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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS is running a national story today featuring glitzy galas like Carousel of Hope, the Denver-born and Beverly Hills-based money machine created by socialite Barbara Davis. Davis “started the Children’s Diabetes Foundation in 1977 when her daughter, Dana, was diagnosed with the disease. When Davis broke the news of their daughter’s condition to her husband, the late oil and entertainment tycoon Marvin Davis, “he said, ‘Take care of it.'”

MORE HERE on that visit by Bill and Melinda Gates this week.

CU-BOULDER ENGINEERING PROF awarded $875,000 Packard Fellowship.

LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AGO, Ashley Kasprzak was hired as executive director of Team Fort Collins, a nonprofit drug and alcohol prevention service, the Northern Colorado Business Report writes. “Although new to the position with TFC, Kasprzak has more than 20 years of professional experience with nonprofit organizations, and a dedication to partnering with the business community.”

HONORED BY BBB OF DENVER/BOULDER: Outreach United Resource Center Inc. of Longmont, which helps move people toward self-sufficiency.

NEW ADVERTISER: NECRO NOCHE
What’s even better than a Halloween party at Linger? A Halloween party at Linger to support a good cause! Join us for Necro Noche, a spooky fundraiser on October 29th, featuring:
~ The best in local restaurant fare from Linger, Cholon, Beast & Bottle, Twelve, Row14 and more
~ Complimentary cocktails
~ Killer entertainment
~ Interactive fun ‘n’ games
~ Costumes required (badass prize for the best costume)
~ $100 General Admission tickets include: heavy hors d’oeuvres, open bar and entertainment
~ $150 VIP tickets include: early access to cocktail hour at 6pm, a private party tent on the roof, and a $25 gift certificate to Linger
~ 100% of net proceeds benefit The GrowHaus.

ADVERTISE YOUR EVENT on Blacktie-Colorado for just $150 a week. Email Brett McCann-Lehl at brett@blacktie-llc.com.

THE DENVER CSU ALUMNI NETWORK is looking for projects in the first half of 2013 to participate in as a volunteer group. Email: knpohly@yahoo.com

PEOPLE AND PETS, get ready for a meow-ling good time at Avogadro’s Number Friday night. The Fort Collins Cat Rescue and Spay/Neuter Clinic is hosting its fourth annual “Meow-loween” costume party.

LATEST ‘CAPTURED EVENTS’ ON BLACKTIE
October 17, 2012 – 12th Annual Men for the Cure
October 13, 2012 – “Be Beautiful Be Yourself” Continues to Shine
October 01, 2012 – Stories of Hope: Alternatives to Family Violence

BLACKTIE’S SISTER COMPANY, Efficient Tickets, is now selling tickets for the Halloween Masquerade Ball, an Oct. 26 Halloween party to raise money for the survivors of the Aurora and Columbine Tragedy. It’s hosted by Phoenix999 a non-profit charity created by the survivors of the Columbine Tragedy and by Friends of Humanity a local volunteer group that helps local charities raise money.

CONSIDER EFFICIENT TICKETS for your next ticketed event. Online ticketing is inexpensive, consumer-friendly and provides your organization with valuable purchasing and entrance data. Contact Brett McCann-Lehl at 303-339-3819.

DO YOU OPERATE IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO? The Jonathan and Shari Fox Family Foundation has announced the grant applications for the 2012 year will be accepted starting immediately and will continue until Oct. 26

MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE had a catered dinner and opportunities for lots of conversation, and many took part in enthusiastic auction bidding during the Sept. 12 Englewood Education Foundation Fall Fling.

LAKESHORE FOUNDATION awarded $25,000 grant from USOC, Veterans Affairs.

CASH FOR PROGRESS? There’s a reward waiting for Moises Banuelos if he passes the standardized tests in three Advanced Placement classes he’s taking this semester at Denver’s Abraham Lincoln High School: $100 for each qualifying score.

HAVING TROUBLE MANAGING DONATION REQUESTS? Blacktie can set up a website for your business or organization that makes it easy for you to be responsive to charity requests and carefully manage all aspects of the process. Here’s a request page we set up for a local company. For information about BT Donation Tracker, call Don Knox at 720-272-0961.

DID YOU KNOW? You can advertise your nonprofit event easily and affordably to 300,000 readers in the 17 Colorado Community Media newspapers from Thornton to Castle Rock? Blacktie offers discounted rates to organizations that have not previously advertised in the CCM publications. These publications include Arvada Press, Castle Rock News-Press, Centennial Citizen, Douglas County News-Press, Englewood Herald, Golden Transcript, Highlands Ranch Herald, Lakewood Sentinel, Littleton Independent, Lone Tree Voice, Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel, Parker Chronicle, Westminster Window, Westsider and Wheat Ridge Transcript. Call Brett McCann-Lehl or Don Knox at 303-832-2903 for more details!

COMING EVENTS ON BLACKTIE: DON’T FORGET TO REGISTER!
10/19/2012 – Mark Wynn Presents Domestic Violence Investigation and Intervention Training
10/19/2012 – Future for Families Gala
10/20/2012 – Hope Lives “Celebrating Life in the Pink” Gala
10/20/2012 – Sense of Security – Champagne & Diamonds 2012
10/20/2012 – SafeHouse Denver’s Hope Gala: Celebrating the Women, Children and Youth of SafeHouse Denver
10/20/2012 – Teen with a Dream & Garfield Estates Vineyard Wine Tasting
10/20/2012 – Aurora Symphony Orchestra, Fall Masterworks Concert
10/20/2012 – Shake, Rattle and Groan ZOMBIE PROM
10/21/2012 – Making Waves in Colorado Ocean Symposium and the Ocean Celebration
10/21/2012 – Aurora Symphony Orchestra, Fall Masterworks Concert
10/21/2012 – Making Waves In Colorado, Ocean Celebration
10/22/2012 – Excelsior Youth Center’s Chef and Wine Dinner at Venice Ristorante
10/23/2012 – NCNRC October Nonprofit Monthly Networking Event
10/23/2012 – United Nations Association Denver presents United Nations Trivia Night
10/24/2012 – Happy Hour at McLoughlin’s Benefiting the YESS Institute
10/24/2012 – LIGHT | An Illuminated Celebration of the McNichols Building in Civic Center Park
10/24/2012 – AWS Pete Marczyk Battle Royale! New World vs. Old World Wines
10/25/2012 – Sustainability Dine-a-logue: Special Election Edition
10/25/2012 – The Brief
10/25/2012 – LOL: A Comedy Benefit for Think 360 Arts
10/26/2012 – Circles of Change
10/26/2012 – Friends of Manual Breakfast
10/26/2012 – Logo Design Basics
10/26/2012 – Mapleton Education Foundation “Storybook Ball”
10/27/2012 – City Slicker Soiree to benefit Roundup River Ranch
10/29/2012 – The GrowHaus — Necro Noche
10/30/2012 – 10th Annual Partners for a Bold Future Breakfast
10/30/2012 – Friends of the Haven Annual Fundraiser and Dinner
10/30/2012 – Chefs 180 featuring Daniel Asher of Linger
10/31/2012 – CBCA’s 2012 Economic Activity Study of Metro Denver Culture
10/31/2012 – Martian Sock Hop Halloween Ball Benefitting the Historic Elitch Theatre
11/1/2012 – Denver Republican 1st Thursday Breakfast
11/1/2012 – Colorado “I Have A Dream” Foundation annual gala
11/2/2012 – Christ the King’s Fall Fest 2012
11/3/2012 – Broomfield Early Childhood Summit
11/5/2012 – Denver Business Forum: Latin America presented by the MSU Denver School of Business
11/7/2012 – Stout Street Foundation’s Annual Fall Luncheon and Silent Auction
11/7/2012 – The Denver Scholarship Foundation’s 2012 Ed Gala- Presented by DaVita and the Thiry O’Leary Foundation
11/8/2012 – CASN 2012 Fall Conference
11/8/2012 – Aurora Mental Health Center Mental Health First Aid
11/8/2012 – 21st Annual Civil Rights Awards
11/8/2012 – A Taste for Life benefiting Project Angel Heart
11/8/2012 – Energy Africa Conference
11/9/2012 – 2012 Statewide Sustainability Roundtable
11/9/2012 – CASN 2012 Fall Conference
11/9/2012 – Aurora Mental Health Center Mental Health First Aid
11/9/2012 – Sport Sales Workshop
11/9/2012 – National Philanthropy Day in Colorado
11/9/2012 – Energy Africa Conference
11/10/2012 – CASN 2012 Fall Conference
11/10/2012 – Meet the Women With A Cause WE Scholars
11/10/2012 – “Wine with Friends” Assumption 100 year Gala Event
11/10/2012 – CMF & RMCMA’s Feast for the Senses
11/13/2012 – CJPW’s Focus on Formal Networking
11/13/2012 – University of Colorado Depression Center Fall Fundraising Luncheon
11/13/2012 – Meet the Women With A Cause WE Scholars
11/14/2012 – Meet the Women With A Cause WE Scholars
11/15/2012 – CPGR Luncheon Program
11/15/2012 – Benefits 101
11/15/2012 – Bright Beginnings Goodnight Moon Gala
11/15/2012 – Rooting Down, Rising Up
11/17/2012 – KATA Foundation’s Bravehearts Hoot ‘N’ Holler
11/17/2012 – The Humane Society of the United States & Prairie Dog Coalition’s Annual Gala- Living on Burrowed Time
11/27/2012 – NCNRC November Monthly Nonprofit Networking Event
11/28/2012 – Capitol Rock
11/30/2012 – Introduction to Arts Integration

