosystem of the river. Greenway Foundation also hold summer camps for kids for environmental education. Go to http://www.thegreenwayfoundation.org/ for more information.

Denver has contracted with The Greenway Foundation to help implement projects from the Corps’ restoration study. The $397 million pricetag is an estimate based on the full scope of the study. The final report may recommend certain projects over others, Shoemaker said. During the design phase, the federal government will cover 75 percent of costs and in the construction phase it will cover 65 percent. That means The Greenway Foundation will be looking for funding for the remainder, Shoemaker said.

In all, Shoemaker estimated it will be about 10 years before projects from the study see completion. He calls it a “marathon effort.”

But continued work on the river is just the next phase for the foundation: For Shoemaker, the work is never done.

“It’s really become something that I never envisioned it would be,” he said.

“This foundation has accelerated the rebirth of our city’s greatest natural resource.”

Jesse Walsh fishes near the pedestrian bridge at Grant Frontier Park. Warmer water has made it harder to catch fish this year.

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lost out. Or lucked out.

When I was (much) younger, I thought about becoming a sports writer, partly because of my admiration for Jim QUIET Murray, whom I read DESPERATION daily in The Los Angeles Times throughout college.

Best sports writer ever, and that includes Grantland Rice, Ring Lardner, Mitch Albom, Roger Angell, and even George Will (who knows baseball).

Craig Marshall Murray wrote this about UCLA football Smith coach Henry “Red” Sanders: “It is probable he had fewer close friends than any celebrated man in America. He seemed always to be

nursing some private disillusionment for which he bore no grudge but which precluded ever leading with his heart with anyone.”

Writing about the Indianapolis 500 after there were some racetrack deaths, he wrote, “Gentlemen, start your coffins.”

His kind of writing was and is rare.

His kind of sports writing is nonexistent.

I have wondered what he would do with something like the recent signing by the local National Football League team of a player with a rap sheet as long as my arm and leg.

“According to industry website Sportrac, he has been fined nearly $2.2 million in his career” (The Denver Post).

Or what he would write about Urban Meyer and Ohio State, or Jerry Sandusky and Penn State, or Larry Nassar and Michigan State?

There are scandals all over sports, college and professional, and if I had become a sports writer, I’d have to write about many things I would rather not.

Sanders said, “Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing.” It’s a quote often attributed to Vince Lombardi, but Sanders said it first.

And he was correct.

It drives everything and we all benefit or suffer because of it.

The local National Football League team is an opiate for the region. I understand it. I have my own team: It just doesn’t happen to be this one.

When my team wins, my day is better. When my team loses, I am downcast.

In order to win, college and professional teams will stoop, cheat, lie, mislead, and cover for athletes and coaches who have misbehaved.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Time to pass a Dreamer bill One year ago, President Donald Trump went on national television and asked Congress to send him a bill that replaces the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program with a system that allows Dreamers the chance to earn citizenship.

The clock is ticking and, with a new case underway in Texas, the issue has reached a critical point. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wants a federal court to rule that the Trump administration must immediately shut down DACA. Other federal courts have already said that can’t happen, but the AG doesn’t care. He’ll try anything to get these

kids deported — putting over 17,000 hardworking young Coloradans at risk. If he wins his case, that could happen and, if it does, our economy will be billions poorer as a result.

Dreamers are employed. They’ve bought homes and cars, and they’re building families and businesses. These young people have been here since they were children — most were toddlers or babies when they arrived in the United States. This country is their home, and Congress needs to do what President Trump asked them to do: pass a Dreamer bill.

Catherine Kartman Denver

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One college football player said he took a pay cut when he signed his pro contract.

What would Murray have done with Reggie Bush?

Or Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, or Barry Bonds? I’m glad I will never know.

There were corruptions when he was writing, but not like there are now. And I know they would have had an impact on him.

I am sure he could have been just as eloquent in denunciation, but I preferred it the other way: when he was praising a player or a team or a coach.

Longtime readers know that I can be cranky. I write in a reflection of the world I live in, and I wish - sometimes - it didn’t seem necessary.

