02 18 MANUAL HIGH SCHOOL OPENS FOOD BANK By Haines Eason Homelessness, affordable housing and drug addiction: these are crises we’ve grown accustomed to thinking about in Central Denver. Kids going hungry, though? That’s not something commonly discussed. In the U.S., nearly 13 million children live in food-insecure households. According to nonprofit Hunger Free Colorado (hungerfreecolorado.org), 1 in 10 Coloradans and 1 in 6 Colorado children struggle with hunger. “I remember one day I was finishing up at work and these two boys dropped in to see some friends of theirs at the school,” says Manual High School nurse Lucy Roberts. “They didn’t go to Manual and were on their schools’ soccer team, and they weighed 80, maybe 90 pounds and stood 5 feet 10 inches or 11 inches tall. It was clear they were undernourished, but their mom was raising them by herself and food was scarce.” For Roberts, the effort to start a food bank is already underway. More on that follows. For a metro-wide group of nurses Roberts is part of, however, food banks at their schools are still in the planning phase. On Friday, Jan. 19, Roberts, representatives from DCIS Montebello and Deborah Miller, Advisory Board member of Food For Thought, an organization aiming to end weekend hunger in Denver’s Title 1 elementary schools, dropped in on the food bank at South High School. South High operates a food bank serving over 100 students 1,200 to 1,800 pounds of food a week and has been able to sustain tremendous growth of late thanks to a recent uptick in community donations. Roberts and the others assembled
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hungry,” Miller says. What Miller likes about both Food For Thought and the program at South is “there’s no stigma. As a principal, one of my concerns was who gets the food? The fact that [these programs] serve every child is really important to me.” Watching the students file in on Jan. 19 to pick up food items, one saw students seeking a full order of groceries and others just dropping by with friends for an apple or granola bar. None were turned away. CONTINUED ON 6
CAPITOL HILL UNITED NEIGHBORHOODS SHOWS FIRST PROFIT SINCE 2013 By Haines Eason It was with much excitement and a touch of relief that Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods (CHUN) Co-presidents Travis Leiker and Mark Cossin were able to tell those assembled for the registered neighborhood organizations’ (RNO) annual membership meeting that, for the first time since 2013, the RNO ended 2017 with a true profit. Speaking after the meeting, Leiker said the board “remains optimistic about [CHUN’s] future and this optimism is buoyed by the fact that our financials look as well as they do, considering just 12 months ago, our long-term outlook was very
different.” The meeting was held at Warwick Hotel Jan. 11 and was attended by more than 80 area residents. Budgetary concerns led the agenda. Leiker and Cossin led a highlevel budget talk, and then CHUN Treasurer John Riecke took those assembled through a detailed explanation of the 2017 financial position. For 2017, CHUN was able to show a profit of $59,464.70, but, according to Leiker and Cossin, while there’s room for excitement, there’s much yet to do. Tears-McFarlane House and community center is in need of about $250,000 in urgent repairs, and, say the co-presidents, the price tag for needed full restoration of the building may be closer to $1,000,000.
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CHUN’s recent annual budgetary shortfalls were in part tied to declining revenues from their once signature event, the People’s Fair, an annual summer kickoff festival held in Denver since 1972. The event is now produced by Team Player Productions, a Lower Highlands-area event planning and promotions company responsible for events such as the Breckenridge Wine Classic and Taste of Fort Collins. CHUN ended 2014 and 2016 in the red $19,072.42 and $44,251.77, respectively. In 2015 it did show a profit of $47,761.03, though that profit CONTINUED ON 8
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2016-2018 Budget Comparisons ($ in thousands) General Fund Revenue Revenue Source
REPRESENTATIVE Publishers Jill Farschman Jay Farschman Editor Haines Eason Associate Editor Jason McKinney Advertising Jill Farschman Alecia Duncan Operations & Creative Manager Calendar Editor Alecia Duncan Photographer Haines Eason Kevin Ryan Writers Liz Clift, D. Todd Clough, Becca Dierschow, Haines Eason, Jill Farschman, Peter Jones, Stacey McDole, Jason McKinney, Wayne New, Kevin Ryan, J.L. Schultheis-Price
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By Wayne New, Denver City Council, District 10 The 2018 City Budget was approved by City Council in November. The 2018 general fund, which funds city operations, increased 5.4 percent over the 2017 estimated expense for a budget total of $1.4 billion. In addition, four enterprise agencies (Airport, Wastewater, Golf, and Environmental Health) generate their own revenue, which are not included in the general fund, and are budgeted for $716 million for 2018. The total 2018 city budget is over $2.4 billion. The following chart gives a breakdown of City general fund revenue and expenses. In the 2018 City Budget described in the chart, some of the priority funding highlights are listed as follows:
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- Invest $21.6 million in affordable housing, which includes the annual $15 million Affordable Housing Fund allocation. CONTINUED ON 13
Property Tax Sales and Use Tax Other Taxes (1) Intergovernmental (2) Licenses and Permits Fines and Forfeits Interest Earnings Fees Charges for Services & Uses All Other Revenues Total Revenue Use of Fund Balance/Reserves All Revenue Financials Expense Categories Community Planning & Development Economic Development Environmental Health Finance General Administration General Services Independent Agencies (3) Parks & Recreation & Cultural Affairs Public Safety Public Works Technology Services Transfers (4) Other Expenses Total Expense Financials Employee Positions (Perm & Temp)
2017 Estimated Actual $118,569 $646,236 $109,926 $37,395 $56,708 $51,440 $9,468 $66,926 $49,108 $141,298 $1,287,074 $40,989 $1,328,063
Proposed 2018 Budget $131,949 $670,773 $112,867 $38,763 $51,871 $55,758 $11,274 $68,460 $49,619 $145,132 $1,336,466 $63,877 $1,400,343
% Increase - 2018 Budget to 2017 Estimated Actual 11.3% 3.8% 2.7% 3.7% -8.5% 8.4% 19.1% 2.3% 1.0% 2.7% 3.8% 55.8% 5.4%
$24,934 $4,999 $49,194 $91,622 $40,920 $49,879 $80,585 $103,994 $491,263 $107,735 $55,304 $134,012 $0 $1,234,441
2017 Estimated Actual $29,534 $5,821 $47,147 $93,806 $49,231 $51,339 $88,409 $116,394 $518,867 $126,791 $63,470 $133,670 $3,584 $1,328,063
Proposed 2018 Budget $32,076 $7,019 $47,667 $93,969 $51,452 $53,148 $94,598 $121,831 $539,967 $137,189 $70,397 $128,472 $22,558 $1,400,343
% Increase - 2018 Budget to 2017 Estimated Actual 8.6% 20.6% 1.1% 0.2% 4.5% 3.5% 7.0% 4.7% 4.1% 8.2% 10.9% -3.9% 529.4% 5.4%
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General Fund Expenses 2016 Actual
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(1) Occupational Privilege, Lodger’s, Motor Vehicle Ownership & Telecommunications Tax (2) Examples: Highway Users Trust Fund, Cigar Tax Rebate, Marijuana State Tax Share back (3) Examples: Clerk & Recorder, City Council, Auditor, District Attorney, Courts, Election Division (4) Special Purpose Funding for Expenses; Use Restricted by Law or Administrative Action. Example: Federal Entitlement Program Funds Restricted for Human Services Use Enterprise Funds - Four independent operational organizations under the City generate their own revenue and manage their expenses - DEN Airport ($493m); Wastewater Management ($200m); Golf ($10m); and Environmental Services ($11m) and not included in the general fund budget. Debt Service Funds - GO Bond ($87m); Excise Tax Revenue Bonds ($35m); Airport Debt Payment ($382m); Golf Debt Payment ($92k); and Wastewater Debt ($11m). Total Debt Payment equals $516m.
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PUBLISHER Women’s March on Colorado Revisited By Jill Farschman Hard to believe a year has passed since I attended and wrote about the inaugural Women’s March on Colorado. What a year it’s been in terms of women’s issues! So how was this year’s march different? The whole event was more geographically contained and managed than last year. The route was greatly reduced to a pathway directly around Civic Center Park rather than threading
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throughout downtown. There was a more visible police presence. Men participated, but anecdotally, the numbers seemed lower. Political leaders were conspicuously absent from the speaker line-up. As mentioned last year, this march isn’t just about women. The event’s signage, programming and social chatter encompass a larger progressive agenda including climate change, healthcare access, immigration policy and racial justice. It is impossible to ignore the anti-Trump sentiment present as well. The vitriol was amped up another few notches with a noticeable increase in profanity. Last year, my use of the f-bomb generated some intense responses from readers despite a written warning in my note’s header. This year, I was hard pressed to take photos that could appear in print.
The scope of women’s issues is so vast—from condescension to sexual violence with numerous challenges in between. I don’t know about you, but I am sickened by the daily revelations of bad behavior and hush money in the form of legal settlements. Simply put, we seem to have a systemic cultural problem with equality. Cases have permeated private and public businesses, academia, media, Hollywood, Congress and Olympics to name a few. A gross and festering underbelly has been revealed—propped up through decades of complicity. Predators apparently continued stalking the innocent and less powerful in broad daylight while offering us admirable public personas. These predators succeeded because those in the know chose to look the other way. More tragic CONTINUED ON 3
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DEVELOPMENT Every month, LIFE will provide answers to the community’s burning questions about new and ongoing developments. If there is a pile of dirt you’re curious about, or if you want to know how much longer your street parking will be sacrificed during construction, email Stacey McDole at capitolhill303@gmail.com. She’ll do the investigation for you and report back. ________________________________________
Cathedral High School (“Ace Hotel”) – 1840, 1835 Grant St.
Cathedral High School and the Oscar Malo, Jr. Memorial Hall exemplify how Historic Denver, Inc.’s relentless pursuit for preservation is a worthwhile cause. In response to an application for non-historic status back in 2011, both Historic Denver Inc. and Colorado Preservation, Inc., submitted designation applications on 1840 and 1835 Grant St. Because of that endeavor and a stand-down from the developer, these buildings still exist. The Spanish Renaissance Revival style high school and convent was constructed in 1921 by architect Charles J. Dunn. It was visited by Mother Teresa, housed Sisters, served as a homeless shelter and spent eight years boarded up. OZ Architecture and New York Citybased developer GFI Development Company will convert the two buildings into a new boutique hotel. The surface parking lot will, unfortunately, go away—a muchneeded amenity for the dense North Capitol Hill neighborhood—and be replaced with a new 11-story tower. The school and tower will house the hotel rooms, while Malo Hall will be a unique space open to the community. “Adaptive reuse such as this is the perfect way to retain Denver’s historic buildings during this period of unprecedented growth, while still creating the infrastructure we need as a city, including more hotel rooms,” said Rebecca Stone, managing principal for OZ Architecture and lead architect on the hotel project. For more information about this project, visit ozarch.com or gficap.com.
