Silent-film fest has everyone talking
The first Denver Silent Film Festival wrapped up on Sunday, and its success has everyone talking. Starting with a sold-out, Roaring ’20-themed gala on Friday night, where director/screenwriter Alexander Payne presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to silent-film preservationist David H. Shepard, the three-day event put on by the College of Arts & Media at the University of Colorado Denver drew such a favorable response that organizers are already at work planning for Year Two.
“Remarkable women” honored at Rescue Mission tea
On the surface, it might appear that Janet Elway, Betty Lehman, Frances Owens and Emily Howell Warner have little in common. Yet each of them has made unique and lasting contributions to the betterment of others; contributions so significant that Denver Rescue Mission named them as the 2011 Women Who’ve Changed the Heart of the City. Joanne Davidson has more on their accomplishments — and the tea at which they were honored — in her Seen First blog: .