DO YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR A FUTURE ISSUE OF BLACKTIE FOR BUSINESS? Send an email to the editor, Don Knox.

This year’s Ninth annual Denver Gorilla Run will be held on Oct. 27 in an attempt to hold onto its Guinness World Record title of most people dressed as gorillas in one location with 1,069 participants in 2009.

This year’s event is expected to attract 1,300 plus participants in their gorilla costumes to enjoy a scenic and fun 5K run/walk or ride through Lower Downtown and the Platte River Valley.

The Denver Gorilla Run, which benefits the Denver-based Mountain Gorilla Conservations Fund, offers a costume contest and three starting waves. The Wheels will go first, runners go second and walkers go third.

The race is followed by an extravagant post-race party featuring a live performance by Under the Radar Band, and food from the Wynkoop Holdings family of restaurants including Lodo’s Bar and Grill and the Breckenridge Craft Brewery.

The run’s start/finish line and post-race party takes place outside of Wynkoop Brewing Co. at 18th and Wynkoop streets. Runners and spectators are invited to attend the celebratory Silverback Block Party.

More info at www.denvergorillarun.com or by calling 720-524-0272.

Caption: A scene from last year’s event — a gorilla KISS band.

Super chef

TAG and TAG Raw Bar chef/owner Troy Guard has reconceived his Madison Street restaurant and renamed it TAG Burger Bar.

According to Guard, the people were clambering for burgers, so he wanted to appease the peeps by giving them what they want. Tag Burger Bar opened Tuesday with a menu that includes a milkshake bar with booze as well as serving wine, mixed drinks and a variety of beet-based cocktails.

The burger menu is a build-your-own where guests choose protein, toppings and condiments. The menu also includes Baja fish tacos, fried chicken, deep-fried pickles, beef brisket nachos, hand-cut crispy fries and the Kung Fu Panda Salad.

Tag Burger Bar is open for lunch and dinner daily with brunch served Saturday and Sunday. Reservations: www.opentable.com.

Anschutz Center coming to Park Hill

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver will break ground on the Nancy P. Anschutz Center in Park Hill’s Holly Square at 10 this morningat 3334 Holly St.

Those in attendance will include: Libby Anschutz, John Arigone, Albus Brooks, Aaron Miripol, Lindsay Neil, Terrance Roberts, laDawn Sullivan and Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver members.

Good taste

A Taste of Greenwood Village put on the feedbag Monday at the Doubletree DTC Hotel at 7801 E. Orchard Road. The 12th annual event had the added backdrop of the Broncos beating their nemesis Oakland Raiders on Monday Night Football on huge high def TVs stationed throughout the venue.

Participating restaurants included Bonefish Grill, The Bundt Shoppe , C.B. & Potts, Chinook Tavern, The Delectable Egg, Fiocchi’s, Garcia’s, Gridiron Grille, Hapa, India’s Castle, Jing, Las Brisas, ModMarket, Rising Roll, Rock-a-Billies, Sahara, Subway, Ted’s Montana Grill, Woody Creek Bakery & Cafe, Yanni’s, Yayas, and liquor from Republic National Distributing Co.

Freebie

A record 22 museums will open their doors for free during Denver’s Night at the Museums, an idea that has been wildly successful in Europe, during the sixth annual Night at the Museums, where the city’s t0p museums will stay open from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3.

“What started in Paris, has now spread across Europe with 3,000 museums participating this year in the European Night of the Museums,” said Richard Scharf, president and CEO of Visit Denver.

Over the EDGE

October is spook-tacular at EDGE inside The Four Seasons Denver with kettle corn-infused cocktails, vampire-theme snacks dubbed “bar bites” (watch your neck), even trick or treating. Stop into EDGE for some Halloween treats or to The Spa for some fall pampering.

The Spa is offering guests the option of a trick or treat from a shimmering bowl of gemstones from Oct. 26 through 31. Each color gemstone will present a different treat from a $25 gift card at EDGE to a $25 gift card toward a future spa treatment or 25 percent off a retail purchase at the spa.

Guests who reserve a minimum of a 60-minute treatment are given access to the hotel’s fitness center featuring TechnoGym equipment including treadmills, elliptical machines, stationary bikes, let machines, lower back and abdominal machines, weight bench units, exercise balls and more. Complimentary valet parking is provided to all spa guests who experience a 60-minute treatment. Reservations: 303-389-3020.

Eavesdropping on a man: “Went to the flea market. Picked up some flea milk, flea bread, flea eggs… paid with flea money but because it wasn’t real, I had to flee.”

Did you hear that I have a new column, “Mile High Life,” in Colorado Community Media’s 17 weekly newspapers circling Denver? Be sure to like my Facebook page! Also, here’s where you go to get my column emailed to you Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. I’m now the social-media liaison for the Mile High Chapter of the Colorado Restaurant Association, so read my latest restaurant news there. My email: penny@blacktie-llc.com.

Welcome to Blacktie-Colorado’s new periodic column for nonprofit organizations! If you have questions about this email, please write to Brett McCann-Lehl at brett@blacktie-llc.com. If you want to start getting Blacktie for Business emailed to you, sign up here.

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BILL AND MELINDA GATES, whose foundation has poured $10 million into a Colorado program testing ways to combine new state standards and teacher evaluations, flew here this week on a semi-secret visit to assess how the work has progressed, The Denver Post reported. On Monday, they visited Eagle County, one of 13 districts participating in the Integration Project, a collaborative effort by the Colorado Legacy Foundation.

COLORADO CITED BY NEW KENTUCKY GROUP. Kentucky is about to officially start a nonprofit education foundation modeled after one in Colorado and aimed at attracting funding for innovative school programs. State Education Commissioner Terry Holliday on Wednesday will deliver paperwork to the secretary of state’s office incorporating the new Fund for Transforming Education.