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giving us learning objecoesn’t it seem like tives that will help us to with each passing day we are pointing succeed in a different or diverse environment. out our differences Here’s an idea, what and standing behind perif we replaced diversity sonal agendas and objecand different with tives more than similarity training? ever before, maybe WINNING What if we focused even standing WORDS our time, energy, reeven firmer on our sources, and money belief systems and on how similar we principles to guard are instead of how ourselves against different we are? those who just beI can already see lieve differently? the emails comCompanies, ing in, “Now wait associations, and a minute Norton, organizations are this is not cool. Our finding themselves Michael Norton differences are what funding training sessions for the make the world go people on their teams so around. There are very real that they can learn how differences in races, relito get along in the face of gions, politics, physical aptheir differences. We might pearances, belief systems, call this diversity training, and so much more. What change management, comthe heck are you talking munication skills training, about with this `Similarity’ and a host of other learnbusiness or training?” ing and development topics.

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Cattlewoman of old Colorado is subject of biography Ann Bassett led exciting life in area of fabled ranchland wars

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

She was the first white child born in Brown’s Park, and ranch woman Ann Bassett continued to make history as a cattle queen — actually called “Queen Ann” in later years — a woman who could ride, shoot and curse with the best of them.

Her story is told in the new book “Ann Bassett: Colorado’s Cattle Queen” by Littleton author Linda Wommack, and this reader rather immediately started envisioning the related movie she’d love to see …

Ann, a small, dark-haired, pretty woman was born on the Bassett Ranch to parents who differed dramatically.

She grew up under the tutelage of a mother, Elizabeth Bassett, who was a skilled, strong-willed ranch operator.

Her father, Herb Bassett, was softspoken warm man with health issues, who was justice of the peace and local postmaster, welcoming people to stay at the Bassett Ranch.

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You see, with the exception of the smallest minority of people who are intent on violence and destruction, for the most part our society is filled with good, kind, loving, charitable, hard-working, upstanding, forgiving, and awesome people. I have met them on airplanes, in airports, at hotels, in churches, on main streets, in classrooms, next-door neighbors, on line at grocery stores, and even in traffic.

More of us want the same thing.

Most of us want peace, happiness, security, love, forgiveness, encouragement, acceptance, and good health.

Most of us live with hope, core beliefs, a positive outlook or optimism, a forgiving heart, and a heart and mind centered on justice, kindness, and walking humbly with our God. Listen, I know we have differences and diversity, and we should of course pay attention to those, but not as a means of separating us, but as a way to bring us together. If we point out the differences and the need for diversity

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That’s when you hear about my dachshund, or Jennifer, or coffee additives, or some obscure song or film.

If I had stayed with sports alone, it’s likely there would have been a lot of cranky columns, and who wants that?

In 2012, the athlete the local National

Ann’s parents were early subjects of threats by surrounding cattle owners who wanted their land — a fight Ann took up with gusto, especially after her nemesis, J. S. Hoy, the big-time cattle owner who wanted the Bassett land for himself.

Hoy hired gunman Tom Horn to shoot Ann’s fiancé, Matt Rash, who headed a cattlemen’s organization in Brown’s Park, as well as the Bassetts’ kind ranch hand, Isom Dart, who taught the children to ride and function on the ranch.

Disputes were violent and ongoing. The Craig Museum had a lot of information about Brown’s Park and about Ann’s older sister Josie McKnight (seven marriages and a history of cattle rustling). Wommack is now launched on a book about Josie McKnight, she added.

Littleton author Linda Wommack has been writing about the West “for 10 years, off and on,” especially about Western women. “I’ve loved Colorado history since childhood and first learned about Ann Bassett while a student at DU,” Wommack said during a recent interview.

About 10 years ago, Wommack learned that Bassett had left unpublished memoirs and she was soon started on her ninth book.

She also had memoirs by Ann’s third husband, cattleman Frank Willis, other family letters and memoirs as well as material from old newspapers.

In the Craig Museum, she found a “large newspaper archive, memoirs, court documents” and 80 percent of the photos she used. Just across the border in the Vernal, Utah, library, she found more information, especially about Josie, who is buried there and left written memoirs. Ann and Willis lived near Josie in Ann’s last years, until Ann died in 1956.

“Every book is a joy, but this …,” a huge smile said it all.

Brown’s Park is in northwestern Colorado on the Green River at the far edge of Dinosaur National Monument, extending into Utah.

It was reputed to be a legendary stomping ground for outlaws such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. (An initial internet search reported that the sisters were “girlfriends” of the notorious outlaws, but it seems more likely after reading Wommack’s interesting tales, that they were just friends and cohorts.)

Craig, in Moffat County, was the seat of activity for the area — where a newspaper was reporting on interactions of outlaws and the ranchers those who used, or wished to use, the public land to graze cattle and sheep.

