Life on Capitol Hill – July 2015

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Fourth of July Activities

By Christa T. Palmer

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ndependence Day, (Fourth of July) is coming up soon and there are lots of local activities for your family to enjoy. You can attend a variety of free and/or low cost events, and there are lots of fun things to see and do in the Capitol Hill area over the holiday weekend. Listed below is a recap of some of these activities for your review: • The annual Independence Eve Celebration in Civic Center Park at Broadway and Colfax is always a popular event. The free celebration on July 3rd at 8 pm will feature a free patriotic concert, a light show on the Denver City and County Building followed by a fantastic professional fireworks display. Lawn seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Picnics are allowed and concessions will be available. Denver park rules will be in effect during the event, including no glass containers. Also – due to the crowd size – no BBQ grills are allowed.

• Celebrate Independence Day at The Cherry Creek Arts Festival July 3-5 at Cherry Creek North from 2nd to 3rd Ave. between Columbine & Steel. The free festival celebrates visual, performing and culinary arts. The Cultural Pavilion will present music, dance and theater from around the globe. Culinary Avenue offers tasty treats and live cooking demonstrations from some of Denver's most popular eateries. Artivity Avenue, at its new location on Steele Street between 1st & 2nd, features an entire block with interactive activities for youngsters. Annually this area is one of the most popular activities, and it features numerous, diverse and creative art activities designed to engage the mind and the whole family!

• Park Hill 4th of July Parade is back, on 23rd from Dexter to Krameria. Start time is 1:30 pm. This free community-friendly event will again be marching along 23rd Avenue on Independence Day. This year's parade promises to be bigger than ever before, with marching bands, bikers, acrobats, classic cars, fire trucks, jugglers and festive floats.

• Watch the cool fireworks display at Elitch Gardens Theme & Water Park on July 4th. Spend the day at the amusement and waterpark then spend the evening watching an amazing fireworks display starting at dusk. Tickets start at $34.99.

• You can end the Fourth of July weekend Sunday evening with a free City Park Jazz concert at the City Park Bandstand at 17th & Colorado. The concert features “The Messers” band and will begin at 6 pm rain or shine.

• Enjoy a screening of the movie Frozen for free. See the Disney blockbuster hit as a family on July 5th at dusk in Skyline Park on Arapahoe & 16th. Arrive early to get good seats in front of the big screen.

Sewall Child Center moves to Congress Park

4TH OF JULY at the City & County Building PHOTO BY JEFF HERSCH

Local Consignment Shop Wins National Comcast Award

By Keith Lewis

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n June 1, Comcast Business announced the six grand prize winners of a national competition to help innovative entrepreneurs throughout the nation, called the Innovations 4 Entrepreneurs Award (“i4E”). Act II Consignment won one of the six grand prizes awarded nationally and it was the only business in Colorado to earn the award.

Act II Consignment is a store that offers quality fashion clothing and accessories at prices far better than retail. The store currently has two locations, one in Littleton (known as the suburban chic line) and the other on Capitol Hill (known as the

urban chic line). Act II Consignment began in Littleton when current owner Gail Kincaid purchased the store in 2007. Starting with that purchase, Kincaid has expanded several times and opened the Colfax store a little over three years ago. While Act II Consignment definitely focuses on women’s fashion and accessories, the store also has a growing men’s clothing section and the store welcomes gently used men’s clothing for consign consignment.

For anyone who may not be familiar with the concept of consignment, it is the act of sending used clothing or accessories to a shop to be sold. Once the item has sold, the seller and the consignment shop split the

proceeds, typically about half each. This arrangement allows owners of used clothing and accessories to recoup some money for their gently used items and consequently it also allows buyers to find quality fashion at prices lower than retail. Most importantly it allows used clothing stores to operate without the risk and expense of carrying inventory that may never be purchased. Consignment can be a beneficial arrangement for all involved.

The lively store, in the heart of Capitol Hill, at Colfax & Lafayette bustles with customers browsing the racks for the latest fashions. The phone rings off See KINCAID on page 2

By Jason McKinney

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ewall Child Development Center, which provides integrated educational programs for more than 2,300 area children, is moving from its current location at 1360 Vine Street to a newly renovated building in Congress Park, just in time for the new school year. The new location, 940 Fillmore, is in a building that was built in 1924 and the space will have eight newly-renovated classrooms, and a redistribution of the office space to accommodate teacher workstations.

The building will also be renovated to include the addition of an ADA accessible elevator, providing access to all floors, air conditioning for the entire building and ADA restrooms for two to five-year-old students as well as the faculty. In addition to its integrated educational programs for more than 300 children from birth to six, Sewall also serves 2,000 children through its designation as a disabilities provider for Denver’s Head Start programs.

Roughly two-thirds of the current Sewall student population live in poverty and about half have identified special needs including developmental challenges, physical disabilities, and cognitive and behavioral problems.

“This project will result in a new and improved home for Sewall, and Palace Construction’s world-class team is committed to delivering the new space on time and on budget so that Sewall can continue its mission of helping children succeed,” said Maggie Bolden, director of client relations for Palace Construction, the firm behind the renovation project.

At press time, the school website was under construction, but will hopefully have new information about the renovation soon. You can view it at sewall.org.

GAIL KINCAID, owner of Act II Consignment store, reclines amidst the varied items she purveys. PHOTO BY JEFF HERSCH

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KINCAID Continued from page 1 the hook with patrons calling to inquire about the consignment process. As the owner, and brains behind the operation, Gail Kincaid flashes a smile.

“We are building a community as much as we are building a business,” she remarks. Kincaid shares her desire to be a socially responsible company. “We have a responsibility to the community who has given us their business,” Kincaid notes.

That’s why Act II Consignment partners with local charities to donate the cloth-

ing they are unable to sell. Act II Consignment has previously worked with Dress for Success, His Hands Ministry, Neighborly Thrift, and Camp Experience in support of these charities that clothe Colorado’s less fortunate.

Act II Consignment reminds that all clothing brought in for sale must be “clean and pressed, as well as in-style and in-season.” They will evaluate any high quality used fashion items, but they may sometimes have to decline certain items, that by experience, they know are less likely to sell. The store’s most popular designers include Banana Republic, Ann Taylor Loft, Coach, Michael Kors, Juicy Cou-

Get Tasty at the 7th Annual Tasty Colfax

By Denny Taylor Tasty Colfax is a restaurant and pub crawl through the eclectic entertainment and arts districts on E. Colfax between York & Colorado on Tuesday, July 14, 5:30 pm-8:30 pm. This event features numerous district eateries, showcasing their palatable yummies, ranging from Thai food to the best biscuits in Denver. The extended block party fuses urban vibe with small town community, and includes live street music, and urban & fine art showcased down your favorite main street, Colfax Avenue.

Tickets are $25 per eater (person) pre-sale, and will be $30 the day of the event. This event has sold out every year as the amount of tickets is limited by the restaurateurs. All proceeds from this event will go to Colfax on the Hill Inc., which consists of a coalition of fellow Colfaxians promoting a thriving Colfax for 32 years.

Ticket Packages are also available that include Tasty Colfax passes, passes for the Bluebird District Music Festival (July 10-12), as well as a pass to the Colfax Lounge and outdoor venue with free beer and Colfax Gear included.

Visit www.tastycolfax.com for details.

AN IRON GATE IN BLOOM. PHOTO BY DANI SHAE THOMPSON ture, Coldwater Creek, Chico’s, Brighton, and many more.

As a grand prize winner, Act II Consignment will receive $30,000 in total cash prizes ($10,000 of that was already awarded to them as a regional winner), plus an all-expense paid trip to Comcast headquarters in Philadelphia where the business owners will receive one-on-one consulting with leading business experts from Comcast’s executive team, and also from faculty of the prominent Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

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As for how she will invest the prize money, Kincaid has already chosen to invest in technology, developing a real-time inventory tracking website and investing in social media marketing. Kincaid is so committed to serving her customers that even the prize money will be reinvested to better her customers’ experience.

For more information about Act II Consignment, please visit their website at myact2.com and be sure to ‘like’ them on Facebook. Act II Consignment, 1244 E. Colfax, can be reached at 303832-0783.

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A Piece of Colorado History Frederick G. Bonfils: Bold, Brash and Often Full of Balderdash

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e strutted through life like a conqueror, sometimes arrogant and aggressive, sometimes oozing charm and charisma. He was described by more than one woman as “the handsomest, most charming man I’ve ever met.” Frederick Gilmer Bonfils – land speculator, turned promoter, turned publisher – was a one-of-a-kind firebrand.

He was born in eastern Missouri on New Year’s Eve 1860 to Eugene Napoleon Bonfils and Henrietta Lewis, a descendant of Meriwether Lewis of the famed Lewis and Clark expedition. At the age of 17, Fred entered West Point where he was discharged unceremoniously three years later “because of a deficiency in mathematics.” Maybe unlucky at school, he proved lucky in love, marrying Belle Barton on July 26, 1882, along the Hudson River in Peekskill, New York.

Shortly after their nuptials, the newlyweds travelled to Canon City, Colorado, where Fred taught mathematics (of all things!) and tactics at the new Canon City Military Academy.

Their time in the Centennial State was brief as Belle fell ill and the young couple returned to Fred’s hometown of Troy, Missouri, located just northwest of St. Louis. It was there that Fred began his career in journalism, landing a job with Troy News.

Parenthood quickly followed with the arrival of their first daughter, May, in 1883. By the end of the decade, he was dabbling in real estate speculation, involving the great Oklahoma Land Rush. Then while visiting Belle’s family in Peekskill in late 1889, a second daughter, Helen, was born.

Leaving the northeast, the young family journeyed to Kansas City, Kansas, where Fred engaged in a dubious lottery venture that ultimately was forced to shut down. Soon after

the demise of this scheme, he met Harry Tammen and together they purchased The Denver Post on October 28, 1895. Bonfils, anxious to get out of Kansas City, moved his family to Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, residing at 939 Corona Street (now the site of King Soopers west parking lot at 9th & Corona).

The Queen City of the Plains had four other newspapers when the new co-publishers bought the three-year-old Post for a bargain price of $12,500. To help their paper stand out in this crowded field, they made sure that the headlines screamed with morbid stories, outlandish local news and even an occasional reform crusade. Apparently this approach worked quite well, as soon nearly “Everyone damned The Post – and nearly everyone subscribed.” And thus began a wild, long-term period of yellow journalism in the Mile High City.

A bizarre case of cannibalism was one of the more grizzly sagas that fueled the front pages of The Post. While the incident occurred in 1873, long before the founding of The Post, its impact had true staying power.

As the story goes, when Alferd Packer, a mountain guide, escorted a group of gold prospectors through the south-central Colorado Rocky Mountains in the autumn of 1873 and they got lost in an early snowstorm. The heavy snows trapped the party in very tough conditions. They ran out of food and supplies – things looked grim indeed as winter bore down on them. In April 1874, Packer stumbled into the Los Pinos Indian Agency with tales of “hardship, hunger and death.”

By all accounts, Alferd was the only survivor. Investigators examining the scene found evidence of cannibalism and Packer admitted that he had eaten the prospectors to survive. He then was quickly sentenced to

40 years in prison and Bonfils took up his appeal for freedom shortly after he and Tammen bought the paper. When attorney William W. Anderson duped Packer into taking his case, extracting $25 from the accused in the process, Bonfils was furious.

When Anderson was summoned to the publishers’ office, an argument broke out, and Anderson pulled a revolver from his pocket and shot both Bonfils and Tammen. Fortunately, both newspapermen survived. In the ensuing trial for Anderson, the Rocky Mountain News alleged that Bonfils was a blackmailer and not to be trusted. A few days later as Bonfils walked to work from his Capitol Hill home he crossed paths with Thomas Patterson, publisher of Rocky Mountain News, who was also walking from his home on Capitol Hill to his office. The two men met at the corner of 13th Avenue and Logan. Bonfils, upset over Patterson’s allegations in the newspaper, knocked Patterson to the See BONFILS on page 5

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Reading is Rewarding Summer reading keeps skills sharp.

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s the song says, “Summertime and the living is easy.” Children have many wonderful things to do in summer and many activities beckon them. Some children would rather watch TV, play on the computer, or swim, rather than read a book. Reading can be fun and Denver Public Library (DPL) offers many programs and activities to the community to encourage reading during the lazy days of summer.

One such program is the annual DPL Summer Reading Program which has existed since 1921, and provides incentives for youth to continue reading over the long summer break.

It was developed as a fun way to help children develop their interest in reading and to help them maintain their skills. But it can do more than just keep reading skills sharp. It can also result in increased reading skills and build good reading habits.

Students can sign-up for the program and it continues until August 8. Children of all ages can participate and win prizes based on the amount of reading

that they do. Children are divided into three groups by age.

Children from Birth through Preschool must complete eight activities to earn a prize. Kindergarten through Grade 5 students must read six books or read for three hours to earn each prize and Grade 6 through Grade 12 must read for four hours for each prize.

