NEW YORK CITY 2011-2012 EVENT SEASON OFFICIALLY BEGINS

SEPTEMBER FALL EVENTS IN NEW YORK CITY

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Fall in New York City brings brisk, cool weather and some truly outstanding events. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the events of September 11, and the City is remembering that tragic day with exhibitions, poetry readings and the opening of the National September 11 Memorial.

September also means Fashion Week with spring 2012 designs debuting at Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park. Kicking off Fashion Week is Fashion's Night Out - now in its third year - a fabulous night of shopping and exclusive events.

Opera lovers will be pleased to know that the Metropolitan Opera Summer HD Festival is back showing outdoor video screenings of some of its most popular productions. Other music related events include the BAM Next Wave Festival, Broadway on Broadway and the New York Philharmonic Fall Season Opening. For more information on these and many other events visit our calendar: http://www.nycgo.com/events.

Photo: Cory Weaver/Metropolitan Opera

Metropolitan Opera Summer HD Festival
August 27–September 5

Enjoy the City's best opera for free this summer. For the third year in a row, the Metropolitan Opera is presenting free HD video screenings of ten productions that showcase today's biggest opera stars. As long as the sky remains clear, you can grab a seat outdoors at Lincoln Center Plaza and enjoy
classics such as Carmen, Don Pasquale and La Rondine.

Photo: Joe Buglewicz

West Indian American Day Carnival Festival
September 1–5

Even in New York, few events overwhelm the senses more than the West Indian American Day Carnival Festival which celebrates the roots of NYC's Caribbean residents. Hear the sounds of reggae and calypso music. Smell freshly cooked delicacies. See revelers in elaborate, colorful costumes. It's a great chance to experience first hand the City's trademark diversity and, of course, to purchase the foods, crafts, books, clothing, art, jewelry and more offered by vendors along the parade route.

Courtesy, Staten Island Borough President's Office

Richmond County Fair
September 3–5

There's fun for the whole family at this three decade old Staten Island tradition. Kids will get a kick out of circus performers, crafts and even a visit from cartoon characters while parents will enjoy the live music. Rides, food and reliable county fair standbys like a pie eating contest round out the weekend. Plus, proceeds benefit Historic Richmond Town, itself a year round attraction that offers a window into the City's past.

Photo: Will Steacy

Fashion's Night Out/Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
September 8–15

Mercedes Benz Fashion Week celebrates its second fall
showing at Lincoln Center in September where spring 2012 fashions will be showcased. Hundreds of thousands of fashion industry insiders will descend upon Damrosch Park for eight days of shows and presentations by some of the world's most sought after fashion designers. In preparation for Fashion Week, New York City will once again play host to Fashion's Night Out, an extravagant night of shopping and exclusive events on September 8.

Courtesy, Squared Studio Lab

Remembering September 11

As the 10th anniversary of the attacks on September 11 approaches, the City commemorates the day with a number of events from photo exhibitions to poetry readings to musical performances, and especially with the opening of the National September 11 Memorial.

"Water Stains on the Wall." Photo: Liu Chen-Hsiang

BAM Next Wave Festival
September 13–December 18

Every autumn, BAM's Next Wave Festival serves as New York's most comprehensive and daring survey of progressive arts. Some of this season's highlights include:

• The Three Penny Opera;
  
  
  
• An artist talk with BAM's own Robert Wilson;
  
  
  
• Water Stains on the Wall, a choreographic exploration of the beauty of calligraphy from Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan;
  
  
  
• An artist talk response to September 11; and
  
  
  
• Symphony for the Dance Floor, a combination of hip-hop, pop and classical music mixed with choreography.
  

Author and illustrator Sergio Ruzzier in the Target Children's Area. Photo: Kathryn Kirk

Brooklyn Book Festival
September 15–18

The Brooklyn Book Festival returns to Borough Hall and Downtown Brooklyn for another ambitious, sprawling celebration of the written word. The marketplace includes more than 175 literary vendors jockeying for the attention of the bookworm-y hordes while readings and panels can be found on both indoor and outdoor stages. More than 200 authors will be in attendance including such luminaries as Russell Banks, Jennifer Egan and Joyce Carol Oates.

Photo: Joe Buglewicz

Feast of San Gennaro
September 15–25

The Feast of San Gennaro brings more than one million people to the streets of historic Little Italy in the annual salute to the patron saint of Naples. The street festivities, including parades, entertainment, food stands and a cannoli eating
contest, are capped with a celebratory Mass and candle lit procession with the statue of San Gennaro.

