Cheap$kate: FREE events in NYC this week

Hot Chelle Rae concert
A drastic temperature drop Friday will close out the city's latest heat wave. But if you make your way over to Rockefeller Plaza Friday morning, your cool-down will be heated right back up as Hot Chelle Rae, the pop band behind the hit "Tonight, Tonight," takes the stage for the latest Toyota Concert Series on "Today" Friday morning concert. Remember to arrive early! (Friday, 6 a.m., FREE, outside of "Today" show's Window on the World Studio, 49th St. and Rockefeller Center, today.msnbc.msn.com)

Movies

'Slumdog Millionaire'
Who wants to be a millionaire? While we can't offer you a million bucks, we CAN tell you of this FREE screening of Oscar-winning flick "Slumdog Millionaire," part of the 13th season of Brooklyn Bridge Park's Syfy Movies With A View film series. So come out to the Pier 1 Harbor View Lawn in Brooklyn Bridge Park Thursday, where DJ Emch Subatomic will start the evening by spinning tracks at 6 p.m. The short film this week will be "Odysseus' Gambit" by Alex Lorca Cercos. (Thursday, 6 p.m., FREE, Pier 1 Harbor View Lawn, Brooklyn Bridge Park, brooklynbridgepark.org)