The Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company has opened up additional seating during the final performances of the rock musical “The 12″ to fulfill audience demand.

A limited number of tickets are available for each the following performances:

* 6:30 p.m. today and Thursday.

* 7:30 p.m. Friday.

* 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

* 1:30 p.m. Sunday.

Broadwayworld.com calls “The 12″ “a powerful rock and roll experience that rises up from where ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ ends.” “The 12″ enacts the ultimate test of faith faced by the disciples in the wake of their leader’s unthinkable death with an original classic rock music score. Created by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan, “The 12″ is a rockin’ and profoundly honest journey of fear, doubt, and ultimately, love.

Single tickets, starting at $35, may be purchased online at www.denvercenter.org, by phone at 303-893-4100 or at Denver Center Ticket Services in the lobby of the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex.

Sixteen dollar student tickets are available for Tuesday and Wednesday performances. Use promo code STUDENT. Valid student ID required.

Denver dwellers Bryan Jansing and Paul Vismara, authors of “Italy Beer Country,” are bringing their expertise to six-day excursions through the best of the Italian Craft Beer Breweries.

Their flagship tour will run twice a month throughout the year. Each tour will lead beer aficionados, fans and foodies through the Italian countryside for an élite behind-­the­‐scenes experience to meet and greet notable leaders of Italy’s craft beer movement.  As champions of the movement, Jansing and Vismara will also share their knowledge and insider secrets with each attendee.

Cities visited throughout the tour include: Milan, Parma, Tortona, Genoa, Piozzo, Torino, and Chieri. Breweries visited include: Birrificio Italiano, Del Ducato, Toccalmatto, Montegioco, Maluas Faber, Baladin Brewery, Birrificia Rurale, Black Barrels Brewery, Grado Plato, and Croce Di Malto. Accomodations are high­‐end and subject to change but similar venues to Westin Milan, Hotel Verdi, Casa Baladin and others.

Military discounts, group discounts, professionals belonging to the American Brewers Association and American Brewers Guild available. Prices start at $3,595 USD for double accommodations.

Go to: www.italybeertours.com for more information. 

Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods, Inc., is recruiting volunteers for the 44th Annual CHUN Capitol Hill People’s Fair to be held at Civic Center Park on June 6 and 7. Hundreds of volunteers are needed every year to assure the success of the People’s Fair and the enjoyment of the many fairgoers.

People’s Fair volunteers receive:

• A 2015 People’s Fair official volunteer t-shirt.
• An invitation to our annual CHUN Capitol Hill People’s Fair Kick-off Party.
• Complimentary soft drinks and snacks during your shift, and complimentary beer after your shift (for those 21 and older).

To sign up to volunteer for the People’s Fair, please visit www.peoplesfair.com and fill out the volunteer form. Volunteers are needed for the following opportunities:

• Information/Souvenir booth – Ensuring that fairgoers are fully informed about everything fair related and can answer basic People’s Fair questions. Might be requested to work other booths if necessary.
• Wine Pavilion – Volunteers will assist in wine serving and punch card purchases.
• Volunteer check in/out – Direct other volunteers to their designated volunteer areas and assignments.
• Entertainment – Help execute entertainment aspect of the People’s Fair by directing bands to the appropriate stages and much more.
• Green Squad – Help keep the People’s Fair sustainable by informing the fairgoers of the appropriate recycling and compost receptacles for their waste.
• Kids and Family Area – Provide supervision of the young fairgoers in the kids area, and help with craft activities.
• Site set-up/tear down – Help transform the streets of downtown Denver into the People’s Fair by helping set up and tear down the fairgrounds both June 6 and 7.
• Spirit team – Add spice to the fairgrounds by decorating with balloons, banners, signs, sidewalk chalk and more.

For more information, contact Andrea Furness at andreafurness@chundenver.org.

The Celebration of Life for Thoa Fink, one of Denver’s most storied restaurateurs who succumbed to cancer, will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Milwaukee Tavern, 201 Milwaukee St.

Tavern owner Corky Douglass (another famed Denver restaurateur who owned Tante Louise) is planning the event along with Oahn Vu, Fink’s oldest daughter.

