No summer is complete without a marshmallow roast around a campfire — and you can check that item off your to-do list this week with Bluff Lake’s final fireside chat and evening of s’mores. Other free fun in Denver this week includes the first film in the Denver Public Library’s…

You won’t need to raise money with Walter White-style drug-manufacturing in order to have fun in Denver this weekend. From a celebration of the gritty meth drama Breaking Bad (and a TV show-inspired art show) to a public art tour to the third annual Denver County Fair, there’s a lot…

There’s a long and involved process that goes into creating a finished graphic novel, and artists Samantha Reveley and David Balan will give the public a behind-the-scenes view of that process in their new multimedia exhibition, Sequentially Speaking: the Art of Comic Books. The show examines everything that went into…

Back in 1986, Ann Bolinger-McQuade had a gut feeling that she should get a mammogram; she followed her instinct and discovered that she had breast cancer. Due to early detection, the writer was able to get treatment and recover, but the experience ignited an interest in following intuition and messages…

Whether it’s used to end wars or just win a basketball game, withholding sex can be a powerful tool. Aristophanes recognized that when he wrote the classic Greek comedy Lysistrata, in which the title character empowers a group of women to stop the Peloponnesian War by denying their husbands sexual…

“Poets used to be national heroes,” says Charly Fasano. Somewhere along the way, though, their art form became elitist and institutionalized. In an attempt to bring accessibility back, Fasano is releasing Not Good With Names, a poetry-based combination of illustrations, written word and audio published by Fast Geek Press. The…

Start off your week with a classic family film about a children’s baseball team, continue the fun with a vampire Western flick, and end it with a trip to the Clyfford Still Museum. What do all of these outings have in common? They’re all free. Read on for more details,…

August is all about summer fun, and there’s plenty of fun to be had this weekend without digging too deep in your pockets. Celebrate the first weekend of the month with outdoor movies, a laser show under the stars, and tons of other cheap happenings. For more events, visit the…

Cars today aren’t made the way they used to be, laments the Forney Museum of Transportation’s Christof Keim. “Our society, as far as automobiles go, has sort of dulled down and become conformist.” But that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the cars of yesteryear in all their glory. Fabulous Finned…

For her newest work, visionary poet Anne Waldman was inspired by the urgency of preserving art. The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University, which Waldman co-founded, and where she now teaches, is in the process of transferring its vast collection of fragile tapes featuring the work of…

In less than two years, writer Joan Didion dealt with the deaths of both her husband and her daughter. One of the greatest living American writers, Didion translated her tragedies into The Year of Magical Thinking, a book and subsequent play that muses on the way we deal with grief…

Get out of your house this week and step into a completely different world — without having to pay for plane tickets. Whether you travel to Paris through a series of short films inspired by the City of Love, visit the dystopian future of V for Vendetta, or simply park…

You won’t have to break out the big bills to have big fun this weekend. You can catch a screening of Finding Nemo or dance the night away at a killer soul and britpop party — for under $10. See our list of ten picks below; for more events, check…

When MegaFauna owner John McCaskill conceived of the idea for the Final Friday monthly summer series, his mission was simple: to build community and help support local artists and businesses. What emerged is a twenty-block-long music walk and urban bazaar that starts tonight and includes 27 bands — among them,…

The art community extends far beyond just artists, says Spark Gallery director Evan Siegel. And to celebrate that community of cooperative galleries, art buyers and art lovers, Spark is hosting the first Denver Artists’ Ball tonight. The ball will feature artist trading cards, which attendees can make; mobiles by Spark…

Long before the Kardashians and the advent of shock-reality television, there was Network, the whip-smart 1976 satire that predicted the tactics TV stations would one day use to attract viewers. That’s just one of the free events in Denver this weekend — all opportunities to get out and do something…

It’s one of those weekends where there are so many events that are crammed into three days, it’s hard to focus on what to do. If you decide you want to have fun but hold onto your cash, there are plenty of happenings with an admission price that’s less than…

Teenagers aren’t usually asked for their opinions, but the Giving Voice program runs on the idea that teens have a lot of important thoughts to share. This summer, the program paired disabled teens with local graphic designers to create a series of posters for social change that will be on…

‘Tis the season for movies under the stars, including this Thursday’s free, bike-in screening of the 2007 Spanish-American drama Under the Same Moon. But this week is full of many more great free events, including a documentary screening about mediums around the world and an art show from the Biennial…

Though it’s tempting to flee for the mountains in these hot summer months, Denver has plenty to cool events that won’t drain your gas tank or your wallet. From free film screenings to a concert featuring brand-new bands, this weekend is full of fun, inexpensive activities. Share other bargains in…