OVER $1.5 MILLION was raised at the Global Down Syndrome Foundation’s 2012 Be Beautiful Be Yourself Fashion Show on Saturday, Oct. 13, at the Sheraton Downtown Denver Hotel to benefit the Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome. The gala was sold out, with 1,200 people in attendance, including football legends Pat and Annabel Bowlen, and John and Paige Elway.

BOULDER’S ETOWN has landed a $2 million loan from Public Radio Capital in Boulder to fund construction of its new offices and its eTown Hall.

NEW ADVERTISER: NECRO NOCHE
What’s even better than a Halloween party at Linger? A Halloween party at Linger to support a good cause! Join us for Necro Noche, a spooky fundraiser on October 29th, featuring:
~ The best in local restaurant fare from Linger, Cholon, Beast & Bottle, Twelve, Row14 and more
~ Complimentary cocktails
~ Killer entertainment
~ Interactive fun ‘n’ games
~ Costumes required (badass prize for the best costume)
~ $100 General Admission tickets include: heavy hors d’oeuvres, open bar and entertainment
~ $150 VIP tickets include: early access to cocktail hour at 6pm, a private party tent on the roof, and a $25 gift certificate to Linger
~ 100% of net proceeds benefit The GrowHaus.

ADVERTISE YOUR EVENT on Blacktie-Colorado for just $150 a week. Email Brett McCann-Lehl at brett@blacktie-llc.com.

THE DENVER CSU ALUMNI NETWORK is looking for projects in the first half of 2013 to participate in as a volunteer group. Email: knpohly@yahoo.com

LATEST ‘CAPTURED EVENTS’ ON BLACKTIE
October 13, 2012 – “Be Beautiful Be Yourself” Continues to Shine
October 01, 2012 – Stories of Hope: Alternatives to Family Violence
October 13, 2012 – 2nd Annual GIVE Denver Masquerade Ball

HONORED: Janet Fieldman, chief foundation officer of the Pueblo Community Health Center Foundation, has been named the 2012 Outstanding Advocate of the Underserved Award by the Community Health Association of the Mountain/Plains States.

IN ASPEN, nonprofits are asking for more grant money due to a recent spike in requests for help from valley residents.

HITTING THE TRAIL: Nonprofit bicycle advocacy organization Community Cycles will host the Mountain States Bike! Bike! Conference March 19 through March 21 in Boulder.

BLACKTIE’S SISTER COMPANY, Efficient Tickets, is now selling tickets for the Halloween Masquerade Ball, an Oct. 26 Halloween party to raise money for the survivors of the Aurora and Columbine Tragedy. It’s hosted by Phoenix999 a non-profit charity created by the survivors of the Columbine Tragedy and by Friends of Humanity a local volunteer group that helps local charities raise money.

CONSIDER EFFICIENT TICKETS for your next ticketed event. Online ticketing is inexpensive, consumer-friendly and provides your organization with valuable purchasing and entrance data. Contact Brett McCann-Lehl at 303-339-3819.

NOTABLE NAMES: Former governors Ritter, Owens addressed Colorado Nonprofit Association conference.

VIOLATION? In what appears to be a violation of its tax exempt status as an organization governed under section 501(c)3 of the IRS code, New Era Colorado dropped campaign literature advocating the election of specific candidates. The “Voting Guide” provided by New Era Colorado lists Democratic candidates in state and federal elections who have received the “thumbs up” from New Era Colorado.

STADIUM GOLF took on a new meaning for Phil Mickelson, who overshot the big money targets on his 100-yard shot at halftime of Monday night’s Broncos-Chargers game. He still raised $50,000 for First Book, a nonprofit organization that provides new books for needy children. Had he hit one of the concentric rings in the middle of the green in the “KPMG Chip4Charity” promotion, Mickelson could have raised anywhere from $100,000 to $1 million for the charity.

HAVING TROUBLE MANAGING DONATION REQUESTS? Blacktie can set up a website for your business or organization that makes it easy for you to be responsive to charity requests and carefully manage all aspects of the process. Here’s a request page we set up for a local company. For information about BT Donation Tracker, call Don Knox at 720-272-0961.

USTA SERVES, the charitable entity of the United States Tennis Association, has awarded the Boulder branch of the I Have a Dream Foundation one of its 24 year-end grants under its “Aces for Kids” umbrella.

DID YOU KNOW? You can advertise your nonprofit event easily and affordably to 300,000 readers in the 17 Colorado Community Media newspapers from Thornton to Castle Rock? Blacktie offers discounted rates to organizations that have not previously advertised in the CCM publications. These publications include Arvada Press, Castle Rock News-Press, Centennial Citizen, Douglas County News-Press, Englewood Herald, Golden Transcript, Highlands Ranch Herald, Lakewood Sentinel, Littleton Independent, Lone Tree Voice, Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel, Parker Chronicle, Westminster Window, Westsider and Wheat Ridge Transcript. Call Brett McCann-Lehl or Don Knox at 303-832-2903 for more details!

COMING EVENTS ON BLACKTIE: DON’T FORGET TO REGISTER!
10/16/2012 – Networking and Information Sharing Lunch for Colorado Leaders
10/18/2012 – Conflict Resolution: Community Evolution
10/18/2012 – 6th Annual Outstanding Women in Business at the CCBWN October 2012 Luncheon
10/18/2012 – Benefits 101
10/18/2012 – The Premiere Kick Off
10/18/2012 – JAZZED for ICHC
10/18/2012 – Open House Christ the King
10/19/2012 – Mark Wynn Presents Domestic Violence Investigation and Intervention Training
10/19/2012 – Future for Families Gala
10/20/2012 – Hope Lives “Celebrating Life in the Pink” Gala
10/20/2012 – Sense of Security – Champagne & Diamonds 2012
10/20/2012 – SafeHouse Denver’s Hope Gala: Celebrating the Women, Children and Youth of SafeHouse Denver
10/20/2012 – Teen with a Dream & Garfield Estates Vineyard Wine Tasting
10/20/2012 – Aurora Symphony Orchestra, Fall Masterworks Concert
10/20/2012 – Shake, Rattle and Groan ZOMBIE PROM
10/21/2012 – Making Waves in Colorado Ocean Symposium and the Ocean Celebration
10/21/2012 – Aurora Symphony Orchestra, Fall Masterworks Concert
10/21/2012 – Making Waves In Colorado, Ocean Celebration
10/22/2012 – Excelsior Youth Center’s Chef and Wine Dinner at Venice Ristorante
10/23/2012 – NCNRC October Nonprofit Monthly Networking Event
10/23/2012 – United Nations Association Denver presents United Nations Trivia Night
10/24/2012 – Happy Hour at McLoughlin’s Benefiting the YESS Institute
10/24/2012 – LIGHT | An Illuminated Celebration of the McNichols Building in Civic Center Park
10/24/2012 – AWS Pete Marczyk Battle Royale! New World vs. Old World Wines
10/25/2012 – Sustainability Dine-a-logue: Special Election Edition
10/25/2012 – The Brief
10/25/2012 – LOL: A Comedy Benefit for Think 360 Arts
10/26/2012 – Circles of Change
10/26/2012 – Friends of Manual Breakfast
10/26/2012 – Logo Design Basics
10/26/2012 – Mapleton Education Foundation “Storybook Ball”
10/27/2012 – City Slicker Soiree to benefit Roundup River Ranch
10/29/2012 – The GrowHaus — Necro Noche
10/30/2012 – 10th Annual Partners for a Bold Future Breakfast
10/30/2012 – Friends of the Haven Annual Fundraiser and Dinner
10/30/2012 – Chefs 180 featuring Daniel Asher of Linger
10/31/2012 – CBCA’s 2012 Economic Activity Study of Metro Denver Culture
10/31/2012 – Martian Sock Hop Halloween Ball Benefitting the Historic Elitch Theatre
11/1/2012 – Denver Republican 1st Thursday Breakfast
11/1/2012 – Colorado “I Have A Dream” Foundation annual gala
11/2/2012 – Christ the King’s Fall Fest 2012
11/3/2012 – Broomfield Early Childhood Summit
11/5/2012 – Denver Business Forum: Latin America presented by the MSU Denver School of Business
11/7/2012 – Stout Street Foundation’s Annual Fall Luncheon and Silent Auction
11/7/2012 – The Denver Scholarship Foundation’s 2012 Ed Gala- Presented by DaVita and the Thiry O’Leary Foundation
11/8/2012 – CASN 2012 Fall Conference
11/8/2012 – Aurora Mental Health Center Mental Health First Aid
11/8/2012 – 21st Annual Civil Rights Awards
11/8/2012 – A Taste for Life benefiting Project Angel Heart
11/8/2012 – Energy Africa Conference
11/9/2012 – 2012 Statewide Sustainability Roundtable
11/9/2012 – CASN 2012 Fall Conference
11/9/2012 – Aurora Mental Health Center Mental Health First Aid
11/9/2012 – Sport Sales Workshop
11/9/2012 – National Philanthropy Day in Colorado
11/9/2012 – Energy Africa Conference
11/10/2012 – CASN 2012 Fall Conference
11/10/2012 – Meet the Women With A Cause WE Scholars
11/10/2012 – “Wine with Friends” Assumption 100 year Gala Event
11/10/2012 – CMF & RMCMA’s Feast for the Senses
11/13/2012 – CJPW’s Focus on Formal Networking
11/13/2012 – University of Colorado Depression Center Fall Fundraising Luncheon
11/13/2012 – Meet the Women With A Cause WE Scholars
11/14/2012 – Meet the Women With A Cause WE Scholars
11/15/2012 – CPGR Luncheon Program
11/15/2012 – Benefits 101
11/15/2012 – Bright Beginnings Goodnight Moon Gala
11/15/2012 – Rooting Down, Rising Up
11/17/2012 – KATA Foundation’s Bravehearts Hoot ‘N’ Holler
11/17/2012 – The Humane Society of the United States & Prairie Dog Coalition’s Annual Gala- Living on Burrowed Time
11/27/2012 – NCNRC November Monthly Nonprofit Networking Event
11/28/2012 – Capitol Rock
11/30/2012 – Introduction to Arts Integration

