First daughter Jenna Bush is coming to the Tattered Cover LoDo on Nov. 29 – so empty your pockets.
You get two tickets when you purchase in advance Bush’s book, “Ana’s Story: A Journey of Hope.”
You can bring the book with you for her to sign – but that’s about it. You’re asked to come to the TC 90 minutes before the 7:30 p.m. appearance to get screened by the Secret Service. Bush will make a presentation, read from the book and sign copies of the book, but she’s won’t personalize anything. She will not sign anything except her book. She won’t answer questions. She will not pose for pictures.
Here’s a list of things you cannot take into the room: weapons, knives, explosives, fireworks, umbrellas, poles, sticks, containers of any type (bottles, cans, spray containers), Mace, pepper spray, backpacks, sharp and/or pointed objects, scissors, knitting needles, Leatherman or similar tools, plastic replicas of weapons, noise- makers, air horns, whistles, banners, signs, placards, unopened envelopes, packages.
Get it? Got it. Good.
Mountain movies. Aspen Film always lines up some special holiday screenings Dec. 21-Jan. 2 – so Oscar voters can see the big flix between skiing lessons and dinner parties. This year’s lineup includes Daniel Day-Lewis’ “There Will Be Blood,” Francis Ford Coppola’s “Youth Without Youth,” Jason Reitman’s “Juno”, Tamara Jenkins’ “The Savages” (opening the Denver fest on Nov. 8), Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker’s “The Great Debaters,” Rob Reiner’s “The Bucket List” with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, Woody Allen’s “Cassandra’s Dream” and Jonathan Demme’s “Jimmy Carter, Man From Plains.”
More flix. While Reitman’s “Juno” will be shown in Aspen, Reitman himself will accompany the movie when it shows at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House on Nov. 10 as the Starz festival’s Big Night offering. The whipsmart comedy about a pregnant 16-year-old who finds adoptive parents for her unborn child rides in on a swell of raves.
Mermaid mumbles. Disney musical “The Little Mermaid,” which debuted at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House this summer, opens Saturday night on Broadway. Denver native Sierra Boggess, who stars as Ariel, tells People magazine this week that she warms up by singing show tunes as Britney Spears would sing them. Ahem.
But can Boggess relate to a 16-year-old mermaid?
“Sure! I remember being 16 and feeling like Ariel does, just ‘What else is out there for me?’ I wanted to leave Denver, to go to New York. I just knew I could be a Broadway actress.”
City spirit. Vince Vaughn was in town for “Monday Night Football.” … Channel 9 science guy Steve Spangler is back on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” today. … Blair Joyce’s Faith Coffee House Concert returns 7 p.m. Nov. 9 at Arvada Covenant Church with Hazel Miller, Brenda Harp, Jake Schroeder and more. Call 303-273-9833. … Sez who: “George W. Bush taught me a valuable lesson. Vote!” Jason Love
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