As the “Mom of Denver Comedy,” Lori Callahan is a veteran comedian and booker who’s still proudly plugged into the Mile High City’s stand-up scene. We catch up with Callahan in advance of her pair of headlining dates at Comedy Works.

Stoner favorite Doug Benson returns to the Front Range with shows at the Boulder Theater and Colorado Springs’ Black Sheep to promote his new album “Potty Mouth.” We catch up with the L.A. comedian in advance.

“Saturday Night Live” head writer Seth Meyers is hitting the stand-up circuit before the 2011-2012 season begins — including a Sept. 16 show in Boulder. We catch up with the affable New Hampshire native in advance of his first-ever Boulder Theater set.

“Saturday Night Live” veteran and master impressionist Darrell Hammond talks up Denver’s nationally-renowned Comedy Works and owner Wende Curtis on the original Larimer Square club’s 30th anniversary.

A nightclub boycott group on Facebook hits the 1,000 member mark this week.

Live review: Maha Music Festival @ Aksarben Village in Omaha

Photos and review of Sade, John Legend at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado

Droll New York comedian Todd Barry’s most visible roles have been in friends’ projects, like Darren Aronofsky’s “The Wrestler” (as smug deli manager Wayne), Louis C.K.’s brilliant, eponymous FX show and HBO’s “Flight of the Conchords” — in addition to dozens of late-night talk shows, hip music festivals and Adult Swim cameos.

For better or worse, a memorable character follows its creator throughout his or her career, and that’s been the case with Bobcat Goldthwait. Known best for the bug-eyed, strangle-voiced caricature he perfected on stand-up stages and in ’80s comedies such as “Hot to Trot,” “Shakes the Clown” and the “Police Academy” series, Goldthwait has spent the rest of his career focusing on acting, writing, directing and — at times — fleeing his own creation.

PHOTOS and review of the Underground Music Showcase (UMS), Day 4