Cheap Chick Fall Guide 2009

Instead of buying a bouquet of sharpened pencils this fall (bonus points if you know the movie reference!) you may want to check out some of these events-I think they'll make you forget that your beach days are over-at least until next year! I realize it's not as witty as my Summer Guide, but given all the fabulous fall events happening, I hope you forgive the lack of quips. An asterisk (*) denotes a Cheap Chick favorite!

Cheap Chick Fall Events Guide:
New Amsterdam Village, visit a Dutch village and ride an orange bike, among other activities, September 4-14, 2009, http://www.ny400.org/events/ny400-week-new-amsterdam-village

Taste of NiEuW Amsterdam, $24 restaurant week, September 5-20, 2009 http://www.tastenewamsterdam.com/

Governors Island Art Fair, September 5-27, 2009, http://www.4heads.org/

20at20, $20 off-Broadway show tkts, September 9-20, 2009, http://20at20.com/

Feast of San Gennaro, September 10-20, 2009, Massive street fair held in Little Italy, http://www.sangennaro.org/

Historic Richmond Town County Fair, September 11-13th, 2009, http://www.historicrichmondtown.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=111&Itemid=84 (enter here to win free tickets!)

Beyond the High Valley - A Quechua Story Performed by the Mettawee River Theatre Company
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, September 11, 12, 13, and 18, 19, 20 at 7:30 pm at St. John the Divine Cathedral, http://www.stjohndivine.org/Mettawee.html

NY Craft Beer Week 2009 September 11-20th, 2009, http://www.nycbeerweek.com/

Nature's Air Show, Bronx Zoo, September 12-27, 2009, http://www.bronxzoo.com/look-and-learn/videos/natures-air-show.aspx

Last Weekend for Edible Garden, at the New York Botanical Gardens, September 12-13, 2009, http://www.nybg.org/edible_garden/

Nature's Air Show, Bronx Zoo, Sep 12-27, 2009, http://www.bronxzoo.com/look-and-learn/videos/natures-air-show.aspx

*Brooklyn Book Festival, September 13, 2009 A bookworm’s ultimate fantasy! Listen to authors talk and panel discussions about the craft of writing. http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org

Harbor Day, September 13, 2009, http://www.nycgo.com/harborday&ref=gsa

West Side County Fair, Riverside Park, September 13, 2009, http://events.nbcnewyork.com/new-york-ny/events/show/88016546-summer-on-the-hudson-7th-annual-west-side-county-fair

Broadway on Broadway, September 13, 2009, http://www.broadwayonbroadway.com/

Broadway Blessing, St. John the Divine, "Bringing the theater community together to bless the season" Monday, September 14, 7 p.m.

Free Gotham Writer's Workshop Fall Open House (Free writing classes), September 15 and 16, 2009, http://free.writingclasses.com/CourseDescriptionPages/FreeWorkshopPages.php/type/L

BAM Next Wave Festival, Starts September 15, 2009, http://www.bam.org/view.aspx?pid=1096

Conflux Festival, September 17-20. 2009, http://confluxfestival.org/2009/schedule/

New York Musical Theater Festival, September 18-28, 2009, http://www.nymf.org/

Steuben Parade Oktoberfest, Saturday, September 19, 2009, 1:30 p.m. Summer Stage - Central Park, enter at East 72nd St., http://www.SteubenParade.com

*Queens County Farm Museum, various fall events, Maize Maze starts September 19, 2009, http://www.queensfarm.org/events.html

African American Day Parade, Sunday September 20, 2009, 1 p.m., http://www.africanamericandayparade.org/1.html

New York Film Festival, September 25-October 11, 2009, http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.html

Smithsonian Magazine Day at Historic Richmondtown Saturday, September 26, 2009, http://www.historicrichmondtown.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=109&Itemid=82

Poets House Grand Opening Celebration, September 25 and 26, 2009, http://poetshouse.org/progcoming.htm

*Housing Works Open Air Book Fair (all books are just $1 plus $20 to stuff a bag with items from the thrift store), September 26, 2009, http://www.housingworks.org/social-enterprise/bookstore-cafe/

Art Under the Bridge Festival, September 25-27, 2009, http://www.dumboartscenter.org/festival.html

Fab Festival and Block Party, September 26, 2009, 1 p.m.-7 p.m., http://www.fabnyc.org

*Jazz Age Lawn Party, Governors Island, Sunday, September 27th, 2009, http://www.govisland.com/Default.asp

New York Musical Theater Festival, September 28-October 18, 2009, http://www.nymf.org/

Art in Odd Places, October 1-26, 2009, http://www.artinoddplaces.org/

Tibetan Festival, October 3, 2009, Food, crafts and a puppet show star at the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art on Staten Island, http://www.tibetanmuseum.org

Union Square Autumn Fair, (on Broadway from 17th - 23rd Street) Saturday October 3rd, http://www.nycstreetfairs.com/sched.html

