Events

Highlands Ranch: Kids can wear their favorite jammies and enjoy stories, a fun activity, and healthy snacks provided by local Whole Foods Markets. Parents can pick up coupons and Family Reading Cards, and enjoy specials at the coffee shop.

Highlands Ranch: Whoooo’s coming to storytime? Park Ranger Megan with lots of coooool information about owls in Highlands Ranch. She’ll have a real owl wing to touch and owl pellets to show what these predatory birds eat. It’ll be a hoooooot!

Highlands Ranch: William Scott, a former bureau chief for Aviation Week and Space Technology magazines and a U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School flight test engineer graduate, served as a space communications security engineer at the National Security Agency. He coauthored Space Wars: The First Six Hours of World War III with Michael Coumatos. Coumatos, a former U.S. Navy test pilot, search-and-rescue helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War, ship’s captain, and Commodore of U.S. and coalition naval task groups, served as Director of Wargaming for U.S. Space Command. Scott and Coumatos will discuss and sign their new book Counterspace: The Next Hours of World War III ($25.99 Tor), another chilling fictionalized look at America’s most catastrophic fears.

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Colfax Avenue: Cornelia Nixon will read from and sign her debut novel Jarrettsville ($15.95 Counterpoint Press), which was chosen as the Tattered Cover’s second V.I.B. (Very Impressive Book). Based on the author’s family history, Jarrettsville begins in 1869, amid chaos and confusion in the moments following Martha Jane Cairnes’s murder of her fiancé in front of fifty witnesses and former union militia members. The novel is a masterful reimagining of a tragic love affair and murder in a rural Maryland town still divided by the Civil War.’

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Historic LoDo: Journalist, author and traveler Richard Starks and writer and editor Miriam Murcutt will present a slideshow and sign their fascinating new book Along the River That Flows Uphill: From the Orinoco to the Amazon ($19.95 Haus). The Casiquiare is unique. There is no other river like it on the planet. Somehow it manages to unite the two river systems of the Orinoco and the Amazon that should, by rights, be entirely separate, and the Casiquiare performs the astonishing feat of flowing up and over the watershed that divides them. Starks and Murcutt traveled along the Casiquiare at the behest of the Royal Geographical Society to gather information about the river and the fierce Yanomami tribe that still maintains its austere and primitive lifestyle in the region.

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Colfax Avenue: Boulder author Mark Shaw, a member of the International Thomas Merton Society, will discuss and sign his new book Beneath the Mask of Holiness: Thomas Merton and the Forbidden Love Affair That Set Him Free ($27.00 Palgrave). Spiritual writer Thomas Merton is the most influential American Catholic author of the twentieth century. Despite appearances to the contrary, in 1966 he was a troubled, lonely monk. Only when the suffering Merton fell madly in love with a student nurse would he discover whether his devotion to God was stronger than his dedication to the woman he called “a miracle in my life.” Truly an inspirational story based on Merton’s personal journals, new information and sources such as fellow monks, Beneath the Mask of Holiness presents a unique portrayal of the famous man, one never revealed in its entirety before.
Visit Mark Shaw’s website
Interview with Mark Shaw with the Protestant Examiner.

