Editor’s Note: Hi all, please check out the second half of this week’s free and cheap NYC events from the Cheap Chick in the City who is SO sorry for the delay. She WILL still post new NYC events on Wednesday August 24th, 2022, as usual, likely as its own standalone entry, given the two separate entries this week.
The Cheap Chick is still feeling financial stress, so can always use some help, especially as a freelancer/independent contractor so if you want to throw some money my way re my appearance on #TheRehearsal, or just buy me a cup of “coffee,” or “orange juice, no pulp,” reference the French Revolution 😉 or just support this website, simply Venmo $ to me @Patricia-Couture-3. Thanks to ALL who have sent $; EVERY little bit helps!
Take Part In Art
“ONLINE Craft, Coloring & Chat – Open Craft and Coloring Hour for Adults”
Tuesday August 23rd, 2022
2 p.m.
Online or In-person @ Mulberry Street Library, 10 Jersey St, Manhattan
“Color with us from the comfort of your own home. Chat about the books you are reading, the shows you are watching, and discuss whatever is on your mind. Who says that you can’t be social while practicing social distancing?
This event will take place over Google Meet. Most online programs, including all programs hosted via Google Meet, provide closed captioning. If you would like to confirm ahead of the program or have a specific accessibility request, please email accessibility@nypl.org at least two weeks before the program date.
You must register with your email address in order to receive the link to participate. The link will be sent to you by email approximately one day before the program. You will need a device with audio and video and an internet connection to join.”
Cost: Free! Get tkts here.
“Jamel Shabazz: Eyes on the Street” is @ the Bronx Museum of the Arts and will run through Sunday, October 2nd, 2022.
“Raphael Montañez Ortiz: A Contextual Retrospective” is @ El Museo del Barrio through Sunday September 11, 2022.
“Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite” is on display @ The New-York Historical Society from Friday August 19th, 2022 from Sunday January 15, 2023.
The Play’s The Thing
The last Broadway in Bryant Park is on Thursday, August 25, 2022 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. “Join 106.7 LITE FM Host Rich Kaminski as we go out on a high note with performances from ‘Six,’ Beetlejuice,’ ‘A Strange Loop,’ and ‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical.'”
Stream New Ohio Theatre: “Ice Factory” shows through Saturday August 27th, 2022. “Ice Factory is our OBIE award-winning summer festival of new work. Every summer we invite seven of the most exciting downtown companies to present their latest projects in an environment of generosity, dialogue, and inspiration. ICE FACTORY is a place where artists can take risks, try out new ideas, and bring their projects to a new level. We present one show a week for six weeks.”
ONE more day to stream 2018’s “Uncle Vanya,” performed @ NYC’s Hunter Theater Project for free until Tuesday August 23rd, 2022.
History’s Mysteries
“As it Was: A Virtual Tour of the Lower East Side”
Wednesday August 24th, 2022
6 p.m.
Online
“In partnership with NYPL’s Seward Park Library, learn how the Lower East Side has changed, and how the Museum at Eldridge Street and Seward Park Library, which continue to serve residents after almost 150 years, have changed with it.
Get tkts here.
Lots of activities kicked off the 246th “Battle Week,” commemorating the Battle of Brooklyn, which will run through Saturday August 28th, 2022.
Remembering September 11th
A new 9/11 photo exhibit of first responders and their families, is opening @ the New York City Fire Museum on Wednesday August 24th, 2022 and will run through Sunday October 2nd, 2022.
Book It
“Dueling Detectives: Favorite Mysteries of 2022…So Far”
Tuesday August 23rd, 2022
3 to 4 p.m.
Online
“Join us as we discuss our favorite new mysteries that have come out so far this year!”
Cost: Free! Get tkts here.
Every Monday the Center for Fiction hosts “BYOBook, our weekly quiet happy hour for readers! Visit The Center for Fiction Café & Bar on Mondays from 5-7 p.m. to read, relax, and enjoy $3 off cocktails and $2 off beer!”
Culture Vultures
“EAST COAST POETRY READINGS FROM THE ANTHOLOGY BLACK FIRE THIS TIME“
Wednesday August 24th, 2022
7 p.m.
Online/Watch online via Zoom, Meeting ID: 864 5373 4795, Passcode: 101678
“The theme of this riveting anthology is “Black is Beautiful, Black is Powerful, Black is Home.” Exploring the past, present, and future of Black writing, the collection bridges founders of the Black Arts Movement to contemporary writers in the tradition. Meet some of the extraordinary contributors, including Sonia Sanchez, Raymond Nat Turner, Keisha-Gaye Anderson, and Megha Sood.”
Cost: Free!
The Met Opera Summer HD Festival will kick off on Friday August 26th, 2022, @ Lincoln Center Plaza.
Home Sweet Home
“Renting an Apartment in New York City”
Tuesday, August 23, 2022,
12 to 1:30 p.m.
Online
“Pamela Glaser guides you through the process of finding an apartment through signing the lease for your new home. The discussion includes: application requirements and fees, typical financial requirements, insurance, difference between rent stabilized apartment and market rate, leases, rental guidelines, protections against discrimination, the NYC housing lotteries, market rate shared housing options, and more. Finally, learn about some of the incentives to help you become a co-op, condo, or homeown.”
Cost: Free! For more info and tkts, go here.
You Are What You What You Eat
“Annual Honey Harvest Festival”
Tuesday August 23rd, 2022
1 to 3:30 p.m.
Voelker Orth Museum, Bird Sanctuary and Victorian Garden
“Do you want some, Sweet Stuff? The Voelker Orth Museum hosts a Honey Harvest Festival…Get a syrupy buzz with bee-related art, activities, and snacks along with the annual honey harvest at the Flushing historical house, which features a Victorian garden. Sample different kinds of honey and learn how to make a bee-friendly garden.”
Cost: $4
Games People Play
There’s still time to visit the big bouncy house in midtown, through Sunday August 28th, 2022.
You can also watch the Bryant Park August Singles Ping Pong Tournament on Tuesday August 23rd, 2022 @ 6:30 p.m.
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