http://denver.yourhub.comThe latest blog posts in The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.comen-usnews@yourhub.com(c) 2009, YourHub.com5Spirits in the Wind Gallery Miniature Art Show and Small Works not onlyannounced but featured in national magazine. 4.5 pages devoted to gallery and history on Golden! On the stands November 23rd -show seen on www.spiritsinthewindgallery.com and locals see it first during Open House with Re...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Your-Voice/Blog~687074.aspx11/13/2009 2:50:51 PMpam eggemeyer Whose love is this that has set me free and whose hands are these having mercy on me Who hears my cries as I'm down on one knee Trinity, sweet Trinity When I close my eyes I can always feel my God, dear God with a love so real... Night, day, sunset, sunrise ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Your-Voice/Blog~686096.aspx11/12/2009 9:02:57 AMMike Martinez Film Rating: A The marketing people at Disney really need to get a reality check, or at least take a refresher course in their trade, because the marketing for Robert Zemeckis's take on A Christmas Carol is one of the most mishandled film campaigns I've ever seen. The trailers, which ad...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Your-Voice/Blog~683174.aspx11/6/2009 10:53:32 PMJonathan Lack My last article was almost two months ago. How could time go by so fast when I'm on island time? Well, it could have been the trip to Colorado to visit the grandchildren and their new puppy. It could be that I'm busy thinking about our upcoming move. Yes, another move in less than six months. Do...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Your-Voice/Blog~683000.aspx11/6/2009 1:37:51 PMSharon Wheatley Film Rating: A- If I had to single out one particular talent the Coen Brothers possess as their most valuable one, it would be their ability to end a movie perfectly. The endings to their films might not always seem perfect when seen for the first time, but closer inspection always reveals th...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Your-Voice/Blog~676802.aspx10/25/2009 5:19:57 PMJonathan Lack Film Rating: A- My thoughts on a film have rarely been so conflicted as they are for Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are. Technically, this is a great movie, and I love so many things about it. But when the credits rolled, I wasn't in love with the film. In fact, I wanted to get the...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Your-Voice/Blog~672471.aspx10/18/2009 4:10:31 PMJonathan Lack Welcome to the fourth and final installment of the countdown of my twenty all-time favorite films! To get you up to speed, here's what I've picked so far... 20. Spider-Man 2 19. Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog 18. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 17. Blade Runner 16. Sweeney Todd 15...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Your-Voice/Blog~669803.aspx10/14/2009 4:27:21 PMJonathan Lack Welcome! Today is part 3 of the countdown of my twenty all-time favorite movies! 10. Die Hard (1988) Die Hard is the best action flick ever . There's just no getting around that fact. Sure, the movie may not be high art, but it achieves what it sets out to do perfectly. The storyl...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Your-Voice/Blog~669232.aspx10/13/2009 4:46:25 PMJonathan Lack Welcome! Today is part 2 of the countdown of my twenty all-time favorite movies! Yesterday the choices were... 20. Spider-Man 2 19. Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog 18. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 17. Blade Runner 16. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street And ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Your-Voice/Blog~668327.aspx10/12/2009 4:29:39 PMJonathan Lack Itsa feeling. I pay my bills, prepare my meals, play with my dogs and enjoy my life. Thats not always the case for everyone and you never know when a bad situation will occur. Until then, we do what we can to help others. This Friday night is the beginning of my GIVEBACK. Silent Benefit Auc...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Your-Voice/Blog~667179.aspx10/11/2009 2:38:56 PMpam eggemeyer Coming up with topics for the Monthly Ten is challenging sometimes. The obvious topic for October would be horror films, but I'm not a fan of the genre. October is special to me in other ways than just being Halloween month, though-it's the month of my birthday, it's the start of fall, I ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Your-Voice/Blog~667175.aspx10/11/2009 1:40:42 PMJonathan Lack I'm more than ready to "fall back" - how about you? Probably exacerbated by my circadian biorhythms, aging and not being a morning person - I find it harder and harder to deal with the extended Daylight Savings Time hours in late fall. The Bush administration ordered a change of the DST hours ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Archive/Blog~663186.aspx10/6/2009 2:35:09 PMDaniel SmithStory by Donna Duffy Colorado Master Gardener Jefferson County CSU Extension The recent cold snap has made us all realize that winter really will be here soon. Among all of your other fall garden chores, be sure to plan some time to get your roses "tucked in" and ready to brave wh...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Archive/Blog~661859.aspx10/1/2009 3:56:03 PMCarol King Story by Janet Shangraw Colorado Master Gardener, Jefferson County CSU Extension The air turns cooler; the apples on the backyard trees are ready for harvest. In our family, that means it is time to be baking apple pies. A few years back, my husband discovered a tool I had found at a gara...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Archive/Blog~658587.aspx9/22/2009 5:18:44 PMCarol King Episode Rating: A+ House, M.D. has inspired me to write on multiple occasions. I posted my first article about the show back when the season four finale aired. That was a pretty weak season, but that episode redeemed the show in my eyes, and I was compelled to share my thoughts with my read...