Free & Cheap New York: Fri., Jan. 27 bi13751634 TUNE IN, TURN ON. If you?re a fan of ?Sweeney Todd,? ?Into the Woods? or ?Sunday the Park With George,? treat yourself to ?Mostly Sondheim,? an open-mike night at the Duplex. Take the stage and belt a Broadway tune. Ben Cameron and Emily McNamara host, and Brian Nash the musical director. 11:30 p.m

Free & Cheap New York: Thurs., Feb. 2 bi13751634 HE AND HIS SHADOW. It?s Groundhog Day, so Charles G. Hogg, better known as Staten Island Chuck , see shadow at the Staten Island Zoo? If he does, expect six more weeks of winter. Gates open at 6:30 a.m. and Chuck predicts at 7:30 a.m

Find serenity on Sunday at Seattle's Japanese Garden bi13751634 The annual First Viewing of the Gardens observance Sunday, Feb. 12, at the Seattle Japanese Garden the Washington Park Arboretum

Free & Cheap New York: Thurs., Jan. 12 bi13751634 ?MONSTERS? BALL. ? Sesame Street : Happy Healthy Monsters ? stars Elmo, Grover and the rest of the ? Sesame Street ? gang as they learn the importance of eating right, exercise and sleep. It be screened Sony Wonder Technology Lab?s HD Theater. Noon. Free. 550 Madison Ave. (212) 833-8100

Free and cheap New York City bi13751634 COMEDY TEAM. Laugh along ? 30 Rock ? writer Hannibal Buress as he hosts ?Comedy at KFBK,? a weekly show featuring local funny men and women. Tonight?s guests are Kurt Metzger, Jareem Green and Andrew Schulz. 9 p.m. Free

Favourite tips for cheap living bi13751634 The mail bags have been full of really good tips from the oily rag community. At time of the year many oily raggers are enjoying daily reminders about the virtues of the self-help oily rag lifestyle as they reap the harvest from oily rag ..

Quirky film fests aim to lure crowds to Winter Garden, Sanford bi13751634 The moviemakers week's inaugural Starlite Film Festival Winter Garden didn't need Hollywood-scale financing to get on the act. In fact, to qualify for the festival, they were limited to budgets that probably wouldn't pay the catering bill for a typical summer blockbuster

Urban Garden? Check. Now, Chickens. bi13751634 City dwellers are making some headway securing local permission to raise a small number of chickens and harvest eggs. Still, some towns are firmly opposed

Cheap$kate: FREE events NYC week bi13751634 Photo credit: Eli Manning #10 of the Giants celebrates Michael Strahan #92 after Patriots defeat. (Getty) WitStream Presents Super Bowl 2012 It's Super Bowl time and the Bell House throwing a party!..

The Running of the Santas Returns bi13751634 The Running of the Santas almost here a pub crawl, drinks and a run to Festival Pier

NDC Should Own Up to Its Abject Irresponsibility bi13751634 By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D

Phoenix rule out taking show on road bi13751634 The Wellington Phoenix not become a travelling roadshow despite attracting a club record crowd at Eden Park as attendances at Westpac Stadium dwindle

Wellington Phoenix rule out taking show on road bi13751634 The Wellington Phoenix not become a travelling roadshow despite attracting a club record crowd at Eden Park as attendances at Westpac Stadium dwindle

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