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Historic LoDo: Cyril Christo, the son of environmental artist Christo, and Marie Wilkinson are award-winning photographers who document the relationship between indigenous peoples and the natural world. Christo and Wilkinson will discuss and sign their new book Walking Thunder: In the Footsteps of the African Elephant ($60.00 Merrell Publishers). The African elephant is one of the most majestic creatures on Earth, yet it faces an uncertain future. Walking Thunder is a superb tribute to the remarkable beauty of these endangered animals. With striking duotone images Christo and Wilkinson capture not only the awesome strength and size of the African elephant, but also its gentleness and human-like emotions. Accompanying the photographs are quotations, myths and stories from the past 400 years, from folklore and from explorers and tribal members, presenting both Western and indigenous perspectives. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to Tusk Trust and the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.
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Colfax Avenue: Born to a family that always cared about food, Lucinda Scala Quinn started cooking professionally as a teenager. She has worked as a chef, cooking teacher, caterer, and food writer. She is Executive Food Director for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, and she appears regularly on NBC’s Today and Martha, as well as co-hosting PBS’s Everyday Food. Quinn will provide samples and discuss and sign her new book Mad Hungry: Feeding Men & Boys ($27.95 Workman). With four hungry brothers, three ravenous sons, and a husband who loves to eat, Quinn has spent much of her life feeding the men and boys in her life and teaching them how to feed themselves. In her new book, she shares winning strategies for how to sate the seemingly insatiable, trade food for talk, and get men to manage in the kitchen.

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Historic LoDo: Local author and retired Colorado Court of Appeals Judge Peter Ney will discuss and sign his memoir Getting Here: From a Seat on a Train to a Seat on the Bench ($19.95). Two nights before his seventh birthday, Peter Ney and his family were awakened by the sound of yelling and of breaking glass as their home was vandalized. Kristallnacht was just the beginning of the Nazi violence against the Jews, and it shaped the rest of Peter’s life. Two months later, Peter was one of 10,000 German children granted safe refuge in England via the Kindertransport. His parents joined him in London just before the start of World War II, and as a family they immigrated to the United States. Spanning seventy years, Getting Here tells of Peter’s journey from Germany through his tenure as a judge on the Colorado Court of Appeals. The book not only describes his journey, but rejoices in the fulfilling of the American dream—from a seat on a refugee train to a seat on the appellate bench.

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Highlands Ranch: Local author Claudia Cangilla McAdam will read from and sign her new novel for teens Awakening ($14.95 Sophia Institute). Ronni is a twenty-first century American teenage girl living 5,000 miles away from home, and 2,000 years in the past! How she got here, she doesn’t know. But one day she woke up in Jerusalem the week of the crucifixion of Jesus. She has three days to try to stop his death. The question is: can she do it? Should she?
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Highlands Ranch: The Castle Rock Community Ringers handbell choir will offer two holiday performances, one at 1:00 pm and the next at 2:30 pm.

Colfax Avenue: Pat Miller, a.k.a. The Gabby Gourmet, will broadcast her radio show live from the Tattered Cover and sign the new edition of her indispensable book for Denver’s foodies Gabby Gourmet 2010 Restaurant Guide ($16.95 TDF).

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Starz FilmCenter: Join the Tattered Cover Book Store, UCD’s College of Arts & Media, Colorado Public Radio, and the Starz FilmCenter for an exploration of the world of classic movies, hosted by Colorado Public Radio film critic Howie Movshovitz at the Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli. All programs begin at 7:00 pm at the Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli. Admission is free, but tickets are required from the box office. Tickets are available one hour before screening. Validated parking is avilable in the parking lot directly in front of the Tivoli.

This month we’ll see three films by Buster Keaton, including Cops (1922), The Balloonatic (1923), and Sherlock Jr. (1924).

Three films by Buster Keaton, one of the great geniuses of the cinema—Cops (1922), The Balloonatic (1923) and Sherlock Jr. (1924)—preceded by our usual Christmas treat, Laurel and Hardy in Big Business (1929). (104 minutes)

For information on the Starz FilmCenter go to starzfilmcenter.com
For a PDF of our Tattered Cover Film Series flyer, please click Tattered Cover Film Series flyer.

