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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 25, 2021 Filed Under: Arts & Culture · Central Park · Crisis Resources · 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

Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree: Tickets Required for First Time

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For the first time, visiting the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree will require timed tickets. The new guidelines are to control crowds and maintain social distancing. The iconic tree is being lighted at on Wednesday, Dec. 2.  After that, it will be lit daily 6am to midnight through early January. It is open for 24 hours on Christmas, and on New Year’s Eve the … [Read more...] about Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree: Tickets Required for First Time

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on December 1, 2020 | Updated December 3, 2020 Filed Under: Best of NYC · Family Fun · Festivals Tagged With: Rockefeller Center

Best FREE Holiday Light Shows in NYC

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NYC is magical any time of year, especially at the holidays, when there are special FREE holiday light shows to dazzle us and entertain us, including some being live streamed for everybody around the world to enjoy. Here are best FREE holiday light shows in New York City in 2020. Maintain social distancing and dress warmly for the outdoor light shows.  Try to avoid … [Read more...] about Best FREE Holiday Light Shows in NYC

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on November 24, 2020 | Updated January 6, 2021 Filed Under: Best of NYC · Christmas in NYC · Exploring NYC · Family Fun Tagged With: Brookfield Place· Dyker Heights Christmas Lights· Hanukkah· Hudson Yards· Luminaries· Rockefeller Center· Saks Fifth Avenue· Shops at Columbus Circle

Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremonies in NYC and Tri-State

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It's the most wonderful time of the year - even this year when everything is different, including tree lighting ceremonies, which begin this week. Some are virtual - online instead of in person - others dropped entertainment that normally accompanies the festivities, and still others require registration to be admitted to the tree lighting area. Because this is not a … [Read more...] about Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremonies in NYC and Tri-State

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on November 23, 2020 | Updated November 28, 2020 Filed Under: Best of NYC · Exploring NYC · Family Fun Tagged With: American Museum of Natural History· Rockefeller Center· Washington Square

Rockefeller Center Ice Skating Opens Nov. 21; Reservations Required

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The good news about ice skating at Rockefeller Center is that the iconic rink opens for the season on Nov. 21, and tickets go on sale this week, on Nov. 12 The bad news is that new social distancing requirements will limit further the number of skaters.  Worse, the rink will shut down in mid-January for a long-planned construction project, instead of skating as usual … [Read more...] about Rockefeller Center Ice Skating Opens Nov. 21; Reservations Required

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on November 9, 2020 | Updated November 16, 2020 Filed Under: Best of NYC · Christmas in NYC · Family Fun Tagged With: Rockefeller Center

Queens Night Market Opens in Rockefeller Center

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The popular Queens Night Market, styled on Asian open-air street food markets, has returned to Rockefeller Center with affordable and tasty choices from local food vendors. You'll find everything from stir-fry noodles to Jamaican jerk chicken and cupcakes for desert, reflecting the cultural and culinary traditions of Queens, the most multi-cultural part of New York … [Read more...] about Queens Night Market Opens in Rockefeller Center

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on October 19, 2020 | Updated October 18, 2020 Filed Under: Exploring NYC Tagged With: Queens Night Market· Rockefeller Center

30 Rock NBC Reunion Show on July 16

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Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin and the rest of the zany and iconic 30 Rock cast return to NBC for a one-night, one-hour, commercial-free special on Thursday, July 16. In addition to Liz Lemon (Fey) and Jack Donaghy (Baldwin), the 30 Rock reunion includes Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan), Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski) and Kenneth Parcell (Jack McBrayer). “We’re all happy to have this … [Read more...] about 30 Rock NBC Reunion Show on July 16

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on July 14, 2020 | Updated July 21, 2020 Filed Under: NYC Free Tagged With: Rockefeller Center· Top of the Rock

Virtual Happy Hour Mixology

Learn how to make cocktails at home with the mixlogists of the Dead Rabbit in Lower Manhattan, which has won awards for being the world's best bar and best cocktail menu.   The Happy Hour Mixology virtual class is $5 and all proceeds support staff while the bar remains closed in response to Covid-19.   If you are drinking more and enjoying it less while you … [Read more...] about Virtual Happy Hour Mixology

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on April 22, 2020 | Updated May 12, 2020 Filed Under: Expired Tagged With: Dead Rabbit· Lower Mahattan· Rockefeller Center

Rockefeller Center Virtual Happy Hour Art Party

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Join the Rockefeller Center Virtual Happy Hour Art Party featuring a NYC artist who will turn photos you submit into artwork while you watch, and send you a digital copy, all FREE. It's a new event each Friday from 5pm to 6m with illustrator Angelicaa Hicks, to help us cope with being shut in, and end the virtual work week with some virtual fun.. Rockefeller Center has a … [Read more...] about Rockefeller Center Virtual Happy Hour Art Party

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on April 2, 2020 | Updated May 3, 2020 Filed Under: Arts & Culture · Best NYC Happy Hours · Coronavirus · NYC Free · Virtual Events Tagged With: Rockefeller Center

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