DO YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR A FUTURE ISSUE OF BLACKTIE FOR BUSINESS? Send an email to the editor, Don Knox.

Wazee (the yellow lab mascot of Rockmount Ranch Wear in LoDo) received an invitation addressed to him from Visit Denver because he was a winner of a Mile High Hospitality Award recently. This was his response:

Dear Jayne (Buck),

I get a lot of mail but not that many invitations to breakfast.  (Eating is something I enjoy almost as much as catching balls.) Sure I will attend, thank you very much. Would it be OK if I bring a guest? Steve handles most of my press inquiries, daily walks, appointments, etc.

Oh one question, will the blue bear be there? I want to apologize for barking the last time we met.

I look forward to seeing you on the 14th.

Regards,

Wazee

as interpreted by

Steve Weil, president

Think pink, drink pink

During the month of October, breast cancer awareness and the color pink go hand-in-hand. At The Four Seasons Hotel Denver, the cause and the color are being celebrated – on the rocks.

Three drinks are available throughout this month at Edge Restaurant & Bar as part of The Four Seasons Drink Pink! promotion. A portion of sales from each speciality drink will benefit Sense of Security (www.senseofsecurity.org), a Colorado organization that provides financial assistance for patients undergoing breast cancer treatment.

More at www.edgerestaurantdenver.com.

Baby on board

Kathy Lee, the producer and foil on the Lewis and Floorwax show on 103.5 The Fox, announced on the air last week that she is pregnant, expecting her first child.

Lee, 40, said the baby is due in April but she and her husband, Eric White, don’t know the child’s gender yet.

“We are so excited,” she said.

Mr. Bill

Bill Hanzlik, best known as a college basketball star at Notre Dame and later as a player for the Denver Nuggets, will be recognized for his commitment to Colorado’s youth with the Crystal Globe for Distinguished Service Award at the annual Jefferson Foundation Crystal Ball on Saturday.

The Gold Crown Foundation was established by Hanzlik and Colorado leader Ray Baker in 1986 to provide basketball camps and programs for a time when school budget cuts were eliminating athletics.

Gold Crown has grown to offer sports and enrichment activities to more than 20,000 youth year-round.

The Jefferson Foundation’s 27th Crystal Ball fundraiser, Masquerade, will be a mysterious fantasyland party complete with silent auction, dancing and live entertainment, games and activities, hors d’oeuvres and a champagne toast to honor Hanzlik.

The event takes place from 6:13 to 10 p.m. Saturday at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities. Tickets are $125 each or $200 per couple available by calling Pam Heiny at 303-982-2210. All proceeds benefit The Jefferson Foundation.

Wining ways

It’s wine time at Charcoal Restaurant, 43 W. Ninth, during the VinBoutique Burgundy Wine Dinner on Sunday.

VinBoutique brings you the delights of Burgundy, Cremant, Aligote, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir paired with delectables by Charcoal in the private dining room. Meet and mingle fellow wine enthusiasts during the event.

VinBoutique’s senior buyer and level three sommelier will be there to introduce everyone to everyone and to the wines. Cost is $55, not including tax and tip. Reservations:  303-454-0000 .

For the month of October, Charcoal would like to show its appreciation to all of Denver’s hard-working educators by offering a complimentary bloody mary or mimosa at all Saturday and Sunday brunches. Please let any teachers in your life, who could use a break, know about this event.

Movin’ on up

Cameron Mitchell Restaurants announced the promotion of Heather McCormick to general manager of Ocean Prime Denver, the restaurant group’s modern American supper club concept located in Larimer Square.

“I have been very fortunate to be part of the Cameron Mitchell family,” said McCormick. “I am constantly learning new things and am continually striving to be better tomorrow than I am today.”

Previously the restaurant’s assistant general manager, McCormick joined the Cameron Mitchell Restaurants family in October 2011. Spending more than 20 years working in restaurants, McCormick has also served as manager and assistant general manager at Sullivan’s Steakhouse and Great Northern Tavern, as well as posts as general manager at Brook’s Steak House & Cellar and Shanahan’s Steakhouse.

“Our team has enjoyed watching Heather’s growth as a leader over the past year,” said Mitchell. “We are very proud of her accomplishments and look forward to her success in the years to come.”

Ocean Prime is at 1465 Larimer St., Denver. For more information and to make a reservation, please visit www.oceanprimedenver.com or call 303.825.3663.

Surf n’ turf

The Palm in the Tabor Center is asking customers to “vote” for their favorite classic surf n’ turf combo now through Nov. 6.

Which surf n’ turf ticket will emerge victorious? Cast your vote by ordering your favorite combination from the new $49.90 three-course election prix fixe menu.

Entrees – either filet and crab, filet and lobster tail or filet and jumbo shrimp – include a starter of classic Caesar salad, lobster bisque or mixed green salad; surf n’ turf candidate and pumpkin spiced creme brulee. There’s no limit on how many times you can vote.

Reservations: www.thepalm.com/denver or by calling 303-825-7256.

Eavesdropping on two women at Green Valley Ranch Golf Course Friday after the trains at DIA stopped running: “Can you just hear wide spread panic?”

“That’s Tyler’s favorite band.”

