ByIANSlife Features

September 14, 2019 (IANSlife)  In addition to comfortable sweater weather and the natural splendor of leaves changing colour and crunching under the feet; autumn brings a bevy of brilliant events for all types of visitors to the New York City.

 

1. The City’s premier modern art museum MoMA will reopen after a four-month closure. On October 21, brand-new spaces for exhibitions, performances and events will be ready for the public along with seven new installations.

2. With a new album and a new look, Madonna kicks off her latest concert tour in her hometown. She’s forgoing arenas for a more intimate theatrical setting as she takes over BAM’s Gilman Opera House, performing 18 shows over three-plus weeks.

 

3. Starting October 12, ‘Tina: The Tina Turner Musical’ comes to Broadway. A hit in London, the show follows the pop star’s successes and struggles, and is packed with her Top 40 hits.

4. NYC’s fall film festivals: late September’s New York Film Festival, with new works from Scorsese, Almodóvar and other auteurs; celluloid celebrations devoted to architecture and design, food, anthropology, wildlife, science, the LGBTQ+ experience, indie films and cats

 

5. Reality show stars will descend upon Manhattan from November 15 through 17 for the first-ever BravoCon. Attendees can meet Bravo’s best and messiest cast members, eat at a ‘Top Chef'–curated food hall and check out a museum dedicated to the ‘Real Housewives’.

6. New York City is bookish all year round, but particularly so after Labour Day. Seasonal highlights include the Brooklyn Book Festival (September 16–23), featuring appearances by the literary world’s best and brightest, including Alexander Chee, Rick Moody, Marlon James, Mira Jacob and Meg Wolitzer. Bookworms can also look forward to The New Yorker Festival (October 11–13), which features The New Yorker’s writers and editors in conversation with a host of notables from the worlds of literature, politics and entertainment.

 

7. Architecture nerds have a fun weekend ahead. If you’re one of ’em, go behind the scenes at nearly 300 structures — including private homes, cultural institutions and historic forts — for tours, walks and events during Open House New York (October 18–20).

8. The New York Comedy Festival is coming (and so is lots of other comedy). The season’s biggest comedy event (November 4–10) features the likes of Norm Macdonald at Carolines, Stephen Colbert at Carnegie Hall and Nicole Byer in Tribeca.

9. Fashion will flourish with the return of Spring/Summer Fashion Week. The event offers an exclusive peek at runway looks from Anna Sui, Marc Jacobs and Cynthia Rowley.

10. Sports: In addition to the New York City Marathon, which hits all five boroughs on November 3, we’ve got NFL football from the Jets and Giants, season openers for the NHL’s Rangers and Islanders and NBA’s Knicks and Nets, and stretch runs for MLS squads the Red Bulls and NYCFC and Major League Baseball’s Yankees and Mets. The Yanks’ division title is all but inevitable, while the Mets find themselves in the thick of a very crowded race for a playoff spot.

 

(With Inputs from NYC & Company)

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Editing by Ritu Pandey and N. Lothungbeni Humtsoe