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Coupon Deal: Bowling Three Games for Price of One

Spare yourself the embarrassment of paying full price for bowling.  For NYC on the Cheap readers only, get three games plus shoe rental for just $13 at Harlem Lanes.  Take the kids.  Go bowling.  It’s fun.  This coupon deal is good only through Sept. [...]

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Street Fair Schedule for NYC Labor Day Weekend

Street fairs and festivals are always free.  What you buy from the food, crafts and housewares vendors is not.  This is the schedule of Labor Day Weekend street fairs on Sunday and Monday:

Sunday, September  5

Broadway Festival,  
on Broadway from 8th Street to 14th Street The 26th Annual Brazilian Day Festival, on 6th Ave. [...]

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Bowl Free on National Bowling Day, August 7

Hundreds of bowling centers around the country are participating in National Bowling Day this Saturday, August 7. It’s called World Record Day, and trying to set a record for the number of bowlers.   Bowl one free game with coupon at participating locations.   More than one dozen participating bowling centers in the Big Apple are [...]

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New Daily Deal Website for NYC Restaurants, Events

There are bargains galore on a brand new daily deal website BuyWithMe.com.  You never know what you’ll find, since the deals change daily, and are specific to The Big Apple.  The deal might be  a restaurant or session with a personal trainer today, a clothing boutique or theater tickets tomorrow.  Whatever it is, the [...]

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NYC's First LEGO Store Opens in Rockefeller Center With Free Gifts

The first LEGO Store in New York City opens in Rockefeller Plaza on Tuesday, June 29th, with three days of special events and free giveaways.  A team of LEGO Master Model Builders will be building  a giant, 15-foot apple out of red LEGO bricks, and you are invited to help.   The LEGO Big [...]

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Ripley's Times Square Discounts for May, Believe it or Not

Ripley’s describes its Believe it or Not exhibits as an “Odditorium”, but there’s nothing odd or strange about the discounts being offered for the month of May 2010. Use the coupon code VALPAK10 for discounts of $5 off the adult price and $4 off the kid price, for up to eight people at Ripley’s [...]

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Cheap Tickets to Ringling Bros. Circus

Ladies and gentlemen and children of all ages, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus, now called ”FUNundrum” is back in the Big Apple for its annual visit, and ticket prices are as low as $7.50 for performances through Wednesday, March 31.  As always, the circus is under the big tent called Madison Square Garden.   

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World Series of Beer Pong with radio's Shade 45 and DJ Whoo Kid!

The World Series of Beer Pong is being held in Las Vegas in January.  But this Saturday, November 21, you can play against some of the world’s best gemers in a World Series of Beer Pong  Satellite Tournament, followed by an after the pong party.  You have to sign up your team for the [...]

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