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the second quarter of 2018 at Tammen Hall on the Saint Joseph Hospital campus. The 52,000-square foot building, originally named after the original Denver Post publisher Harry Tammen, will become much needed affordable housing for low-income residents 62 years and older. “The building will fill a gap in the housing continuum. Currently many seniors in the neighborhood are living on fixed incomes and must leave the neighborhood to find senior affordable housing,” says Kurt Frantz, development manager for MGL Partners/Solvera Advisors. The developers MGL Partners/Solvera Advisors and architects and general contractor, the Neenan Company, hope to have the project completed by the second quarter of 2019. The teams are dedicated to keeping the integrity of the building, from its terrazzo floors to the gargoyles adorning its exterior. The building was landmarked in 2005 when the building was the Children’s Hospital administrative and medical offices. The hospital moved in 2007 to the Fitzsimmons campus in Aurora. Tammen Hall has been vacant since. “The project repurposes and activates a significant historic building located in Central Denver that has been vacant and boarded up for over 10 years,” says Frantz. The eight-story building, built in 1930, will house 49 one-and two-bedroom apartments and an eighth-floor deck facing the skyline and mountains. Close to shopping and public transportation, the complex will allow seniors to live independently. “This project will allow some seniors to remain in their neighborhood and age in place,” Frantz says.
Intersection of Colfax Avenue/ Franklin Street/Park Avenue – pedestrian crossing
Drivers may notice a significant change at this intersection, and it’s for good reason. Nonprofits WalkDenver and Denver Vision Zero are working to make pedestrian crossing safer in high traffic areas. According to the Denver Police Department, one biker and 14 pedestrians were killed in traffic-related deaths. Vision Zero and WalkDenver want these numbers to be zero. In that effort, several intersections in Denver’s busiest arterials will be modified to give walkers and bikers “pedestrian islands” to rest when walking wide
The Cathedral High School courtyard and tower, top, and a street view, looking South, of Tammen Hall, bottom. Photos by Haines Eason. intersections and flex posts to slow drivers down. “Colfax is part of Denver's "High Injury Network"—the five percent of the streets where 50 percent of traffic fatalities occur. The intersection with Franklin and Park is particularly dangerous, especially for people walking,” said Jill Locantore, associate director of WalkDenver. Locantore says there are two reasons for this. First, the design of Colfax encourages people to drive fast, which increases the likelihood and severity of crashes. Secondly, because people must cross five
lanes of traffic to get from one side of Colfax to the other, they are exposed to danger for a long time. With just paint and flex posts, the City has addressed the key safety issues at this intersection. “Subjectively, as someone who regularly walks through that intersection, the changes have made it feel much safer,” Locantore continues. “We are looking forward to seeing over time how crash rates compare before and after the changes.” For more information on their projects, visit walkdenver.org and denvergov. org.
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Kevin Delk, principal at Bang Up To The Elephant! on Pearl St., sitting still for a just a moment on what may be the largest living wall west of the Mississippi.
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BANG UP TO THE ELEPHANT!
Shades of Miami Beach, ruins in a Latin American jungle and business names you can’t get out of your head! Bang Up To The Elephant! has it all. From the cool, eye-grabbing turquoise exterior to interior fountains and rivers of live foliage, Bang is memorable. This is the latest from Kevin Delk and friends. He’s one of the area’s most independent and visionary restaurateurs. Delk’s past credits include Beatrice & Woodsley on Broadway, plus Two-Fisted Mario’s and Double Daughter’s downtown. It’s not surprising that he was drawn to a location that stood vacant for 27 years before finding its vision. “Capitol Hill is my favorite neighborhood in Denver. With old tree-lined streets, big haunted mansions, insolent energy-crisis architecture and insane squirrels bouncing all over the place, Capitol Hill is by far the best for the naturally offbeat,” he explains. I have a hunch that “naturally offbeat” describes him, too. Delk is clearly right at home with The Hill’s many storied characters and unique structures. “There's more cats on leashes, dog-teasing foxes and fake-grass lawns per capita than any other neighborhood in Denver proper. It's the incu-
bator and repository of stop-pushing and amp-cranking, friends of Dorothy two-stepping, floating baby-doll faces, shoes on wires, beat-frequented piano bar hotels, lifeboat #6 beseechers, and parks with pine boxes and skyline views,” Delk adds. “I live here because it reminds me of living, of being here; everything has a pulse.” The beach tints outside flow into a tropical-themed interior. Expect splashing fountains, crumbling concrete walls and wandering plants. The space was originally dubbed Mighty Sparrow & the Sea Maiden, but the team changed the name during the build out to what’s certain to generate buzz. Bang Up To The Elephant! is slang from the Victorian era that means, “complete, perfect and properly-done,” according to Delk’s team. There’s a commitment behind the company’s name that extends far beyond the décor. The menu’s full of items like Doubles, Buss Up Shut and Pimento Smoked Jerk. Executive chef Travis Messervey, who promises to surround diners with foods laced with attitude from the tropics, is cooking Calypso-style. Many ingredients are specially imported. Delk’s especially eager to share Doubles with his guests around midnight. They’re curry-spiced chickpeas, onion, scotch bonnet sauce and tamarind served between two pieces of barra. This dish comes direct from Trinidad. You’ll find it on the plate at breakfast or late at night. Buss Up Shut is curried jackfruit with fried aloo (a potato-based item), fresh jalapenos and shredded paratha (tropical pan bread). Please forgive if my definitions miss the mark but these are uncommon ingredients in my world.
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Denver’s iconic Triangle Lounge has inspired the opening of The Triangle Bar and Coffee@The Triangle. New address, same as the old—2036 Broadway. The jerk chicken is slow-smoked over pimento wood, Jamaican style. Street foods include crispy fried shark, kingfish, ray and catfish with fried bread and slaw. While the only parking options are on street, the new Bang does boast an ample patio at 1310 Pearl St. for sipping Tiki-themed beverages and watching the neighborhood pass by. A grab-n-go option will serve breakfast in the a.m. The main bar and dining area occupy the remaining 6,000 square feet of the building. Learn more at banguptotheelephant.restaurant.
THE TRIANGLE BAR
Long before I settled in Denver, the three-sided building at 2036 Broadway enjoyed a decades-long run as The Triangle Lounge. It was one of Denver’s earliest and best-known gay bars located near what was once considered the edge of downtown. The Triangle lives again. A new management team is behind this launch and they bring an extensive background in hospitality and gay-centric establishments to the operation. Sean O’Grady brings over a decade of experience at EXDO Events and Tracks to this new venture as does Roger Kerns who’s spearheading the farm to table approach of the classy menu. Their goal is to be classy in all aspects. There are actually two ventures under a single roof. There’s Coffee@The Triangle Bar and the bar/nightclub itself. The coffee venture features Starbucks brew along with pastries, grab-n-go sandwiches and salads and breakfast burritos. It opens at 7:00a.m. daily. Behind the coffee space is the bar itself. Banked by a wall of vintage windows to the southwest, the lengthy bar offers ample seating. You can also choose a high top or anchor around the community table that runs the length of the space. At the deepest point in the back of the room, a handful of spacious booths cater to small groups. There’s also a larger seating area that can accommodate special gatherings. Food is dished out until 9:00p.m. each night. Then the tables are pushed aside to accommodate music. O’Grady is seeking a liquor license upgrade to dance cabaret status that will permit customers to move to the DJ’s tunes. The building that houses these new ventures is an adventure in itself. The last occupants ran the short-lived Wurstkuche sausage eatery here and they totally reworked most of the structure. There’s a lot of exposed brick and soaring ceilings. Triangle features an outdoor patio on two levels with fire pit tables at street
level plus an upper deck that will debut in warmer weather. A basement space is slated to reopen soon. The new team’s goal is an elevated experience on all levels. We were going for something that complemented what is already (in Denver) but wanted to elevate the experience by offering signature cocktails made with locally sourced spirits and fresh ingredients,” O’Grady explains. He had his eye on this location for a year-and-a-half before jumping in. The result is an all day destination for eats, coffee or adult beverages. “We are a gay bar that is friendly not just for our LGBTQ family but also our allies and our neighbors,” he adds. Happy Hour begins at 4:00p.m. and features both appetizer and beverage bargains. It’s a great way to try the Wagyu beef meatballs with chili Hoisin glaze or the roasted root veggie salad. Full meals include crispy fish tacos or a Cubano sandwich. Many items can be prepared gluten free. O’Grady promises an uncommon approach to bar food. “The locally-sourced, fresh farm to table concept is very important to us because it sets our menu apart from other bars; it also is a more sustainable practice which is important to us. It’s also important to us to support local businesses such as Raquelitas, Haystack Mountain, Red Bird, Harvest Moon, Bluepoint, Mile High Spirits, Great Divide and Stem Ciders,” he adds. Weekend entertainment is also in the cards. The website is thetriangledenver. com.
TAP XIV
Uptown now has its own taproom. It’s Tap XIV—read it as Tap 14—at 400 E. 19th and Logan streets. It’s a second location for Tap XIV and more upscale than the company’s first venture at 1920 Blake St. That first space was originally intended to be more refined but the Ballpark neighborhood wanted something basic. “We wanted to really show what our brand is all about with this (new) location,” says GM Ryan Earles. The brand is all about beer, for starters. Fourteen’s in the name but 70 different Colorado craft beers on tap fill the south wall. The back bar stocks 100 Colorado distilled spirits. I asked what pour had emerged as a favorite so far and the response made me thirsty. “I would have to say our Black Mission Fig Belgian Quad by Woods Boss,” Earles says. “It’s a fantastic beer with a
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Sal the shop dog is happy to show potential customers SloHi Bike’s many lines of cargo bikes. The shop occupies the former Collins Bike space on Colfax.
really warm slightly sweet fig note.” After working solely with Colorado breweries and distilleries for several years, Tap XIV has identified five smaller brewing ventures and created a rotating collaboration with them. At any given time, there are special brews from Woods Boss and several others that you won’t find anywhere else. So far, the team loves the Uptown clientele, the area’s foot traffic and the surge in growth nearby. They believe they offer something unique to area residents. “We took all of the best parts of (our location in) Ball Park, the rotating 70 Colorado craft beers, the Colorado only spirits, and we expanded on it, creating craft pre-prohibition style cocktails and upscale dining in a relaxed Colorado environment,” he explains. The atmosphere screams Colorado. The menu also demands your attention. Chef Taylor Creedon has created an intriguing list stocked with what he calls “American Alpine Fare.” Appetizers include an avocado terrine with rhubarb coulis, and local duck Scotch eggs with sausage. Bar goers can still opt for basic items like beer cheese fondue with grilled pretzel bread if they prefer. Beer’s a key ingredient in many of the dishes including the stout onion soup and the Scotch ale mac ‘n cheese. Tap XIV is open daily at 11:00a.m. weekdays and 10:00a.m. weekends. Learn things at tapfourteen.com/uptown.
the building. He didn’t have to pay rent during a long, drawn out process. First, he had to arm wrestle with the federal government, which wasn’t too keen on a distillery being built in a retail strip. So, Tarver advocated a law change. Then the basement floor had to be lowered two feet to fit in the open cypress tanks used for production. A cache of vintage pharmaceutical bottles was uncovered in the dirt. They were woven into the décor. “I’m 70,” Tarver tells LIFE. “The older I get, what tickles my fancy is being creative.” His flair for the unique is evident in every corner of the space. Strawberry and kiwi liqueur is aging in small barrels. Some church pews were reworked to create seating. A gargoyle guards the rear
SLOHI CITY PARK
Since 1934, the shop at 3217 E. Colfax Ave. has sold bikes. We all still refer to it as the Collins Bike shop. When Two Wheel Feel shuttered late last year, the neighborhood braced for a major change but the wraps are off the new venture and, happily, it’s still a bike shop! The shop has been cleaned up and walls have been removed to create a wide-open feel. SloHi Bikes, which began in the Highlands in early 2013, has added a second location. It features a full service repair shop, accessories and bikes for sale with an emphasis on commuting. Sal, the shop dog, is eager to greet all comers and lead them to the inventory. It includes several lines of cargo bikes that can really haul. A few are electric. This summer, there will also be bikes to rent but for the present, you can get your skis or snowboards tuned up with very little wait time. The space is closed Tuesdays. Otherwise, hours are 9:00a.m.-6:00p.m. weekdays and somewhat shorter on weekends. The website is slohibikeco.com.
