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Top News in NYC & Tri-State Update Dec. 28 The world's largest New Year's Eve party, in Times Square, also will be virtual. Brooklyn's famous Coney Island Polar Bear Club has cancelled its traditional New Year's Day plunge in the Atlantic Ocean. NYC holiday lights, windows and trees is will be lit through Jan. 3, some through Jan. 10. Visiting the Rockefeller … [Read more...] about NYC Update: What’s Open, Cancelled, Postponed

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on December 29, 2020 | Updated December 28, 2020 Filed Under: Arts & Culture · Bronx · Brooklyn · Coronavirus · Crisis Resources · Entertainment · Frugal Over Fifty · Getting Around NYC · New York Auto Show · NYC Cheap Weekend · NYC for Visitors · NYC Museums · NYC Parks · NYC Theater · Queens · Sales & Bargains · Sports · Staten Island Tagged With: Brooklyn Botanical Garden· Brooklyn Library· Carnegie Hall· Coronavirus· Empire State Building· Lincoln Center· Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade· Metropolitan Museum of Art· Metropolitan Opera· New York Botanical Garden· NYPL· Open Streets· Queens Library· Staten Island Ferry

NYPL Opens 22 More Branches for Grab & Go Service

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As part of New York City’s reopening, the New York Public Library is opening an additional 22 branches on Monday, August 3, for a total of 30 open for Grab & Go.  Each branch has a limited area for returns and pick-up materials ordered online, including books and films on DVD. Patrons can place holds on physical materials for pickup at our open locations via … [Read more...] about NYPL Opens 22 More Branches for Grab & Go Service

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on August 2, 2020 | Updated July 31, 2020 Filed Under: NYC Free Tagged With: Brooklyn Library· NYPL· Queens Library

NYC Libraries Re-Open with Grab-and-Go Service

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New York City’s three library systems—The New York Public Library (NYPL), Brooklyn Public Library (BPL), and Queens Public Library (QPL) - are re-opening with grab-and-go service. Limited operations across 22 branches in all five boroughs are set to begin on Monday, July 13, with new rules for social distancing and wearing face masks.  Not all branches in all systems … [Read more...] about NYC Libraries Re-Open with Grab-and-Go Service

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on July 8, 2020 | Updated July 31, 2020 Filed Under: Best of NYC · Bronx · Brooklyn · Family Fun · NYC Free · Queens Tagged With: Brooklyn Library· NYPL· Queens Library

Where to Get Free & Discounted Books for Kids

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Times are tough these days. If you are stretched financially, with kids getting antsy from cabin fever, or both,  check out these resources for FREE and discounted books - both the real page-turning kind and virtual books, to encourage reading at all ages. Your Local  Library NYC has three library systems, and each offers FREE e-books for kids. Ask about the … [Read more...] about Where to Get Free & Discounted Books for Kids

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on June 3, 2020 | Updated June 3, 2020 Filed Under: Family Fun · Free and Cheap · NYC Free · Virtual Events Tagged With: Brooklyn Library· Dolly Parton Imagination Library· NYPL· Queens Library

NYC Free & Cheap Weekend Things to Do July 27-29

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Your free and cheap weekend plans begin here, with a couple of dozen things to do this final weekend of July, including a FREE day of family-friendly concerts and dance performances at Lincoln Center and the start of Harlem Week events. You now get FREE admission to more than 30 NYC museums and cultural institutions with the new CulturePass.  It's a new perk to use with your … [Read more...] about NYC Free & Cheap Weekend Things to Do July 27-29

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on July 26, 2018 | Updated July 27, 2018 Filed Under: Bronx · Dance · Family Fun · Festivals · NYC Cheap Weekend · NYC Free · NYC Summer Calendar Tagged With: Brooklyn Library· Downton Abbey· Lincoln Center Out of Doors· New York Historical Society· NYC street fairs· NYPL· Queens Library· SummerStage

NYC Free: Museum Admission With Library Card

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Use your library card to get FREE admission to more than 30 museums, botanical gardens and other cultural institutions throughout the five boroughs with the new Culture Pass. It's a joint initiative by the Brooklyn Public Library, New York Public Library and Queens Library. Culture Pass gives you FREE admission to such top institutions as the Whitney Museum of American … [Read more...] about NYC Free: Museum Admission With Library Card

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on July 17, 2018 | Updated July 17, 2018 Filed Under: Best of NYC · Bronx · Brooklyn · Frugal Over Fifty · NYC Free · NYC Museums · Queens · Staten Island Tagged With: Brooklyn Library· Culture Pass· NYPL· Queens Library

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