The financial landscape has changed enormously in the last few years of economic upheaval, and there a lot new to know before you can retire. MetLife is offering a FREE financial planning lecture for Boomers. It’s being given by two of their financial planning experts, including one who is a Certified Financial Planner. The free program is [...]
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Coney Island has an amazing history, with ups and downs, much like its world famous Cyclone roller coaster. From it’s heyday a century ago, to a sad relic of its past, to the center of a major real estate and urban planning battle, Coney Island has had “An Amazing Ride” — which just happens to [...] The part of the Upper East Side known as Yorkville has a long and interesting history that includes its role in rescuing survivors of the worst accidents in New York City history. That would be the fire aboard the steamship General Slocum in 1904, in which some 1,000 people perished. A FREE lecture and exhibit [...] Free Music Friday is a new series at the American Folk Art Museum. The first performance is A Musical Tribute to Broadway, featuring both classic and contemporary favorites, plus behind-the-scenes stories from actors and singers who have appeared in shows including Phantom of the Opera; Wicked, Mamma Mia, West Side Story, The Producers and Shrek. The FREE performance is 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 [...] Cartoonist Charles Addams may be most famous for his Addams Family characters, including Morticia and Fester. They are part of the new exhibit “Charles Addams’s New York”, at the Museum of the City of New York, of course. But just part of the exhibit, which also features hundreds of Addams cartoons, many from covers and pages of the New [...] February is American Heart Month, a good time to make sure your heart is healthy. NYU is sponsoring a FREE Heart Health Fair, with screenings, lectures and other information on heart healthy eating, heart healthy exercise and fitness, risk factors to be aware of, and more, including giveaways and door prizes. The Heart Health Fair [...] Spend the weekend skiing or riding at Stratton, Vermont, and the resort will throw in Monday for free. You have to book a Friday, Saturday, Sunday three-night weekend lodging and lifts package, and the third day of skiing is free. Prices start at $68 per night per person. SKI Magazine has rated Stratton in the top ten [...] The New York Public Library branch in Harlem has a FREE exhibit of photos of the first year in office of President Obama. The photos are by Pete Souza, chief official White House photographer, ranging from candid shots of a father with his young children to the high drama aboard Air Force One. Souza uses his own [...] |
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