Cookie Week is Back!

With apologies to Emma Lazarus: Give me your Chocolate, Oatmeal raisin and sugar Your Nut-Filled recipes yearning to be eaten The glorious overflow from your oven. Send these tasty, golden brown, crispy and chewy confections. A table will be ready to display their wonder.   Please bring a dozen homemade or store-bought cookies to share with your classmates on Oct. 13, 14, 15. Please use a disposable tray, plate or box to put them on, and label your cookie and your name (if you'd ...

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Good Afternoon, We are Conducting a Survey …

The Academy really wants YOUR opinion. We are using a company called Survey Monkey to help us understand your thoughts about The Academy. Once you click on this link, you'll be directed to that Website to fill out a quick survey (about five or 10 minutes, we promise). https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Academy2015Survey We'd like to make your Academy experience better and suitable to your needs. Of course, you can always email us any comments or questions at [email protected], but we'd ...

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What Room? What Door?

When school starts, where do you go to find your class? Right Here! Click here to find out the LOCATION OF YOUR ROOM Click here for your FACILITY MAP Click here for your DRIVING ...

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Join Us at Boom! this Sat. Register Now!

The Academy helped host Boom!, a day dedicated to the the upside of aging. We sponsored a few booths and took our experts to this roadshow. Headliners: Judith Viorst, Best Selling Author, lunchtime speaker, Noon Ashton Applewhite, Aging Activist, 4 p.m. Special Guest Stars: Woody Emlen, Panelist for Lifelong Learning, Board Member, The Academy, a.m. Patricia Cox, "Write to Save Your Life," Course Leader, The Academy, p.m. Aging is Optional, Finding Purpose, Brain ...

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Red Carpet, Discount Films, Free Dessert

Sounds like a fun night out! Join us for the premiere Academy Night at Film Festival Flix for more inspirational short films.                                             Wednesday, August 19 Landmark Theatre - Greenwood Village 6:15 - Red carpet/cash bar 7:00 - Showtime Followed by ticket holder dessert reception As many of you learned at the Short Film Festival last month, the same group that provided those Films holds a monthly Film Festival. Your ticket ...

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Profile: Thoroughly Modern Ellie

We are so proud to have had Ellie Greenberg serve as Social Science Chair on The Academy's Curriculum Committee. Ellie has brought us Academy classics like "All Rise! Our Courts" and Steve Bernard's courses over the past three years. A life of learning and social change Printed on: August 05, 2015 from The Villager. Full article here: Ellie Greenberg in The Villager Centennial’s Ellie Greenberg helped organize Martin Luther King’s visit to Littleton in 1964. Photos by Peter ...

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IN MEMORIAM: LARRY DUGGAN

In Memoriam
With the recent death of Larry Duggan, The Academy has lost one of its six founders, a dear friend and a tireless supporter who left an indelible mark on our community of lifelong learners. Though Larry graduated from a one-room school, he went on to earn an engineering degree at the University of Colorado and rose to the vice-presidency of a major corporation in the large-scale construction industry, where he was valued for his skills in project-cost planning and crisis management. ...

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One-Day University Aug. 12 is FREE

Invite your friends who mayn't have experienced the learning and community The Academy for Lifelong offers for the FREE One-Day University on Wednesday, Aug. 12 from 10 am-1 pm. Print an Academy ODU flier here One-Day University, Course Round-Up, Registration & Breakfast!  Wed., Aug. 12, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.  ONE-DAY UNIVERSITY--We like to call it the ODU.  This is a fun way to see your friends and get a little taste of what Fall 2015 courses at The Academy look like. And, yup, it’s ...

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Short-Film Festival Tuesday, July 14

It's almost show time at The Academy, and we hope you will join us for a fun, inspiring and interactive afternoon at the movies.  Short-Film Festival + Vote, Tuesday, July 14, 1-3 p.m. Brian Steward from the Colorado Film School will provide industry commentary and tips on movie critiquing. $5 Admission Cash or check made payable to the Academy Includes popcorn, candy and drinks (and covers our viewing rights) NO RSVPs - PAY AT THE DOOR 8081 E. Orchard Road, Auditorium - 2nd ...

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Academy hosts own Firework Superstars!

Congratulations to newly appointed Colo. Supreme Court Justice Rich Gabriel and Academy Board member Dr. Toni Larson! Justice Rich Gabriel served as one of the Academy's speakers in the Academy's "All Rise! Our Courts" class, most recently in Spring 2015. He usually gave the module regarding civil cases. The course, which has been going on for about five years, features attorneys and judges with first-hand courtroom experience and was designed by the Colorado Bar Association and the Colorado ...

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Back to School: Sept. 10 Health Insurance Commentary

The American Healthcare System:  the Present and the Future Back to School Presentation and Registration Event Thursday, September 10, 1- 3 p.m. [caption id="attachment_3959" align="alignright" width="300"] Dr. Bill Wright talks to Fred Margolin about the presentation he just gave at The Academy about the state of health care, how things might change how we're affected.[/caption] On Thursday, Sept. 10, we heard from Bill Wright, Executive Medical Director and President of CPMG ...

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