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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.

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Weekend Deal: Find your Ancestors Free on Ancestry

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 [...]

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Free Labor Day Jazz, Hip Hop, Rock Concerts at Riverbank State Park

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 [...]

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Free Tastings of Johnnie Walker Scotch Brands

Learn the the difference between Johnnie Walker Red and Johnnie Walker Black and lots more about the history and mystique of Scotch whisky at a free Johnnie Walker tasting event.  Master blenders take you though the process, and since there’s sampling and sipping, you have to be at least 21 years old to attend.  The tastings [...]

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Free Seven Day Membership to Gold’s Gym

Get a free seven day VIP membership to Gold’s Gym, only for readers and fans of New York City on the Cheap.  Get in shape for fall and the upcoming holidays.  Work out for free for a week at Gold’s gym.  Click here for this special [...]

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NYC on the Cheap: Free Recipes for Jewish New Year

A representative  from Cuisinart shares recipes and cooking tips for the Jewish New Year, at Broadway Panhandler on Thursday, Sept. 2.  The recipes are Honey Spice Loaf Cake & Browned Onion Kugel. She will be preparing both in a space saving Cuisinart Toaster Oven.  The recipes will be handed out after the demonstration, which starts promptly  at 5:30 [...]

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Free Lecture on Japanese Cartoon Animation

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 [...]

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Free Resume Writing Workshop in Brooklyn

Need help getting a job, or changing careers?  The Brooklyn Public Library can help, with this FREE resume writing workshop.  Learn to how to fine-tune your skills on paper and craft a resume that will get you job interviews. The free lecture is presented by the staff from the Education & Job Information Center (EJIC).   It’s at [...]

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NYC on the Cheap: Free Japanese Art Exhibit

The Koichi Yanagi Oriental Fine Arts museum is one of those lesser known hidden Big Apple gems.  On Tuesday, August 31, enjoy the FREE opening of the fall exhibition of Japanese art, featuring pieces from hundreds of years of Japanese history.  The display includes ceramics, paintings, sculptures, and beautiful shoji screens, including some items from what [...]

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