QUID HAS HEARD that between his myriad campaign stops to stump for re-election as mayor of this burg, Steve Hogan will find the time to kick back and enjoy a party in his honor at Denver’s Howl at the Moon this week. Seems the good people at Brothers Redevelopment are so pleased with Hizzoner’s work on recruiting landlords to take on previously homeless renters, they’re throwing a shindig at the 19th Street party incubator Downtown. Mister Mayor’s last party — held out in the xeriscape garden at city hall — didn’t have quite nearly as many bucket drinks. If you’re Steve Hogan (and chances are, you aren’t), no time is a bad time to start celebrating a second term. Things are looking quite up now that the Gaylord resort looks to be a pretty close to almost sure thing and voters are a few weeks away from giving Hogan and his minions at city council the green flag to throw money toward a racetrack. Smart money says that Hogan has scratched “Heartbreak Hotel” off his list of songs to request for the dueling pianists at Howl. Instead, Quid hears he’s narrowed it down to Rihanna’s “Shut Up and Drive” and Golden Earring’s “Radar Love.” Quid’s vote? Jerry Reed’s “East Bound and Down” to highlight the impending annexations that’ll stretch A-Town’s eastern edge to within a Peyton Manning pass of the Kansas state line.

AND QUID HAS HEARD that, barring a last-minute dash by the postman, Quid’s invitation to Hogan’s soirée isn’t going to make it in time. Just as well, because the hoity-toities that run the Cherry Creek Arts Festival have looked down from their ivory towers and taken notice of the cool new Stanley Marketplace. The new CherryArts Festival at Stanley promises to be hip and cool and chock-full of folks who’d never dreamt that such wonders were possible in grimy, old A-Town. But hey, Quid’s not complaining — let’s make with the culture. But of all the curiosities that the Cherry Creek set brings — Quid knows a thing or one about modern art but has no clue what a “chandelier harp” is — it’s the dedicated golf cart parking that’s most bewildering. It may end up being environmentally friendly, but that’s not the kind of “going green” you think of when you think of carting across Aurora. In any case, be on the watch for great works of art in Aurora, and let’s hope none of the cart-drivers end up getting run over and looking like a Jackson Pollock. AND THAT’S ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS.