New York City has more of everything delicious you want than any other place on the planet, including cheap vacation deals, weekend get away discount packages, and lots of free things to do daily. We're here to help you take an inexpensive bite out of Big Apple restaurants, theater, museums, shopping and more. Your New York City tour guide is Evelyn Kanter, a lifelong New Yorker and journalist who has been writing about her hometown forever.
The Children’s Galleries for Jewish Culture is filed with interactive stations for children ages 5-12, where they can decode a new language while shopping at a supermarket, design a neighborhood and much more. There are special crafts activities and programs nearly every Sunday at 2 p.m. In September, those focus on Rosh Hashanah, Sukkot and Simchat Torah.
Sunday, Sept. 5th — Create pop-up Rosh Hashanah greeting cards; decorate and personalize a calendar for the new year; decorate honey jars using special markers.
See the next page for address and price information, and the rest of the September schedule.
Step inside the universe. See how it all began, in a double feature presentation every Friday night at the American Museum of Natural History. The shows are at the Hayden Planetarium Space Theater. It is a new after-hours series to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Rose Center for Earth and Space. The screening features the breathtaking Passport to the Universe, narrated by Tom Hanks, which takes viewers on an exhilarating flight through our universe, and The Search for Life: Are We Alone?, narrated by Harrison Ford, which explores a question that has always captivated the human imagination: does life exist beyond Earth?
Shows start at 7:30 and 8:30 pm every Friday and Saturday in the Hayden Planetarium. Admission is $15, $12 for Museum Members. Click here to purchase tickets.
One day sale today only on grass-fed beef at Whole Foods. Today only, Friday, Sept. 3, $3.99 a pound, only on packages of ground beef. Get there early, before this bargain sells out.
Spend Labor Day looking for your long lost relatives on Ancestry.com. Through Monday, September 6, Ancestry is offering free access to its huge and complete collection of immigration records. It could be a labor of love on Labor Day weekend.
It’s the annual big Bloomingdale’s furniture and mattress sale. Up to 60% off furniture, and 20% off already-discounted prices on mattresses. This is the time to spruce up your nest for the coming holidays.
Coupon deal: Get $15 off with a $75 purchase at Office Depot, through Labor Day, Monday, Sept 6. You’ll need to download and print the coupon from this Office Depot website direct link.
There’s also a bunch of BOGO deals on back-to-school supplies and office supplies at Office Depot. Buy one, get one free deals include school notebooks, clipboards, pens and paper.
Big Apple musicians shine on Labor Day at the FREE concert afternoon at Riverbank State Park. The list of performers includes saxophone virtuoso Teodross Avery, whose style blends jazz and hip hop, the rock band Girls on Top, and the Latin salsa/jazz band El Timbalero. The concert schedule also includes a performanc by the Becky Radway Dance Project. It’s all free, from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., rain or shine, at Riverbank State Park, at 145th Street and the Hudson River.
The Upper West Side is on a roller coaster ride for shoppers trying to find the best NYC bargains and deals. The newest Trader Joes is set to open at 72nd St. and Broadway on Sept. 20, confirmed by shopping website The Shophound. The new TJs is blocks from Fairway and Zabar’s, and across the street from Gray’s Papaya, turning the Upper West Side into a mecca for foodie shoppers. At the same time, Barnes & Noble announces it is closing its gigantic four-floor store at 66th and Broadway, at the end of 2010. That’s a loss for more than just us bookies and fans of free wi-fi, since the store became the anchor of a revitalized Lincoln Center, with Pottery Barn, Raymor & Flanagan, Gap and Gracious Home and Bed Bath & Beyond all within a few blocks, along with the Apple Store.
The Children’s Galleries for Jewish Culture is filed with interactive stations for children ages 5-12, where they can decode a new language while shopping at a supermarket, design a neighborhood and much more. There are special crafts activities and programs nearly every Sunday at 2 p.m. In September, those focus on Rosh Hashanah, Sukkot and Simchat Torah.