LITTLE GINGKO ASIAN CAFÉ
The address reads 1279 Marion St. but The Hill’s new Asian eatery footprint is on the corner fronting East 13th Avenue. After an 18-month remodel, doors were opened in late December. Fans of the most recent tenant, Gypsy Café, may be surprised by the transformation. The new space is light but inviting. So is co-owner Kelsey Zhu, who serves as a very gracious hostess and guide for your visit. “I chose this name because the gingko tree lasts a long time. I love its leaf design,” she says. “I want my business to last like the gingko.” Prices are set lower than I’d expected to build that longevity, Zhu adds. The menu features specials from a number of Asian nations. The most popular item on the menu to date is the massive bowl of water fish, a red snapper in chili oil. There are also numerous ramen dishes including one built with grilled eel. She and husband Steven Yu own Little Gingko. “Experienced, healthy and Asian cuisine” is their motto. Yu has worked for many years in Asian eateries. Most dishes can be adjusted to add or subtract hot spices. Delivery is available within a small radius. Call 303-993-2327 for details.
hallway. Rather than walling in the gleaming copper stills, Tarver chose to keep them open to public view but off limits to guests. Savory New Zealand-inspired hand pies are the main eats. Even the craft cocktail menu’s likely to be unique and 100 percent Colorado except for any using vermouth. Evidently, no one makes vermouth in our state. In short, you won’t find a more unique space on Broadway and that’s saying quite a lot. The distillery is open six days a week. Closed Mondays. Their Facebook page has more details.
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Just a few blocks from Little Gingko, ramen fans have a second new spot to sample. It’s a new location from the owners of Menya Noodles downtown and two other eateries. Here the options include build-ityourself poke bowls, ramen and other dishes like yaki soba. Downstairs, you order at the counter and take a number for casual dining. Don’t overlook the upstairs however. It’s geared for late night guests with table service and a full bar. On weekends, the kitchen’s open until 10:30p.m. Cozy seating areas are ideal for watching sports and the circular bar will tempt you to sample the establishment’s craft cocktails. Try the Neon Tokyo or the lychee-infused Red Lotus for something truly unusual. There’s also an option to order online at menyacolorado.com.
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out of his residence, percussionist and teacher JB Maroncelli has opened a location of Denver DrumZ & Music at 3625 E. 12th Ave. near Teller Elementary. It’s a big move that his neighbors are probably applauding. You can learn about upcoming classes on the Denver DrumZ Facebook page.
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“This relationship with Deborah and Food For Thought has been transformative for Manual,” Roberts says. “From the standpoint of a nurse, for the last two years I have seen kids who are hungry, malnourished, in need. In my world, food is medicine. I reached out to Deborah and [the Food For Thought program was] up and running within a couple of weeks.” Roberts sees other benefits to these programs.
3407 Franklin St. near Cook Street. It’s an uncommon venture designed to reintegrate adults leaving prison into the community and meaningful employment. “We embrace community, quality tea and simplicity,” the venture’s website explains. “We did not forget about the coffee lovers; we'll be offering some coffee drinks.” In addition to beverages hot and cold, Open Door features a selection of baked goods and sandwiches including a turkey, pear and blue cheese item, an alpine Panini and grilled chicken pesto. Prices
hover under seven dollars for those meals. Artwork is on display and for sale. Inmates or those newly integrating into the area created the many works. Proceeds from the art supports the families and children of those incarcerated. You can learn more at opendoorteashop.org. The café is closed Sundays.
“I also see this as an opportunity to work with these high school kids who are going to be on their own in a few years. Some of them are actually taking care of kids—siblings—and for them to understand nutrition, how to make things, that’s huge,” she says. While Food For Thought is doing great things for students at Manual, Roberts sees even greater demand than the program can handle, thus the new food pantry. And, she envisions a pantry at Manual that is for not just Manual students but kids from other schools, too.
Roberts’ pantry at Manual is basically up and running, but in truth it is small and Roberts needs help. For now, the pantry is a cabinet in a small room stocked with peanut butter, crackers, mac ‘n’ cheese. To provide perspective, the South program utilizes an entire classroom, with a wall of built-in cabinets and a large, walk-in storage closet. Roberts says she could use more lockable cabinets and a fridge so she can keep fresh items on hand. Direct donations of these items or cash with which to buy the items (and foodstuffs) would
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be greatly appreciated. And, working as a full-time nurse, if Roberts has a health emergency needing immediate attention, she has to go—she can’t always stay with the pantry and run it. So, she needs volunteers. If you’d like to help, email lucy_ roberts@dpsk12.org. You can also call Manual’s main phone number: 720-423-6300. LIFE will continue to cover this story as it develops.
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- City Coordination and Advocacy - Community Engagement
SCHOOLS By Kevin Ryan While Denver Public Schools (DPS) at times appears to be a volcano of ideas and progressive practices, often it is the families and outside agencies that are the catalysts for dynamic educational enrichment. Padres y Jovenes Unidos, Colorado Uplift, Goodwill Industries of Denver and Community Resources Inc. (CRI) are just a few of the organizations that contribute both personnel and brainpower to push the independent thinking and creativity of DPS students.
Science and Engineering Fair gives DPS students opportunity to show off research and curiosity
Students of all ages from DPS schools far and wide came together Saturday, Jan. 13 to present Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) projects to judges. The annual event was once again held at Gates Fieldhouse on the University of Denver (DU) campus. Through DU’s support, DPS has increased the size of the science fair and allows students and their families access to scientific research occurring on campus such as discovering if dog saliva does kill bacteria and how to grow beans in the winter. CRI has experience providing support to schools who hold their own school-level science fairs but also had volunteer judges in attendance at the January event to give students feedback. The judges awarded students who created the most innovative, relevant and solution-oriented projects.
DPS Food and Nutrition Services Team launches food preparation video series
School lunch is rarely remembered fondly and more often than not the memories of the less than stellar meals find their way to the butt of culinary jokes. The Food and Nutrition Services team at DPS aims to change that dated reputation one meal, and video at a time. The team is so proud of the “from scratch,” healthy and nutritious meals they prepare for all DPS students that they are creating a video series that shares step by step instructions on how to build the team’s growing menu of meals. The first video is available now at dpsk12. org/a-look-inside-dps-lunch-meals.
Strengthening Neighborhoods Committee shares recommendations
On March 16, 2017 the DPS school board passed a resolution that established the citywide Strengthening Neighborhoods committee. The committee’s purpose was to develop recommendations to improve integration and inclusion practices in all DPS schools. The committee was also charged with addressing the declining number of school-aged children in gentrifying areas of the city. The committee met with community members and educators alike over the course of six months and created four overarching areas of focus. The following is a summary of the foci: - Goal Setting and Progress Monitoring - Resources, Incentives and Supports
LIFE will continue to report on this board's work in coming months. Middle school classes at Denver Language School (451 Newport St.) (DLS) will be moving into new digs next year. A nine-member committee recommended DLS occupy the building at 2949 California St. pointing to the school’s racial diversity, academic achievement and enrollment demands. The Denver School Board approved the move by a six to one vote, choosing the language immersion charter over six other applicant schools. The building, which once housed Gilpin Montessori, shuttered by DPS amidst controversy in 2016, at capacity will hold up to 600 students. DLS says it estimates that eventually around 350 students could attend the middle school, leaving extra space that would allow the district the option of co-locating another program or even an entire school on the same campus. Boys School of Denver (2401 Alcott St.) and Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU) teamed up recently to host a Spin-a-Thon fundraiser. Students from the MSU sport event management class, which guides students through planning and executing events, helped to design the community event. MSU students spent time touring the school, speaking with teachers and students and built the event around the mission and vision of the school. While giving the MSU students real world experience, the event raised $3,300 for The Boys School. George Washington High School (655 S. Monaco Pkwy.) (GW) principal Scott J. Lessard has announced that he will be retiring at the end of the 2017/2018 school year. After four years at GW and a career in education that has spanned 30 years, Lessard stated in a recent letter to the GW community that he has “never experienced a community that is as driven, committed, and unstoppable as the one here at George. It has been an honor to serve in a leadership role at GW over the past four years. During this time, we have come together to tackle the work of making One George a reality—creating a place where all students can find their path of opportunity to reach their goals and find success.” Lessard also stated that while he will be retiring, he hopes to continue to make positive contributions to DPS in years to come. Denver Green School (6700 E. Virginia Ave.) (DGS) will host Girls on the Run beginning the first week of March. Girls on the Run is an innovative program that aims to inspire girls to a lifetime of self-respect and a healthy lifestyle through a combination of training for a 3.1-mile run/ walk race with a fun, health education lesson. The program is open to all third through fifth grade girls and will meet after school from 3:45p.m. to 5:15p.m. Registration opens Monday, Feb. 5. For more information, visit girlsontherunrockies.org or email Julie Cruz at julie_cruz@denvergreenschool. org. East High School (1600 City Park Esplanade) Parent/Teacher Conferences will be on Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 12 and 13 from 3:15p.m. to 7:15p.m. Please register online at east. dpsk12.org or call 720-423-8300. The East Theatre Company’s Spring Musical performance of Footloose will be held in the East High School Auditorium Thursday, March 1 and Saturday,
Students at the DPS Science and Engineering Fair held this January in Denver University’s Gates Field House, left. March 3 at 7:00p.m. There will also be a matinée performance Sunday, March 4 at 2:00p.m. For more information and to purchase tickets visit: easttheatreco. weebly.com. The East Con Law Team has claimed the We The People state title for the
third year in a row and will move on for a chance at a prestigious national title. The team will travel to Washington D.C. to compete in the finals April 27 through May 1. Have school news? Email editor@ denvermetromedia.com.
