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Free all-day soccer festival, clinic in Tribeca

Kick it!  Soccer fans of all ages can join professional athletes and celebrities on Saturday, April 21st, for a FREE all-day outdoor event that focuses on soccer, but also includes other fun and games.  It’s the second annual Tribeca/NYFEST Soccer Day, part of the long list of Tribeca Film Festival events, on Saturday, April [...]

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Tribeca Film Festival free movies outdoors: Jaws, Goonies, Knuckleball

Head for the great outdoors in NYC Thursday, April 19 to Saturday, April 21, for three nights of FREE outdoor movies along the Hudson River in lower Manhattan.  The films being shown are popular, even blockbuster hits  — Jaws, The Goonies and Knuckleball.   The Tribeca Drive-In, at the World Financial Center, is is [...]

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Sakura cherry tree blossom festival today

One of the most peaceful and beautiful places in NYC is Cherry Walk, along the Hudson River, dotted with hundreds of cherry trees, now in beautiful pink and white bloom.  Celebrate them today, Saturday, April 14th, in a special FREE festival marking the 100th anniversary of their gift to New York City by Japan.  [...]

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Stargazing at the High Line on Tuesdays

Go stargazing with the experts at the High Line on Tuesdays.  The Amateur Astronomers Association of New York returns to the park for its third season of FREE stargazing.  The astronomers set up their high-powered telescopes every Tuesday at dusk on the High Line near The Standard, and share their enthusiasm and knowledge about [...]

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NYC on the Cheap iTunes/iPad/iTouch app

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The app version of NYC on the Cheap has been updated and re-released on the iTunes Store.  The new 1.3 version contains more NYC cheap eats, more listings about NYC history, neighborhoods and how to get around, and more links to the Twitter and Facebook pages of the restaurants, museums and [...]

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Free book fair Apr. 9-13 on East Side

Get up three FREE books each day at the annual Spring Book Fair at Recreation Center 54 on the East Side.  The books are donated by the public, which means they have been lovingly read, and include titles for all ages.  The free book giveaway is all week, April 9th to 13th, 10 am. [...]

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NYC free weekend event for families: Spring Fling in Brooklyn Bridge Park

Celebrate spring and help kick off the annual warm weather season of concerts, events and other happenings in Brooklyn Bridge Park this Saturday, March 31st.  The seventh annual Spring Fling in Brooklyn Bridge Park is a FREE family-friendly festival with musical performances by AudraRox and The Wiyos, storytelling, face painting, and yoga with Karma [...]

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Free Easter egg hunts in NYC parks

Egg-citing!  Egg-stravaganza!  Take the kids to these FREE Easter egg hunts in NYC parks –

Saturday, March 31st — Sutton Place Park, Upper East Side, 11:00 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 7th — Hattie Carthan Garden (in Magnolia Tree Earth Center), Brooklyn, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Also on Saturday, April 7th, there’s [...]

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Free lecture: learn about NYC tree species

Did you know that there are some fifty tree species around NYC, in parks, gardens and polka-dotting our sidewalks?  Now, can you identify an elm from an oak, a dogwood from a cherry blossom?  If not, or if you want to learn more, join the authors of the book Field Guide to the [...]

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Best places to view NYC cherry blossoms in Manhattan and Brooklyn

Thanks to unseasonably warm weather, thousands of Japanese cherry trees are in bloom early this year, turning New York City into a garden of fragrant and delicate pink and white blossoms.  Here are the best places to enjoy the cherry blossoms –

Cherry Walk, Riverside Park, Manhattan — The walkway along the Hudson River, [...]

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Discounts for seniors: $10 lifetime pass to USA National Parks for ages 62+

US citizens and legal residents age 62 and over can buy a $10 lifetime Senior Pass to more than 2,000 national parks, recreation sites and historic sites operated by the National Park Service, including NYC’s Statue of Liberty and Gateway National Recreation Area along the Atlantic Ocean in Brooklyn and Queens, and Yellowstone and [...]

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NYC on the Cheap iTunes/iPad/iTouch app

iPhone/iPad/iTouch app

The app version of NYC on the Cheap has just been updated and re-released on the iTunes Store.  The new 1.3 version contains more NYC cheap eats, more listings about NYC history, neighborhoods and how to get around, and more links to the Twitter and Facebook pages of the restaurants, museums [...]

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