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Looking for inexpensive or free things to do in Denver/Boulder? Want to sample local stores, restaurants, attractions, and more without breaking the bank? Your guides Claire Walter and Laura Daily. show you how to get the best for less. Know about a great deal or freebie? Email us at info@milehighonthecheap.com
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Free Juried Art Show at Chautauqua/Boulder

“COLOR-ado!”, the Boulder Art Association’s juried show, takes place in the Community House at Boulder’s Chautauqua complex over Labor Day Weekend. Admission to the exhibit is FREE. Hours are  Friday, September 3, 12 noon to 4 p.m. (plus awards ceremony and reception with refreshments and live entertainment that evening 6 to 8 p.m.), Saturday and  Sunday, September [...]

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Free King Tut Previews for Teachers

The blockbuster King Tut exhibit at the Denver Art Museum ranks as that must-do field trip this school year. The museum invites teachers and school administrators to a FREE visit to the exhibit, including the audio tour and a viewing of the 3-D film Egypt 3D: Secrets of the Mummies, this aftenoon/evening and again tomorrow, September 1-2, [...]

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Dinner Theater Savings for 'Shout!' or for the Season

“Shout!” opens at Boulder’s Dinner Theatre on Friday, September 10 with all tickets just $35 during opening week. They are also selling season tickets at 25% off for the four-musical season (“Hello, Dolly!”, ”Swing!” and “CATS.” the only one without an exclamation point in the title). Buy tickets by calling 303-449-6000, Ext. 4, or at the [...]

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Meininger’s Back-To-School Art Supply Sale

Anxious to channel your inner Picasso? There’s never been a better time to do as as Meininger holds their Meininger Art Supply’s Back to School Art Supply Sale. Shop store wide savings on paint, pastels, easels, portfolios, drafting supplies, markers, sketch books. And don’t miss out on these amazing deals: pre-stretched canvas at up [...]

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Last Chance: Discounted 'King Tut' Tickets

Time is running out — August 31 is the deadline — to take advantage of a special deal on discounted tickets to The King Tut Exhibition at the Denver Art Museum. Discover more than 100 striking objects spanning 2,000 years of Egyptian history. See the treasures of Tut’s tomb, including the golden sandals found [...]

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Kids Can See King Tut Exhibit For Free

Thanks to Denver’s Scientific & Cultural Facilities District, kids living within the seven county Denver metro area can see the Denver Art Museum’s “King Tut” exhibition for FREE (a $16.50 savings) during the month of September. Here’s the deal. You need to use this special link. There you can get one FREE child’s ticket [...]

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Free Attraction & Museum Passes Thru Jeffco Library

The Jefferson County Public Library offers FREE passes to the Butterfly Pavilion, MCA Denver, Denver Firefighters Museum, Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls & Toys, Dinosaur Ridge, Byers-Evans House, and Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum. Passes are available in limited quantities each day and allow different numbers of people to enter the attraction at no cost. [...]

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Read It Forward: New Drawing for Free Books

Crown Publishing’s Read It Forward program lets you enter to win a copy of each month’s three books. August’s offerings are Shift by Tim Kring, The Stuff That Never Happened by Maddie Dawson and Fragile Lisa Unger.  To enter for your FREE galley (that’s publishing lingo for a preview copy) you simply click on [...]

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BOGO: Colorado Symphony Concert Tickets

The Colorado Symphony will present a full season of concerts designed to satisfy all musical tastes. Through Sept. 3 use the promo code BOGONOW to get one FREE ticket for each one purchased for select performances. The four BOGO concerts are: Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m. Marin Alsop Conducts Beethoven, Oct. 28 at 6:30 [...]

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MHOTC Getaway: Steamboat Springs Afforable Art Weekend, 8/19-22

Steamboat Springs’ second annual Steamboat All Arts Festival, August 19-22, incorporates all aspects of the arts into one cohesive event including dance, vocal, musical, visual, literary and culinary arts. Experiential and educational workshops are available all weekend and open to all levels. Click here to purchase tickets that start at just $5 for a weekend-long [...]

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Western Welcome Week in Littleton, Aug 11-22

For 82 years Littleton residents have been holding a community celebration. This year’s Western Welcome Week is actually an 11-day fest, August 11 to 22. The event schedule is so jam-packed it prints out at six-pages single spaced. Some highlights for true cheapskates. Running every day of the festival is the Friends Bag of [...]

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Downtown Denver Deal Card Discounts

This just in…a new deal has been added to the Downtown Denver Deal Card a cooperative venture between The Downtown Denver Partnership and the Downtown Denver Business Improvement District. Use your Deal Card for a FREE cup or cone of yogurt with purchase at Cook’s Fresh Market (1600 Glenarm Pl, Ste. 120) or a [...]

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