Don’t try this at home … but Schlafly Brewery has positioned a bunch of precious pups (12, to be exact) in beer-centric poses for its 2017 calendar. Showing the actual pooches of Schlafly staffers, the calendar is available for $15, a portion of which will benefit the local affiliate of Support Dogs Inc. Pictured at top.
A generous gift from the Berges Family Foundation will expand the Mercy Kids Autism Center’s early intervention program. Based on the Early Start Denver Model, the local program helps children with autism better experience the world around them at an early age, to ensure a more successful life path.
Meet us at The Muny this summer for another season of song and dance. The 2017 lineup is: Jesus Christ Superstar, The Little Mermaid, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, All Shook Up, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, A Chorus Line, and Newsies. Extra! Extra! If you have a budding musical theater thespian at home, they can learn from the best. In a new education initiative, The Muny is offering classes, starting Jan. 9, by local superstars Ben Nordstrom and Zoe Vonder Haar, pictured above. The after-school instruction is limited to 30 students per level, grades six through eight and nine through 12.
Bob and Cynthia Chapman certainly believe in paying it forward. The CEO of Barry-Wehmiller, Chapman and his wife gifted the Clayton Century Foundation $7 million to further the Shaw Park Master Plan. Groundbreaking took place last month on the welcoming plaza entry to the park at the corner of Brentwood and Forsyth boulevards, thanks to the generous gift. Coincidentally, that’s also where the global manufacturing technology company is located.
For a little bit of sweet nostalgia, why not support Campbell House’s efforts to raise preservation funds? In a creative collaboration, the local museum has partnered with Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate to recreate a box of Busy Bee Chocolates, est. 1881, the favorite confection of Hugh Campbell. Apparently he gifted the sweet treat to the boys at Father Dunne’s Newsboys Home annually for 25 years, along with a dollar bill and a toy turkey! Available at the Campbell House gift shop and campbellhousemuseum.org; $9.95 for eight pieces.
