You've been busy this week. So here is our weekend round-up of the top stories on NYC on the Cheap, in case you missed anything. It's about saving money and enjoying NYC with free museum admission, free and cheap tickets to events, and other freebies and deals. You are such a frugal bunch of followers. Our motto is Get more NYC for less money with NYCOTC. Here's the Top Ten of the … [Read more...]
NYC Free: Outdoor Movies in Manhattan
Who says NYC has to be expensive? One of the great joys of summer in NYC is all the FREE events, including FREE outdoor movie screenings in NYC parks, gardens and other outdoor spaces. Here is a list of scheduled screenings in Manhattan, on different nights of the week, now through September. Unless otherwise noted, outdoor film screenings are at sunset or just after … [Read more...]
NYC Free: Best Things to Do This Week
As we tell you often here on NYC on the Cheap, cheap is good, free is better. Here are the best FREE things to see and do in New York City this week, including NY Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks, the Museum Mile festival, outdoor movies, events celebrating NYC Pride Week, and more. Our motto is get more NYC for less money with NYC on the Cheap. Let's hope the weather cooperates with … [Read more...]
Bryant Park Free Outdoor Movie Lineup 2019
Bryant Park Movie Nights returns for the umpteenth season with another series of FREE outdoor screenings of films with connections to New York City. Once again, the screenings are on Monday evenings, on a new 40-foot high-definition LED screen. The series begins on June 10th with Big, starring Tom Hanks and the late, great, Penny Marshall, and ends on August 12th with a Fan Choice … [Read more...]
NYC Free: Spring Birding Tours of Bryant Park
Some people have said NYC is for the birds. They haven't been to Bryant Park, where birds are so abundant that Bryant Park partners with the New York Audobon Society each spring to conduct FREE birding tours, starting this week. This is the 11th year for the FREE tours, popular with both experienced birders and newcomers to check out the birds who use Bryant Park as a pit stop on their … [Read more...]
Best Free & Cheap Things to do in November
There are lots of things to celebrate in NYC in November besides the Veterans Day Weekend and Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. As always, most of the NYC on the Cheap things to do list is FREE, and nothing is over $25, although we do make occasional exceptions for charity fund-raisers that benefit NYC parks or support NYC poor and needy, and special theater ticketing. Where to Vote on Nov. … [Read more...]
NYC Free: Birding Tours in Bryant Park
A little birdie told us that FREE guided birding tours in Bryant Park return for Fall 2018 on Monday, Sept. 10th, through mid-October. You might be surprised to learn that 120 species of birds have been spotted in the park, just a couple of blocks from Times Square. Twice yearly, Spring and Fall, thousands of birds pass over New York City, making their way north in the spring and south in the … [Read more...]
Free & Cheap Weekend Things to Do Aug. 24-26
Your free and cheap weekend plans begin here, with a couple of dozen things to do this final full weekend of August. Free and cheap things to see and do include the the weeklong Charlie Parker Jazz Festival with FREE concerts and film screenings, FREE opera in Lincoln Center, Kids Day at the US Open, and the final week of the Downton Abbey exhibit. Whew, we're exhausted already and the … [Read more...]
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