Take a Bite New York City has more of everything than any other place on the planet, including deals, discounts and freebies. We're here to help you take an inexpensive bite out of Big Apple restaurants, theater, museums, shopping and more. Your guide is Evelyn Kanter, a lifelong New Yorker and journalist who has been writing about her hometown forever. Email us at info@thebigappleonthecheap.com
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The sweet swinging sounds of the 30s and 40s are a great way to welcome in the newest decade. Head to Brooklyn’s Montauk Club for a New Year’s Eve Formal Ball to swing dance to the live music of Michael Arenella & His Dreamland Septet, and the Minsky Sisters join in the fun at midnight.
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The rest of the year, The Fur Source is a wholesaler on West 29th Street, in the fur district. Through Sunday, Jan. 10th, they are selling top quality furs to the public at wholesale prices. Mink, shearlings, rabbit and other warm and stylish coats, jackets, hats, mufflers and more are at three midtown locations. When [...]
Enjoy New Year’s Eve fireworks, live entertainment and more in New York Harbor aboard the luxury yacht Audubon. This is a four-hour celebration cruise that celebrates both the arrival of 2010 and the yacht’s first voyage since an extensive and expensive renovation. There’s an open bar, hors d’oevres, spectacular views of the Manhattan skyline. At mignight, there’s [...]
Celebrate the New Year with this two-fer double special offer: On New Year’s Eve, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is giving a special “Best of 20 Years” performance recognizing the two decades Judith Jamison has served as the troupe’s Artistic Director. You’ll also get a free glass of champagne, or non-alcoholic beverage before the show or during [...]
Of course your children have a favorite doll or teddy bear. Take them all to the special holiday Doll and Teddy Bear Party at Historic Richmondtown on Staten Island. The party is 1:30 p.m. on Wed., Dec. 30th, in front of the Victorian Christmas Tree. Reservations are required, the cost is $8 per child. Adults are [...]
Even if Santa didn’t bring you a new digital camera or video camera for Christmas, you probably are taking lots of photos and video clips of family and friends. That means you’ll need blank CDs and DVDs to copy and safeguard those memories. Radio Shack to the rescue! A 50-pack of TDK 52x CD-Rs is just $6.99, [...]
The day after Christmas is usually the best day of the year for sales and bargains, and this year the discounts last for the entire weekend. Saturday, Dec. 26 and Sunday, Dec. 27, Lord & Taylor is selling winter coats for women and children at 60% off, cashmere sweaters for men and women at $49.99, and more.
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New York City’s most public monument to its role in slavery in the 1700s and 1800s is the African Burial Ground National Monument in Lower Manhattan, where some 15,000 men, women and children were buried. This is the place to honor them and celebrate Kwanzaa, the the weeklong holiday that begins on December 26 and commemorates African-American heritage and [...]
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