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NYC Free: Battery Dance Festival is Virtual in August 2020

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The 39th Annual Battery Dance Festival goes virtual in 2020, with FREE nightly events August 14-22, of previous live performances As always, the festival features international dance troupes.  This year, the virtual festival brings together 52 performances including 28 premieres from 19 countries, and several dance troupes from New York City. This year's featured … [Read more...] about NYC Free: Battery Dance Festival is Virtual in August 2020

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on August 6, 2020 | Updated August 20, 2020 Filed Under: Arts & Culture · Dance · Festivals · NYC Free · Virtual Events Tagged With: Battery· Lower Manhattan

Win a NYC Staycation in Lower Manhattan

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Enter to win this Staycation in Lower Manhattan, including two nights at a luxury hotel, dinner at a top restaurant, and $200 to spend at local shops, so you can start 2019 with a relaxing and luxurious break. The NYC Staycation is sponsored by the Downtown Alliance, but you don't have to be a New Yorker to enter the sweepstakes. Here’s what one lucky winner will … [Read more...] about Win a NYC Staycation in Lower Manhattan

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on December 26, 2018 | Updated March 3, 2019 Filed Under: Expired Tagged With: FordHub· Lower Manhattan· Oculus

Free admission to South Street Seaport Museum

The South Street Seaport Museum celebrates its' 50th anniversary this weekend with FREE admission to the museum and historic ships, and FREE family-friendly music and activities. It's the start of a year of events at the original East River port which helped build New York into one of the world's most important cities. The birthday party is Saturday, April 29, 2017 from 11am … [Read more...] about Free admission to South Street Seaport Museum

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on April 26, 2017 | Updated May 13, 2017 Filed Under: NYC Cheap Weekend · NYC Free · NYC Museums Tagged With: Lower Manhattan· South St. Seaport

Visit a 16th Century Spanish Galleon

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Visit a replica of an authentic 16th century Spanish galleon, berthed in South Street Seaport for a week beginning Saturday, July Fourth, open for tours Sunday July 5th to Sunday, July 12th. El Galeón is  a 170-foot, 495-ton, detailed wooden replica of a galleon that was part of Spain’s West Indies fleet.  You might also recognize her from her role in  the … [Read more...] about Visit a 16th Century Spanish Galleon

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on July 3, 2015 | Updated October 1, 2020 Filed Under: Expired · Family Fun · NYC Summer Calendar Tagged With: Lower Manhattan· South St. Seaport

NY Public Libary waives fines on overdue books for kids and teens

Kids and teens age eighteen and less are getting amnesty from overdue books, CDs and DVDs -- and the late fines that go with them -- from the New York Public Library.  This special amnesty program is through Halloween, October 31st. No tricks -- and a treat for the more than 140,000 NYC school kids who cannot borrow books, CDs or DVDs from the New York Public Library because … [Read more...] about NY Public Libary waives fines on overdue books for kids and teens

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on October 2, 2011 | Updated October 21, 2017 Filed Under: Free and Cheap · Grab Bag Tagged With: Books· Bronx· Kids· Lower Manhattan· New York City· NY Public Library· Staten Island

Monday menus: burger and two beers for $10 in World Trade Center area

Biddy Early's Pub is one of those old-fashioned Irish bars that seem to be vanishing from New York City, with dark wood paneling and  the slightly tangy aroma of decades of spilled beer.  There's a daily happy hour that starts at 2 p.m., with $2.50 beers and $3.50 well drinks, and beer pong games popular both with the World Trade Center construction workers and the local office … [Read more...] about Monday menus: burger and two beers for $10 in World Trade Center area

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on September 26, 2011 | Updated December 1, 2011 Filed Under: Cheap Eats · Free and Cheap · NYC for Visitors Tagged With: Happy Hours· Lower Manhattan· New York City· NYC Tourist Info· World Trade Center

9/11 anniversary event: free lecture on role of WTC photos, video

The images of the destruction of the World Trade Center are seared into our collective memory.   What's the story of the people in those mages, and the photographers and videographers who took them?  David Friend was Life Magazine's director of photography, and the author of the photo book Watching the World Change: The Stories Behind the Images of 9/11.  He's giving a FREE  … [Read more...] about 9/11 anniversary event: free lecture on role of WTC photos, video

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on September 5, 2011 | Updated August 29, 2011 Filed Under: Free and Cheap · Grab Bag · NYC for Visitors Tagged With: 9/11 Anniversary events· Free and Cheap· Lectures· Lower Manhattan· New York City· New York Public Library· NYC Tourist Info

9/11 anniversary events: free lecture on role of WTC in NYC history

Tuesday, August 30th -- Best-selling author Eric Darton talks about the role of Lower Manhattan in  New York City, from Colonial times through the construction of the World Trade Center.  It's a FREE author lecture at the Mid-Manhattan branch of the NYPL on Tuesday, August 30th.  His cultural history of  Lower Manahttan and the WTC is "Divided We Stand: A Biography of New York … [Read more...] about 9/11 anniversary events: free lecture on role of WTC in NYC history

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on August 29, 2011 | Updated August 29, 2011 Filed Under: Arts & Culture · Free and Cheap · NYC for Visitors Tagged With: 9/11 Anniversary events· Free and Cheap· Lower Manhattan· Midtown· New York City· New York Public Library· NYC Tourist Info· NYPL· World Trade Center

Let’s stop calling it Ground Zero. It is the World Trade Center site.

World Trade Center, Twin Towers before 9/11, 9/11 tenth anniversary

It was the World Trade Center before September 11, 2001, and even on that horrible day when terrorists brought down the Twin Towers that were the centerpiece of New York City's World Trade Center, it was called the World Trade Center, or WTC for short. Somehow, it has been known ever since as Ground Zero. The Pentagon, which also was hit by terrorists on 9-11, is not … [Read more...] about Let’s stop calling it Ground Zero. It is the World Trade Center site.

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on May 5, 2011 | Updated September 8, 2018 Filed Under: Grab Bag · NYC for Visitors Tagged With: 9/11 Anniversary events· 9/11 memorial· Lower Manhattan· New York City· NYC Tourist Info

Get a Gift Card with Purchases at J&R

J&R is celebrating its 40th anniversary by giving customers a gift -- a gift card, that is.  Through March 26th, you'll get a gift card up to $50, to use yourself or gift as a gift to somebody else, for purchases of $100 or more.  The gift cards are for in-store purchases only, at any of the J&R stores along Park Row, but can be redeemed on-line at a future date.  Spend … [Read more...] about Get a Gift Card with Purchases at J&R

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on March 21, 2011 | Updated August 10, 2019 Filed Under: Expired · Free and Cheap · Grab Bag · Sales & Bargains Tagged With: computers· Electronics· Gifts· Lower Manhattan· New York City· NYC Tourist Info

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