Fink’s Denver history includes Chez Thoa, an elegant Vietnamese/French restaurant in the basement at 158 Fillmore in Cherry Creek North. Later, upstairs on street level she opened the Italian restaurant Boccalino. It was a smash hit from the first day. She followed that with Cactus, a large gourmet Mexican restaurant in Denver’s Design Center.

The Celebration of Life event is open to the public.

“Thoa put up a great fight against cancer over a number of years,” her friend Mike Gaughan told me. “We all have special memories of her. She expressly asked for no funeral so her daughters, Corky and others are celebrating her life.”

Last week a Facebook post caused a fuss when it said The Cherry Cricket building at 2641 E. Second Ave. is up for sale, but no need to panic.

Wynkoop-Breckenridge LLC, whose real estate holdings include The Cricket as well as the Wynkoop Brewing Co. at 1634 18th St. are being sold and leased back for 20 years with four five-year options. The existing restaurants will stay put.

It’s just a financial move, according to Wynkoop-Breckenridge honcho Lee Driscoll, who said the company will use the money to pay off debt and subsidize further expansion.

“We hope to enter into a sale leaseback,” Driscoll said. “We sell the building and take back a 20 year lease with four five-year options. This is really a financing transaction given we will be the tenants for the next 40 years.”

The Wynkoop Brewing Co. was founded by Gov. John Hickenlooper who started the brewery after he was laid off from his job as a geologist.

On April 10, Gov. John Hickenlooper, backed by the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation, Southwest Airlines and The Biennial of the Americas, advocated for travelers to perform a random act of kindness as he stood outside a Southwest Airlines gate at Denver International Airport.

“There are hundreds of opportunities for random acts of kindness,” Hickenlooper said. “On Southwest, it might be letting that mother and two kids get into a row and let them have a place where they can all sit together. Our belief is the more people do a greater number of these random acts of kindness the better the world is. I think it lifts everyone up.”

#StateOfKind Challenge asks Colorado citizens to collectively perform 10,000 acts of kindness in the six months between Hickenlooper’s inauguration Jan. 13 and the third annual Biennial of the Americas event on July 14.

For more information, go to www.stateofkind.co.

The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation was established in 1995 as an internationally recognized nonprofit, headquartered in Denver, dedicated to inspiring people to practice kindness and pass it on to others. RAK provides free online resources to encourage acts of kindness across the globe, specifically in school communities. www.randomactsofkindness.org

In celebration of National Karaoke Week through Saturday, Punch Bowl Social at 65 Broadway is offering a-dollar-an-hour karaoke for groups up to 10 plus a contest.

Share your best karaoke video on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram from Punch Bowl Social’s private karaoke rooms using #PunchBowlKaraoke, and be entered to win a private two-hour party for up to eight guests with two punch bowls and tasty snacks for all.

More information at www.punchbowlsocial.com/denver.

In celebration of Earth Week this week and Earth Day Wednesday, St Julien Hotel & Spa in Boulder will be offering several events and specials:

* On Earth Day Wednesday, Jill’s Restaurant is hosting Dine out for Wildlife with an eight-course vegan dinner. Priced at $47.95 per person, a portion of proceeds from the dinner will benefit the Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. For tickets or inquiries, contact Jill’s Restaurant at 720)-406-7399, and visit www.stjulien.com/d/dining/menus to view the menu.

* During all of Earth Week, T-Zero Bar & Lounge’s popular cocktail The Green Martini will be offered at the reduced price of nine dollars. The Green is a mix of gin, tonic, cucumber syrup, fresh squeezed lime and a cucumber garnish served up.

* To mark the end of Earth Week, Jill’s Restaurant will offer a fully-Vegan Ooh-La-La lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.  Friday. This lunch buffet comes with a complimentary glass of rosé and includes a variety of dishes inspired by France’s southern regions.

Eavesdropping one woman talking about hair to another woman at Tony’s Market on Broadway: “Your hair color is ombre.”

“Ombre? I thought that was a movie starring Paul Newman.”

(20th Century Fox)