http://denver.yourhub.comThe latest story posts in The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.comen-usnews@yourhub.com(c) 2009, YourHub.com5Lakewood citizens, if it is important to you to live in a city that values the variety of arts, heritage and culture, and in addition, offers educational outreach programs such as "Art Ventures", you should consider becoming a part of the Lakewood Heritage, Culture and the Arts (HCA) Alliance, I...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Archive/Fundraising/Story~175541.aspx1/26/2007 11:21:41 AMJennifer Sylman The Lakewood Historical Society's Valentine's Day Gift for the Valentine Diner In 1938, in Wichita, Kansas, Arthur Valentine started the Valentine Manufacturing Company producing 'portable steel sandwich shops'. These Valentine Diners, with a seating capacity for eight to twelve customers...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/News/Story~177973.aspx2/1/2007 4:32:07 PMJennifer Sylman The Sun Was Shining On the Isaac Solomon Synagogue Fundraiser The weather was perfectfor the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) Isaac Solomon Historic Synagogue Foundation (ISHSF) fundraising event. This early Lakewood site of the JCRS was a self-sufficient 150-acresanitorium providin...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/News/Story~181862.aspx2/11/2007 11:25:40 PMJennifer Sylman The Sun Was Shining On the Isaac Solomon Synagogue Fundraiser The weather was perfect for the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS)Isaac Solomon Historic Synagogue Foundation (ISHSF) fundraising event. This early Lakewood site of the JCRS was a self-sufficient 150-acre sanitorium providi...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/News/Story~182273.aspx2/12/2007 2:36:04 PMJennifer Sylman The Lakewood /Chester.England Sister Cities Music Scholar Exchange Program and Competition has enriched many lives since its establishment in 1986. The program is sponsored by the Lakewood Symphony, the city of Lakewood, Lakewood Sister Cities, Lakewood Rotary, the Lakewood Branch of the American...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Archive/Entertainment/Music/Story~254885.aspx2/24/2007 9:15:25 AMJennifer Sylman ArtsLinkJeffco (ALJ), an organization whose mission is "promoting arts, culture and the creative richness of Jefferson County," was founded a couple of years ago by Lakewood Mayor Steve Burkholder , who saw the necessity for collaboration, networking and generating cooperation among all Lakew...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Archive/Community-happenings/Story~277962.aspx3/13/2007 3:24:20 PMJennifer Sylman The Lakewood / Chester. England, Sister Cities Music Scholar Exchange Program and Competition has enriched many lives since its establishment in 1986. The program is sponsored by the Lakewood Symphony, the City of Lakewood, Lakewood Sister Cities, Lakewood Rotary, the Lakewood Branch of the Amer...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Community-happenings/Story~279783.aspx3/16/2007 6:49:05 AMJennifer Sylman "Reminiscing about the Garbage Barge twenty years later" The Garbage Barge, The Garbage Barge, It Sails the Seven Seas, No Harbor For Its Funky Gore, Asea Eternally.... ...the chorus lyrics of the song immortalizing the infamous Garbage Barge that, "rode the ocean lanes" twenty y...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Archive/Entertainment/Music/Story~283600.aspx3/24/2007 2:55:18 PMJennifer Sylman Marian Metsopoulos is the Recipient of the 2007ArtsLinkJeffco Honoree of the Year Award ArtsLinkJeffco (ALJ), an organization whose mission is "promoting arts, culture and the creative richness of Jefferson County," has selected Marian Metsopoulos as the 2007 Honoree of the Year Award. ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Archive/Community-happenings/Story~305053.aspx5/7/2007 11:41:16 AMJennifer Sylman Driving British music scholar winner, Mark Simpson , to Denver International Airport for his return trip to Liverpool, England was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do. If I'd had my choice, I would have happily adopted him and permanently incorporated him into my family as my fifth ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Archive/Entertainment/Music/Story~305267.aspx5/8/2007 12:10:49 AMJennifer Sylman Imagine the entire Denver Center of the Performing Arts Complex from 14 th Avenue & Curtis all the way to Speer filled with thousands of children of all ages- children dressed in Elizabethan garb, masses of colors and textures; boys in bright velvet tunics and girls adorning their hair with ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Archive/Entertainment/Theater/Story~307530.aspx5/12/2007 12:10:31 PMJennifer Sylman Imagine the entire Denver Center of the Performing Arts Complex from 14th Street and Curtis all the way to Speer filled with thousands of children of all ages- children dressed in Elizabethan garb, masses of colors and textures; boys in bright velvet tunics and girls adorning their hair with flo...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Archive/Entertainment/Theater/Story~307535.aspx5/12/2007 12:25:47 PMJennifer Sylman Imagine the entire Denver Center of the Performing Arts Complex from 14 th Street and Curtis all the way to Speer filled with thousands of children of all ages- children dressed in Elizabethan garb, masses of colors and textures; boys in bright velvet tunics and girls adorning their hair with fl...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Entertainment/Theater/Story~307714.aspx5/13/2007 2:06:42 PMJennifer Sylman The second running of the Post-News Colorado Colfax Marathon was held Sunday, May 20. It was a sunny day and for those runners/walkers/wheelchair racers who started out early at 6:00 a.m., the weather was perfect. Some were running the full marathon from the Aurora Sports Park, or half-marathon ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Archive/Health-Fitness/Outdoors/Story~311915.aspx5/22/2007 2:21:02 PMJennifer Sylman When I returned to Lakewood last month from a trip to Montreal and Boston, I couldn't believe how green the grass was on Green Mountain. I had experienced plenty of rain while I was in Boston, but I had no idea that at the same time, Colorado was receiving its share of precipitation- until I arr...