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Buy Favorite ABC TV and Fox Shows for 99 Cents

Evelyn Kanter — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:01:34 +0000

If you are a Gleek, addicted to Grey’s Anatomy or will be lost without Lost, you’ll appreciate this 99 cent deal from Amazon for an entire season of your favorite shows. No, this is not a short-term rental. This is not video on demand. This is to own an entire series of your favorite show for [...]

Cheap Tickets to Fringe NYC Encore Shows

Evelyn Kanter — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:05:24 +0000

Fringe NYC is a festival of off-beat and off-Broadway theater performances, studded with future big hits. This year’s Fringe NYC has been extended, with three more weeks of dramas, musicals and comedies, with performances Sept. 9th to 26th. It’s the encore performances of the most talked about shows of last month’s Fringe NYC. Get tickets [...]

Street Fair Schedule for NYC Labor Day Weekend

Evelyn Kanter — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:23:55 +0000

Street fairs and festivals are always free. What you buy from the food, crafts and housewares vendors is not. This is the schedule of Labor Day Weekend street fairs on Sunday and Monday:

Sunday, September 5

Broadway Festival,  on Broadway from 8th Street to 14th Street The 26th Annual Brazilian Day Festival, on 6th Ave. from 42nd – 56th St. [...]

Weekend Planner: Double Feature at Haydn Planetarium

Evelyn Kanter — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:35:00 +0000

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.

Watch a preview video on the next page……….

Free Lecture on Japanese Cartoon Animation

Evelyn Kanter — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:36:40 +0000

The word ‘anime’ is short for Japanese “animation.” This cartoon style has been around as early 1917 and exploded in popularity in Japan in the 1960s. Learn more about it, and find out how it is different from the such American animation styles of Disney, Pixar and Avatar at a free lecture at the Mid-Manhattan Branch of [...]

NYC on the Cheap: Last Two Nites of Free Movies in Central Park

Evelyn Kanter — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:01:44 +0000

It’s the last two nights of free movies in Central Park. The theme of this year’s The Central Park Conservancy Film Festival is Big Apple icons — films that feature New York City as one os its stars. The movies are being shown in the area just north of Sheep Meadow, behind Mineral Springs, at mid-park [...]

Free Concert of Sri Chinmoy Songs of the Soul

Evelyn Kanter — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:50:15 +0000

You don’t have to be a devotee or follower of Sri Chinmoy to find serenity and tranquility in his music. There are FREE performances of his Songs of the Soul at the Skirball Center of the Performing Arts at NYU on Sunday, August 29. The concerts are at 5:30 p.m. and 9 p.m., and are a [...]

NYC on the Cheap: Free Katy Perry Concert

Evelyn Kanter — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:43:16 +0000

Friday, August 27 is the last of the FREE Friday concerts in Rockefeller Center. And this one will be a biggie. A free concert by pop superstar Katy Perry is sure to bring out the crowds.

The concert is sponsored by Toyota and the NBC Today Show, live in Rockefeller Plaza from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Get [...]

Free Movies in Central Park Celebrate Big Apple Icons

Evelyn Kanter — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:39:24 +0000

New York City’s iconic skyline, buildings and neighborhoods take center stage at The Central Park Conservancy Film Festival, which brings free movies to the heart of Manhattan for five nights, Aug. 24-28. Each movie features iconic New York City locations and sights – from the Empire State Building in King Kong to the city’s subway in [...]

Mountain Bike World Cup Finals are in Catskills this Weekend

Evelyn Kanter — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:06:43 +0000

Hundreds of the world’s best mountain bikers head to Windham, New York, in the heart of the Catskill Mountains this weekend, August 21-23, for the finals of the 2010 Mountain Bike World Cup finals. This is the first time the finals have been held in the United States, so this is your chance to see the [...]

NYC on the Cheap Deal: NY Yankees Tickets Half Off

Evelyn Kanter — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:21:07 +0000

Take me out to the ballgame for half-price. Same day tickets to NY Yankees games at the new Yankee Stadium are up to 50% off off at a special NY Yankees ticket booth inside Modell’s sporting goods store at 1567 Broadway in Times Square. These are tickets provided by the NY Yankees — these are not [...]

Free Friday Concerts in Rockefeller Center

Evelyn Kanter — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:16:57 +0000

Okay, so you missed the FREE Friday concerts by Sting, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and Country Music Assn. award winner Carrie Underwood in Rockefeller Center in July. Fear not, there’s plenty of good music and crowded energy left for August. The shows are sponsored by Toyota and the NBC Today Show, and are live from 7 a.m. [...]

Disney Pixar Toy Story 3 Sweepstakes Contest

Evelyn Kanter — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:11:08 +0000

The Disney Pixar Toy Story 3, with Buzz Lightyear and the team, is a family favorite movie. If your kids have been clammoring for Toy Story toys, you should enter the Disney Pixar Toy Story 3 Sweepstakes, sponsored in conjunction with L’Oreal Kids. The Grand Prize is a$2,000 shopping spree in New York City. Other prizes [...]

