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  Ten Things to Do in Denver for $10 and Under (Eight Free!)

  September 6 at 6:55 a.m.

  Get busy, Denver – on the cheap.

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  Wrestling, Wet T-shirts and Massive Tokes: Welcome to the Bong-A-Thon

  August 6 at 8:35 a.m.

  As cannabis becomes mainstream, it's becoming harder to find events that still represent the counterculture that drew so many to the plant in the first place. But for those of you who miss that forbidden excitement, there's always the Bong-A-Thon. The 35th rendition of the infamous contest took place in Rye, Colorado, over the weekend, with wrestling, a wet T-shirt contest and plenty of pot-smoking tournaments captivating campers.

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  Free for All: The Five Best Free Events This Week

  August 6 at 7:51 a.m.

  Every night of this work week, there's some sort of free fun for empty-pocketed and open-minded Denver dwellers.

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  Denver Burger Battle Crowns a Two-Time Champ

  August 3 at 8:56 a.m.

  Denver has no shortage of feisty food and drink competitions, where cooks, bartenders and brewers square off over tacos, chicken, fancy small plates or — for booze lovers — cocktails or craft beer. The latest cook-off to hit the city was the Denver Burger Battle, which took over Tivoli Quad Park on the Auraria campus on Thursday, August 2. Nearly twenty contenders grabbed their spatulas and flipped burgers all evening until the winners were chosen; judges preferred the patties of Stanley Beer Hall (2501 Dallas Street, Aurora), which earned the title for the second year running, while Hearth & Dram (1801 Wewatta Street) swaggered away with the peoples' choice award.

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  Cherry Cricket Wants You to Choose Its Green Chile

  July 3 at 10:30 a.m.

  Denver culinary history is being played out in two bowls of Cherry Cricket green chile.

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  The Food, Booze and Luchadors of Top Taco 2018

  June 29 at 3:45 p.m.

  Denver's taco nobility descended on Stanley Marketplace (2501 Dallas Street in Aurora) for another year of Top Taco, a competition to crown the annual tortilla tsar. This year's champs were Los Dos Potrillos for traditional, Necio Latin Eatery for creative, Dos Santos for vegetarian, and Adobo Food Truck for people's choice. See the trifecta in each category, along with cocktail winners, on the Top Taco Facebook page.