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NYC Bargain Finder: Free Breakfast at Starbucks

Evelyn Kanter — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:14:39 +0000

Free breakfast sandwich at Starbucks if you sign up for My Starbucks Rewards. Offer good through Sept 21. Click here for the NYC on the Cheap bargain finder [...]

Free Mini Makeover and Lip Gloss at Origins

Evelyn Kanter — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:48:23 +0000

You are looking good at Origins with a FREE Labor Day weekend mini-makeover and FREE lip gloss. By appointment only. This Origins good deal is good only through Monday, [...]

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 Deal: Find your Ancestors Free on Ancestry

Evelyn Kanter — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:19:43 +0000

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 [...]

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

Evelyn Kanter — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:13:29 +0000

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 [...]

Free Tastings of Johnnie Walker Scotch Brands

Evelyn Kanter — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:07:30 +0000

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 [...]

Free Seven Day Membership to Gold’s Gym

Evelyn Kanter — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:33:11 +0000

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 [...]

NYC on the Cheap: Free Recipes for Jewish New Year

Evelyn Kanter — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:12:22 +0000

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 [...]

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 [...]

Free Resume Writing Workshop in Brooklyn

Evelyn Kanter — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:25:52 +0000

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 [...]

NYC on the Cheap: Free Japanese Art Exhibit

Evelyn Kanter — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 04:25:14 +0000

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 [...]

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 Today Only: Frederick Fekkai Hair Care Products Worth $23

Evelyn Kanter — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:57:48 +0000

Get Frederick Fekkai hair care products worth $23 for free today only at Saks Fifth Avenue, today at. These aren’t travel-size trial size or sample size products. This is a full-size sample, and you get one of four choices — a Fekkai product for shine, body, color protection or straightening. The freebie is one day only, [...]

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 [...]

NYC on the Cheap: Free Frederick Fekkai Products at Saks Fifth Ave

Evelyn Kanter — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:58:07 +0000

Get Frederick Fekkai hair car products worth $23 for free for one day only at Saks Fifth Avenue. These aren’t travel-size trial size or sample size products. This is a full-size sample, and you get one of four choices — a Fekkai product for shine, body, color protection or straightening. The freebie is one day only, [...]

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 [...]

Good Deal: Kids Eat Free at IHOP in August

Evelyn Kanter — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:52:53 +0000

Kids eat free at IHOP during August, with the purchase of an adult meal. Two adults, two kids eat free. This is a deal! Too bad there’s just one IHOP in the Big Apple — it’s at 2294 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. in Harlem. But this is a national chain, and the kids eat free [...]

Free Admission to National Parks August 14, 15

Evelyn Kanter — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:21:58 +0000

More than 100 National Parks that usually charge admission fees are free this weekend, August 14 and 15. It is the third and last fee free weekend of 2010, so get out there and enjoy.

There are one dozen National Parks in New York City. Some of them are free all the time, and most of them [...]

Watch NY1 Report About Travel Guidebook Peaceful Places NYC

Evelyn Kanter — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:46:34 +0000

All this week, TV station NY1 is airing a segment about the calm, quiet, tranquil places in The Big Apple.

It’s Valarie D’Elia’s regular Travel With Val feature on TV1, this week focusing on my new NYC travel guidebook, Peaceful Places New York City: 139 Tranquil Sites in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island.

Long title, [...]

NYC on the Cheap Reminder: Free Wi-Fi at Starbucks

Evelyn Kanter — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:30:04 +0000

A reminder that Starbucks is now offering free one-click Wi-Fi at all its company-owned stores in the United States, including The Big Apple. The FREE Wi-Fi deal is only at company stores, not at Starbucks shops that are franchises. Here’s what is different from the current Starbucks Wi-Fi deal:

Free – no Starbucks Card required One-Click – no username [...]

Free Museum Admission for Military and Families

Evelyn Kanter — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:55:18 +0000

Through Labor Day weekend 2010, active duty U.S. military and their families receive free admission to more than 700 museums throughout the United States, including more than one dozen in the Big Apple, thanks to a new program called Blue Star Museums. The list includes children’s museums, art museums and history museums, so take the kids. Museums are air [...]

Free and Cheap School Supplies at Staples

Evelyn Kanter — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 13:16:59 +0000

There are great deals on school supplies this week at Staples. First, a one cent deal that’s good only through Wednesday, August 11th – 120-sheet packages of filler paper, what used to be called looseleaf paper, either college ruled or wide ruled. That deal is with a $5 purchase, which might be difficult to add up to [...]

Bowl Free on National Bowling Day, August 7

Evelyn Kanter — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 07:04:06 +0000

Hundreds of bowling centers around the country are participating in National Bowling Day this Saturday, August 7. It’s called World Record Day, and trying to set a record for the number of bowlers. Bowl one free game with coupon at participating locations. More than one dozen participating bowling centers in the Big Apple are participating. Check [...]

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. [...]