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FEATURES 12 Jazz For A Winterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Night Lone Tree Arts Center Benefits from Pandemic Year by Scoring Castle Rock Resident and Renowned Saxophonist Gerald Albright

18 Winter Wonderland in the Colorado Rockies Creating Memories at Dunton Hot Springs

24 Bullet Journaling 101 The Basics You Need to Know to Start Organizing Your Life + Accomplishing Your Goals

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ARTICLE SONJA NIX The Lone Tree Arts Center performances are a part of Gerald’s explicit goal to increase access to live jazz music in the South Metro

LONE TREE ARTS CENTER BENEFITS FROM PANDEMIC YEAR BY SCORING CASTLE ROCK RESIDENT AND RENOWNED SAXOPHONIST GERALD ALBRIGHT

area. As such, these performances will feature local musicians. And part of what makes jazz so special? Improvisation. “I can’t tell you what I am going to play on any given night, there are so many different variables,” Gerald says. “It is a function of the mood the band is in, the type of crowd, what kind of mood I’m in. Live jazz is a conversation between me, the band members and the audience. Lisa says she hopes this is an opportunity to think beyond the restrictions of the pandemic and break artistic ground that welcomes a different audience and expand the genre. “When you actually see how live jazz music is made and the performers on stage, that turns people into jazz fans,” Lisa says, “It is more than just listening to music, it is watching a performance. You can see the pleasure they take in the work. The audience is watching something new being created.” Covid-19 social distancing requirements will make this performance extraordinary as the theater will be limited to 125 people. “For the 124 ticket holders, this will be an experience that they will never forget, it will feel almost like a house concert,” Lisa says. “This time of isolation has been painful for performing artists who thrive on the interaction between themselves and the audience.” Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Gerald spent the early years of his career recording with prominent artists such as Whitney Houston, Anita Baker and Ray Parker Jr and released his first album in 1987. After years of touring, he and wife Glynnis started to look for a retreat from all the travel.

GRAMMY-NOMINATED SAXOPHON-

“I’d sort of OD’d on Los Angeles. It is a great city, but I needed

IST GERALD ALBRIGHT TRAVELS

something a little different,” Gerald says. In 2004, they came to

THE WORLD EACH YEAR PERFORM-

Denver to participate in a fundraiser and while visiting looked at

ING IN RENOWNED VENUES TO

homes for sale in the area.

THOUSANDS OF JAZZ LOVERS. This

“I looked at my wife and said, ‘You know, this is feeling kind of

year, the Castle Rock resident is home-

good here.’ ”Then 45 days later, they were Colorado residents. A

bound due to the pandemic, giving

suburban home surrounded by trees and wildlife was the respite

an extra-special Christmas present to

they’d been looking for.

Denver Metro residents.

“This is the perfect speed, slower pace, cleaner air, family friendly

The Lone Tree Arts Center was sched-

and plenty of golf,” he says. They are laid back, typical members of

uled to play host to Gerald Albright for

this community. Jazz fans in the area that recognize him tend to be

performances on Dec. 20 but announced

respectful and friendly, but mostly leave him be.

just before Castle Rock Lifestyle deadline that performances have been postponed

“Most of the time, people just tell me how my music makes them feel, which is the greatest compliment I can get.”

due to renewed Covid-19 shutdowns and

Find samples of Gerald’s music at geraldalbright.com, includ-

restrictions. The show has been post-

ing samples from his 2019 Christmas album, Not So Silent Night.

poned until spring 2021.

Particularly uplifting are his interpretations of “O’Holy Night” and

Former Lone Tree city council member and devoted patron Harold Anderson facilitated

conversation

between

Gerald and Lisa Rigsby Peterson, execu-

“What Child is This.” Stay up-to-date on Gerald Albright and all other performances at Lone Tree Arts Center by visiting lonetreeartscenter.org. CONTINUED >

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learning NEW THINGS While Gerald’s music defies rigid classification, it is relaxed and colorful, approachable and accessible to a broad swath of music lovers, commonly associated with west coast jazz. Gerald’s per-

sonality, despite being a precision musician, is also quite accessible and approachable. In fact, many aspiring musicians call on Gerald to seek his advice on the technical aspects of his work. Just like these young musicians, and many Douglas County residents, he has had to invent new ways to keep himself productive and engaged

able with his weaknesses. It also offered the opportunity for him to take some risks. Here is what Gerald has done to keep things fresh and the flow going since March.

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TO PROMOTE POSITIVITY AND A

INTERNED WITH HIS MIX MASTER TO LEARN TO MIX RECORDS, A FIRST FOR GERALD IN HIS 30 PLUS YEAR CAREER.

with taking leaps of faith. One was moving to the Denver area. He travel has allowed him to test his strengths and get more comfort-

G-STREAM, IN HIS OWN STUDIO, COLLECTIVE EXHALE.

during the isolation of the pandemic. Gerald is a man comfortable has recently embarked on another. The time gained from limited

