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James McBride’s newest book is THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE, a novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them. As the story begins, it’s 1972. Workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania are digging the foundations for a new development, […]
“I Have Something to Tell You” by Chasten Buttigieg is the young adult adaptation of his candid bestselling memoir about growing up gay in his small Midwestern town. He is on a 30+ stop nationwide in-person tour, including places where […]
Jake Tapper regularly interviews world leaders and other newsmakers, but he also brings his knowledge of politics and the past to his political thrillers that are historically accurate. “All The Demons Are Here” is set in 1977. The story revolves […]
On July 21st, Theatre Company of Lafayette premiers their latest show, “Edmond’s Stories”, at the Mary Miller Theater in Lafayette. Shows are Saturday nights at 7:30 and Sundays at 2, with a special show on Thursday night, August 3rd. Set […]
Rise Comedy in Denver kicks off the RISE Comedy festival on July 20th. Running through July 29th, audiences can catch dozens of stand up performances, sketch comedy groups, and top-quality improv throughout the festival. KGNU’s Veronica Straight-Lingo spoke with Nick […]
In this movie review segment, KGNU’s Veronica Straight-Lingo speaks with Boulder Weekly Film Correspondent Michael J. Casey about films. In this segment, Casey reviews the film, “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One“, now out in wide release, and the […]
Firehouse Theater Company in Lowry will feature a staged reading of a brand new play by local artist, Kenya Fashaw on July 8th at 7:30 p.m. and July 9th at 2 p.m. The play is called, “Happy to be Nappy […]
The latest historical novel, LADY TAN’S CIRCLE OF WOMEN, from writer Lisa See who is the author of 12 books, is inspired by the true story of a woman physician from 15th-century China whose remedies are still used today some […]
Gloria Steinem, author of My Life on the Road, had an itinerant childhood. When she was a young girl, her father would pack the family in the car every fall and drive across country searching for adventure and trying to […]
Silvia Pettem’s “In Search of the Blonde Tigress” dips into the world of sensationalized Chicago newspaper headlines in the 1930s that claimed Eleanor was not only “the blonde tigress,” but also “the most dangerous woman alive.” But a closer look at […]
Award-winning African ecologist Paula Kahumbu, author of SECRETS OF THE ELEPHANTS, is one of the world’s preeminent advocates for elephant conservation and the fight against illegal poaching of elephants for the ivory trade. Her gorgeous co-authored National Geographic coffee table […]
The always fun Lisa Scottoline is back with her 37th novel, LOYALTY, a historical novel about the beginnings of the Mafia on the island of Sicily in the 1800’s. Readers will be transported to the dramatic and ruggedly beautiful island […]
In this movie review segment, KGNU’s Veronica Straight-Lingo speaks with Boulder Weekly Film Correspondent Michael J. Casey about films. In this segment, Casey reviews the film, “Polite Society“, now out in wide release. He also previews a new program on The Criterion […]
The Seicento Baroque Ensemble will be hosting a landmark performance of Bach’s masterwork the St. John Passion the first weekend of May. Performances will be in Arvada on May 5th, Denver on May 6th and in Boulder May 7th. Not […]
Steven Simon, author of seven books, is currently a fellow at MIT (Mass. Inst. Tech) after spending nearly 40 years specializing in the Middle East in a variety of high-level jobs both in and out of government. In his newest […]
Inspired by a 25-year-old article about evacuated British children revisiting their U.S. foster homes as adults, Laura Spence-Ash tells her own well researched story, BEYOND THAT, THE SEA. It follows the lives of two families over three decades. Their lives […]
Former Associated Press Mexico City Bureau Chief Katherine Corcoran‘s IN THE MOUTH OF THE WOLF A Murder, A Cover-up, and The True Cost of Silencing the Press reports some of the facts why 85 Mexican journalists have been killed in […]
In co-author Marc Schultz’s THE GOOD LIFE what makes for a happy life, a fulfilling life? A good life? The simple but surprising answer is: relationships. The stronger our relationships, the more likely we are to live happy, satisfying, and […]
Elaine Weiss’s The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote is the true story of the suffragettes. These are the female leaders who—in the face of enormous opposition—fought for and won American women’s right to vote in 1920. […]
Jennifer Herrera’s debut thriller and first in a series is THE HUNTER. After reckless behavior costs NYPD detective Leigh O’Donnell her job and her marriage, she returns with her four-year-old daughter to her beautiful hometown of Copper Falls, Ohio in […]
Wheat Ridge Theatre Company is back in their brand new space. They are premiering their production of the classic romance Cyrano de Bergerac February 3 – 19. KGNU’s Veronica Straight-Lingo had a chance to speak with Director Melissa Taylor about […]
In this movie review segment, KGNU’s Veronica Straight-Lingo speaks with Boulder Weekly Film Correspondent Michael J. Casey about films. In this segment, Casey previews the films to catch during the Spring 2023 semester at the International Film Series on the University of […]