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Archive/Pop-Culture/Blog~658182.aspx9/21/2009 9:40:08 PMJonathan Lack Film Rating: A- Look no further than the exclamation point in the title if you want to learn everything there is to know about Steven Soderbergh's The Informant! . That one exclamation point changes the entire idea behind the title, taking a relatively bland and uninteresting two words and...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Archive/Pop-Culture/Blog~657653.aspx9/19/2009 5:35:23 PMJonathan Lack Welcome to the Monthly Ten! Top-Ten Lists are fun to read and to write, and depending on the subject, they allow the writer to examine film in new and different ways. Each month, I'll pick a topic and then rank the ten best entertainment-related things that fall under that topic. For my ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Archive/Pop-Culture/Blog~655095.aspx9/10/2009 2:48:57 PMJonathan Lack Film Rating: A+ The first time I watched Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, I was blown away...sort of. When the credits rolled, I sat there scratching my head and thinking "What the hell did I just watch?" It's a movie that takes a long time to digest, and multiple viewings to even be...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Archive/Pop-Culture/Blog~648895.aspx8/21/2009 11:08:11 PMJonathan Lack Film Rating: A Wow. Some movies leave me with lots to say, and from my fingertips flow pages upon pages of thought. But others leave me speechless, unsure of how to describe the film or what my exact thoughts on it are. District 9 belongs to the latter category, and as such, I don't expe...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Archive/Pop-Culture/Blog~647016.aspx8/16/2009 4:39:36 PMJonathan Lack Film Rating: A Kids movies are at their best when they can be equally enjoyed by children and adults. But rarely does a kids film transcend that, making the adults in the audience feel like children once more. That's the mark of a true masterpiece. Legendary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki has argua...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Archive/Pop-Culture/Blog~646837.aspx8/14/2009 10:46:42 PMJonathan Lack Welcome to the Monthly Ten! Top-Ten Lists are fun to read and to write, and depending on the subject, they allow the writer to examine film in new and different ways. Each month, I'll pick a topic and then rank the ten best entertainment-related things that fall under that topic. We've a...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Archive/Pop-Culture/Blog~644967.aspx8/10/2009 10:28:19 AMJonathan Lack The little boy in me can't help but notice big, yellow loaders and excavators and grapples, so I was drawn to the demolition equipment smashing up the abandoned car dealership at the corner of Colfax and Garrison. Then my brand-new identity as state legislator kicked in, and I thought, "Jobs! Gr...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Archive/Politics/Local-State-Politics/Blog~644357.aspx8/6/2009 6:51:08 PMRepresentative Max Tyler Film Rating: B+ Judd Apatow's production team has revolutionized comedy over the last few years, producing hilarious, well-written films with strong characters and sometimes even a great message for audiences to embrace. Apatow himself has written and directed two films, The 40-Year-Old Vi...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Archive/Pop-Culture/Blog~642998.aspx8/3/2009 7:45:12 PMJonathan Lack Summer: the perfect time to get outdoors, enjoy Colorado's abundant sunshine, and savor some of our delectable locally-grown food. One way to appreciate all these things at once is gardening. Whether you're just puttering around in your backyard or working on your own miniature farm, gardening i...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Archive/Blog~642807.aspx8/3/2009 10:00:05 AMRepresentative Max Tyler Rep. Max Tyler Hosts Meeting for Green Job Seekers in Jeffco WHAT: State Representative Max Tyler is hosting a town hall meeting on the topic of Green Jobs---where to get one, and how to prepare yourself with marketable skills. WHO: Host: State Representative Max Tyler (D-...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Archive/Politics/Local-State-Politics/Blog~642379.aspx7/31/2009 6:28:50 PMRepresentative Max Tyler If you've never seen NBC's Chuck, you're missing out on one of TV's best shows. It's inspired so much love that the fans launched an unprecedented campaign to bring it back for season 3, and we succeeded! The show returns in March 2010, and in the meantime, fans are trying to keep the show ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Archive/Pop-Culture/Blog~640720.aspx7/27/2009 9:10:02 PMJonathan Lack Film Rating: A- 500 Days of Summer is a breath of fresh air: a creative, innovative romantic comedy. I wouldn't try to sort it under a different genre. "Romantic Comedy," or even "rom-com" is certainly an accurate label for this film. In recent years, the name of the genre has struck fear i...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Archive/Pop-Culture/Blog~640218.aspx7/25/2009 4:38:39 PMJonathan Lack One of my favorite films of the year, Coraline, has finally hit home video, available in three different versions. A standard, 1-disc DVD version, a 2-disc DVD version, and a 2-disc Blu-Ray version; the latter is the one we'll be discussing. Coraline, an excellent stop-motion animated fe...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Archive/Pop-Culture/Blog~639397.aspx7/22/2009 9:43:32 PMJonathan Lack One of my favorite 2009 movies has finally hit Blu-Ray, but this release is special. It contains Zack Snyder's Director's Cut of the film. Do the additions make the movie better, or slow down an already long film? Do the Blu-Ray's visuals match the theatrical experience? Are the extras up to snu...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Archive/Pop-Culture/Blog~638935.aspx7/21/2009 11:26:53 PMJonathan Lack If you've never seen NBC's Chuck, you're missing out on one of TV's best shows. It's inspired so much love that the fans launched an unprecedented campaign to bring it back for season 3, and we succeeded! The show returns in March 2010, and in the meantime, fans are trying to keep the show ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Archive/Pop-Culture/Blog~638019.aspx7/20/2009 11:50:37 AMJonathan Lack