First Friday at the Miami Science Museum means free admission the first Friday of every month.
At 7 p.m., there will be a free planetarium star show, followed by rooftop observatory viewing from 8:30 to 10 p.m., weather permitting. Little ones can check out the activity room as well.
Laser shows will be hourly from 8 p.m through midnight; the cost for those is $8 for adults and $4 for children.
Miami Science Museum is at 3280 S. Miami Ave.
Cobb Theatres are showing free kids’ movies this summer at 10 a.m. every
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Doors open at 9:30 a.m., and many of the theaters fill quickly with summer campers, so arrive early if you want a seat.
The 2013 season runs June 11-Aug. 1.
The free films will be at three Miami-Dade theaters:
The schedule varies by theater, so click through to find out which movie is playing when at your favorite cinema.
If these theaters aren’t convenient, check out the $1 Summer Film Express at Regal theaters.
We’re always trying to find a way to dine out on the cheap. One way to do that is through Local Dines, formerly known as South Florida Dines. The South Florida company sells discount dining certificates to more than 350 restaurants in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.
The usual discount is 50% off. But for a limited time, you can get up to 70% off Blue Plate Specials on selected Miami-Dade restaurants. Click here to see the deals, which are good through 11 p.m. Tuesday, April 30.
Local Dines is an advertising partner of On the Cheap.
The Dade County Bar Association offers free legal advice by phone from 6 to 9 p.m. the first Wednesday of every month.
To speak to a lawyer, call 305-371-2220 from within Miami-Dade or 866-596-0399 from outisde. Volunteer lawyers participating in the Legal Line program will answer simple legal questions, give brief advice or make referrals to social service agencies.
The first full weekend of the month is coming, and that means Bank of America customers can visit museums free through the bank’s Museums On Us program. Just show your Bank of America or Merrill Lynch credit or debit card and a photo ID on Saturday or Sunday, and you will get free admission to more than 150 museums and attractions in cities across the United States.
In Miami-Dade, you can use your card for free admission to the Miami Art Museum, Miami Children’s Museum, Miami Science Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami and the Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach.
In Broward County, you’ll find deals for free admission to the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Discovery and Science ,the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale and the IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame and Museum in Dania Beach.
In Palm Beach County, you can make a free visit to the South Florida Science Museum in West Palm Beach.
You can also get free visits to museums in the Dania Beach, Jacksonville, Naples, Orlando, Saint Petersburg and Tampa Bay areas.
If you’re looking for other ways to visit museums free, check out our list of free museum days in South Florida.
Capturing Suspect 2 after an intense manhunt over a period of 24 hours takes a special kind of hero. Add to that the stress of the Marathon bombing earlier in the week, and it’s no wonder the men and women of the Boston Police Department are America’s best and finest.
So what do you say we all chip in to buy our neighbors in uniform a cup of coffee? And not just any cup of joe, but a special blend roasted just for them.
Living on the Cheap and its sister sites, including Miami on the Cheap, are collecting $1 from everyone who feels moved to contribute toward this cause. The money will be used to buy custom bags of fresh roasted beans from Buona Caffe and send them to station houses all over Boston to fuel these officers’ days and nights. Each bag will have a special thank you message from our readers.
To contribute, click on the Donate button below and leave your message of congratulations in the comments. We’ll select random comments to print on the accompanying tags.
Thank you to everyone in advance, and a big hats off salute to Boston!
Fandango is offering a 2-for-1 movie deal on Fridays when you use your Visa Signature card. The deal is good through Aug. 2.
This offer is valid for purchases made on Fridays (value up to $19.50) and made through the Fandango/Visa Signature website. You can make a maximum of one purchase per card per month.
The movie tickets must be purchased on a Friday and used the same day.
Through July 14, 2013, you can get a free 60-day trial membership to BJ’s Wholesale Club. During your trial period, there is no surcharge at checkout. If you decide to join, a 12-month membership is $50.
Bargain shoppers like B.J.’s coupon policy, which allows you to use both store coupons and manufacturers’ coupons. You can read more about how to best use coupons at B.J.’s at Living on the Cheap.
