If you are not registered to vote in the upcoming Presidential and Congressional election on November 6th, today is your chance. Today is National Voter Registration Day, with registration drives throughout the USA. In New York City, there's an historic effort aimed at registering tens of thousands of new voters in a single day by a coalition of grassroots organizations in New York City which … [Read more...]
Free movies outdoors Sunday nights at Brooklyn’s Habana Outpost
Reminder that Brooklyn's Habana Outpost is showing FREE Movies Under the Stars in its outdoor garden on Sunday nights through October. Tonight's flick is Once Upon a Time in America (1984). Habana Outpost is at 757 Fulton Street, at the corner of South Portland. There's also a Manhattan location, but no Sunday night movies there. The Brooklyn location, BTW, is solar powered, and open daily … [Read more...]
Celebrate Oktoberfest in Brooklyn
Celebrate Oktoberfest in Brooklyn with live music, pig roasts, and competitions for hoisting the most mugs of beer. It's all happening at the Radegasthall, arguably one of the best beer gardens this side of Munich, where Oktoberrfest is now underway, through October 7th, one day after the festivities end at Radegasthall. There's a heated beer garden, bands playing up-tempo German and American … [Read more...]
Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation on view free at NYPL Library
This event is from 2012 and no longer available. This is a rare chance to see a truly historic document -- an early version of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, in his own handwriting. In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Schomburg branch of the NY Public Library has a free four day exhibit of this historic document, September 21-24. While NYPL … [Read more...]
Oktoberfest party at Brooklyn’s Loreley
Loreley Restaurant Williamsburg is hosting its annual Oktoberfest Beer Tasting Party on Thursday, September 20th. The $25 fee includes seven different imported German beers and a three-course German dinner with a choice of sausages, or a vegetarian option. If the weather holds up, my recommendation is to sit in the outdoor beer garden. The Oktoberfest party is 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Loreley … [Read more...]
Breukelen County Fair celebrates Brooklyn’s history, on Sat., Sept 22nd
Before it was Brooklyn, it was Breukelen. Celebrate the history of NYC's largest borough at the Breukelen Country Fair, at the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum, one of the oldest homes in NYC. This old-fashioned, family-friendly fair is 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, September 22nd, with face painting and other activities for kids, composting workshops for adults by experts from the Brooklyn Botanic … [Read more...]
National Voter Registration Day 9/25: campaign to add 10,000 NYC voters
Are you registered to vote in the upcoming Presidential and Congressional election on November 6th? If not, National Voter Registration Day wants you to sign up. In an historic effort aimed at registering tens of thousands of new voters in a single day, a coalition of grassroots organizations in New York City and New York State are organizing more than 100 events on September 25th to generate … [Read more...]
Where to find cheapest gas in NYC
Gas prices are up again -- up nearly 20 cents a gallon in the last two weeks because of the unrest in the Mideast. Avoid sticker shock at the gas pump by checking the Cheapest Gas page here on NYC on the Cheap. Find the ten least expensive places to tank up and get on the road for less. Click here for the list of cheapest gas stations, or on the Ways to Save tab at the top of the page. Prices … [Read more...]
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