October 2022


October 1st

Downtown Brooklyn

Downtown Brooklyn Arts Festival

This annual celebration of Downtown Brooklyn’s culture returns with exciting programming including performances, dance classes, shopping, and more.

October 2nd

Sunset Park

Roof Stoop Sunday: Ruby’s Kitchen

Enjoy contemporary Pakistani cuisine at this Brooklyn Grange event, where Chef Ruby Jawaid will be sharing her story and delicious cooking.

October 3rd

Croton-on-Hudson, NY

Blaze: Hudson Valley

With fall underway, it’s the perfect time to head up to the Hudson Valley for an immersive pumpkin trail on the grounds of an 18th-century estate.

 
 

October 4th

Midtown West

Never Alone

This MoMA exhibition explores the ways that interaction design—which considers the relationships between objects and people—influences our digital behavior

 
 

October 5th

Fort Greene

Open for Everything at BAM

Featuring 17 Roma performers and five members of the Berlin-based dance company DorkyPark, this dance-theatre spectacle celebrates Romani dance and music traditions.

 
 
 

October 6th

Upper West Side

Cool Solutions for Hot Cities

Professor of Urban Ecology Timon McPhearson will discuss the importance of cities in developing climate change adaptation strategies.

 
 
 
 

October 7th

East Hampton, NY

Hamptons International Film Festival

Taking place October 7-16, the 30th annual film festival will attract thousands of spectators to its hundreds of screenings and signature programs.

 
 
 
 

October 8th

Prospect Heights

Oktoberfest with Bed-Vyne Brew

Enjoy craft beers and wines, meet local brewers, and enjoy live music at Oktoberfest in the Brooklyn Museum’s Sculpture Garden.

 
 
 
 

October 9th

Upper East Side

Art at Water’s Edge

Attend this climate change-focused symposium at the Park Avenue Armory, where activists and artists will discuss communities like New York that sit at the water’s edge.

 
 
 
 

October 10th

The Bronx

Hispanic Heritage Celebration Weekend

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a Cuban-influenced dance party, crafting activities, and storytelling focused on Latin America.

 
 
 
 

October 11th

Washington Heights

At Ease

See New York through the eyes of 23 veterans when you visit the “At Ease: Photographs by Military Veterans in New York” exhibition at the Morris Jumel Mansion.

 
 
 

October 12th

The Bronx

Fall Forest Weekend

Explore New York City’s largest old-growth woodland landscape, the Thain Family Forest, alongside Chenae Bullock, a member and historian of the Shinnecock Nation.

 
 
 

October 13th

Prospect Heights

Brooklyn Children’s Book Fair

The 16th annual Brooklyn Children’s Book Fair, perfect for book lovers of all ages, returns with 40 Brooklyn authors and illustrators.

 
 
 
 

October 14th

West Village

Edward Hopper’s New York

During the nearly six decades that Hopper called NYC “home,” he distilled the urban experience into depictions of out-of-the-way corners that showed the paradoxes of the changing city.

 
 
 

October 15th

Harlem

Harlem Harvest Festival

The Harlem community will celebrate its summer harvest and welcome the fall season with a full day of family-friendly activities and entertainment.

 
 
 

October 16th

Prospect Heights

Axel Tosca Trio

Cuban jazz pianist Axel Tosca will lead a trio—joined by his mother, famed trova singer Xiomara Laugart—in this performance that blends Cuban timba, progressive jazz, and R&B.

 
 
 

October 17th

Upper East Side

Design on Display: Making the NY Department Store

Enjoy a talk by Cooper Hewitt Curator Emily Orr on the role of the department store in design history—and how architects, window dressers, and decorators played a role in this evolution.

 
 

October 18th

Midtown West

City Harvest’s BID 2022: Through the Looking Glass

Sample food and drinks from 50+ of New York City’s best chefs and mixologists at City Harvest’s signature fall tasting event, which raises funds to feed New York families.

 
 
 
 

October 19th

Midtown East

She Who Wrote

Learn about the lives of women in Mesopotamia, circa 3400-2000 B.C., including the earliest-named author in world literature, Enheduanna.

 
 
 
 

October 20th

Brooklyn Heights

Brooklyn Folk Festival

Join other folk music lovers at the three-day Brooklyn Folk Festival, which will bring together over 30 talented acts.

 
 
 
 
 

October 21st

Upper East Side

Cubism and the Trompe l’oeil Tradition

This Met exhibition will present Cubist works alongside examples of European and American trompe l’oeil (“deceive the eye”) paintings.

 
 
 
 

October 22nd

Fort Greene

BRIC JazzFest 2022

The three-day BRIC JazzFest will present jazz legends and rising stars on two stages, highlighting the ways artists are pushing the boundaries of the genre.

 
 
 
 

October 23rd

The Bronx

Pumpkin Parade Weekend

Enjoy a family-friendly weekend of fall fun at the New York Botanical Garden, enjoying pumpkin carvings, giant pumpkins, and of course, a fun costumed parade.

 
 
 

October 24th

Fort Greene

A Little Life

This Ivo van Hove adaptation of the bestselling novel “A Little Life” by Hanya Yanagihara follows the relationships between four friends over the course of three decades.

 
 
 
 

October 25th

Downtown Brooklyn

The Center for Fiction: Ross Gay on Inciting Joy

The Center for Fiction hosts New York Times bestselling author Ross Gay in a discussion about his intimate collection of essays, “Inciting Joy.”

 
 
 
 

October 26th

Upper West Side

The Journey: David Geffen Hall Opening Gala

Broadway legends Bernadette Peters, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Renée Fleming will celebrate the new David Geffen Hall.

 
 
 
 

October 27th

Washington Heights

The Royal Strings

Two violas de gamba take center stage at this celebration of French Baroque, featuring musicians Matt Zucker and Adam Young.

 
 
 
 

October 28th

Midtown West

Glass: Reimagined at Rockefeller Center

This Rockefeller Center concert will explore the influence of Philip Glass, reimagining his compositions.

 
 
 
 

October 29th

The Bronx

Spooky Pumpkin Garden Nights

Get ready for Halloween with an after-hours visit to the botanical gardens. Enjoy a shadow puppet performance, dance party, and more.

 
 
 
 
 

October 30th

Hudson Yards

Straight Line Crazy

Featuring Ralph Fiennes as Robert Moses, this quickly selling-out play at The Shed delves into the famed urban planner’s contentious legacy and enduring impact.

 
 
 
 

October 31st

Upper East Side

Alex Katz: Gathering

Explore the paintings, collages, prints, and oil sketches of Brooklyn-born artist Alex Katz, whose eight decades of work has sought to create a record of “quick things passing.”