Freaktoberfest Boutique Beer & Music Festival, October 3, 2009, http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showCode=2ND6

Brooklyn's Atlantic Antic Street Festival, October 4, 2009, http://www.atlanticave.org/antic2009/antic2009.htm

St. Francis Day, AKA The Blessing of the Animals, Sunday, October 4, 2009, 11 a.m. Service followed by Fair at 1 p.m., http://www.stjohndivine.org/St.Francis2009.html

Pickle Day, October 4, 2009, http://www.nyfoodmuseum.org/

*New York Medieval Festival in Fort Tryon Park, October 4, 2009, http://www.whidc.org/home.html

*Open House NY, the city reveals its inner secrets-for free!, October 10 and 11, 2009, http://www.ohny.org/

Brooklyn Skill Share, October 10, 2009, http://brooklynskillshare.tumblr.com/post/148232159/classes-are-a-go

Columbus Day-related events http://www.columbuscitizensfd.org/cpreview2009.shtml Columbus Day parade, October 12, 2009, http://www.columbuscitizensfd.org/cparade.shtml

New Yorker Festival, October 16-18, Tickets go on sale Friday, September 18th, at 12 p.m., http://www.newyorker.com/festival

International Vintage Poster Fair, October 16-18, 2009, http://www.posterfair.com/cgi-local/content.cgi?p=9

CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival, October 20-24, 2009, http://www.cmj.com/marathon/

(This is slightly above the usual Cheap Chick budget, but I thought it would be "sweet" to post!) New York Chocolate Show, October 30-November 1, 2009, http://www.chocolateshow.com/home.php?titre=2&id_code=2&Vopen=1

Fall Museum Guide
The Morgan Library and Museum, "Celebrating Puccini," September 15-January 10, 2009, http://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/exhibition.asp?id=21

The Morgan Library and Museum, "Wit: Jane Austen's Life and Legacy," November 6, 2009, http://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/exhibition.asp?id=22oman's

MOMA, "Tim Burton," November 22-April 26, 2009, http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/313

Brooklyn Museum, "Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present," October 30, 2009-January 31, 2010, http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/rock_and_roll/

Whitney Museum, "Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction," September 17, 2009-January 17, 2010, http://whitney.org/www/exhibition/okeeffe.jsp

Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156–1868,"
October 21, 2009–January 10, 2010,
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId={F8E9ACA7-5B17-471F-9394-D298E7E53159}

Fall in Love With The Lunch Club
Chelsea Art Gallery Hop, September 12, 2009, http://www.thelunchclub.com/clubhouse/calendar.php?do=viewlcevent&e=2248

LES Pub Crawl, September 25, 2009, http://www.thelunchclub.com/clubhouse/calendar.php?do=viewlcevent&e=2319

Gourmet Goodies Walking Tour, October 3, 2009, http://www.thelunchclub.com/clubhouse/calendar.php?do=viewlcevent&e=2280

The Lunch Club Amazing Race, October 10, 2009, http://www.thelunchclub.com/clubhouse/calendar.php?do=viewlcevent&e=2315

Another Chelsea Art Gallery Hop, October 17, 2009, http://www.thelunchclub.com/clubhouse/calendar.php?do=viewlcevent&e=2325

Halloween
Boo at the Zoo, Bronx Zoo, http://www.bronxzoo.com/this-season-at-the-zoo/events-calendar/boo-at-the-zoo.aspx, October 10–12, 17–18, 24–25, and Oct 31–Nov 1

Haunted Scavenger Hunt with The Lunch Club, October 24, 2009, http://www.thelunchclub.com/clubhouse/calendar.php?do=viewlcevent&e=2316

Halloween at the Merchant's House Museum, “Manhattan’s Most Haunted House,” includes candlelight tours, ghost stories, a funeral reenactment, October 25-31, 2009, http://merchantshouse.org/events/index.html

Halloween at St. John the Divine, October 30-31, 2009, Includes crypt crawls and Procession of the Ghouls Nosferatu, http://www.stjohndivine.org/Halloween09.html

Greenwich Village Halloween parade, Oct. 31, 2009, 7 p.m. It’s a parade Charlie Brown! (Be sure you don’t bring home a bag of rocks from one of the largest parades in the country.) Who knows, maybe the Great Pumpkin will appear…http://www.halloween-nyc.com/

Post-Halloween
NYC marathon, Nov. 1, 2009, watch other people run like crazy (in costume too!) http://www.nycmarathon.org/

Ongoing:
Downtown: Where New York Began
Weekly Walking Tours of downtown Manhattan on Tuesdays
Every Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. Starting Tuesday, September 1, Meet at the Downtown Information Center, 55 Exchange Place, Suite 401. (Adults must have photo ID.) Suggested donation: $10 donation. (I realize there is no website here, but I can't reveal all of my secrets ;-)