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25 free holiday songs

Teresa — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 05:17:59 +0000

Amazon is offering 25 days of free music, with a new holiday song for to download free every day from Dec. 1-25.

If you miss a day, you can go back and download all the songs through Dec. 25.

Amazon is an advertising partner of On the Cheap.

Free ‘Wake Up and Workout’ mix

Teresa — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 22:09:50 +0000

Loser and Subway are offering free downloads of their workout mix “Wake Up and Workout.”

To download your free mix tape, click here.

When the link stops working, the deal’s over.

Summer deals on Miami attractions

Teresa — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 01:21:57 +0000

It’s the dog days of summer (or, at my house, the cat days), and the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau has come up with a major collection of deals for both residents and visitors.

Most of the deals in the 4-4-3 promotion give you four (tickets, nights, meals, etc.) of something for the price of [...]

Free and cheap summer kids’ films

Teresa — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:49:14 +0000

Luckily for us, most major theater chains offer free or reduced-price children’s film programs on weekday mornings during the summer. And most don’t require you to bring a child to be admitted, either.

Among the offerings this summer are Alvin and the Chipmunks Squeakquel, Charlotte’s Web, Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything, Hotel for Dogs, Shrek the [...]

Find deals on concert tickets

Teresa — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:51:39 +0000

I still remember my first concert: A friend and I went to see the Carpenters perform in 1970. We weren’t yet old enough to drive, so we had to take our mothers.

I saw a few free concerts in my youth: Harry Chapin, James Taylor. And a few I paid for: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez. As [...]

Deals on entertainment

Teresa — Fri, 21 May 2010 18:43:13 +0000

When I lived in Los Angeles, one of my favorite deals was “public rush,” when all the remaining tickets to theatrical performances were sold 10 minutes before showtime for $10 or $15. Since my days off were Tuesday and Wednesday, I almost always could see the top shows on the cheap.

South Florida has never adopted [...]