Colfax Avenue: Zachary Lazar, whose novel Sway was named one of the Best Books of 2008 by Rolling Stone, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications, will discuss and sign his new book Evening’s Empire: The Story of My Father’s Murder ($24.99 Little, Brown). When he was just six years old, Lazar’s father, Edward, was shot dead by hit men in a Phoenix, Arizona, parking garage. The year was 1975, a time when, according to the Arizona Republic, “land-fraud artists roamed the state in sharp suits, gouging money from buyers and investors.” How did his father fit into this world and how could his son ever truly understand the man, his time and place, and his motivations? In Evening’s Empire, Lazar brilliantly attempts to reconstruct the sequence of events that led to his father’s murder.
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Historic LoDo: Colorado author and historian John Hafnor, the author of Strange But True, Colorado: Weird Tales of the Wild West, will read from and sign his new book Strange But True, America: Weird Tales from All 50 States ($16.95 Lone Pine Productions). A finalist for the National Best Books 2009 Awards, sponsored by USA Book News, Strange But True, America pulls few punches in replacing much of America’s folklore with surprise findings.

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Highlands Ranch: Join us as we trace the history of coffee from its origins in Ethiopia to the coffee shop around the corner. It is a fascinating story of politics, power, chance, and intrigue. We will also examine coffee’s cultural influences as well as the differences between various types of coffee. Cream and sugar not included.

PDF of the Active Minds Lecture Series.

Historic LoDo: David Wroblewski will read from and sign the new paperback edition of his extraordinary debut novel The Story of Edgar Sawtelle ($16.99 Ecco). Filled with breathtaking scenes—the elemental north woods, the sweep of seasons, an iconic American barn, a fateful vision rendered in the falling rain—The Story of Edgar Sawtelle is a meditation on the limits of language and what lies beyond, a brilliantly inventive retelling of an ancient story, and an epic tale of devotion, betrayal, and courage in the American heartland.
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Highlands Ranch: Local author, speaker, and developmental optometrist Dr. Lynn Hellerstein will discuss and sign her new book See It. Say It. Do It! The Parent’s & Teacher’s Action Guide to Creating Successful Students & Confident Kids ($25.00 Hi Clear Publishing). “Dr. Hellerstein’s work has been life-changing for hundreds of children. Non-readers became avid readers; resistant writers embraced writing passionately; and uncoordinated children became athletes.” —Linda Kreger Silverman, Ph.D. Psychologist, Dir. of Gifted Development Center

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Historic LoDo: Frank Warren, creator of the New York Times bestselling PostSecret series, will discuss and sign the fifth book in the series PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death, and God ($22.99 William Morrow). Born from Warren’s collaboration with the American Visionary Art Museum’s ‘All Faiths Beautiful’ exhibition—Confessions on Life, Death, and God is another provocative collection of never-before-seen, artistically created postcards from around the world revealing the shocking, soulful or laugh-out-loud funny thoughts and feelings we all share about life’s most profound questions. Free numbered tickets for a place in line for the booksigning will be handed out beginning at 6:30 pm. Seating for the presentation prior to the booksigning is limited, and available on a first-come, first-served basis to ticketed customers only.
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Historic LoDo: Julie Powell, author of the bestselling book Julie & Julia, thought cooking her way through Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking was the craziest thing she’d ever do, until she embarked on the voyage recounted in her new memoir, Cleaving: A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession ($24.99 Little, Brown). Powell will discuss and sign Cleaving, the story of her odyssey into the world of professional butchers in which she learns a new art a bit of mastery over her unruly heart.

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Historic LoDo: Dave Pelz is the author of two bestselling classics of golf instruction, Dave Pelz’s Short Game Bible and Dave Pelz’s Putting Bible, and is the foremost instructor of putting and the short game in the world. A former research scientist at NASA, he has been analyzing golf and fine-tuning his instruction methods for three decades. Pelz will discuss and sign his new book Dave Pelz’s Damage Control: How to Save Up to 5 Shots Per Round Using All-New, Scientifically Proven Techniques for Playing Out of Trouble Lies ($35.00 Gotham).
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Highlands Ranch: Internationally bestselling author Stephen Coonts will read from and sign his new thriller The Disciple ($26.99 St. Martin’s). Iran is much closer to having operational nuclear weapons than the CIA believes, and Iran’s president has a plan. Iran will become a martyr nation, and will lead the united Muslims of the world in a holy war against the non-believers. But the Americans have a secret weapon in a group of Iranian dissidents, including a brother and sister determined to avenge the death of their beloved grandfather at the hands of the religious police. Returning to the kind of military and espionage story that made Cuba one of his most successful novels, Coonts weaves an unforgettable tale of men and women at war with the sort of dramatic military action and undercover technology for which he is known.

