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02/2/2010

Denver Press Club Members,

It's DPC election season. And as you know, the Supreme Court has ruled that candidates can accept billions in contributions from corporations. Furthermore ...

Oh, wait, wrong races.

Still, Feb. 15 is the deadline to submit nomination forms for election to the DPC's Board of Directors. You can obtain forms at the bar; I also can email or mail you one by request. You will need 3 member signatures on your form. The new board will be announced at the March 31 annual meeting, and those in attendance then will vote for president, vice president, secretary and treasurer.
And yes, for those who are about to ask, I plan to run again.

Other DPC notes:
(1) Here's where we stand in dues collection:
We sent 306 invoices for a total of $52,548.
The club has received 87 payments for $12,700. After an initial flurry of payments, the money train has slowed down. Thus I'm asking you to take care of your payment ASAP.

(2) Stop by the club Wednesday night for the photo exhibit described below. And our thanks to Sharon Linhart for making it happen.

(3) And next week, come listen to John Fielder (Feb. 8) and Denny Dressman (Feb. 11) as we tape two Book Beat evenings with Channel 8.

Thanks

Bruce Goldberg
President, Board of Directors
Denver Press Club

Buffet dinner meal choices this week:

Wednesday, Feb. 3, Burger Night, with homemade fries, $6.00.
Thursday, Feb. 4, Chicken enchiladas, rice and beans, $8.00.
Friday, Feb. 5, Corn and scallops chowder, tossed salad, rolls and butter, $8.00.

THIS WEEK'S EVENTS

Reservation deadline is 24 hours in advance at www.blacktie-colorado.com, unless otherwise indicated. Lunches start at noon, unless otherwise indicated. Lunch events cost $17 for DPC members, $20 for nonmembers. No-shows will be charged.)


(1) Wednesday, Feb. 3, 5:30-7 p.m., upstairs at the DPC, there will be an exhibition of photography by Joe Riis, the first recipient of the University of Wyoming's Larsh Bristol Photojournalism Fellowship. Enjoy a multimedia presentation of his work documenting the Pronghorn migration from the Grand Tetons to the Red Desert. RSVP by Jan. 28 to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

(2) Thursday, Feb. 4, 6-8 p.m., at the University of Colorado Boulder's University Memorial Center rooms 415-417, 1669 Euclid Ave., the Colorado Society of Professional Journalists and The Denver Post present Boulder author historian Silvia Pettem to discuss "Someone's Daughter," as part of the Helen Verba Lecture Series.

In April 1954, a young, unidentified woman was found murdered outside of Boulder. The community raised funds to bury her, and 50 years later, exhumed her body to profile her DNA in an attempt to finally identify her - and her killer.

Pettem has written more than 20 books on Colorado history. She's been a Boulder resident since 1965, serves as a columnist for the Daily Camera, and was awarded the Sheriff's Commendation Award in 2008 for her work in helping to resurrect the Jane Doe homicide investigation.

This event is free and open to the public.

FUTURE EVENTS

Reservation deadline is 24 hours in advance at www.blacktie-colorado.com, unless otherwise indicated. Lunches start at noon, unless otherwise indicated. Lunch events cost $17 for DPC members, $20 for nonmembers. No-shows will be charged.)


(1) Monday, Feb. 8, 6 p.m. BOOK BEAT EVENING with the renowned John Fielder. His new book is titled "Ranches of Colorado." In 2007 and 2008, Fielder traveled to photograph 50 of Colorado's most beautiful, multigenerational working cattle ranches, most already protected from development. 

James Meadow, the late Rocky Mountain News features writer, wrote a number of essays for the book. The project is a partnership of Fielder, the Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust, Colorado Open Lands and the Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts. The book has 375 photographs.

Channel 8 will tape this program for later broadcast.

(2) Wednesday, Feb. 10, 5-7 p.m., GUEST BARTENDER is Colorado State Sen. Greg Brophy, R-District 1.

(3) Thursday, Feb. 11, 5:30 p.m., free BOOK BEAT EVENING with long-time club member and former DPC President Denny Dressman, whose new book is titled, "Eddie Robinson: He Was the Martin Luther King of Football."

Robinson won 408 games in 57 years (from 1941 to 1997) as the football coach at Grambling. He helped open pro football to athletes from historically black colleges. Robinson sent more than 200 players to the pros, and was one of the most influential black men in the South throughout the civil rights era.

This program is open to all; reservations not necessary. Channel 8 will tape the show for later broadcast.

(4) NEW LISTING Thursday, Feb. 11, dinner 7 p.m., program 8 p.m., The Rocky Mountain Mystery Writers of America present Capt. Bill Naigle of the Denver Police Department Vice and Narcotics unit.

He will speak on the seamy and dangerous business of prostitution in the Mile High City. Learn about the dirty world of massage parlors, escorts, street walkers, and sex slaves.

