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We’re giving away two tickets to Comedy on the Rocks Saturday night at Wings Over the Rockies, 7711 E. Academy Blvd.
All you have to do to win is to subscribe to my column at www.blacktie-colorado.com/pennyparker. Existing subscribers are also eligible to win.
Comedy on the Rocks features Tommy Davidson of “In Living Color” and Craig Shoemaker, aka “The Lovemaster.”
Blacktie-Colorado.com is doing the ticketing for the event, and will email two tickets to the winner.
Lighthouse Writers Workshop invites the public to celebrate the launch of its community-wide reading program this evening. Lighthouse’s Big Read program will include a series of events related to the critically-acclaimed novel “Housekeeping” by Pulitzer-Prize winning author Marilynne Robinson.
The kick-off party today will feature Stories on Stage reading excerpts from the novel, music provided by Swallow Hill, and light refreshments at the McNichols Civic Center Building, 144 W. Colfax. Admission is free.
Guests will receive copies of the book (as long as supplies last), and will be able to sign up for book discussions and writing workshops. Jamie Van Leeuwen, Gov. John Hickenlooper’s deputy chief of staff, will also say a few words.
For more information on this event, please contact Lighthouse at: bigread@lighthousewriters.org.
Eavesdropping on a woman on Facebook talking about her daughter: “Eliza fell and scraped her knee. As I cuddled her, I asked if she wanted some ice to help the pain. With giant tears rolling down her cheeks she said, ‘No, I want prosciutto.’ We are definitely raising a good little Italian.”
National historic landmark and premier Denver wild game restaurant, The Fort, is offering large families and companies an added perk for their belated holiday celebrations.
Parties of 25 or more people who are booked Monday through Thursday nights throughout the month of January qualify for The Fort’s Roundup promotion, which includes complimentary bus transportation to and from the restaurant in Morrison. Contact The Fort’s private dining manager Jennefer Weeks for more details, as bookings are filling up quickly and certain restrictions do apply.
“We are thrilled to once again offer The Fort’s Roundup promotion,” said Weeks, The Fort’s private dining manager. “Offering to pay for transportation costs is our way of thanking the parties that come here to celebrate with us. We have so much fun, show our customers that we’re grateful they chose to celebrate at The Fort, and we know that everyone gets home safely.”
The main dining room is very popular with its fireplace and views of the foothills, lights of Denver and the plains beyond. The room features a beamed ceiling, artwork, and authentic mid-nineteenth-century artifacts. Most rooms contain original artwork and various items from the fur trade period to truly transport guests back into Colorado history.
For more information on The Fort Roundup or to reserve your post-holiday party space, contact Weeks at banquets@thefort.com or call 303-697-2282.
It’s always a party at The Fort in Morrison, The famed restaurant is offering a special banquet deal for big events the rest of January. (The Fort photo)
Lone Tree Golf Club & Hotel will host its second in a series of Tantalizing Tastes from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 11.
Tantalizing Tastes, a wine edition, will feature five wines from Lone Tree Grill’s new wine list, created by Southern Wine & Spirits, and five scrumptious food dishes prepared by executive chef Joseph Westley, CEC. Lone Tree Golf Club & Hotel is located at 9808 Sunningdale Blvd., in Lone Tree.
Cost is $30 per person. Reservations are required for this limited seating event. Call 303-790-0202.
Milender White Construction Co. (MWCC) saluted the Denver Broncos’ record-breaking 2013 season from the seven-touchdown, season-opening victory over the defending Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens to the AFC Championship win over the New England Patriots.
In recognition of the Broncos’ amazing season earning them a trip to the Super Bowl, MWCC temporarily changed the gray in the company logo to Denver Broncos’ blue to complement the MWCC orange.
In its press release, MWCC, based in Arvada, wrote:
“We look forward to watching Peyton Manning and the entire team hoist the Lombardi Trophy on February 2, 2014. GO BRONCOS!”
Music. Champagne. Chocolate. The Colorado Symphony has it all this Valentine’s Day.
