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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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Kids Night on Broadway: free theater tickets for ages 6-18

Kids and teens age 6-18 can see a Broadway show for FREE during the annual Kids’ Night on Broadway, sponsored by The Broadway League.   Kids get a free ticket when accompanied by an adult paying full price, at participating Broadway shows February 5-9, 2012.  The event also includes great family-friendly restaurant and parking deals, a [...]

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Free discount Rx prescription card for NYC residents, tourists

Start the new year by saving as much as half off your prescription medicines with the FREE Big Apple Rx prescription discount card. This just may be the best cheap deal in NYC, since it’s open to everybody — it is not limited to low-income New Yorkers or the elderly, and there is [...]

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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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Discount parking for Broadway shows and other events

It’s never easy to find street parking in NYC, especially  in Manhattan, and parking in NYC garages is expensive, especially in midtown.  Cut the cost of NYC parking for Broadway theater performances and other midtown events with discount parking coupons. 

Icon Parking has several locations  in the area they call Midtown West, which [...]

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Free entry to U.S. National Parks this weekend

Entry to U.S. National Parks is free for the three-day Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, January 14-16, 2012.    Take advantage by visiting the National Parks in New York City and nearby, including the Statue of Liberty National Monument,  Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace at 28 East 30th St., Gateway National Park in Brooklyn and Queens, and [...]

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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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Kids Night on Broadway: free theater tickets for ages 6-18

Kids and teens age 6-18 can see a Broadway show for FREE during the annual Kids’ Night on Broadway, sponsored by The Broadway League.   Kids get a free ticket when accompanied by an adult paying full price, at participating Broadway shows.   The next  Kids’ Night on Broadway 2012 takes place on February 5-9, 2012. [...]

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Free discount Rx prescription card for NYC residents, tourists

Start the new year by saving as much as half off your prescription medicines with the FREE Big Apple Rx prescription discount card. This just may be the best cheap deal in NYC, since it’s open to everybody — it is not limited to low-income New Yorkers or the elderly, and there is [...]

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Free Dixieland jazz performance at Lincoln Center

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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How to visit the 9/11 Memorial at World Trade Center

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How to visit 9/11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center

The 9/11 Memorial at the World Trade Center is FREE and open to the public — but –  you must register for FREE passes for a specific date and time. You must have a reservation to enter.  Click here to make your reservation on the World Trade Center 9/11 Memorial website, where you also can also find information about where the name of a particular victim or group is etched into the stone surrounding the 30-foot-tall waterfalls that mark the footprint of the original Twin Towers.  Be forewarned that the first available ticket could be weeks ahead of today.  And remember — the passes are FREE — anybody who wants to sell you a pass is doing so illegally.

A limited number of passes for same-day visits are available daily at the 9/11 Memorial Preview Site at 20 Vesey St. (at Church Street) beginning at 9:00 a.m., the NYC & Co. kiosk at City Hall and the NY Water Taxi booth at the South Street Seaport. Limited to 4 passes per person on a first-come, first-served basis.

Be prepared for extensive security screening, similar to airport security screening, to enter the 9/11 Memorial, so get there at least 15 minutes ahead of the time printed on your reservation confirmation form.  Although you will be admitted at the time printed on your pass,  you can stay as long as you like.  The length of time each pass holder can spend on the memorial plaza will not be limited.  The 9/11 Museum is due to open in 2012, and that will have an admission fee.  The 9/11 Memorial is separate from the museum, and free.

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Kids Night on Broadway: free theater tickets for ages 6-18

Kids and teens age 6-18 can see a Broadway show for FREE during the annual Kids’ Night on Broadway, sponsored by The Broadway League.   Kids get a free ticket when accompanied by an adult paying full price, at participating Broadway shows.   The next  Kids’ Night on Broadway 2012 takes place on February 5-9, 2012. [...]

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