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Start: 7:30 pm
Colfax Avenue: Phillip Done is a 20-year-plus veteran of the California school system and has received the prestigious Charles Schwab Distinguished Teacher Award, was nominated for the Disney Teacher of the Year Award, and has been honored as a Teacher of the Year in California. Done will discuss and sign his book Close Encounters of the Third-Grade Kind: Thoughts on Teacherhood ($22.99 Hachette), in which he takes readers through a lively and hilarious year in the classroom. These charming, sweet, and funny tales of Mr. Done’s trials and triumphs as an award-winning schoolteacher will touch readers’ hearts and remind them of the true joys of childhood. Visit Phillip Done’s website Request a signed copy: books@tatteredcover.com
Start: 7:30 pm
Highlands Ranch: Weldon Long knows firsthand that Maui is nicer than prison. After thirteen years of federal and state incarceration, he emerged a transformed man: a powerful speaker, driven motivator, and successful trainer/entrepreneur. Despite dropping out of high school in the ninth grade, Long holds a BS in law and an MBA in management. He splits his time between the beaches of Maui and the mountains of Colorado with his family. Long will discuss and sign his emotional memoir The Upside of Fear: How One Man Broke the Cycle of Prison, Poverty, and Addiction ($19.95 Greenleaf). Visit Weldon Long’s website Request a signed copy: books@tatteredcover.com
Start: 7:30 pm
Historic LoDo: Michael Huttner is the Executive director of ProgressNow and ProgressNowAction in Denver, Colorado. He is adjunct professor of law at the University of Denver, where he teaches legislation and lobbying, and he has served as a private political consultant and a policy advisor to Governor Roy Romer. President of Effect Communications and board chairman of Rocky Mountain Media Watch, Jason Salzman is the former media critic for the Rocky Mountain News, author of Making the News: A Guide for Activists and Nonprofits and co-author of 50 Ways You Can Show George Bush the Door. Huttner and Salzman will discuss and sign their new book 50 Ways You Can Help Obama Change America ($12.95 Polipoint Press). Visit the 50 Ways You Can Help Obama Change America website Request a signed copy: books@tatteredcover.com
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