Three longtime local creatives are coming together to make some magic in the Mile High City. And if Iman Haidar, Crystal Wiggins and Corey Jacobs hit their mark, could be one of Denver's best venues when it opens early next year at 3090 Downing Street, a big building on the edge of Five Points that got its start as a church.
. Before it became a bear bar, it was a members-only swingers' club, and before that, a slew of restaurants, from the Kiva all the way back to the Hacienda, which the MacIntosh family opened after converting the former church into an eatery. "The pandemic hit right before we signed the lease," she recalls."So we kind of had some ups and downs with that, but ultimately, that place has always felt like where it's meant to be. It just fits so well. It flows so well. It has sectioned-off areas, but they all feel so symbiotic with each other. And now when I walk in, I can't imagine it being anywhere else.
Each floor will showcase a different aspect of the creative hub. Society Denver's first floor will be a second location of Thrive; the space will be filled with greenery and have enough room to allow for performances at dinner."We'll have Iman coordinating aerials and different types of shows like belly dancing, and we'll have music theater events and different dinner and theater experiences...for a full sensory experience," Wiggins says.