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Ken Hamblin Thursday, May 6 Last December, the Preservery, 3040 Blake Street, launched Giving Meals its way to allow customers to purchase a warm meal for people living on the streets in Five Points. Since then, the restaurant has given away 2,500 meals to its unhoused neighbors. On Thursday, May 6, the Preservery is holding a fundraiser to benefit the program. Restaurant co-owner Obe Ariss will take the stage with a classical piano performance; for $12, you can reserve a seat at one of two shows (5:30 to 7 p.m. or 7:30 to 9 p.m.). The cover charge pays for two meals for someone in need, and you ll get to hear live music for the first time in 150 years and enjoy the eatery s excellent eats and drinks (the cost of food and drinks is extra). Buy your ticket or just give a straight-up donation on the Preservery s website. ....
Actor Yaphet Kotto died on March 15, and since then, the tributes have rolled in for the 81-year-old actor, with news agencies such as the New York Times and CNN remembering his compelling work in film and television. But no obituaries we ve found thus far, including ones published by local outfits such as 9News, have included anything about the several years Kotto lived in Colorado during the late 1980s and early 1990s, or the role he played in the 1991 Denver mayoral race between then-auditor Wellington Webb and former district attorney Norm Early. But we remember. Kotto graced the cover of Westword s July 3, 1991, edition, published prior to the launch of our internet archive, and my interview with him, conducted at the food court at the Tivoli (now the student union for the Auraria campus), was as entertaining as it was strange. Not only did Kotto talk about an upcoming movie he planned to make about the mayor s race a flick that never actually happened, though ....