Don’t have a cow, man. Bart Simpson is coming to Denver.
Nancy Cartwright, the voice of the pesky, spike-haired juvenile in the long-running Fox series “The Simpsons,” will be at St. Mary’s Academy on March 11 to deliver the keynote address at the school’s Leadership Conference. What would Principal Seymour Skinner think of that?
Cartwright’s presentation is titled “My Life as a 10-Year-Old-Boy.” She tells inside stories of the making of the series and then, in the true Bart spirit, “motivates the audience by addressing how to make their own dreams come true.” Bart’s dream, of course, is to give the world a wedgy.
“Simpsons” fans will also be psyched to know “MacHomer” comes to the Newman Center on May 6.
Thanking the Academy
Oscar and Aspen. They just seem to go together. Again this year, Aspen Filmfest presents one-time evening and apres ski screenings of Oscar-contending movies so vacationing members of the Academy can catch the flicks before voting time. The flicks are also screened in Maui.
So what’s skedded for the high country screen? “Memoirs of a Geisha,” “Paradise Now,” “Murderball,” “The Matador,” “Rize,” “Crash,” “Hoodwinked,” “The World’s Fastest Indian,” “Mrs. Henderson Presents,” “The New World,” “Junebug,” “Fateless,” “The Squid and the Whale,” “Breakfast on Pluto,” “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada,” “Joyeux Noel,” “Tsotsi,” “The White Countess,” “The Libertine,” “Transamerica” and “Casanova.”
In the past, there have been some heavy Aspen connections to the screenings. Jack Nicholson in “About Schmidt” in 2002; Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones in “Traffic” in 2000 along with Kevin Costner in “Thirteen Days” that year.
The only 2005 Aspen connection seems to be “Transamerica’s” Felicity Huffman, who grew up in Glamour Gulch.
Santas
At the Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Santa supervisor Lisa Herzlich makes sure that the kids never see two Santas at the same time. “There is only one Santa, after all,” she says.
I’m that one Santa at the mall 2 p.m. Thursday, so there’ll be no chance I’ll bump into the Signing Santa there 9 a.m.-noon today and Tuesday.
But some kids might be confused if they walked by Fado Irish Pub Saturday afternoon, where about 250 Santas gathered for the annual Santa Pub Crawl. Each Santa (and Mrs. Santa) brought a toy for kids, then then they ho-hoed on to Wynkoop Brewing Co., Celtic Tavern, B-52 and Jackson’s. Organizer Albin Ulle says they used to visit eight bars when it started four years ago, but now many establishments tell the Santas to stay away. There are just too many Santas. And who needs 250 thirsty fat guys coming in at once?
City spirit
American Automobile Association’s Five-Diamond Award for Excellence goes to three Colorado resorts this year: Broadmoor, Ritz Carlton Bachelor Gulch and The Little Nell … It’s about time: Groundbreaking for the Four Seasons at Vail is 2 p.m. Dec. 12, followed by a party at Restaurant Kelly Liken … Sez who: “I have heard it said that the fastest way to a man’s heart is through his chest.” Lauren Bacall
Bill Husted’s column appears Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Husted also appears on Fox 31 News. You can reach him at 303-820-1486 or at bhusted@denverpost.com.
