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 Last month we told you about the upcoming performance of Sesame Street Live “1-2-3 Imagine! with Elmo and Friends” and our discount code good for $3 off tickets. Now MHOTC has two sets of Family Four-Packs (value $88 each) to giveaway. Each ticket voucher is good for one ticket to any performance (based on availability) at 1stBank Center, April 8 to April 11, meaning you can choose the show that best fits you and your family’s schedule. Performances are April 8 at 7 p.m., April 9 at 10:30 a.m. & 7 p.m., April 10 at 10:30 a.m., 2 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. and April 11 at 1 p.m. & 4:30 p.m. So if your kids want to sing and dance with Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird, Ernie, Cookie Monster and the rest of the Sesame Street gang this is a way to make them very, very happy! To enter, leave a comment telling us which Sesame Street character should be your best friend and why. Contest ends Sunday, March 14 at 11:59 p.m. Only one entry per e-mail address, please. We’ll randomly draw two winners on Monday morning.
 Tesla Motors and the Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Group are hosting an exhibit of sculptor Marina Nash’s abstract works. The show, organized by Denver’s Walker Fine Art Gallery, is at Tesla Motors’ Boulder electric-car showroom, which it also calls a “gallery.” Why do we mention this on Mile High on the Cheap, when there’s nothing inexpensive about the car or the art? Because the show is FREE, as are the artist talks on Friday, Mar.12, at 5:30 and 7 p.m. The entire closing event features complimentary wine and hors oeuvres, 4:30-7:30. The Tesla Gallery is at 915 Pearl St., Boulder. FoMoInfo: 303-938-3966.
 Just Between Friends of Denver is holding the city’s largest kids’ gear and clothing re-sale event March 12 to 14 at the National Western Complex. You’ll find more than 75,000 items — gently used (and sometimes new) kids gear and clothing, toys, books, movies, shoes, electronics, strollers, cribs, bikes, highchairs, maternity wear, safety items, and more. Prices are typically 50% to 90% below retail. The show runs Friday, March 12: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, March 13: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m and Sunday, March 14: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with items half-price on Sunday. Admission is FREE and parking at the National Western Complex is just $5 the entire weekend (meaning you pay once but can return without paying again). MHOTC readers who print out this coupon can beat the crowds and enter the half-price sale early on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. I-70 and Brighton.
 While we have several weeks until Easter, we wanted to post this notice early. Rain, shine or snow, the show will go on Sunday, April 4 with two FREE Easter Egg Hunts for kids ages 10 and younger at the Warwick Denver. The entire 15th floor meeting space of the hotel is being transformed into a hiding ground for hundreds of treats and prizes, including at least one Wii game per hunt. And each family will be allowed to draw one golden egg from the Warwick Denver “Basket of Goodies” for prizes like a free overnight stay at the hotel or brunch at Randolph’s Restaurant. Hunts are scheduled for noon and 2 p.m. and limited to 50 children each. Reservations are required, so sign up now by calling 303-318-7272. The hotel is at 1776 Grant Street, Denver.
 This year’s production of the Boulder Ballet’s annual Storybook Ballet, danced by the ballet-school students, is “Pepito’s Story.” It is set in a colorful Spanish seaside village headed by a pompous mayor. The story is a tale of friendship between the mayor’s beautiful daughter and a boy who loves to dance. Performances are Friday, March 12, 7 p.m.; Saturday, March 13, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., and Sunday, March 14, 2 p.m. Tickets (adult $17, child $12) are available at the Dairy Center for the Arts box office, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, or by phone (303-444-SEAT). For online ticket purchases, add $2 per child’s ticket and $2.50 per adult ticket.
 Colorado Springs’ Lillian’s Shoppe, which is normally only open only four days a month, is adding a Luck of the Irish girls-night-out evening on Friday, Mar. 12, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. In addition to the store’s customary great prices for Moon Goon fashions, plus handbags, jewelry scarves and other accessories, there will be special “lucky deals” with up to 50% off. Complimentary refreshments make it a party. 7477 N. Academy (north of Woodman), Colorado Springs; 719-964-3135.
