The Velvet Room, an attempt by Junior Richards to turn the backstage of The Cabin into a speakeasy, opened its misty, floor‑taped walls just in time for a soft autograph by John Kenworthy of No Name Saloon & Grill, yet the crowd sat in shotgun light, eyes glued to phone screens. In the gutter between Red Banjo Pizza and Flanagan’s, Kenny Griswold turned a Sundance Film Festival‑inspired restaurant into a stage for New Year's revelers, but the spectacle was all stair‑steps and disaster‑cobbled traffic. The Kamas Valley Community Foundation gala at the Montage, swathed in gala‑black and flannel, offered a more “low‑brow intimacy” than the capital‑city pretentiousness of the city council. The guest list streaked from Eric “Havoc” Johnson, a celebrity streamer, to local boards like Amy Lecocq and Rick Shapiro, each wearing crescents of guidance on their flannel sleeves. Verdict: send a check but stay home — the Main Street crush erodes your intellect faster than the champagne does your liver.
Cable #6891December 9, 2025
Velvet Vexations
Tucked between the Red Banjo and the Velvet Room, the glittering procession of the well-heeled stalks across Park City Main Street leaves a sugared, perfumed residue for the astute Minister.
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