“No, I mean wide spread panic at DIA. I didn’t even know that was a band.”

Did you hear that I have a new column, “Mile High Life,” in Colorado Community Media’s 17 weekly newspapers circling Denver? Be sure to like my Facebook page! Also, here’s where you go to get my column emailed to you Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. I’m now the social-media liaison for the Mile High Chapter of the Colorado Restaurant Association, so read my latest restaurant news there. My email: penny@blacktie-llc.com.

Welcome to Blacktie-Colorado’s new periodic column for nonprofit organizations! If you have questions about this email, please write to Brett McCann-Lehl at brett@blacktie-llc.com. If you want to start getting Blacktie for Business emailed to you, sign up here.

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NONPROFIT AWARD WINNER: The Boulder County Business Report recently held its 13th annual Innovation Quotient Awards, and the Center for Resource Conservation was selected as the nonprofit winner for its Garden-In-A-Box Program.

NEW ‘OPEN APPLICATION’ FOR DANIELS FUND SCHOLARSHIPS: The application opened on Sep. 17. For the first time, the process will make it possible for students to initiate and submit their applications online. The deadline to apply is Nov. 29, 2012.

HABITAT COMPLETES 50TH HOME in Fort Collins.

HOT OFF THE PRESS: Blacktie’s latest “Have You Heard” newsletter.

NEW ADVERTISER: NECRO NOCHE
What’s even better than a Halloween party at Linger? A Halloween party at Linger to support a good cause! Join us for Necro Noche, a spooky fundraiser on October 29th, featuring:
~ The best in local restaurant fare from Linger, Cholon, Beast & Bottle, Twelve, Row14 and more
~ Complimentary cocktails
~ Killer entertainment
~ Interactive fun ‘n’ games
~ Costumes required (badass prize for the best costume)
~ $100 General Admission tickets include: heavy hors d’oeuvres, open bar and entertainment
~ $150 VIP tickets include: early access to cocktail hour at 6pm, a private party tent on the roof, and a $25 gift certificate to Linger
~ 100% of net proceeds benefit The GrowHaus.

ADVERTISE YOUR EVENT on Blacktie-Colorado for just $150 a week. Email Brett McCann-Lehl at brett@blacktie-llc.com.

TODAY FROM BLACKTIE’S PENNY PARKER: “Wazee (the yellow lab mascot of Rockmount Ranch Wear in LoDo) received an invitation addressed to him from Visit Denver because he was a winner of a Mile High Hospitality Award recently. This was his response.”

LATEST ‘CAPTURED EVENTS’ ON BLACKTIE
October 01, 2012 – Stories of Hope: Alternatives to Family Violence
October 01, 2012 – MHAC Tribute to Leadership 2012

THE NORTHERN COLORADO COMMUTER RAIL, a nonprofit organization established last year, unveiled its proposal Saturday for establishing a commuter rail system connecting communities in Larimer and Weld counties with each other and the Denver metro area.

CU-BOULDER hosts student-veteran leadership summit.

MENTAL HEALTH PARTNERS, serving Boulder and Broomfield Counties, will host a community outreach briefing about the Jessica Ridgeway case from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15, at Superior Town Hall, 124 East Coal Creek Drive.

EQUIPMENT PROMISED: The Denver-based charity CURE (Commission on Urgent Relief and Equipment) has promised to send, as quickly as possible, hospital equipment to Mozambican health units.

BLACKTIE’S SISTER COMPANY, Efficient Tickets, is now selling tickets for the Halloween Masquerade Ball, an Oct. 26 Halloween party to raise money for the survivors of the Aurora and Columbine Tragedy. It’s hosted by Phoenix999 a non-profit charity created by the survivors of the Columbine Tragedy and by Friends of Humanity a local volunteer group that helps local charities raise money.

CONSIDER EFFICIENT TICKETS for your next ticketed event. Online ticketing is inexpensive, consumer-friendly and provides your organization with valuable purchasing and entrance data. Contact Brett McCann-Lehl at 303-339-3819.

HAVE YOU MET? Juanita Chacon

HAVING TROUBLE MANAGING DONATION REQUESTS? Blacktie can set up a website for your business or organization that makes it easy for you to be responsive to charity requests and carefully manage all aspects of the process. Here’s a request page we set up for a local company. For information about BT Donation Tracker, call Don Knox at 720-272-0961.

DID YOU KNOW? You can advertise your nonprofit event easily and affordably to 300,000 readers in the 17 Colorado Community Media newspapers from Thornton to Castle Rock? Blacktie offers discounted rates to organizations that have not previously advertised in the CCM publications. These publications include Arvada Press, Castle Rock News-Press, Centennial Citizen, Douglas County News-Press, Englewood Herald, Golden Transcript, Highlands Ranch Herald, Lakewood Sentinel, Littleton Independent, Lone Tree Voice, Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel, Parker Chronicle, Westminster Window, Westsider and Wheat Ridge Transcript. Call Brett McCann-Lehl or Don Knox at 303-832-2903 for more details!

