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One Day University: Top Professors

Go back to college for a day.  The annual One Day University, features lectures professors from top colleges and universities including Brown, Rutgers and NYC's own Columbia University.  The next One Day University in NYC is Sunday, April 6, 2014. Subjects include whether the American dream is still alive, and how Americans think about crime and punishment, revenge and … [Read more...] about One Day University: Top Professors

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on March 4, 2014 | Updated March 3, 2014 Filed Under: Grab Bag Tagged With: Coupons· Lectures· Midtown· New York City· Self-Improvement

Free classes teach you to be a writer

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Once again, Gotham Writers' Workshop offering FREE open house classes to introduce you to the joys - and frustrations - of writing for a living, or as a hobby (I write for a living, and have been, since dust was young).  The next FREE writing classes are Tuesday and Wednesday, January 8th and 9th, 2013. These are 44 free one-hour sessions at various times during the day and in … [Read more...] about Free classes teach you to be a writer

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on January 4, 2013 | Updated January 4, 2013 Filed Under: Grab Bag · NYC Free Tagged With: Free and Cheap· Self-Improvement

Free resume writing class at the NYPL

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Register today for a FREE workshop next week to improve your resume writing and job-hunting skills. This hands-on class at the NYPL Mid-Manhattan Branch is for anybody looking for a job right now, or might be in the future. You'll get help to create and save a resume in Microsoft Word, including style, formatting and proofreading. Bring your own laptop or use one of the … [Read more...] about Free resume writing class at the NYPL

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on January 3, 2013 | Updated April 21, 2016 Filed Under: Free and Cheap · Grab Bag Tagged With: NY Public Library· NYPL· resume writing classes· Self-Improvement

Free CPR classes from FDNY and EMS experts

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New York's Bravest, the FDNY, offers FREE one-hour CPR classes in fire department locations, libraries, and other locations all over New York City. Sign up now for classes in September at the official New York City government website, NYC.gov. This is a great program. It's free, and you will learn enough to save somebody's life. And if you want to learn more, there are CPR … [Read more...] about Free CPR classes from FDNY and EMS experts

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on September 12, 2012 | Updated November 24, 2017 Filed Under: Free and Cheap · Grab Bag · Health & Fitness Tagged With: CPR Classes· FDNY· Free and Cheap· Lectures· New York City· Self-Improvement

Free CPR classes from FDNY and EMS experts

New York's Bravest, the FDNY, offers FREE one-hour CPR classes in fire department locations, libraries, sports clubs and other locations all over New York City.  Sign up at the official New York City government website, NYC.gov.  This is a great program.  It's free, and you will learn enough to save somebody's life.  And if you want to learn more, there are CPR certification … [Read more...] about Free CPR classes from FDNY and EMS experts

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on October 25, 2011 | Updated October 25, 2011 Filed Under: Free and Cheap · Grab Bag · Health & Fitness Tagged With: CPR Classes· FDNY· Free and Cheap· Lectures· New York City· Self-Improvement

Free Lecture on Being Green and Eco-Friendly

New York City gets greener by the day, and we're not just talking about St. Patrick's Day, when everybody is Irish for the day. Learn how to go green in your everyday life and help the environment at a FREE lecture at the New York Public Library Mid-Manhattan Branch, on green day, Thursday, March 17th. The program is at 6:30 p.m., after the St. Patrick's Day parade is over … [Read more...] about Free Lecture on Being Green and Eco-Friendly

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on March 16, 2011 | Updated March 15, 2011 Filed Under: Arts & Culture · Free and Cheap Tagged With: Free and Cheap· New York City· New York Public Library· NYPL· Self-Improvement· St. Patrick's Day

NYC Free and Frugal iPhone iPad iTouch app

It may be the best $1.99 bargain on the planet.  NYC Free and Frugal is the newest app for the iPhone, iPad and iTouch, just pubished and avialable for download on the iTunes store. NYC Free and Frugal information on more than 100 cheap eats and shopping, plus free museums, theater, street festivals and other attractions in all five boroughs -- Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, … [Read more...] about NYC Free and Frugal iPhone iPad iTouch app

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on October 16, 2010 | Updated April 4, 2020 Filed Under: Arts & Culture · Cheap Eats · Cheap Urban Escapes · Entertainment · Family Fun · Festivals · Free and Cheap · Health & Fitness · NYC for Visitors · NYC Parks · NYC Theater · Sales & Bargains · Sports · Travel Deals · Weekend Getaways Tagged With: Books· Bronx· Brooklyn· Charities· Cheap Fun With Kids· Chelsea· Clothing· Concerts· Coney Island· Crafts· Dance· East Side· Electronics· Free and Cheap· Gifts· Greenwich Village· Harlem· Holidays· Kids· Lectures· Lincoln Center· Lower Manhattan· Midtown· Movies· Museums· Music· New York City· NYC Tourist Info· Queens· Self-Improvement· Soho· Staten Island· Times Square· Union Square· Upper East Side· Upper West Side

Lecture on Genocide Around Globe

What can we do about the on-going atrocities of genocide around the globe?  How should we respond as individuals, as nations, and as human beings?  Those are just some of the questions being addressed at a lecture entitled "Genocide and Activism", on Tuesday, April 20th, at the Center for Jewish  History.  The program is at 6:30 p.m., and costs $12 for members, $15 for … [Read more...] about Lecture on Genocide Around Globe

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on April 18, 2010 | Updated May 25, 2010 Filed Under: Arts & Culture Tagged With: Greenwich Village· Lectures· Lower Manhattan· New York City· Self-Improvement

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