The cost is $20, and includes dinner and the program. RSVPs are mandatory. The reservation deadline is Monday, February 8. RSVP to Becky Martinez: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it No-shows and anyone not canceling their reservation 72 hours in advance will be expected to pay since RMMWA will be billed for their reservation.

(5) Friday, Feb. 12, 6-8 p.m., VALENTINE FOR AN EX-PRESIDENT: Friends of former DPC President Barb Head will gather for a fundraiser at the DPC.

Barb has been battling cancer and other medical problems. Her friends are trying to raise some money to help her through this difficult period.  DPC board member Peg Ekstrand will be one of two guest bartenders that night. One of Barb's real estate colleagues from Distinctive Properties will be the other.

Their tips plus donations collected that evening will be one way to support Barb.
Here are three other ways: 
  • Send a video greeting. We'll be taping at the club that night so that people can send their greetings to Barb.
  • Bring a small gift wrapped in pink paper or tissue for the chemo basket. What's this? It's a collection of gifts that Barb can open over the next few weeks on her chemo days. Examples: a roll of Lifesavers, small lotions, books, etc.
  • Bring a memory letter or note for Barb's "Memory Box." What's this? A handwritten or typed memory of a time you remember with Barb. If you can't attend that night, please mail your note to the Press Club, 1330 Glenarm Place, in care of Carmen Green.

The evening will feature free appetizers and a cash bar. There will be no dinner service that night. Carmen asks that you RSVP by calling him at 303-571-5260.

(6) Friday, Feb. 12, 5:30 p.m., the Denver Woman's Press Club (1325 Logan Street) will host author Chris Bohjalian in a free reception. His 13 novels have hit the mainstream fiction circuit and book club fame. His "Midwives" and "Trans-Sister Radio" were not only controversial but also intriguing; his new "Secrets of Eden" promises to be another spellbinder of mystery and marriage in a small town.

Known for his use of point of view, Bohjalian captures men and women's voices equally well, and generates a lot of chilling and haunting views of life out of the mainstream.

Questions: Sally at 303-366-6310 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Book clubs are welcome. No reservations needed.

(7) Friday, Feb. 12, is the deadline to enter the Denver Woman's Press Club "Unknown Writers' Contest." You can find contest details and printable entry forms at www.denverwomanspressclub.org. More info: Cara Lopez Lee at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 303-241-3504.

(8) NEW LISTING Monday, Feb. 15, 5 p.m., is the deadline to turn in nomination forms for the Board of Directors.

(9) Thursday, Feb. 18, 6 p.m., DPC Board of Directors meets. Members are encouraged to attend.

(10) Friday, Feb. 19, PRIME RIB NIGHT. Watch for details.

(11) Tuesday, Feb. 23, 6 p.m., free, upstairs, the DPC and the Colorado chapter of the Public Relations Society of America present "Bad Press Release Theater." Improv performers include Steve Koenigsberg, Lisa Cutter and Elisabeth Monaghan of PRSA, and Cynthia Hessin, Adam Goldstein and Bruce Goldberg of the DPC. The PR folks will play the part of media pros, and vice versa.

(12) Wednesday, Feb. 24, 5-7 p.m., GUEST BARTENDER is Elbra Wedgeworth, a DPC member who perhaps is best-known for her extraordinary efforts to bring the 2008 Democratic National Convention to Denver. She serves as chief government and community affairs officer at Denver Health. Her tips will benefit the American Red Cross.

(13) Thursday, Feb. 25, 6 p.m., BOOK BEAT EVENING with Mike Madigan, whose book is titled, "Heroes, Villains, Dames & Disasters." This National Best Books finalist is a souvenir collection of 150 years of front-page stories from the Rocky Mountain News, which closed Feb. 28, 2009 -- 55 days short of what would have been its 150th anniversary on April 23, 2009.

Mark Wolf, formerly of the Rocky Mountain News, will moderate this event.
This oversized book re-creates historic and nostalgic moments in Colorado and U.S. history. By reprising original front pages and news reports from the paper, readers can experience what it must have been like to read about Lincoln's assassination, the trial of Alfred Packer, the Gold Rush, the sinking of the Titanic, the blizzard of 1913, the Denver Mint robbery, Prohibition, the birth of Red Rocks, World War II, airline sabotage over Colorado, the Beatles' visit to Denver, landing on the moon, Watergate, Colorado's worst wildfire and more.

Free, no reservations needed. Just show up.

(14) Thursday, Feb. 25, 7 p.m., Denver Book Club Meetup at the DPC. The book is "Ubik," by Phillip K. Dick.  Cost: $3. Info: www.meetup.com/denverbookclub/calendar/12112330/

(15) NEW LISTING Thursday, March 4, 6 p.m., CANDIDATES' NIGHT. Members are encouraged to come hear short presentations from, and ask questions of, those who are running for the DPC Board of Directors.

