Our esteemed leader William Dean Singleton, chief executive of ap, publisher of The Denver Post, has been tapped to receive the Mizel Museum 2009 Community Cultural Enrichment Award.
“I’m honored to be selected,” Singleton says. “And it’s certainly a privilege to be in such good company.”
The Mizel dinner has been Denver’s biggest charity powwow since 1990, drawing thousands to honor the likes of former Gov. Bill Owens and his wife Frances, Peter Coors, Dan Ritchie, Arlene Hirschfeld, Cortland Dietler, Mayor John Hickenlooper and last year’s honoree, Norm Brownstein.Larry Mizel, founder of the museum, was in meetings Monday but said in a release, “Dean Singleton brings immeasurable cultural enrichment to citizens everywhere. The reach he has in changing lives for the good cannot be overstated.”
As the award announcement points out, Singleton began his newspaper career at the age of 15 as a part-time reporter in his hometown of Graham, Texas, and bought his first newspaper at age 21. Among the organizations he has helped out: the Rocky Mountain Multiple Sclerosis Center, the National Sports Center for the Disabled, the Helen G. Bonfils Foundation and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts Foundation.
The award will be presented May 14 at Wings Over the Rockies.
Dances with Obama
Kevin Costner came down from his Aspen ranch Monday and will stay through today to get out the Obama vote.
Monday he was at Colorado College, a sign-making party in Colorado Springs, a rally at Castle Rock and a Women for Obama gathering at the house of Ana Lara-Roca in Lakewood.
Today he will be at CU-Boulder, Colorado State, UNC and the University of Denver.
Hot in HD
The results are in for Alice radio’s TV News Hotties Contest. More than 20,000 people clicked in to vote — and the results might have you scratching your heads more than somewhat.
Hottest Male Anchor: Ch. 9’s Bob Kendrick.
Hottest Female Anchor: Ch. 2’s Natalie Tysdale.
Hottest Male Meteorologist: Ch. 7’s Mike Nelson.
Hottest Female Meteorologist: Ch. 31’s Crystal Egger (duh!).
Hottest Male Sportscaster: Ch. 7’s Lionel Bienvenu.
Hottest Female Sportscaster: Ch. 2’s Lisa Holbrook.
Hottest Entertainment Reporter: Ch. 9’s Kirk Montgomery.
Hottest Field Reporter: Ch. 7’s Christine Chang.
City spirit
Still a few funny seats for David Sedaris at Macky Auditorium Wednesday night . . . Jewish Family Service’s Take 13 Movie Premiere will screen “Frost/Nixon” on Dec 4. $180-per-seat, popcorn included. 303-597-5000 . . . Sightem: Jimmy Fallon staying at the Ritz Thursday through Sunday . . . The opening of The Tavern Wash Park on Saturday night drew a heady crowd to the neighborhood’s swankiest new bar: Norm and Sunny Brownstein, John Elway and fiance Paige Green, Michael and Dylan Geller, Craig Andrisen, Karey Haslauer, helicopter girl Amelia Earhart . . . Frasca Food and Wine in Boulder shuts down Sunday through Nov. 13 for the staff to travel to Friuli, Italy, for R&D . . . Phillies star closer Brad Lidge has more on his mind than the World Series. The Colorado native is a religious studies major at Regis University, going to class online much of the time . . . Opening night party for the Starz Denver Film Festival will come down at Bar Standard . . . Sez who: “I am not a crook.” Richard M. Nixon
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