Learn about ranch woman Ann Bassett, who made history as a cattle queen, in a new book “Ann Bassett: Colorado’s Cattle Queen,” by Littleton author Linda Wommack. Bassett was born in Brown’s Park, in northwestern Colorado on the Green River, at the far edge of what is now Dinosaur National Monument.

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training, in essence we are creating the chasm, that of which we are trying to teach and come up with a solution to.

We really are more alike than we are different. I would love to see a company hire a consultant who can come in and help them harness the power of the diversity and differences through similarity training, not diversity training.

I want to win, she wants to win, they want to win, we all want to win, and the majority of us want to win together in an environment filled with love, forgiveness, hope, encouragement, kindness, positivity, charity, and through our similarities, not our differences.

How about you? Are you focused on how we are different or how we are more alike than we thought or that society gives us credit for? As always I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can leverage our similarities instead of our differences, it really will be a better than good week, a better than good week for all of us.

Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the president of the Zig Ziglar Corporate Training Solutions Team, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach.

Football League team just signed “was ordered to pay $12.4 million in damages to two Las Vegas strip club employees from an incident in 2007” (The Denver Post).

The good news is that he has 16 interceptions in 139 career games.

And that’s all that matters.

Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident.

He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.

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but out in the suburbs, newer venues also see strong turnout — and for 38 State Brewing Company in Littleton, that includes newcomers.

“I’ve definitely seen a whole lot of out-of-towners saying, ‘I just moved here,’” said Angie Boyle, head bartender at the brewery at 8071 S. Broadway. Amid metro-area population growth, some in 38 State’s openmic crowd say they’re new to the area, checking out the scene and trying to get booked to play shows, Boyle said.

A few miles east in Lone Tree, Patrick DiBartolomeo sees performances from all ages at Lincoln Station Coffee/Pizza/Music, located just south of Interstate 25 and C-470 along the light-rail line.

“In any given week, you may see as young as 8 or 9 years old all the way up to performers in their 70s,” said DiBartolomeo, owner of the business. “We frequently see highschoolers working on their craft up to seasoned performers doing what they have been doing for decades.”

And it’s not just a fleeting hobby, as Boyle sees at 38 State.

“The Denver area has a pretty good circuit of people,” Boyle said, who network and play in venues all over the region. People even come down from Boulder to perform, she added.

he first show in a theater’s season sets the tone for the rest of the year, and by opening its 2018-19 season with “Mamma Mia!” the Arvada Center’s message is clear — this year is going to be bigger than ever.

“This show is really just the best time,” said actress Shannan Steele, who plays Donna Sheridan in the production. “Audiences are in for a party and they’re going to relish every bit of the music.”

“Mamma Mia!” runs at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Sept. 7-30. Performances are at 7:30 COMING Tuesdays ATTRACTIONS p.m. through Saturdays, matinees are at 1 p.m. on Wednesdays and at 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

Directed by Rod A. Lansberry, the show is based on the music of Swedish pop icons ABBA. Donna lives on a Clarke Reader Greek island with her daughter, Sophie (Mariah MacFarlane). Donna is a hotel owner, and between that and Sophie she seems to be perfectly content. But when Sophie goes in search of her father so he can be a part of her wedding, Donna’s world gets turned upside down.

“I love Donna because she’s so independent and is really a rock star in her own right,” Shannan said. “As a mother myself I understand trying to maintain that balance of independence and the love she has in her heart.

Donna really explores the vast depths that come with being a mother.”

Audiences will almost certainly recognize ABBA standards like “Dancing Queen” and “Take A Chance on Me,” and it’s the kind of show where people have to actively stop themselves from dancing. There’s not a lot of dialogue in the show, Shannan said, so not only is music the main communication tool, but it also illuminates and deepens the relationships between the characters.

“The ensemble in this show is so strong and that just adds to the overall experience,” she added. “This is the kind of show where the audience is going to feel like a part of the show experience.”

For tickets call 720-898-7200 or visit www.arvadacenter.org/mamma-mia.

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Steve Smulian, 71, performs Aug. 28 at the open-mic night at 38 State Brewing Company at 8071 S. Broadway in Littleton. A musician for decades, Smulian said he’s made lasting friendships from open-mic nights.

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teve Smulian, 71, plucked and sang on a small stage in Littleton for an audience that barely included more people than the bartender and the host.