COMING EVENTS ON BLACKTIE: DON’T FORGET TO REGISTER!
10/16/2012 – Networking and Information Sharing Lunch for Colorado Leaders
10/16/2012 – Men for the Cure
10/16/2012 – Men for the Cure Mercedes Benz Raffle
10/17/2012 – CPGR Brown Bag Series – Extended
10/17/2012 – Dazzle & Delight, an Evening Celebrating Determination
10/18/2012 – Conflict Resolution: Community Evolution
10/18/2012 – 6th Annual Outstanding Women in Business at the CCBWN October 2012 Luncheon
10/18/2012 – Benefits 101
10/18/2012 – The Premiere Kick Off
10/18/2012 – JAZZED for ICHC
10/18/2012 – Open House Christ the King
10/19/2012 – Mark Wynn Presents Domestic Violence Investigation and Intervention Training
10/19/2012 – Future for Families Gala
10/20/2012 – Hope Lives “Celebrating Life in the Pink” Gala
10/20/2012 – Sense of Security – Champagne & Diamonds 2012
10/20/2012 – SafeHouse Denver’s Hope Gala: Celebrating the Women, Children and Youth of SafeHouse Denver
10/20/2012 – Teen with a Dream & Garfield Estates Vineyard Wine Tasting
10/20/2012 – Aurora Symphony Orchestra, Fall Masterworks Concert
10/20/2012 – Shake, Rattle and Groan ZOMBIE PROM
10/21/2012 – Making Waves in Colorado Ocean Symposium and the Ocean Celebration
10/21/2012 – Aurora Symphony Orchestra, Fall Masterworks Concert
10/21/2012 – Making Waves In Colorado, Ocean Celebration
10/22/2012 – Excelsior Youth Center’s Chef and Wine Dinner at Venice Ristorante
10/23/2012 – NCNRC October Nonprofit Monthly Networking Event
10/23/2012 – United Nations Association Denver presents United Nations Trivia Night
10/24/2012 – Happy Hour at McLoughlin’s Benefiting the YESS Institute
10/24/2012 – LIGHT | An Illuminated Celebration of the McNichols Building in Civic Center Park
10/24/2012 – AWS Pete Marczyk Battle Royale! New World vs. Old World Wines
10/25/2012 – Sustainability Dine-a-logue: Special Election Edition
10/25/2012 – The Brief
10/25/2012 – LOL: A Comedy Benefit for Think 360 Arts
10/26/2012 – Circles of Change
10/26/2012 – Friends of Manual Breakfast
10/26/2012 – Logo Design Basics
10/26/2012 – Mapleton Education Foundation “Storybook Ball”
10/27/2012 – City Slicker Soiree to benefit Roundup River Ranch
10/29/2012 – The GrowHaus — Necro Noche
10/30/2012 – 10th Annual Partners for a Bold Future Breakfast
10/30/2012 – Friends of the Haven Annual Fundraiser and Dinner
10/30/2012 – Chefs 180 featuring Daniel Asher of Linger
10/31/2012 – CBCA’s 2012 Economic Activity Study of Metro Denver Culture
10/31/2012 – Martian Sock Hop Halloween Ball Benefitting the Historic Elitch Theatre
11/1/2012 – Denver Republican 1st Thursday Breakfast
11/1/2012 – Colorado “I Have A Dream” Foundation annual gala
11/2/2012 – Christ the King’s Fall Fest 2012
11/3/2012 – Broomfield Early Childhood Summit
11/5/2012 – Denver Business Forum: Latin America presented by the MSU Denver School of Business
11/7/2012 – Stout Street Foundation’s Annual Fall Luncheon and Silent Auction
11/7/2012 – The Denver Scholarship Foundation’s 2012 Ed Gala- Presented by DaVita and the Thiry O’Leary Foundation
11/8/2012 – CASN 2012 Fall Conference
11/8/2012 – Aurora Mental Health Center Mental Health First Aid
11/8/2012 – 21st Annual Civil Rights Awards
11/8/2012 – A Taste for Life benefiting Project Angel Heart
11/8/2012 – Energy Africa Conference
11/9/2012 – 2012 Statewide Sustainability Roundtable
11/9/2012 – CASN 2012 Fall Conference
11/9/2012 – Aurora Mental Health Center Mental Health First Aid
11/9/2012 – Sport Sales Workshop
11/9/2012 – National Philanthropy Day in Colorado
11/9/2012 – Energy Africa Conference
11/10/2012 – CASN 2012 Fall Conference
11/10/2012 – Meet the Women With A Cause WE Scholars
11/10/2012 – “Wine with Friends” Assumption 100 year Gala Event
11/10/2012 – CMF & RMCMA’s Feast for the Senses
11/13/2012 – CJPW’s Focus on Formal Networking
11/13/2012 – University of Colorado Depression Center Fall Fundraising Luncheon
11/13/2012 – Meet the Women With A Cause WE Scholars
11/14/2012 – Meet the Women With A Cause WE Scholars
11/15/2012 – CPGR Luncheon Program
11/15/2012 – Benefits 101
11/15/2012 – Bright Beginnings Goodnight Moon Gala
11/15/2012 – Rooting Down, Rising Up
11/17/2012 – KATA Foundation’s Bravehearts Hoot ‘N’ Holler
11/17/2012 – The Humane Society of the United States & Prairie Dog Coalition’s Annual Gala- Living on Burrowed Time
11/27/2012 – NCNRC November Monthly Nonprofit Networking Event
11/28/2012 – Capitol Rock
11/30/2012 – Introduction to Arts Integration

DO YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR A FUTURE ISSUE OF BLACKTIE FOR BUSINESS? Send an email to the editor, Don Knox.

Kathy Lee, the producer and foil on the Lewis and Floorwax show on 103.5 The Fox, announced on the air today that she is pregnant, expecting her first child.

Lee, 40, said the baby is due in April but she and her husband, Eric White, don’t know the child’s gender yet.

“We are so excited,” she said.

Is Boulder crying in its beer? While the burg may have thought it would get the only Trader Joe’s in Colorado with a liquor license, Denver snagged that shot.

When both stores open next year, Denver customers will be able to buy liquor and check out in an attached area of the store. The grocery and liquor sections will share a common entrance, but liquor sales must be completed separately.

How did Denver grab the liquor biz from Boulder?

“We’re a better and bigger market so they can sell more (liquor) here,” said a source close to the deal. “Our process (to obtain a liquor license) is faster and cleaner, and Boulder blabbed about getting a liquor store. Denver kept its mouth shut.”

The initial hearing – the first step in the liquor license process – will be 9 a.m. Oct. 26. The store will have to jump through a few city-required hoops before getting the final sign-off.

Both Boulder and Denver Trader Joe’s stores are expected to open around the same time next year.

Tops and Temps

I Can’t Help Myself but I’m on Cloud Nine because The Four Tops and The Temptations will provide the entertainment for Saturday Night Alive, the signature fundraiser for The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, on March 2. Ticket are now on sale at www.denvercenter.org/sna.

Jamie Angelich and Mimi Roberson will chair this year’s event, that includes one of chi-chi-est silent auctions, surprise box sale, dinner, desserts and dancing in the Seawell Ballroom.

Individual tickets start at $375 and corporate tables of 10 start at $6,000.

In the pink

During the month of October, breast cancer awareness and the color pink go hand-in-hand. At The Four Seasons Hotel Denver, the cause and the color are being celebrated – on the rocks.

Three drinks are available throughout this month at Edge Restaurant & Bar as part of The Four Seasons Drink Pink! promotion. A portion of sales from each speciality drink will benefit Sense of Security (www.senseofsecurity.org), a Colorado organization that provides financial assistance for patients undergoing breast cancer treatment.

More at www.edgerestaurantdenver.com.

First Lady lunches

The First Lady of Mozambique, Dr. Maria da Luz Dai Guebuza, will be in Denver today for Project CURE’s eighth annual First Ladies’ Luncheon fundraising event at the Hyatt Regency Colorado Convention Center.

Guebuza is the honored guest and keynote speaker for the event whose goal is to raise enough funding to deliver $2 million of medical supplies and equipment to clinics and hospitals throughout Mozambique. The country was selected because of its critical need for medical relief. Nearly 40 percent of the population lives on less than a dollar a day.

Combined, Project CURE’s First Ladies’ Luncheons have raised enough funding to deliver $12.6 million of medical relief to hospitals and clinics throughout El Salvador, Belize, Mexico, Ghana, Panama and Tanzania.

Bountiful harvest

Harvest Week, a series of pop-up dinner parties paying homage to Colorado’ produce and producers, features 36 of EatDenver’s independent restaurants, which will host the dinners at Grow Haus, 4751 York St., from Sunday through Oct. 19.

One brunch and five dinners – featuring different chefs and interactive themes – will be paired with hand-crafted cocktails, local brews and wines.

Guests will need to bring their own place setting (plate, cutlery and wine glass). Brunch begins at noon and dinners begin at 6 p.m. Proceeds from the events go to support EatDenver, a marketing group of independently owned restaurants, and Grow Haus, a nonprofit indoor farm, marketplace and educational center.

More information and menus: www.eatdenver.com.

Crave rave

Crave Real Burgers, with locations in Colorado Springs and Castle Rock, creeps closer to Denver with its latest location that will open in the Town Center in Highlands Ranch in the former Fat Burger and Epic Grill space.

Crave, which has garnered raves, is from the same group who owns the iconic Old Stone Church restaurant in Castle Rock. The menu features Mile High burgers, old-fashioned shakes and a full bar. Check it out (but not if you’re hungry) at www.craverealburgers.com.

Get happy

Fogo de Chao, 1513 Wynkoop, is offering a happy hour menu for the first time with cocktails and lighter bites of the signature fire-roasted meats prepared by gaucho chefs from 5 to 7 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and from 3 to 7 p.m. Sundays.

Happy hour eats are your choice of Brazilian pork sausage, bacon-wrapped chicken breast or pork parmesan medallions served with crispy polenta and pao de queijo (warm cheese bread) for $8 apiece. Every dish is gluten free.

The happy hour menu also features 11 varieties of Brazil’s national drink, the caipirinha, made with a spirit derived from sugar cane. All happy hour drinks are $6.

For more information, go to www.fogo.com.

The recently opened Kachina Southwestern Grill inside the Westin Westminster has added happy hour and late-night dining options to the menu.

