Wednesday, May 22nd & Wednesday, May 29th: ‘Bette Davis Ain’t For Sissies’ (Get Free Tickets Now)
Click here for free tickets to Bette Davis Ain’t For Sissies, while supplies last. A trip into the mind of one of Hollywood’s greatest stars, Bette Davis Ain’t For Sissies is a powerful one-woman show starring Jessica Sherr. Taking place on the night of the 1939 Academy Awards, Davis finds out that she will lose [...]
Monday, May 20th: Manhattan Concert Chorale Performs at Carnegie Hall (Get Free Tickets Now)
Click here for free tickets to Manhattan Concert Chorale, while supplies last. Conductor Craig Arnold leads the professional Manhattan Concert Chorale and Strings through some hand-picked favorites for this performance at Carnegie Hall. Presented by Manhattan Concert Productions, the program will feature movements from Handel’s baroque masterpiece Dixit Dominus and Vaughan Williams’s triumphant Antiphon from [...]
New York City Events Ending Saturday, May 18th & Sunday, May 19th
5/18: Free NYC Bike Expo 2013 5/18 & 5/19: The Seed Vegan Expo 2013 (Get 50% Off Tickets Now) Through 5/19: 2013 Look & Listen Festival Through 5/19: Hell’s Kitchen Art Festival 2013
Saturday, May 18th: Market Hotel Tag Sale
Market Hotel Tag Sale Market Hotel (957 Broadway, Brooklyn) Noon-8pm Free admission :: all proceeds to benefit the Market Hotel Project :: … special guests tba … :::: NARWHALZ OF SOUND :::::: Cammisa Buerhaus :: dj Mr Ad Hoc Click here for more free New York City events & things to do.
Get $10 Tickets to ‘The Fantasticks’
Click here for tickets to The Fantasticks starting at $10 (offered today only). When Matt and Luisa fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families, a modern-day Romeo and Juliet unfolds, with plenty of comedy, drama and music, along with a healthy dose of moonlight and magic. Featuring the beloved songs “Try to [...]
Friday, May 17th: ‘Room to Breathe’: Cultivating Mindfulness in Schools
Click here for 50% off tickets to Room to Breathe. As schools across the nation struggle to effectively educate future generations, this hopeful documentary presents a different path to success. Room to Breathe examines the efforts of Megan Cowan, a mindfulness teacher attempting to change lives at a San Francisco middle school that tops the [...]
Tuesday, May 14th: Comedian Wayne Brady (Get 50% Off Tickets Now)
Click here for 50% off tickets to see Wayne Brady. B.B. King Blues Club welcomes Wayne Brady, comedian, actor, dancer, Grammy-nominated recording artist, improv specialist (Whose Line Is It Anyway?), game show emcee (Let’s Make a Deal) and Emmy-winning host of his own talk show. Armed with a bright smile and arsenal of talent, Brady’s [...]
Sunday, May 12th: Mother’s Day Events, Free DIY Dumplings & Pizza, Japan Day…
Sunday, May 12th: Japan Day NYC 2013 Sunday, May 12th: Learn How to Make Ice Cream for Free Sunday, May 12th: Free DIY Pizza & Dumplings Class Sunday, May 12th: Buzz Aldrin Sunday, May 12th: Concert Featuring Poetry of Walt Whitman Set to Music Through Sunday, May 12th: Form and Substance: Projection Mapping in Contemporary [...]
Sunday, May 12th & Sunday, May 19th: ‘A Fierce Green Fire’ Screening
Click here for 50% off tickets to A Fierce Green Fire. Symphony Space hosts a screening of A Fierce Green Fire, narrated by Robert Redford. This documentary chronicles and examines grassroots and global environmental movements spanning more than five decades. Exploring how we’ve ended up where we are today, this dynamic film presents an illuminating [...]
Sunday, May 12th: New York Youth Symphony’s 50th Anniversary Spring Concert (Get Free Tickets Now)
Click here for free tickets to the New York Youth Symphony’s 50th Anniversary Spring Concert. Bass-baritone Evan Hughes joins music director Joshua Gerson and the New York Youth Symphony — celebrating its golden anniversary this year — for the world premiere of Natural Systems, a special piece commissioned from contemporary composer John Glover. Hughes is [...]
Saturday, May 11th: Annual Tap Extravaganza
Click here for 50% off tickets to the Annual Tap Extravaganza. Direct from Queens, Flushing Town Hall presents the Annual Tap Extravaganza. Dance out loud with some of the city’s best hoofers at this 5th annual event, as plenty of nifty footwork will be on display during the celebration and appreciation of all things tap. [...]
Friday, May 10th & Sunday, May 11th: Leading Contemporary Poets ‘Remix’ Classic Works in ‘Epic Now’
Click here for 50% off tickets to Epic Now: Poetry for Epic Times. The Poetry Project’s spring benefit, Epic Now: Poetry for Epic Times, brings together some of the best contemporary poets now working to re-imagine some of the best poems ever written. The friction between past and present sparks two evenings of lively poetry [...]
