Heeb magazine, the “New Jew Review,” is coming to town. Oy!
Judaism Your Way, a new Denver-based Jewish outreach network, is bringing Heeb’s editor Josh Neuman to the Tattered Cover at 5 p.m. Thursday to talk the talk. He will also speak at the University of Denver’s Sturm Hall at 8 p.m. Friday.
“The magazine is like ‘The Daily Show,”‘ says Neuman. “Culturally savvy, snarky, urban. It been a kind of lightning rod for the Jewish community.”
Harriet Abrahm, executive director of Judaism Your Way, says the magazine and the organization are a natural fit. “It’s meant for 20- and 30-year-olds who are still questioning how to connect. It uses irony and satire and pop culture as a way of getting to the issues.”
She says everyone who looks at the magazine loves it – but she has fielded a few complaints since posters went up around town. “It’s like whoa! Is there really a magazine called Heeb? We’re just trying to reach out.”
Wanna bet?
Rich Grant, communications director of the Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau, gets to keep his mustache. Westword editor Patty Calhoun has to donate bucks to next weekend’s Modern Drunkard Convention in Denver.
They had a bet on the vote for the new jail. Grant was sure it would pass. “The people of Denver love this city, and the jail was a disgrace,” he says.
Calhoun says she bet the way she thought the vote would go – but she made the bet in March. “I offered to give up beer for a week, but Rich thought that would be too cruel. I’m so grateful I get to keep my beer, I’ll do anything.”
Swan song
Mark Pressey is no longer playing the piano at Mel’s Bar and Grill.
Seems the saloon-singer/pianoman locked horns with manager Matt McClung over volume and singing while people were eating. He started belting out tunes before 9 p.m. Wednesday, 30 minutes early.
McClung says Pressey was fired, Pressey says he quit. From what I hear, it wasn’t pretty.
Mom
On Friday, “The Larry Elder Show” on Channel 4 honored several moms, including Denver’s Georg Anna Madrid. Her kids surprised her with a video tribute. Seems she moved her family from Denver to Hawaii 18 years ago to get her daughter away from a bad boyfriend. He was so controlling that he hid her shoes when she came to his house so she couldn’t leave.
Why didn’t I think of that?
Now she’s back in Denver, and her kids think she’s swell.
City spirit
It’s a lock. Van Morrison is down to play Red Rocks on June 10, the biggest concert of the summer … Mayor Hick spotted at High Street Speakeasy with media types this week. BTW, the Speakeasy breaks its NO TV rule every Sunday night to watch Animation Domination on Fox 31 … Hazel Miller teams up with Diosa for the Sneaker Ball May 12 at the Boulder Theater. Dress code is “Kitschy lounge wear with swanky sneakers.” Tix at 303-447-1206, ext. 28 … Sez who: “The nice thing about egotists is that they don’t talk about other people.” Lucille S. Harper
Bill Husted’s column appears Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. He also appears on Fox 31 News. You can reach him at 303-820-1486 or at bhusted@denverpost.com.
