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| It’s tough to get away from Super Bowl Sunday madness in New York City. But there are plenty of things to do far from the roaring crowds cheering for Big Blue. Here are three places – Spend the afternoon with the giants of rock and roll. The hit Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet is [...]  See Johnny Depp before he was Captain Jack Sparrow, in a free screening of the classic film Edward Scissorhands. It’s this Monday’s selection at the Winter Film Festival in Bryant Park. The free screening is at 7 p.m. Monday, February 6th, at the CitiPond skating rink. And you can skate for free after the [...] iPhone/iPad/iTouch app Launched last year as NYC Free and Frugal, the app version of NYC on the Cheap has been renamed NYC on the Cheap. Download it now from the iTunes store, and get hundreds of places for cheap eats, stores where you’ll never pay retail, museums that are always free, and lots [...] The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre is a long-running comedy improv show on Sunday nights, often with special guests from Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock & The Colbert Report. There are two shows each Sunday — the 7:30 PM show costs $10 and tickets are only available via pre-sale on the Brigade’s website, with no [...] Download 24 FREE music tracks from Spin Magazine’s Best of 2011 issue. No, the tracks aren’t from Bieber or Beyonce. These free selections are from newcomers including Future Islands, Caveman, Iceage, The Soft Moon, Yuck and F***ed Up. Click here to download all 24, or just some of [...] The New York Guitar Festival opens tonight with a free performance in honor of the 30th anniversary of Brian Eno’s tribute to the NASA moon landings, Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks. This is a a live re-imagining of this sonic masterpiece featuring the ambient ensemble itsnotyouitsme, along with guitar master Larry Campbell and special guests [...] The Upright Citizens Brigade is a long-running comedy improv show on Sunday nights, often with special guests from Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock & The Colbert Report. There are two shows each Sunday — the 7:30 PM show costs $10 and tickets are only available via pre-sale on the Brigade’s website, with no service [...] Streets and avenues around Times Square will be blocked off to parking for the biggest party in New York City, maybe the world. It’s the annual New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square, attended a million of your closest friends and watched by many millions more on television worldwide. The New Year’s Eve 2011 [...] Spend the last Friday evening of 2011 at the legendary Copacabana on Times Square, listening to and dancing to seven hours of live music from a rotating roster of bands and solo artists, for your dancing and listening pleasure. Bands include the George Gee swing dance orchestra, plus the Michael Arenella Quintet, and Jazzmobile [...] BAM has something productive for your teens to do during winter break this week — free movies for ages 13-19 only. The free films are Thursday, 12/29 only. At 11 AM, the film is Love and Basketball, starring Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps, Alfre Woodard, Tyra Banks, Boris Kodjoe, Kyla Pratt and Gabrielle Union. It’s [...] If you have a Christmas Day battery emergency — either because you forgot to buy them for all those new toys for kids and electronics for grown-ups, or if you find the cheapies that came in the package are dead on arrival — power yourself to a Blockbuster store that is open on Xmas [...] Get those toes tapping at this free performance by the six-piece Gotham Jazzmen. It’s the last performance of 2011 for Toe Tappin’ Tuesdays at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, in Lincoln Center. The music is Tuesday, December 27th, noon to 1:30 PM at the Bruno Walter Auditorium. There are no [...] |
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