Free Events: Music, Dance Performances at Lincoln Center

Evelyn Kanter — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:45:36 +0000

The annual Lincoln Center Out of Doors festival of free concerts and dance performances just got underway, and there’s something happening every day through August 15th. Most events are in and around the main plaza at Lincoln Center or in the Damrosch Park Bandshell. Here is some of what’s happening this weekend:

The 27th annual Roots of [...]

Banana Republic Contest for Walk-On Role on AMC Mad Men

Evelyn Kanter — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:06:17 +0000

Banana Republic is promoting the fourth season of the award-winning AMC hit show Mad Men with a fashion focus called Mad About Style, including on-line videos about how to dress properly for any occasion. The most popular feature of this Banana Republic Mad Men promotion likely will be the chance to win a walk-on role. Just pick up a ‘ticket’ at any Banana Republic store in New York City, the rest of the U.S. or Canada before August 11th. According to Stylist, the winning ticket will be chosen by Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner. Season four of Mad Men launches Sunday, July 25th on AMC.

Full disclosure — I have a soft spot for Jon Hamm, who plays Don Draper. I also write about green cars and family cars, and Hamm is the new the voice of Mercedes-Benz commercials. And Hamm is a graduate of the University of Missouri. So am I. He was an English and theater major. I attended the School of Journalism.

Here’s a peek at what to expect on Mad Men during Season 4:

Coney Island Cyclone is one of World’s Best Roller Coasters

Evelyn Kanter — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:41:36 +0000

The Coney Island Cyclone is an icon, and one that almost always lands in the list of the top ten roller coasters in the world, even though newer rides hit higher speeds and have steeper loops. This is a classic wooden roller coaster, with a first drop of 85 feet and speeds of 60 mph, and [...]

Free New York Philharmonic Concerts This Week

Evelyn Kanter — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:38:47 +0000

The Lincoln Center Concerts in the Parks is a summertime tradition in The Big Apple. This is a busy week of free outdoor concerts by the world famous New York Philharmonic. Grab a blanket, a picnic basket and your family or friends to hear the world’s best music in the world’s best parks in the world’s [...]

Celebrate French Bastille Day in NYC on July 11

Evelyn Kanter — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:56:14 +0000

This is a street fair with a French accent. Bastille Day celebrations commemorate the beginning of the French Revolution, which closely followed the American Revolution of July 4, 1776. Bastille Day in The Big Apple features French food, performances of French-style music, face painting for the kids, plus arts and crafts stalls with a French flair, [...]

Clint Eastwood Film Festival at Lincoln Center

Evelyn Kanter — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:42:37 +0000

Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry, 1971

Make my day! Make several of them, with some of the best movies ever made. The Clint Eastwood Film Festival starts today at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater, sponsored by the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Between July 9 and July 27 there are westerns and police dramas, of course, [...]

Free Friday Movies for Kids in Hudson River Park

Evelyn Kanter — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 09:28:28 +0000

Fridays are for kids at the free River Flicks program in Hudson River Park. Here’s the July schedule:

July 9th — The Wizard of Oz, the classic musical about Dorothy (Judy Garland) , The Scarecrow (Ray Bolger), The Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr) and The Tin Man heading off to see the Wizard, and the Wicked Witch of [...]

Free Concerts by Monaco Boys Choir

Evelyn Kanter — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:49:18 +0000

The Monaco Boys Choir will be performing later this year at the royal wedding of Monaco Prince Albert, son of Princess Grace and Prince Rainier. Before then, you can enjoy them for FREE at two concerts in New York City. The boys are performing a combination of sacred music and Big Apple patriotic favorites in honor [...]

New Daily Deal Website for NYC Restaurants, Events

Evelyn Kanter — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:40:00 +0000

There are bargains galore on a brand new daily deal website BuyWithMe.com. You never know what you’ll find, since the deals change daily, and are specific to The Big Apple. The deal might be a restaurant or session with a personal trainer today, a clothing boutique or theater tickets tomorrow. Whatever it is, the discounts are [...]

Midsummer Night Swing Dancing Outdoors in Lincoln Center

Evelyn Kanter — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:50:55 +0000

Dust off those dance shoes and take them to Damrosch Park in Lincoln Center for the annual outdoor music and dance festival called Midsummer Night Swing. A different international band or orchestra plays four nights a week for your listening and dancing pleasure. Mostly dancing. The temporary dance floor is crowded with couples swing dancing and [...]

Prince Harry Polo Match at Governors Island

Evelyn Kanter — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:49:49 +0000

The third annual Veuve Cliquot Polo Classic is Sunday, June 27 at Governors Island. It’s a fund-raiser for the American Friends of Sentebale, a charity founded by Britain’s Prince Harry and Lesotho’s Prince Seeiso to support at-risk children in the tiny African nation. Prince Harry attended the event and led his team to victory last year, [...]

Celebrity Expo at Yankee Stadium is Just $5

Evelyn Kanter — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:01:28 +0000

Meet sports stars, your favorite radio DJs and announcers, and performances by top pop artists for just $5, this Saturday, June 26, at Yankee Stadium. It’s the annual CBS Radio New York Expo, sponsored also by WFAN sports radio, CBS FM 101 golden oldies radio, and the Big Apple’s two news radio stations, WCBS Newsradio 88 [...]