The Art Director’s Club of Denver is throwing its 10th-annual Paper Fashion Show, beginning at 6 p.m. March 7 in the Seawell Grand Ballroom, at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Seating options range from standing room to Ultimate VIP.

“Denver is really emerging as a fashion and design engine,” said Shannon Gray, the Art Director’s Club Digital Chair. “We look forward to another wonderful evening of wearable art in motion.”

Attendees will enjoy a rare opportunity to network with and be inspired by other creatives. Artists have submitted more than 50 novel designs, made entirely out of paper.

“We’re proud to celebrate our 10th year,” said ADCD president Katie Matteo. “ADCD has raised over $30,000 to benefit Downtown Aurora Visual Arts since the inception of the Paper Fashion Show.”

The nonprofit event continues to raise funds and awareness for DAVA, which provides art education programming for youth ages 3-17 in a high-risk urban community.

The competition will be judged by members of the Denver fashion community, including Brandi Shigley of Fashion Denver, Craig Hanson of American Crew, and Justice Kwesi Kwarteng of The JTA Group. Monetary and in-kind sponsorships have been provided by xpedx, D&K Printing, Firehaus Salon, nxt|MODEL, Voltage Digital Advertising and Design, Beads for Life,  CONTENT Public Relations, Beauty By Buford,  Black Eye,  CND,  Cured,  Denver Arts & Venues, Dynamite Laser Beam, Eye Candy Graphics, Fashion Denver, Fibermark, FIDM, HEFT, Indy Ink, International Paper, IZZE, Mohawk, Neenah, OneTouch, Philosophy Communications, Play, re.dzine, re: for your home,  The Denver Egotist, The Object Shop, and Yupo Corporation.

“We’re grateful to our corporate and media partners, who have come together to make this year’s event better than ever,” said ADCD chairman A.J. Croce.

Tickets start at $40 and can be purchased at www.adcd.com/paper-fashion-show.

(Art Directors Club of Denver photos)

After 15 years in business in downtown Boulder, Bácaro Venetian Taverna is closing its doors on March 5.

Chris Holston purchased Bacaro from Corrado Fasano within the past few  months, and Holston will be doing major renovations to the space before opening a new restaurant in late spring. Corrado is moving on to other business ventures,
including PastaVino, where he’s part owner.

To celebrate, Bácaro is offering 15 percent off all restaurant and bar purchases through March 5, (not including happy hour and other special discounts). The month-long farewell February celebration will culminate with a Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday party on March 4.

(Bácaro Venetian Taverna photo)

Eavesdropping on a man on Facebook: “My Olympic moment from Sochi: Watching a beautiful Russian figure skater perform, with ice jumps and spins, my wife said, ‘Man, she’s a spinner.’

“To which I replied: ‘Yep, exactly what I was thinking!'”

Four of Denver’s top tourism leaders have been named to the new class of inductees into the 15th Annual Denver & Colorado Tourism Hall of Fame.

They are: Denver catering king and philanthropist Larry DiPasquale, Denver March Powwow executive director Grace Gillette, Colorado Rockies owner Dick Monfort and director of the Greenway Foundation Jeff Shoemaker with a posthumous award to his father, Joe Shoemaker, founder of the Greenway Foundation.

These city and state supporters will be honored during the Tourism Industry Hall of Fame dinner March 20 at the Seawell Ballroom.

The Tourism Hall of Fame serves as the highest award for Denver’s travel industry, which logged its best year ever in 2012 with 13.6 million overnight visitors generating more than $3.6 billion in spending. The industry supports 50,000 jobs in the metro area.

The gala is a fund-raising event for the Visit Denver Foundation, which has given out more than $545,000 in scholarships to 214 Colorado students pursuing higher education in the fields of tourism and hospitality.

For ticket information, contact Joni Watkins at jwatkins@visitdenver.com or call 303-571-9481.

Denver and Colorado Tourism Hall of Fame honorees, Dick Monfort (above); Grace Gillette (below); Jeff Shoemaker and Larry DiPsiquale (bottom).

In honor of the Winter Olympics, Lucky Strike, an upscale bowling alley chain, has created the Soch-eezy Burger a hand-packed, all-beef patty rubbed with thyme and roasted garlic, topped with melted Swiss cheese and a creamy mushroom stroganoff sauce served on a toasted ciabatta roll.

The burger, the chain’s February Burger of the Month, was created by Lucky Strike Denver chef Francisco Quintana. The Soch-eezy Burger will be sold in all venues (except San Francisco and Polaris) through Feb. 28. Lucky Strike Lanes has two venues in Colorado: The Denver Pavilions downtown and at Belmar in Lakewood.

In celebration of Lucky Strike’s 10^th anniversary as a company, it has rolled out a Burger of the Month program to showcase the creativity of its culinary team.  Each month, Lucky Strike founder and CEO, Steven Foster, national culinary director, Kip Wotanowicz and vice president of marketing, Romy Mehlman, will select the winning burger submitted by its culinary team members to be sold at participating Lucky Strike locations the following month.

At the end of the year, the top-selling specialty burger will be permanently added to the Lucky Strike menu in 2015.  To view photos of the winning chef and burger each month, or to post feedback or a review of each burger, fans are encouraged to use the hashtag #getluckyburger on Twitter or Instagram, and leave comments on its Facebook wall.

For more information, visit www.bowlluckystrike.com/menu.

The burger of the month at Lucky Strike, the Soch-eezy, a tribute to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. (Lucky Strike photo)

Join the Mile High Chapter of the Colorado Restaurant Association for an evening of red wine, heavy hors d’oeuvres from a variety of local eateries, and live entertainment from the Hazel Miller Band at Drink Red Wear Red, beginning at 6 p.m. Sunday at Palazzo Verdi in Greenwood Village.

Project Angel Heart’s 5 million meal milestone will be highlighted, and proceeds will benefit Project Angel Heart, CRA Mile High Chapter “Hardship Fund”, and the CRA Education Foundation ProStart Program. To buy tickets, visit www.drinkredwearred.com.

Because of construction delays, Guard and Grace (1801 California), the much anticipated steakhouse from super chef Troy Guard (TAG, TAG Raw Bar, TAG Burger Bar, Los Chingones, Sugarmill) will not open on Feb. 13 as was the plan.

The restaurant’s opening has been pushed back to early March. Valentine’s Day diners who had reservations at Guard and Grace will be welcomed at TAG restaurant.

Eavesdropping on a man’s Facebook post: “I just watched my Facebook movie. I want my money back.”

“The Late Show” host David Letterman fired his top 10 list Monday night squarely at the beleaguered Denver Broncos, who famously got clobbered by the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl. (and the pour salt on the wound, Seahawks QB Russell Wilson was a guest on “The Late Show.”

Here’s the list (ouch!):

“Top Ten Things Overheard On The Broncos’ Sideline During The Super Bowl”

10. “When does the game start?”

9. “Boy it’s a pretty nice day here in New Jersey – when does the game start?”

8. “We should have endorsed Christie.”

7. “I hope no one’s watching.”

6. “This is worse than my honeymoon at the ‘Late Show'” (shot of newlywed couple).

5. “Who’s that hunk in the fur coat?” (picture of Joe Namath, below).

4. “I can’t believe they wasted all that Gatorade.”

3. “Eli will motivate us!” (video of Eli Manning looking sad while watching the game).

2. “Too much pre-game Colorado weed.”

1. “This is how the Jets feel.”