Thursday, May 23rd: Blogging 101 for Nonprofits (Webinar)
Blogging 101 for Nonprofits (Webinar) 2pm Free, RSVP required Join us for a Free Blogging 101 webinar with Tanya Schiavone from Hello My Brand Is. Blogs are one of the most cost-effective ways to reach donors, volunteers, and your clients. This webinar will provide basic guidelines for managing a blog and how to present your [...]
Saturday, May 18th: It’s My Park Day 2013
Join thousands of New Yorkers who come together each It’s My Park Day season to volunteer and celebrate their neighborhood parks and public spaces throughout the five boroughs! It’s My Park Day activities are coordinated by local community groups, City Parks Foundation, and many divisions of the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, including Urban [...]
Saturday, May 18th: Bronx Bike Bonanza
Bronx Bike Bonanza Co-op City the corner of Bellamy & Benchley loop, Bronx 11am-3pm Free Recycle-A-Bicycle, Bike NY and the NYC DOT get together to do a Kids Bike Swap, Learn to Ride class, and give away helmets. All free. Click here for more free New York City events & things to do.
Friday, May 17th: Free Coffee, Coconut Water, Treats & Bike Lights for Bike to Work Day
Free Brooklyn Roasting Company coffee, Vita Coco and breakfast from KIND and Cabot. Plus T.A. membership giveaways, including free bike lights and RydeSafe Reflective Decals! Click here for more information & a list of locations. Click here for more New York City freebies.
Thursday, May 16th: Bronx Bureau Launch Event & Conversation
Bronx Bureau Launch Event & Conversation Bronx Museum of the Arts (1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx) 6-9pm Free with RSVP City Limits, New York City’s leading civic organization, will launch the Bronx Bureau (formerly the Bronx News Network) with our third Tackling Poverty conversation featuring leading civic leaders and a networking reception including community stakeholders, nonprofit [...]
Saturday, May 4th & Sunday, May 5th: Jane’s Walk NYC 2013 with 100+ Free Walking & Biking Tours
On Saturday, May 4 and Sunday, May 5, thousands of New Yorkers will come together for Jane’s Walk NYC – an annual series of 100+ FREE guided walks (and bike rides!) throughout New York’s five boroughs. Registration is NOT required. Whether you choose to stroll through neighborhoods you love or discover new neigborhoods you’ve never [...]
Wednesday, May 1st: #sameskyny
Wednesday, May 1 at 7:30PM we invite all of New York to make a picture with some sky in it for a crowd-sourced quasi-cubist portrait of light throughout the city at a particular moment. Interpret as straight or as creatively as you desire. You can submit with or without a smartphone. Click here for more [...]
Wednesdays Through May 8th: The Five Boro Story Project
Spend just one day in the Big Apple and you’ll come away with at least one story. So imagine the tales the locals have to tell! Marking the launch of the Five Boro Story Project, “I’m Tawkin’ Here: Storytelling with a New Yawk Accent” is a citywide celebration of all that is New York in [...]
Wednesday, April 17th: Poem in Your Pocket Day 2013
Celebrate national Poem in Your Pocket Day on Thursday, April 18, 2013! Select a poem, carry it with you, and share it with others throughout the day. You can also share your poem selection on Twitter by using the hashtag #pocketpoem. Click here for more information & a complete schedule of events. Click here for [...]
Through Friday, April 19th: Music, Cocktails & Orchids at The New York Botanical Garden (Get Discounted Tickets Now)
Click here for discounted tickets to Orchid Evenings. Orchid Evenings is one of New York City’s most romantic date destinations. Experience the beauty of The Orchid Show with a specialty cocktail in hand and the sounds of traditional world and electronic music playing courtesy of DJ Julio. Tens of thousands of blooms — blue and [...]
Through Monday, April 22nd: The Orchid Show at The New York Botanical Garden (Get Discounted Tickets Now)
Click here for discounted tickets to The Orchid Show at The New York Botanical Garden. Bursting with elaborate designs and kaleidoscopic color arrangements, this exhibit in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory at The New York Botanical Garden will delight nature lovers and enchant guests of all ages who love beautiful things. Francisca P. Coelho, who [...]
