News Summary

• The Federal Theatre, built in 1923, has been closed to the public for most of the last five decades.
• Co-owners Scott Happel and Peter Ore hope the theater will strengthen Denver’s independent music and arts scene.
• The theater is holding free, all-ages concerts Friday, Sept. 19 and Saturday,Sept.
• 20, before rolling out its full calendar.
• It features a restored neon signage and a brightly painted red-and-yellow marquee.
• The church, which served unhoused people, recently released prisoners, and other vulnerable populations, left an unofficial halfway house in its wake.