Greg Baumhauer

The ten best comedy events in May

Now that we've finally eked our way into the warmer weeks of spring (fingers crossed), it's time to get off the couch and head out into the fresh air to get to May's ten best comedy events. We've got albums being recorded, albums being released, two Latino-themed shows, nerd heroes Aziz Ansari and C ... More >>

Denver's ten best comedy nights

We thought 2012 was a banner year for comedy in Denver -- but only three months into the new year, comics like Ben Roy, Adam Cayton-Holland, Sam Tallent and Kristin Rand are setting the stage for this once-intimate scene to be blasted into national recognition. With so many great comedy nights alrea ... More >>

The ten best comedy shows in April

As we inch our way toward the glory of summer comedy festivals, Denver has already begun heating up with a variety of shows featuring whip-smart young comics as well as and world-wise icons of days past. We've got a DIY music and comedy festival (with a bouncy castle!), two feature players from Chel ... More >>

Comedian Adam Cayton-Holland debuts new podcast with Ben Roy interview

When a comic's greatest strength is his dynamic physical presence on stage, podcasting can be risky. But while Adam Cayton-Holland has a few sluggish moments during the premiere of his new podcast, My Dining Room Table, his background as a journalist and his genuine rapport with fellow comics make f ... More >>

10 things to do for $10 in Denver this weekend (8 free!), March 15-17

This weekend is all about the green of St. Patrick's Day, and you won't have to spend much of your own hard-earned green to have fun. For just ten bucks (or less), you can enjoy everything from a burlesque tribute to the Irish holiday to an experimental film symposium to a comedy show celebrating ba ... More >>

Everybody Loves Ben Roy: Denver comics weigh in on their longtime colleague

Ben Roy, the subject of this week's cover story, has worked hard to establish himself as a unique voice in the growing Denver comedy scene. We recently spoke with several local comics who have a relationship with Roy both on and off the stage, some of whom were there at the germination of Denver's u ... More >>

Win tickets to Artopia 2013

This year's edition of Artopia is only five days away. The lineup is pretty stacked, with Wheelchair Sports Camp, Hearts In Space, Kitty Crimes and In the Whale, among others on the bill. And those acts will be performing alongside a serious batch of artists, poets, dancers, videographers and comedi ... More >>

Ten best comedy shows in Denver in February

With Denver's local comedy scene finally beginning to catch up with Comedy Work's national acts -- in terms of both talent and swelling audience numbers -- we figured it was time to assemble some of our favorite standup shows for the coming month. As we salivate over the smorgasbord of Denver's incr ... More >>

Win tickets to Artopia 2013

This year's edition of Artopia is just over a month away. The lineup is pretty stacked, with Wheelchair Sports Camp, Hearts In Space, Kitty Crimes, In the Whale and a ton of other acts on the bill, alongside a serious batch of artists, poets, dancers, videographers and comedians that are slated to s ... More >>

Five choice moments from Denver's standup scene in 2012

No question, 2012 was the year of the comedian in Denver. A lifelong fan of standup, I've had the pleasure of reporting on some amazing shows this year -- and I'm sharing some of the high points here. Still, I'm sure there's a vast ocean of talent that slipped past me in 2012; feel free to remind ... More >>

Getting stoned with comedian Chris Charpentier

Few conversations reach the caliber of weirdness as ones that involve marijuana, entertainers and a tape recorder. And now that Amendment 64 has turned the ritual of pot-smoking into as normal a social custom as Sunday afternoon football, we at Westword have begun spending time with our favorite Den ... More >>

Too Much Funstival comedians on how Denver's scene has evolved

"When I started doing comedy in Denver, there were about two open mikes a week and one alt show a month," says Bobby Crane, a member of the Fine Gentleman's Club. "And now there's more than one open mike every night of the week and three or four alt shows a month that are really good. I'd say in the ... More >>

Squire Lounge Comedy Night: It lives! It lives!

Denver's comedy community despaired when heckler-ready Squire Lounge comedy night open-mike host Greg Baumhauer decided to call it quits. The comedy night was mean, it was ugly, it was the toughest crowd in town -- if you could even get them to listen to you in the first place. But for many fledgl ... More >>

Bar Back: Squire Lounge yanks open-mike night

Reader: The yuks stopped here, at the Squire

​Greg Baumhauer hosted his last open-mic comedy night at the Squire on Tuesday, leaving behind lots of memories -- some good, some bad. First the good, from Veronica: I feel sick that I missed Squire's last comedy night. I feel sick that I wasn't able to see Greg up on that stage one last tim ... More >>

Greg Baumhauer on the end of the Squire Lounge's open mike comedy night

​After a seven-and-half-year run, Greg Baumhauer is pulling the plug on the Squire Lounge's open mike comedy night. "We've crushed enough dreams," he says. And tonight, you have one last chance to catch Baumhauer and the Wrist Deep crew in action at what was once hailed as the meanest open mik ... More >>

The Squire Lounge's open mike comedy night ending next Tuesday after a seven-year run

​When Greg Baumhauer, Ben Kronberg and former Westword scribe Adam Cayton-Holland, otherwise known as Wrist Deep Productions, started their open-mike comedy night on Tuesdays at the Squire Lounge (1800 East Colfax Avenue) in 2004, Baumhauer thought it would last three months. Instead, it laste ... More >>

10 things to do for $10 this weekend, October 21-23, 2011

Brain-dead ballerinas on the 2010 Zombie Crawl.​This weekend is all about spooky running and walking, apparently -- with both Scream Scram and the Zombie Crawl lighting up the 16th Street Mall with masked, athletic nuts. If that's not really your thing, don't worry, because we've also got some ... More >>

10 things to do for $10 this weekend, January 28-30, 2011

​It's the last Saturday of January, which means, well, absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things, but it does mean it's the weekend and that's all that matters. The important thing is you'll have plenty of activities to do on the cheap this weekend; from comedy to art, we've got you cov ... More >>

Holiday Stiffs

Dudes welcome at the Ladies Laugh-In December 15 at Beauty Bar

Comedian Alicia Jacobs​Like many art forms, the craft of stand-up comedy is, for the most part, a boys club. "We wanted to take back the night," jokes participating comedian Alicia Jacobs of Ladies Laugh-in, a monthly comedy showcase happening tomorrow night at 8 p.m. at Beauty Bar. Started back i ... More >>

Speaking Up for the Voice

What makes us laugh? Professor Peter McGraw thinks he's found the answer to one of humanity's greatest questions

Film on the Fringe

The Fast Forward program screens and screens again.

There's no business like snow business: Cayton-Holland show postponed

The Wrist Deep Crew -- Adam Cayton-Holland, Greg Baumhauer, Ben Roy and Jim Hickox -- were supposed to be at Rockbar tonight for "Slumming It: A Night of Live Comedy at Rockbar."But the game's been called on account of rain. "Slumming It" has been rescheduled for May 2; for more information, call 30 ... More >>

You can leave your (cowboy) hat on at Stampede

Slumdog Millionaires

Give Wrist Deep Productions a hand.

Turn Up the Mike!

The Squire celebrates four years of crazy.

2 Girls, 1 Clip

Nothing is sacred on the information superhighway.

The Best Medicine

Get Up, Stand Up

Denver comics star in Johnny Morehouse's documentary.

Band-Aid for a Broken Heart

Get Up, Stand Up

Rising Up brings retro into the 21st century.

Guy Walks Into a Bar...

The Lion's Lair celebrates one year of comedy -- sort of

But Seriously, Folks

Five local comics tell all.

Get Up, Stand Up

I set out to write a story on open-mike nights. But the joke was on me.

In Da Club

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