Your weekend plans begin here, with a couple of dozen FREE and cheap things to do this mid-August weekend of August, including movies, music and dance, the India Day parade, last weekend of car-free Summer Streets and more. NYCOTC weekend guide is always $20 or less so you can take bites out of the Big Apple without eating up your budget. New York City doesn't have to be expensive when you know … [Read more...]
Tribeca TV Festival Includes Season Previews
The folks behind the Tribeca Film Festival have just announced the first-ever Tribeca TV Festival, with the same mix of premier screenings, interviews with actors and directors, and other special events, including such critically acclaimed shows as The Night of (HBO), The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu), Mr. Robot (USA Network), and a preview of the Will & Grace reboot. The new Tribeca TV Festival … [Read more...]
NYC Free: Photoville 2017
Photoville, the annual FREE photography festival returns to Brooklyn Bridge Park bigger and better than before, feauturng work by more than 500 visual artists, plus dozens of seminars and and workshops, outdoor projection shows and more. The installation is Sept. 13-24, with more than 75 exhibitions housed in and around a collection of 50+ repurposed shipping containers. One of the … [Read more...]
NYC Free: Harlem Day Street Fair
Harlem Day is always the wrap-up to Harlem Week, with enough events to fill up four uptown locations and stages with concerts and dance performances, a children's fair, sports cliniics, a vintage auto show, a health fair, and more. All events are FREE and within a couple of blocks from one another. Here's the schedule for Sunday, August 20: Site I – W. 135th St., Fifth Ave. Ave & Malcolm … [Read more...]
Guide to Solar Eclipse in NYC: What you Need to Know
Simply, the Total Solar Eclipse on Monday, August 21st, is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and even though NYC will get only a 3/4 partial eclipse, it's a big enough deal that there are eclipse-watching events all over town. The best one is at the American Museum of Natural History. Warnings first. Special eclipse eyewear is absolutely necessary. If you look at the eclipse without proper eye … [Read more...]
NYC Free: Blues & BBQ Festival on the Hudson
The 18th Annual Blues BBQ Festival returns to Pier 97 this weekend for an amazing day of FREE blues music and BBQ from NYC's top restaurants for purchase, including a first-ever vegan option. Participating NYC restaurants include Dinosaur BBQ, Mighty Quinn's BBQ, and Pig Beach, and a vegan option from Monks Eats. Have more of a sweet tooth? Cool off with an ice cream sandwich from Melt … [Read more...]
How to Register to Vote in the 2017 Election
Every election is important, and this year is more important than most in NYC, where we vote for the next Mayor. Here's how to register to vote, or get an absentee ballot to vote, in the mayoral primary next month or on election day, Tuesday, Nov. 7th. The last day to register to vote in the NYC primary is this Friday, August 18th. The primary is Tuesday, Sept. 12. How to register to vote in … [Read more...]
Pizza Hut New Loyalty Program with Extra Perks
Fresh out of the oven, Pizza Hut just launched its new, enhanced customer loyalty program, Hut Rewards. The program is simple and straightforward — earn two points for every dollar spent, including fractions of dollars. As part of its introduction, members earn double points today through October 1st. That means four points for every dollar spent, not two. And, of course, being a member has … [Read more...]
Get Naloxone Without a Prescription & Save a Life
Save a life. Get Naloxone without a prescription. NYC pharmacies now offer the life-saving drug without a prescription, to reverse the effects of a heroin or other opioid overdose. Naloxone also is available FREE at community-based drug overdose prevention programs. The opioid crisis is front page news. So much so that the White House has declared it a national emergency. More than 1,000 people … [Read more...]
NYC Free: Battery Dance Festival Aug. 13-19
The Battery Dance Festival is NYC's longest-running FREE public outdoor dance festival, featuring both local and international performers and diverse dance styles from ballet to hip-hop. More than 30 dance troupes perform at the 36th annual Battery Dance Festival in Battery Park, including NYC's Martha Graham School (shown here), along with dance groups from countries including Belgium, India, … [Read more...]
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