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Dan Simmons - Black Hills
Start: 6:30 pm
Colfax Avenue: Colorado author Dan Simmons, acclaimed for his science fiction, horror and history novels, including the Hyperion books, The Terror, and Drood, will read from and sign his new historic ghost story Black Hills ($25.99 Reagan Arthur Books). Seamlessly weaving together the stories of Paha Sapa, a young Sioux warrior, General George Armstrong Custer, and the American West, Simmons depicts a tumultuous time in the history of both Native and white Americans. Haunted by Custer’s ghost, and also by his ability to see into the memories and futures of legendary men like Sioux war-chief Crazy Horse, Paha Sapa’s long life is driven by a dramatic vision he experienced as a boy in his people’s sacred Black Hills. In August of 1936, as a dynamite worker on the massive Mount Rushmore project, Paha Sapa plans to silence his ghost forever and reclaim his people’s legacy—on the very day FDR comes to Mount Rushmore to dedicate the Jefferson face. Visit Dan Simmons’s website. Request a signed copy: books@tatteredcover.com
Tattered Cover Film Series - The Lavender Hill Mob
Start: 7:00 pm
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’s movie is the 1951 Charles Crichton classic The Lavender Hill Mob. A great British comedy with Alec Guinness and Stanley Holloway as a pair of inexperienced and most unlikely crooks who steal an armored car full of gold, melt it down and then cast it into hundreds of models of the Eiffel Tower. A comic genius, Guinness is a master of stillness and reserve. Years after this film, director Charles Crichton made A Fish Called Wanda. (82 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.
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