When students sign-up or have their parents sign-up for them, they are given a small booklet to use to record their reading activity. July 25 is the last day to register for the program. Students must be present and bring their booklet with them to any DPL location to claim their prizes prior to August 8. Prizes are donated by organizations in the community and have even included backpacks, gift cards and passes to amusement parks. Prizes are available while supplies last.

For information about the Denver Public Library and which locations are the closest, how to get a library card, and what programs and events are being offered, go to www.denver library.org or call the Central Library at 720-865-1111.

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By Jason McKinney The third annual Cheesman Park Art Fest will be held on Sat., July 25 & Sun., July 26 in Cheesman Park at 8th & Williams. The free, all-ages event, goes from 10 am-7 pm Sat. & 10 am-5 pm Sun. Juried artists and craftsmen, 115 in total, from across the country have been invited to showcase their work. The selection process was made based on quality and variety of work, in addition to range of prices. The artists attending represent 24 different states.

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BONFILS Continued from page 3 ground. In the trial that followed, Bonfils was fined $50 and court costs. And what became of Alferd Packer? Thanks to The Post, he was finally paroled in January 1901 and subsequently moved to Littleton where he died in 1907. He is buried in the Littleton Cemetery.

One of The Post’s most enduring promotional events has been the running of the Frontier Days Train from Denver up to Cheyenne. Being seen on the train, a one-day summer excursion – in those days the trip was compliments of The Denver Post – became a prestigious affair. The train ran every year until 1970, and then it rolled out again from Denver Union Station once more when it was revived in 1992 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of The Post.

The Frontier Days Train continues to chug along to this day.

In 1913, Bonfils mounted a noteworthy campaign against the privately owned Denver Union Water Company which was seeking a 20-year extension of the franchise to provide Denver’s water needs. A year later with The Post’s unrelenting opposition, the franchise was voted down and that defeat brought about “the municipal ownership of Denver’s water system.”

This may have been “the single largest factor in municipal growth on the arid eastern slope of the Rockies,” according to Bill Hosokawa, who wrote Thunder in the Rockies, a comprehensive history of The Denver Post.

Shortly before World War I, Bonfils bought a mansion at E. 10th & Humboldt where he and Belle lived until he died in 1933.

Sadly, the home located on the west side of Cheesman Park, fell to the wrecking ball as did many

Ice Cream, Tacos La Tapatia, Meatball, Deer Creek Pizza, Gathering Grounds Coffee, Freddy’s Cuisine, Maui Wowi Smoothies, Cilantro Truck and Colorado Pig Rig) and ongoing artist demonstrations. Please note that Cilantro Truck and Colorado Pig Rig will only be at the festival on Sunday.

Attendees are encouraged to walk, bike, run, bus or carpool to the festival as automobile parking will be at a premium. Bike racks with free parking will be available. RTD lines run through the park and street parking is only available along the north lane of 8th Avenue on the weekends. The southern and western roads inside of Cheesman Park will either be affected in some way or closed for the event, beginning on the morning of the 24th.

For more information and/or a preview of the artists (and their work) who will be participating, go to dasheventsdenver.com.

of Denver’s mansions of note during the urban renewal craze of the 1960s and 1970s. Now the Cheesman Gardens high-rise looms on the corner where the stately Georgian mansion once stood, with only a concrete balustrade remaining from the Bonfils garden.

Fred’s longtime partner, Harry Tammen, died in 1924.

This forced Bonfils to cast a net to try to find a replacement for someone to ultimately take over as publisher of the paper. Bonfils finally settled on his youngest daughter Helen, a 35-year-old intelligent, spunky, tall blonde.

For the better part of two years (1927 & 1928) The Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News duked it out in the “journalism-as-entertainment game.”

According to Colorado historians, the two papers…

“Countered stunt with stunt, premium with premium, flagpole sitters, free gasoline, illus-

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trated love novels of flaming youth, limerick contests, comic strips, and screaming headlines often substituted for solid news and investigative reporting.”

On January 26, 1933, Fred Bonfils, complaining of a pain in his ear, left his dear Post for the last time. To ease the pain, his ear was surgically drained four

days later, however, on February 2, Bonfils died of an “acute inflammation of the brain.” The following day in a fitting tribute, The Denver Post dedicated most of its first six pages to the death of its longtime publisher. Fred Bonfils lies buried in a mausoleum in Fairmount Cemetery.

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Dear District 10 Constituents: I am most grateful for the opportunity to have served as your councilwoman over the last twelve years. One of the mantras of my first campaign for office was that economic development and the quality of life in our neighborhoods go hand in hand. That is still true along Colfax, First Avenue, and everywhere in between.

When I was elected, there were approximately 50,000 people living in each council district.

Now there are 60,000 people in each re-aligned council district.

And yet, each district retains its own unique character. District 10 is the smallest geographically, and thus the densest of all the districts with great proximity to downtown. Our district is characterized by beautiful parks and parkways, popular cultural institutions, walkable neighborhoods, with great restaurants and shopping venues. The challenge has been to preserve and enhance these attributes.

And you, the citizens of District 10, have been key to that effort! Your active engagement, and at times, vigorous activism - through e-mails & phone calls, Facebook & Nextdoor posts, neighborhood groups, business districts & alliances, nonprofits & ad hoc stakeholder groups have provided the ideas and projects that have made District 10 even better.

I also want to recognize the dedicated city employees who have spent hours meeting with District 10 constituents, addressing concerns, and furthering our common goals. We worked together to address crime on Capitol Hill, revitalize Colfax Avenue, preserve and enhance Cheesman Park, envision a Central Denver recreation center, “right” zone residential areas in Capitol Hill and Congress Park, find more parking spaces everywhere (especially on Capitol Hill), provide a central recycling drop-off, find appropriate development for the former CU Health Sciences Center, and to

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arrive at an acceptable scale of development in the ever-changing Cherry Creek area.

Please join me in thanking my full-time aide Nora Kimball and part-time aides Susie Scott and Kathi Anderson, as well as others who served the district during my three terms. They were outstanding!

In May, voters on every block across District 10 chose from a slate of five capable and committed candidates, and in the June 2 runoff, District 10 elected Wayne New, who will officially be sworn into office on July 20. Congratulations Wayne!

My office is working to be sure files and issue updates are ready for him as he faces the challenges of governing in this dynamic district and city. The office phone will remain the same 720-337-7710, and citizens can email him as of June 20.

Best regards, Jeanne Robb District 10 Councilwoman, 2003-2015

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A New Yorker’s Lament

By Sandi Butchkiss

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ow don't get me wrong, I love New York. I was born (and mostly) bred in Manhattan. There's no better place on the planet where you can be more handsomely compensated in your chosen field or more heavily drowned in culture than in this skyscraper laden, cement covered, mostly gray island. But, after a rewarding career in the business world I yearned for a healthier, greener, less congested lifestyle.

The Mile High City beckoned.

I arrived with great expectations and Denver did not disappoint. The air here was so pure and fresh, it was intoxicating.

The sky was more than big, it was enormous. An awesome planetarium-sized 180 degrees of beautiful blue sky wherever I looked. The clouds were billowy, duck-down white and the orangey red sunsets and pink sunrises were astounding and visible to the naked eye. With a mere 650,000 inhabitants calling Denver home, it seemed uncrowded, comfortable and stress-free livable. Of course, this is all compared to New York.

Snow-capped majestic mountains appeared on the horizon, world-class skiing was but a drive away, Broadway-quality theatre was readily accessible and the restaurants scored high in Zagat.

Bursting with enthusiasm I quickly became a member of the Denver Art Museum, joined the crowds at the galleries on First Fridays, and was soon a regular at the Sie Film Center.

I also soon discovered the Tattered Cover, which must be the best bookstore in America, and I happily toted my folding lawn chair to enjoy the free jazz in City Park on summer Sundays.

I was thrilled to live in a city that felt more like a big small town than a bustling metropolis.

The blocks and blocks of single family, private homes, complete with attics, front porches and lawns completed the perfect picture in my mind. There were no lawns in Manhattan, much less attics or porches. This was like living in the heart of suburbia just five to ten minutes from downtown.

But recently, changes began to appear in my neighborhood that tainted that perfect picture that is rather disconcerting. Now let it be known that I am not opposed to change when it’s for the better. For instance, RiNo, a previously dark and dirty factory/ warehouse filled section of town, has metamorphosed before my eyes into a trendy, gallery- andartist-studio-filled happening place, with scores of terrific dining establishments and blocks of ultra-modern condominiums.

But when the large plot of land (a few streets from where I live) devoted to a lively and beloved urban garden was demolished to make way for a large recreation center, then that made me sad. Not far away, a no longer used church is in the throes of being torn down and replaced with a high-rise. And just across the street from me, they are in the process of putting the finishing touches on half-a-block of new town homes.

Just a few weeks ago I attended a meeting with a packed auditorium of enraged and upset residents and parents who spoke out against the imminent opening of a methadone clinic – a mere 500 feet from the high school and its 2500 students.

How could this happen?

Elsewhere in the city, discussions are underway between developers, councilmen and architects, as to where and how to

house all the anxious folks from all across the country who are heading West. They are pouring into Colorado, interested in upping their quality of life and helping themselves to a hefty slice of what they believe Denver has to offer. I understand that.

As I mentioned before, I am all for progress. But maybe in this case it's all too fast, too much, too soon and in many parts of town, too high. Just ask

the Curmudgeon. Thank heavens there's a five-story zoning law on the books in our cozy neighborhood. I can only pray it's carved in stone. If not, being a New Yorker after all, I suppose it's no big deal for me to pull up stakes, move back, and find myself a nice private home in a peaceful neighborhood, complete with front porch, back yard and lawn... in Brooklyn!

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Brick by vintage brick, the rebirth of Colfax as an entertainment and shopping district continues. I expect Denver’s newest wine bar to be a jewel on the list of options.

If hands on research, thought and planning are key to envisioning a successful wine-centric eatery, then Brik On York at 2223 E. Colfax has the perfect foundation.

Owner Travis Gee spent years researching his concept and he has the passport stamps to prove it. Argentina, Spain, Australia, New Zealand. He’s cir-

cled the globe to refine a vision.

After an early career in the restaurant business, Gee moved into medical sales. His territory included Napa, Oregon and Washington’s wine regions. Traveling that region reignited his interest in wine and food pairings.

Then the hard work began.

“I was looking for a place that was rustic with some history,” he said.

His choice was a 99-year-old building in Wyman Historic District with a checkered past. Once home to the Matinee Theater in the 1910s, it housed Tulper’s Jewelry and Watch Repair in recent decades.

The entire façade of the build-

ing was scrubbed down to reveal interesting brick patterns. Inside, Gee chipped away at years of stucco and paint to reveal – you guessed it – more brick. On one wall, a ghost painting of an old Colfax Trolley pays tribute to the past. He also framed a large photo of the Matinee for another wall.

In the front, shop windows were replaced with floor to ceiling glass panels that fold open in nice weather. They also serve a second purpose – they create a large opening for the kitchen’s centerpiece – an oven that was shipped by boat from Italy.

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it up with four car jacks was fun,” he recalled.

That Italian Acunto pizza oven did more than create memories. It introduced Gee to executive chef Shoshana Frost who was then the corporate chef for the oven’s seller. His concept excited her enough to quit her day job and the duo created a menu that calls on that oven for flavor and speed.

The menu begins with pizzas you’d recognize like Margherita, and then delves into new territory with selections like the Diavola that’s packed with flavor contrasts. It’s topped with a variety of spicy peppers and greens, and then married to crème fraiche.

There’s also a seasonal pie and each can be cooked in just 60 seconds.

Pizza anchors the dinner menu but there’s much more.

Grilled artichokes with lemon-garlic aioli, handmade pasta of the day, and Steak Florentine are constants. They all connect with that Acunto.

The menu also features a daily fish dish and a poultry offering. The fish is either wild caught or sustainable; the poultry is free range and locally raised.

Frost and Gee share a commitment to healthful ingredients and they slapped a “Never, Ever” guarantee on their menu.

While diners may just be learning about the concept and its name, kitchens have used the

term for years. Never Ever refers to no steroids, no hormones, no antibiotics. While many restaurants promise this ‘where possible’ the Brik kitchen is serious about its mandate. They guarantee they will not use ingredients that don’t meet this pledge.

“Every (ingredient) is the very best we could find,” Frost said.

There’s also brunch on Sundays 10 am- 2 pm that features benedicts, egg dishes and even crepes. The bourbon-glazed apple crepe with smoked Gouda and prosciutto sounds intriguing.

The place wouldn’t be a wine bar without vino. Here Gee employed his well-used passport and his sommelier certifications to create a special concept called Tasting Passports. They cost $35 to buy and entitle holders to attend a special event on the second Friday of each month.

Held 7 -9 pm on that special Friday, the events are billed as a ‘fun filled wine education’. Prices for these special wine introductions vary monthly and include small bites as well as beverage samples.

The vast wine selection is carefully stored using premium equipment that sustains quality and facilitates small pours for more tasting opportunities.

In addition to eats, a housemade limoncello and a full bar, Brik plans to be more.

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CHEFS AND OTHER FANS OF SHARP EDGES WILL DELIGHT in knowing that the while-youwait folks from Johnson Sharpening are back at work at two farmers’ markets each weekend.