The Community College of Aurora is bringing back their production of “HeLa” by Lauren Gunderson and Geetha Reddy from January 26 – 28. “HeLa” explores the complicated history of Henrietta Lacks, and her immortal cells which were harvested without her […]
My guest is artist and singer Melissa Newman, one of the 5 daughters of actor Paul Newman who died in 2008. She spoke with me about her dad’s posthumous memoir, “PAUL NEWMAN, The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man.” It […]
LONGPATH by futurist Ari Wallach is about a mindset that looks at the future where new ways aren’t quite here yet and the old ways don’t work anymore. Drawing on history, theology, neuroscience, evolutionary psychology, and social technologies, Wallach teaches […]
“I feel lucky to do what I do. I write about real people, often by living their lives for a while—visiting their lives, you might say. Trying them on for size. Though there are easier ways to make a living, […]
Chris McDougall’s “Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero” introduces us to a small farm in rural Pennsylvania and the McDougall family and their menagerie (donkeys, rams, chickens, fainting goats) who live there. The author’s new […]
With INVISIBLE STORM, Jason Kander has written the book he himself needed in his darkest moments of PTSD. After Afghanistan, his day job was politics as a rising star in the Democratic party, first in his native Missouri and then […]
Private investigator Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner Joe Pike are back on the case in this 23rd novel, RACING THE LIGHT, by Robert Crais whose thrillers have been translated into 42 languages. Adele Schumacher isn’t a typical worried mom. […]
RIVER OF THE GODS by bestselling historian Candice Millard is her fourth book. Known for her meticulously researched books, her newest is an adventure tale that takes place in uncharted territory in Africa in the mid-1800s. For millennia the location […]
Richard Osman is an author, a well-known television personality and comedian in the UK. His newest book is The Bullet That Missed in the popular “Thursday Murder Club” series that has already sold in the millions. A quartet of […]
In this movie review segment, KGNU’s Veronica Straight-Lingo speaks with Boulder Weekly Film Correspondent Michael J. Casey about films. In this segment, Casey previews two films to catch at the International Film Series on the University of Colorado Boulder campus. Screening October […]
Running October 7th – 9th is a brand new, immersive collaboration between Control Group Productions and Playground Ensemble, called Canopy. Audiences are invited to board a school bus on an immersive leaf-peeping experience complete with live music, poetry, dance and […]
Patricia Schultz of “1000 Places to See Before You Die” fame has authored a different kind of book this time. “Why We Travel: 100 Reasons to Get Up and Go” pairs beautiful color photos with pearls of wisdom, lists, and […]
Did you know that Denver has its very own circus ensemble? The Circus Foundry is a small contemporary circus group made up of members who have performed in other troupes around the world, but who call Denver home. The […]
Kimberly Garza’s debut novel, “The Last Karankawas” explores modern, diverse south Texas. She takes readers to the salty aired streets of Galveston where a tight-knit community of Mexican and Filipino American families who live on the Texas coast. When word […]
An American retired judge of the Superior Court of California, LaDoris Hazzard Cordell was also the first black female judge in the northern part of the state. Her memoir, “HER HONOR, My Life on the Bench…What Works, What’s Broken, and […]
Ryan Busse, author of “GUNFIGHT,” is a proud gun owner, sportsman, environmentalist, and conservationist and a former firearms executive who’s written an insider’s view of the radicalization of the US gun industry. Busse explains how and when the US gun […]
Colorado-based Mark Lee Gardner’s ninth book, THE EARTH IS ALL THAT LASTS is a dual biography of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, the two most legendary and consequential American Indian leaders. They and their Sioux and Cheyenne warriors crushed Lt. […]
David Gergen has been a White House adviser to four presidents (Nixon, Ford, Reagan & Clinton) of different parties, CNN senior political analyst, and founder of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. In his newest book, […]
Bill McKibben is an educator, environmental activist, and author of more than a dozen books. His newest is a memoir, “The Flag, The Cross and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at His Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What […]
Arts in the Open is an outdoor artistic and theatrical company who produce theater hikes along the Chautauqua trail during the summer and the fall. This year, they’ve returned for their 10th season to their full production schedule and first […]
OVERBOARD by crime writer Sara Paretsky is her 21st book in her series about her legendary detective, V.I. Warshawski. As this book begins V.I. is on her way home from an all-night surveillance job and is led by her dogs […]
Colorado-based Paul Holes, author of UNMASKED, specializes in cold case and serial predator crimes. He began his career in the Contra Costa County (CA) Sheriff’s Office in California’s Bay Area. He was part of the team that found the Golden […]