But even after playing guitar for 56 years — including about 10 as a professional musician — Smulian still loves playing open-mic nights because, for him, it’s about the people, whether he’s playing for a small group or a large crowd.

“Most good musicians are welcoming,” Smulian said. “It’s art, and art is not a contest.”

That’s the sentiment that aspiring musicians, comedians or writers — or casual performers looking for an outlet — will find at open-mic nights in the Denver metro area, events that offer a place to hone skills, build networks and, above all, be yourself.

‘Circuit’ of talent With a sticker-covered guitar,

Ben Duncan, a 25-year-old who recently moved to Denver from Indiana, delivers a comedy set on stage Aug. 29 at the Mercury Café at 2199 California St. in Denver. “Denver’s got a pretty great scene,” Duncan said.

Michael Thompson sat on stage at the Mercury Café, where performers appear on Wednesday nights to play to a laid-back crowd.

But the atmosphere at the eclectic Denver location shouldn’t fool anyone — the musicians can whip out some skilled, and intricate, routines.

“The thing I like the most about the Mercury is it’s a welcoming place,” said Thompson, 30, who delivered a Rolling Stones cover along with original music. “It’s a good beginner open mic.”

The café in northern Denver’s Five Points, a neighborhood with deep musical history, boasts one of the metro area’s best-known open mics,

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‘Do your thing’ On any night, an open-mic event is likely happening somewhere in the metro area, with the middle of the week — Tuesday through Thursday — especially rife with options, according to internet listings.

Across many venues, the audiences and performers alike offer a supportive environment, staff say.

“Everybody just sits and listens to the music,” said Tim Ferry, manager at The Toad Tavern near the LittletonEnglewood border.

He emphasized the lack of judgment, adding, “Go up there and do your thing.”

After artists perform, they make good audience members, which helps them support each other and the venues themselves, DiBartolomeo said.

“We have seen many new relationships and musical collaborations formed as the musicians get to know one

another,” DiBartolomeo said.

Arriving early to meet people and get the “lay of the land” is a good way to ease in for first-timers, he said.

Some venues feature booked music performances, too, and for Ferry, open mic is an opportunity for artists to show their skills and potentially get invited to play a scheduled show. Boyle echoed that.

“We’ve pulled a couple good bands straight from open mic” for live-music shows, Boyle said.

Comedy and poetry, too Open mics aren’t just for music — many venues welcome comedy and poetry, too. Mercury Café has its own open-poetry night on Fridays.

Ben Duncan, a 25-year-old from Indiana, performs at local comedy open-mic nights.

But, he said, sometimes it’s useful to come to a musicheavy open mic because their audiences likely haven’t heard the jokes before.

He encouraged first-time comedians to give open mics a try.

“You’re going to know right

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Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Stones Throw Party at Summit Music Hall Mention Stones Throw Records to appreciators of independent hiphop, electronic and soul music, and you’re bound to see their eyes light up.

Founded by Chris Manak (known as Peanut Butter Wolf) in 1996, the label has released monumental records like Madlib and MF DOOM’s “Madvillainy” and J Dilla’s “Donuts” and introduced the world to artists like Mayer Hawthorne and NxWorries.

Three members of the label’s impressive roster — Dam Funk, J. Rocc and Hawthorne — will be performing at the Stones Throw Party at Summit Music Hall, 1902 Blake St., at 9 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 8.

J. Rocc is the founder of the influ-

away whether (comedy) is something you want to do,” said Duncan, who moved to Denver recently to get more serious about pursuing comedy. And “get ready for a lot of late nights and beating yourself up in your car” if it turns out that you do, he laughed.

Stop on larger journeys For Smulian, who methodically finger-picked at 38 State brewery, stopping by open mics is a pleasure he slips in after decades of playing music.

The very next night, he played at the Mercury Café, where Thompson reflected after his own set. The more people get involved in the Denver music scene, the more it can establish its musical identity like other big cities, he said.

Thompson, who has played in a band and currently records music on his own, said the best way for beginners to approach open mics is to lay their emotions out.

“Open up yourself,” Thompson said. “And do it again and again and again.”

SOME OPEN-MIC LOCATIONS Many open-mic nights are hosted in bars, breweries, restaurants and cafes, and many are held biweekly or once a month. Please contact venues or check websites for times and more information.

Several other locations hold open-mics as well — this list is not all-encompassing.

