If you are a movie addict, get tickets now for the marathon showing of films nominated for the Oscar for best picture of the year. See one or more films a day for ten days for one price, $35. This is definitely movies on the cheap! The 2020 Regal Best Picture Film Festival is at theaters in New York City and nationwide between Friday, January 31 and Sunday, February 9, when the Academy … [Read more...]
NYC Wine Events Discount Tickets
What's a weekend without wine? The Big Apple turns into The Big Grape for these two wine tasting festivals, where you can sip your way around the world, and we have discount tickets to both. One wine fest is in January in Manhattan, the other in Brooklyn in February. Both are for anybody who wants to learn more about wine and food pairings, and for experts who want to sample something … [Read more...]
Chain Stores Closed in 2019 in New York City
If you think there are fewer national chain stores in New York City than there used to be, you are correct. And if you think many of those empty storefronts were replaced by mobile phone stores, you are also correct. 2019 saw the largest number of closings of shoe and clothing chains, coffee shop and ice cream chains, fast food and fast casual dining chains, and health and beauty chains, and … [Read more...]
NYC Free Museum Admission First Weekend of Month
Budget busted from the holidays or saving your money for a spring vacation? Then take advantage of FREE museum admission on the first full weekend of each month and on the first Thursday, Friday and Saturday of each month. Add these "firsts" to add to your monthly NYC "to do" list, and enjoy FREE museum admission this first full weekend of the new month in New York City. FREE … [Read more...]
NYC Free New Year’s Eve Events
If you don't want to spend a lot of money, or spend New Year's Eve with a million other people in Times Square, there are some festive and FREE alternatives to welcome 2020, and two that are just $15 per person. If you want to drop a couple of hundred bucks on a New Year's Eve party, you won't find it here, because NYC on the Cheap is all about FREE and cheap, including for New Year's … [Read more...]
Where to Celebrate Hanukkah in New York City
Let there be light. Hanukkah begins at sundown on Sunday, Dec. 22, for eight days, celebrated all over NYC with daily Menorah lighting ceremonies, including the world's largest Menorah, FREE Marvelous Mrs Maisel giveaways, the annual Chanukah on Ice skating party, and more FREE and family-friendly events. Whether you spell it Hanukkah or Chanukah, it's a festival of lights, … [Read more...]
What to Do Free & Cheap This Weekend in NYC
Your weekend plans begin here, with a couple of dozen FREE and cheap things to do this first full weekend in December, including FREE holiday light shows and train shows, and MTA Holiday Nostalgia Train rides. Get more NYC for less money with NYC on the Cheap. That's our motto and we're sticking to it. Everything on NYC on the Cheap is family friendly, and nearly everything is … [Read more...]
NYC Hanukkah Menorah Lighting Ceremonies
The world's largest Hanukkah menorah will be lit every evening for eight nights on Fifth Avenue at 59th Street, starting Sunday, Dec. 22nd A slightly smaller one also is being lit nightly in Brooklyn, celebrated each evening with live music, latkes, and gifts for children with a live kickoff concert on the first night. Both menorahs are at their respective Grand Army Plaza locations, at … [Read more...]
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