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DCPA’s Off-Center seeks submissions by Colorado artists for micro theater program The Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ (DCPA) Off-Center, the newest and most unconventional line of programming at the DCPA, is seeking submissions of original, short plays and performance pieces by Colorado artists for production. Each of the five selected works will be awarded $1,000 and produced as part of an evening of micro theater that will run for 24 performances at BookBar in October/November of this year. The event was conceived and is being led by Meridith Grundei, who was featured as one of last year’s 100 Colorado Creatives by Westword. “Micro theater—short pieces with incredibly intimate audiences of just 10-15 people—is a unique approach to performance that is popular internationally, and we are excited to bring the format to Denver,” said Charlie Miller, Off-Center Curator. “Meridith was inspired by the micro theater she experienced in Mexico. Her passion was infectious and it was clear that this format would be a perfect fit for Off-Center as a different kind of site-specific theatrical experience.”
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was due to the RNO making use of and depleting its cash reserves. Those reserves once totaled more than $200,000. The return to true profitability in 2017 was due to a shift in focus from the People’s Fair to the Tears-McFarlane House, CHUN’s headquarters at 1290 N. Williams St., as a source of income. In addition, CHUN’s leadership had to make the decision to scale back on operating costs, including eliminating all full-time staff positions in early 2017 and cutting excess costs wherever possible. In 2017 CHUN was able to lease
- Be original, unpublished works that have not been previously produced. Writers/ creators must have sole rights to all matters contained within the piece. - Be written/created by a Colorado resident. - Have a run time of between 10-15 minutes, and be no more than 30 pages Feature no more than three performers Reference or relate to a work of literature Take place in a location where there are books (a library, book store, living room, etc.). - Have simple technical and production needs. - Be submitted online by 11:59p.m. on Monday, March 5, 2018 at dcpa.today/ micro.
announced publicly at a later date. If you have questions, please contact offcenter@dcpa.org. _________________________________________
Alzheimer's Association seeks volunteer greeters
Submissions will be reviewed blindly by a selection committee comprised of members of the DCPA staff and associated artists. All applicants will be notified via email in April 2018 and winners will be
More than 91 percent of Alzheimer’s Association of Colorado volunteers rate their experience as “very satisfied” or “satisfied,” with the average tenure of volunteers being five-and-a-half years, according to a recent statewide survey. Staffed by an army of nearly 1,000 volunteers to bolster the efforts of about 50 staff members, the Colorado Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Alzheimer's Association volunteer Linda Kuhns. Association relies Courtesy photo. heavily on volunteers who enable the organization to provide Mackie feels a connection to their needs. a full range of educational programs and Her ability to provide help that she wishes services at no charge to individuals living she would have had while caregiving is with dementia and their families. rewarding. “I feel grateful that I’m able to So, who signs up to be a volunteer? make a difference,” Wesley says. The composition of the volunteer corps is The Alzheimer’s Association is varied. Certainly those who have recently currently seeking volunteers to greet retired and have a family connection visitors to its offices. This assignment will to the disease are a large portion of the be scheduled in advance and is flexible group, but an up-and-coming faction related to appointments, vacations, etc. is the young professional who may or One half day per week, or every other week may not have a family experience with during their business hours of 8:30a.m. to Alzheimer’s. 5:00p.m. is desired. No phone work will be When asked what appeals to her involved as calls are directed elsewhere. about volunteering, Kathie Zeier, who To learn more about this opportunity, lives on nearby Capitol Hill, responds call Julie Bir at 303-813-1669 ext. 274, or that she appreciates the variety of the email her at jbir@alz.org. assignments she gets involved with, as For assistance with care and support, well as feeling respected by those she or to get other related information, works with. She assists with early-stage call the Alzheimer’s Association 24/7 activities that involve visits to local bilingual helpline at 800-272-3900, or cultural venues. She also comes to the visit www.alz.org/co.
offices in the building and recoup $81,200.66. Additionally, CHUN brought in $15,583.54 through special events like their annual wine tasting, $22,409.89 in contributions and $11,611.20 in membership dues. Contributions are classified as individual private donations, monies via Colorado Gives Day, board member contributions and recurring donations. Total profits came to $157,395.75, and total expenses, including $12,676.68 in payroll expenses, came to $97,970.05. When Leiker and Cossin assumed leadership and began looking at ways to bring the RNO back to profitability, they discovered there was no existing major
gift base to make contributions in excess of $500, there was no foundation support, the contingency fund was exhausted and the Tears-McFarlane House was the only potential source of revenue. Though there’s much to be relieved about, there remains more to do. Tears-McFarlane House needs repairs to its hot water heater (which failed and caused damage), sewer line, ceilings (which leak during heavy snows and rains), fire and burglar alarm systems, electrical systems, gutters and key structural elements, such as brickwork. According to Leiker and Cossin, as securing a loan for even the basic repairs
Performance pieces that incorporate different art forms (dance/movement, music, visual art, etc.) are also encouraged to apply. To propose a non-scripted interdisciplinary work, please submit a written description of the work and include imagery or links to video to help convey your ideas. The Denver Center for the Performing Arts provides equal opportunities to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, age or disability. Applicants must be 16 or older.
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Scripts must be typed in a generally accepted play-style format, with 12-point font and must be page-numbered. They will only accept PDF documents. The first page/title page must contain ONLY the title of the piece. Do not put the author’s name anywhere on the manuscript.
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wasn’t a truly viable option given CHUN’s recent cash flow issues, the RNO is currently working with City Street Investors, a real estate investment and development firm which approached the RNO in April to form a partnership. City Street’s website (citystreetinvestors.com) says the company is “dedicated to creating extraordinary places … through transformative real estate investments,” and the firm can claim in its list of projects Denver’s Union Station, Novo Coffee Shop on 6th Avenue, Lowry Hangar 2 and Eastbridge Town Center in Stapleton. Leiker and Cossin stressed during the presentation that any partnership with City Street would be just that, a joint venture, and there is no discussion about selling Tears-McFarlane House outright. Any venture would keep CHUN in the house and ensure its presence there going forward. Last fall, the two groups conducted a series of focus groups to help guide a new, reinvigorated space; they are in the process of reviewing this data as it will guide their next steps. “CHUN is in ongoing conversations with our new partners, City Street Investors, to look at and explore what our opportunities are to activate Tears-McFarlane House in a much more meaningful way,” Leiker says. “We are definitely focused on, as we craft this vision, ensuring that we hold true to our organizational values and do what is best for both CHUN and the community.” LIFE will continue to cover this story as it develops.
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Column and photo by Haines Eason For me, classic simplicity always wins the day. Denver’s cuisine scene is undergoing a revolution, and there are many hot/haute new trends having their day (way). Maybe that’s why I crave comfort more often than not. My wife and I recently began Netflix's Chef’s Table. The first episode features Massimo Bottura of Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy. Bottura is classic and simple, and, yes, sure he’s revolutionary, and for this month’s column, we visit Quality Italian. More on that in a sec. If you’ve seen the episode I reference, you might say, “What?! No way.” Bottura to Italian traditionalists is the Antichrist. But if you broaden your mindset, you just might see Bottura is fond of taking the “best parts” of traditional Italian fare— the crusty corners of the lasagna, ancient parmesan, for instance—and focusing lovingly on them through the lens of reinvention. He keeps the classic ever in sight even as he puts it through the blender of his creative mind. The result? Exploded versions of what once seemed immovable geographical icons of the Italian cooking landscape. But, Quality Italian! I bring up Bottura because, on a recent evening at Quality Italian, I stumbled across a dish both classic and reimagined. Something so simple, and yet, as reimagined by the chefs at QI, so complex and, honestly, so worthy of attention. Chicken parmesan. If you’re part Italian, as I am, you might think, “Ah, I love it, but why the bother?” You hammer the chicken, bread it, fry it,
then sauce, then cheese and Bam! Dinner. Not at QI. Their parm, well … see my picture. It’s served pizza style with pizza fixings: mixed herbs, crushed red pepper, dehydrated black olives (nice touch, if a little too earthy). Very unexpected and, actually, innovative. But there’s one thing more: spiced honey. Hold that thought. The real surprise is inside. The chicken used is a mixture of white and dark meat which is ground, spiced and herbed, then chilled, brought back out, worked round and flat, breaded, fried, sauced and cheesed, baked and served. It
Yes, this is chicken parm. takes, in truth, roughly two days to turn one of these out, but who cares, right? The flavor; that’s why you’re here. The flavor. The bite is full and perfectly balanced: chicken, breading, herbs, cheese … but it’s missing something. I went for the toppings. I tried variations of all four, but my favorite? A good dollop of honey and a hefty (HEFTY) tossing of crushed red pepper. The honey … I just can’t explain it. It’s not nearly as warm as it could be, but it adds the “non so cosa” that is missing from the dish’s as-is flavor profile. Try it, it’s worth the trip. As is the people watching—an interesting mix of business types, ranchers-with-wives in town for a shop, tech heads… Just go, and tell them I sent you.
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LIFE • FEBRUARY 2018 Jewish Film Festival: Film Through a Multicultural Lens We are screening 38 films from 17 countries and over two dozen distributors – as well as a film from a Colorado filmmaker! – an ambitious attempt to show the Jewish perspective throughout the world. Individual tickets $13| 303-316-6360 Staenberg-Loup Jewish Community Center, 350 S. Dahlia St. jccdenver.org
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CLASSES, LECTURES & FORUMS Wednesdays, 01/31-02/28 | 7:00p.m. Denver Socrates Cafe Join a group that "seek truth by their own lights." No regular attendance or preparation required. Speak your own mind, then take turns playing Socrates by asking questions. | 303-861-1447 Trinity United Methodist Church, 1820 Broadway meetup.com/Denver-Socrates-Cafe Thursdays, 02/01-02/22 | 7:00p.m. Cherry Creek Toastmasters Improve your communication and leadership skills and network with others that share your goals and aspirations. Guests are welcome! | 303-947-3408 Assumption Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 4610 E. Alameda Ave. toastmasters.org Fridays, 02/02-02/23 | 7:00a.m.-8:30a.m. Daybreak Toastmasters Cat got your tongue? Public speaking and more. Call Bob after 6p.m. Now meeting on the second floor of the building. | 720-308-9090 State of Colorado Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman St. daybreaktoastmasters.org Fridays, 02/02-02/23 | 5:00p.m.-6:00p.m. Happiness Hour A short talk and guided relaxing meditation to help increase a peaceful good heart. It is an ideal way to unwind after work and recharge for a great evening ahead. Free. | 303-813-9551 KMC Colorado Downtown, 1336 Glenarm Pl. meditationincolorado.org Sundays, 02/04-02/25 | 4:00p.m. Meditation and Kirtan Leave your troubles behind and practice meditation and Kirtan every Sunday. Childcare provided. For more info call Ed. | 720-810-9071 845 Pearl St. Mondays, 02/05-02/26 | 11:45a.m.-1:00p.m. Denver Laughter Club Meets every Monday except major holidays at St. Barnabas Church. All are welcome, free, no jokes just laughter for no reason, with Chi Kung warmups, pure joy!! Call Meredee for more info. | 303-877-9086 St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, 1280 Vine St. denverlaughs.com
Celebrate Black History Month with the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library! Sat, 02/03 | 1:30p.m.-3:30p.m.