“We want to be a place that is event rich,” Gee said. That means a monthly movie night to honor the building’s history, live music, and more.

Hours are 3:30 pm- midnight Tues.-Thurs., until 2 am Fri.-Sat. and Sun. 10 -10. Happy Hour starts at open.

Last but not least, there’s free parking in back for dozens of cars. The space is shared with AUM Framing next door and Three Lions Pub. The number is 303-284-6754 and brik.bar is the web address.

Across from Brik and west three blocks, there’s another unique food space opening but you’ll have to wait until the Grand Opening on July 12th to sample this new Colfax gem.

New World Cheese is the vision of Teresa St. Peter, a certifiable cheese head and artisan cheese devotee.

Located at 2504 E. Colfax in the former Red Mango space, New World pays homage to just that – cheeses of the western hemisphere. It would be easy to open a shop that focused on European offerings, but St. Peter feels the US has much to offer and that’s her focus.

She credits her first job in life for this passion. She has fond memories of that job 20 years ago at Hickory Farms handing out samples but she’s bent on hitting a much higher bar in terms of flavor and selection.

On any given day, the shop will stock between 50 and 125 different cheese offerings. They include products like Toma made from the milk of free-range cows that graze by the seashore in California to Tarentaise, an alpine cheese from Vermont that won top national honors in a recent competition.

“Twenty years ago, there were approximately 20 artisan cheese makers in the US. Now there are over 850,” St. Peter explained.

This surge in interest has created what she calls an ‘explosion of cheese interest’ that needs an outlet.

St. Peter plans to cater to customers on several levels. In addition to cheeses, she’s selling charcuterie, jams, crackers and other accompaniments. To Go samplers and snack meals can be picked up if you’re headed to Jazz in City Park on Sunday.

Grab and Go meals and salads will also be available for East High students and others on a time budget.

You can however, also sit and enjoy your own selected plate of samples. There will be cheese-centric tapas offerings like peppers with goat cheese,

beer cheese spreads and Panini sandwiches. Custom chocolates are also paired with cheese choices if you’re struggling to accept the concept of cheese as dessert.

The space invites you to stop in and sample, but then you’ll probably want to sit in this tranquil space, taste and observe. It’s that inviting.

Cheeseboards of all shapes and sizes adorn the walls and cheese graters serve as light shades over the cutting counter.

It’s both a cool, yet unique decor and a welcoming one too.

Eventually St. Peter plans to seek a wine and beer license to add to her menu pairings.

Her partner Gideon Berger, also known as the Cheese Consigliere, sees St. Peter’s mission as “taking away the mystery surrounding good cheese.” It’s similar to past efforts that sought to demystify wines.

To hit that target and develop what she sees as good cheese habits, St. Peter plans to offer lectures and classes as well as special events. There will also be special Christmas gift boxes this December to share the knowledge you’ve gained.

The possibilities are nearly endless for New World. The day I stopped in, St. Peter had just met with a bride to design a four-layer cake of cheese wheels. Eventually, high tea could be added on Sunday.

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I know they offer sleepovers at the Museum of Nature and Science on occasion but now Denverites can sleep in an art gallery.

OK, technically it’s not a gallery, but The ART; a brandnew contemporary hotel at 1201 Broadway near the Denver Art Museum offers a close experience.

This luxury boutique hotel is packed with original art.

There are two main galleries, an on-staff curator and art in just about every space you can imagine. The elevators display videos of artists at work. There’s even art in the fitness studio which is referred to as Art In Motion.

The airy lobby sits four floors up next to an expansive terrace patio with a spectacular fire pit that resembles another work of art. In agreeable weather, walls of glass fold back to connect the two spaces.

While The ART doesn’t plan to compete with big convention

hotels, there are ample meeting rooms and private dining areas with impressive views. A grand ballroom features top-flight audio/visual options. Even the bathrooms are complete with mosaic works of art.

This is not a place to sleep cheap. Rooms can top $400 per night. Overnight valet parking is $38. But you don’t have to stay there to stop in.

Check out ART’s signature restaurant, Fire! instead, or try one of its lounge areas. Located on the fourth level it seems far above street level and offers fantastic views.

The eatery will feel like you’re dining in a gallery. Again, glass runs floor to ceiling creating an airy space. Behind the bar is an art installation that separates that space from the dining room.

Executive Chef Chris Jakubiec comes to Denver from Washington D.C. where he served in the same capacity at the Jefferson Hotel, a highly rated D.C.

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The menu promises a “fresh new take on New American cuisine.” Loosely translated, that means an upscale approach to simple dishes well done. Expect the menu to feature local ingredients including prime Colorado lamb and other meats.

“Like art, Fire’s cuisine will be a melting pot of flavors, a fusion of farm-to-table fare that captures the American experience. The hotel’s art philosophy will similarly be curated throughout the dining experience,” the hotel said. “Chef Jakubiec has a distinct creative approach to classic cuisine that will play a role in melding the hotel’s artistic nature with an experiential and memorable dining experience.”

There’s even art in the chandelier design of the Bottoms Up private dining room. There, vintage glassware is turned upside down and crafted to create a See BUSINESS on page 10

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THE NEW OWNER OF THE CLEANERS AT 8TH AND COLORADO has been in business just a few short months but has already had to increase the size of his conveyor system to accommodate new business.

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In addition to a spacious dining room and private rooms, Fire! will heat up room service.

It’s open seven days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The ART’s number is 303-572-8000 and thearthotel.com is its web address.

Bella Basil Pizza next to Capitol Grille has been sold. The new business operators are in the same line of work but have changed the eatery’s name to Capitol Pizza.

Located at 329 E Colfax, the eatery changed hands in midMay. Some of the recipes are from the Bella team and other menu additions are new on the

expanded menu. The additions include boneless chicken wings, bacon bow tie breadsticks and made-to-order salads & subs on the menu.

The family that runs the shop also owns a pizza business in Thornton. The place offers delivery and also catering services.

Check out the menu at Itscapitolpizza.com or contact the new owners at 720-420-0233.

The sign above the door read “New Ownership. No Really!” was definitely an eye catcher. The old Cherry Creek Cleaners at 3923 E. 8th at Colorado is gone. In its place is a new venture dubbed simply The Cleaners.

I decided to check out this new operation after reading a lot of positive buzz from Congress Park residents on Nextdoor.com.

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views may be well deserved.

Owner Brian Destarac is no stranger to the business. He has over 17 years’ tenure in the field and he must be doing something right.

“I have already outgrown my first conveyor system due to demand,” he told LIFE. Destarac decided to buy the new business after stopping by as a client.

“I felt I could make a difference for the neighborhood after the (poor) way I was treated here,” he said candidly. That explains the signage he ordered to indicate a genuine change in both operations and attitude.

In addition to dry cleaning, he offers shirt laundry, fluff and fold service for folks whose dryers have broken, along with tailoring and shoe repair. Not all work is done on site but it’s done quite rapidly.

Hours are weekdays 7 am6:30 pm & Sat. 9 am-5 pm. The number is 303-333-1331.

The Golden Triangle is now home to Bridal Design Studio at 1246 Delaware. The shop opened in a vintage home four months ago and Ash Taylor is the shop’s manager.

Taylor, owner Leanne Priday and Brandi MacSlyene run the operation bringing over three decades of experience to the studio.

Taylor said the trio looked for an ideal location for weeks. She added, “This place popped up and it was the perfect amount of space.”

The old Victorian address has a lot of character as the exterior is period, but the interior’s been totally updated.

“We mainly do bridal alterations and custom dresses, Bridesmaids’ dresses and custom veils as well,” she said. “. We currently work in concert with Little White Dress and Blue Bridal boutique.”

Hours are Mon. - Sat. by appointment only. Times are available 8 am- 7 pm. Call 303-8921000 to schedule.

On a clear day, there’s no limit to creativity. That’s the theory and belief behind Cloudless, a new creative collective at 1405 Ogden located in a former bike repair shop. The name, founders say, “Is designed to reflect how a person’s mood lifts on a cloudfree day when limits on human creativity disappear.”

Linden Noble is from Ontario, Canada. The former engineer was sitting with friends drinking coffee at The Corner Beet next door, and that’s how he discovered the vacant space and decided it was the perfect location for this new concept.

It’s challenging to describe Cloudless accurately. Noble says the team is trying to make as many things happen as possible using this space. That means networking, hosting artists, displaying art and more. They also paint outdoor murals for business owners who have a blank wall to dedicate. Soon there will be music and other events.

The principals involved have already sponsored a Celebration of Creation. Guests paid $5 each to watch artists paint and create.

They also were entered into a drawing and winners took home those creations.

Upcoming events will be posted in the window and also on cloudlesscreativity.com. Call 720935-7715 for more information.

Folks on the eastern borders of LIFE’s delivery zone might want to check out a new coffee shop just over our border. It’s Blunozer Kaffe-Tique, located at 1475 Ivy right off Colfax.

The small shop features lots of made fresh daily offerings including breakfast burritos, quiche, sandwich of the day and empanadas. They’re also big on pastries and pies.

The interior is quaint and relaxing making this a place to linger. More patio seating is reportedly on the horizon.

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Changes Yes, the rumors are true. Wizard’s Chest is indeed gearing up to leave Cherry Creek North (CCN) and relocate to Broadway.

For some CCN-area residents, this move seems as unlikely as the Tattered Cover’s departure decades ago, but like that iconic bookstore, this move could lead to better days.

Kevin Pohle, the current owner, said, “The plan is to have (our new location) open in early fall. We’ll have both places open for approximately four months then move (out of CCN) in January.

“Halloween is the time we get a lot of once-a-year shoppers. We wanted to make sure they all had a physical location to go to (for those purchases).”

The new space will be immediately south of Meininger’s in the former Erin Johnson space.

Plans include duplicating the front gates of the ‘castle’ at the new location.

Pohle opted to move the 32-year-old business when it became apparent that his side of the 200 block of Fillmore could be torn down to build a high-rise.

There are some positives including a lot more space to sprawl.

The current store is 8,000 sq. ft.

The new address will be 451 Broadway, but the phone number will stay the same. More on the new location when it debuts, but I think you can count on Winchester Slatebeard, the store’s purple-robed greeter/wizard, making the move too.

Nest has moved a few blocks west to a much larger space on the southwest corner of E. 6th & Milwaukee. The children’s clothing boutique has taken over both the former Starr Antiques space (that business is now located at 1560 S. Broadway) and Apiary Antiques which fronts on Milwaukee.

“We had the opportunity to stay in the same neighborhood but move into a bigger space – we had outgrown the original Nest a long time ago, but I liked our location and the neighborhood, so we just needed to wait for the right space to open,” explained owner Caroline Evascu.

“We were thrilled to obtain the new larger location also, because it had the adjacent space which we could use to open our new tween concept, Hatched.”

Nest originally opened in September, 2010. The new address is twice the size, if not more, and retains the same feel. It’s fitting for a business that has continued

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WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A DISCARDED STEAM TABLE? Josh Leiby of Charcoal Restaurant’s kitchen staff turned this one into an herb garden to grow his own produce. to expand since its initial launch.

“We started out as newborn to 4 years and then grew up with our customer to a size 8. We recently started to carry our brands that go up in girls’ tween sizes to size 8 - 14. We quickly realized we needed a different space to execute this (tween concept),” she said.

Evascu has also leased the old Bea’s Bridal location two blocks west of Nest, with plans to open a book and toy store in that space. She’s also holding onto the old location further west for a another new concept to be announced soon.

The number for Nest is 720287-1372 and hours remain Mon.Sat., 9 am-6 pm & Sun., 11am-5 pm.

Denver’s seen a wave of franchise operators try to defect from their corporate keepers in recent months. While it may seem highly unlikely, some have succeeded and others are now trying to cut ties to DazBog Coffee Company.

A month ago, the coffee vendor at 1200 Clayton covered its red and black corporate sign with a bright new banner that reads Genessee Coffee.

Franchisee owner Jim Burridge teamed up with Genessee Elinoff who owned a Denver Tech Center DazBog for four years before deciding to ‘debrand’ and reopen under a new name. Elinoff was successful in her court challenge and offered to assist Burridge in breaking away too.

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“I’ve been battling these guys for five years,” she said. “It was absolutely impossible for anyone to make a profit with (their franchisee) business model.”

Elinoff said her DTC location was the #1 franchise for DazBog but she could never make a profit. The problem worsened when the company started selling its beans in retail locations for $6.99 a pound.

“That was our wholesale cost,” she said.

While five franchisees have been successful in breaking the bonds to the Russian-inspired coffee roaster, she says a dozen have gone under due to pricing problems.

The battle is not over. DazBog has challenged her right to

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assume the lease for 1200 Clayton and that issue is before the courts now. On June 18th, Elinoff won a 60 day extension of her tenancy.

Meanwhile Genessee Coffee continues to stay open and business has been brisk. A fan started a petition urging support for the local small business that has been signed by over 1,500 area residents and customers.

“Our numbers have skyrocketed since the changeover,” she added.

Suppliers have been a different story with many refusing to deliver. Elinoff and Burridge decided to accept that challenge.