It’s baseball season, and Miami Marlins baseball games are always better at a discount. Groupon has an opening day game deal, but here’s a way to get tickets at a discount all season.
ScoreBig, a discount tickets company, is offering tickets to Marlins baseball games at the new stadium for 10% to 60% off. For most upcoming games, the discount is 25%, though we’ve got promo codes to create even better deals for new ScoreBig customers.
ScoreBig is not a ticket broker but a company that works directly with venues, teams and promoters to sell off excess tickets. It’s a little like Priceline for entertainment and sports tickets. You can see the current Miami Marlins discounts here.
ScoreBig offers tickets for a minimum 10% off. But with discount code SPRING35, new customers can get a minimum 35% off tickets, up to a total price of $300. The promo code can be used only once per customer. Or, you can use our exclusive promo code CHEAP15, to get an additional 15% off. That means the 25% off tickets would really be 40% off. That code is also for new customers and can be used only once. If tickets are already 50% off, save your code for another event.
ScoreBig can be a bit tricky to use. You name your own price, and ScoreBig tells you whether it’s accepted. The company tells you upfront what discount is likely. Offerings change frequently, so these deals may disappear in a few days, or other tickets for the same events may become available.
Here’s how to buy tickets with ScoreBig:
In South Florida, ScoreBig has lots of discount sports ticket. Click here to see all the current Miami deals, including deals for 25% to 50% off the Florida Panthers, Miami Marlins and Miami Heat.
Have you noticed that daily deal sites are offering discounted tickets to popular events and shows in South Florida? To keep up with deals, make sure to check our Daily Deals and our More Daily Deals pages every day.
Some deals last one day, some last two days and some last a week or more, though popular deals often sell out before their expiration date. Here are some of the current South Florida event and entertainment deals:
Looking for more deals on shows, sports and more? Check out our Daily Deals page, our More Daily Deals page, our Show Deals page and our Sports Deals page.
Miami-Dade County wants you to save water. The county has several incentives to encourage that.
The county give you a free high-efficiency shower head in exchange for an old one, up to two per household. You can exchange pre-1996 shower heads during business hours at the Caleb Center, the South Dade Government Center and the water-sewer department office on Douglas Road.
Miami-Dade also offers a rebate of up to $50 for installing a new Water Sense-certified high-efficiency toilet.
Why wait ‘til the weekend to get your famers market fix? The city of North Miami holds its market on Thursdays through June, from 11 a.m to 5 p.m.
Offerings include a lunch special and Florida grass fed beef in addition to the usual baked goods, honey, fresh produce, plants and more. It happens on the MOCA Plaza, 770 NE 125 St., through March.
Miami-Dade Animal Services provides discount spay and neuter surgeries for dogs and cats two days a week at the animal shelter. Pets older than four months need proof of rabies vaccine, or the county will administer the vaccine for $10. The service is for Miami-Dade residents only.
The shelter also microchips pets for $10, no appointment necessary.
The shelter is at 7401 NW 74th St, Miami. For questions, call 305-884-1101.
The Southwest Community Farmers Market takes place every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. You can shop for local and organic vegetables and herbs, fruits, honey and more. EBT benefits are doubled up to $10.
The weekly market has moved to a new location, Tropical Park near the Bird Road entrance, at 7900 Bird Rd.
If you’ve got a Miami-Dade Public Library card, you can download three free, legal songs a week through a service called Freegal.
The service makes available more than 3 million songs from more than 10,000 labels in 60 countries. The exact offerings are constantly changing, but it’s safe to say there is LOTS of free, legal music to download.
You can listen to the music on any device, including iPhone, iPad, your computer, an Android or other MP3 player. The library has instructions for how to download music and how to transfer it to iTunes or other programs. Get the details here.
Free, legal music downloads is just one of the free services the Miami-Dade Public Library provides besides books. You can check out books to read on your Kindle or Nook, rent DVDs and CDs and participate in all kinds of free events.
Home Depot offers FREE remodeling workshops every weekend, each looking at a different aspect of home improvement.
The hardware chain also offers a Do-It-Herself home series of workshops for women.
Register now and take a look at upcoming workshops.