The happy hour menu is available from 2 to 6 p.m. daily; late-night menu is served every night from 10 p.m. to midnight.

Menu items include red chile popcorn ($3), green chile cheese fries ($5) and green chile cheeseburger ($12) made with brisket short-rib chuck, roasted green chiles and smoked cheddar on a brioche bun.

More at www.kachinagrill.com.

Third time’s a charm

MICI, the family owned Italian restaurant with locations in downtown Denver and Cherry Creek, is opening a third spot Monday in Stapleton at 2373 Central Park Blvd.

Brothers Jeff and Michael Miceli and their sister Kim Miceli-Vela opened their first eatery in 2004 in downtown Denver.

In addition to the opening of the Stapleton restaurant, MICI will also be serving breakfast at its Cherry Creek North restaurant. MICI provides sit-down dining, counter service and delivery. More information: www.miciitalian.com.

Indulge in health

HealthOne’s event Free Healthy Indulgences – A Women’s Symposium, A Day for You will include physician-led seminars, free screenings for blood pressure, BMI, osteoporosis and more, from 9 a.m. to 3 pm. (spa lunch included) Saturday at the JW Marriott in Cherry Creek or on Oct. 20 at the Sheraton Denver Tech Center.

Award-winning national speaker and author Laura Stack will discuss “The Exhaustion Cure…Up Your Energy from Low to Go in 21 Days” during the luncheon.

More information: www.healthonewomenscare.com.

Eavesdropping on a woman to a man: “I’ve been to Park Burger but I haven’t tried Larkburger.”

“As long as you haven’t tried Shark Burger.”

Did you hear that I have a new column, “Mile High Life,” in Colorado Community Media’s 17 weekly newspapers circling Denver? Be sure to like my Facebook page! Also, here’s where you go to get my column emailed to you Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. I’m now the social-media liaison for the Mile High Chapter of the Colorado Restaurant Association, so read my latest restaurant news there. My email: penny@blacktie-llc.com.

Welcome to Blacktie-Colorado’s new periodic column for nonprofit organizations! If you have questions about this email, please write to Brett McCann-Lehl at brett@blacktie-llc.com. If you want to start getting Blacktie for Business emailed to you, sign up here.

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THE PLAYERS, COACHES, FAMILIES AND FANS that make up Boulder’s baseball community mourn the passing of Bill Suitts last week and fondly remember his generosity and love of the game, Mark Langston writes in the Boulder Daily Camera. “The beautiful Suitts Field at Scott Carpenter Park now stands as one of the premier baseball fields in the State of Colorado due to the vision, perseverance and financial contribution of Bill Suitts and his family.”

AURORA TO HOST FREE FESTIVAL SATURDAY, benefiting theater victims.

HISTORIC DENVER BUILDING will be restored as a hub for nonprofits, farmers market.

HOT OFF THE PRESS: Blacktie’s latest “Have You Heard” newsletter.

NEW ADVERTISER: NECRO NOCHE
What’s even better than a Halloween party at Linger? A Halloween party at Linger to support a good cause! Join us for Necro Noche, a spooky fundraiser on October 29th, featuring:
~ The best in local restaurant fare from Linger, Cholon, Beast & Bottle, Twelve, Row14 and more
~ Complimentary cocktails
~ Killer entertainment
~ Interactive fun ‘n’ games
~ Costumes required (badass prize for the best costume)
~ $100 General Admission tickets include: heavy hors d’oeuvres, open bar and entertainment
~ $150 VIP tickets include: early access to cocktail hour at 6pm, a private party tent on the roof, and a $25 gift certificate to Linger
~ 100% of net proceeds benefit The GrowHaus.

ADVERTISE YOUR EVENT on Blacktie-Colorado for just $150 a week. Email Brett McCann-Lehl at brett@blacktie-llc.com.

TODAY FROM BLACKTIE’S PENNY PARKER: “Is Boulder crying in its beer? While the burg may have thought it would get the only Trader Joe’s in Colorado with a liquor license, Denver snagged that shot.”

LATEST ‘CAPTURED EVENTS’ ON BLACKTIE
October 09, 2012 – Women’s Foundation Hosts 25th Anniversary Champagne Party, at RedLine

BLACKTIE’S SISTER COMPANY, Efficient Tickets, will handle ticket sales again this season for Colorado Chorale. The first event, “A Night at the Theatre,” is Oct. 12.

YOU SHOULD USE EFFICIENT TICKETS for your next ticketed event. Online ticketing is inexpensive, consumer-friendly and provides your organization with valuable purchasing and entrance data. Contact Brett McCann-Lehl at 303-339-3819.

HAVE YOU MET? Juanita Chacon

CARBONDALE JOB? The Roaring Fork Public Education Foundation is retooling, and may partner with the Re-1 school district to meet some mutual administrative and publicity needs.

HAS DONATED $1 MILLION OVER THE YEARS: 10-year-old Colorado Eagles Foundation.

MAKES BUDGET PITCH: Nonprofit Boulder Fairgrounds.

DOCS FOR DEBT: In Colorado, there is a serious need for primary care doctors – both in rural areas and in Colorado Springs. The National Health Service Corps and the Colorado Health Service Corps are trying to address the need through loan forgiveness grants to medical school students.

HAVING TROUBLE MANAGING DONATION REQUESTS? Blacktie can set up a website for your business or organization that makes it easy for you to be responsive to charity requests and carefully manage all aspects of the process. Here’s a request page we set up for a local company. For information about BT Donation Tracker, call Don Knox at 720-272-0961.

THAT’S A WRAP: The Aspen Institute’s Inaugural Aspen ThinkXChange.

STERLING MIDDLE SCHOOL’S FANCY NEW FITNESS PARK includes two outdoor electronic play systems – a NEOS 360 and NEOS Wall – as well as an ENERGI total body fitness system, all funded by a $156,053 healthy living grant from the Colorado Health Foundation.

WHEN BUSINESSES IN FORT COLLINS want to learn about sustainable building practices, they can turn to CSU’s Institute for the Built Environment.

DID YOU KNOW? You can advertise your nonprofit event easily and affordably to 300,000 readers in the 17 Colorado Community Media newspapers from Thornton to Castle Rock? Blacktie offers discounted rates to organizations that have not previously advertised in the CCM publications. These publications include Arvada Press, Castle Rock News-Press, Centennial Citizen, Douglas County News-Press, Englewood Herald, Golden Transcript, Highlands Ranch Herald, Lakewood Sentinel, Littleton Independent, Lone Tree Voice, Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel, Parker Chronicle, Westminster Window, Westsider and Wheat Ridge Transcript. Call Brett McCann-Lehl or Don Knox at 303-832-2903 for more details!