Wednesday, April 3rd: ‘L is for Lion: An Italian Bronx Butch Freedom Memoir’
L is for Lion: An Italian Bronx Butch Freedom Memoir The Graduate Center (365 Fifth Ave, Room 1218, Manhattan) 6:30-8pm Free L is for Lion is an achingly true story of a Bronx tomboy whose 1960s girlhood was marked by her WWII veteran father’s lullabies laced with dissociative visions of trench warfare. At eighteen, on [...]
Wednesday, March 20th: Free Macarons for Macaron Day NYC 2013
Join us on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 to discover macarons in New York as bakeries across the city once again come together to provide free macarons to customers. Participating locations will provide one macaron per customer with quantities limited by location. To receive a free macaron tell the shop you are there for Macaron Day [...]
Through Thursday, March 21st: Free Nicotine Patches & Gum
Stop smoking in 2013. The NYC Department of Health offers a wealth of information and free resources to help you kick your habit for good, including free nicotine patches, gum & coaching services. Click here for more information. Click here for more New York City freebies.
Through Monday, April 22nd: The Orchid Show
The 11th annual exhibition celebrates this storied flower in all its amazing forms with thousands of brilliantly colored orchids. The largest exhibition of its kind in the United States also offers insight into caring for orchids, music from around the world, and a gorgeous setting for evening cocktails. Elaborate and kaleidoscopic displays throughout the galleries [...]
Thursday, February 28th: How to Start a Business – Free Online Presentation
How to Start a Business 5:30pm Free, register here Are you ready to turn your creative passion into a thriving business? If you’ve been thinking about starting or growing a small business, we’re here to help! Tune into the Etsy Online Labs on February 28 at 5:30 EST and watch the free online presentation, How [...]
Thursday, February 28th: Bringing Recycled Fashion Technology into the Mainstream Webinar
Bringing Recycled Technology into the Mainstream 1pm EST $5, register here Eco Fashion is our Future! We are happy to announce Anne Sodemann, CEO of ReThink Fabrics, to discuss and break down the process of how waste can be turned into fashion. Using recycled water bottles, ReThink Fabrics has made a name for itself by [...]
$5 Magazine Subscriptions
Click here for $5 magazine subscriptions. Get a variety of magazine subscriptions on Amazon for just $5-10 each. Discounted titles include: Cosmopolitan, Elle, O, The Oprah Magazine, Town & Country, Harper’s BAZAAR, Esquire, Marie Claire, Fitness, Yoga Journal, ESPN The Magazine, Better Homes & Gardens and Popular Science. Click here for more New York City [...]
Begins Tuesday, February 19th: Gangnam Style is Not for Me: I Need My Own Signature Dance Move (Online Class)
Online class with John “The Creep” Doyle of Girl Walk // All Day – register here Where did Madonna get her Vogue? Who taught Michael to Moonwalk? When IS Hammer Time? What is YOUR signature dance move? You may not be a pop star, but everyone should take a little time to celebrate their inner [...]
Beginning Monday, February 18th: Dating By Design: The Basics (Online Class)
Dating By Design: The Basics February 18-27 Online class $16 If you’ve ever felt like dating (or design!) is like magic, too complex, or a complete mystery, Dating by Design can help. This multi-disciplinary course will teach you a solid foundation of tools and techniques to help you start designing your ideal relationship. We spend [...]
Begins Monday, February 11th: Contract Writing 101 for Freelancers – Online Class
Contract Writing 101 for Freelancers Online class $10 in advance So you’ve been in business for yourself for a little while. You know you should have a contract, maybe you even have one, but is it really comprehensive? Maybe you can’t afford a lawyer and you’ve cobbled together your own version on a wish and [...]
Saturday, February 9th: Snow Day Fun in All Boroughs
As the snow falls, NYC Parks is at the ready with winter fun! During times of heavy snowfall, NYC Parks may offer a snow day, which is a day of free organized recreation in several parks throughout the city. Activities may include supervised safe sledding (there will be sleds available at each snow day site), [...]
Beginning Thursday, February 7th: Design and Make Your Own Statement Necklace – Free Online Class
Design and Make Your Own Statement Necklace Online class Free, registration required Ever wander through your favorite boutique and wonder how jewelry designers make all those killer statement necklaces? With this class, you can save a few hundred dollars and get the satisfaction of saying you made it yourself. We’ll start with jewelry basics including… [...]
