NOTE: Alternate side parking rules are suspended today for Shavuot Free and cheap events in the neighborhood on Thursday, May 16th, 2013… NYC Landmarks50 Commemoration At Miles Davis’ UWS Home 312 W. 77th (Between West End & Riverside) 3:45 pm FREE Central Park Circuit Fitness Class: “Bliss Out” Great Hill, Central Park (meet at CPW [...]

Wrote yesterday about the free fitness classes in Central Park on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. If you prefer to do your exercise on the weekends, the Riverside Park Conservancy is offering free Zumba and Tai Chi classes every Saturday and Sunday through the end of summer, part of RPC’s popular “Summer On The Hudson” program.

Free and cheap events in the neighborhood on Wednesday, May 15th, 2013… “UWS Work From Home” Meeting/Networking/Social Event Dead Poet Bar (450 Amsterdam, between 81st & 82nd) 4:00 – 6:00 pm (and probably later) FREE Fitness: Summer Shape Up In The Park Athleta (216 Columbus, at 70th) 7:00 – 8:00 pm FREE (meet at store, [...]

RELATED:  SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS: Free Zumba & Tai Chi Classes In Riverside Park If you’re looking to get in shape this summer but don’t like being stuck indoors at the gym, the Central Park Conservancy is offering free bi-weekly fitness classes in the park from now through August. The classes make use of various park [...]

@bfatitude snapped this yesterday afternoon outside Amsterdam Ale House (340 Amsterdam, 76th). I’m about to head out for a friend’s bachelor party and will be putting this theory through its paces tonight.

If you’re looking to get your yoga on tomorrow morning (Sunday, 5/12), the Upper West Side Lululemon is offering a free ladies-only class at 9:30 am: Come celebrate the Goddesses in your life on Sunday May 12th! Take a complimentary yoga class with your om girls from the lovely Kay Kay Clivio in-store 9:30am-10:30am. (Girls [...]

Free and cheap events in the neighborhood on Monday, May 6th, 2013… Hampton’s Summer Preview Party Empire Hotel (44 W. 63rd, at Columbus & Broadway) Doors open at 6:00, Live music from 6:30 – 9:30 pm FREE (Cash bar) Sackler Brain Bench: Why We Eat What We Eat with Drew Ramsey & Amy Bentley Museum [...]

Free and cheap events in the neighborhood on Monday, April 29th, 2013… Wine Tasting/Meet The Winemaker: Tal Pelter of Pelter Winery 67 Wine (179 Columbus, at 68th) 4:00 – 7:00 pm FREE Community Discussion On Preventing Gun Violence, with Congressman Jerrold Nadler Stephen Wise Free Synagogue (30 W. 68th, between Columbus & CPW) 7:30 – [...]

Free and cheap events in the neighborhood on Thursday, April 25th, 2013… Beyond Wine with Beverly: Food & Wine Demo Wine Store @ Columbus Square Whole Foods (808 Columbus, at 97th) 5:00 – 7:00 pm FREE “Thursday Thursdays”: Free Beer Tastings On Tap @ Columbus Circle Whole Foods (Time Warner Center) 5:00 – 8:00 pm [...]

Free and cheap events in the neighborhood on Wednesday, April 24th, 2013… After Hours Programs: Adventures in the Global Kitchen — The Art of Fermentation Linder Theater @ American Museum Of Natural History (W.77th, btw. CPW & Columbus) 6:30 pm — Ticket holders also receive complimentary after-hours admission to Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture [...]

Just a quick heads-up if you’re planning to participate or watch the City Parks Foundation Run for the Parks race in Central Park on Sunday morning: As a security precaution related to the events at the Boston Marathon, all bags and backpacks are banned. I’m not clear on how police will distinguish between race spectators [...]

Apologies for the short-notice, but a reader just sent this to me a few minutes ago. In the wake of the tragic events at Monday’s Boston Marathon, the New York Flyers running club is hosting a “unity run” (although you can also walk) in Central Park tomorrow morning (Saturday, 4/20). There’s an event page at [...]