They now make their own breakfast burritos using cage free eggs and roasting their own pep-

pers. The recipe has resulted in strong sales of over 1,000 meals each week at the DTC, Congress Park and Downtown locations of Genessee.

“Each time they push us, we say, ‘We’ll do better’,” she said.

The changeover has brought in new suppliers. Genessee now uses Corvus and Novo small batch coffee beans roasted locally. Pastries come from nearby City Bakery and Red Mountain bakers. Etai’s (formerly Udi’s) covers the prepared salads and sandwiches.

Hours at 1200 Clayton have not changed. The shop is operates 6 am-6 pm Mon. – Sat., 7 am-6 pm Sun. Their number is See BUSINESS on page 24

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The CBAF, a 501(c)(3) organization, is the fifth largest event of its kind in the United States and draws an audience of over 60,000, according to its organizers. CBAF was founded in 1986 to develop, promote and celebrate African arts and culture in Colorado. The CBAF is a family-oriented event that is free and open to the entire Colorado community. The CBAF offers its guests the opportunity to explore African culture through the visual arts, music, dance, theatre, hands-on arts activities, a people’s market place, and ethnic foods to delight the palate.

The Festival has attracted artist and attendees from around the world, yet this friendly and warm event has maintained the sense of community that it inspires. Colorado residents of all cultures have described the annual event as a kind of “family re-union”.

This year’s ever popular Boogaloo Celebration Parade on Saturday, July 11th at 10 am, is a crowd favorite. It will once again feature the lively Las Vegas High Steppers and a drum & drill team from Omaha, Nebraska. This highly anticipated festival event proceeds down 22nd between Downing & York.

It is a festive, colorful, and elaborate showcase of community pride that thrills thousands of parade spectators both young and old alike, as they watch the procession march down a tree-lined neighborhood avenue leading to the main archway of Denver City Park. Celebrity guests, vintage & hot rod cars, local politicians, sports and media personalities, not to be denied the fun and excitement, all make sure that they have a spot in the parade. The crowds are never disappointed as they feel the energy and excitement while watching drill & drum teams, youth groups, civic groups, and colorful floats.

The theme for this year’s festival is “Rock Steady”. A “rock” that has been steady in the Denver community over the years to present the best in African and African American arts and culture, and has helped to ensure the preservation of its rich cultural history, as it is passed from generation to generation.

Over the years the Festival has withstood the test of time and has been indeed “steady”, as witnessed by the 29th annual festival event. The festival offers an engaging and powerful exposure to the art and culture of the African diaspora.

The theme was also chosen because the festival wanted to enhance the festival experience by giving festival attendees the opportunity to be a participant in the arts, and not just a spectator. There will be plenty opportunity to join the daily Soul Train line or walk in the parade, or strut your stuff on the dance floor. Kids can do arts and crafts, and families can learn about healthy lifestyles. Activi-

ties in music, dance, and crafts are family-oriented and are designed for the young as well as the adult. These activities provide the opportunity for the audience to engage in personal self-expression.

What’s New in 2015? Youth Festival 2015 will be a new approach to the opening day (Friday, July 10) festivities. Programming will feature classes and performances for youth that involve many aspects of African American rooted art forms.

There will be an emphasis on youth visual and performing artists this year, as the young and energetic Youth Festival coordinators have involved over 20 youth volunteers from Denver, Aurora, Thornton, and Fort Collins to assist in presenting the community with a fabulous, out of this world, over the top extravaganza. The day is a celebration of the arts, our youth and building and maintaining community. Youth of all ages, from preschool to college are invited to come out and be entertained.

Two dynamic stages will present a plethora of music that includes jazz, blues, soul, gospel, hip-hop, reggae, world beat, and traditional African folk music.

Dance performances will include African drum & dance, modern, praise and interpretive dance.

House II House: “Time to feel the Rhythm”. Nine of the most soulful House DJs in the Denver area will be throwing-down to the audience’s delight. These brilliant DJs will use their skills of jockeying discs and introducing old hits to ensure that aficionados of music from the fifties to present day will get their dance on as they hear their favorite tune.

Art Garden will be throughout the festival grounds this year. There will be elements that capture art form on many levels. Noted African American visual artists as well as emerging artists will showcase their work in the mediums of paintings, drawings, photography, sculpture, glass, carvings, fiber, and more. The African American Visual Arts Avenue will be the most prominent display for festival attendees to enjoy and purchase artwork from professional and rising artists. Noted elite and seasoned African American visual artists will exhibit their finest original works.

This year’s hands-on educational activities will feature toys and games of the African continent – past and present.

Children will be able to take their art creations home. There will be storytelling by local storytellers, Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library staff and community leaders.

Scavenger Hunt will have festival attendees of all ages hunting for answers to “the clues”. There will be questions about renowned African American visual and performing artist, as well as questions on little known facts about the African Diaspora. In addition to being an educational experience, this activity encourages exploration of all the festival’s offerings, as no stone is left unturned. Prizes See BLACK ARTS on page 13

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eeping children entertained is always a challenge in the summertime. Fortunately, there are many free local activities for families that you can take advantage of.

Denver Public Library is hosting a free Summer of Reading to help children improve their reading skills during the summer. Participants can sign up at any Denver Public Library location through July 25th. Separate programs are available for birth to 5 years, kids and teens. Participants are eligible for prizes after reaching designated milestones. Prizes include books, meals, backpacks and tickets to Elitch Gardens Theme Parks. The last day to pick up prizes is August 8th.

Denver Public Library also hosts free events for children throughout the summer at various locations. Check the calendar at summerofreading.org.

Pre-registration is required for some events.

Free festivals are a great way to expose kids to new music, art and culture. Local festivals include: • The Cherry Creek Arts Festival on July 3-5 at Cherry Creek North from 2nd to 3rd between Columbine & Steele. The festival features a Creation Station which is an art playground designed for young children. Everyone in the family can contribute to the Imagination Collaboration Mural, which is a mural that will be painted by the entire community.

• The Colorado Black Arts Festival takes place at City Park July 10-12. The hours are 10 am-8 pm. The three day event will feature three stages filled with jazz, blues, reggae, gospel, and traditional African drum & dance. This is a family friendly

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The Cosmo Harris Gospel Stage is a popular Festival venue that allows the audience to witness the tradition and art of gospel music. The festival theme “Rock Steady” is truly exemplified on this stage where self-interpretation is the expected in African American gospel music.

Saturday’s stage will feature a tribute to Denver's media legend, F. Cosmo Harris, for whom the Gospel Stage is named. Musical education on gospel music throughout black history will be presented as well as a Gospel Theatre presentation.

The Kuumba Stage is the main creativity performing arts stage that features both Blues and Rhythm & Blues on Saturday, and Jazz on Sunday. Featured this year is Denver’s own Sheryl Renee on Sunday evening. Many talented local bands and vocalist will also grace the stage to make this a truly dy-

event with programming and activities for the entire family including the Saturday morning Boogaloo Celebration Parade.

• The Cheesman Park Art Fest takes place July 25-26 at 10 am-7 pm on Sat. & 10 am-5 pm on Sun. The free festival features a juried selection of 115 artists from around the country. The festival offers live musical performances, fare from local food trucks, artist demonstrations and activities for children.

Local museums hold free days throughout the summer.

Free days include: • July 11 & Aug. 1 at The Denver Art Museum for adults.

The museum is free every day for youth 18 and under.

• The Children’s Museum of Denver is open for free play from 4-8 pm. on July 7 & Aug. 8.

• Denver Botanic Gardens at 1007 York has free days on July 21 & Aug. 31 from 9 am-5 pm.

• The Denver Museum of Nature & Science free days are July 26 & Aug. 12 from 9 am-5 pm.

You can find other free events during the summer: • See the Disney blockbuster Frozen for free as a family on July 5th at dusk at Skyline Park on Arapahoe & 16th. Arrive early to get good seats.

• If your family likes music, you can attend free concerts at City Park. City Park Jazz takes place every Sunday evening in July at 6pm at the City Park Bandstand at 17th & Colorado.

• The Congress Park Neighbors 2015 Ice Cream Social will take place on National Night Out this year. The social will be held on Aug. 5 from 6-8 pm on Congress Park Pavilion.

• The downtown children’s playground at 1800 N. Speer has two play areas and equipment including a climbable net, sand play and water play areas. namic weekend of performing arts.

The “Watu Sokoni” (People’s Marketplace) is a place to purchase goods and services from an array of vendors that offer exotic clothing, oils, incense, handmade crafts, unique t-shirts, music, home decor, jewelry, African masks & drums, and so much more.

Other Festival attractions include, Children’s Pavilion for Art and Learning, Health Highway Pavilion, Community Drum Circle, Food Court, and ‘Old Skool’ Car Club Exhibition showcasing well-preserved vintage hot rods and cars. The festival once again welcomes the return of the Joda Village Stage & Compound, which is a setting reminiscent of a Nigerian village. The stage is named for Adetunji Joda, who taught traditional Nigerian Dance & Drum in Denver for more than 40 years.

The Festival presents an amazing visual feast of color, movement and pageantry. Don’t miss a minute of it!

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SATURDAY, JULY 4: Celebrate the USA’s Independence from Britain.

FRIDAY, JULY 3 - SUNDAY JULY 5: Cherry Creek Arts Festival, from 2nd to 3rd Avenues, on the seven streets between Columbine and Steele.

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SATURDAY, JULY 4: Park Hill 4th of July Parade is back, on 23rd from Dexter to Krameria. This free community-friendly event will again be marching along 23rd Avenue on Independence Day. This year's parade promises to be bigger than ever before, with marchTHE TATTERED COVER LODO invites you to a presentation and book signing of Rinker Buck's new book, The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey. Buck bravely traveled the trail the old-fashioned way – in a covered wagon with an assortment of comic characters. 1628 16th, July 13, 7 pm, 303-436-1070; tatteredcover.com ing bands, acrobats and festive floats.

SUNDAYS, JULY & AUG: Free City Park Jazz at City Park Bandstand,17th & Colorado Blvd. There’s no better way to end the long weekend than with a free concert in City Park. City Park Jazz takes place every Sunday evening in July-Aug. 9, 6-8 pm.

SUNDAY, JULY 5: Enjoy a screening of the movie Frozen for free. See the Disney blockbuster hit as a family on July 5th at dusk in Skyline Park on Arapahoe & 16th.

TUESDAY, JULY 7 & AUG. 4: Free Day, Denver Children’s Museum, 2121 Children’s Museum Dr. Call 303-433-7444.

Adults and children are free, families play free on the 1st Tues. of each month 4-8 pm.

TUESDAY, JULY 7 & 21: Corona MOPS, a faith-based moms’ group offering friendship & support, 9-11:30 am, Corona Presbyterian Church, 1205 E. 8th.

Open to any woman pregnant or with a child kindergarten age or younger; child care & brunch provided. Call 303-832-2297.

FRIDAY, JULY 3 & AUG. 7: Community Resources Forum, 9-10:30 am, Sterne-Elder Room of Exempla St. Joseph Hospital, Russell Pavilion, 19th & Lafayette. Free Continental breakfast, varying presentations. Free parking in Humboldt Garage off 20th. Continues the 1st Fri. of every month. Call 303866-8889.

FRIDAY, JULY 3 & AUG. 7: Free Day, Four Mile Historic Park, 715 S. Forest. 1st Fri. of every month is free. Call 720865-0800.

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WEDNESDAYS & SATURDAYS: 16th & Josephine Recycling Center open 3-6 pm Weds. & 9 am-12 pm Sat. SATURDAY, JULY 18-19: the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival in Sloan’s Lake Park at 1700 S. Sheridan has become a wildly popular cultural bonanza in Denver. Denver’s 5280 Magazine declared it “one of Colora-

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SATURDAY, AUG. 1: Community Awareness Program, Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab (CELL), 99 W. 12th, 6-8 pm. Call 303-844-4000, ext. 8.

TUESDAY, AUG. 4: National Night Out Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 9th and Emerson, 5-7 pm at 915 E. 9th Avenue. Join us for a 100% FREE evening of food, fun and live music. We will supply hot dogs, chips, ice cream lemonade and live music…you supply the smiles! Hope to see you there.

FAMILY PICNIC SERIES PRESENTS ‘THE SWEET LILLIES’, as part of their Picnic series of concerts at Four Mile Historic Park. These gals will wake you up with their skilled, energetic, bluegrass instrumentation and great harmonic vocals. Enjoy a summer evening in the park for an affordable price.

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SATURDAY, JULY 25 & 26:The Cheesman Park Art Fest takes place at 10 am-7 pm on Sat. & 10 am-5 pm on Sun. The free festival features 115 artists from around the country & offers live musical performances, fare from local food trucks, artist demonstrations & activities for children.

SUNDAY, JULY 26: Free Day, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado, 10 am-5 pm. Call 303-370-6000.

TUESDAY, JULY 28: Denver Metro Young Republicans holds its General Meetings and Happy Hours on the fourth Tuesday of each month, starting at 5:30 p.m. with an informal social hour. The official meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. and features a speaker or panel discussion.

