Cafe Bites bites into Mardi Gras

CarniVail, Vail's annual Mardi Gras festival, kicked off on Sunday, but the festivities continue through February 27. Today from 3-6 p.m., the Bud Light Street Party will feature the Tony G All Stars, with a Fat Tuesday Parade in Vail Village from 4-5 p.m. For details, go to www.CarniVail.net. There...
By Patricia CalhounFebruary 24, 2009
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CarniVail, Vail’s annual Mardi Gras festival, kicked off on Sunday, but the festivities continue through February 27. Today from 3-6 p.m., the Bud Light Street Party will feature the Tony G All Stars, with a Fat Tuesday Parade in Vail Village from 4-5 p.m. For details, go to www.CarniVail.net.

There are parties closer to home, too. Bring your mask and a musical instrument to the Wazee Supper Club, 1600 15th Street, at 4 p.m. today, and then join the “Change$B!D(B” parade that will wend its musical way to the Wynkoop Brewing Company, 1634 18th Street, for more music (Joe Bonner, the Kent High School R&B Ensemble and the O-Tones, an eight-piece brass band that will start tooting at 7 p.m.), party favors, dinner specials and pints of Big Easy Black Voodoo Lager. For details, call 303-297-9999.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com

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