Juanita Gray Community Service Award & The Blacks in Colorado Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Sat, 02/10 | 7:00p.m.-8:30p.m.
The Pillars of African-American Art Song Mon, 02/26 | 6:00p.m.-7:30p.m.
Medicines of the African American Captive 2: The Tree Whisperers Visit denverlibrary.org for more info! Tuesdays, 02/06-02/27 | 12:00p.m.-12:30p.m. Meditation at Noon Take 30 minutes to connect to your heart, cultivate inner peace and happiness, and clarify your intention for the day, free. | 303-813-9551 KMC Colorado Capitol Hill, 1081 Marion St. meditationincolorado.org Wed, 02/07 | 6:00p.m.-7:00p.m. Eating for your Epigenome We do have control over our genetic destiny! Food is communication for our cells and our genes. Learn how food and lifestyle can create a healthy, full life. | 720-865-0120 Ross-Cherry Creek Library, 305 Milwaukee St denverlibrary.org/events Tue, 02/20 | 5:30p.m.-7:00p.m. Intergenerational Forces in Metro Denver: Boomers and Millennial To help sort through trends and their impact on quality of life in Denver today and in the future, LWVD hosts two experts at our February 20 briefing. | Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia St. lwvdenver.org Wed, 02/21 | 6:15p.m. The Citizens' Climate Lobby Citizens Climate Lobby is a non-profit, grassroots advocacy organization focused on national policies to address climate change. | 303-322-0079 Daniels Fund, 101 Monroe St. facebook.com/CitizensClimateLobbyDenverChapter
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Wed, 02/14 | 6:30p.m.-8:30p.m. Indigenous Film Series The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is pleased to partner with the International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management and the Denver American Indian Commission to present Indigenous Film, a monthly indigenous film series. Admission is free. | 303-744-9686 Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd. dmns.org Sun, 02/25 | 1:30p.m.-4:00p.m. The Red Shoes (1948) Adapted from the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, a young ballet dancer played by Moira Shearer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina aided by a Svengali director. | 720-865-1111 Denver Public Library: Central branch, 10 W. 14th Ave. Parkway denverlibrary.org/events
GALLERIES Daily, 01/31-02/10 | 1:00p.m.-4:00p.m. Deeply Rooted by Liz Lautrup and Sandy Marvin Sync Gallery’s Third Friday artists’ reception will be held on January 19 from 6-9pm, & First Friday Art Walk on February 2 from 6-9pm. | Sync Gallery Sync Gallery, 931 Santa Fe Dr. syncgallery.com Daily, 01/31-02/24 | 11:00a.m.-5:00p.m. On the Street with Bill Cunningham The CPAC has partnered with The New York times to present an exhibition celebrating the career of iconic fashion photographer Bill Cunningham. Cunningham was best known for his candid photographs of stylish women and men on the streets of New York. | 303-837-1341 Colorado Photographic Arts Center, 1070 Bannock St. cpacphoto.org/exhibitions Fri, 02/23 | 6:00p.m.-10:00p.m. Untitled Final Fridays Get an offbeat art fix, pick up a creative skill, convene with local movers and makers. Top it off with a cash bar, munchies, and a dose of the unexpected. Final Fridays, 6–10 pm, Untitled is included in regular museum admission. | 720-865-5000 Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway untitled.denverartmuseum.org
KIDSTUFF Wednesdays, 01/31-02/28 | 10:30a.m.-11:00a.m. Toddler Storytime In the Berger Children's Pavilion, Stories, songs, rhymes and fun for toddlers ages 18-36 months and their parents or caregivers. Craft activity immediately follows the program. Free. | 720-865-1111 Denver Public Library: Central branch, 10 W. 14th Ave. Parkway denverlibrary.org Thursdays, 02/01-02/22 | 10:30a.m.
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houses Board Game Republic, Copper Door Coffee, Deviation Distillery, Renegade Brewing and much more. Smokin’ Yard’s is open seven days a week. Worth a trip is their Happy Hour; it offers sliders and discounted beverages weekdays starting at 3:00p.m. Mondays are all you can eat ribs nights. All. You. Can. Eat. On Friday and Saturday, the special is smoked prime rib while supplies last. You can browse the menu at smokinyards.com.
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- Propose $76,000 in eviction assistance for low-income renters. - Increase Denver's Senior and Disabled Property Tax Rebate by $500,000.
Making Denver more affordable
- Propose $500,000 affordability fund to help qualified residents with home, utility or medical bills through one-time assistance funds.
Expanding local business and job opportunities
- Increase staffing to help small and minority business growth and development.
Making behavioral health options more accessible
- Allocate $1 million for opioid support services. - Expand methadone program and Medication-Assisted Treatment program in our jails.
Serving vulnerable populations
- Add 100 permanent supportive housing apartments. - Expand Denver Dayworks Program for the homeless.
Strengthening neighborhoods to help residents lead healthy lives
- Expand recreation center discounts to all residents 60 and older. - Extend operating hours at several recreation centers. - Expand parks maintenance teams.
Keeping Denver safe
- Add 28 deputies to the Sheriff Department. - Fund the Fire Department medical unit, inspection services, and arson staff. - Enhance Emergency Operations Center for disaster management.
Becoming more sustainable
- Work toward completing the recycling program, expanding to parks and schools.
SOLUTIONS LOUNGE & RESTAURANT
The seventh and final escape room at Solutions Lounge is opening Feb. 9. It’s dubbed “Under Pressure” and it promises to ignite imaginations. Envision this: “It is 1944 and your US Navy team is in the prized submarine Steel Shark, but without warning the vessel plunges without power into the darker regions of the sea. With only one hour before you succumb to oxygen deprivation and the dangers of the deep, you must repair the Steel Shark and return to the surface.” That’s how the company explains its final offering. This challenge comes with a difficulty rating of 8.9 out of 10, so it’s perhaps not for novices. It also comes with a signature cocktail and an appetizer special like the six other escape efforts. Solutions, located at 2220 California St. is an eye-catching steampunk bar and eatery paired with seven escape rooms; you can dine with or without an escape experience.
HEDGE ROW
A new year means more spaces for brunch on your calendar. Hedge Row, the six-month-old CCN eatery at 100 Steele St., added brunch to their offerings at the beginning of the year. You can nosh on gulf shrimp hush
Serving our youth - Extend the Safe Routes to School program.
Improving customer service
- Add six employees to the 311-call center, and 10 to the 911-call center. - Expand e-permitting and increase plan review, permitting/inspection staff. - Fund a second mobile van for the Elections Division for voter education and registration. I will be focusing my efforts on the following priorities to enhance and improve District 10 in 2018: Traffic calming, traffic light evaluation, and speed limit reductions: implementing traffic improvements and speed limit study findings in key residential areas. Pedestrian safety: improve intersection crosswalk markings to give greater visibility and protection for pedestrians at busy neighborhood intersections. Sidewalk repair evaluation: participate in the first regional sidewalk repair evaluation to identify sidewalks with significant repair and replacement needs. Neighborhood Planning Initiative (NPI): continue to define NPI improvements for Colfax Avenue while preserving the character of the six surrounding neighborhoods of Capitol Hill, Cheeseman Park, Congress Park, City Park, West City Park and North Capitol Hill. First Avenue Complete Street Project: complete the project’s design study and identify implementation funding. 5280 Loop and Golden Triangle: Assist the Downtown Denver Partnership in the implementation of the 5280 Bike Loop within the Golden Triangle area. District 6 Police Station replacement: begin the Denver Police Department planning of the replacement of the District 6 Police Station with GO Bond funding. Golden Triangle General Improvement District (GID): educate and engage the community to gain approval for a GID in the Golden Triangle neighborhood. If you have any questions, please let me know at Wayne.New@denvergov.org.
puppies with hot pepper honey or sample the maple donuts and pear/ cardamom coffee cake made in house. Smoked salmon flatbreads, Belgian waffles and BBQ pork spoon bread also sound tempting. Brunch is served weekends only. The lunch menu is only served during the workweek. The company’s website is hedgerowbistros.com and their parent is The Kitchen eatery group.
12@Madison
Another brunch addition just receiving some ink from me is one 12@Madison in Congress Park which debuted months ago. It’s a Sunday-only gig I was waiting for but missed when it rolled out. One stellar offering on the menu is the bread pudding French toast with pears. There’s also a pork belly Benedict and the option of house hash. House baked goods feature a selection of both sweet and savory options. Brunch is served at 1160 Madison St. from 10:00a.m.-3:00p.m.
SHOW OF HANDS
Have you caught a case of the Denver traffic and parking blues? I know lots of folks who’ve come down with that virus recently but Show of Hands in CCN has the cure. If you spend $100 at their shop, they’ll reimburse you for up to $20 spent on Lyft or Uber to reach their gallery. Discounts increase the more you spend and it’s a lovely space to browse. You could be the first to brave the construction cranes and take them up on their Lyft/Uber offer! The gallery also has four dedicated parking spaces at 201 Clayton St.
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is hopping aboard a free, green Eco-Ride vehicle. They’re white and bigger than a breadbox, which the stumpy vehicles resemble. Remember breadboxes? I didn’t think so. Their travel area is bounded on the south by Cherry Creek. Battery-operated Eco-Rides will pick you up as far north as East Sixth Avenue. On the east and west, the boundaries are University and Colorado boulevards. Learn more at ecoridesusa.com. While the service is free, drivers welcome tips.
SWOOZIES
It started out as a pop-up in the former giggle space on East Third Avenue and Milwaukee Street. After Swoozie’s closed its home on East Sixth Avenue several months ago, the company ran a pop-up here through the holidays. That venture may now linger awhile. Swoozie’s has a shop in Greenwood Village that is apparently relocating within sight of its current spot. So CCN’s pop-up may continue to operate for several months at 3000 E. Third Ave. Time to plan those spring flings!
CHRISTY SPORTS
The long running store that covers both summer and winter seasons has expanded its CCN location into a recently vacated salon next door. The added footprint should give Christy Sports a chance to display more of the company’s full inventory regardless of the season. Their patio furniture will be out in force before you know it.