Cap City Tavern, 1247 Bannock Street. For information call 720931-8888 .

SATURDAY, AUG. 1: Free First Saturdays, adults & children, the Denver Art Museum, 13th & Acoma, 10 am-5 pm. Call 720-865-5000. General admission is free every day for

FRIDAY, JULY 3 & 17: Together Colorado, 9-11:30 am, Corona Presbyterian Church, 1205 E. 8th. For pregnant women & mothers of preschoolers to five years old. Brunch, speakers, childcare provided. First visit free. Repeated every 1st & 3rd (& 5th) Fri. of the month. Call 303-832-2297.

FRIDAY, JULY 3 & AUG. 7: Free Day, Four Mile Historic Park, 1st Fri. of every month is free. 715 S. Forest. Call 720-8650800.

SATURDAY, JULY 4: “Let’s Make History” Family Days at the Colorado History Museum, 13th & Broadway, 11 am-3 pm. Celebrate the Fourth of July with glitter fireworks, the American flag and lemonade in Celebrate Colorado. Hands-on activities, children under 12 free. Call 303-866-4686.

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• Young Children’s Storytime, The Tattered Cover, Colfax & Elizabeth, 10:30 am.

Free. Different topic each week.

Call 303-322-1965, ext. 2731.

TUESDAY, JULY 7 & AUG. 4: Free Day, Denver Children’s Museum, first Tues. of each month, 2121 Children’s Museum Dr. Call 303-433-7444.

TUESDAYS: “Book Babies,” a language enrichment program for babies age six to 23 months, 10:30 am, Children’s Library of the Denver Public Library, 13th & Broadway. Call 720-865-1306.

EVENTS MONDAYS: Denver Laughter Club meets, First Unitarian Center, 14th & Lafayette. Free.

Call Meredith, 303-877-9086.

WEDNESDAYS: Kiwanis Club of Denver, 12-1:30 pm, Maggiano’s at the Denver Pavilions, 16th & Glenarm. Program varies weekly.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1 & AUG. 5: Free Legal Night at El Centro de San Juan Diego, 2830 Lawrence. 20 volunteer lawyers, one-on-one consultations, 5:307 pm. First come, first serve.

Spanish/English provided. Repeated the 1st Weds. of every month. Call 303-573-1302.

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WEEKDAYS: Create Great Credit, a free class at Denver Community Credit Union, 1041 Acoma. Registration required: denvercommunity.coop/clearmoney.

FRIDAY, JULY 3: Community Resources Forum, 9-10:30 am, Sterne-Elder Room of Exempla St. Joseph Hospital, Russell Pavilion, 19th & Lafayette. Free Continental breakfast, varying presentations. Free parking in Humboldt Garage off 20th.

Continues the 1st Fri. of every month. Call 303-866-8889.

SUNDAYS: Meditation and Kirtan. Every Sunday at 4 pm at 854 Pearl Street. Childcare provided. For more info call Ed 720-810-9071.

ARTS TUESDAYS: Classic Film Series at Denver Central Library, Level B2 Conference Center at 7-9:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

THURSDAYS: Downtown Denver Euchre Club, All Fired Up, 1135 Bannock, 7 pm (promptly). Call 303-825-1995.

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Admission is free, but must be obtained at the box office 1 hour prior to showing, limited number of tickets available. Call 720381-0813.

• “Writers’ Church,” a “drop-in writer's’ jam” hosted by Curious Theatre Co. the 1st Sun. of every month, The Acoma Center, 1080 Acoma, 10:30 am-1 pm. Free. Call 303-623-0524.

THURSDAY JULY 24: Noche Tradicional/Chicano Music Hall of Fame, 7-9 p.m. Su Teatro Cultural & Performing Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe. Tickets $6. Call 303-444-7328.

DAILY IN JULY: Molly Brown House Museum, 1340 Pennsylvania.Current Exhibit; Diamonds in the Daytime: The Changing Fashions of Margaret Brown’s World. Call 303-8324092.

GALLERIES FRIDAY, JULY 3 : First Friday Art Walk in the Golden Triangle Museum District.

Free bus, maps at all galleries.

Free shuttle to the Santa Fe walk, below. Call 303-573-5095.

• First Friday Art Walk, Santa Fe Art District, 6th to 10th on Santa Fe. Call 303-3332820.

• Free Day, Four Mile Historic Park, 715 S. Forest.

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SATURDAY, JULY 11: Free Day at the Denver Art Museum, 13th & Acoma. First Sat. of every month free (Closed July 4). Call 720-865-5000 SATURDAY, JULY 11: Upper Colfax 2nd Saturday Art Walk, 7 pm, Bluebird District, St. Paul to Adams on Colfax.

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SATURDAYS, thru JULY 18: Denver Alumni/CVA 25th Anniversary Exhibition MSU. Celebrating 25 years with the Center for Visual Art, 965 Santa Fe. Call 303-294-5207.

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WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS: “Nooner Tours” of the Denver Art Museum, 13th & Acoma, noon. Different gallery each week, regular admission. Call 720-865-5000.

MONTH-LONG: • Catherine Dixon’s studio paintings. Gallery hours are: M-F 10-5, Sat 10-4, Through July, Closed Sunday. Artists on Santa Fe is located 747 Santa Fe Drive, Call 303-573-5903.

• Byers-Evans House Gallery, Guided Tours, Mon .- Sat, 10:30 am, 11:30 am, 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm, & 2:30 pm. You will learn about the Evans family and their involvement in Denver’s early development, 1310 Bannock. Call 303-620-4933.

• Colorado’s Water Stories at the History Colorado Center, 12th & Broadway.

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• “Biennial of the Americas” Museum of Contemporary Art, an exhibition featuring abstract art of the American

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• “Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns, and Mermaids ,” exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado, through Sept. 7, general admission required. Call 303-370-6000.

• “The Nature of Horses,” Deborah Butterfield’s contemporary sculptures capture the essence of horses, Denver Botanic Gardens lobby, through Sept 27. Call 720-865-3500.

• “Gunther Gerzso: A Mexican Master,” On display through Sept 18. In partnership with Museo de las Americas, we celebrate the Mexican modernist master Gunther Gerzso (1915−2000). The Denver Art Museum highlights some of the artist's extraordinary paintings from 1960−1981. Denver Art Museum, 13th & Bannock. Call 720-865-5000 • An exhibit "DOUBLE OR NOTHING" Featuring the works of Eric Corrigan. Walker Fine Art, 300 W. 11th, through June 20. Call 303-355-8955.

• “Diamonds in the Daytime: The Changing Fashions of Margaret Brown’s World,” Mol-

ly Brown House Museum, 1340 Pennsylvania, through Aug. Call 303-832-4092.

• MSU Denver Alumni/ CVA 25th Anniversary Exhibition, May 22 - July 18, Center for Visual Art, 965 Santa Fe. Call 303-294-5207.

• "Continental Divide: East of L.A / West of Tehran" will feature select American born artists, of Iranian heritage at Leon Gallery. Exhibition: July 18-AUG 22, 1112 E. 17th.

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LECTURES WEDNESDAY, JULY 8: “Floral Design With Your Garden Flowers” Bring the garden’s sunshine inside by learning how to arrange fresh cut flowers and how to care for them for the longest vase life. Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York Street. Call 720865-3501.

TUESDAY, JULY 14: “Vietnam,” an Active Minds talk, Tattered Cover, Aspen Grove Shopping Center, 12:30-1:30 pm.

Free. Call 303-470-7050.

THE BIENNIAL PAVILION celebrates it's opening night with the well-known Denver band, The Flobots. Make it an evening and check out all the exciting changes in the Union Station neighborhood. 1550 Wewatta, July 14, 8-11 pm, free. 303-332-3896; biennialoftheamericas.org

SEMINARS, CLASSES & WORKSHOPS WEEKDAYS: Free “Computer Basics” classes at the Denver Public Library’s “Community Technology Center,” 13th & Broadway, Level 4, varying af-

ternoon times. Large variety of classes & skill levels . Call 720865-1706.

SATURDAY, JULY 11: Beginning Genealogy class, the Denver Public Library, 13th & Broadway, Gates Conference Room, Level 5, 1:30-4 pm (register at 1 pm). Repeated 2nd Sat. of every month. Free. Call 720-

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SUNDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & THURSDAYS: “A Course in Miracles,” on-going class based on in-depth study of ACIM, 1 pm Sun., noon Weds., 7 pm Thurs. at Unity Temple, 1555 Race. Offering requested.

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SENIORS THURSDAY, JULY 9: Seniors’ Book Discussion Group discusses contemporary fiction available in book & audio formats, 1-2:30 pm in the Level Four Meeting Room of the Denver Public Library, 13th & Broadway. Repeated 2nd Thurs. of every month. Call 720-8651312.

SATURDAY, JULY 11: Free Day for seniors 64+ at the Denver Firefighters Museum, 1326 Tremont Pl. Repeated 2nd Sat. of every month. Call 303-892-1436.

WEDNESDAYS: “Hospitality House for Seniors,” Assistance League of Denver, Bosworth House, 1400 Josephine, 10:30 am 1st (Crafts or movie, light lunch) & 3rd (book club) Weds., noon 2nd (luncheon & entertainment) & 4th (lunch & bingo). Free. Continues through June. Call 720-289-0775.

WEDNESDAYS: Colorado Peaches Senior Women ages 55 and over have slow pitch softball practices scheduled at East High School, June-October on consecutive Wednesdays at the softball field on Detroit, just East of the high school, 9-11am.

All senior women ages 55 and over are welcome and encouraged to attend; including 70+ players. Bring your glove; and a bat (if you have one). Softball coaches are welcome to attend and assist. Additional questions, please call Rosie 303-751-2691.

THURSDAYS: Chair & Moderate Yoga, St. Paul United Methodist Church, 1615 Ogden, 11 am-12:15 pm. Fee charged.

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HEALTH & RECREATION SUNDAY, JULY 5: Self-Defense Classes, 10:30 am-12:30 pm, Tiger Kim’s Academy, Colfax & Steele. Repeated the 1st Sunday of every month. Cost is $5 donation to breast cancer research. Call 303-388-1408.

TUESDAYS: Denver Chess Club, 6:30-10:30 pm, basement of West First Ave. Presbyterian Church, 120 W. 1st. Call 720318-6496.

• Moderate Yoga, St. Paul United Methodist Church, 1615 Ogden, 6-7:15 pm. Fee charged.

Call 303-818-4181.

• Argentine Tango, practice & lessons, Turnverein Event Center, 1570 Clarkson, 6:3010:30 pm. Call 303-710-2250.

• Pulmonary Fibrosis Support Group at National Jewish Health, 1400 Jackson, Molly Blank Bldg., J105, every 2nd Tues., 1 pm. Call 303-3981912 TUESDAYS-THURSDAYS: “Meditation at Noon,” a free, 30-minute, guided meditation, KMC Colorado, 1081 Marion.

Call 303-813-9551.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 8: La Leche League of Denver meets 2nd Wed. of the month, Blair-Caldwell Library, 2401 Welton, 12:30 pm. Call 720-8652115.

SUNDAY’S: Yoga on the Hill, 10:10 am, 809 Washington. Free.

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• Capoeira Angola Introductory Class, Mercury Cafe, 22nd & California, 10:30 am.

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RELIGION SUNDAY, JULY 19 : Third Sunday Evensong, St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, 1350 Washington, 3:30 pm. Preceded by free concert by Baroque violinist Mary Harrison. Repeated 3rd Sun. of every month. Call 303-831-7115.

SUNDAYS: Catholic Mass, 6:30, 8:30 & 10:10 am, 12:30 & 6:30 pm, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Colfax & Logan. Call 303-831-7010.

• Holy Eucharist, 9 & 11:15 am, St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, 1350 Washington. Call 303-831-7115.

• Spoken Worship, 7:45 am; Sung Worship with nursery, 9:30 am; Informal Worship, 5:30 pm. All worship services include Holy Communion. St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, 13th & Vine. Call 303-388-6469.

• St. Paul Lutheran and Roman Catholic Community, 16th & Grant, Lutheran mass at 8 & 10:30 am. Call 303-8391432.

• Church in the City-Beth Abraham, 16th & Gaylord, 8:30 & 10:45 am. Call 303-322-5733.

• Center for Spiritual Living Denver, Sunday celebrations: meditation 9:30 am, service & children’s church 10 am, 2590 Washington. Call 303-8325206.

• Informal Service, 10 am St. James Urban, 1402 Pearl (Network Coffeehouse). Call 303-830-1508.

• Capitol Heights Presbyterian Church, 11th & Fillmore, 9:30 am worship, 10:30 am fellowship, 11 am education for all ages. Call 303-333-9366.

• Services at 9:30 & 11 am at the First Unitarian Society

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of Denver, 1400 Lafayette. Call 303-831-7113.

• Sunday Service & Sunday School (for up to age 20), First Church of Christ, Scientist, 1401 Logan, 10 am. Call 303839-1505.

• 10 am Worship, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 9th & Emerson. Call 303-831-7023.

• Worship Celebration 10:30 am, Buddhist Christian Interspiritual Service 5 pm, St. Paul Church, 1615 Ogden. Call 303832-4929.

