Barry Fey, a big personality with a big reputation, is planning a comeback in the music business.
If the pending liquor license is approved, Fey will be the frontman booking musical acts for nightclub king Regas Christou’s newest venture, City Hall, a 1,500-seat outdoor amphitheater at 1142 Broadway.
But the unbuilt venue is not a done deal. Awilda Marquez, Denver’s manager of excise and licenses, extended the December deadline for objections to be filed after meeting with city officials and the Golden Triangle Neighborhood Association.
“A number of objections were received, and a notice was issued holding final decision until completion of an investigation,” Marquez said Wednesday without elaborating.
The Golden Triangle Association originally supported Christou’s cabaret and dance license application but said in December it was “reassessing” that decision after a shooting that injured five people outside Christou’s nearby Club Vinyl on Dec. 27.
But rather than a hard-core nightclub that spills tipsy patrons into the adjoining neighborhoods at 2 a.m., City Hall would be a concert destination geared to ages 30 to 70. Fey plans to book roughly 15 acts during summer months only.
When reached for a comeback comment, Fey referred me to Christou, who didn’t return phone calls Tuesday or Wednesday.
Barking boss.
An unnamed woman got caught with her cellphone ringer showing. She was out on a client call with her boss when they got separated in the office building. Not knowing she had left her phone in the car, he called her cellphone number as she was opening her car door.
He walked up behind her as the phone was ringing just in time to hear the sound of a barking dog.
“Is that what you have for my ring tone?” he asked the red-faced woman.
“Yeah,” she sputtered.
“Do you have that for everybody?” he asked.
“No, just you.”
The seen.
Celebrating Gov. Bill Ritter’s inking of the FASTER bill to raise car-registration fees to fix roads and bridges were lawyer-lobbyist David Foster; Tony Milo, executive director of the Colorado Contractors Association; and lobbyists Mary Marchun, Moira Cullen, Bill Skewes and Ken Smith at Campo de Fiori on Monday night.
Power players lunching at the Palm on Tuesday included Hyde Park gem gent Michael Pollack, social-scener Sunny Brownstein, the ex-guv’s daughter Monica Owens and former CU football standout Charles “C.J.” Johnson huddling about a fundraiser for the Kempe Foundation on April 1 at the Red Line Gallery.
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