Concerts for Kids’ annual Celebrity Waiter Dinner keeps moving from steakhouse to steakhouse.
It started off five years ago at the Palm, moved over to Elway’s Cherry Creek — and now the madness will come down Aug. 28 at Shanahan’s, the new kid in town.
Over the years, bold names in Denver have dealt the plates in tutus and wigs, performed karaoke and stunts, acted like idiots — all to raise tip money for Concerts for Kids, which then sends it on to children’s charities. It’s headed up by Walter and Christie Isenberg.
The joints turn into madhouses for the night. Now it’s Shanahan’s turn. When I asked Shanahan’s GM/partner Marc Steron about the move, he told me, “I’m familiar with the event, and I think it’ll create some excitement.”
You got that right.
Acting goofy for the cause: Barry and Arlene Hirschfeld will host at the door — waiters include Brian Griese, Dr. Dean Prina, Dick Robinson, Jamie Van Leeuwen, Kirk Montgomery, Kurt Boucher, Mark McIntosh, Molly Hughes, Paul Powers, Rick Monkarsh, Terry Vitale. More celebs on the way, so stay tuned.
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Here are some good quotes from the Aspen Ideas Festival, running through Sunday.
“Washington, now more than ever, is a team sport.” David Brooks
“IQ and talent is distributed across the population evenly, but opportunity is not.” Laurene Powell
“Twitter is word of mouth on steroids.” Rick Finkelstein
“The education system is built on three pillars of mediocrity: lockstep pay, lifetime tenure and seniority.” Joel Klein
“I hope people will see Twitter not as a triumph of technology but as a triumph of humanity.” Biz Stone
“I got it wrong. The world is so much flatter than I thought it was.” Thomas Friedman
“The future of free speech will be determined not by the president or the Supreme Court or a king, but by lawyers and Google and Comcast.” Jeffrey RosenCity spirit.
Auditions for the Jet Set Fashion Show to benefit Global Down Syndrome Foundation at 5-8:15 p.m. today at Saks — call Anca at 303-468-6664. . . . Sightem: Tween heartthrob Justin Bieber at Pinkberry on Wednesday afternoon with his bodyguard, who came back later for another frozen-yogurt fix. . . . Mayor Hick and his trainer Daniel Ward featured in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal “Executive What’s Your Workout” feature. . . . Crested Butte’s first Bluegrass in Paradise fest picks it today and Saturday. . . . Sez who: “It is a good thing that life is not as serious as it seems to a waiter.” Don Herold
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