Many national retail chains offer freebies and discounts for Veterans Day to recognize the contributions and sacrifices made by the US military and their families. Some deals are underway already, others are for several days before or after Nov. 11, some are for the entire month. Here is what the National Park Service and national chains are offering in 2021, … [Read more...] about Updated: Veterans Day Deals at Retail Stores & Chains
Exploring NYC
Central Park Fall Foliage Guide
Cooler weather is finally turning NYC into a technicolor extravaganza, and some of the best fall foliage is in the middle of Manhattan. Central Park is home to more than 170 species of trees - some 18,000 in total - now turning glorious shades of yellow, orange and red. Here's what to look for, and where, according to Alan Clark, a top arborist with the Central Park … [Read more...] about Central Park Fall Foliage Guide
NYC Homecoming Week FREE Concerts & Film Screenings
NYC Homecoming Week is a citywide celebration of NYC residents, with more than 100 events in all five boroughs, including FREE theater and dance performances, walking tours and more. With so many events, we've separated them into categories. This is the list of FREE concerts and movie screenings. It's an incredible collection of local, national and international … [Read more...] about NYC Homecoming Week FREE Concerts & Film Screenings
NYC Free: Homecoming Week Theater & Dance Performances, Exhibits, Tours
NYC Homecoming Week is a citywide celebration of more than 100 events in all five boroughs, celebrating New Yorkers, what NYC has to offer, and the re-opening of NYC after 18 months. In addition to FREE concerts and film screenings, there are FREE theater and dance performances, art exhibits, tours and more, in NYC parks, gardens, museums and pedestrian spaces. It's … [Read more...] about NYC Free: Homecoming Week Theater & Dance Performances, Exhibits, Tours
NYC Free: Homecoming Week Street Fairs, Museum Events, Fitness & Adventure
NYC Homecoming Week is a citywide celebration of NYC residents, with more than 100 FREE concerts, dance performances, movie screenings, art exhibits and more. With so many events, we've divided them into separate posts by category. This one is museum and cultural events, street fairs and fitness classes. NYC Homecoming Week FREE concerts and film … [Read more...] about NYC Free: Homecoming Week Street Fairs, Museum Events, Fitness & Adventure
NYC Free: Tour the Lightship Ambrose at South Street Seaport
Take a trip into the past with FREE tours of the 1908 lightship Ambrose at the South Street Seaport, every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The historic floating lighthouse guided ships safely from the Atlantic Ocean into lower New York Bay between Coney Island, New York, and Sandy Hook, New Jersey—an area filled with sand bars and shoals perilous to approaching … [Read more...] about NYC Free: Tour the Lightship Ambrose at South Street Seaport
Meatpacking District New Car Free Streets for Art Exhibits & Performances
The Meatpacking District is closing more streets to traffic and turning them into an outdoor art gallery and performance space, with something happening just about every day through Oct. 28. It's essentially a permanent version of the Open Streets program that began during last year's lockdown, and a local version of the popular Summer Streets program in August closing … [Read more...] about Meatpacking District New Car Free Streets for Art Exhibits & Performances
How to Get Tickets to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is back taping before a live audience. Tickets to late night TV shows taped in NYC are FREE, and can be reserved online. You must be fully vaccinated and provide proof of vaccination to be admitted into the theater. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is taped at the studio inside 30 Rockefeller Center, home of … [Read more...] about How to Get Tickets to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
How to Get Saturday Night Live Tickets
You can get tickets for the upcoming season of Saturday Night Live only by requesting them during the month of August. Tickets to SNL tapings are FREE, but can be requested only this month for dates for the entire season, which begins in September. Guest hosts for the 2021/2022 season have not been announced, but in past seasons they have included Eddie Murphy, … [Read more...] about How to Get Saturday Night Live Tickets
NYC Free: 160+ Outdoor Performances at Little Island
NYC's newest park, Little Island, is hosting more than 460 artists in a month-long marathon of more than 160 FREE performances starting August 11. The performances are in the park's 687-seat outdoor ampitheater, dubbed "The Amph", in the Playground, and in various lawns around the fabulous floating park, on the Hudson River at West 13th Street. Performances in the … [Read more...] about NYC Free: 160+ Outdoor Performances at Little Island