Photo: Malcolm Brown

Broadway on Broadway
September 18

The annual Broadway on Broadway outdoor extravaganza is expected to be bigger than ever this year as performers from all the top productions join forces for an all star performance in Times Square. Always among the most anticipated events of the year, Broadway on Broadway is a last hurrah for summer and a look ahead to the fall season with previews of brand new shows along with highlights from classics of the Great White Way.

Photo: Martyna Borkowski

New York Television Festival
September 19–24

The boob tube was long derided as a haven of mindless entertainment, but the field is shifting and television has largely supplanted film as the go-to medium for intelligent, original storytelling. The seventh annual New York Television Festival caters to TV tastes both highbrow and lowbrow with seminars, parties, an Independent Pilot Competition and high profile screenings galore for industry types, aspiring creators and fans alike.

Alan Gilbert conducts the New York Philharmonic. Photo: © Chris Lee

New York Philharmonic Fall Season Opening
September 21

To kick off the New York Philharmonic's 170th season, NYP music director Alan Gilbert leads performances of R. Strauss, Wagner and Barber at Avery Fisher Hall. Soprano Deborah Voigt will lend her voice to the festivities.

Photo: Alexander Thompson

Coney Island Film Festival
September 23–25

If Coney Island is fighting to retain its crusty, freaky soul amid high rise development and gentrification, the Coney Island Film Fest is on the front lines. Three days of innovative shorts, campy classic features and wild parties await, all at the heart of the boardwalk.

"Buoys" by Emilie Baltz and Jeremy Linzee.
Photo: © Dumbo Arts Festival, courtesy Dalzell Productions & Two Trees

DUMBO Art Festival
September 23–25

With its industrial spaces easily converted to studios, DUMBO underwent a radical transformation into an edgy but upscale enclave populated by art lovers and creators. The DUMBO Arts Festival honors that connection with three days of family friendly performances and installations as well as open studios and galleries.

Photo: Frank Stewart

Jazz at Lincoln Center 2011–2012 Season
September 24–June 6

Jazz at Lincoln Center has expanded its horizons and upped the ante like never before for its landmark 25th season.
With this year's lineup of performers and honorees, artistic director Wynton Marsalis again has shown his dedication to honoring the history of this unique American art form while also keeping an eye to its present and future. Among the many scheduled highlights:

• Opening Night with Jimmy Heath and Jon Hendricks (September 24),

• Impulse Records' 50th Anniversary Celebration (October 28–29),

• Astor Piazzolla (November 11–12),

• Dianne Reeves (February 24–25),

• Herbie Hancock (March 9–10), and

• A new focus on the blues with the legendary Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band (April 19–20).

Courtesy, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

Broadway Cares Flea Market and Grand Auction
September 25

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS presents the 25th annual Broadway Cares Flea Market and Grand Auction - a dream event for any avid theater goer. On September 25, make plans to stop by Shubert Alley and West 44th Street where you can meet the stars of some of your favorite shows, purchase autographed posters and playbills, find gifts for theater loving friends and bid on distinctive treasures.

"Madame Butterfly" Photo: © Ken Howard

Metropolitan Opera Fall Season Opening Night
September 26

The Metropolitan Opera launches its fall 2011 season with an opening night performance of Anna Bolena. Anna Netrebko plays the ill fated queen who is driven insane by her unfaithful king. The evening also features a gala with cocktails before the opera and a post show cast dinner. Subscriptions to the 2011–2012 season are on sale now, as are tickets for individual performances.

Saturday Night Live stars on stage. Courtesy, The New Yorker

New Yorker Festival
September 30–October 2

The New Yorker Festival is a thinking man's All-Star Game of sorts, a three day event that brings together the premier
talents and top minds from politics, the arts, journalism, television and everything in between.

Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Christoph Waltz
and Kate Winslet in "Carnage." Courtesy, Sony Pictures Classics

New York Film Festival
September 30–October 16

Since 1963, the New York Film Festival has showcased the latest work from the world's most venerable filmmakers - the likes of Martin Scorsese, Pedro Almodóvar and Alain Resnais to name just a few - and introduced some of the most innovative international talent to New York audiences. The 17 day festival organized by The Film Society of Lincoln Center also presents compelling dialogues with directors, Views From the Avant-Garde (the festival's platform for experimental films) and other special events. This year's festival will open with Roman Polanski's Carnage and will also premiere My Week with Marilyn starring Michelle Williams.