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Stay at Home Virtual Events May 4-10

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This first week of May we stay-at-homes have so many choices for FREE virtual Broadway shows, opera, concerts, panel discussions, and celebrities reading children's books. Put these virtual events on your calendar for this week.  There's so much to do virtually you may not miss going out, so grab your favorite beverage and your favorite snack, and settle in. Even … [Read more...] about Stay at Home Virtual Events May 4-10

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on May 4, 2020 | Updated October 14, 2020 Filed Under: Arts & Culture · Best of NYC · Brooklyn · Central Park · Cheap Eats · Coronavirus · Entertainment · Family Fun · Film · Free and Cheap · Frugal Over Fifty · Music · NYC Cheap Weekend · NYC Free · NYC Parks · NYC Theater · Virtual Events Tagged With: Carnegie Hall· Lincoln Center

Stay at Home Virtual Events April 27 to May 3

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We stay-at-homes have so many choices this week for FREE virtual concerts, film screenings, musical and dance performances, panel discussions and study groups.Here is your virtual events calendar for the week, Monday to Sunday, April 27 to May 3.Grab your favorite beverage and your favorite snack, and settle in really for these virtual events.Even though these virtual events … [Read more...] about Stay at Home Virtual Events April 27 to May 3

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on April 27, 2020 | Updated October 14, 2020 Filed Under: Arts & Culture · Best of NYC · Brooklyn · Central Park · Cheap Eats · Coronavirus · Entertainment · Family Fun · Film · Free and Cheap · Frugal Over Fifty · Jewish New York · Music · NYC Cheap Weekend · NYC for Visitors · NYC Free · NYC Parks · NYC Theater · Virtual Events Tagged With: Alvin Ailey Company· Census 2020· Lincoln Center· Temple Emanu-El

NYC Free Parking Calendar 2020

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Starting with New Year's Day, there are more than three dozen legal and religious holidays in New York City in 2020 when parking meter or alternate side parking (ASP) rules are suspended, and you don't have to move your car.   This 2020 information has expired. Click here for 2021 Free Parking Calendar   Check our Daily Events Calendar so you know where … [Read more...] about NYC Free Parking Calendar 2020

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on December 31, 2019 | Updated January 19, 2021 Filed Under: Exploring NYC · Free and Cheap Tagged With: NYC parking regulations· parking calendar

NYC Free: Pagani Supercar Show at GCT

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Even if you can't afford a million-dollar-plus Pagani supercar, you can still appreciate the design, technology and speed of these drool-worthy hand-built Italian roadsters. Especially when you can look, dream and drool for FREE. Pagani supercars are on display through Friday in the equally iconic Vanderbilt Hall in Grand Central Station. With individual cars valued at … [Read more...] about NYC Free: Pagani Supercar Show at GCT

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on November 4, 2019 | Updated November 8, 2019 Filed Under: Arts & Culture · Free and Cheap · New York Auto Show Tagged With: Grand Central Terminal

Best NYC Halloween Events for Families

NYC has some of the best Halloween events on the planet for ghouls and goblins of all ages, especially kids. Here's the ultimate NYC Halloween guide for family-friendly events. It's not too soon to get your tickets for popular events, especially those on one day only, like the crypt crawl at Cathedral of St. John the Divine, before they sell out. See Also Best NYC … [Read more...] about Best NYC Halloween Events for Families

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Posted by Evelyn Kanter on October 8, 2019 | Updated October 16, 2019 Filed Under: Autumn in New York · Best NYC Happy Hours · Bronx · Brooklyn · Family Fun · Free and Cheap · NYC for Visitors Tagged With: AMNH· Boo at the Zoo· Halloween· Queens County Farmhouse· Village Halloween Parade

NYC Free: Best Things to Do in Queens

The world's attention is focused on the U. S. Open, now underway in Queens. Discover your inner cheapskate in Queens, with these FREE things to see and do in the most culturally diverse borough of New York City.  Here are our top recommendations for summer time or any time: Socrates Sculpture Park This is the only NYC park specifically dedicated to outdoor … [Read more...] about NYC Free: Best Things to Do in Queens

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on August 28, 2019 | Updated August 30, 2019 Filed Under: Arts & Culture · Best of NYC · Cheap Eats · Family Fun · Free and Cheap · NYC Parks · Queens Tagged With: 1964 World's Fair· Astoria· New York City· outdoor swimming pools· Queens· US Open

Best Fast Food Deals Now Through September

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Save money with fast food deals for the rest of August and in September, including new sandwiches featuring Beyond Meat plant-based non-meat choices at Subway, new mac & cheese bowls $5 meal deals at KFC,  50% off pizza at Domino's and more. Prices and participation can vary, especially at high-rent locations in and around Times Square, where Red Lobster is not even … [Read more...] about Best Fast Food Deals Now Through September

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Posted by Evelyn Kanter on August 27, 2019 | Updated August 29, 2019 Filed Under: Cheap Eats · Free and Cheap Tagged With: Red Lobster· Subway

NYC Free & Cheap Weekend July 18-21

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Your weekend plans begin here, with a couple of dozen FREE and cheap things to do this mid-July weekend, including celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing and the big OZY Fest in Central Park. There's so much to see and do in NYC and never enough time to see and do it all. All events are FREE and family-friendly, unless otherwise noted. The … [Read more...] about NYC Free & Cheap Weekend July 18-21

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Posted by Evelyn Kanter on July 18, 2019 | Updated July 18, 2019 Filed Under: Brooklyn · Family Fun · Free and Cheap · NYC Cheap Weekend · NYC for Visitors · NYC Parks Tagged With: AMNH· Bryant Park· Intrepid Museum· Museum of the City of New York

NYC Free & Cheap Weekend Mar 8-10

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Your weekend plans begin here, with a couple of dozen FREE and cheap things to do this weekend, including setting your clocks forward to get one more hour or daylight each evening. As always, everything NYC on the Cheap suggests is $25 or less, and most things are FREE, so you can enjoy more NYC for less money. So much to see and do and so little time. Let's hope the … [Read more...] about NYC Free & Cheap Weekend Mar 8-10

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on March 7, 2019 | Updated March 7, 2019 Filed Under: Free and Cheap · NYC Cheap Weekend

NYC Free: discount Rx prescription card

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Save as much as half off your prescription medicines with the FREE Big Apple Rx prescription discount card. This just may be the best deal in NYC, since it's open to everybody - it is not limited to low-income New Yorkers or the elderly, it has nothing to do with Obamacare, and there is no limit how often you can use the card to save money. SEE ALSO Free museum admission … [Read more...] about NYC Free: discount Rx prescription card

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on March 7, 2017 | Updated March 7, 2017 Filed Under: Free and Cheap · Health & Fitness Tagged With: CVS· nycfreeguide· Walgreens

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