The first Denver Cruisers ride of the season went down on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 with the "Back in Black" theme. Photos by Jim Wills for Westword.

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Artist Andrew Novick's Food Face was one of several shows that opened on May 12 as part of Second Saturday on East Colfax. Below are a few photos from the exhibit at Groundswell.

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All photos by Chris Morgan for Westword

On the calendar of nerd holidays, May 4 is certainly below Comic Con but at least a few pegs above the pirate convention that takes place each year near the airport. Yes, "May the 4th be with you," is a day every Star Wars fan can get behind obnoxiously -- and 100 percent. One such nerd is Dan Landes, owner of meatless restaurant City O' City, who organized the party there on Friday. Below are a few photos, but sadly for you nerds, there were no Slave Leia's to be found.

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Laura Easley

Beauty or bust?

On Friday a new piece of public art, Kevin Curry's "Face the Sun," was installed at Tennyson Street and 41st Avenue. The piece was part of the 2007 Better Bond Project that paid for the finally-finished street improvements along Tennyson.

The piece is embossed with the words "Face the sun and the shadows fall behind you." Is the piece a welcome addition to Tennyson? Play the art critic and post your thoughts in the comment section below Laura Easley's shots of the unveiling on Friday night:

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If you haven't been down to Santa Fe in a while for First Friday, you can see what you've been missing through these photos shot by Laura Easley for Westword. This month's art walk included more than a few nods to Star Wars ("May the 4th be with you" and all that) and the Kentucky Derby, as well as a gentleman on a lowrider bicycle -- who we also spotted on Saturday at the Cinco de Mayo party -- and what appeared to be Uncle Sam playing a tuba.

With sights like this, why weren't you on Santa Fe last Friday?

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All photos by Britt Chester

There was great fashion, loud music and heavy-pours, and probably some hooking-up and broken hearts: Yes, it was Derby day again in Denver! Apparently, there was also a horse race in Kentucky or something, but those people are all backwoods rednecks, anyway. There were giant hats to be worn, people!

Did we mention there was great fashion?!?! Below are a few memorable outfits, fits and faces of the Kentucky Derby parties we snuck into over the weekend.

Also see:
- Downtown Derby Debauchery
- 138th Kentucky Derby at Chloe and the Lobby

Now, onto the memorable Derby'ers.

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Mark Sink

If you noticed that Sunday's weather was particularly welcoming, you were not alone. But you probably didn't appreciate it quite as much as the fifty people wandering around the grounds of the Zang Mansion. For the first time, the sun smiled on Denver's celebration of Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day. Although the film-friendly event extends back more than ten years, the Denver version, hosted by the Colorado Photographic Arts Center, had been blighted by clouds and cursed with long exposures for all four years of its history.

Until now.

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The unicorn in its natural habitat, by Corrina Espinosa.

The trees talk to Denver artist Corrina Espinosa, whose work often starts with a piece of wood; a carver with a deep soul, she's made art out of stumps and branches, and whole trees shaded her Metro State College of Denver senior thesis exhibition, Hybrid Zoetic. The finished pieces sometimes seem like strange and twisted metaphors for the vagaries of life and the slow growth that comes with change. But at other times, they're just plain whimsical.

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Nick Callaio

In case you haven't noticed, Denver's proposed urban camping ban is shining a pretty heavy spotlight on the city's homeless community right now. Westword has covered the issue and the debate at great length -- we even spent a night on the 16th Street Mall -- and last weekend, we tracked the community to its musical roots.

Over the weekend, local advocates at Musicians in Action staged their first full-day outdoor festival devoted to raising awareness for the Denver homeless community and collecting supplies for The Gathering Place, during nine hours of art and live music. Click through for photos of the celebration.

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