The Cinema Q Film Festival returns to the Denver Film Society this year to celebrate the best in LGBTQ+ programming from the around the world.
Indie Prof: The Cinema Q Film Festival
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Christie Gosch
…NE News Updates
1) What Will Be Built at MLK and Central Park Blvd? 2) CPB & I-70 Runway North & South Projects; 3) Central Park Urban Living Condos; 4) Maple Tree Health; and 5) More Airplane Noise in NE Denver Recently.
New Life for Johnson & Wales Campus
An innovative partnership between an urban conservation group, Denver School of the Arts (DSA), two public housing organizations, a culinary incubator, and a private K-8 school will transform the Johnson and Wales campus in east Denver over the next twelve months.
2021 LEGISLATIVE SESSION: Here’s What Happened
The 2021 legislative session saw majority Democrats push through significant legislation on transportation funding, health care and firearms safety, plus consumer protection, criminal justice, early childhood care and education, elections, environmental protection, social equity and economic security.
Artificial Intelligence in Science Fiction (and, soon enough, in your home)
“Can they become like us? Can an Artificial Intelligence [AI] learn to love?” These are the kinds of questions that interest John M. Campbell, Central Park resident and science fiction author.
Juneteenth
Four months before Juneteenth was declared a national holiday, Denver City Council, on Feb. 22, 2021, unanimously voted to make it an official commemorative holiday in Denver, to be celebrated on the Saturday closest to June 19. But Juneteenth celebrations in Denver can be traced all the way back to 1953 when businessman Otha Rice, who had a bar in Five Points, started the Juneteenth tradition in Denver.
How Restaurants Recovered
When the pandemic brought the restaurant industry to a screeching halt, owners were left with kitchens full of food, employees needing support, vendors to pay, leases to fulfill, and investors to account to.
GREYWATER: 40 Central Park homes to use shower water to flush
“Why do we flush our toilets with perfectly good drinking water? It doesn’t make any sense,” says John Bell, Chief Commercial Officer of Greyter Water Systems.
July & Early Aug Events
A great blue heron, a ubiquitous large shorebird that hangs around shallow water hunting for fish, and the yellow warbler, a common song bird with bright color and a beautiful melody, were photographed recently at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge around Lake Ladora.
Principals Optimistic about 2021-22
If you call 2020 “a lost academic year,” Susan Miller-Curley, the incoming principal at Montclair School of Academics and Enrichment, will be quick to point out the positive.
The Indie Prof: July is Sci-Fi Season
July is sci-fi season: The 11th annual Science Fiction Film Series, sponsored by the Denver Museum of Nature and Science; the Denver Film Society, and MSU Denver, will continue with three virtual shows this year and; a short review of an excellent sci-fi series on TV now.
…NE News Updates
This month: 1) Alexan Montview Plaza Followup and 2) Unique Denver Parks Are Coming to Central Park Neighborhood North of 56th.
