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101 FREE & Cheap Things to Do This Week Jan. 25-31

There's never a dull moment in the greatest city on the planet, including this last week of January, with FREE Broadway shows and concerts online,  FREE museum admission, FREE financial seminars and trivia contests, and Holocaust Remembrance Day events so that we #NeverForget what hate and intolerance can do. Get more NYC for less money with NYC on the Cheap.  … [Read more...] about 101 FREE & Cheap Things to Do This Week Jan. 25-31

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on January 25, 2021 | Updated January 26, 2021 Filed Under: Arts & Culture · Central Park · Crisis Resources · Exploring NYC · Family Fun · Free and Cheap · Frugal Over Fifty · Jewish New York · Music · NYC Free · NYC Museums · Virtual Events Tagged With: Bryant Park Winter Village· Carnegie Hall· Central Park· Jewish Museum· Lincoln Center Film Society· Metropolitan Opera· NYPL· NYU Brennan Law Center· Rockefeller Center· Temple Emanu-el Streicker Center

101 FREE & Cheap Things to Do This Week

There's never a dull moment in the greatest city on the planet. Enjoy NYC with FREE holiday light shows, FREE museum admission, virtual ballet, a week of Pavorotti operas online from the Met, and New Year's Eve in Times Square, also virtual this year. Add these virtual and in-person events to your calendar for this holiday week, Monday, Dec. 28 to Sunday, January 3, … [Read more...] about 101 FREE & Cheap Things to Do This Week

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on December 28, 2020 | Updated January 3, 2021 Filed Under: Arts & Culture · Central Park · Dance · Exploring NYC · Family Fun · Free and Cheap · Frugal Over Fifty · Jewish New York · Music · NYC Free · NYC Museums · NYC Parks · Virtual Events Tagged With: Bryant Park Winter Village· Carnegie Hall· Central Park· Jewish Museum· Metropolitan Opera· NYPL· NYU Brennan Law Center· Rockefeller Center· Temple Emanu-el Streicker Center

Where to See the Best Fall Foliage in Manhattan

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What's your favorite season in NYC?  For many of us, it's Autumn and Fall Foliage season, when NYC parks and gardens turn technicolor shades of yellow, red and orange. Here are the best places in Central Park and elsewhere in Manhattan to see fall foliage, including virtual guided walks, fall color cams and more.  And since these are NYC parks, it is FREE to … [Read more...] about Where to See the Best Fall Foliage in Manhattan

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on October 15, 2020 | Updated October 16, 2020 Filed Under: Autumn in New York · Exploring NYC · NYC Free · NYC Parks Tagged With: Central Park· fall foliage· Inwood Hill Park

8 Secrets of Central Park

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Central Park may be the best-known park in the world, but even so, it has secrets. There's a secret way to help you get around, a secret nature sanctuary, secret leftovers of buildings long-gone, a secret tunnel underneath it.  There's also many fun facts that aren't secrets at all, but help make Central Park more interesting and special. Here are our top eight … [Read more...] about 8 Secrets of Central Park

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on May 5, 2020 | Updated June 16, 2020 Filed Under: Best of NYC · Central Park · Exploring NYC · NYC Parks Tagged With: Central Park· Secrets of New York

NYC Free: Outdoor Movies in Manhattan

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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 … [Read more...] about NYC Free: Outdoor Movies in Manhattan

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on June 17, 2019 | Updated June 24, 2019 Filed Under: Festivals · Film · NYC Free · NYC Parks · NYC Summer Calendar Tagged With: Bryant Park· Central Park

NYC Free: Best Things to Do This Week

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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 … [Read more...] about NYC Free: Best Things to Do This Week

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on June 10, 2019 | Updated June 11, 2019 Filed Under: Arts & Culture · Film · Music · NYC for Visitors · NYC Free · NYC Museums · NYC Parks Tagged With: Bryant Park· Central Park· free outdoor movies

NYC Free: NY Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks

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Save the Date: The world-renowned New York Philharmonic returns in June 2019 for its popular annual FREE Concerts in the Parks series, offering music lovers the chance to hear the word's best classical music under the stars in parks all five boroughs, with fireworks following the performances. Bring a blanket and a picnic and enjoy these iconic concerts, which have been … [Read more...] about NYC Free: NY Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on May 9, 2019 | Updated June 24, 2020 Filed Under: Central Park · Festivals · NYC for Visitors · NYC Free · NYC Parks · NYC Summer Calendar Tagged With: Central Park· Clove Lakes Park· Cunningham Park· fireworks· New York Philharmonic free summer concerts· Prospect Park· Van Cortlandt Park

Best Places for NYC Cherry Blossoms

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Spring is blooming in New York City this week, including thousands of pink and white Japanese cherry trees with their fragrant and delicate pink and white blossoms. Here are the best places to enjoy the cherry blossoms in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Bronx - Cherry Walk, Riverside Park, Manhattan: The walkway along the Hudson River, from 100th Street to 125th Street, is known … [Read more...] about Best Places for NYC Cherry Blossoms

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on April 23, 2019 | Updated April 23, 2019 Filed Under: Best of NYC · Bronx · Brooklyn · NYC Parks Tagged With: Brooklyn Botanic Garden· Central Park· New York Botanical Garden· NYC cherry blossoms· Riverside Park

NYC Free & Cheap This Week Dec. 24-28

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So much to do, so little time. Here are some of the best FREE and cheap things to do in NYC these final days of 2018 and first few days of 2019. So, put these on your calendar for the week, and get more NYC for less money with NYC on the Cheap. NYC Free & Cheap Events Today, Christmas Eve Last chance to see Santa.  Here's where to see Santa in all five … [Read more...] about NYC Free & Cheap This Week Dec. 24-28

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on December 24, 2018 | Updated April 21, 2019 Filed Under: NYC Free Tagged With: Central Park

Best Hanukkah Events for Families

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Let there be light! Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is eight days, from sundown on Sunday, Dec. 2 to sundown on Monday, Dec. 10.  Whether you are lighting a Menorah or waiting for Santa, put these these Hanukkah events on your calendar. You don't have to be Jewish to enjoy these family-friendly lighting ceremonies, and other celebrations, and the food and music that … [Read more...] about Best Hanukkah Events for Families

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on November 29, 2018 | Updated April 4, 2020 Filed Under: Christmas in NYC · Entertainment · Family Fun · Jewish New York · NYC Museums Tagged With: Central Park· Hanukkah· Jewish Museum· Museum of Jewish Heritage

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