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M U S IC Mac Sabbath’s heavy metal with cheese By Peter Jones There are good reasons why Mac Sabbath sends its manager—aptly named Mike Odd—to do the group’s press interviews. For one thing, the world’s only fast-food-obsessed, “drive-through metal” band has at least a quarter-pound of mystique to keep warm. “Also, if you interviewed [lead singer] Ronald Osbourne, you wouldn’t get anything that makes any sense,” Odd says. “He claims he is a time-traveling whatever. You can’t even talk to him about any technology past 1979 or he’s going to get confused and you’re going to end up with seltzer water in your camera or pie in your face.” Ronald Osborne—an amalgam of the most famous hamburger clown and the reality-star metal singer infamously inclined toward bat meat—fronts Mac Sabbath, a band that reinvents Black Sabbath’s primal screams of the soul as still-darker commentary on the crappy food that ails it. “Fast food and heavy metal are both kind of scary,” Odd explains. “Black Sabbath was this heavy, scary thing about the evils of humanity—and this is a band doing the same thing about the evils of fast food.” Monsanto, GMOs and low-paying McJobs are all part of this house of horrors. Sabbath’s “Iron Man” is now “Frying Pan.” “Paranoid” is, what else,
“Pair-a-buns.” Mac Sabbath’s campy floor show will make more sense to those who grew up in the 1970s—the heyday of Ozzy Osbourne’s Sabbath and the cheesy—and beefy—McDonaldland commercials that once brazenly dominated children’s television, with Mayor McCheese ruling over the likes of Officer Big Mac and his criminal nemesis, the Hamburglar. Mac Sabbath’s big-costume drama— in addition to Ronald Osbourne’s scaryclown menace—also boasts guitarist Slayer McCheese, bassist Grimalace and Cat Burglar, the drummer. It all might be considered a sort of fast-food answer to Gwar [interviewed in this column in October 2012], which was itself a darker rejoinder to ‘70s-era H.R. Pufnstuf. In Denver, Mac Sabbath serves it with a smile Feb. 20 at the Marquis Theatre, 2009 Larimer St. Opening the multimedia, prop-heavy theatrics will be Galactic Empire, yep, a “forceful” heavily-costumed Star Wars metal band. [Some will, no doubt, plan to stay far, far away.] It is difficult to tell where McFact and McFiction start and end with the Mac Sabbath legend. To hear Odd tell it, it all began when he was summoned to an unnamed burger joint in 2014 where his destiny was ordered, unwrapped and super-sized. “I’m sitting in this booth waiting for something to happen and this abomination of a clown bursts through the door, like a tornado of red and yellow dirty tassels scraping the ground, and started spewing these concepts all over everybody’s lunch,” Odd says. “I thought I was being punked. I was looking around for a hidden camera. The next thing I knew we were kicked out of this place.”
That scary clown turned out to be fish sandwiches to fry anyway. none other than Ronald Osbourne, who When it comes down to it, Odd says told Odd he had traveled through time today’s heavy metal is not so dissimifrom the 1970s and that it was Odd’s lar from today’s fast food in its mardestiny to manage Mac Sabbath. keted kitsch. As one time Black Sabbath Accepting his destiny, Odd took vocalist Ian Gillan told this column in a while to find the band’s niche for October 2006, the term “heavy metal” engagements. Taken in by Mac Sab- has become something of a pejorative bath’s funny costumes, G-rated lyrics anyway. Odd agrees. and eat-healthy messages, he says he found the band an early booking at an elementary school’s Halloween party. “Here they are playing in front of these children. Some of them are laughing and screaming. Some of them are crying,” Odd recalls. Then the principal made a beeline to the flustered manager: “I was like, ‘I’m sorry. What did Fast and furious: Mac Sabbath isn’t playing around he do? Let me help.’ when it comes to “drive-through metal.” The band And she said, ‘No, I serves up its special sauce Feb. 20 at the Marquis just want to say this Theatre. Photo by Paul Koudounaris. is great. You should be doing more schools.’” “The corporations take the term Once the band graduated to more and run with it,” he says, “with a bunch profitable venues, Mac Sabbath con- of bands that have hairspray and play tinued to operate outside the standard ballads. Then the bands that started the conventions of the music industry. genre don’t want anything to do with “Instead of releasing an album, a genre that’s no longer a genre. It’s a the band has released a coloring book,” product that doesn’t have any value— Odd says. “Inside the coloring book is a like fast food.” flexi-disc you would get in a Cheerios Mac Sabbath performs Feb. 20 at box in 1975.” the Marquis Theatre. For more inforAlthough amused members of Black mation, visit themarquistheatre.com Sabbath have given their Mac counter- or officialmacsabbath.com or call part an online plug or two, the same 303-487-0711. Contact Peter Jones at pjoneslifemu cannot be said of the fast-food industry, whose lawyers presumably have bigger sic@aol.com.
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Museo de las Americas presents Pachucos y Sirenas Feb. 8-May 26 as their opening exhibition of 2018. The exhibition is a combination of oldand new-school artists sharing an affection for the Pachuco legacy. The Pachuco era of the late 1930s and ‘40s was a period in which MexicanAmerican youth culture cultivated a highly stylized language and fashion as a way of expressing cultural pride during a time when the very nature of being Latino was considered un-American. This exhibition will feature the Caló language and the zoot suit, and there will also be a look at the role fashion plays in cultivating street identities through an esprit de corps shared by people who have the chance to create a lifestyle of their very own. Artists will include Justin Favela, who has produced a full-size lowrider piñata for the exhibit; Antonia Fernandez, a painter who embraces “the body-modifying Latina—‘the pachuca’, who redefined what it meant to defy conventional beauty standards of the 1940s”; Carlos Fresquez, a revisionist artist who questions the essence of machismo with his Pink Pachuco, a refashioned, pink spray-painted zoot suit; Josiah Lopez, a graffiti muralist and longtime resident of La Alma/Lincoln Park who “uses the street as inspiration”; Jerry Vigil, a traditional and non-traditional artist who takes the “calavera” (skull) and “intertwines the aesthetic with pop culture idols of Latino descent”; and Daniel Salazar, a photographer whose portraits of the National Chicano Dance Theater can be seen with men and women fashioned like a traditional Pachuco and Sirena laying at the feet of Denver’s skyline. The programming will also include contributions from fashion designers Cha Cha Romero, Alexandra Peralta, Suavecito Car Club and artist Alfredo Cardenas. For more information, go to museo.org.
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The Larimer Lounge Presents:
Jessica Lea Mayfield Friday, Feb. 9 I 8:00p.m. | 2721 Larimer St. | larimerlounge.com | $16
Jessica Lea Mayfield’s name may be new to you but she has quite a musical pedigree. Starting at the age of eight, she performed with her family bluegrass band, One Way Rider, touring on a bus that once belonged to Bill Monroe, Kitty Wells and Ernest Tubb (Just look them up…). At the age of 15, she recorded her first album, White Lies, that was heard by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, who produced her next album, With Blasphemy So Heartfelt. Dr Dog’s Scott McMicken and Frank McElroy provided vocal harmonies on one of the tracks. Auerbach went on to compare her to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. In 2007, she lent her voice to the track “Things Ain’t Like They Used To Be” on The Black Key’s Attack & Release (making her the first guest vocalist on any of their records), after that she recorded an album of Elliot Smith cover songs with Seth Avett of the Avett Brothers in 2015. Her hit, “Sorry is Gone,” off of her fourth studio album of the same name, was released last fall and has become a staple of indie/alternative radio. Globe Hall Presents:
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Hailing from the Pacific Northwest, Blitzen Trapper is a country/folk/rock band that’s been lumped under the alt-country umbrella and has been around for almost two decades now. They have released 20 albums (eight of them under their previous moniker of Garmonbozia), including an entire live album of Neil Young’s seminal Harvest record. The band’s name change in 2003 was allegedly a reference to singer Eric Earley’s seventh grade girlfriend, who had a Trapper Keeper binder and drew pictures of her favorite of Santa’s reindeer, Blitzen, on it. It wasn’t until 2007’s Wild Mountain Nation that the band had their major breakthrough and signed with Sub Pop records the following year. They have had continuing success ever since, being praised by Rolling Stone, the A.V. Club, Pitchfork and many others. Blitzen Trapper released their 20th album, Wild and Reckless, last year.
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Up until a couple years ago, you probably knew Rostam Batmanglij as one of the members of indie rock darlings Vampire Weekend, which became one of the most well-known rock acts of the past decade and a personal favorite of this writer. Batmanglij left the band almost exactly two years ago to produce and pursue solo work, including his debut Half-Light, which came out in September of last year. Prior to this, he also had a side project with Ra Ra Riot’s lead vocalist Wes Miles, dubbed Discovery and released in 2009. He has produced music for Hamilton Leithauser, Charli XCX, Carly Rae Jepsen and also formed a musical collaboration with Leithauser—Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam—in 2016. Batmanglij has even written music for Kenneth Lonergan (of You Can Count on Me and Manchester By the Sea fame) for a play that debuted on Broadway. It makes you realize how incredibly talented this guy is...
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GARDENING Local Farm-to-Table Eats By Liz Clift A friend of mine likes to joke that February is the worst month because, by then, everyone is sick of winter. She lives in New York, so in addition to that Arctic chill felt by so much of the country, she also endured the bomb cyclone, followed by a polar vortex (so she’s generally just ready for warm weather and I can’t blame her). We’re fortunate that, overall, this winter hasn’t been too bad but I share my friend’s sentiment: I’m ready for spring. However, since I can’t just will spring into existence (and we certainly need more snow before spring arrives!), I’m going to focus on a few local restaurants that work to get Denverites eating fresh, local foods—which we could all use a bit more of in our lives. I’m sure you already know tons of reasons to eat locally, but in case you don’t or you need to concisely explain it to someone else, eating locally allows us to keep dollars in our local economy, supports small farmers and ranchers, and uses less energy through transportation and storage.
Bittersweet (500 E. Alameda Ave.)
Bittersweet is a family-owned restaurant that works to bring you the freshest food possible by sourcing from local farms and fisheries, with an emphasis on
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those that take care with harvesting and herding. Bittersweet is open for dinner Tuesday through Saturday, with a tasting menu available on Thursdays. Menu items include: sunflower seed risotto, pork belly schnitzel, scallops, a vegetarian three-course tasting menu and a variety of delightful sounding desserts—including, currently, one that comes with a side of butternut squash ice cream!
provide their fresh vegetables and herbs, eggs, seafood, and free-range poultry and meats, they also keep their own greenhouse and farmland. What’s more, if you have a garden overflowing with vegetables, they’ll come and harvest your vege-
sourced and guided by the seasons. Farms Portager supports include Tender Belly, Aspen Moon, Ela Family Farm, Fortunate Fruit, and Morning Fresh Dairy; all the farms they support are listed on their website. Additionally, Portager empha-
tables—and are willing to trade value. Street taco varieties include: house chorizo, pork belly, carne asada, lengua, barbacoa and roasted Portobello. They also have pupusas, tortas, pozole, pork green chile (of course) and fresh guac. They’re open 11:30a.m. to 9:00p.m. on Sunday through Thursday and 11:30a.m. to 10:00p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
sizes the importance of their kitchen staff and other team members as a component of making sure that delicious food is brought to the table, something I wish more restaurants focused on. If you're curious who works for them, their website provides info on each team member and their relationship to cooking and food. If you're in the Cap Hill area and like food with a European flair, this might just be the place for you. January's menu included French onion soup, cassoulet, twice-baked herb chevre souffle and shepard's pie.
Fooducopia (1939 E. Kentucky Ave.)
Located just a few blocks east of Wash Park, this restaurant is focused on “using good honest food.” They support locally sourced, organic food from small farmers—and they aren’t kidding when they say this. One of their partner organizations is Farmyard CSA, which sources organic produce from local gardens within five miles of the restaurant. The restaurant serves dine-in breakfast and lunch everyday from 8:00a.m. to 3:00p.m., and dinner on Wednesday through Saturday from 5:00p.m. to 9:00p.m. They also offer “Grab and Go” dinners from 4:30p.m. to 6:00p.m., Monday through Thursday. Breakfast items include: a savory French toast, mixed veggie hash and chorizo benedict. Lunch features a variety of sandwiches and salads, and dinner highlights include: duck French onion soup, sesame oil seared tuna and bourbon brown sugar glazed carrots.
