Six guys born and raised in Phoenix, playing Southwestern music and calling themselves Jared and the Mill are playing in concert at 7 tonight at the Marquis Theater, 2009 Larimer St.

My former condo BFF promises you will love the music, love the band and have a great time. Tickets are only $12.  What is Southwestern music?  It isn’t blues and it isn’t country. It isn’t bluegrass and it isn’t indie rock. It’s something in-between, and you will be shaking your booty all night long.

Find out more about their music at www.jaredandthemill.com.

Eavesdropping on Facebook: “Our neighbor, Ed Norton, was in the hospital recovering from an operation when the nurse on duty received a call from a man who asked how Mr. Norton was doing.

“Oh, quite well. We expect he’ll be released in the morning.”

“Very good, thank you.”

“May I ask who is calling so that I can tell Mr. Norton?” inquired the nurse.

“This IS Mr. Norton. The doctors don’t tell me anything!”

Altitude Sports made it official Thursday by confirming that the Stan Kroenke-owned network has snagged sports anchor Vic Lombardi from CBS4.

Lombardi will take on his new job Jan. 1 with duties that include “the studio host for the pre-game, halftime, and post-game coverage of Denver Nuggets games. Additionally, he also will act as a studio host for the All Sports Summit Pro Football Edition and take part in some further original programming soon to be aired by Altitude Sports,” an Altitude spokesman said in a statement.

The 28-time Emmy Award winner said, ““I’m a Denver boy, born and raised. The Nuggets were my first love. I was a Nuggets ball boy when guys like Bill Hanzlik were playing. Now I get to sit next to him in studio. I can’t wait to work with Bill and all my new colleagues at Altitude. Thank you to The Kroenke family and KSE for allowing me this opportunity to be a part of a great organization.”

Tom’s Home Cookin’, Denver’s homage to Soul Food and Southern cuisine, closed Thursday after more than 16 years in business.

The decision by owners Steve Jankousky and Tom Unterwagner to close the iconic Five Points lunch-only eatery was a real estate move, according to Internet reports. The building has been sold to an undisclosed chef who will continue the space as a restaurant.

This note appeared on the building and on Twitter Thursday:

“Dear Friends,

We are excited to tell you that we have sold the restaurant property and Tom’s Home Cookin’ is closed. Thank you for your patronage, support and friendship over the past 16 1/2 years.

It’s been one hell of a ride! Tom & Steve”

Where can you get a delicious lunch, fresh air and shop for holiday gifts at the same time? NOSH & POSH at downtown Denver’s Civic Center Park where food and fashion trucks mash up from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday.

The food and fashion trucks scheduled for Thursday are:

Quiero Arepas; Chuey FU’s; El Toro The Tot; Jessie’s Smokin’ NOLA; A Taste of the Philippines; Crock Spot, LLC; Keenwah, CO; Little India Food Truck; Lomito Gourmet; Still Smokin fusion BBQ Food Truck- Denver Colorado; Sweet Cow Ice Cream; Fashions Underground; Style Driven Truck; The Street Boutique, A Fashion Truck and Denver Fashion Truck.

Shop boutique items, snag local gems and grab a bite (to go or stay) at the Civic Center Conservancy’s new monthly gathering of food and fashion trucks. This event takes place every second Thursday through April: Thursday, Jan. 14, Feb. 11, March 10 and April 14.

On Sunday, at Think It Up Live, more than 200 students and teachers from Denver area
school districts will come together to brainstorm ideas for learning projects that can
then be submitted for crowd-funding.

A science fair-meets “Shark Tank”-type event, Think It Up Live will allow students to
create and pitch innovative learning projects to judges and experts. All participating
teams will be awarded $100 funding credits to kick-start their projects; the top winner
will receive $1,000.

The students’ teachers can then post the projects at www.ThinkItUp.org, a
site that gives the public an opportunity to help fund the Denver projects.
To help teams reach their goals and implement the projects, funds from major
supporters provide a dollar-for-dollar match for the cost of a project when citizen
donors contribute the other half.
The event follows the success of EIF’s inaugural Think It Up telecast that aired in
September, and will include appearances from representatives of The Entertainment
Industry Foundation, www.DonorsChoose.org, Denver Public Schools Superintendent Tom
Boasberg, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as well Avalanche center Matt Duchene.
Think It Up is a new movement in support of the nation’s students, teachers and
schools, helping generate excitement about learning everywhere in America and
building a sense of optimism about the changes underway in classrooms across the
country.
www.ThinkItUp.org is the first-of-its-kind platform to fund student-powered, teacher-led
learning projects in partnership with www.DonorsChoose.org, the popular teacher crowdfunding
charity.
Public school students in grades 7-12 can work with their teachers to develop projects
that draw on their passions and connect what they are working on in the classroom to
the challenges they will face in the future. Their ideas then will be crowd-funded.

Denver International Airport is flying high after the opening of its Hotel and Transit Center, also known as the South Terminal Redevelopment Project. Witness three years of construction in less than two minutes with EarthCam’s time-lapse.

DIA constructed a 500-room Westin hotel, public transit center and public plaza from 2012 to 2015, ensuring its position as a leading global airport. EarthCam documented the project with its HD construction cameras – watch development from start to finish with the time-lapse.

Don’t fly solo – watch and share EarthCam’s Denver International Airport construction time-lapse with your travel buddy.

To access the time-lapse online, please use the YouTube embed code, visit www.youtube.com/embed/PQLsna-rY5A

Eavesdropping on a chef’s Facebook post: “Client asked how I plan on keeping the hot chocolate warm at her event. I replied that I would check to see if our fire-breathing dragon was available that night and, if not, I will bring a stove.”

Enjoy the holidays with the John Denver Holiday Concert at the Lone Tree Arts Center from Dec. 15 to 20. Featuring modern and traditional Christmas carols as well as some of John Denver’s most memorable hits, you’ll enjoy songs such as “Christmas for Cowboys,” “Aspenglow,” “Thank God I’m a Country Boy” and “Back Home Again.”

The cast and band are led onstage by Tony-nominee Dan Wheetman, a world-class picker ‘n fiddler and former member of the John Denver band. Acclaimed Nashville singer Gail Bliss also stars. Tickets range in price from $33 to $55 and may be purchased online at www.lonetreeartscenter.org or by calling 720-509-1000 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday. The Lone Tree Arts Center is located at 10075 Commons St.

Tuesday, Dec. 15 at 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 1:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 17 at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 18 at 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 19 at 1:30 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 20 at 1:30 p.m.