3 for free

3 things to do for free in Denver this week, April 29-May 2

By Robin Edwards Mon., Apr. 29 2013 at 7:50 AM
Categories: 3 for free, Events, Free Stuff

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Expand your mind with cultural experiences this week -- without straining your wallet. There are plenty of enriching activities in town this week that won't cost you a cent, everything from free performance art to a talk with an experimental filmmaker to a vinyl party. Feel free to post information on other free events in the comments section, and go to the Westword calendar for a full listing of things to do.

See also:
- Win twenty free movie passes!
- The Grawlix's five best comedy shorts
- My first art purchase: a Louis Recchia piece from Pirate when I was nine or ten years old


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Take a free ride on RTD's new W Rail Line tomorrow, and hit these hot spots along the way

By Susan Froyd Fri., Apr. 26 2013 at 12:00 PM
Categories: Family, Free Stuff, Neighborhoods

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It's been a long wait, but RTD's spanking new West Rail Line officially opened to passengers this morning. Tomorrow, however, the parties begin, as the transit organization opens all of its rail lines up for free rides, with themed community celebrations, also free, scheduled at most of the new West Line stations. Hop aboard! Continue reading for a list of sanctioned parties and one impromptu one, and then visit RTD online for maps and more information.

See also:
- The Rail Thing: RTD W Rail Line Grand Opening Celebrations
- A new RTD light-rail station is "convenient to nothing"
- Photos: Union Station tour digs dirt on transit hub, light rail

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Events

3 things to do for free in Denver this week, April 22-26

By Robin Edwards Mon., Apr. 22 2013 at 8:05 AM
Categories: Events, Free Stuff

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Whether you're broke after a weekend of partying or simply a frugal, responsible adult who likes to go out for free, there's plenty in Denver to do this week that won't cost a dime. Choose to learn about green energy at the annual Earth Day celebration, watch a series of free form short films, and/or take in a documentary about political pranksters all without having to worry about opening your pocketbook. Leave links to more free events in our comments section, and read the Westword calendar for a full listing of things to do.

See also:
- Denver B-cycle celebrates Earth Day with deals today
- Photos: Four exhibits at Robischon Gallery take on alternative realities
- Win twenty free movie passes to Hollywood Theaters!


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Tonight: Colorado Book Award finalist Seth Brady Tucker reads from "Mormon Boy"

By Alan Prendergast Mon., Apr. 15 2013 at 5:53 AM
Categories: Books, Free Stuff, Poetry

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When I first encountered poet Seth Brady Tucker a few months ago, it was in the course of writing about the Words Beyond Bars Project, a book club for lifers at the Limon state prison. Tucker had visited the group and shared with them how he'd learned to love poetry -- both reading and writing it -- while serving as a paratrooper in the Gulf War. Some of those harrowing poems, about body bags and oil fires and young lives detoured, eventually made it into Tucker's potent collection Mormon Boy.

See also:
-The lifers book club: Of mice and men, hopes and regrets at the Limon prison
- Russian list and combat tales make the reading list for the Limon prison book club
- Colorado Humanities might sell off the Ferril House. Throw the book at 'em.


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Free Stuff

Actors playing apes in Dark Wood are naked -- and on "Nude Night," the audience can be, too!

By Jenn Wohletz Tue., Feb. 19 2013 at 7:59 AM
Categories: Events, Free Stuff, Nightlife, Performance, Theater

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Naked audience night at Denver's Dangerous Theatre!
Since apes don't wear clothes, the actors playing apes in Dark Wood, a Dangerous Theatre production that opened February 8, don't wear clothes, either. And on "Nude Night," set for this Friday, February 22, many of the audience members will strip down, too: It's a clothing-optional evening, and those who watch the show buck-naked won't have to shell out any bucks to see it.