Uno Mas Taqueria (730 E. Sixth Ave., 1585 S. Pearl St.)
This place offers street tacos made from locally sourced ingredients. Not only do they partner with local farmers, who
have met in the last month are Colorado natives, six out of 10 have lived in the Mile High City for less than two years. According to the Census Bureau, Denver ranks 11th on the list of cities in the country with the greatest addition of residents. The state of Colorado is the second fastest growing state in the U.S., driven in large part by growth in the Denver metro area. In the past, my old curmudgeonly self would have been pissy about all of these greenhorns crowding into our glorious former Cow Town, but I have turned over a new leaf (aka, a New Year’s resolution) to
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Portager (1109 Ogden St.)
Portager, which is owned by a father-daughter pair, has been around more than 20 years. The food is locally
be a cheery cheerleader for our booming metropolis. So, like our new $11.5 million dollar welcome sign at the airport, I say WELCOME (the more the merrier) and HOWDY! Have you seen our new sign? The one that looks like a disco-lighted snow fence with enormous and dynamic LED screens that greets our visitors and acts as a high tech advertising billboard. At nighttime, it is really something. It is almost as special as the red-eyed stallion. For those who haven’t read my column before, yes, that was a satirical and wise-ass comment about both the
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Preschool Storytime & Craft Stories, songs, rhymes and fun for 3-5 year olds and their parents or caregivers. Craft activity immediately follows the program. | 720-865-1111 Denver Public Library: Central branch, 10 W. 14th Ave. Parkway denverlibrary.org Thursdays, 02/01-02/22 | 11:30a.m. Toddler Play & Explore Enjoy unstructured play and social time for toddlers ages 18-36 months and their caregivers. Enjoy books, music, and a variety of developmentally appropriate toys in our warm and inviting play space. | 720-865-1111 Denver Public Library: Central branch, 10 W. 14th Ave. Parkway denverlibrary.org Tuesdays & Saturdays, 02/03-02/27 | 10:30a.m. Young Children’s Storytime Young children are invited for a half hour of stories and fun, with a different topic each week. Free. | 303-322-1965, ext. 2731 Tattered Cover, 2526 E. Colfax Ave. tatteredcover.com Sat, 02/10 | 10:30a.m.-4:30p.m. Meet and Make with Children's Authors During this free day-long celebration, award-winning children's authors will share their bookmaking experiences and lead art and writing activities for kids. Books will be on hand to buy and have signed by the authors. | Denver Public Library: Central branch Denver Public Library: Central branch, 10 W. 14th Ave. Parkway denverlibrary.org Sun, 02/11 | 2:00p.m.-4:00p.m. Central Library Teen Space Grand Opening Come help us celebrate our fancy new Teen Space at the Central Library! We will have teen authors in attendance, yard games, video games, a button making craft, snacks and refreshments. No registration required but adults must be accompanied by a teen | 720-865-1111 Denver Public Library: Central branch, 10 W. 14th Ave. Parkway denverlibrary.org/events
OUTREACH Wednesdays, 01/31-02/28 | 5:00p.m.-6:00p.m. Early Onset Parkinson's Support Group Weekly Early Onset Parkinson's support group meeting. Our focus is early onset, however, all people with Parkinson's and their caregivers are welcome. | 303-818-1106 Unity Temple of Denver, 1555 Race St. Wednesdays, 01/31-02/28 | 6:00p.m. LifeRing Secular Recovery Meeting A network of people who support one another in living free of alcohol and other non-medically indicated addictive drugs. | 303-875-5088 First Unitarian Church, 1400 Lafayette St.
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waukee Street. Firebird Books and Toys, which operated two blocks east at Detroit Street has closed its original location. A sampling of its product lines will now be housed inside Nest and the adjacent Hatched. Owner Caroline Evascu has decided to pursue a master’s degree and felt a consolidation was in order. Her Boulder store is also closing. Evascu intends to keep the books and toys, along with clothing from 0-14 housed in two separate spaces. Some craft classes will still be offered at Nest as well.
ZAKHEM REAL ESTATE GROUP
Expansion can be a major headache unless your new address gives you much more space. That’s the case with Zakhem Real Estate, which is relocating just two blocks north to 825 Logan St. The short move gives the real estate firm a much larger footprint and increased visibility. The real estate company originally started in a small space tucked behind Govnr’s Park Tavern.
CLOSINGS
TONY’S MEATS & MARKET
Tony’s Market at 950 Broadway has closed. The venture was conceived as a complete market with produce, bakery and staples in addition to main courses.
liferingcolorado.org Wednesdays, 01/31-02/28 | 6:30p.m. Marijuana Anonymous A fellowship of people who share experience, strength and hope with each other that we may solve our common problem and help others to recover from marijuana addiction. | Unity Church on the Hill, 1555 Race St. marijuana-anonymous.org Thursdays, 02/01-02/22 | 6:00p.m.-7:30p.m. FREE Support with Binge Eating Challenges This support group is ideal for individuals at least 18 years old who are struggling with a binge type eating disorder. All groups are free of charge. We hold confidential groups facilitated by specialists to allow you to gain the support you need.| The Eating Disorder Foundation, 1901 E. 20th Ave. eatingdisorderfoundation.org Sundays, 02/04-02/25 | 12:30p.m. Nicotine Anonymous A fellowship of men and women helping each other to live our lives free of nicotine. | Our Savior’s Lutheran Church Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 915 E. 9th Ave. nicotine-anonymous.org Mondays, 02/05-02/26 | 7:00p.m. Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous Through shared experience and mutual support, join a meeting to help each other to recover from the disease of food addiction. | 303-775-8062 Trinity United Methodist Church, 1820 Broadway foodaddicts.org Tuesdays, 02/06-02/27 | 8:00p.m. Joy AL-ANON Al-Anon's Purpose is to help friends and families of alcoholics recover from the effects of living with the problem drinking of a relative or friend. In the Roberts Building, Room 103. | Saint John's Cathedral Saint John's Cathedral, 1350 Washington St. al-anon-co.org Tuesdays, 02/06-02/27 | 6:30p.m.-8:00p.m. Moderation Management Weekly meetings for problem (vs. chronic) drinkers who want to reduce their intake of alcohol. Email: denver@moderation.org. | First Unitarian Church First Unitarian Church, 1400 Lafayette St. moderation.org Tuesdays, 02/06-02/27 | 3:30p.m.-4:30p.m. Start a New Life Join Neil and Brian to discuss the challenges of being homeless. Create a support system and camaraderie with others. Learn vocational tools and save for an apartment. Get ideas on handling family issues. We'll work your way through homelessness. | 720-865-1111 Denver Public Library: Central branch, 10 W. 14th Ave. Parkway denverlibrary.org
Wed, 02/07 | 10:00a.m.-11:30a.m. Dementia Caregiver Support Group A safe to share concerns, coping techniques and tips when caring for a loved one with dementia. Free to attend, no registration required. | 303-951-5222 The Center, 1301 E. Colfax Ave. coloradoassistedliving.com Wed, 02/07 | 7:00p.m. Fri, 02/09 | 9:30a.m.-11:30a.m. Parents of kids with disabilities Support Group Parents and caregivers of kids, any age, with disabilities or any special needs. Whether babies or school age or adults, our kids are our joy but sometimes we get tired and need to connect with other parents traveling a similar journey. | Corona Presbyterian Church 1205 E. 8th Ave. Tue, 02/13 | 1:00p.m. Pulmonary Fibrosis Support Group Provides a safe, secure environment for all patients with any type of pulmonary fibrosis and their family members, care providers and significant others. | 303-398-1912 National Jewish Health, 1400 Jackson St. nationaljewish.org Thu, 02/15 | 7:00p.m.-9:00p.m. Capitol Hill United Neighbors Board Meeting Open to all members of Capitol Hill United Neighbors. Please consider attending a meeting to learn what's happening in you neighborhood and find out how you can be more engaged. | Tears McFarlane House (CHUN) 1290 N. Williams St., # 101 Fri, 02/16 | 7:30a.m.-9:00a.m. Acts of Kindness Breakfast Attendees will enjoy a free breakfast while learning about how illuminate is leveraging acts of kindness to prevent child maltreatment and build strong galleries, and hear from keynote speaker Brooke Jones. Online registration requiested. | History Colorado Center, 1200 Broadway illuminatecolorado.org/AOKBreakfast Wed, 02/21 | 7:00p.m. Congress Park Neighbors, Inc. Meeting Our meetings have mobed!! Congress Park Neighbors Please enter through front entrance. | REACH School 940 Fillmore St. Mon, 02/26 | 7:00p.m.-9:00p.m. Historic Preservation Committee Meeting This Historic Preservation Committee is responsible for numerous historic districts as well as individually designated homes and buildings. Join us each month to learn what is happening in your neighborhood and to add to your voice. | 303-830-1651 Castle Marne, 1572 Race St. Wed, 02/28 | 10:30a.m.-12:00p.m.
Now, Tony’s focus is returning to meats. Tony’s will open a new space inside a new food hall at 4960 E. Hampden Ave. later this year. Their Littleton and Dry Creek markets are still open.
away in the JW Marriott closed in mid-January. Its operators elected not to renew their lease. I’ll have details on its replacement next month.
CHOWDER ROOM
In mid-January, Platform T shuttered its location on Colorado Boulevard
The salty Chowder Room seafood eatery at 560 S. Broadway is closed after a three year run. Co-owner Matt Stein and his wife are moving to back to California. Stein was offered a job he couldn’t refuse. Their last day in business was Jan. 20.
PEET’S COFFEE
The shop on East Second Avenue— one of the original coffee spots in CCN—is finished. The SEARS building it occupied is slated for a major redevelopment.
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in City Set. The Baker location at 95 Lincoln St. was emptied several days later. No explanation has been offered for the closure. The company is liquidating its inventory. Send biz news and thoughts to LifeBIZ@comcast.net.
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The unique jewelry shop at 3003 E. Third Ave. appears closed after a brief stint in CCN. The company’s dolcejewels.com web address is still up and running.
