About Us Looking for inexpensive or free things to do in Denver/Boulder? Want to sample local stores, restaurants, & attractions without breaking the bank? Mile High Cheapskates Claire Walter and Laura Daily show you how to get the best for less. Want to get in touch? Email us at: info@milehighonthecheap.com
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The Asian-Pacific Assn. of Longmont hosts a FREE celebration of the Year of the Dragon (in fact, the rare and auspicious Year of the Water Dragon). The festival features dance and musical performances, intercultural activities and food samplings. A-PAL’s Chinese New Year Festival takes place on Saturday, February 4, 2 to 5 p.m. at Silver Creek High [...]
The organizers of the first annual Copper Uncorked Winter Wine Festival, Friday, February 10 and Saturday, February 11 (who, BTW, also run the popular Denver International Wine Festival) have instituted a last-minute price reduction for the two-day VIP pass from $310 per person to $169 — and are also offering an additional 20% off to Mile High [...]
In the cities Germany, Austria and the German-speaking part of Switzerland, vendors set up stalls in the plaza around the cathedral for the annual Christkindlmarkt to sell charming gift items, candles, sweets, ornaments and all manner of holiday goodies. Denver’s 2011 Christkindl Market takes place downtown in Skyline Park (Arapahoe between 16th and 18th), from November 25 [...]
Every Friday evening before University of Colorado home game, families and football fans head to Downtown Boulder for the Pearl Street Stampede, an old-fashioned parade and pep rally. At 7 p.m., an antique CU fire truck leads the procession, followed by the school’s Golden Buffalo Marching Band, the CU football team and cheerleaders. It starts at [...]
Winner…Heather G. At its most basic, The Blind Cafe is dinner and music in complete darkness. In reality it is an award-winning born-in-Boulder event that has toured to other cities and returns to the First Baptist Church of Boulder to help guests understand (feel, actually) a world without sight. ABC News reported on a Blind Cafe evening in Austin, [...]
The seventh annual Denver International Wine Festival has a spacious new venue (Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum) and appends a snappy new name (Pairsine) to its Taste of Elegance tasting of 400 International wines from 18 countries and competition among some of the metro area’s biggest-name chefs. Get 40% off general admission [...]
Cutting-edge creativity reigns when the annual Boulder International Fringe Festival kicks off tomorrow, August 17, and continues through Sunday, August 28, with some 200 performances and workshops in the realms of theater, dance, music and film/video. The motto: “All unjuried. All uncensored. All in Boulder.” Performances take place all over town, including both indoor and [...]
The Louisville Downtown Street Faire is back for nine Fridays this summer beginning tomorrow, Friday, June 10, 5 to 10 p.m. There’s live music between about 6:30 and 9 p.m. at the Steinbaugh Pavilion on Front St. between Spruce and Walnut (this week, Zydeco artist C.J. Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band), plus food vendors, children’s activities, and arts [...]
Mountain High Appliance fires up seven of its fanciest outdoor cooking set-ups and seven professional and amateur chefs compete on Thursday, June 9, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Each one will grill entrees and side dishes in a “grill off” competition. To paraphrase “Iron Chef,” find out whose grilled cuisine resigns supreme. An evening of sampling [...]
Today and all remaining Thursdays this month (March 17, 24 and 31) , enjoy wine, beer or a bite to eat for $3 per item at 27 restaurants participating in the Savor Estes Park promotion. Click on that links for a list of participating restaurants and a map). Many shops on Elkhorn Ave. have winter sales, and [...]
And the winner is … Karen. Congrats! For Mardi Gras fun without Bourbon Street debauchery, head for the Marriott Denver Tech Center on Saturday, March 5, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., for Mardi Gras. The $25 general admission for the party in the atrium gets you a couple of strands of beads. The $49 VIP [...]
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