Living on the Cheap

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NYC free weekend event: Historic train exhibit

Ride into the past – or at least walk through the past — with a special FREE exhibit of historic trains at Grand Central Terminal, to celebrate National Train Day on Saturday, May 12th.  The Amtrak 40 Anniversary Exhibit Train includes a locomotive, Bistro car, and renovated baggage cars with displays of historic advertising, [...]

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Daily deals: LED balloons to celebate Mom, grads

Celebrate your favorite mom on Mother’s Day, or your favorite grad or dad in the next few weeks with bouquet of colorful LED balloons.Click here to pay just $15 or two five-packs of LED balloons including FREE shipping.  This is a Saveology voucher deal that won’t last long.  Find more daily deals on the [...]

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Summer movie deal: two tickets $15

See your favorite super heroes or super stars with this super movie deal:  two tickets for $15, valued at up to $26.  Use your savings for popcorn.  And if you want to see a 3D or IMAX, just pay the upgrade price.  This is a voucher deal — purchase before May 9th and redeem [...]

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NYC free and cheap Sunday street fairs

New York City’s Upper West Side is busy with street fairs this weekend. They are close enough to one another that you can cover more than one.  Free to wander, cheap — as in inexpensive — items to purchase, all from local artists and vendors.

Saturday and Sunday — The Crafts on Columbus art [...]

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Free three-day Bike Expo NY at Pier 36

It’s all about bikes for three days, starting today, at Bike Expo New York, at Pier 36.  This is a FREE event, sponsored by Eastern Mountain Sports, with displays by bike manufacturers, accessories, live-performances, hands-on programming, exercise classes, bike gear giveaways and of course, free bicycle classes for kids and grown-ups.  You can also [...]

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150 museums nationwide are free this weekend

More than 150 museums in the USA are free this weekend, the first weekend of the month — but only if you are the owner of a Bank of America or Merrill Lynch credit card.  The two companies are once again offering their “Museums on Us” program, which includes such top cultural destinations as [...]

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Free puppet show at High Line, May 3-5

Giant puppets are on the march along the High Line at dusk this week, part of the performance art installation for the PEN literary festival. The Processional Arts Workshop (PAW) created the puppets, some of which are designed to resemble animated books. The FREE mobile exhibit is called Ex Libris, and besides entertaining us [...]

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Movie deal: four AMC tickets for $30

Stock up on movie tickets for the whole family, or the whole summer with a four-pack of AMC Gold Experience tickets for $30.  This offer that lets you see any showing of any film at any AMC Theatre nationwide for just $7.50, which is up to half the regular price, depending on the theater.  [...]

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Free Cinco de Mayo family crafts program

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo family style, with a FREE crafts project to make popular Mexican tissue paper flowers together, at the New York Public Library.  The program is 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 5th, which is Cinco de Mayo.  The family crafts program is at the main branch of the NYPL [...]

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Next season ski pass discounts end today

Today, April 30th is the last day to purchase season passes at steep discount for next season’s ski and snowboard fun in the snow.  Prices for season passes at Thunder Ridge are just $70 for kids age five and under, $159 for kids age 6-12, and $259 for anybody 13 and over.  Thunder Ridge [...]

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Kids eat free at Boston Market in May

Monday Menus — Kids eat free at Boston Market through Tuesday, May 22nd, with an adult who pays for a meal and drink.  It’s one free kid per paying adult, for eating in or taking out, and you need the downloadable coupon – that’s free, too.  One coupon per freebie, and you can’t extreme [...]

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Four free NYC events Sat., Apr. 28th

Enjoy NYC on the cheap this weekend with these four free events on Saturday, April 28th  –

FREE Carnegie Hall concert — Carnegie Hall’s Neighborhood Concert program is in Queens this weekend, with a free performance by the Ben Allison Band at Flushing Town Hall.  Composer and jazz bassist Ben Allison leads his group [...]

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