A sneak peek at April’s Golden Apple Award winner This month’s Golden Apple Award winner is teaching kindergartners in Center Grove how to overcome obstacles. She's fighting breast cancer and teamed up with one student to write a book, to help kids ... 04/25/2024 - 3:53 am | View Link
In conversation with Oregon Book Award finalists Hear from four of five finalists for the Ken Kesey Award for Fiction, a prestigious award granted by the Literary Arts’ Oregon Book Awards program ... 04/25/2024 - 2:00 am | View Link
Golden Apple Award: Tri County teacher leaves a legacy Mrs. Ginger Pittman, a teacher at Tri County Public Schools, is the April 2024 winner of the Golden Apple Award, presented by 10/11 and Doane University. 04/24/2024 - 9:39 pm | View Link
Midland College announces teaching award winners There are six nominees for the the award, three transfer finalists and three workforce finalists. MC Government/Political Science Professor Terry Gilmour spoke Wednesday about what it means to be ... 04/24/2024 - 3:35 pm | View Link
Industry Eagle Award: Nick Sinai Nick is renowned for mentoring an up-and-coming generation of government tech and policy talent. One supported said he's, “one of the first lifelines I call when I have a hard problem.” ... 04/24/2024 - 2:15 pm | View Link
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share these mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer?
“Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel,” by Shahnaz Habib (Catapult, 2023)
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share these mini-reviews with you.
“The Memory of Lavender and Sage,” by Aimie K. Runyan (Harper Muse)
Tempesta’s father is dead. His will leaves the family fortune to her brother. But to everyone’s surprise, the will gives Tempesta money that had belonged to her mother, who died years before. Tempesta has no reason to remain in New York. Her grandmother hates her, her brother is disdainful, and she’s bored with her newspaper job.
So on a whim, Tempesta buys, sight unseen, a house in her mother’s native Sainte-Colombe, France.
Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share these mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer?
“End of Story,” by A. J. Finn (William Morrow)
“End of Story,” by A. J. Finn (William Morrow)
A. J. Finn’s “The Woman in the Window” was a huge best-seller. “End of Story” is destined to be, too. It’s a mystery more than a thriller, and a tightly crafted page-turner.
Literary critic Nicky Hunter is a huge fan of mystery writer Sebastian Trapp.
Editor’s note: This is part of The Know’s series, Staff Favorites. Each week, we offer our opinions on the best that Colorado has to offer for dining, shopping, entertainment, outdoor activities and more. We’ll also let you in on some hidden gems).
Right now, fans of sci-fi/fantasy films are going ga-ga over “Dune: Part 2” (which certainly is gorgeous).
But I’m here to sing the praises of another space opera.
A young George Lucas talks with Anthony Daniels, who plays the robot C-3PO, for the film “Star Wars: A New Hope,” in 1977.
I was a bit late jumping on the Star Wars bandwagon.