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Off Broadway Week: BOGO tickets for hit shows through Feb. 12

BOGO on Off Broadway.  It’s the annual Off Broadway Week, which builds on the success of the annual Broadway Week BOGO ticket deal.  Buy two-for-one tickets to top Off-Broadway shows now, for performances through February 4, 2012.  Hit shows are as low as $26.50 each with the purchase of two tickets.  The list perennial [...]

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NYC on the Cheap iTunes/iPad/iTouch app

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 [...]

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Off Broadway Week: BOGO tickets for hit shows Jan. 30 to Feb. 12

BOGO on Off Broadway.  It’s the annual Off Broadway Week, which builds on the success of the annual Broadway Week BOGO ticket deal.  Buy two-for-one tickets to top Off-Broadway shows now, for performances between January 17 and  February 4, 2012.  Hit shows are as low as $26.50 each with the purchase of two tickets.  [...]

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Friday the 13th Undead zombie fest in Brooklyn tonight

 Ghoulish make-up and vintage clothing are the rule tonight at the Friday the 13th Undead 1989 Winter Formal, celebrating the cult movie classic and zombies.  It’s really an excuse for grown-ups to have one extra night of Halloween partying, dancing to 80s music from a live band, The Engagements.   The zombie fun begins [...]

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Frugal Friday: after work salsa dancing in Harlem

Here’s a great way to end the work week — put on your dancing shoes and head to Harlem for Friday After Work Salsa nights, starting at 6 p.m. at Leather Lounge, to 11 PM.  This is an old-fashioned dance for salsa, mambo, merengue and Latin cha cha, with real Latin music and an [...]

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Broadway Week: BOGO tickets for hit shows Jan. 17 to Feb. 4

BOGO on Broadway.  It’s the annual Broadway Week, with two-for-one tickets to top shows, from January 17 to February 4, 2012.  Hit shows are as low as $26.50 each with the purchase of two tickets.  The list includes long-running shows like The Lion King and Phantom of the Opera,  the new revival of classic [...]

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Times Square street closings for New Year’s Eve party

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 [...]

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Where to celebrate New Year’s Eve 2011/2012 in NYC for $25 or less

Sure, you could spend as much as $250 per person to ring in the New Year at some fancy restaurant or club.  But times are tough, so here are three ways to welcome 2012 in New York City for one zero less than $250 — $25 or less per person.

New York Roadrunners Emerald [...]

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NYC New Year’s Eve 2011/2012: five free events + activities

Besides ringing in the New Year with a couple of million of your closest friends Times Square, there are other free ways to spend the last hours of 2011.

FREE — Midnight fireworks at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn.  Click here for the details. FREE — Midnight fireworks in Central Park.  Best viewing spot [...]

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Night before New Year’s Eve 2011 at the Copacabana, with live music

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 [...]

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Louisiana zydeco band plays live Sunday for listening, dancing

So you think you can dance?  Of course you can, and if you can’t, these friendly dance places offer free lessons with the price of admission.  So grab a partner and get out on the floor –

The popular zyydeco group Dikki Du and the Zydeco Krewe from Louisiana is performing live Sunday, December [...]

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NYC daily deals: Zabar’s on UWS, Brooklyn Baby World, a Village pub crawl

Have we been ignoring local stores and restaurants because of the many national deals and discounts?  Maybe.  So let’s correct that immediately by featuring these NYC merchants with best buys  –

Zabar’s, Upper West Side — the legendary gourmet food shop and cookware store  is offering what I think is its first ever voucher [...]

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