• Catholic Mass for lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender Catholics, 5 pm, Dignity Denver, 1100 Fillmore. Call 720515-4528.

• Catholic Mass, 7:30 & 10 am, St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church, 23rd & York. Call 303-322-8042.

• Roman Catholic Mass, Good Shepherd Catholic Parish, 7th & Elizabeth, 7, 8:30, 10 am, 5 pm. Call 303322-7706.

• Metropolitan Community Church of the Rockies,-

Contemporary Services, 10 am, 980 Clarkson, www.mccrockies.org. Call 303-860-1819.

• St. Augustine Orthodox Church, 3rd & Acoma, 10:00 am. Call 303-832-3657.

MONDAYS: Grant Avenue Street Reach Meal, after 9 am, St. Paul Lutheran, 16th & Grant. Call 303-839-1432.

WEDNESDAYS: Weekly Bible Discussions, 11:30 am-12:30 pm, Christian Science Metropolitan Reading Room, 16th & Larimer. Call 303-534-3571.

• Wednesday Evening Testimony Meeting, 7:30 pm, First Church of Christ, Scientist, 1401 Logan. Call 303839-1505.

THURSDAYS: Morning Eucharist, 7 am, St. Paul Lutheran, 1600 Grant. A 30-minute liturgy of Word & Sacrament. Call 303-839-1432.

• Choral Evensong in traditional English style, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church,

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American Theravada & non-sectarian. Free. Also every other Tuesday. Call 303-778-8883.

FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS: Weekly services at Temple Micah, 2600 Leyden, 1st & 3rd Fri. 6 pm, 2nd & 4th Sat. 10 am.

Family services on first Friday.

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SATURDAYS: Church in the City-Beth Abraham, 16th & Gaylord, 10 am. Call 303-3225733.

• Catholic Mass, St. Paul Lutheran, 16th & Grant, 5 pm.

Call 303-839-1432.

• Roman Catholic Mass, Good Shepherd Catholic Parish, 7th & Elizabeth, 4 pm.

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MEETINGS WEDNESDAY, JULY 1 & AUG. 5: The Citizens' Climate Lobby meets monthly, every second Wed, at the First Unitarian Society of Denver, 1400 Lafayette St, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm. For information call 303-322-0079.

Letter writing (to Members of Congress) takes place monthly, every first Wed., at Wash Perk coffee shop 6:30 pm.

• Monthly meeting of Democratic Party of Denver House District 5, Colorado Democratic Party HQ, 574 S. Broadway, 7-8:30 pm. Repeated 1st Weds. of every month, varying location. Call 303-830-8242.

FRIDAY, JULY 3 & AUG. 7: Monthly Downtown Democratic Forum Breakfast, 6:458 am, Le Grand Bistro, 1512 Curtis. Buffet $15. Public welcome. Repeated 1st Fri. of the month.Call 303-861-8050.

MONDAY, JULY 6 & 20: Skyline Toastmasters, 6:30 pm, Kephart Architecture, 2555 Walnut. Visitors welcome. Repeated the 1st & 3rd Mon. of every month. Call 303-778-0064.

FRIDAY, JULY 10: GOP Monthly Breakfast at Pete's Greek Town Cafe, 2910 Colfax. Great speakers & conservative camaraderie. Please RSVP, so we can plan appropriately.

No need to pay in advance, but please order breakfast to support Pete's. Individual checks.

Be there 7 am, order by 7:20 am so speaker is not interrupted.

Repeated 2nd Fri. of the month.

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TUESDAY, JULY 14: Capitol Hill Community Justice Council, 6 pm, Morey Middle School, 14th & Emerson (east side). Focus on crimes affecting the quality of life. Public welcome. Meets 2nd Tuesday of every month.

THURSDAY, JULY 16: Colfax Crime & Safety Coalition monthly meeting, Cheeky Monk, 534 E. Colfax, 3 pm.

Public welcome.Repeated 3rd Thurs. of the month.

• Monthly meeting of Financially Fit Females, 6 pm.

First meeting free, location & topic change monthly. Call 303993-3939.

Creek Dr. South, 2nd flr. Call 303-398-4735.

• Denver Socrates Cafe, 7 pm, Trinity United Methodist Church, 18th & Broadway. Discussions on a variety of important topics. Free. Call 303-8611447.

FRIDAYS: Daybreak Toastmasters, 7-8:30 am, 1525 Sherman, Room B-70. Cat got your tongue? Public speaking & more.

Call Scott after 6 pm at 303-4679294.

• “Thrillspeakers” Toastmasters, noon-1 pm, Webb building, 201 W. Colfax, Room 4i4. Call 720-209-2896.

• Denver IDEA Cafe, a business start-up & brainstorming group, 2 pm, Panera Bread, 1350 Grant. Guest speakers.

Free. Call 303-861-1447.

SUPPORT GROUPS

SATURDAY, JULY 18: Colorado House District 8 Democrats, 10 am-noon, Park Hill Library, 4705 Montview. Repeated 3rd Sat. of every month. Call 720-220-6876.

THURSDAY, JULY 2 & 16: Depression & Bipolar Support Alliance, Our Savior’s Lutheran, 915 E. 9th, 7 pm. Repeated every 1st & 3rd Thurs. Call 303329-3364.

MONDAY, JULY 20: Monthly meeting of the Denver Garden Club, 7 pm, 1556 Emerson.

Member Colo. Federation of Garden Clubs. All are welcome.

Repeated 3rd Mon. of every month. Call 303-320-5983.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 8: “Let’s Talk About It,” a free prostate cancer information session for men, 5:30 - 7 pm at Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers, 1800 Williams, 3rd fl. Continues 2nd Wed. of every month. Call 303758-2030, ext. 139.

MONDAY, JULY 27: Monthly meeting of Assistance League of Denver, 14th & Josephine, 10 am. Repeated 4th Monday of every month. Call 303-322-5205 WEDNESDAYS: Kiwanis Club of Denver,12-1:30 pm, Maggiano’s at the Denver Pavilions, 16th & Glenarm. Program varies weekly.

THURSDAYS: Fillmore Community Network, focuses on sustainability, 7:30-9 am, 1633 Fillmore, 1st floor conference room. Location changes monthly. Call 303-399-2100.

• Cherry Creek Toastmasters, 7-8:30 am, Temple Emanuel, 1st & Grape. Call 303-399-9901.

• Conquer the fear of public speaking at Body Shops Toastmasters, noon, Colo.

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TUESDAY, JULY 21: Hepatitis C Support Group, Whittier Community Center, 29th & Downing, 6-7:30 pm. Repeated 3rd Tues. of every month. Call 3033-860-0800.

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Continued from page 19 Call 303-278-9993 THURSDAY, JULY 30: Monthly Kidney Cancer Support Group, 6 pm, The Urology Center of Colorado. Meeting will take place 4th Thurs. at 2777 Mile High Stadium in the 3rd Floor Conference Room.Call 303-762-7666 to register.

MONDAYS: Weekly meetings of Emotions Anonymous, 7:30-9 pm, CHARG Resource Center, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 9th & Emerson (use basement entrance on Emerson). Call 303-331-2493.

• Weekly meetings of SMART Recovery for people with addictive behaviors, Nourished Health Center, 1740 Marion, 6:30-7:30 pm. Free. Call 303593-2535.

• Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, 7-8:30 pm, First Avenue Presbyterian Church, 1st & Acoma (1st Ave. side, downstairs). Call 303-4259691.

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MONDAYS & THURSDAYS: Meetings of Life Ring Secular Recovery, a network of support groups for people who want to maintain continuous abstinence from alcohol & other drugs, Washington Park United Church of Christ, 400 S. Williams (alley entrance), 6-7 pm.

Call 303-830-0358.

TUESDAYS: Workaholics Anonymous, 5:45 pm, Capitol Heights Presbyterian, 11th & Fillmore. No fees. Call 720-5659799.

• Meetings of Marijuana Anonymous, Church of the Ascension, 6th & Gilpin, 6 pm open meeting, 7:30 pm women only.

Call 303-607-7516.

• Weekly meetings of Moderation Management, for problem (vs. chronic) drinkers who want to reduce their intake of alcohol, 6:30-8 pm at First Unitarian Church, 14th & Lafayette.

Call Dianne at 303-921-5125.

• Green Light AA, 7 pm in the Common Room at St. John’s Cathedral, 1350 Washington.

Call 303-831-7115.

CORE NEW ART SPACE invites you to stop by and check out Rolf Helland's retrospective show. Helland has been a member of Core for 20 years and frequently includes the textures and shapes of natural disasters and human-caused destruction of the landscape. 900 Santa Fe, through July 5. 303-297-8428; corenewartspace.com • Joy AL-ANON, 8 pm in the Roberts building, Room 103 at St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, 1350 Washington. Call 303831-7115.

WEDNESDAYS: Weekly Support Group for the local chapter of HEAL (Health Education AIDS Liaison), 7:30 pm.

Call Marty at 303-355-0788.

THURSDAYS: Home for the Heart AL-ANON, 7 pm, Trinity United Methodist Church, 1820 Grant (lower level), 7 pm. Call 303-321-8895.

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SUNDAYS: Nicotine Anonymous, 12:30 pm, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 915 E. 9th.

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Curmudgeon Who let the dogs out?

By D. Todd Clough Here is another column of tidbits: Independence Day doesn’t mean that you get to do whatever the hell you feel like. The fourth of July is upon us – a day in which we Yanks celebrate our independence and the adoption of the Declaration of Independence from the Brits. Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, celebrates Americans becoming a free and sovereign people. The Declaration of Independence was a brilliant way of flipping the “Bird” to the King of England!

It is NOT independence from responsibilities, respect, honor, expectations, and service to others, and rules and obligations as too many Millennials, hipsters and recipients of lame brained helicopter parenting believe. I say, “God Bless America, be proud

of the dudes who wrote an inspiring ‘white paper,’ pass the hot dogs and apple pie, and ‘Play Ball!’”

The new Central Denver Recreation Center is looking for a name. For long-time readers of the Curmudge you know my take on this project, since I have written about it ad nauseam for the past few years.

But for all of you new people in town, here is a brief synopsis (my take completely, the facts are pretty close but don’t quote me). The city had $5 million+ to build a new Central Denver Rec. Center (we are going back six or seven years now), and the city assumed that they would do so in Congress Park, just north of the swimming pool.

Not so fast, said the Congress Park Neighborhood Association and other concerned neighbors, who proceeded to squash the plans of the Parks and Recreation Department like a bug! After all, why would these neighbors want a rec. center,

open to all, in their backyards?

They didn’t need a stinking rec center, as they already belong to Pura Vida and other high end health club facilities in the hood.

So the city, with their tails between their legs, wandered off and came upon a chunk of ground on the corner of Colfax and Josephine – the former site of a Safeway and then The Church in the City. The city, then took all the money allotted to build the rec center, and bought this ground.

A perfectly fine place to have a rec center. The neighbors liked the idea, it’s easy to get to and it is a mecca for public transportation. There was one problem.

There was no money left to build the rec center.

So, someone in the brain trust department came up with the brilliant idea, ”Let’s build a dog park!” In the name of good journalism let me complete that statement. “…

We will use the ground as a dog park until we have the money to build the center.”

None of this was missed by the Curmudge, and it was here that the now commonly known name for the dog park was coined – “The World’s Most Expensive Dog Park (WMEDP).”

The good news is that the city found the money to finally build the Central Denver Recreation Center. Here is the other import-

ant thing to know – the city has announced that this new center is eligible to be named by petitioning the Department of Parks & Recreation and the Denver City Council. Upon reading this announcement, a light bulb the size of a Subaru with cloth seats flashed in my head. The Subaru reference is a total inside joke that I know will make at least one reader laugh his derriere off.

My immediate thought was how apropos it would be for the Curmudge and his loyal readers to win this naming contest! So, with your help, let’s bring home the Gold. Here are a few of my early thoughts: The Who Let The Dogs Out Recreation Center Dog-Gone Recreation Center Dogs Are Not Us Recreation Center The Boon-Dogg-led Recreation Center My Karma Ran Over My Dogma Recreation Center The Dognapped Recreation Center And my personal favorite – The Doghouse If you have any name suggestions that I will take full credit for, please send to: TheCurmudge@todd@dicp.org

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Music life

The world according to Charlie Daniels

By Peter Jones

C

harlie Daniels has seen his share of change in more than 50 years in the music industry – from trying his hand at rockabilly in the 1950s and writing a song for Elvis Presley, to later bridging the culturally fine line between Southern rock and outlaw country in the 1970s.

Along the way, Daniels ruffled his share of musical and political feathers. In the early 1970s, he parodied “rednecks” in songs like “Uneasy Rider,” but literally changed his tune 20 years later with “(What This World Needs is) A Few More Rednecks.” He was once an avid supporter of President Carter, but later moved rightward.

Born in North Carolina in 1936, Daniels has been playing music since he was old enough to hold his fiddle and guitar.

While a young Nashville session player, he wrote “It Hurt Me,” which was recorded by Presley.