North metro • The Glenn Bar and Grill 11140 Irma Drive, Northglenn; 303255-1400; theglennbarandgrill. com • Westminster Brewing Co. 7655 W. 108th Ave., Westminster; 303-284-1864; westminsterbrewingco.com West metro • Teller’s Tap Room 1990 Youngfield St., Lakewood; 303-237-1002; tellerstaproom. com • Someplace Else Brewery 6425 W. 52nd Ave., Unit 6, Arvada; 720-512-4162; someplaceelse.beer South metro • The Brew on Broadway (The BoB)

ential World Famous Beat Junkies DJ crew, and has released numerous mixtapes in addition to production for Stones Throw releases. Damon “DamFunk” Riddick is a passionate advocate for funk as a vital genre of music.

And Hawthorne will cap the evening off with a DJ set.

Score tickets at www.summitdenver. com while they’re still available.

Works Downtown, 1226 15th St. in Denver, Sept. 7 through 10.

Ferguson’s most recent comedy album, “Here to Help,” earned him a Grammy nomination and he also launched a SiriusXM radio program called “The Craig Ferguson Show.”

Get tickets by visiting www.comedyworks.com/comedians/craigferguson.

The Late Late Weekend with Craig Ferguson I really miss having Craig Ferguson on my television on the regular.

During his time on CBS’ “The Late Late Show” he was a funny, at times melancholic voice in an industry too often overflowing with gimmicks and nothing to say.

In addition to being a host, director and novelist, Ferguson has a long history as a stand-up comedian. And he’ll be embracing that role when he spends four nights at the Comedy

A legend in person at Sloan’s Lake Fantasy as a film genre was at an interesting point in the 1980s. Visual effects were coming along, though most of the time they look remarkably cheesy to contemporary eyes, and they focused too much on the traditional hero rescues the damsel in distress trope.

Still, there’s something to be said for rewatching childhood favorites, especially with one of the stars.

The Sloan’s Lake Alamo Drafthouse, 4255 W. Colfax Ave. in Denver,

3445 S. Broadway, Englewood; 303-781-5665; thebrewonbroadway.com • 38 State Brewing Company 8071 S. Broadway, Unit A, Littleton; 720-638-3678; 38statebrew. com • The Toad Tavern 5302 S. Federal Circle, Ste. A, Littleton; 303-795-6877; facebook.com/thetoadtavern • Lincoln Station Coffee/Pizza/ Music 9360 Station St. #175, Lone Tree; 720-440-9386; lincolnstationco. com Denver • Mercury Café 2199 California St.; 303-2949258; mercurycafe.com • Syntax Physic Opera; 554 S. Broadway 720-456-7041; physicopera.com • The Squire Lounge 1800 E. Colfax Ave.; 303-3339106; squireloungedenver.com

is hosting a screening of Ridley Scott’s cult favorite, “Legend,” featuring a poetry session with co-lead Mia Sara before the movie.

Sara will be reading her poetry at 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 14, followed by the film at 9:30.

“Legend” was one of the first of many movies featuring Tom Cruise as the lead. Cruise plays Jack, a young man who finds himself in a battle against the Lord of Darkness to save daylight and steal Sara’s Lili.

Sara will be reading as part of Alamo’s poetry reading series, Ham On Rye. And maybe she’ll even take some questions on “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” Go to www.drafthouse.com/denver/ for tickets.

Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail. com.

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MILESTONES Matthew Anderson, of Denver, graduated in May from the University of Northern Colorado with a bachelor’s degree in software engineering.

Caitlin Bovard, of Denver, graduated in May from the University of Northern Colorado with a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling.

Okeesitta Clay, of Denver, graduated May 12 from Adams State University with a bachelor’s degree business administration/ general business.

Alexander Collins, of Denver, graduated in May from the University of Northern Colorado with a bachelor’s degree in English.

Elshadaye Eshete, of Denver, graduated in May from the University of Northern Colorado with a bachelor’s degree in nutrition.

Gretchen Frank, of Denver, graduated cum laude in May from the University of Northern Colorado with a bachelor’s degree audiology and speech language sciences.

Ricky Garcia, of Denver, graduated May 12 from Adams State University with a bachelor’s degree in human performance and physical education: sport management.

Luis Gutierrez, of Denver, graduated in May from the University of Northern Colorado with a bachelor’s degree in environmental and sustainability studies.

Amos Harris, of Denver, graduated May 12 from Adams State University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology.

Sara Haynes, of Denver, graduated in May from the University of Northern Colorado with a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling.

