With apologies to the Beatles, we’ve read too much bad news today, oh boy. But instead of feeling sick about Barry Hirschfeld’s painful decision to close the family printing business and Tom Shane’s move to reorganize his jewelry company under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, let’s focus on some of the good that’s happening around us.
Cupid, for instance, was busy over the holiday season. Attorney Craig Fleishman popped the question, and girlfriend Layne Hunt responded with an enthusiastic “yes!” while Andrew Hudson, a former spokesman for Mayor Wellington Webb, Frontier Airlines and the RTD who now runs Andrew Hudson’s , received a similar response when he proposed to Christine Marquez, CEO and executive director of Mi Casa Resource Center for Women.
Aaron LaPedis is back to work and doing great after suffering a heart attack a couple of weeks ago. The owner of Fascination Street Gallery and his wife, Sandee, recently welcomed their first child, a son.
Having the Demented Divas call the numbers and perform was a big reason the fourth annual Drag Queen Bingo party was such a success for the Multiple Sclerosis Young Professionals Network. The event at Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret sold out, raising a nice amount for the Rocky Mountain Multiple Sclerosis Center.
Volunteers from Capitol Hill for Change will be at City Park on Monday morning to collect canned soup and chili from participants in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Marade. The collected canned goods or cash will go to the Food Bank of the Rockies.
And speaking of things Capitol Hill, Roger Armstrong has been named executive director of Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods. Armstrong is a past director of Temple Events Center Uptown and the People’s Fair; he also served on the boards of Howard Dental Center, Harrison Memorial Animal Hospital, Denver Civic Theater and the Animal Assistance Foundation.
Keegan Gerhard of Food Network Challenge and D Bar Desserts emcees the Colorado Ballet Auxiliary Gala on Saturday night; music is by the Tripping Griswolds, and Cami Cooper is the chairwoman. . . . Gov. Bill Ritter and Roz Duman are to receive the 2009 Civil Rights Award at a Jan. 27 luncheon benefiting the Anti-Defamation League. It’s at the Marriott City Center.
Geoff McFarlane and Mark Lynn of the red-hot Jet Cos. will join chef Tyler Wiard (Elway’s Cherry Creek), CBS4 reporter Molly Hughes and Denver City Councilman Charlie Brown to see who can stay on the mechanical bull the longest when Concerts for Kids has its annual fundraiser Wednesday at the Cowboy Lounge. There’ll be food and music too. Call 303-605-2885 for tickets.
With the verses/versus homonym as inspiration, some 35 artists, architects, and jewelry and clothing designers are in the final stages of creating items to be put up for bid at Design After Dark, the annual show and sale benefiting the Denver Art Museum’s Department of Architecture, Design and Graphics. It’s at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Redline, 2350 Arapahoe St.
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