Thursday, May 9th: Free Massages, Free Yoga, BK Museum Singles Party, Free PULSE Tix…
Thursday, May 9th: Free Massages & Makeovers Through Sunday, May 12th: PULSE New York 2013 (Get Free Tickets Now) Thursday, May 9th: Brooklyn Museum Social Singles Scavenger Hunt Thursday, May 9th: Free Yoga Classes Thursday, May 9th: Celebrate Brooklyn! New Orleans Dance Party Thursday, May 9th: Erika Spring (Au Revoir Simone) DJs + Open Bar [...]
Friday, May 10th: DJ Spooky’s Civil War Symphony at the Met (Get 50% Off Tickets Now)
Click here for 50% off tickets to DJ Spooky’s Civil War Symphony. Paul D. Miller (a.k.a. DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid) wants to show audiences that music and art are always in dialogue. Working alongside Jeff L. Rosenheim, the curator of Photographs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the electronic and hip-hop artist presents a [...]
Fridays Through June 28th: The Spring Cocktail War (Up to 75% Off Tickets Now)
Click here for up to 75% off tickets to The Spring Cocktail War. This spring, iAdventure presents the sixth installment of its popular Cocktail War Series, The Spring Cocktail War. Two of New York’s best mixologists will compete head-to-head to create the best cocktail using a series of secret ingredients in the allotted time. But [...]
Wednesday, May 8th: Twin Bridges Walking Tour (Get 50% Off Tickets)
Click here for 50% off tickets to the Twin Bridges Walking Tour. This 90-minute excursion from NYC Adventure Tours takes you on a walk across both the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges, offering unmatched city vistas and expert commentary from guide Ike Ilkiw, a lifelong New Yorker and retired NYPD detective. Billed as a brisk walk [...]
Win a Pair of Tickets to ‘I’m a Stranger Here Myself’
Win a pair of tickets to I’m a Stranger Here Myself. To enter the giveaway, just enter your name & e-mail into the widget below or log in using Facebook. You must be a current subscriber to Nifty NYC’s e-newsletter at the time of the drawing to win. You can earn extra entries by following [...]
Saturday, May 18th & Sunday, May 19th: The Seed Vegan Expo 2013 (Get 50% Off Tickets Now)
Click here for 50% off tickets to The Seed Vegan Expo. The Seed is a two-day fair that celebrates veganism and promotes cruelty-free alternatives for every aspect of modern-day life. Hungry? Scrumptious plant-based food from the city’s finest vegan restaurants will be on sale. Need inspiration? The Seed’s lineup of more than 30 world-renowned speakers, [...]
New York City Events Ending Saturday, May 4th & Sunday, May 5th
Click here for our full list of upcoming & ongoing NYC events. 5/4: Open Bar Kentucky Derby Party (Get 50% Off Tickets Now) 5/4 & 5/5: Cinco de Mayo Kegs & Eggs Party (Get 50% Off Tickets Now) 5/4: Cinco de Drinko Yacht Cruise (Get 50% Off Tickets Now) 5/4: David Knopfler of Dire Straits [...]
Saturday, May 4th: Cinco de Drinko Yacht Cruise (Get 50% Off Tickets Now)
Click here for 50% off tickets to the Cinco de Drinko Yacht Cruise. Kick off the holiday aboard the sparkling Jewel Yacht for a floating fiesta unlike any other in the city. This three-hour Cinco de Drinko cruise sails out of Manhattan’s Skyport Marina along the East River on Saturday the 4th, boasting spectacular views [...]
Saturday, May 4th: David Knopfler of Dire Straits (Get Free Tickets Now)
Click here for free tickets to see David Knopfler, while supplies last. Singer-songwriter David Knopfler, who was a founding member of Dire Straits, plays stage 48. Knopfler spent three years in Dire Straits, led by his brother Mark, before quitting the band to embark on a solo career. Since his 1983 solo debut Release, he’s [...]
Saturday, May 4th: Metropolitan Museum Concert Featuring Priceless Violins
Click here for 50% off tickets to Salomé Chamber Orchestra at the Met. Currently on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Sau-Wing Lam Collection of Rare Italian Stringed Instruments is one of the finest assemblies of super-rare musical instruments in the world. It includes handmade violins by Giuseppe Guarneri (the “Baltic”), Nicolò Amati [...]
Saturday, May 4th & Sunday, May 5th: Cinco de Mayo Kegs & Eggs Party (Get 50% Off Tickets Now)
Click here for 50% off tickets to the Cinco de Mayo Kegs & Eggs Party. It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Spring has arrived, summer is just around the corner … and Mexico’s Cinco de Mayo holiday gives you an excuse to take some time out for a celebration. Start your day of [...]
Saturday, May 4th & Sunday, May 5th: Cinco de Mayo Taco and Margarita Fest & Late-Night Fiesta with Open Bar
Click here for 50% off tickets to Cinco de Mayo at Teqa. [RSVPs closed] With its chic mix of traditional and modern Mexican cuisine, Murray Hill’s Teqa Tequileria & Taqueria is pretty much the perfect place to celebrate Cinco de Mayo in the city. Their Taco & Margarita Festival features live music and DJ entertainment, [...]