Daniels did not step out on his own as an artist until 1971.

His songs like “Still in Saigon,” “The South’s Gonna Do it Again” and “In America” cemented Daniels’s reputation as a passionate, if hard-nosed, advo-

cate for right-leaning populism, while embracing long hair and the outlaw attitude of leftist pal Willie Nelson.

In 1979, the Charlie Daniels Band earned its biggest success with “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” a crossover hit that proved iconic, even for those who wanted nothing to do with country music.

“I done told you once, you son of a bitch. I’m the best there’s ever been!”

Daniels’s latest CD, Off the Grid, pays tribute to Bob Dylan with distinctive takes on such Dylan classics as “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall,” “I Shall Be Released” and “Gotta Serve Somebody,” from the songwriter’s controversial Christian period.

Daniels, 78, will fiddle around with some of those songs as well as classic anthems of Southern identity Aug. 1 when his band plays the Summit Music Hall, 1902 Blake.

For tickets or more information, visit thesummitmusichall. com or charliedaniels.com.

LIFE Music asked the Grammy winner and Grand Ole Opry inductee a few questions: LIFE: How have your views on politics and culture changed since the days of “Uneasy Rid-

er” and “Long Haired Country Boy”?

Daniels: To some degree, it has. I think that’s just part of the aging process. I supported Jimmy Carter because I felt he was a good man. I still feel he’s a good man. We didn’t have honesty and integrity in our government before that and I felt Jimmy Carter was the man to do it.

I’ve never really been a party supporter, but a person supporter. The Democratic Party’s gone up and left me. I think the country has changed as much as I have. The rednecks used to pick on people because they had long hair. Now, the rednecks have long hair. Rednecks got a bad name, but this is a badge of honor actually.

LIFE: Your new CD pays tribute to Bob Dylan. You were once a session player for him as well as for the likes of Ringo Starr and Leonard Cohen. How did that experience shape your later career?

Daniels: I’ve always been impressed by the way Dylan and Cohen put words together.

It was such an unusual way of using the English language. The first time I heard Dylan sing “Lay Lady Lay” and that chord progression; I thought it was one of the darndest things I’d ever heard. I could never write lyrics like Dylan or Cohen, but if I could in my own way rise to being as careful and meaningful with the lyric, it would be a good thing.

LIFE: The rigors of session work also seemed to be a training ground for running a band that developed such a reputation for musical dexterity.

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND

THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND will perform Aug. 1 at Summit Music Hall Daniels: We approach it from a band standpoint. My guys are incredible players. They’re all better than I am. I struggle every night to keep up with them. We give leeway. If you do a solo, you play it the way you want to. We’ll catch up with you at the bridge.

LIFE: “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” has had such a broad cultural presence, from video games to a heavy metal version. Has its staying power

surprised you?

Daniels: I thought it would get a lot of mileage, but as far as it crossing over into Top 40, I had no idea. It’s a timeless story and everybody likes to see the devil get beat. Little kids like it.

Older people like it. It was our first big international touring song – Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Germany. It’s just amazing that song transcended even languages.

Contact Peter Jones at pjones@lifeoncaphill.com.

URBAN DWELLER May JULY 2009 2015

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Essential Dutch Gambrel roof and Flemish Bond brick on a simple form.

Curved parapet walls and tall narrow proportions evoke the Dutch traditions.

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Dutch Revival and Cross Currents on Capitol Hill Copy & photos by David Lynn Wise AIA

D

utch influence in Central Denver may not be apparent, but the examples that exist represent an important departure from other European strains of architectural sway. To some extent the references to Dutch precedents in American residential architecture convey a strong Old World nostalgia and desire for quaintness. This is because many Dutch buildings are in fact profoundly quaint. It also has to do with nostalgia in the New World for some of the earliest well built houses in New York State. All of what we see in Denver that might be labeled Dutch Colonial architecture is part of what was essentially a catalog of very standardized American houses featured in books of drawings of houses that were used by builders to assist their clients, few of whom were Dutch, to expedite the design process – just pick a model from the book and start stacking up bricks.

There is, according to anecdotes passed down by architects I know in Denver, a more organic and authentic Dutch influence emanating from Dutch immigrants somewhere near South Pearl Street. The most important landscape architect and city planner of the early Twentieth Century in Denver, S.R. DeBoer, had his studio in South Denver.

He once observed in response to the excitement over the Garden City Movement, that Denver had been building a garden city for decades before the idea had a name and an academic following.

There is an important tradition in art and architecture named Dutch Humanism, and DeBoer, along with later and more radically modern architects, managed to adhere to that tradition regardless of their choice of style or material.

That topic may be explored in more detail in the future. The connection between those anecdotes and Capitol Hill brings me to one of my favorite urban housing buildings in the district, and that is Sherman Court. It is an interesting example in that the very talented architect who designed the renovation of that building nearly thirty years ago

believed that the sculptural parapet walls that receive the elegant tile roofs are Dutch in their origins and not Spanish Mission Style as it is often cited. The iron balconies to me appear Spanish, however, this is North America and blending ideas and doing it quite freely is our prerogative and our tendency. It is an essential part of modernity and progress.

Nearby on Emerson Street is a pair of residential buildings, obscured by unruly tree branches that also have steep parapet walls with rounded forms and these, perhaps because they appear narrower and steeper and because they are combined with bay windows are without question Dutch influenced. The narrowness of the distance between buildings inadvertently has made the place reminiscent of the tight spaces of Northern European towns. Seen obliquely from the street and tucked away, the geometry of the sidewall parapet and arched window openings is particularly lively and inviting.

In my view there is livability and comfort associated with some of the elements of Dutch Colonial house design as it has evolved on Capitol Hill. The two examples I show here are quite different and in dissimilar settings – one on Historic Seventh Avenue Parkway and the other on Humboldt Street near Cheesman Park.

The gray and white Colonial is quite restrained and a classic example with qualities that were carefully enhanced by a recent renovation adding crystal clear windows that feature the indoor lighting at dusk as part of the overall architecture of the house.

I gained a new appreciation for this style largely because of my frequent trips past this house.

It proves that the form alone is quite evocative even without polychrome brick or extravagant details. Thanks to the long frontage, tidy and open front yard and the great foreground of the parkway, the entire house, top to bottom and side to side is visible as an elegant object and architectural gem. It is the kind of house that makes the parkway such an integral part of the city, touching on history, but proudly celebrating domestic life today.

Diamond pattern leaded glass and expressive brickwork enrich the exterior.

The Humboldt Street house is part of another favorite Capitol Hill street, this one leafy and intimate, and always with a hint of the wonderful park just one block away. I admit, it is the colorful and fine brickwork that makes me notice this house. The details, including the bay window to the north, the brickwork headers over the windows and the fine grain diamond pattern leaded glass are wonderful to contemplate. The yard is tight, but the picket fence per the Revival appears just right, and brings the architecture of the house out to the street much as the grand wall and ironwork do for the Colonial on Seventh Avenue.

From these few examples we can see both the form and the detail combine to create a certain personality, and convey some principles behind the architecture. It is generally believed that these traditions embody a demand for craftsmanship in masonry construction. I believe they, like much of Dutch painting

The question of Dutch or Spanish Mission is open to debate at Sherman Court.

– Vermeer for example – convey a high value on the routines of everyday life. They evoke home as a sanctuary. My reading includes a certain economy of space and form that is both efficient and unpretentious. Once the architecture of an old and complex culture has been ‘revived’ and reworked in a new land, things can get quite distorted, but to me

these thing still come through.

Regardless of any one reading, we do all read or relate to architecture when we experience it. I recommend working on that reading for yourself as a great way to fall in love with your neighborhood, one detail at a time.

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Retirement news continues to crop up on this beat. The first I spied in the past few weeks was a shocker. Fast Frame at 255 Clayton in CCN having a retirement sale and may be closed by the time you read this.

Owner Norm Smith, whose company has been the official framer of the Cherry Creek Arts Festival for over a decade, is calling it quits. He won’t even be around for this year’s festival.

Also retiring is Blair Taylor, the longtime owner and visionary for Barolo Grill on E. 6th. Technically, he’s not actually retiring but Taylor is stepping down from the helm of the restaurant.

When Barolo first opened in 1992, the place was quick to claim attention as a superlative

dining space with Northern Italian flair. The Italian connection is not superficial either.

Since 1995, the eatery has shut for a week in July so Taylor and staff could visit Italy including the wine area known for its Barolo blends for inspiration for the coming year. This month marks trip #20.

While Taylor has been the face of Barolo for decades, he sold the dining spot to veteran employee Ryan Fletter who’s been the GM for a number of years.

Fletter reportedly doesn’t plan to change a thing at the iconic eatery. Taylor will focus solely on his wine import business. The precise address for Barolo is 3030 E 6th and their number is 303393-1040.

Barolo is open for dinner Tues. - Fri., 5:30 -10:30 pm & Sat., 5:15 -10:30 pm.

Also stepping aside after a lengthy and successful run is Dan Landes, the founder and owner of WaterCourse Foods.

Landes founded one of the area’s first vegetarian restaurants nearly two decades ago.

From WaterCourse’s first lo-

cation on E. 13th and Sherman (now home of sister eatery City ‘O City) to its current larger space at 837 E. 17th, Landes’ vision has been – well – visionary.

It’s also been amazingly successful. Last month, WaterCourse celebrated its first year with an all vegan menu. You can peruse that carte at watercoursefoods.com. The number is 303832-7313.

Marion Street Tattoo has lost its Marion Street presence.

Founded in 2010, the shop initially resided in a small vintage home at Park Ave. West & Marion but they’ve been forced to relocate.

The move has created a bit of name confusion but owner Ryan Willard seems to be taking it all in stride.

Now the business address is 2823 E. Colfax next to Pepper Asian restaurant. Their old space is going to be leveled for a new apartment complex. The number remains 303-832-3717. Marion streettattoo.com is still the web address.

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Eat & Drink Chef Brafford’s OPUS

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ustin Brafford sits with me post-lunch in OPUS restaurant in the heart of Cherry Creek North shopping district. A recent transplant from the east coast, Brafford is the prototype chef who experienced an unusual rise in the culinary world. He’s a fast-talker, pointed, and a creative menu maker, the latter attribute forged through his kitchen experience in the artistic college town of Columbus, Ohio and Lebanon – yes, Lebanon.

“I was at a Food Network casting call in 2009 and met a guy there who asked if I would come out for a month and open up a beach resort in Lebanon.

Ended up staying three years,” Brafford says.

After opening up seven concepts in Beirut, Columbus came calling again and he accepted a position as executive chef of Crest Gastropub, a two-year immersive that had him mixing his love of American and Lebanese cuisine while also employing seasonal ingredients grown on a rooftop garden. He called it “an exhausting stretch”, opening up two other concepts along the way, and then made his way out to Denver for the weather and OPUS’ ambitious plans.

“We’re going to make this more of a lounge, focus on the bar program, and simultaneously create a high-end tasting menu: three, five or seven courses.”

Brafford is slowly integrating his philosophies, “fresh food being the best food,” sporting a kitchen garden next to the patio.

He’s built out a seasonal menu, which is informed by a medley of Mediterranean, Lebanese, and New American influences. In the coming months, he will also put on an event that he’s migrated over from Columbus called Eat Up! Denver, a fundraiser that will aid in the elimination of sex trafficking. While his passions are noteworthy, so is his food program.

His staff arrives with photogenic pieces, but also two of his off the menu favorites – the steak tartare and the honey glazed goat cheese crisps. The tartare is served with buttered flatbread sparsely embedded with black pepper. The crunchy

flatbread pierces a small egg yolk that melts into its nest of smoky tartare, and all three work in meaningful concert with each other. The crisps are just unbelievable, and Brafford suggests, “without a red wine pairing it doesn’t do the pastry treat justice.”

The softly caramelized, honey-glaze coated goat cheese is skewered and topped with local micro-onions as a garnish plus pecans sprinkled on top.

Delicate sourdough rounds underneath provided balance and flavor contrast. I suggest trying to eat it all in one bite.

Food aside, OPUS is a mostly recent transplant as well, moving away from its roots in Littleton to Cherry Creek North two years ago. The interior is an attempt at Mediterranean decor mixed with formal dinner club. While it doesn’t quite work, Brafford says renovations will be occurring to contemporize the look and feel, moving to a more familiar formality.

The bar feels a bit disjointed as well, but the cocktail program is

marked by classics like the negroni and sazerac, and bookended by “new era” cocktails. The English Sunset is one such item that hosts a base of Mile High Spirits’ Denver Dry Gin mixed with lemon, prosecco, and cassis. It has a refreshing, upscale, picnic-like quality to it, but owes its strength to the detectable but not overpowering gin.

The service is high quality – each item described thoroughly with astute recommendations – but not in a snooty, uptight way. The servers are passionate about what’s arriving from the kitchen, which makes sense, as the food is consistently great across the board.

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excellence and great care.

For the finish, a caramel swirl ice cream topped with homemade whipped cream and fresh berries was a solid, though not fanciful, choice to cap off a meal of impressive consistency.

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Coming soon to a Starbucks near you – a new evening concept that features beer and wine.

