Kevin Larson‘s new nightclub, Wish, opened soft on Wednesday nightbut it was hard on me.
I guess I just don’t get to nightclubs anymore. They make me feel like the proverbial yacht owner — standing in a cold shower tearing up $100 bills.
Am I too old for the pleasures of the club?
Well, that’s what Larson is after. Old. Maybe not as old as I am, but older than 21. Wish’s house rules clearly state that no one is admitted under 25.
“My primary following is in their 30s,” says Larson, who produces a series of epic events such as the Victorian Fetish Ball. His database can produce a few thousand trendy people almost overnight.
“They don’t want to go to the downtown clubs because they are filled with kids,” Larson explains. “We all did that once, and that’s fine. But now they want someplace to go and dance and have a good time but not deal with that younger drama. They want something upscale without being too old, too mature, too stuffy.”
Larson says the 25-plus age requirement is used in many cities, but this is its first outing in Denver. “It puts us in a niche that no one else is catering to. Twenty-five to 40.”
That pretty much describes the club’s crowd Wednesday. The club itself is above Diamond Cabaret at 511 W. Colfax Ave., though it had no discernible peeler vibe Wednesday. A live band pounded it out in the club’s heart — but the place remained fairly low-key. For Larson, it’s all about the crowd, not the carpet. And it’s open to the public tonight.
And if you don’t like the 25-plus rule, well, tough. It’s perfectly legal, says Denver’s director of excise and license, Awilda Marquez. “I don’t know of anything that would prevent him from doing that,” she says. “As far as we’re concerned, if they’re over 21, it’s OK with us.”
Alba blogs Denver
Here’s Jessica Alba‘s blog on the DNC: “I have been blessed to witness almost every sports and entertainment event, but nothing compares to what took place on Invesco Field. The energy was palpable and the crowd was infused with the hope. On a more humorous side, I have never seen the stars and stripes used as a fashion print/accessory so liberally.”
Vote Marczyk
Between all the Obama and McCain yard signs out there, I happened to notice an odd one: “Marczyk For Market — Vote Local” it reads, and there are about 80 of them spread out through town.
Marczyk Fine Foods is a wonderful market at 770 E. 17th Ave. — but I didn’t know it was running for market.
“It’s just something stupid,” says proprietor Pete Marczyk. “Denver has very strict sign ordinances, with an exemption for political signs. So I thought, why don’t we do one? But it’s not political. It’s just funny.”
City spirit
More than 200 from Denver’s art world showed up at the Museum of Contemporary Art on Wednesday for Dale Chisman‘s memorial service. . . . You read it here in July — now it’s official: Widespread Panic plays the Pepsi Center Dec. 30 and 31. . . . Sez who: “I thought it was my job to give all the boys their first kiss.” Jessica Alba
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