See also:
- Dark Wood @ Denver's Dangerous Theatre
- Here be Dragons and other perilously prurient plays at Denver's Dangerous Theatre
- Lysistrata @ Denver's Dangerous Theatre

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Arts and Culture

One Million Bones starts with you and your kids, today at RedLine

By Susan Froyd Mon., Feb. 11 2013 at 6:00 AM
Categories: Activism, Arts and Culture, Family, Free Stuff

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The One Million Bones Project in process, at Fruita Monument High School.
This one's officially for the kids, but it's really about the whole world, and the suffering of people in other nations. As part of its ongoing Monthly Creative Literacy program in collaboration with the Denver Public Library, RedLine will host the second of two One Million Bones art events in Denver this afternoon.

See also:
- Material Engagements highlights the work of RedLine artists
- Design for the Other 90% reinvents the wheel and more, tonight at RedLine
- RedLine show opens tonight which showcases the art of formerly-homeless Denver residents


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Calling all artists: Put up your work on RedLine's sexy walls tonight

By Susan Froyd Wed., Jan. 16 2013 at 6:00 AM
Categories: Art, Free Stuff, Openings

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"Manila to Hollywood on the Dashboard of a Jeepney or Tales of Love, War and the American Dream, Starring the Artist as Felipe C. Gregorio Sr. as Audie Murphy," by RedLine artist Alvin Gregorio.
Naked Walls is a one-night stand: On this very rare occasion when the expansive walls at RedLine Gallery are bare, new RedLine resident Amber Cobb and friends are inviting fellow artists to hang their own art there for one splendid night of showing and viewing.

See also:
- BYOB Denver
- Photos: Artists make statements with materials at RedLine
- Material Engagements highlights the work of RedLine artists


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Arts and Culture

Byers's Big Feed: Art! Music! Beer! Roasted bison!

By Alan Prendergast Fri., Oct. 12 2012 at 8:57 AM
Categories: Arts and Culture, Events, Free Stuff

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Bison the Byers way.
The tradition of the small-town social is vanishing even faster than Colorado's small towns. All the more reason to head out to the eastern plains this weekend for The Big Feed, a unique blend of art show, county fair, hoedown and foot-stomping celebration of rural culture unfolding at the rodeo grounds in Byers, a mere fifty-minute drive from the metroplex.

See also:
- Last Chance, Colorado, barely endures the ravages of time and fire
- Knives, jokes and hunks of meat fly at MCA Denver's bison-butchering bash

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4H Royalty, Big Feed, DJ Rockcrusher, Future Farmers of America, Lefthand Brewing, M12, Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
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Contests

Win tickets to Haunted Mansion, 13th Door haunted house! (updated with winners)

By Show and Tell Wed., Oct. 10 2012 at 10:54 AM
Categories: Contests, Free Stuff, Halloween

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For more photos of 13th Door, visit our slide show.
Update: Congratulations to asya92 and Cerealluna! You have both won tickets to these area haunted houses. Thanks for reading!

Original post: Those of you who are not willing to a) cry in public, b) scream until even strep would be better, c) bring an extra pair of pants, or c) faint need not continue reading. This contest is only for the truly brave, those who laugh in the face of fear, know the reputations of Denver's haunted houses -- and still want to go ((and want to do so for free).

If you are one of those people, we've got you covered -- with free tickets to Haunted Mansion and 13th Door. Keep reading for details on how to win.

See also:
- Haunted House Tour: Part One
- Denver Haunted House Tour 2011
- Five tips for visiting a haunted house


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Debates and Discussions

Eliot Spitzer and Glenn Beck face off tonight in a real free-for-all

By Patricia Calhoun Tue., Oct. 2 2012 at 6:50 AM
Categories: Debates and Discussions, Free Stuff

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The big presidential debate is tomorrow night, but political fights are breaking out all over town -- on street corners, in bars. And tonight, there should be a doozy at the Fillmore Auditorium, where political heavyweights Glenn Beck and Eliot Spitzer will go head-to-head in a battle of ideas.

The boxing-themed event is hosted by DISH and continues "The War of the Words," an exchange that started in New York on September 13 along with the launch of DISH's enhanced political programming options, including Beck's new network, TheBlaze, and Spitzer's home network, Current TV.

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