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Sports/Story~316789.aspx6/3/2007 12:17:16 PMJennifer Sylman ArtsLinkJeffco (ALJ), an organization founded by Mayor Steve Burkholder to promote the arts, culture and creative richness in Jefferson County, met this past week at Working With Artists (WWA ), a marvelous space offering Fine Art Photography classes, workshops and gallery. WWA is locat...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Archive/Community-happenings/Story~319238.aspx6/8/2007 6:44:27 PMJennifer Sylman Los Lantzmun , a group who describes their music as "Jewish World Fusion," will be doing a benefit concert for the JCRS Isaac Solomon Historic Synagogue Foundation on Sunday, July 15th, 7:00 p.m. at the Mary Harris Auditorium on the campus of the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, ju...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Archive/Community-happenings/Story~319406.aspx6/9/2007 8:09:50 PMJennifer Sylman General Douglas MacArthur stated in his retirement speech, "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away." Korean War Veteran Tom Keller will never fade away. His presentation to the Lakewood Historical Society for the Annual Spring Luncheon was enlightening, informative and fascinating...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Archive/Community-happenings/Story~322765.aspx6/16/2007 11:32:10 AMJennifer Sylman Los Lantzmun , a group who describes their music as "Jewish World Fusion," will be doing a benefit concert for the JCRS Isaac Solomon Historic Synagogue Foundation on Sunday, July 15th, 7:00 p.m. at the Mary Harris Auditorium on the campus of the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, ju...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Community-happenings/Story~323773.aspx6/19/2007 11:11:34 AMJennifer Sylman Participating in the Lakewood Arts Council's July 8 th Opening Reception for the art show, "Inspiration & Education," was a dream come true for me. This exhibit includes artworks by students from classes of The South Union Gallery; among the 150 works of 32 exhibiting artists, are four oil p...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Archive/Community-happenings/Story~331987.aspx7/8/2007 4:19:51 PMJennifer Sylman Creativity was flowing freely as a group of arts supporters learned about hand-painting silk scarves and ties. Susan Lythgoe , executive director of the Learning Source for Adults and Families, provided the location, materials, supplies and step-by-step directions at the first session; the ha...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Archive/Community-happenings/Story~334762.aspx7/15/2007 12:00:40 PMJennifer Sylman A Standing "O" At The "San" The "Sunday Evening at the San" benefit concert on July 15 th, 2007 featured "Los Lantzmun," who entertained guests with their upbeat and unique style of Hebrew, Yiddish and Judeo Spanish "Ladino" music. The concert took place at the Mary Harris Auditorium on ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Archive/Community-happenings/Story~337606.aspx7/21/2007 2:44:47 PMJennifer Sylman The "Sunday Evening at the San" benefit concert on July 15 th, 2007 featured "Los Lantzmun," who entertained guests with their upbeat and unique style of Hebrew, Yiddish and Judeo Spanish "Ladino" music. The concert took place at the Mary Harris Auditorium on the campus of the Rocky Mountain Col...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Community-happenings/Story~339253.aspx7/25/2007 2:25:27 PMJennifer Sylman For the past eight years, I have looked forward to volunteering at the Lakewood Art Fest, a juried fine arts festival presented by the City of Lakewood's Heritage, Culture and the Arts Division. It is a free event that brings the community a beautiful assortment of original works from local and ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Archive/Community-happenings/Story~343601.aspx8/4/2007 9:29:26 AMJennifer Sylman The road to achieving Middle East peace is being paved - right here in Lakewood. Zenat Shariff Belkin and Mark Belkin and their two daughters, Nadia , 16, and Arriana , 14, have opened their hearts and home to two 16-year-old girls, Tamara , a Palestinian from Jerusalem, and ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Archive/Community-happenings/Story~347051.aspx8/13/2007 8:35:24 AMJennifer Sylman Just weeks ago I was enjoying the Lakewood Art Fest at the Lakewood Heritage Center, especially all the beautiful, creative art and live entertainment. This past weekend brought another great festival to Lakewood. The 31 st annual Lakewood On Parade graced the Belmar area with a wide array of s...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Archive/Community-happenings/Story~353100.aspx8/26/2007 11:42:16 PMJennifer Sylman ArtsLinkJeffco- A Community "Link" to Culture & the Arts Just imagine the convenience of being able to find out about arts, historical and cultural organizations and their respective events and activities in Jefferson County- all on one website! Also, envision these organizations holdi...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Archive/Community-happenings/Story~362614.aspx9/14/2007 9:09:05 AMJennifer Sylman TwoGreat Ways to Support the Arts in Lakewood The Lakewood Heritage, Culture & Arts Alliance (HCA Alliance) is currently offering our community two terrific ways to support the arts in Lakewood. First, is the upcoming "Tie One On" Lakewood Wine Tasting event on Thursday evening, Octo...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Archive/Community-happenings/Story~365772.aspx9/21/2007 11:18:53 AMJennifer Sylman ArtsLinkJeffco- A Community "Link" to Culture & the Arts Just imagine the convenience of being able to find out about arts, historical and cultural organizations and their respective events and activities in Jefferson County- all on one website! Also, envision these organizations holdi...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Stories/Archive/Community-happenings/Story~366053.aspx9/21/2007 3:43:57 PMJennifer Sylman Magill's Ice Cream has been a part of the Lakewood community for 26 years and although it has had several proprietors through the years, it remains a family-owned business specializing in homemade ice cream and ice cream cakes for every occasion. Bob and Margaret Magill started the Lakew...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Business-Profiles/Story~368568.aspx9/26/2007 10:41:00 PMJennifer Sylman