On Thursday, June 18, the Denver Zoo hosted its 20th "Do at the Zoo," where patrons feasted on dozens of Denver's best restaurants. Photos by Nancy Levin.

Cafe Society blogger Lori Midson is in Aspen for the Food & Wine Classic. See photos from her adventure below.

The first of three summer fashion shows in the Riverfront Park Fashion Series took place Thursday, June 18, 2009. Photos by Aaron Thackeray.

Last year, the Denver Police Department received $1 million in federal funds to beef up their HALO video surveillance program during the DNC. Read about the cameras at westword.com/news. Here, see pictures of some of the cameras with their locations.

This week at westword.com/restaurants, Jason Sheehan's Irish eyes smile on Dougherty's. Photos by Mark Manger.

On July 4, the Colfax Love Society will host an opening party for the Denver Colfax Photosafari Show, a collection of photographs taken of Colfax Avenue during a recent excursion. See more of the photos and get event details at colfaxlove.com.

Shark’s Ink Through June 28, MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany Street, 303-298-7554, www.mcadenver.org.

Nathan's Hot Dogs held a local qualifying contest on Saturday, June 13, 2009, crowning Englewood's Marco "Mongo" Marquez the local champ and earning him a spot in the July 4 contest on Coney Island. Read Liz Kellermeyer's account on the Cafe Society blog, and see photos by her and Krista Overby below.

Elin Palmer, Astrophagus, Houses, Hello Kavita, Achille Lauro, BDRMPPL, CacheFlowe Iuengliss, Josephine & the Mousepeople, Married In Berdichev, Pictureplane and Slight Harp, and Bela Karoli played the Cruious Theatre.

Red Stinger, Outta Controllers, Primasonic, Boldtype, No Plot Kill, Reno Divorce, and Lyin' Bitch and the Restraining Orders played Bannock Street Garage. Photos by Aaron Thackeray (unless noted).

Havok, Spare the Legion, Black Lamb, Enemy Reign, Adai, Tauntaun and To Be Eaten. Photos by Aaron Thackeray.

Andrea Ball, Jen Korte, Joshua Novak, Tyler Despres, Ian Cooke, Ellison Park, and John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light played Mo's, the newish bar on Broadway.