JOHN & MARTI CUTIE (REALLY!) stay vital with dance, such as this mirthful Valentine’s Day effort one recent evening at the Denver Turnverein, 1570 Clarkson, where on almost any given night one can find a splendid array of dance activity to suit just about any taste, & a 5,000 sf dance floor on which to shake a leg... or four. PHOTO BY JEFF HERSCH

■ US OpenAir cites short timeline for inability to find enough sponsors or gain liquor license

BY RORY SEEBER

US OpenAir is postponing for one year its presentation of 30 consecutive nights of film with paid admission in Civic Center Park.
    The decision, announced Feb. 16 by the Massachusetts-based company, comes as a result of US OpenAir’s (USOA) inability to secure enough corporate sponsorship or obtain a Tavern liquor license in time for the proposed July start of the program.

   “Although it’s unfortunate we won’t be launching until next year, it gives us time to make sure we put our best foot forward and not rush our first US event,” USOA managing director Julie Frahm told LIFE.

■ Suggestions sought by DOCA for 100-year-old structure in Civic Center

BY RORY SEEBER

What’s the future of the McNichols Building?
    Built in 1909 as a Carnegie Library (cost: $200,000) and renamed for former Mayor Bill McNichols 90 years later, over time the Greek Revival structure just outside the northwest corner of Civic Center Park at Colfax & Bannock has been used by the Water Department, the city treasury, and other Denver agencies. Its original interior has also been effectively destroyed by past renovations that bricked up windows, removed skylights, tiles and stairways, and filled the space with low-ceiling cubicles.
    Now that the interior has been gutted thanks to private funds, it’s a blank slate.

■ Advisory Board approves concept of Admission-Based events in parks, but wants policy rewritten

It’s back to at least square two for the city’s proposed Admission-Based Special Events Policy (ABSEP) after the Parks & Recreation Advisory Board discussed the issue at its Feb. 11 meeting.
    The Advisory Board (PRAB) spent nearly three hours debating the merits and shortcomings of the policy, which was developed over a two-year period by a public-private task force.
    Early in the meeting, held at Bogey’s Restaurant at the City Park Golf Course, 26th & York, the board voted 8-4 to approve of the concept of admission-based events in the city’s public parks, but after public testimony and concerted discussion voted 11-0 with one abstention to reject the policy as written and send it back to Parks & Rec to be “re-worked.”