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ARTICLE HANNAH ECHOLS PHOTOGRAPHY SARAH MAJKA “HOPE IS BEING ABLE TO SEE THAT THERE IS LIGHT DESPITE ALL OF THE DARKNESS.” — Desmond Tutu Light eradicates darkness and exposes hidden injustices. Awareness about a certain injustice— sex trafficking— is on the rise, and a group of hopeful Coloradans are fighting it with open hands. Sex trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery in which individuals perform commercial sex through the use of force, fraud, or coercion. According to the National Human Trafficking group, there were 127 sex trafficking cases in Colorado in 2018. That’s not to mention all of the crimes that went undocumented. Many of these victims are children. Statistics are just numbers,” notes Sarah Majka. “Those don’t hit home. But when you hear a real story about a parent that trafficks their child, a runaway who has to sell themselves to survive, or a young girl who falls in the hands of a “boyfriend”/predator who sells her, that is when the statistics become glaringly and painfully real. Sarah is the Developmental Director for Extended Hands of Hope (EHH), a nonprofit that provides a safe house and trauma-informed supportive services to girls from the ages of 11 to 17 that have undergone sex trafficking or are at risk of being trafficked. They also have a Community Program for girls 17+ to help assist with case management, holistic care, life skills, advocacy, family relations and beyond. True to the name, a safe home is a haven where people who have experienced some form of trauma can live and recover. The Avanti House, EHH’s safe house, is a farmhouse-style building tucked away on 10 acres of land. The word Avanti means “come in”, and the cozy atmosphere of EHH’s refuge stays consistent with it’s inviting namesake. It contains two bedrooms, a communal living room, and can house up to five girls at a time. They aim to stay at capacity because of the huge need, and the hope is that the girls will stay for 1-2 years. The program manager at the Avanti House, D’Shayanna Donning, notes that the decision to stay at the safe house is often a complicated one for the girls. “It’s not always warm fuzzies at Avanti House. The work that we ask these girls to do is HARD. They are faced with working through vast traumas, and are expected to follow rules that may seem silly or unrealistic to them,” she says. The understanding that healing is a journey is what allows EHH to operate with a sustainable, realistic hope. The team celebrates small successes and provides space to grow. “We might be only be one link on a long chain of recovery,” Sarah explains. “These young girls don’t just come to the house, get their treatment, earn a high school degree and become miraculously reintegrated into society.”

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Sadly, only one percent of trafficking victims nationwide have a shelter bed available. This means that many adults are left homeless and many children are looped into the foster care system. According to Jefferson County and Arapahoe County social services, there are young girls in Denver that will not be alive in one year if there isn’t an intervention of safe housing and services for them. The team at Extended Hands of Hope is doing what they can to mitigate the need. They have a 24-hour team in the Avanti House, as well as a teacher and a therapist. Through the Carriers of Hope program, girls are partnered with a community mentor who invests in them both when they are in the safe house and once they leave. In addition, they created an empowerment and entrepreneurship program called ‘Simply Good’ where they sell all natural, handmade body and lip scrubs. EHH hopes to accrue the support necessary to build more safe houses on their expansive property. Each room they’re able to offer has the potential to redirect the course of a young girl’s life. The Coronavirus has hindered EHH fundraising efforts while simultaneously exacerbating the need for their services. “There’s more demand for help because more kids are at home, environments are more toxic for abuse, and many children run out on the streets to escape,” Sarah says. In addition, children are spending more time online for school and socializing, so traffickers are targeting them on the internet. According to Web-IQ, a cyber company that combats illegal actions through extracting online data, there was a 200 percent spike in posts on child sex abuse forums between February and March, combined with nearly 90 percent drop in the amount of child sex abuse material removed from the internet. EatUp! Denver, an annual fundraiser that typically generates up to $100,000 in fund for EHH, only raised 15 percent of that total this year. Though the Coronavirus has been detrimental to the majority of the population’s pocketbooks, Sarah urges people and companies who haven’t been negatively affected to consider giving to EHH. “Giving is living,” she says, “Sex trafficking is in our backyards, it’s under our noses, and once you know, you can’t unknow. Everyone can play a part.” EHH”s Year End Campaign “Sowing Hope” is coming up quickly, along with Colorado Gives Day on December 8th. You can easily donate at www.extendedhandsofhope.org, or reach out to Sarah at smajka@extendedhandsofhope.org for more information on how to become a Sower of Hope!

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Sedalia

242-acre ranch with panoramic views, a heated pool, and an eight-stall barn with fully-equipped caretaker Sedalia quarters. 242-acre ranch with panoramic views, a heated pool, 6501 Jackson Creek Road | $4,995,000 and an eight-stall barn with fully-equipped caretaker Elaine Stucy 720.881.5718 quarters. 6501 Jackson Creek Road | $4,995,000 Elaine Stucy 720.881.5718

Woodland Park

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Castle Rock

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Castle Rock

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Castle Rock

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The Village at Castle Pines

Turnkey luxury in a picturesque setting, 5,778 Custom Summit Chalet, one-acre lot, with five The Village at Castle The Village at Castle Pines finished square feet ofPines gracious indoor/outdoor bedrooms, exercise room, golf simulator, brand Turnkey in a picturesque setting, 5,778course views. Custom Summit Chalet, one-acre and lot, with five living luxury with sweeping mountain and golf new kitchen and windows, incredible views finished square feet of gracious indoor/outdoor bedrooms, exercise room, golf simulator, brand 1078 Country Club Estates Drive | $2,239,000 657 Ruby Trust Drive | $2,199,000 living with sweeping mountain and golf course views. new kitchen and windows, and incredible views. Wanda Ford 720.320.8901 Andrea Noufer 303.995.3005 1078 Country Club Estates Drive | $2,239,000 Wanda Ford 720.320.8901

Parker

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The Village at Castle Pines

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