How much good news can fit into one column? Let’s find out:
A longtime leader in Denver’s art community, Sheila
Bisenius, has been elected to a two-year term as chair of the Opera Colorado board of directors, succeeding Susan and Jeremy Shamos. In addition, Kenneth Barrow, Dr. Steve Dilts and Lary Weintraub have been voted in as new members of the governing body.
Bisenius joined the board in 2002 and has co-chaired its education and outreach committee. She is also a member of the Denver Commission for Art, Culture and Film and of the Clyfford Still Museum board; previously she was on the boards of the Denver Art Museum, the Denver Foundation and the former Denver Symphony Orchestra.
Choosing Earth, Wind and Fire as the headliners proved to be a smart move for organizers of The Children’s Hospital Gala: the Sept. 15 event already is sold out.
The Junior League of Denver is starting to think about doing a fifth cookbook. A development committee is being formed, and if members give the proposal a green light, a new collection of recipes could be published by 2009. The previous four – Colorado Cache, Creme de Colorado, Colorado Collage and Colorado Colore – all have been best-sellers.
A reception at the Grant-
Humphreys Mansion was the occasion for Colorado Historical Society to introduce its new president, Ed Nichols, to the membership. After a 20-year career with IBM, he became president of Corybant Inc., a Boulder-based software-development company, and chairman of the Central City Opera House Association board of trustees. Nichols is a past president of the Kent Denver School board and a member of Colorado Concern, the Colorado Thirty and the Dean’s Advisory Board for the CU School of Medicine.
Chef Sean Yontz is creating Beacon Center Specialty Dishes to be served at the M Group Restaurants on three days this month. The entrees will be on the lunch and dinner menus at Mezcal on Aug. 8, Chama on Aug. 15 and Tambien on Aug. 22, with 25 percent from each order going to Beacon Center and its work on behalf of troubled teens.
The Rose Youth Foundation, a Rose Community Foundation dedicated to familiarizing young people with philanthropic giving, has awarded $50,000 in grants to 11 local agencies. Recipients include the Colorado African Organization, which will use its $10,000 to support adult refugees in their efforts to gain language, social and job skills; Denver’s Road Home, Mayor John Hickenlooper’s 10-year plan to end homelessness; and Hillel of Colorado, which is using its gift to educate high school and college students about race, religion and minority groups.
Society editor Joanne Davidson can be reached at 303-809-1314 or jdavidson@denverpost.com. She also contributes at .
