Sometimes art and culture makes you hungry, especially if you spend a chunk of the day exploring one or more of NYC's world-class museums. So it's good to know that NYC museum restaurants are becoming serious draws of their own, even earning Michelin stars. Here's our list of museum restaurants and cafes that exhibit great taste on your plate. Cafe Sabarsky The cafe at Neue Galerie … [Read more...]
NYC Free & Cheap on Christmas Day
There's always plenty to do in NYC on holidays, including on Christmas Day. New York City's multiple Jewish museums are open and all have special family programs, concerts and must-see exhibits. The Big Apple Circus has two performances, there are some great vintage films to see, and NYC zoos and the aquarium are open, too. SEE ALSO How to track Santa on Christmas Eve via NORAD or … [Read more...]
Best Hanukkah Events for Families
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 goes with … [Read more...]
NYC Free: Museum Mile Festival 2018
The 40th Annual Museum Mile Festival is tomorrow, turning Fifth Avenue from 82nd St. to 105th Streets into New York City's biggest block party, with music, food, activities for the kids, and more. The street fair is FREE, and so is FREE museum admission to ten world-class museums that give Museum Mile its name, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Jewish Museum, Museum of the City of … [Read more...]
NYC Free & Cheap Weekend Mar. 23-25, 2018
Your weekend plans begin here, with more than a dozen FREE and cheap things to do this first weekend of Spring and final weekend of March, including the March For Our Lives to protest gun violence in our schools, a panel of writers and educators discussing the tremendous achievements of feminist activism in New York City, and Luna Park opens for the season in Coney Island with freebies and … [Read more...]
Passover 2018 Events in NYC
It's time to polish Grandma's silver, buy the Matzohs and unpack the Seder plate. Passover - or Pesach - 2018 is sundown Friday, March 30 through Saturday, April 7, commemorating the Exodus from slavery in Egypt, following Moses through the parting of the Red Sea into the Promised Land. You don't have to be Jewish to enjoy these family-friendly Passover festivities in NYC. Sunday, March … [Read more...]
NYC Free: How to Become a Wikipedia Editor
Celebrate Women's History Month and learn how to become a Wikipedia editor at a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for women, who represent just 10% of editors at Wikipedia, the world's largest source of free knowldge online. Learn how to become a Wikipedia editor at this special FREE event on Sunday, March 11, at the Jewish Museum. The are three hours of Wikipedia Training and Editing, with experts from … [Read more...]
NYC Free & Cheap Presidents Weekend 2018
Your Presidents Weekend plans begin here, with more than a dozen FREE and cheap things to do in NYC, including Lunar New Year events. The NYCOTC weekend guide is $25 or less so you can take bites out of the Big Apple without eating up your budget, plus a few occasional splurges we think are worth the money. And everything is family-friendly. NYC isn't expensive when you know where to go and … [Read more...]
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