The 2012 Season Continues!

D.I.N.E. (Dinner, Ideas 'N Exchange)

In honor of the grand opening of the History Colorado Center in Denver (and to wind up our Spring 2012n season), we're adding a special treat to our next D.I.N.E. with Colorado Historian Bill Convery on Friday, May 18.

As a warm up for his dinner talk titled "BACKSTORY: Behind the Scenes at the History Colorado Center," we are pleased and honored that Mr.Convery has offered to give us a private, guided tour of the History Colorado Center.  He will meet D.I.N.E. guests at the History Colorado Center entrance on Broadway and 13th at 5 pm to lead us on a tour of the new facility. We'll then turn our toes to Le Central (a stone's throw away at 112 E. 8th Ave.) in time for a cash bar at 6:15 pm, and dinner at 6:30 pm.

The tour is sure to whet our appetites for the backstory, and the wonderful food and conversation we've all learned to expect from D.I.N.E. The cost for the entire evening of expedition 'n ingestible delights is still only $35.  Reservations are required and places at the table very limited, so call us to make yours right away: 303-894-7951.

Bill Convery, the author of numerous publications including Pride of the Rockies: The Life of John Kernan Mullen (Boulder, 2000) and a biographical essay on John Milton Chivington, which appeared in Soldiers West: Biographies of the Military Frontier (Norman, 2009), is a fourth-generation Coloradan who deeply appreciates our state's history and cultural heritage.  He is director of exhibits and interpretation at History Colorado as well as the state historian.  In addition, he has served Colorado in many other ways, including as newspapers and serials manager for the Colorado Historical Society Books and Manuscripts Department; associate researcher for the Colorado Roadside Interpretation Program and Historic Markers Program; state coordinator for History Day in Colorado; and publicity coordinator for the Colorado Preservation, Inc., Colorado's Endangered Species List and Interpretive "Ghost" for the Ashcroft National Historic Site.  He has also served as an adjunct professor of U.S. and Colorado history at the University of Colorado, Denver, the Metropolitan State College of Denver, and Arapahoe Community College.

The History Colorado Center, History Colorado's new headquarters, is celebrating its grand opening on April 28.  The Center's hands-on, thought-provoking, relevant and surprising exhibits will take us back in time, connecting what "was" to what's "next."  The tour will be an inspirational journey that will ignite our imaginations and give us an inside look at an important resource for all Coloradans.

Please note that D.I.N.E. reservations are nonrefundable.

For more information about D.I.N.E. (Dinner, Ideas 'N Exchange) and what's going to be a delightful, interesting 'n enticing May 18, email Sandy at tucker@coloradohumanities.org.

Want to review D.I.N.E. highlights? Here are links to previous delicious, intriguing 'n enthralling nights out with Colorado Humanities:

2012

Mar. 14

Stories on Stage presents "Gaining Ground," a short story by Robin Black, read by Rachel Fowler.

Feb. 16

Margaret Coel, historian and author of the 2011 mystery, The Perfect Suspect, as well as the Wind River mystery series and several nonfiction books, will speak on "From History to Mystery: The Creative Process."

2011

Oct. 19

Dr. Dave Hnida, author of the Colorado Book Award-winner, Paradise General: Riding the Surge at a Combat Hospital in Iraq

Sept. 14

Alexander Hamilton, portrayed by Chautauqua scholar-performer Hal Bidlack

June 1

Colorado Poet Laureate David Mason, on "The Poet and the West"

April 28

Eleanor Roosevelt, on her post-war campaign for a Universal Declaration of Human Rights. A portrayal by Chautauquan Susan Marie Frontczak