Slim 7 snuck into town Tuesday night – and it wants to be our worst- kept secret.
It’s a new nightclub for Denver’s large livers located in the alley between Market and Larimer streets and 14th and 15th streets. There is no signage, just a door that opens unto a stairway that leads you down to the club.
It’s the brainchild of man-about- town Bill Ward, the general partner who gathered 18 other high-profilers to get things pouring.
“It’s a New York/European style club,” says Ward. “The lighting is unbelievable, exposed stone, a really cool, sleek, clean space.”
As for the silent partners, think KC Veio, Brent Kline and the gang – high profile, well-connected Denver men.
“They’re well-known in big circles,” says Ward. “They’ll bring the people in.” And they get keys to the secret VIP elevator on Larimer Street.
At first, says Ward, people may not believe that the speakeasylike club is actually there. “People will say, ‘Are you sure this is the right place?’ and you’ll say, ‘Trust me.”‘
Slim 7 is open every night 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. Never a cover, sometimes a rope.
Women rule
Women are in the kitchen – and saving the world.
Women Cook is a benefit for Work Options for Women 6-9 Monday night at Temple Emanuel. It’s a walk-around dinner with food from our bestest female fryers: Kim Adams, Jane Berryman, Jennifer Jasinski, Pat Perry, Susan Ralston, Wendy Vlach, Rebecca Weitzman, Elise Wiggins and Rachel Woolcott. Go to blacktie-colorado.com/rsvp (event code: womencook) for the $95 tix.
And on Sept. 17, six female Nobel Peace Prize laureates will talk the talk at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. Mayor Hick’s wife Helen Thorpe, Denver COO Katherine Archuleta and Ambassador Swanee Hunt head up the gathering. Prize winners are Rigoberta Menchu Tum, Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Jody Williams, Betty Williams, Shirin Ebadi and Wangari Maathai. Just typing their names makes me feel peaceful.
Swimming to Boulder
Kinetics splashes into the Boulder Reservoir on Saturday, the annual salute to what’s left of those crazy college daze. Dozens of strange contraptions and stranger crews will make their way around the water and land course. This years teams include Bird Flu – the Illeagles; Boutonnieres of the Caribbean; Son of Spam; Dog Cheese and Fuzz; Raft of the Damned; 30 Year Old Virgins; Noodlecanoodle; Marvin’s Mischevious Misfit Moist Motorin’ Mashuggeahs. Tix are $12.
City spirit
Renoir’s great grandson, Alexandre Renoir, is in town this weekend at Gallery M in Cherry Creek North with the Impressionist Show, running through May 14. Works from Renoir, Cezanne, Gauguin, Manet and Pissarro on sale from $2,000-$200,000 … Red Hot Chili Peppers heat up the Pepsi Center Aug. 18 … Emmalee Mason of Colorado Springs still recovering from being the 2 billionth guest to visit a Disney theme park when she and her family hit Disneyland on Tuesday. She met Mickey, got a key to the Kingdom and lifetime passes for her entire family … Sez who: “No man needs a vacation so much as the person who has just had one.” Elbert Hubbard
Bill Husted’s column appears Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Husted also appears Tuesdays and Fridays on “Good Day Colorado” on Fox 31. You can reach him at 303- 820-1486 or at bhusted@denverpost.com.