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Colfax Avenue: Local journalist and author Terry Frei will discuss and sign the new paperback edition of his book '77: Denver, the Broncos, and a Coming of Age ($16.95 Taylor Trade). Asserting that the 1977 AFC champion Denver Broncos were the tipping point for the transformation of Denver, Colorado, from cowtown to today’s sports and entertainment mecca, Frei provides an in-depth look at the team and the city it brought together.
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Highlands Ranch: Renowned nature photographer John Fielder will sign his new book Ranches of Colorado ($95.00 Westcliffe), which celebrates not only the scenic beauty of these rural landscapes and the western heritage that we all treasure, but also makes a statement about the Colorado that we will all enjoy in the future. Fielder photographed 50 working Colorado ranches in 2007 and 2008. From the eastern plains to mountain valleys of the Rockies to western slope river canyons, this book depicts with 300 photographs the Colorado very few have seen.

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Highlands Ranch: Kathryn Arbour, writer for Examiner.com and other online publications, specializes in mobility products and other tools that help seniors stay physically and mentally active. During this interactive session, guests will learn some of the science behind all the talk about staying mentally active, and try out one of the most innovative approaches to brain fitness available today.

Colfax Avenue: The story of chocolate is a “rich” tale indeed. It involves aristocracy and slavery, innovation and coincidence. Pivotal roles in the history of chocolate were played by both Christopher Columbus and Hernando Cortés. We will describe how extremely bitter cacao beans are transformed into one of the world’s most sought after flavors and tell chocolate stories such as the rise the luxury chocolate industry in Switzerland and the origins of the Hershey company.

PDF of the Active Minds Lecture Series.

Historic LoDo: Jamie Horton, acclaimed actor, director, and writer—currently an Associate Professor at Dartmouth College—will once again join us for a very special holiday event. We’ll celebrate the spirit of the holidays with warm drinks and yummy treats as Jamie reads from several holiday classics. While this event is free, guests are encouraged to help us celebrate the spirit of giving this holiday season by bringing a new or gently used book as a donation to our annual Children’s Book Drive which benefits Reach Out and Read Colorado.

Highlands Ranch: Trees, trees everywhere, but what kind do you see? Can you tell from the bark or the leaves? Join us as Park Ranger Megan teaches us all about the trees in the Ranch.

The event with Melissa Gilbert has been CANCELLED.

Melissa Gilbert, star of Little House on the Prairie: The Musical, will read from the Little House books and sign her personal memoir Prairie Tale ($26.00 Simon & Schuster), a fascinating, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting tale of self-discovery from the beloved actress who earned a permanent place in the hearts of millions when she was just a child. Free numbered tickets for a place in line for the booksigning will be handed out beginning at 11:30 am. Seating for the presentation prior to the booksigning is limited, and available on a first-come, first-served basis to ticketed customers only.

Historic LoDo: Bestselling author and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will make brief remarks and sign her new book Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat’s Jewel Box ($40.00 HarperCollins), the story of how one woman’s jewelry collection was used to make diplomatic history. Exploring the use of the pin or brooch as a means of personal and diplomatic expression and featuring a gallery of fascinating photographs, this unique, intimate, and revealing biography offers a whole new side of Secretary Albright, one of our most beloved public servants. Free numbered tickets for a place in line for the booksigning will be handed out beginning at 12:00 noon. Seating for the presentation prior to the booksigning is limited, and available on a first-come, first-served basis to ticketed customers only.

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