Free ‘Alice in Wonderland’ audiobook

Thanks for being part of the Miami FL on the Cheap community. Share your cheap tips with us at miami27@miamiflonthecheap.com Through March 16, you can download a free audiobook of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland read by Michael York on AudioFileMagazine.com.
We hear the movie isn’t quite true to the original. Surprised?
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Talk on foreclosure prevention

Coral Gables financial expert Dalis Freixa will discuss and sign her book, The American Dream: It’s Not Forgotten, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 4, at Books & Books in Coral Gables.
Freixa, a mortgage broker and real estate broker, is the founder and chief executive officer of the nonprofit H.E.R.O. Foundation (an organization that offers homeowners [...]

Free kids’ party for Dr. Seuss

Celebrate Dr. Seuss’ 106th birthday with a free party from 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 2, at the Miami Children’s Museum on Watson Island.
The event will include games, celebrity book readings, a scavenger hunt, face painting and a chance to meet some of the characters from Dr. Seuss’ books.
Information: 305-373-KIDS.

Free Spam AllStars at Bal Harbour

Bal Harbour Shops will offer two free concerts by the Spam Allstars at 5:30 pm. and 7 p.m. on the second level of the shopping center at 9700 Collins Ave. The performances are part of the mall’s weekly Cultural Series of life music.
The music coincides with Books and Books’ “grand(er) opening” celebration for its [...]

Vampire Ball with Heather Brewer

Books and Books in Coral Gables is hosting a free Vampire Valentine’s Day Bash with Heather Brewer, author of the young adult series The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod. The author will talk about her latest book about Vlad, the half-human, half-vampire high school student, The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod – Eleventh Grade Burns (Dutton, $16.99).
The [...]

$10 manicures on Miami Beach

Salon Vaso, at 1600 Alton Road on the second floor, in Miami Beach is celebrating 2010 with $10 manicures (a $15 value) through May 1.
For Valentine’s Day, the salon is offering a free makeup application with any hair service on Sunday, Feb. 14.
Salon Vaso is also offering a “2 for Tuesdays” package with [...]

Free mini-facials, skin and hair advice

GBS, The Beauty Store, is offering free Murad mini-facials and hair and scalp analysis from Phyto and j.f. Lazartigue hair care this month. In addition, professionals will be on hand to provide free skin, hair and scalp consultations and prescriptions.
Shoppers also will receive a $5 GBS gift card with every $50 cosmetic purchase and a [...]

Free interview with a vampire (author)

Richelle Mead, author of the best-selling Vampire Academy series, is bringing the Vampire Academy tour to South Florida, by popular demand of fans who voted on her website.
Mead will read from and sign Vampire Academy: Signature Edition (Penguin, $17.99), which includes a sneak preview of the first chapter of Book 5: Spirit Bound, due out in May.
The [...]

Get a free book

While supplies last, you can get one of three books free from Random House/Crown Publishing when you Read It Forward. The books are:
Breaking Out of Bedlam by Leslie Larson
Prima Donna by Megan Chance
True Confections by Katharine Weber
Breaking out of Bedlam by Leslie Larson(my choice)  is a tale of an 82-year-old woman coming to terms with changes [...]

New Year’s Day sale at Books & Books

Books and Books is having a New Year’s Day sale, with 25 percent off all inventory at the Coral Gables store from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 1.
The deal excludes special orders, books on hold, newspapers and magazines.
The celebration will include free-flowing champagne and free parking.