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  2013 Colorado Firefighter Calendar try-outs
  The women of Denver were out in big numbers on Friday night, May 11, 2012 to cheer on thirty men and three women who competed to be featured in the 2013 Colorado Firefighter Calendar. The five-alarm event was held at the Exdo Events Center. Photographer Jim Wills brings back these images.
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  Skinny Dip at Summit Music Hall
  Skinny Dip went down Friday, May 11, 2012 at Summit Music Hall, with LazerDisk Party Sex, Viceroy, The FatRat, Religion and Coyote Kisses. The show was presented by ThisSongIsSick.com and Souls In Action. Photos by Britt Chester for Westword.
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  The Fray at Red Rocks
  It cold, wet and foggy and miserable last night, May 11, 2012, at Red Rocks, but hometown heroes The Fray evoked love from the crowd that no weather issues could quash. Continue reading Stephanie March's The Fray at Red Rocks concert review.
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  Downtown Derby Debauchery
  The Derby Party -- self-proclaimed as "Denver's Original, and best, Derby Party!"-- again got underway in 2012, this year taking place in downtown Denver. Britt Chester brings back these photos from the daytime drinking festival that raises money annually for a scholarship at Colorado State...
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  May the 4th Be With You
  Comics and sci-fi are the new archetypes of our culture; we relate to Star Wars and Stan Lee's characters, and we've created new mythologies through them," says Dan Landes, restaurateur and self-confessed sci-fi geek. And this Friday, May 4, Landes will make a long-held dream reality by turning...
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  Miss Hooters Colorado 2012!
  If regular beauty pageants are the equivalent of defrosted shrimp cocktail and Andre brand champagne, the Ms. Hooters Colorado competition is Bud Light and chicken wings. We dispatched photographer Jim Wills into the beer-and-chicken dinner of beauty pageants at Suite Two Hundred on Thursday,...
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  Styx, REO Speedwagon and Ted Nugent
  Holy classic rock! The trio of excellent rock bands whose heyday was in the '70s and '80s returned to Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Photographer Brandon Marshall has these shots for Westword. Also see: - "Obama vs. The Nuge at Red Rocks."
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  Roger Waters at the Pepsi Center
  A packed (and rapt) Pepsi Center audience watched the scenes unfold for Roger Waters on Monday night, May 6, 2012; and although most of us know each chord of the album by heart, seeing it performed live is something else entirely. Continue reading Amber Taufen's Roger Waters concert review....
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  BoomBox at the Ogden Theatre
  Fresh off its appearance at this year's SnowBall Music Festival and 2010 Westword Music Showcase alumni, BoomBox came back to the Centennial State on Saturday, May 5, 2012 for a show at the Ogden Theatre. Photos by Eric Gruneisen for Westword.
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  Cinco de Mayo at Civic Center Park
  Scenes and people from the Cinco de Mayo celebration in Denver's Civic Center Park, held Saturday, May 5, 2012. Photos by Chris Morgan for Westword.
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  138th Kentucky Derby at Chloe and the Lobby
  Photographer Chris Morgan brings back these photos from Chloe and The Lobby during each establishment's respective parties for the 138th Kentucky Derby, held Saturday, May 5, 2012.
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  JunoWhat at Cervantes'
  JunoWhat performed on Friday, May 4, 2012 at Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom in Denver with Bernie Worrell (Parliament-Funkadelic, Talking Heads) on keys and Euforquestra, which opened the show. Photos by Nick Callaio for Westword.
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