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Now that my hometown is back on top of the must visit destination list, here’s how to enjoy NYC on the cheap. Spring/Summer is a great time to be in NYC, for the Ninth Avenue Food Festival, Museum Mile and other outdoor food and crafts festivals, FREE fan events for the FIFA World Cup in
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Visit more than 200 museums, zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens and other cultural institutions for FREE on the first full weekend of every month, via the Museums on Us program. The program is a perk for holders of a Bank of America or Merrill credit card or debit card. Just present your active card with
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Here are a dozen-plus spots in New York City and the rest of NY State where you can enjoy acres of these blooming beauties through mid-May. Many for FREE in public parks, so you can enjoy cherry blossoms on the cheap.
Since our mental health is connected to our physical well-being, these FREE fitness apps will help motivate you at home or on the road. They offer exercises including yoga, measure your walks and hikes, and meditation to help you sleep more restfully when day is done.
Reminder that the National Park Service has changed the days for free admission in 2026, dropping Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth and adding President Trump’s birthday. Other traditional free admission days remain, including Presidents Day (Monday, Feb. 16) , Memorial Day, Independence Day, Constitution Day, Veterans Day, President Theodore Roosevelt’s birthday (Oct. 27)
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CBS announced recently that the popular and multi-award-winning The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is being cancelled in May 2026. Here’s how to get tickets before the show goes off the air after a decade, on May 21, 2026. Tickets to shows taped in NYC are FREE. Anybody who wants to sell you tickets to
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The best late night TV shows are taped in New York City, and tickets are FREE. Here’s how to get tickets to The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, including for standby tickets.
Beware of the newest holiday scam, called “brushing”, which involves receiving an unexpected gift – something you did not order – by mail or delivery from Amazon or similar. You need to click the enclosed QR code to find out who sent it. Don’t do it.
The best late night TV shows are taped in New York City, and tickets are FREE. Here’s how to get tickets to The Late Show With Seth Myers.
The lottery for tickets to the new season of Saturday Night Live is open only August 1-31. Here’s how to snag a free seat in the studio for the 51st season of shows which begins in September.