(16) Friday, March 12, 6 p.m., Annual Media Chili Cookoff, a benefit for the Women's Bean Project. Details to come.

(17) NEW LISTING Saturday, March 13, Annual St. Patrick's Day Party at the DPC. Watch for details.

(18) Wednesday, March 17, 5-7 p.m., GUEST BARTENDER is Colorado State Rep. Frank McNulty, R-District 43.

(19) Thursday, March 18, 6 p.m., DPC Board of Directors meets. Club members are encouraged to attend.

(20) Thursday, March 25, 6 p.m., BOOK BEAT EVENING with JAMES MCGRATH MORRIS, whose new book is titled, "Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print and Power." It's billed as the first comprehensive biography of Pulitzer in more than 40 years.

In 19th century industrial America, while Carnegie provided the steel, Rockefeller the oil, Morgan the money and Vanderbilt the railroads, Pulitzer invented the modern mass media. Morris traces the story of this Jewish Hungarian immigrant's rise through American politics and into journalism, where he accumulated great power and wealth - only to fall blind and become a lonely, tormented recluse wandering the globe.

(21)  Wednesday, March 31, 6 p.m., the DPC will hold its annual general membership meeting and announce election results for the board of directors. We encourage all members to attend.

(22) Friday, April 9, 16TH ANNUAL DAMON RUNYON AWARD BANQUET at the Denver Marriott City Center. The guest speaker and honoree is P.J. O'Rourke. More details to come.

P.J. O'Rourke

(23) Friday, April 23, LOBSTER NIGHT. Watch for details.

(24) NEW LISTING Friday, June 3, JEOPARDY NIGHT. Watch for details.

(25) Friday, July 16, SINATRA NIGHT. Watch for details.

(26) Friday, Aug. 23, CLAMBAKE. Watch for details.

(27) Friday, Oct. 29, DPC Gridiron Show at the Denver Marriott City Center. More details to come.

 

Contact Us

1330 Glenarm Place
Denver, CO 80204

303-571-5260

OPEN 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

We would love to accommodate your event. For information, member/nonmember rates and use options, contact General Manager Carmen Green.

President's Welcome

We invite you to become part of something special -- a journalism tradition in Denver that stretches back to 1867. That's how long journalists have gathered at the Denver Press Club -- to socialize, gossip, swap ideas and stories.

We’re happy to tell you that the club has been thriving the past few years -– booking more events than ever, possessing a bank balance that ranges from the high five figures to low six figures, a diligent board of directors and staff watching every penny going in and out, and building its membership to more than 430 people (including active and retired media, and professionals from many fields, including public relations, marketing, advertising, online ventures, health care, education, government, law, lobbyists, student journalists, and others). Anyone who shares an interest in communications, literacy, current affairs or the First Amendment is welcome.

We’re serving a buffet dinner Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights. Or stop by for drinks with friends at the bar. Come to our events, which are among the most stimulating in the Denver metro area. Take a look at the replicas of all the Pulitzer Prizes won by The Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News. Play a game of pool in the lower level.

And if you need an inexpensive joint to rent for an event, we’ve got it – and one of the most unique atmospheres you’ll find in Denver. Talk to club manager Carmen Green (303-571-5260) about your event. And yes, we can cook the food for it as well.

The DPC is one of the most distinctive private clubs in America. For more than a century, it's played host to poets and presidents, writers and visiting journalists. Ginger Rogers learned to play poker here. Carl Sandburg stopped in for dinner. Damon Runyon drank here. Woodrow Wilson paid a call.

The club hosts book signings that feature both local and national authors of renown, newsmaker luncheons, and talks by local editors and reporters. We encourage the best of student journalism with annual scholarships that total $7,000. Members enjoy reciprocal privileges at 22 other press clubs across the nation.

We hope that as you peruse this web site, you'll find a reason to join us.

Thanks
Bruce Goldberg

President, Board of Directors

Sept. 14, 2009

Manager's Welcome

I returned as manager of the Denver Press Club in February 2007. We’ve been able to accomplish many things since then.

The club is now a premier venue for such events as weddings, reunions, business meetings or networking at a very reasonable room rate, with in-house catering and full bar service. The club can accommodate up to 230 people using the whole building. Or, it can be separated on different floors for smaller groups. The service staff consists of very friendly, alert and accommodating professional people with years of experience in this business.

To say the least, returning to the club has been a very gratifying experience. With what we have managed to accomplish in a short time, I believe that the Denver Press Club is now on the right business track and will continue to be a part of Denver's history for a very long time.

Please feel free to give me a call with any questions, or if I can be of assistance with your next event.

Thank you,

Carmen Green

denverpressclub@qwestoffice.net

303-571-5260