The Women's Flat Track Derby Association hosted the Derby on the Rocks Western Regional Tournament the first weekend of October 2009. Washington's Oly Rollers won, but Denver's two teams -- the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls and Denver Roller Dolls -- finished second and third, qualifying for next months nationals. Photos by Jay Vollmar.

Denver's Spill nightclub on Saturday, October 4, 2009. Photos by Aaron Thackeray.

Wicked Garden on Saturday, October 4, 2009. Photos by Aaron Thackeray.

An after-hours party at the Union. Photos by Uriah West.

La Rumba (99 W. 9th Avenue) hosted another Lipgloss party on Friday, October 3, 2009. Photos by Aaron Thackeray.

Yesterday, the Race for the Cure took over the area near the Pepsi Center, with the total participants estimated at well over 50,000. The Race may be growing more commercial as time goes by, but it remains one of the most positive community events in Denver each year -- and one of the largest. Look for your friends and neighbors in our slideshow of highlights, and keep your eye out for a certain furry friend. Photos and captions by Michael Roberts.

Fruition Farms, in Larkspur, is the ten-acre vegetable and fruit farm of Alex Seidel, chef-owner of Fruition restaurant. Seidel and his son, Jack, gave a tour to Cafe Society's Lori Midson.

Tauntaun played 3 Kings Tavern on Wednesday, September 30, 2009. Photos by Aaron Thackeray.

This week at westword.com/restaurants, Jason Sheehan discovers the Taste of Thailand. Photos by Mark Manger.

We're amassing, over time, a visual directory of Denver's hottest bartenders and servers. Send your tips, love letters, and camera-phone photos to hottest@westword.com, and we'll add to the slideshow over time -- a sort of evolving monument to works-for-tips hottness in Denver. Photos by Aaron Thackeray. (UPDATED, WITH PHOTOS 34-37, ON 9.24.09)

Relive September with photos from Westword.com's nightlife and concert coverage.

The Power of Then Through January 11, Museo de las Américas, 861 Santa Fe Drive, 303-571-4401, www.museo.org. Currents Through November 7, Metro State Center for Visual Art, 1734 Wazee Street, 303-294-5207, www.metrostatecva.org. Floyd Tunson Through October 17, van Straaten Gallery, 760 Santa Fe Drive, 303-573-8585, www.vanstraatengallery.com.