Jarett Hughes, of Denver, graduated in May from the University of Northern Colorado with a master’s degree in gerontology.

Laensa Iteffa, of Denver, was named to the spring 2018 dean’s

list at the University of Vermont.

Iteffa is majoring in psychological science.

Aleeza Lampert, of Denver, graduated in May from the University of Northern Colorado with a bachelor’s degree in psychology.

Ryan Lopez, of Denver, graduated in May from the University of Northern Colorado with a master’s degree in teaching, physical education activity leader.

Ashlee Marshall, of Denver, graduated in May from the University of Northern Colorado with a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling.

Olivia McGillvary, of Denver, graduated in May from the University of Northern Colorado with a bachelor’s degree in music education.

Antonio Moran, of Denver, graduated in May from the University of Northern Colorado with a bachelor’s degree in history.

Oded Naiman, of Denver, graduated in May from the University of Northern Colorado with a master’s degree in special education.

Kimberly Robertson, of Denver, graduated in May from the University of Northern Colorado with a master’s degree in nursing.

Tea Seay, of Denver, graduated in May from the University of Northern Colorado with a bachelor’s degree in psychology.

Greta Sievert, of Denver, graduated magna cum laude May 19 from Wisconsin Lutheran College with a bachelor’s degree in media design.

Greta is a graduate of Rocky Mountain Lutheran High School.

Jasmine Snow, of Denver, graduated in May from the University of Northern Colorado with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education.

Guadalupe Solis, of Denver, graduated in May from the University of Northern Colorado with a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences.

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WHERE: Overland Park Golf Course, 1801 S. Huron St., Denver

“As a first-year festival, and that kind of diversity as well, it just doesn’t happen that often.”

WHEN: Sept. 14-16

Working with community Capacity for the festival is 80,000 each day, but Erlich estimated that in the first year Grandoozy will have between 15,000 and 20,000 people attend daily.

Because of the large attendance, Erlich encourages people to find alternate means of getting to the festival. The festival will have a free bike valet. The golf course is close to the Evans and Broadway lightrail stations — the latter will have a free shuttle to the festival. People in Boulder, Fort Collins and Colorado Springs can also purchase tickets for a regional shuttle.

Erlich and the Superfly team also are putting together a foundation that will give back to the community.

Per Superfly’s contract with the city, $1 of every ticket sold will go into a community fund.

Mara Owen, co-president of the Overland Park Neighborhood Accociation with Amy Razzaque, said Erlich came to several meetings in order to make sure concerns from residents were being addressed.

The association decided to remain neutral on the festival, but Owen said several members of the neighborhood supported Grandoozy at

COST: General admission tickets start at $99 for single day, $259.50 for the weekend; VIP tickets for $249 for single day and $674.50 for the weekend.

INFORMATION: www.grandoozy.com council meetings. Superfly also made sure neighborhood members were present during parking committees and other groups as details of the festival were worked out.

Owen said the organizers did not hold back details and made sure Overland Park knew there might be some kinks to work out in the first year.

“We’ve had what I would consider an extensive amount of outreach,” she said. “They’ve been really honest and open.”

For the past two years, Erlich has been working with city officials and nearby Registered Neighborhood Organizations (RNO) to build a festival that people can enjoy without disturbing surrounding residents.

The process has been worth it for Erlich, who lives near the Bonnie Brae neighborhood. Working with the community to find local restaurants, brewers and distillers has led him to businesses he did not know

existed.

“It’s comprehensive, and it’s not easy. It takes a lot of time,” he said, “but I will tell you, it’s been incredibly rewarding to get to know the community. (Overland is) a hidden gem in Denver.”

Councilmember Jolon Clark of district seven, which includes Overland, said Superfly has also created an accounability committee which includes members of the golf community in Denver as well as neighborhood residents. This group started meeting more recently and will help make sure things continue to go well.

Scouting for a venue Finding Overland Park was an adventure, Erlich said.

When he first met Superfly founder Rick Farman five years ago, the pair spent two years searching for the perfect location for Grandoozy.

What’s ideal about Overland Park is that it has history as the oldest golf course in Denver. It is also surrounded by an industrial area and Santa Fe Drive, which can both help diffuse noise from the shows. While Erlich said it is unlikely they will hit 50,000 attendees per day in the festival’s first year, the golf course is sizable enough that it can hold large groups of people as the event grows.