 So did you like the Oscars? Not many surprises but at least this year’s ceremony was entertaining, and no one wore a dress shaped like a swan. Barnes & Noble.com has a new deal on DVDs where you can save 30% on Oscar winners and nominees (Barnes & Noble loyalty members save even more). They include Best Picture winner The Hurt Locker, The Blind Side (with Sandra Bullock), Precious, Up, and Inglorious Basterds. Nominated films include Julie & Julia and Up in the Air (that’s the one with George Clooney). FYI — We’re linked you directly to Barnes & Noble’s ordering page using our affiliate link. Translation: MHOTC gets credit for telling you about the deal. We are upfront because a) our site’s rules require it and b) the FTC requires it. If you want to order on your own go to barnesandnoble.com.
 On Tuesday, March 9, Starbucks launched its Coffee Journey promotion. Get a FREE Coffee Journey card at all company-owned stores before March 16. Then receive a sticker for each 12-ounce brewed coffees in the flavor of the week that you purchase over the eight-week Coffee Journey period. During this promotion, a 12-ounce cup of the flavor of the week is value-priced at $1.50 plus tax. At the end of eight weeks, turn in the fully stickered card to receive a FREE one-pound bag of whole-bean coffee after the promotion ends on May 3.
 Frontier Airlines is slashing fares to cities in Texas and Oklahoma including Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin, Tulsa, and Oklahoma City and more. The sale runs through 9:59 p.m. MDT on Friday, March 12 with fares from $59 to $159 each way. This sale is for travel Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday for travel through September 7, 2010 and a 10-day advance purchase is required. Be sure to check blackout dates, typically over holiday periods. Remember sale fares don’t include those annoying airport or security fees, arrival and departure taxes on international flights and additional baggage fees, so you’ll need to factor those into your final price.
 Here’s a great way to keep bored kids busy (and we don’t mean sitting in front of the TV or some video game). Lowe’s holds FREE Build and Grow Clinics throughout the year. The next one is Saturday, March 13 at 10 a.m. and children will get to use kid-friendly tools and glue and other neat stuff to craft their own wood Tabletop Basketball game — though the “basketball” looks very, very small — perhaps a ping pong ball? You do need to pre-register for these workshops. Signing up is easy. Just select a clinic and how many will attend. Enter your zip code and select a store. Then enter your e-mail and attendee(s) name(s).
 Deals on quality make-up are good, but FREE quality make-up is the best. If you bring the April 2010 cover of Seventeen magazine or a printout of seventeen.com home page to any participating Nordstrom store, you can get a FREE full-size Lancôme Juicy Tubes lip gloss (normally $18). This giveaway runs through April 12, 2010, or until supplies run out which won’t take too long since they are distributing only 8,000. Limit one per customer and no purchase is required. Since this promotion is through Seventeen, to get the lip gloss you must be female, between the ages of 13 and 29, and a legal resident of the U.S. But ahem, ladies of a certain age, be nice to your daughter, niece, or friend’s girl-child and maybe they’ll pick this one up for you.
 If you belong to the Denver Art Museum, order your tickets for the blockbuster “Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs” exhibition opening this summer. The touring exhibition features 50 objects from Tut’s tomb among the treasures from ancient Egyptian sites. If you aren’t yet a member, join now to enjoy deeply discounted early-bird tickets available through Mar. 31. Adult tickets for members are currently priced at $14 on weekdays and $22 on weekends; non-members will pay $25 and $30 for the same tickets after May 14. The exhibition runs from July 1 through Jan. 2, 2011, but demand will be great. Membership starts at $50 per year for individuals and includes year-long FREE museum admission, discounted guest passes, discounts to all special exhibitions, museum shop discounts and more. To join, click here or call 720-913-0130..
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