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Denver's Ultimate Chocolate Event: May 9 & 10
DWPC's new member JULIE PECH, author of the award-winning book, The Chocolate Therapist , is co-launching the FIRST annual Colorado Chocolate Festival (Fri., May 9, and Sat., May 10) with well-known Colorado event planner Dana Cain. This debut chocolate festival has already generated so much interest, it is slated to be nearly the largest chocolate festival in the country, second only to the 10th annual New York Chocolate Show.
Julie Pech will host an entertaining chocolate and wine pairing event on the chocolate festival's opening night, Fri., May 9. On Sat., she will give presentations on the extraordinary health benefits of chocolate, hold a book signing at her booth, and answer questions about the benefits of chocolate.
There'll be no shortage of activity as the show has scheduled over one hundred chocolate vendors, several contests, a chocolate spa area, special kid's activities, cooking demos, a wedding cake bake-off, a chocolate sculpting contest, and will even feature the New York Indie Film, Death, Taxes and Chocolate .
More information at www.Chocolate-Festival.org or www.TheChocolateTherapist.com.
Saturday and Sunday, May 10 & 11
Class Offerings at Denver Bookbinding
Come take advantage of a unique opportunity to create your own books at the Denver Bookbinding Company. May 10 or 11 will be hard cover journals. June 21 or 22 will be accordian books. The cost of each of the courses is $35.00. For more info and to register, visit www.DenverBook.com or call Gail Lindley at 303-455-5521.
Wednesday, May 14, 5:30-7:00 p.m. Wick Downing booksigning
Wick Downing, local author, will be signing and selling his latest novel, The Trials of Kate Hope , published by Houghton Mifflin, at the DWPC Wed. evening, May 14. Set in Denver in the summer of 1973, it's the engaging tale of a 14-year-old girl who--through a wrinkle in the law--becomes a lawyer. She's mentored by her grandfather, a crusty old half-blind lawyer who hates what has happened to the law: a business, no longer a profession: and Kate's job is to carry his briefcase and guide him into the right courtroom. But when he collapses, Kate has to try a real case. In front of a jury. And a judge. Against a real lawyer. It's a story of courage. This 14-year-old girl, in the male-dominated lawyer world of the 1970s, must prove more than her case, in order to save the life of an old woman. She also has to prove what she's made of. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
Thursday, May 29, 5:30 p.m. Jennie Shortridge booksigning
Our very own Jennie Shortridge, now living in Seattle, will be in town Thurs., May 29th, to tell us how she's been and what it's like to have her THIRD book coming out. Love and Biology at the Center of the Universe promises to continue Jennie's wonderful track record of great characters in life-enriching situations that somehow all end well. Published by New American Library, Love and Biology takes Mira Serafino from a once-perfect world to a shattering divorce. She ends up in Seattle at a coffee shop where she experiences scary but invigorating freedom. Jennie's writing is funny, poignant, and delightfully descriptive. She's taught many a seminar for us, and an hour + with her promises to be enlightening. Treats and wine will be served at this FREE event. Invite your friends. Questions? Sally Kurtzman 303-366-6310 sallyk@ecentral.com