Download 16 Harlequin books free

To celebrate its 60th anniversary, Harlequin Books is offering free downloads of 16 full books. This is a total value of $60. Go to HarlequinCelebrates.com

Free kids’ films every Saturday

The Tropic Cinema, at 416 Eaton St. in Key West, presents free films for children at 12:30 p.m. every Saturday.
Doors open at noon. All children must be accompanied by an adult, who also will be admitted free.
The films are provided by the Coalition for Quality Children’s Media/Kids First.
Scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 31, are Turbo Dogs (two [...]

Friday night specials at Playhouse

The Waterfront Playhouse at Mallory Square in Key West is offering a “Friday Date Night Special” all season. For Friday evening performances, tickets are two for $50, a $20 savings off the regular price of $35 each.
The theater also offers dinner and a show specials in cooperation with several Key West restaurants.
The current show, running through Feb. [...]

500 free songs from Amazon, plus more

Amazon is offering more than 500 free MP3 songs for download. So if you got an MP3 player for Christmas and it’s still empy and dejected, now’s your chance to make it happy.
Want even more free music? Download it from YouTube and convert it to MP3 files. Here are the details, courtesy of our friends at www.neworleansonthecheap.com:
With [...]

Pops in the Park, free music

The Keys Community Concert Band will present its monthly free “Pops in the Park” concert at 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at Islamorada Founders Park, at Mile Marker 87 on Plantation Key.
Listeners should bring their own chairs and blankets.
This month’s concert is “Hooked on Classics.” Future free concerts are Feb. 28, “From Bach to [...]

Free health fair at three locations

The annual free Florida Keys Health Fair will take place at three locations from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24.
Doctors and students from the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine will screen for diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, vision problems, obesity, depression, osteoporosis and HIV, plus colon, breast, cervical and skin cancer. Free health evaluations [...]

15% off Thursday at Marshalls, TJMaxx

This Thursday, Jan. 22 only, Marshalls, TJMaxx and HomeGoods stores are offering 15% off all purchases. They’re calling it Customer Appreciation Day. Click here to find the closest HomeGoods store, here for TJMaxx and here for Marshalls.

Making up with free makeup

From Jan. 20 until the products run out, major cosmetics manufacturers will be distributing free products to customers as part of a settlement of a class-action lawsuit alleging price-fixing. Anyone who has bought high-end cosmetics at a department store from May 29, 1994, through July 16, 2003, is eligible to receive one free product. No [...]

Picnic and parade celebrate MLK

The City of Key West is putting on a free community picnic Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Day.
Community organizations will show case their services, and everyone is encouraged to bring food and beverages to the event, which begins at noon at Nelson English Park,300 Catherine St.
The annual parade will start at 11 a.m. at the Martin Luther [...]

Get new stuff and shed the old

Wouldn’t it be great if there were an easy way to give your unwanted but perfectly good stuff to someone who needed it? And a way to get stuff that’s perfect for you but doesn’t work for your neighbors any more?
There is, and it’s called Freecycle. It’s a great way to work with your neighbors [...]