A busy weekend for KJ's Coffee Bar

Kenny and Kristin Johnson, the owners of KJ's Coffee Bar, have a date with the Denver Department of Excise and License at 1:30 p.m. today, a hearing where they'll ask that their liquor license be changed to a cabaret license, so that they can present live music on a regular...

By Patricia Calhoun

December 11, 2009

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Kenny and Kristin Johnson, the owners of KJ's Coffee Bar, have a date with the Denver Department of Excise and License at 1:30 p.m. today, a hearing where they'll ask that their liquor license be changed to a cabaret license, so that they can present live music on a regular basis and "don't have to fill out a special event permit every time a band wants to play or we have an open mic night," explains manager Kassia.

And KJ's doesn't just present local musicians. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow, the Whittier neighborhood gathering place at 1710 East 25th Avenue will host its first holiday Art Show and Sale, featuring not just a variety of artwork by local artists, but the artists themselves. For more information, click here or call 303-495-2020.

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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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