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Queens Restaurant Week: more than 100 participating restaurants

Discover the gastronomic delights of Queens during Queens Restaurant Week, through Thursday, Sept. 22nd this week, and again next week, from Monday, September 26th through Thursday, September 29th.  More than 100 Queens restaurants are participating, with three-course prix fixe dinners at $25, plus tax and tips. Some restaurants are including a free glass [...]

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Where to recycle unwanted cellphones, laptops and other electronics

Don’t throw away your old or broken cellphones, laptops, MP3 players, DVD players, etc.  Recycle them, so the valuable parts can be re-used, and the dangerous parts don’t wind up in a landfill and leach poisons into our water supply.  Why recycle?  According to the E.P.A., electronic waste contributes 70% of the toxins found [...]

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NYC weekend planner: free and cheap events, parades, street fairs

There’s lots of free, frugal and dirt cheap things to do in New York City this weekend –

Saturday –

German-American Steuben Day Parade — Oompah bands, marchers in lederhosen and dirndls, floats and more, including the German-born stars of the IFC reality show “Whisker Wars”, riding in a Mercedes-Benz convertible.  The 54th annual [...]

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Where to recycle your unwanted cellphones, laptops and other electronics

Don’t throw away your old or broken cellphones, laptops, MP3 players, DVD players, etc.  Recycle them, so the valuable parts can be re-used, and the dangerous parts don’t wind up in a landfill and leach poisons into our water supply.  Why recycle?  According to the E.P.A., electronic waste contributes 70% of the toxins found [...]

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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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Win free tickets to US Open tennis championships

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Mercedes-Benz is giving away 90 pair of free premium location tickets to the U.S. Open.  One special winner — Mercedes is not calling this a grand prize, but most of us would consider this the top prize — will receive those free tickets from the hands of tennis legend [...]

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Win free tickets to US Open tennis championships

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Mercedes-Benz is giving away 90 pair of free premium location tickets to the U.S. Open.  One special winner — Mercedes is not calling this a grand prize, but most of us would consider this the top prize — will receive those free tickets from the hands of tennis legend [...]

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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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Escape to quiet, tranquil, peaceful places in NYC

Peaceful Places in NYC, by Evelyn Kanter

After the sensory overload of Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks and concert, the idea of quiet, tranquil, peaceful places in NYC is a good one.  And there are many.  I found more than one hundred sanctuaries researching and writing my NYC guidebook, Peaceful Places in NYC [...]

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New greenmarket every Saturday in Long Island City

Beginning this weekend and every Saturday until November 19th, the Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City will have a Farmer’s Market, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Fresh fruits and veggies, which is a nice counter-balance to the park’s next door neighbor, [...]

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Summer solstice celebration at Queens Botanical Garden

Sunday, June 26th — Celebrate the Summer Solstice with a day of music, poetry and crafts at the Queens Botanical Garden.  There are performances by world-touring Quintet of the Americas, and in collaboration with the Latin American Cultural Center of Queens, featured guest artist, Brazilian-American Thiago de Mello, is playing on ”organic” percussion instruments.  The [...]

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Solstice celebrations in Times Square and Long Island City today

The summer solstice is the longest day of the year, and celebrated around the world with various outdoor festivals.  Here are two FREE ways to enjoy the summer solstice in New York City on Tuesday, June 20th—

Times Square Yogathon — Join three thousand of your closest friends for what may be the world’s [...]

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