Celebration of Penny Parker's Life Set for Friday, January 22

Penny Parker, longtime reporter and On the Town columnist for the Rocky Mountain News, the Denver Post and then Blacktie Colorado, passed away on January 2. There will be a celebration of Penny's life from 4 to 6 p.m. on Friday, January 22, at the EXDO Events Center, 1399 35th Street,...

By Patricia Calhoun

January 15, 2016

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Penny Parker, longtime reporter and On the Town columnist for the Rocky Mountain News, the Denver Post and then Blacktie Colorado, passed away on January 2. There will be a celebration of Penny's life from 4 to 6 p.m. on Friday, January 22, at the EXDO Event Center, 1399 35th Street in Denver.

At the celebration, Penny's friends and fans will share memories and excerpts from her columns over snacks and cocktails (cash bar). Admission is free, but donations to one of Penny's favorite charities — Sense of Security, the First Tee and the Denver Dumb Friends League — are strongly encouraged, as are reservations. Please RSVP to blacktie-colorado.com/rsvp and use the code PennyParker.

And yes, because this is an event in Penny's honor, there will be a valet.

For updates, watch the Penny Parker Memorial page on Facebook.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12's public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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