Hard to believe that the Summer of 2005 is almost a memory. It goes out with a flourish, though, as evidenced by this flurry of events:
Plans for the eighth Women Against MS Luncheon will be announced at an “appetizers and inspiration” reception that begins at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at McCormick & Schmick’s in the Denver Tech Center. Chairwoman Patty Lorie Kupetz has details at 303-757-5401 … The Diana Price-Fish Cancer Foundation goes to the dogs – in the best possible way, of course – by hosting a Yappy Hour Party on Friday night at City Bark, 370 Kalamath St. Fido and Spot can enjoy play equipment and a doggie swimming pool while their human companions enjoy cocktails and appetizers. Tickets are $25; call 303-639-9110.
Find baubles, bangles and beads … ice cream sodas and teas at Glory Weisberg’s home Aug. 22 when The Guild of the Children’s Diabetes Foundation at Denver hosts a sale to benefit the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes. Details are available from Jane Kranich, 303-691-1550 … Linda Fenner receives The Golda for her service to Denver’s Jewish community at an Aug. 24 luncheon held at Green Gables Country Club. Reservations for the 11 a.m. event can be phoned to Carley Friedman at Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado, 303-316-6486 … Chuckwagon chef Tom Perini of Texas, who has cooked at the James Beard House five times, returns to Colorado Aug. 27 to dish up his wonderful barbecue fare for LuLu’s Rock ‘n’ Roll BBQ. Attorney Fred Bartlit and his wife, Jana, are the hosts for this Denver Dumb Friends League benefit; tickets are $175 and reservations can be phoned to 303-751-5772, ext. 7223 … Gene Kay and Rabbi Raymond Zwerin are to be honored Aug. 31 at a Tonight Show-themed dinner put on by Colorado Agency for Jewish Education. Festivities are at the Donald R. Seawell Grand Ballroom, starting at 6 p.m. For tickets, call Dirk Bird, 303-321-3191, ext. 227.
Wait, there’s more
Enjoy the long Labor Day weekend, because the fall social season gets underway Sept. 8 with the National Western Stock Show’s annual Hide Party. Then comes Cocktails & Karaoke, the Sept. 10 songfest put on by the AIR Society of National Jewish Medical and Research Center. It begins at 6:30 p.m. at Mile High Station; for tickets, call 303-398-1897 … On Sept. 11, Jack and Pat McDonnell host Home on the Range, a Wild West-themed fundraiser for the Adoption Exchange. It’s at Grand River Ranch near
Kremmling, and co-hosts are Charlie and Diane Gallagher; Ernie Blake and Sharon Magness Blake; John and Anna Sie; Larry and Jill DiPasquale; Tim and Patti Casey; and David E. Kelley and Michelle Pfeiffer. Details: 970-453-2571.
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars holds its first Denver dinner on Sept. 22 (Charlie Gallagher and University of Colorado president Hank Brown are the honorees); the Brown Robe Benefit for Capuchin Franciscan Friars is on Sept. 23, and Colorado UpLIFT’s dinner and auction follows on Sept. 30.
Three biggies – the Colorado Symphony’s season-opening gala starring Johnny Mathis, the High Hopes Tribute Dinner honoring Barbara Davis and featuring Bob Newhart and the American Civil Liberties Union dinner – all take place Oct. 1. Advocates for Children present Theresa Spahn with its 2005 Friend of the Children Award at the Red Wagon Ball on Oct. 8, and then National Sports Center for the Disabled has its Black Diamond Ball Oct. 15 at Invesco Field.
Dates to remember in November include the 10th (when Margaret Fomer, Jean Jones and Ran Bellows receive the National Samaritan Award at a dinner benefiting the Samaritan Institute) and the 19th (when Natalie Cole headlines the Heart of Hearts Gala and John O’Hurley of “Seinfeld” and “Dancing with the Stars” entertains at the Adoption Exchange Fantasy Ball).
Society editor Joanne Davidson can be reached at 303-809-1314 or jmdpost@aol.com.