Stages will face the industrial section of the neighborhood, away from the residential section along the southern border, Erlich said.

Supefly has also worked with the city to ensure people won’t park in the

‘It’s comprehensive, and it’s not easy.

It takes a lot of time.’

David Erlich, executive producer of Grandoozy

neighborhood during the festival.

Area residents will have hanging tags on their cars to show they live there.

The company’s outreach within the community and dedication to answering questions has helped move the festival along, but Erlich said it also helped to build good will within the community. While he said the festival won’t be perfect the first year, they are going to keep working with the neighborhoods to improve Grandoozy in the years to come.

“We focused very clearly on how to we protect that southern neighborhood from issues,” Erlich said. “If you start listening to people in the beginning, then they’ll give you some leeway that you’ll be able to deal with problems.”

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Swim Across America makes waves at Chatfield More than 250 people turned out to participate in the event set up to fight cancer

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Lauren Alfino is just a little more stubborn than others.

On an impossibly perfect Colorado day, hundreds of swimmers prepared for a dip in the Chatfield Reservoir Aug. 26. And Alfino, undoubtedly, would be one of them — even though she had a boot on her left foot.

The story of how the 22-year-old swimmer broke her foot pretty much sums up the story of who Alfino is: highly competitive and highly stubborn. For that story, Alfino seemed fit to jump to the conclusion: “I set the world record for how fast you can go down the water slide,” she said with a laugh.

Alfino, of Aurora, was not going to miss this, the inaugural Swim Across America event in Colorado.

The organization “makes waves to fight cancer,” but specifically, it raises money for the local Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children’s Hospital.

More than 200 swimmers from around the metro area signed up to swim a course in the reservoir southwest of Littleton at either a 5K, mile or half-mile distances. Alfino, and her broken foot, were set for the half-mile.

To Alfino, the impediment was nothing. She’s proud of her stubbornness.

It’s what allowed to her be there in the first place.

Alfino was diagnosed with nonHodgkin’s lymphoma in 2013, a cancer that starts in white blood cells. In April of that year, her cancer was in remission.

She never forgot about that struggle, event 5 1/2 years later. Now, she’s grateful any chance she gets to be in the water.

“When I got diagnosed with cancer, I continued to swim throughout my entire treatment,” Alfino said. “It was nice that I had some very supportive people in my life who didn’t question me, but supported all my stubbornness.”

Jack Vossoer, 11, from Westminster, freestyle swims around the balloon splash course at the Chatfield Reservoir during the inaugural Denver Swim Across America event Aug. 26. “When I got in it was cold, but you get used to it,” Vossoer said.

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Nicole Vanderpoel, the director of the Denver Open Water Swim, worried that if there would be one cloud in the sky during the event, it would be right above Chatfield Reservoir.

Instead, Colorado’s first Swim Across America event enjoyed one of the nicest days of the summer, clear for once of smog and haze to set the stage for an event months in the making. The Denver Open Water Swim for Swim Across America raised almost $200,000 for cancer research.

“We far exceeded anything we could’ve hoped for,” Vanderpoel said.

“We’re overwhelmed with the support, the amount of swimmers and the sponsors. They all came through.”

The Denver Open Water Swim was the first Swim Across America event in Colorado, but Vanderpoel already has her sights set on next year.

“We’ve got work to do, and we are thrilled with our inaugural year and

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we celebrate that. We celebrate everyone here,” she said. “Next year, we’re just going to continue on the same path with the same goal, and that’s purely for the children.”

Hot air balloons floated high above the park as swimmers filed in, eventually by the hundreds, on Chatfield’s shore. And by the masses, 95 swimmers waded into the water before beginning their three laps for the 5K swim. Among them were 16 Olympians, including Missy Franklin, the five-time Olympic gold medalist and Regis Jesuit graduate.

With a beaming smile and water still dripping from her face, Franklin said meeting the children at the hospital was one of the most impactful events she had the opportunity to be part of.

“Actually getting to see what all of this is about and where all of this is going…it makes me speechless,” Franklin said.

Missy Franklin steps foot back on land after the 5K swim during the inaugural Denver Open Water Swim for Swim Across America. Franklin, from Centennial, said the 5K was the longest swim she’s had in Chatfield, where she swam several times as a child.

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Non-profits can receive a free booth while space is available Contact your Event Producer Thelma Grimes at tgrimes@coloradocommunitymedia.com www.coloradocommunitymedia.com/womens-health-expo/