COMING EVENTS ON BLACKTIE: DON’T FORGET TO REGISTER!
10/12/2012 – Denver Press Club Gridiron Show
10/13/2012 – The Doctor Is In
10/13/2012 – Be Beautiful Be Yourself Fashion Show
10/13/2012 – Helping Hands Health Education Annual Fundraiser
10/13/2012 – AfricAid Art & Soul Gala
10/13/2012 – 2nd Annual GIVE Denver Masquerade Ball
10/14/2012 – Denver Celiacs Association Gluten Free Gallop
10/14/2012 – Vitality Walk in Grand Junction
10/16/2012 – Networking and Information Sharing Lunch for Colorado Leaders
10/16/2012 – Men for the Cure
10/16/2012 – Men for the Cure Mercedes Benz Raffle
10/17/2012 – CPGR Brown Bag Series – Extended
10/17/2012 – Dazzle & Delight, an Evening Celebrating Determination
10/18/2012 – Conflict Resolution: Community Evolution
10/18/2012 – 6th Annual Outstanding Women in Business at the CCBWN October 2012 Luncheon
10/18/2012 – Benefits 101
10/18/2012 – The Premiere Kick Off
10/18/2012 – JAZZED for ICHC
10/18/2012 – Open House Christ the King
10/19/2012 – Mark Wynn Presents Domestic Violence Investigation and Intervention Training
10/19/2012 – Future for Families Gala
10/20/2012 – Hope Lives “Celebrating Life in the Pink” Gala
10/20/2012 – Sense of Security – Champagne & Diamonds 2012
10/20/2012 – SafeHouse Denver’s Hope Gala: Celebrating the Women, Children and Youth of SafeHouse Denver
10/20/2012 – Teen with a Dream & Garfield Estates Vineyard Wine Tasting
10/20/2012 – Aurora Symphony Orchestra, Fall Masterworks Concert
10/20/2012 – Shake, Rattle and Groan ZOMBIE PROM
10/21/2012 – Making Waves in Colorado Ocean Symposium and the Ocean Celebration
10/21/2012 – Aurora Symphony Orchestra, Fall Masterworks Concert
10/21/2012 – Making Waves In Colorado, Ocean Celebration
10/22/2012 – Excelsior Youth Center’s Chef and Wine Dinner at Venice Ristorante
10/23/2012 – NCNRC October Nonprofit Monthly Networking Event
10/23/2012 – United Nations Association Denver presents United Nations Trivia Night
10/24/2012 – Happy Hour at McLoughlin’s Benefiting the YESS Institute
10/24/2012 – LIGHT | An Illuminated Celebration of the McNichols Building in Civic Center Park
10/24/2012 – AWS Pete Marczyk Battle Royale! New World vs. Old World Wines
10/25/2012 – Sustainability Dine-a-logue: Special Election Edition
10/25/2012 – The Brief
10/25/2012 – LOL: A Comedy Benefit for Think 360 Arts
10/26/2012 – Circles of Change
10/26/2012 – Friends of Manual Breakfast
10/26/2012 – Logo Design Basics
10/26/2012 – Mapleton Education Foundation “Storybook Ball”
10/27/2012 – City Slicker Soiree to benefit Roundup River Ranch
10/29/2012 – The GrowHaus — Necro Noche
10/30/2012 – 10th Annual Partners for a Bold Future Breakfast
10/30/2012 – Friends of the Haven Annual Fundraiser and Dinner
10/30/2012 – Chefs 180 featuring Daniel Asher of Linger
10/31/2012 – CBCA’s 2012 Economic Activity Study of Metro Denver Culture
10/31/2012 – Martian Sock Hop Halloween Ball Benefitting the Historic Elitch Theatre

DO YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR A FUTURE ISSUE OF BLACKTIE FOR BUSINESS? Send an email to the editor, Don Knox.

Matt Selby, the 15-year kitchen captain at Vesta Dipping Grill and Steuben’s, is leaving the organization he helped elevate to top-eats status.

“It’s time for a new and different challenge,” Selby said in a statement.  “It’s been an incredible 15-year run and I am proud of everything (owners) Josh (Wolkon), Jen and I have accomplished. We have built three successful restaurants together, appeared on four Food Network shows, had multiple visits to the James Beard House and written a cookbook. We have traveled the world and done a ton of philanthropy work together. It is just time for me to take what I have learned and try something on my own. It’s time to leave the nest.”

Wolkon, owner of Vesta, Steuben’s and Ace, delivered the shocking news to the press Tuesday afternoon. For those who have followed Vesta’s growth, Selby was a fixture whose passion helped increase that restaurant’s popularity and stature in the restaurant community.

“We have been blessed to have Matty with us for the past 15 years. In this business such a long run is a rarity,” Wolkon said. “Chef Selby’s mark will forever be left on Vesta, Steuben’s and Ace.”

Brandon Foster, who has been serving as executive chef of Vesta for five years, will continue to run the kitchen. Brandon Biederman will continue in his role of the last six years as executive chef of Steuben’s and most recently Ace.

“Jen and I will be forever grateful for everything Chef Selby has helped us accomplish,” Wolkon said. “We have grown up together, shared marriages, births, travels, and memorable food and restaurant related experiences.”

RockBar’s dancing done

What would Kevin Bacon do?

Jesse Morreale, owner of RockBar, the 1970s-era dive bar at 3015 E. Colfax, has lost his bid to renew his cabaret and liquor licenses for the premises, which were found in violation of the provisions of the permits.

In the final order issued by Denver’s Department of Excise and Licenses on Sept. 26, and released Monday, Tom Downey, director of Excise and Licenses, allowed Rockbar a temporary permit to serve liquor until Nov. 7.

But the cabaret license extension was denied effective immediately, so leave your dancing shoes home if you visit RockBar because the jumpin’ joint must cease to allow dancing.

The decision to deny renewal of the licenses came after representatives of neighborhood associations voiced objections to what they deemed as RockBar’s negative impact on the neighborhoods, along with police reports citing various criminal activities, all of which Morreale vehemently opposes.

“It is astounding to me that we are right here and now living in a real live episode of Footloose,” Morreale said, referring to the 1984 Kevin Bacon movie about a small town that banned rock music and dancing. “Where is Kevin Bacon? I need him here.”

But the future of RockBar’s liquor license is only part two in the saga of Morreale’s citations in the city. Morreale’s mishaps with Mayor Michael Hancock’s crew started in July when the city suddenly shut down restaurants El Diablo and Sketch in the 1906 First and Broadway building Morreale owns.

The city alleged that the building, among other things, was a public safety hazard, and shuttered the space for two weeks. Since then, Morreale and his team have been working with the city to bring the building into compliance.

“The city loves to put a gun to your head,” he said. “The first deadline was Oct. 1, the city extended that because they had not responded in a timely way to what we had submitted to them. Oddly enough the new deadline is Halloween. The only better day they could have picked is April Fool’s Day.”

In the RockBar matter, Morreale is considering appealing the order, and if the judge grants a temporary stay, Rockbar could keep serving liquor for a year or longer.

“The most important message is that RockBar is open for business,” Morreale sad. “That’s really important.”

T|aco Time

T|aco, (pronounced TEE-ahco), the latest concept from the team who brought you H Burger, will open its Denver location at 1550 Blake St. on Friday. The first Colorado T|aco opened earlier this year in Boulder.

The concept – much like Pinche Tacos and Margs – is to serve authentic soft tacos filled with everything from red snapper to braised pork belly. The menu includes cooked-to-order chips with choice of salsa, guacamole, ceviche and salad. More information at www.tacocolorado.com.

Care there

The charitable organization There With Care is throwing A Red Carpet Adventure, a musical dinner benefit starring Law and Order actor Jesse L. Martin, award-winning jazz pianist Justin Kauflin, singer/songwriter Zach Heckendorf and a special appearance by Grammy-Award winner Dianne Reeves, Saturday at the Cable Center on the University of Denver campus and on Sunday at the NCAR Center Green campus in Boulder.

The benefit will host a “Stars” green room reception at 5 p.m. with the official party starting at 6. For more information and reservations, visit www.blacktie-colorado.com.

Eavesdropping sent in by a reader: “My nephew asked his girlfriend to marry him.  He told her it would mean a lot to him if she became a Catholic. She told him she’d become a Catholic if he’d become a Broncos fan.”

Did you hear that I have a new column, “Mile High Life,” in Colorado Community Media’s 17 weekly newspapers circling Denver? Be sure to like my Facebook page! Also, here’s where you go to get my column emailed to you Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. I’m now the social-media liaison for the Mile High Chapter of the Colorado Restaurant Association, so read my latest restaurant news there. My email: penny@blacktie-llc.com.