The Colorado Symphony Guild hosts “Love Your Symphony,” a pre-concert reception and fundraiser on Friday, February 14. “Love Your Symphony” is a celebration of love and music that supports the mission of the Colorado Symphony, the premiere orchestra of the Rocky Mountain west. The Colorado Symphony Guild will honor Yumi-Hwang Williams, Colorado Symphony concertmaster, with a presentation and will be held at the Four Seasons Denver Hotel, 1111 14th St., from 5-7 p.m.
“Love Your Symphony” is a romantic precursor to the Love & Lust Masterworks program on stage at Boettcher Concert Hall February 14-16. Love & Lust features conductor Mark Wigglesworth and a special guest appearance by Midori, one of the world’s most renowned violinists and a Colorado audience favorite. The program features Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor, and Wagner’s episodic, sensual Tristan and Isolde, an orchestral passion.
“Love Your Symphony” guests will enjoy champagne, appetizers, chocolates by Enstrom’s and flowers by Bouquets. The Jackson Stevens Trio will perform.
Tickets are $40 for existing Love & Lust/Masterworks ticket holders. Ticket packages for the reception and concert are $80. A “sweetheart” offer includes a pair of tickets to the reception and concert for $150.
Tickets are available via www.coloradosymphony.org, by calling 303-623-7876, and in person at the Colorado Symphony Box Office, located inside Boettcher Concert Hall in the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Valet parking is available for $8 at the Four Seasons Hotel.
Yumi Hwang-Williams
Award-winning architecture firm Arch11 is riding what appears to be the new restaurant tsunami in the Denver/Boulder area with four recently completed projects and six new ones on tap.
The Colorado architecture firm is currently in high demand for its stylish approach to new-American dining experience. The firm’s restaurant design portfolio includes Denver and Boulder standards like Jax, Lola, and the Bitter Bar.
Most recently, Arch11 has set the stage for Boulder’s award-winning Oak at Fourteenth. The open kitchen design at Oak highlights the growing trend toward experiential dining where customers can see their food prepared. “More and more, you see how your food is put together, which impacts finish selections and kitchen efficiencies,” says Arch11 principal and founder E.J. Meade.
The firm’s design for Fate Brewing Company in Boulder successfully re-purposes an industrial space to fit the spirit of a boutique batch brewing outfit and restaurant. Meade notes that Fate is a large restaurant as trends go. “There is a lot of activity with young restaurateurs to move into smaller and tighter spaces, providing more intimate dining experiences and reducing initial start-up costs,” Meade said. “At 7,000 square feet, Fate bucks that trend.”
For Ignite! – in Denver’s Ballpark Neighborhood – Arch11 re-imagined a historic pawn shop to create a modern urban gastro-pub with a rooftop bar and open street seating. “The building is in a historic district, and we basically rebuilt the entire inside of it while maintaining its 19th century charm,” said Arch11 partner, Ken Andrews, the project architect.
Humboldt Farm Fish Wine in Denver’s Uptown neighborhood is Arch11’s newest restaurant design, inhabiting the space formerly occupied by the city’s beloved Strings restaurant. The menu features northern California-inspired seafood cuisine with a nod to the burgeoning farm-to-table concept. Arch11’s interiors match the restaurant’s fresh approach with an open kitchen, warm dark woods, exposed steel and cozy, brightly upholstered seating areas.
Additional new restaurant projects coming from Arch11 will span the culinary globe, including a restaurant featuring low-country Southern fare near Coors Field and a Nuevo Mexican taco bar. In between these cultured concepts are plans for a juice bar to complement the micro-juice trend and another gastro pub, among others.
Oak at Fourteenth, above, and Ignite, below, are two of restaurant designs developed by Arch 11 Architectural firm. (Arch11.com photos)
Eavesdropping on a man: “I put vodka in my windshield washer tank. Now I know it won’t freeze. LOL. I’ll just hold a martini glass with my sunroof open while I spray my windows.”
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