Events

Colfax Avenue: Preschool and elementary educators are invited to join us for our annual Educator’s Night. Beginning at 4:30, guests will enjoy wine and refreshments and a chance to pick up lots of giveaways for the classroom. At 5:00 our Children’s Section staff will offer a book talk on the best new kids’ books for the fall season. Then, at 5:30, local authors and founders of Play-Ground Theatre, Mia Sole and Jeff Haycock will engage teachers with their knowledge from 20 years of experience in creative education. They will share their best theatre techniques, games, and transitions for teachers to use in their classrooms and will discuss and sign their books Theatre Games for Elementary School Children ($24.95), and Theatre Games for Preschool Children ($24.95). This event is free, but reservations are requested. Please call 303-322-1965 ext.1845 to make a reservation. Visit Mia Sole & Jeff Haycock’s website Request signed copies: books@tatteredcover.com

Historic LoDo: In 1747, Johann Sebastian Bach visited his son Carl Philip Emmanuel, Court Composer to the Prussian ruler, Frederick the Great. While there, Frederick summoned him to court and challenged him to improvise a fugue on a theme contrived by Frederick himself. Bach’s response became the basis of what we now know as A Musical Offering. Was the “King’s Theme” a playful challenge, or was it perhaps a pernicious attack? Author James R. Gaines addresses this question in his book, Evening in the Palace of Reason ($13.95 HarperPerennial), but understanding the music takes more than is explained in the book. Come hear excerpts from this masterpiece, and participate in an interactive discussion with Scott O’Neil, Music Director of the Rosetta Music Society and Associate Conductor of the Colorado Symphony, about an unparalleled historical event and the masterpiece that it spawned. Visit the Rosetta Music Society’s website and visit HaperPrernnial’s website for a Reading Guide to Evening in the Palace of Reason.