Co-author of dozens of travel guidebooks, Brandon Presser’s newest title is THE FAR LAND: 200 Years of Murder, Mania, And Mutiny In The South Pacific. The mutiny on the Bounty occurred in the South Pacific in 1789 when Fletcher Christian […]
In this movie review segment, KGNU’s Veronica Straight-Lingo speaks with Boulder Weekly Film Correspondent Michael J. Casey about films. In this segment, Casey Reviews the new documentary “Navalny“, about the famed Russian political dissident, who was nearly assassinated in 2020. Casey also […]
Firehouse Theatre Company and 5280 Artist Co-op have premiered “Flyin’ West” at the John Hand Theatre in Lowry. The show runs April 8 through May 7th. “Flyin’ West” is the story of the intrepid former slaves who used the homestead […]
WAYS & MEANS by Roger Lowenstein reveals the largely untold story of how Lincoln used the urgency and perils of the Civil War to transform a group of states into a nation. He describes the differences in how the North and […]
The Bug Theatre in Denver will feature a staged reading of a brand new play on Sunday, March 27th. The show is being produced In collaboration with IDEAS Stages and Sasquatch Productions. It’s called Puerto Rican Nocturne, and it is […]
In this movie review segment, KGNU’s Veronica Straight-Lingo speaks with Boulder Weekly Film Correspondent Michael J. Casey about films. In this segment, Casey Reviews the new film “Deep Water“, now out on Hulu. Casey also discusses the Martin Scorsese classic documentary, “The […]
Phamaly Theatre Company in Denver specializes in theatrical excellence of diversity equity and inclusivity as their casts and crews feature artists and professionals all with disabilities. Their latest show, The Spitfire Grill is a rich and powerful musical about forging […]
Ted Conover, who grew up in Denver, is the author of Immersion. A Writer’s Guide to Going Deep. He has ridden the rails with hobos, crossed the border with Mexican immigrants, and guarded prisoners in Sing Sing. Considered the master of […]
ANGELS OF THE PACIFIC by Elise Hooper (her fourth novel) tells the powerful story of American military nurses kept as prisoners for nearly three years during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II. Many of them had […]
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts Kilstrom Theatre has premiered a new dramatic dark comedy, called In the Upper Room. Based on the real family history of playwright and novelist Beaufield Berry, In the Upper room explores the lives […]
In this movie review segment, KGNU’s Veronica Straight-Lingo speaks with Boulder Weekly Film Correspondent Michael J. Casey about films. In this segment, Casey previews the Boulder International Film Festival, running March 3 – 6, 2022. Casey also discusses the film, “The Batman“.
Brit Bennett’s “The Vanishing Half”, like her first book, “The Mothers,” has been a smash hit in the world of books. At age 16, Desiree and Stella ran off to New Orleans, two hours away, but “after a year, the […]
“The Steal” co-authored by Mark Bowden in week-by-week, state-by-state fashion concentrates on the 64 days between Election Day, November 3 and January 5th. All the judges in the 61 election lawsuits during this period made their unanimous decisions against Trump’s […]
In this movie review segment, KGNU’s Veronica Straight-Lingo speaks with Boulder Weekly Film Correspondent Michael J. Casey about films. In this segment, Casey previews the Sundance Film Festival, kicking off Thursday, January 20th. Casey also discusses the film, “The Worst Person in […]
Vintage Theatre is kicking off the new year by featuring the regional premiere of Fireflies. In this romantic comedy, retired schoolteacher Eleanor Bannister lives a quiet life in Groverdell, Texas. Set in her routine, everything gets turned upside down when […]
The Farmer’s Lawyer by North Dakota attorney and advocate Sarah Vogel is a memoir about her successful landmark class action lawsuit against the federal government. She did it on behalf of 240,000 family farmers facing illegal foreclosures during the 1980s […]
In this movie review segment, KGNU’s Veronica Straight-Lingo speaks with Boulder Weekly Film Correspondent Michael J. Casey about films. In this segment, Casey will highlight his top ten films from 2021.
Prolific (36 books) storyteller Ken Follett, author of the contemporary thriller, “NEVER,” says, “When I was doing the research for “Fall of Giants” I was shocked to realize that the First World War was a war that nobody wanted…I came […]
In this movie review segment, KGNU’s Veronica Straight-Lingo speaks with Boulder Weekly Film Correspondent Michael J. Casey about films. In this segment, he’ll talk about the new Guillermo del Toro noir, “Nightmare Alley“, as well as the new adaptation of the memoir, […]
Stories on Stage returns with its annual holiday tradition, Making Merry. This is the first time they will present a live production in front of a full audience in more than 22 months. The shows are Saturday, December 18 at […]
Need a little pandemic-times cheering up? Dip into Todd Doughty’s “Little Pieces of Hope. Happy-Making Things in a Difficult World.” It’s already worked its magic for thousands of readers. It’s a charming collection of lists, musings, prompts, and illustrations—from the […]
“Cloud Cuckoo Land” by Anthony Doerr takes readers on a 600-year epic journey. There are three storylines: Anna and Omeir, on opposite sides of the formidable city wall during the 1453 siege of Constantinople; teenage idealist Seymour and gentle octogenarian […]