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Coffee Connections The DPL invites library customers experiencing homelessness and customers interested in social issues to join staff for coffee, snacks and conversation on topics related to social inclusion. Let's discuss what we have in common. | 720-865-1111 Denver Public Library: Central branch, 10 W. 14th Ave. Parkway denverlibrary.org
RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY
Contemporary Services 10:45 Service offered as well. | 303-322-5733 Church in the City-Beth Abraham, 1580 Gaylord St. churchinthecity.org Sundays, 02/04-02/25 | 7:45a.m. Episcopal Service 303-388-6469 St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, 1280 Vine St. stbdenver.org Sundays, 02/04-02/25 | 8:30a.m. Interdenominational Service 303-800-8269 Denver United Church, 660 S. Broadway denverunited.com
Saturdays, 02/03-02/24 | 10:00a.m. Saturday Messianic Shabbat 303-322-5733 Church in the City-Beth Abraham, 1580 Gaylord St. churchinthecity.org Sundays, 02/04-02/25 | 5:00p.m. Catholic Mass 303-839-1432 St. Paul Lutheran and Roman Catholic Community of Faith, 1600 Grant St. saintpauldenver.com Sundays, 02/04-02/25 | 8:30a.m. Catholic Mass Also at 10:30a.m., 12:30p.m. and 6:30p.m. | 303-831-7010 Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, 1535 Logan St. denvercathedral.org Sundays, 02/04-02/25 | 7:30a.m. Catholic Mass Also, Spanish Mass, 12:30p.m. (2nd and 4th Sundays) and African Mass, 1p.m. (3rd Sunday). | 303-322-8042 St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church, 2301 York St. loyoladenver.org Sundays, 02/04-02/25 | 11:00a.m. Catholic Mass Catholic Mass with Children's education and nursery available. | 303-333-9366 Ten Thirty Catholic Community, 1100 Fillmore St. 1030catholic.org Sundays, 02/04-02/25 | 5:00p.m. Catholic Mass for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender A social follows Mass on most Sundays. | 720-515-4528 Dignity Denver, 1100 Fillmore St. dignitydenver.org Sundays, 02/04-02/25 | 8:30a.m.
Sundays, 02/04-02/25 | 10:00a.m. Interfaith Devotions 303-744-6456 Baha'i Center of Metro Denver, 225 E. Bayaud Ave. denverbahais.org Sundays, 02/04-02/25 | 9:30a.m. Presbyterian Services Followed by fellowship at 10:30a.m. and education for all ages at 11:00a.m. | 303-333-9366 Capitol Heights Presbyterian Church, 1100 Fillmore St. capitolheightspresbyterian.org Sundays, 02/04-02/25 | 10:00a.m. Progressive Protestant Services An open and affirming congregation of the United Church of Christ that welcomes all people regardless of race, age, gender, sexual orientation, and disability. Sunday school offered and fellowship hour following each service. Come join our community! | Sixth Avenue UCC Sixth Avenue UCC, 3250 E. 6th Ave. sixthavenueucc.org Sundays, 02/04-02/25 Sunday Festival We have a festival every Sunday which begins with a Kirtan. After Kirtan, we have a presentation on Bhakti Yoga followed by an Kirtan & Arati, and a free vegetarian feast. | Radha Krishna Temple, 1400 Cherry St. krishnadenver.com Sundays, 02/04-02/25 | 9:30a.m. Sunday Progressive Service Please join us in celebrating our next era of active, progressive service in the 21st century! We value, accept, appreciate and celebrate each person's uniqueness, creativity, and talents as expressions of God. ALL are welcome. | 303-388-6469
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St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, 1280 Vine St. stbdenver.org Sundays, 02/04-02/25 | 10:00a.m. Worship Service With pre-worship coffee at 9:30a.m. and post worship social time at 11:30a.m. | 303-860-1819 Metropolitan Community Church of the Rockies, 980 Clarkson St. lifelegacyphotography.com/mccr Sat, 02/10 | 9:00a.m. Shabbat Services 303-388-4239 Temple Micah, 5209 Montview Blvd. micahdenver.org Tue, 02/13 | 12:00p.m. Music at Noon Free performances held on the second Tuesday of each month. Generally 45 minutes to 60 minutes. Concert-goers are welcome to bring their lunch and eat their lunch before the concert. | 303-831-7115 Saint John's Cathedral, 1350 Washington St. sjcathedral.org
SENIORS Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays, 01/31-02/28 | 10:00a.m.-10:45a.m. Senior Strength & Balance Class Hosted free of charge by Brookdale Parkplace Senior Independent Living community - enriching the lives of those we serve with compassion, respect, excellence and integrity. | 720-485-4124 Brookdale Parkplace, 111 Emerson St. live2bhealthy.com Sat, 02/03 | 2:00p.m.-3:00p.m. Active Minds presents: Origin of the Blues Join Active Minds as we look at the early days of the blues, from its roots in African American oral tradition to its rise as a mainstream American music style. | Denver Public Library: Central branch Denver Public Library: Central branch, 10 W. 14th Ave. Parkway activeminds.com Tue, 02/27 | 5:00p.m.-6:00p.m. Active Minds presents: Muhammad Ali Despite losing three years in the prime of his career, Ali’s accomplishments in the ring remain unmatched. Join Active Minds as we review the life and legacy of the man often referred to simply as “The Greatest.” | 303-322-7727 Tattered Cover, 2526 E. Colfax Ave. activeminds.com
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Each month LIFE rounds up for our readers local taps we feel are sure to please. Drink local! Info provided by the brewhouses featured. Want your tap here? Email editor@denvermetromedia.com. Mockery Brewing (3501 Delgany St.) "Shout at the Pineapple" (7.5 percent ABV) is our variation on the IPA. IPAs have been done, but has anyone done an IPA with pineapple, peach and pink peppercorn? Bet your sweet hops it hasn’t! Tropical, with a kiss of fruity peppercorns, this IPA is highlighted by Citra and dry hopped with Ella hops.
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HISTORY Catch a glimpse of Denver’s farming past By Becca Dierschow Long before “farm to table” became a modern dining trend, Denverites could hardly avoid knowing where their food came from. Denver, as the last town before the mountains, was a supply town whose dry goods, vegetables and meats supplied many a young miner in search of riches. Some of our agrarian traditions remain an integral part of Denver’s cultural life—where else can you see a herd of longhorn cattle traipsing through the central business district? Or visit the prize-winning steers in the lobby of the Brown Palace Hotel—a Denver tradition since 1945? But other hallmarks of Denver’s historic farming past have been obscured. Although Denver has long since developed most of its historic farmland, our agricultural roots are still embedded throughout the modern city, if you know where to look. In 1859, the farmer Rufus Clark came to Colorado with his family and laid claim to 160 acres to the south of Denver. While he planted other crops on his farm, potatoes made him rich. Clark was known as the “Potato King of Colorado”—his obituary in the Denver Post claimed that Clark made $30,000 annually from the sale of his potatoes, which was an enormous
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head. Let me get back to welcoming all of our new friends. Jump in, the water is warm and our pot/ganja/weed/reefer is legal. If you hurry, you can help ink!Coffee happily gentrify a few more neighborhoods. I have lived on Capitol Hill for 34 years, so let me give you newbies a few tips: For late night dining, Pete’s Kitchen on Colfax is famous and yummy, but my pick is Tom’s Diner, just a few blocks west of Pete’s on the FAX (what old-timers/ locals call Colfax Avenue). It is open all night long and this greasy spoon knows how to prepare food that sticks to your ribs and the waitresses are friendly and helpful. Gyroz drive-thru at Colfax and Emerson is my new favorite late-night stop for a cheap, delicious Greek sandwich. Speaking of my favorite street on Capitol Hill, you can’t go wrong with the number one combo at the Bourbon Grill— for $11.10 you get the addictive bourbon chicken on a pile of rice, plus two sides and a small drink—and the eggrolls rock! Check out their new digs at the corner of Colfax and Pearl, which is a huge upgrade from the hole in the wall they use to be in at Colfax and Franklin. Go a little east on the FAX to get the
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sum in the late 19th century. Clark eventually amassed over 20,000 acres of land throughout Colorado. One Denver historian categorized Clark’s early reputation as a man “steeped in sin and prodigious profanity, and the curse of drink.” But in his later years, he found religion. In 1886, he donated 80 Left: View of Windsor Farm Dairy at 19th (Nineteenth) and Blake Streets. Photos acres of land three miles courtesy of Denver Public Library. Right: Brown H. Cannon, president of Windsor Farm outside of the city to the Dairy, stands by a horse drawn milk wagon at 1855 Blake St. University of Denver, with the stipulation that no saloon or bar Occasionally, you can still find a single In the 1930s, the federal be allowed to operate near the campus. historic farmhouse right next to a row government purchased the northern The university, a Methodist institution, of post-war homes, like the Craftsman portion of the farm to create Lowry which had been worried about the bungalow at the corner of South Dahlia Airfield. As one of the last dairy farms number of saloons and brothels near Street and Florida Avenue, which once near central Denver, Windsor stayed their campus at 14th and Arapahoe stood amid a field of alfalfa until it was in production until 1961. It was then streets, readily agreed. Other farmers in developed into the mid-century modern purchased by developers, who created the area donated an additional 70 acres, subdivision of Krisana Park. the Windsor Gardens retirement and the University Park neighborhood Beyond crops such as potatoes, community. Windsor Gardens was the was born. The farmers who donated alfalfa and wheat, Denver once boasted first active retirement community in the the land also stipulated that the a large number of dairies that served state of Colorado. While the community neighborhood be platted as soon as thousands of customers throughout the still retains the Windsor name, there possible, with 1,000 forest trees planted city. One such farm, the Windsor Dairy, is no evidence of the historic dairy throughout the neighborhood. Many of was located at Alameda Avenue and operations. However, you can still see these trees still survive today, giving South Havana Street and got its start in the Windsor Dairy creamery at 1855 University Park its bucolic feel. But it 1885, when the Platte Land Company Blake St., where milk from the farm was Clark, the reformed potato farmer, sold 480 acres of land along the High was processed and delivered to homes who laid the groundwork for this lush Line Canal to hoteliers Bill Bush across the city. oasis in the heart of the contemporary and Willard Morse. Bush and Morse While some agricultural traditions city. established the dairy to supply their remain a cultural touchstone, other Although University Park was luxury hotel, the Windsor, at 18th and aspects of Denver’s farming past developed early on, much of Denver’s Larimer streets. Little did they know have been obscured by a century of farmland survived until the post-war that the dairy would outlive the hotel, development. But it was agriculture, building boom of the 1950s, when which was demolished in 1959. By 1900, not mining, that gave Denver its start, developers purchased large tracts of the Windsor Dairy Farm was the most and which continued to have a lasting land for new single-family houses. ubiquitous dairy in Denver. effect on the development of our city.
Sugar Steak at Bastien’s. This former 1950’s root beer stand is a throwback that is a priceless landmark. There is a lot more to the Hill than just food though. Get your booze at Joy Liquors (previously Joy Pharmacy) at 6th and Marion. Across the street is Buzz Cafe, a low-maintenance and likeable coffee shop that is not pretentious at all (unlike a few other shops in the 'hood.) Also, Trout’s Fly Shop is on the other corner and is a great place to talk about fish. Just a block away is the Esquire—my all-time favorite movie theater. In creating this list, I can’t help but think of all of the swell places that the new people to town have missed because they have disappeared in recent years. Here are just a couple: The day Smiley’s Laundromat closed, I shed a tear. It needed to go to make room for more condos. The World’s Most Expensive Dog Park was wiped out to build the Carla Madison Recreation Center on the corner of Colfax and Josephine. My dogs shed a tear when the bulldozers plowed up their favorite place. Once again, WELCOME to all of my new friends, I am so glad to meet you.
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