Alumni and North High Events
History Talks and Walks by Phil Goodstein
Saturday, October 25: Ghost Walk, 7:00 pm–9:00 pm
Discover tales about the haunting of the Capitol and vintage neighborhood mansions. The walk gathers at the statue of the Indian on the east lawn of the Capitol along Grant Street between Colfax and 14th avenues. The cost is $25.
Thursday, October 30: Ghost Walk, 7:00 pm–9:00 pm
Discover tales about the haunting of the Capitol and vintage neighborhood mansions. The walk gathers at the statue of the Indian on the east lawn of the Capitol along Grant Street between Colfax and 14th avenues. The cost is $25.
Friday, October 31: Ghost Walk, 7:00 pm–9:00 pm
Discover tales about the haunting of the Capitol and vintage neighborhood mansions. The walk gathers at the statue of the Indian on the east lawn of the Capitol along Grant Street between Colfax and 14th avenues. The cost is $25.
Thursday, November 6: The Jewish Cemeteries of Denver, 11:00 am–noon
This free talk will be at the BMH, 560 South Monaco Street Parkway. Park to the east of the building. Tell the person at the door that you are headed to the Kavod on the Road program. In passing, the lecture will discuss exactly what the BMH is and the lore of the part of southeast Denver in which it is located.
Sunday, November 9: The Jewish Cemeteries of Denver, 3:30 pm–4:30 pm
Capitol Hill once had a large Jewish population. It included synagogues, schools, and communal organizations. The only survivor is Feldman Mortuary at 1673 York Street, in a converted, expanded mansion at the southwest corner of 17th Avenue and York Street. This free talk will discuss who the Feldman family was and the evolution of Jewish Denver in looking at Denver Jewish Cemeteries.
Tuesday, November 25: From Frederick Bonfils to Jewish Cemeteries, 6:00 pm–7:00 pm
This will be a wide-ranging free talk at the Colfax Tattered Cover in the old Bonfils Theatre at the southwest corner of Colfax Avenue and Elizabeth Street. (Elizabeth Street is two blocks east of Josephine Street.) The event will both discuss the origins and evolution of Bonfils Theatre and tales of local cemeteries.
Sunday, November 30: Castle Marne, 2:00 pm–3:30 pm
Castle Marne is a landmark mansion 1572 Race Street, the southeast corner of 16th Avenue and Race Street—Race Street is three blocks west of York Street. Besides the chance to have a peek into the storied manor, the event will include a talk ranging from the story of the house to tales of what was once the Children’s Medical Center to the fate of some of its patients during another free presentation about Denver Jewish Cemeteries.
Saturday, December 6: Park Hill Books, 11:00 am–2:00 pm
Here is a chance to meet the author. He will be sitting around the area’s oldest, nonprofit cooperative bookstore at 4620 23rd Avenue. The shop is on the southside of the street at the alley between Cherry and Dexter streets. (Dexter is seven blocks east of Colorado Boulevard and the first light on the road east of Colorado Boulevard.) Featured will be his books Park Hill Promise, Modern East Denver, and Denver Jewish Cemeteries.
Phil Goodstein philgoodstein@gmail.com (303)333-1095
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