The store at 2975 E. Colfax has applied for a license to serve and hearings will be held later this month. A number of other Starbucks locations including one at 250 Clayton in CCN have also applied. By the time my next column comes out this concept could become reality.

Also along Colfax, Cafe Max has added a carefully curated group of spirits to the menu at its home at 2412 E. Colfax.

“We always had sake, wine and Prosecco. We’re adding spirits now. We’re going to have a very limited, boutique offering,” said co-owner Max Hopewell-Arizmendi.

With this new license will come three different Happy Hours. Service will expand the first week of July.

Hopewell-Arizmendi and his partner opened the space in February 2013 and it’s evolved considerably since then.

“We thought we knew what we were doing as business owners, but we’ve grown. You have to stand your ground on what your goal is,” he added. “At many places, there’s no service. We want to deliver that but some people just don’t get it.”

“This cafe,” he said, “is a throwback to the past. It’s simple, streamlined, but not geared to the ‘To Go’ crowd, although we can handle those orders. We can do that, but it’s not our shtick,” he added.

His shtick is instead a gracious operation where time can slow down a bit. The atmosphere

is relaxing and invites you to linger. Still, its owners embrace change too.

“I’m going to do a mean Manhattan,” he promised.

After two and a half years in operation, Hopewell-Arizmendi’s love of his location has only grown.

“We love Colfax,” he said “A lot of friends told me ‘Don’t open on Colfax,’ but Colfax has been great to us.”

The number for the cafe is 303-333-0003.

The eatery at 1160 Madison in Congress Park continues to evolve. Glaze started primarily as a Baum cake and small plates shop then morphed into Glaze by Sasa, a sushi and Asian restaurant.

Now the stylish space has settled into a new routine it's owners believe will be its final vision.

“I have a full restaurant menu six days a week now. Lunch, dinner and brunch on Sundays,” said Heather Alcott.

Glaze added dinner three months ago. Its available Thurs. Sat. So far, the most popular evening item has been sustainable salmon on a bed of udon noodles followed by organic braised ribs.

Shiitake ravioli is made inhouse and numerous vegetarian items are offered including a potpie. The lunchtime lobster roll and udon bowls are also offered at dinner. Now even the lobster is prepared in-house.

“The dinner still has a panAsian twist. We also want our menu to be simple with everything made in-house,” Alcott said.

“We really do try to make the prices affordable too… fitting for a neighborhood bistro. The dinner menu entrees start at $11 and most items are under $20.”

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Thursday you can also sample Glaze’s tastes menu 3 -5 pm. Friday & Saturdays, specials run until 7 pm. Sunday brunch offers some good drink discounts. Of course, there’s a wide selection of tempting desserts including that signature Baum cake.

On another front, things are not quite as smooth for Alcott.

The City rejected her application for an outside patio in front of her restaurant and she’s appealing the decision.

Hours are Tues. & Wed., 9 am-6 pm, Fri. & Sat., 9 am-9 pm, Sun., 10 am-4 pm. 720-387-7890 is the number for more details or check out glazebaumcakes.com for the complete menu.

They’re growing good stuff on the roof of Charcoal Restaurant in one of the area’s most unusual gardening spaces.

Owner Gary Sumihiro said the 1,000 sq. ft. garden located stories above his eatery is a great option.

“We use all organic compost and soil. Because we are above ground, we avoid having to deal with street level debris, pests, etc. Many of our herbs and veggies (used in the kitchen) come from our rooftop,” he explained.

Sous chef and head gardener Josh (Cheese) Leiby supervises the rooftop and considers it a culinary experiment on many levels.

“It’s (in part) learning about different ingredients we’ve never used before,” Leiby explained.

Lovage, German thyme, snap peas, lime basil and yard-long beans are on this year’s growing list. These fresh, new or rare ingredients grow to fire up imaginations for Charcoal’s kitchen crew. The goal is to produce all the produce needed for one or more seasonal dishes.

There are unusual growing systems too. This year, an abandoned steam table was converted into a unique herb garden.

Compost from the restaurant is turned into a kind of tea – Leiby calls it nature’s Miracle Grow – that is used to nourish the crops.

The eatery at 43 W. 9th has also tweaked its brunch hours.

Service now begins at 10 am weekends, ends at 2 pm, and features a number of bottomless beverage offerings. Charcoaldining.com is the web address and 303-454-000 is the number for reservations.

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After seven years at the 3100 E. Colfax, a move to add 24 outdoor seats might seem tardy, but Annie’s owners say it was totally driven by their clientele.

“People in Colorado love to be outside. A lot of customers have requested it and asked for it,” Dianne Williams who co-owns the business with Peggy Anderson.

This patio will be open during all regular business hours. Those are weekdays 7 am-10 pm, Sat., 8 am-10 pm & Sun., 8 am-8 pm.

The number is 303-355-8197.

They’re baaaaack! Johnson Sharpening has returned to weekend farmers’ markets in the area. Cooking with a perfect knife is a joy not to be missed, but waiting a week or two for sharpening is tough on any chef! This ‘while you wait’ service is just itching to give you a better edge, so check those kitchen blades.

The company had been invited to sharpen year round at Whole Foods in Cherry Creek near their summer market location but that gig ended prematurely. Evidently, the Johnsons were pushed out by the company’s Christmas tree displays, leaving the company and their customers frustrated over the winter.

This summer, you’ll find their trucks on Sundays at the City Park market near East High and at the Stapleton market. On Saturdays, you’ll find the sharpening crew at the Cherry Creek Fresh Market.

The business that started in a home shop in 2001 has blossomed into a true family business with many members involved in delivering a better edge. “When things get dull, call us” is their motto.

Garden and lawn tools, axes, hoes and rotary mower blades as well as hair clippers, scissors, drill bits and wood chisels are also on the company’s list of services.

The company website – johnsonsharpening.com – has the complete list of locations they work and 303-604-4371 is the number.

Djuna, a merchant located inside The Shops at 9th on the southwest corner of Broadway has launched some classes for folks who’d like to learn to paint furniture.

“We recently started to carry CeCe Caldwell’s Chalk + Clay paint. It is an all-natural, eco-friendly paint made here in the USA. It is extremely user friendly – most often no prep work (sanding, stripping, etc.) is needed. It is water-soluble and has no strong scent, so for people like me with allergies it's fabulous!” said spokeswoman Karen Moore.

Djuna plans to offer workshops twice a month this summer and more are planned for the fall.

The design studio’s website is djuna.com and they can also be reached at 303-355-3500.

Eliz’s Collection Fine Art Gallery, 975 Lincoln in the Beauvallon, has just marked its first anniversary. If you missed the wine and hors d’oeuvres party on June 20th, there’s still time to see some brand new works from new artists.

Don’t forget the free parking in the garage. The gallery’s number is 720-436-7445. Call for hours.

Free yoga classes are offered every Saturday morning at 10 am on the patio at Vine Street Pub & Brewery. Of course, you’ll need lunch after all that exertion.

The brewery is located at

1700 Vine on the corner with E. 17th and 303-388-2337 is the eatery’s number.

Brothers BBQ at E. 6th & Washington has slated live music events to coincide with its Thursday night Rib Night. 720-5704227 is their number.

After over a decade at 3230 E. Colfax, Mezcal has closed for a major remodel. The goal is to refresh the space and tweak the menu.

The space is owned by a husband and wife team that has a grand love affair with Mexican culture. The re-envisioned space at 3230 E. Colfax should be spectacular. Calls to 303-322-5219 did not yield a firm reopening date.

Closings It was a very short tenure for Blackberry Academy inside Christ Church United Methodist (CCUM) across from Snooze on Colorado. The daycare center closed its Colorado Blvd. location within a handful of months.

According to Blackberry’s director, she decided to relocate after what she considered unreasonable demands from church

officials. LIFE was told she has found a new location but it won’t be open until 2016.

Fastlane Automotive on the northwest corner of E. 17th and York closed recently and the property is now all fenced in. In fact, the whole block is fenced.

Five years ago, the space was known as Cherry Creek Automotive. When they sold out to Midtown Automotive on E. 16th & Williams, the name was changed.

Now the whole block has been sold to an apartment and townhome developer so Fastlane has come to a screeching halt.

The downsizing back to a single location has been gradual and is now complete. Calls to Fastlane’s 303-333-6600 number roll over to Midtown, one of the few automotive garages remaining in the area.

I’m told Midtown is super busy but still has a goal to get cars fixed in just a day or two.

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ardeners like lists, so here’s a list of 10 plants that you absolutely must try before you die! Mind you, these plants aren’t always available at the Big Box retailers like Home Depot, so it’s best to shop for these at a good nursery like Urban Roots, City Floral or Paulino’s. These nurseries maintain inventories of many kinds of plants and if they don’t have what you’re looking for they can help you track it down.

So here’s the list of the 10: 1. Goldflame Spirea or any of the dwarf spirea varieties with chartreuse leaves. Yes, these small shrubs have flowers but it’s not always about the flowers.

The small, mounding shape of these shrubs is lovely in any

garden and their spectacular show of chartreuse leaves is better than any flower. This plant needs a good sunny spot for the best leaf color.

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Remember, it needs plenty of sun.

3. Bergenia. This plant blooms in early spring, but it’s the leaves I love. It’s an evergreen plant – it holds its leaves all winter. But the magic here is that in winter the leaves take on a gorgeous reddish-bronze hue and then change back to green in summer. It’s great for the winter landscape, but makes a lovely backdrop in summer as well with handsome, large, shiny green leaves. It does well in sun or shade, wet or dry.

4. Hydrangea. I discovered this plant late in my introduction to gardening because at one time it was primarily a plant of the Midwest and East Coast.

But Denver gardeners are a determined lot and they learned that the Annabelle hydrangea is one that does well in our alka-

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Cut this plant down to the ground every spring because it blooms on new wood. The flowers, when dried, will last for years. But don’t expect them to be blue like they are in the East and Midwest. On Capitol Hill these blooms will be a lovely pale green.

5. House plants in your pots. I learned this trick from the fancy gardeners who work for customers on Circle Drive and Country Club. The planters in these neighborhoods are always spectacular and a close look will reveal the secret: small houseplants. Yep, small house plants tucked among the annuals provide texture and shape, and help keep the display pretty all season long.

6. Clematis. Don’t believe what you hear that this is a plant that’s finicky. To grow clematis you need only two things: Plenty of sunlight and plenty of water. Keep the roots of this plant shaded by planting ground cover over it or locating it behind something. Buy it when it’s young and healthy and cheap, and it will grow into garden royalty.

7. Snow drop anemone.

Again, this is a traffic stopper, blooming in early May with beautiful droopy white blooms.

This plant will spread on its own, too, via underground roots, so plant it in a place where it’s OK for it to get bigger.

One doesn’t see this plant in a lot of gardens because by the time most people are buying plants, this one has stopped

blooming. Amateurs haven’t yet learned that just because a plant isn’t blooming doesn’t mean you shouldn’t buy it.

8. Japanese anemone, also known as Japanese Windflower or fall anemone. Again, one doesn’t see this much in gardens because it blooms in late, late summer. By the time this plant has the shelf appeal that people are looking for, people have stopped looking.

So be the first on your block to plant this wonderful late-summer bloomer. It’s an aggressive spreader but easy to control.

9. Tall sedums. These plants bloom in late summer but again, it’s not about their blooms. It’s their toughness – they can take such a beating when it comes to sunlight and scant water. The worse the conditions, the happier these plants are. My favorite is Autumn Joy sedum. It is a lovely backdrop plant and placeholder. In the winter landscape its dried blooms are beautiful.

10. Asters. Again, these are late, late summer into fall bloomers so by the time they have shelf appeal with lots of blooms, most people have stopped shopping for plants. I have three or four of these that are dark, dark purple and without fail every September somebody stops to ask me what this plant is. Go out and find some now – you’ll wonder why you’re buying it because it will just be a green mound in a pot. But come late summer you’ll be glad you did.

Do you have a gardening comment or question? Email me any time at juliehutchinson@comcast.net

Bluebird District Music Festival

By Denny Taylor East Colfax has become one of Denver's most vibrant music neighborhoods, and this summer, it will be home to a new music festival, called the Bluebird District Music Festival. The Festival will take place from July 10 to 12 at Bluebird Theater, Goosetown Tavern, Park House Outdoor Stage, Lost Lake Lounge and Southside Bar & Kitchen locations. The Festival is collaboration between the owners of the venues involved, and it's meant as a celebration of the relatively new Bluebird Business Improvement District.

As a community-focused event, The Bluebird District Music Festival aims to shine a light on the culture, musicians, venues and eateries unique to East Colfax that make the area an entertainment destination year-round. Drew Gottlieb, who owns Park House, said the event is designed to, “Keep people coming back to this neighborhood.”

The music festival will take place over a course of three days, with over ninety bands slated to perform in at least five venues over Friday to Sunday. A single ticket earns entry into all venues. The festival recently announced the names of the bands, including a handful of heavy-hitting locals. You can see the band list and order tickets at www. bluebirddistrictmusicfestival.com. A limited number of $25 three-day wristband passes are available now.