STARGAZING: Jesse Morreale, owner of RockBar - temporarily name-changed to BarackBar in honor of the DNC - was over the moon late Tuesday night.

As the official after-hours hospitality site for The Creative Coalition, a gang of 25 Hollywood types here to study issues this election year, Morreale has seen a host of stellar stars descend on the East Colfax joint.

"Susan Sarandon is in my bar," he gushed, "can you believe it?"

Sarandon, along with Tim Daly, Anne Hathaway, (the extremely charming) Giancarlo Esposito, Dana Delany, Spike Lee, Rachael Leigh Cook, Richard Schiff, Josh Lucas, Alan Cumming, Gloria Reuben and Tony Goldwyn snuggled into booths in the roped-off area inside the '70s retro bar, some sipping Patron Silver gratis and munching cupcakes.

When Sarandon, a tequila drinker, confessed to Morreale that she had never tried Mezcal (the name of his nearby restaurant), the bar owner whipped out a bottle of Del Maguey for the movie star's sampling. "She loved it," he said.

Other BarackBar highlights: "Anne Hathaway came up to me at the bar and said, 'So I need to stand next to you so the bartenders will pay attention to me,' " Morreale said. "I said, 'Really?' "

Esposito took a spin down Colfax on Mezcal manager Brian Rossi's Harley.

MOVING MOMENTS: Prior to the BarackBar retreat, The Creative Coalition folks took the stage at Comedy Works to read quotable quotes about hope, dreams and the future. It was a cocktail party co-hosted by Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Steve Farber's American Transplant Association as well as TCC.

Farber spoke passionately about the need for more people to designate themselves organ donors on their driver's licenses. More than four years ago, Denver's power broker received a kidney transplant from his eldest son, Gregg.

Each one of the TCC members stepped up to the mic and read thoughtful words from some of our greatest writers and philosophers.

BROKAW HAH-HAH: NBC veteran Tom Brokaw, moderator of Wednesday's Rocky Mountain Roundtable discussion on international relations, started off the distinguished panel by joking: "My BlackBerry crashed this morning, and that's a much greater concern than anything that's going on in the world."

LOCAL VOCALS: Earlier this week my spy overheard a conversation between Sen. Hillary Clinton's peeps discussing what song or songs should play during her entrance and exit from the Pepsi Center podium Tuesday. The winnah: Big Head Todd & The Monsters, who played Blue Sky when Clinton walked on and off the stage.

COWBOY UP: Lifetime television network threw quite the to-do Tuesday night at Cowboy Lounge that attracted enough star power to warrant coverage by E!, Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight, CBS and others who filmed Fran Drescher, Lifetime's Army Wives, and singer Idina Menzel, escorted by her hunka-hunka hubby, Taye Diggs.

Menzel, the opening act, was followed by Ashanti, who I'm told brought down the house. "The dance floor was packed from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.," my spy said. "The favorite item on the menu was the buffalo sliders."

OH NO, HE DIDN'T: Chicago Mayor Richard Daley stopped by the Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau tent outside the Pepsi Center to take a hit of oxygen to help him master a mile high. "He asked me if Denverites have oxygen bars at home," said DMCVB spokesmodel Angela Berardino.

OJAMA PARTY: The Ojama-Rama acceptance-speech-watching jammie party will take place tonight at Owsley's Golden Road, 2151 Lawrence St. Entertainment: Granola Funk Express. TVs will be tuned into convention coverage and an outdoor patio will facilitate private discussions. Cover charge discount for pajama wearers.

THRILL OF THE GRILL: We told you weeks ago that CNN was taking over Brooklyn's on the grounds of the Pepsi Center before, after and during the DNC. The cable news network is using the venue to broadcast from as well as entertain celebs and other newshounds. Seen Tuesday:

* Daily Show correspondents John Oliver and Jason Jones filming a segment with CNN anchor Anderson Cooper.

* Ashley Judd dining pre-Sen. Clinton's speech; Charlize Theron dining post-speech.

* Saturday Night Live star Seth Meyers, Sally Pressman and Brigid Brannagh of Lifetime's Army Wives, and actress Ellen Burstyn.

* Actor Hill Harper relaxing between speeches and interviews with NBA Hall of Famer and TNT analyst Charles Barkley.

* Caroline Kennedy, Maria Shriver and family dining following Sen. Clinton's speech.

* Actor and New Orleans native Wendell Pierce and former New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial hangin' at the Grill.

* Oscar-winning actor Lou Gossett Jr. discussing his Eracism Foundation over breakfast and lunch.

* Actress/activist Rosario Dawson.

* Indie pop group Death Cab For Cutie.

THE SEEN: Heavyweight great Muhammad Ali checking in to the Hotel Teatro Tuesday night, along with several Kennedys.

CBS News anchor Katie Couric and former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry lunching (not together) at The Broker Wednesday.

Today anchor Matt Lauer shopping at Cherry Creek Shopping Center Wednesday.

B-baller Barkley partying with local award-winning band The Informants at Marlowe's on the 16th Street Mall Monday night. Also, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine on stage with The Informants "blowing harp to a smoking blues tune," according to my spy.

Actor Sean Penn dining at Maggiano's Tuesday. Also at Maggiano's, former President Clinton ordered lunch delivered to The Brown Palace Tuesday.

Penn at 5 Degrees Wednesday.

Today's Ann Curry at the Dish satellite-TV party at the Peaks Lounge in the Hyatt Regency Tuesday.

Brown Palace action Tuesday included former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright applying lipstick in her car; Kerry and Teresa Heinz- Kerry; Vernon Jordan of the Clinton administration; Ed Begley Jr. coming and going twice; Tucker Carlson leaving the hotel; Penn leaving the hotel and smiling briefly at gawkers; Ethel Kennedy leaving the hotel; Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton leaving before 8 p.m. to head to the Pepsi Center; moviemaker Lee, Arianna Huffington, Chevy Chase in and out of the Brown.

At Rioja Tuesday: Michelle Obama's mom, Marian Robinson, and brother, Craig Robinson, dining together; Daley with CNN pundit James Carville.

At the Starz Green Room in the Tivoli Wednesday: Ben Affleck, Josh Brolin, Kerry Washington and Rosario Dawson performing The People Speak, a history of the U.S. told from the perspective of those outside of mainstream history; Ethel Kennedy and numerous other Kennedys for the movie Robert Kennedy Remembered; Daryl Hannah for the movie The Garden; Black Eyed Peas' will.I.am for a panel on Viral Videos; Morgan Spurlock screening Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden; Lee, Cooper, S.F. Mayor Gavin Newsome and Sens. Barbara Boxer and Blanche Lincoln chillin' there; Diggs, Herbie Hancock, director Cameron Crowe, producer JJ Abrams, singer Jill Sobule, Charles Manson prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi and PR Pro Eddie Michaels hangin' Wednesday.

Jennifer Garner and hubby, Affleck, dropping by Starz Wednesday.

Charlize Theron and boyfriend, Stuart Townsend, spotted outside The Market on Larimer Square Wednesday.

Paul Mitchell hair products co-founder John Paul DeJoria at La Rumba Wednesday.

Filmmaker Ken Burns standing in front of Alto restaurant, 1320 15th St., Monday night.

EAVESDROPPING on a 5-year-old singing the praises of Barack Obama: "I want Obama for president because he will stop the war, make the country greener and better, and make more toys."

Penny Parker's column appears Tuesday through Saturday.