Living on the Cheap

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Free Seven Day Membership to Gold’s Gym

Get a free seven day VIP membership to Gold’s Gym, only for readers and fans of New York City on the Cheap.  Get in shape for fall and the upcoming holidays.  Work out for free for a week at Gold’s gym.  Click here for this special offer [...]

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NYC on the Cheap: Free Recipes for Jewish New Year

A representative  from Cuisinart shares recipes and cooking tips for the Jewish New Year, at Broadway Panhandler on Thursday, Sept. 2.  The recipes are Honey Spice Loaf Cake & Browned Onion Kugel. She will be preparing both in a space saving Cuisinart Toaster Oven.  The recipes will be handed out after the demonstration, which starts promptly [...]

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Free Lecture on Japanese Cartoon Animation

The word ‘anime’ is  short for Japanese “animation.”  This cartoon style has been around as early 1917 and exploded in popularity in Japan  in the 1960s.  Learn more about it, and find out how it is different from the such American animation styles of Disney, Pixar and Avatar at a free lecture at the Mid-Manhattan [...]

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Free Resume Writing Workshop in Brooklyn

Need help getting a job, or changing careers?  The Brooklyn Public Library can help, with this FREE resume writing workshop.  Learn to how to fine-tune your skills on paper and craft a resume that will get you job interviews. The free lecture is presented by the staff from the Education & Job Information Center (EJIC).   [...]

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NYC on the Cheap: Free Japanese Art Exhibit

The Koichi Yanagi Oriental Fine Arts museum is one of those lesser known hidden Big Apple gems.  On Tuesday, August 31, enjoy the FREE opening of the fall exhibition of Japanese art, featuring pieces from hundreds of years of Japanese history.  The display includes ceramics, paintings, sculptures, and beautiful shoji screens, including some items [...]

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Back to School Bargains: Free Shipping at Oriental Trading

Oriental Trading is best known for cheap party supplies, but they are also a goldmine for cheap back to school supplies, including crayons, pencils, markets, child-safe scissors, and more.  There’s even a special website page for teachers.  And through Friday, August 31, Oriental Trading is offering $5 to $10 off orders, or free shipping [...]

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NYC on the Cheap: Last Two Nites of Free Movies in Central Park

It’s the last two nights of free movies in Central Park.  The theme of this year’s  The Central Park Conservancy Film Festival is Big Apple icons — films that feature New York City as one os its stars. The movies are being shown in the area just north of Sheep Meadow, behind Mineral Springs, at mid-park and 69th Street.  So enter the park at 72nd St from either Fifth Avenue or Central Park West. All screenings begin at 8:00 pm, rain or shine. Gates open at 6:30 pm, so bring a picnic.  Guest DJs play sets until the movie begins.  All movies close captioned.

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NYC Shopping on the Cheap: 25% Off Coupon Deal at The Limited

This $25% off coupon deal at The Limited is good only through Friday, August 27, 2010.  Print it out and take it with you to take 25% off your entire purchase of new fall fashions and summer clearance items at The Limited.

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Free Today Only: Frederick Fekkai Hair Care Products Worth $23

Get Frederick Fekkai hair care products worth $23 for free today only at Saks Fifth Avenue, today at.  These aren’t travel-size trial size or sample size products.  This is a full-size sample, and you get one of four choices — a Fekkai product for shine, body, color protection or straightening.  The freebie is one [...]

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30% Off at Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic and Help Feeding America

It’s called Give and Get.  You get 30% off purchases at Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic, and Feeding America gets five percent of what you spend.  You’ll need the special Give and Get coupon, which is not available in the stores.  Be sure to print it out and bring it with you.  The [...]

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Free Concert of Sri Chinmoy Songs of the Soul

You don’t have to be a devotee or follower of Sri Chinmoy to find serenity and tranquility in his music.  There are FREE performances of his Songs of the Soul at the Skirball Center of the Performing Arts at NYU on Sunday, August 29.  The concerts are at 5:30 p.m. and 9 p.m., and [...]

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NYC on the Cheap: Free Katy Perry Concert

Friday, August 27 is the last of the FREE Friday concerts in Rockefeller Center.  And this one will be a biggie.  A free concert by pop superstar Katy Perry is sure to bring out the crowds.

The concert is  sponsored by Toyota and the NBC Today Show,  live in Rockefeller Plaza from 7 a.m. to [...]

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