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Ripley's Times Square Discounts for May, Believe it or Not

Ripley’s describes its Believe it or Not exhibits as an “Odditorium”, but there’s nothing odd or strange about the discounts being offered for the month of May 2010. Use the coupon code VALPAK10 for discounts of $5 off the adult price and $4 off the kid price, for up to eight people at Ripley’s [...]

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Brooklyn's Cherry Blossom Festival

More than 200 cherry trees line Cherry Walk and the Cherry Esplanade in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden.  When they blossom each spring, it is a fairyland of pink blossoms and green grass.  The Sakura Matsuri cherry blossom festival is the weekend of May first and second.  Enjoy the trees, plus special events including tea [...]

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Discount Coupon for Magazines

Amazon dscounts magazine subsciptions

What a discount deal — cheap magazine subscriptions from Amazon, at more than half off the regular price.  One year of magazines such as Good Housekeeping, Esquire and Redbook for less than $10, one year of Oprah magazine for $18 instead of $36, , Islands or Spa magazine for $12, [...]

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Musical Instruments on Sale

Christie’s is having an auction of fine musical instruments, including a rare 400-year-old viola from Brescia, Italy.  You might not have the $250,000 expected purchase price, but you can look — and that’s free.  Instruments are on view April 24th to 27th.  Christie’s in the Big Apple is at 20 Rockefeller Plaza.  Call [...]

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31 Cent Scoops at Baskin-Robbins

Who doesn’t like ice-cream?  And we like it even more when it’s cheap and  for a good cause.   All Baskin-Robbins locations in The Big Apple – and nationwide — are offering 31 cent scoops to support the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and local firehouses.  The 31 Cent Scoop Night is  Wednesday, April 28, 2010, from 5 p.m. to [...]

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88 Cent Sale at JCPenney

Buy one item at full price, get one for 88 cents.  That’s the BOGO sale at JCPenney through Saturday, April 24th.  The 88 cent sale applies to clothing for men, women and children, shoes, and household linens.  Also, if you apply for the JCP Rewards program before April 24th, you get a $10 certificate [...]

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Earth Day Celebrations in NYC

Grand Central Terminal is home base for the 40th Anniversary celebration of Earth Day in New York.  Earth Day New York kicks off April 19th with a week of activities that include events both inside and outside the historic train station.  Here is some of what is planned: 

a six-day indoor EarthFair in the terminal’s at Vanderbilt [...]

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Free Shipping from Macy’s

Through Tuesday, April 20th, Macy’s is offering free shipping on any purchase of $50 or more.  Use the promo code BUZZ.  There also are additional coupons for free shipping.  Through April 25th, there’s free shipping on any bathing suit purchase with the promo code SPLASH.  Macy’s also is having a storewide [...]

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Lecture on Genocide Around Globe

What can we do about the on-going atrocities of genocide around the globe?  How should we respond as individuals, as nations, and as human beings?  Those are just some of the questions being addressed at a lecture entitled “Genocide and Activism”, on Tuesday, April 20th, at the Center for Jewish  History.  The program is [...]

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Free Coffee At Starbucks April 15th

Ease the pain of IRS tax day April 15th with free coffee at Starbucks.  It will give you that extra jolt of caffeine to help you finish your taxes on time before the midnight deadline.  Or if you pulled an all-nighter on the 14th, the caffeine will help you get through the day’s work.  Just bring in your [...]

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Movies About Newspapers Headline Film Forum's Retrospective

Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford in "All the President's Men", 1976

The Hollywood version of news and the newspaper business ranges from screwball comedies to serious films that document real headlines.  The entire range — from the craziness of  the 1928 “The Front Page” to the insider look at the scandal that brought down the Nixon [...]

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$40 Off Groceries at D'Agostino

D’Agostino is offering $40 off your first online order of $100 or more of groceries.  There are restrictions, of course.  The $40 off D’Agostino deal is good only through April 14th, you have to have a DAG Rewards Card, and the order must total $100 without beer or alchohol, gift cards, taxes or the delivery [...]

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