Wilde, Wilde West

Oscar Wilde is one of those rare writers whose work transcends time. “I would say that he remains as pertinent today as he really ever was; his comments were so wonderful,” says Simone Groene-Sackett, education program assistant for the Denver Public Library.

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That’s why the DPL’s Fresh City Life, in conjunction with the Denver Bookbinding Company, is putting on Oscar Wilde in Leadville. “This specific event was inspired by a speech he gave in Leadville in 1882 in the Tabor Opera House to a bunch of minors,” explains Groene-Sackett. “We have this wonderful Oscar Wilde impersonator, Ed Cord; he’s going to be doing the exact re-enactment of that speech from 1882.” And it’s in the exact location, as well.

Tickets to the event, which takes place today from 6 to 8 p.m., are $15 if you provide your own transportation to the Tabor Opera House, 308 Harrison Avenue in Leadville, and $30 if you take the bus that will head out from Denver Bookbinding, 2715 17th Street, at 1 p.m.. “That should be pretty fun,” Groene-Sackett says. “I think we’ll have some performers on the bus, and there’ll be food, like a field trip for adults. And once up in Leadville, there’s the Leadville Enrichment, Relaxation, Crafts and History [LERCH] festival; that’s part of the bigger field trip. The bus will arrive early enough to stroll around and eat a turkey leg.”

Proceeds from today’s festivities benefit the DPL’s Friends Foundation; for tickets, call 303-455-5521 or visit www.denverbook.com. For information on Fresh City Life, visit www.denverlibrary.org/fresh.
Sat., June 27, 6-8 p.m., 2009