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Three artists whose work is featured at Brushstrokes Gallery on Old South Gaylord Street — John K. Harrell, Kit Hevron Mahoney and Anita Mosher — did their part to advance the healing arts by making a generous offer to guests attending The Art of Nursing.
This cocktail party, show and sale that was a benefit for Touched by a Nurse, a fund at the University of Colorado College of Nursing that provides financial assistance to students completing their doctoral studies and for programs designed to overcome the nationwide shortage of nursing school faculty.
The artists agreed to donate 10 percent from each sale that night to Touched by a Nurse.
Angie Romani, president of the College of Nursing Advisory Board, and her husband, Tim, underwrote the benefit.
Board members Maribeth Hanzlik, Steve Edmonds, Janet Mordecai, Ann Moore, Jan Friedland, Carla Littlefield, Mary Osborn, Julia Secor, Patty Haas and Kathy Patrick were among the guests. So, too, were College of Nursing dean Patricia Moritz and her husband, Frank; Terry Biddinger, the college’s director of external affairs; former CU-Denver chancellor Jim Shore and his wife, Chris; and the chair of the CU School of Medicine’s department of psychiatry, Dr. Robert Freedman, and his wife, Sari.
Also, Molly Broeren; Ray and Fran Baker; Marnie King; Shirley Pierce; Judy Shine and Gary Garrison; and Tom and Barb Noonan.Coming right up.
Alto, Fruition, Dazzle, Pesce Fresco and Oceanaire are among the 20 restaurants taking part in Soup for the Soul, a soup-and-dessert tasting that begins at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Sheraton Denver Hotel. It’s a benefit for Porter Hospice and St. Anthony Hospice, and tickets can be purchased by calling 303-715-7615. … Chef Keegan Gerhard (D Bar Desserts and Food Network’s “Challenge”) is at Builders Appliance Center in Englewood from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday to prepare savories and desserts for Kitchens That Cook, a culinary series benefiting the Junior League of Denver. The $75 tickets are available at jld . … 1980s Ladies & Fools is the theme for an April 1 costume party that Anne Donley is chairing for CultureHaus, a group of young professionals supporting the Denver Art Museum. It begins at 6 p.m. at Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret and the price of admission ($25 for CultureHaus members, $30 for guests) includes open bar, themed refreshments, entertainment by Lannie’s 1980s Comic Burlesque Revue and music by DJ Rockstar Aaron. Sign up at . … Also on April 1, the Denver Auto Show gets off to a clean start when dealers and others gather for the Green-Tie Charity Preview on the Colorado Convention Center’s upper lobby. Proceeds from the $350-a-couple event go to the Clear the Air Foundation; call Lauren Stadler, 303-457-5123. … Hotel Monaco is hosting a breakfast April 3 with the cost of admission being a gently used suit for Dress for Success Denver. RSVP to 303-832-1889. … Peter Groff, president of the Colorado Senate, and his wife, the Rev. Regina Groff, are honorary chairs for the April 17 Evening of Elegance dinner- dance put on by the Ira E. Slack Women’s Missionary Society of Shorter Community AME Church. The $40 tickets can be purchased by calling 303-320-1712.
Society editor Joanne Davidson: 303-809-1314 or jdavidson@denverpost.com; also, .
