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Gap, Payless Shoes going out of business on UWS

The signs in the windows just say clearance sale, storewide sale, up to 70% off sale.  There’s nothing that says the store is closing and going bye-bye.  It’s not until you enter the Gap store at 86th St. and Broadway, or the Payless on Broadway between 93rd and 94th Streets, that you notice empty [...]

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Free New Year’s Eve Concert for Peace at Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Peace on earth, goodwill to man.  That’s a universal wish, no matter which holiday you celebrate this season.  Take your peaceful wishes to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on New Year’s Eve for the annual FREE Concert for Peace.  The centerpiece of this year’s concert will be the oratorio A Child of [...]

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Monday menus: $18.95 all-you-can-eat and drink Mexican brunch UWS, Inwood

Papacito is a popular Mexican restaurant and Agave tasting bar with two Manhattan locations.  Both offer an $18.95 unlimited brunch buffet with unlimited Mimosas, Bellinis and Jack’s Punch drinks.  The meal deal with drinks is for Saturday brunch only, not Sunday, and there’s a 90 minute limit, which means you can’t spend the [...]

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Crypt crawls: Halloween tours below Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Shake your spirits loose with this creepy crypt crawl for Halloween.  Let the guides at Cathedral of St. John the Divine lead you through the massive crypts, while you learn the origins of Halloween as the Celtic New Year celebration, and its later transformation into All Hallows Eve.   The Cathedral Crypt Crawls are today [...]

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Third Annual NYC Wingfest at Riverside Park on Saturday

Grab some napkins and your appetite for the Third Annual New York City Wingfest tomorrow, October 15th   It’s an all-you-can-eat wings and all-you-can-drink-beer fest that includes a BBQ competition for bragging rights as the NYC restaurant with the best wings in town.  Wingfest 2011 takes place at the Boat Basin Cafe in Riverside [...]

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Annual Butterfly Conservatory exhibit re-opens at AMNH on UWS

The Butterfly Conservatory: Tropical Butterflies Alive in Winter, returns to the American Museum of Natural History on Saturday, October 8, 2011. This popular exhibit — popular with kids and grown-ups alike — is celebrating its 14th year at the world-famous museum.  The butterfly bonanza transforms the iciest day into a summer escape, inviting you [...]

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NYC free events for tomorrow, Saturday, October 1, 2011

As always, there’s lots to do in NYC that’s free on a weekend besides a walk in the park.  Here are five FREE street fairs, parades and free museums to enjoy tomorrow  —

Korean Parade and Festival — colorful costumes, and tuneful music.  This is both a parade and a street fair.  The parade [...]

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Free American Girl crafts event at Michael’s

Anybody who has a daughter, granddaughter or niece into the American Girl doll craze knows how addictive — and expensive — the dolls, clothing and accessories are.  Save money and have fun with your own favorite American girl at a FREE  Make-It-Take-It workshop at Michael’s craft shops this Saturday, September 24th, 10 a.m. to [...]

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Monday menus: Lobster dinner specials at Carmine’s, Ulysses Folkhouse

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Crustacean alert:  Carmines on the Upper West Side and Ulysses Folkhouse in the Wall St. Area have weekly lobster dinner specials.  Here’s the deal –

Carmine’s calls it an Italian Clambake, and it’s $45 for two people — two 1 lb. lobsters, six backed clams, 12 mussels, salad or pasta, plus potatoes [...]

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9/11: volunteer for the day in memory of Sept. 11, 2001

World Trade Center

Any day is a good day to volunteer to help those less fortunate than you.  On Sunday, September 11, 2011, the tenth anniversary of that awful day, is an especially good day to join others in a day of service to the community.   You could help out at JCC, packing [...]

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Uniqlo shops pop up around Manhattan, in Flatiron and UWS

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Uniqlo is opening several temporary pop-up shops in Manhattan to build buzz and interest until the two new superstores in Rockefeller Center and in Herald Square open later this fall.  One of the low-priced Japanese chain’s mini-shops already has  opened — at 155 Fifth Avenue, at 21st Street — and two more [...]

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Free vodka sampling and wine tasting Thursday in Village and UWS

Try before you buy.

Warehouse Wines & Spirits, at Broadway and Astor place, has tastings nearly every Thursday evening.   Tonight, it’s vodka.  Free taste tests of Bison Grass vodka and Poland’s primium Vesica vodka, 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.. Whole Foods is celebrating August with  wine tastings nearly every day, at the Upper West [...]

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