Scenic Fall Trip to New York City

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Fall Fun Things to Do in New York City Scope out the new Madison Square Garden You may have noticed that an eerie quiet overtook the Garden this summer. That's because the arena was undergoing the beginnings of an $850 million renovation that'll shutter it every off-season for the next two years. This fall, MSG will be able to show off the first phase in time for Rangers games (who knows if the Knicks will even get to play). Improvements include a revamped Seventh Avenue entrance, new seats for the lower bowl, fancy premium boxes, and more concessions and bathrooms. Sports will start up at the Garden in October, but you'll also be able to see the changes at concerts, such as Katy Perry's gig on November 16. 4 Pennsylvania Plaza (Seventh Ave) between 31st and 33rd Sts (212-465-6741 212-465-6741) Brew your own beer Fall is the best time to brew your own alcoholic tipple. Compared with the sweltering summer, the climate in your apartment should be more friendly to the fermentation process (the ideal temperature for ale yeasts is between 65 and 75 degrees). But to take advantage of these favorable conditions, you'll need equipment. (brooklynbrewshop.com) Brooklyn Brew Shop sells convenient one-gallon brewing kits (equipment plus ingredients) in varieties like Everyday IPA and Chocolate Maple Porter ($40). One place you can buy the packages in person is the Beer Room at Whole Foods Bowery (95 E Houston St between Bowery and Chrystie St; 212-420-1320  or 212-420-1320  wholefoodsmarket.com; daily 8am--11pm), which carries a wealth of other hardware, such as five-gallon fermenters, siphon tubes and air locks. In addition to supplies, brew shop Bitter & Esters (700 Washington Ave between Prospect Pl and St. Marks Ave, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; 917-596-7261 begin_of_the_skype917-596-7261 citybrewshop.com; Tue--Sun noon--8pm) offers a Homebrewing Essentials class that'll take you through the process step-by-step (Sept 4, 17, Oct 2 at 2pm; $55). Indulge at the Chocolate Show You'll spoil your sweet tooth rotten at this cocoa expo, where more than 65 companies will showcase their sugary wares. Taste your way around stands from Valrhona, 2 Chicks with Chocolate and Xocolatti before hitting the demonstration theaters to watch the likes of Zac Young (Top Chef Just Desserts) and Serena Palumbo (The Next Food Network Star) at work. Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 W 18th St between Sixth and Seventh Aves (chocolateshow.com). Nov 10--12 10am--7pm, Nov 13 10am--6pm; $30--$40.



Check out masterpieces at MoMA This season, the Museum of Modern Art examines two of artists with whom the institution shares a strong connection: "de Kooning: A Retrospective" (Sept 18--Jan 9) and "Diego Rivera: Murals for the Museum of Modern Art" (Nov 13--May 14). The first is a complete retrospective of De Kooning's career, bringing together 200 of his works—many drawn from MoMA's extensive collection. The second exhibit shows a series of eight murals the Mexican artist created for the museum in 1931 (along with studies made for the large-scale works at MoMA and ones for a 63-foot-long work in Rockefeller Center made at the same time). 11 W 53rd St between Fifth and Sixth Aves (212-708-9400 moma.org). Mon, Wed, Thu, Sat, Sun 10:30am--5:30pm; Fri 10:30am--8pm. $25, seniors $18, students $14, children under 16 free. Fri 4--8pm free. Watch Samuel L. Jackson on Broadway Mr. Cool stars as Martin Luther King Jr. on the night before his assassination in playwright Katori Hall's highly anticipated The Mountaintop. (It's worth noting that Jackson served as an usher during King's funeral.) As the scribe put it in a recent interview with us, the play attempts to humanize the civil-rights leader's final hours. "[W]e see him afraid; we see him dealing with daily death threats and what that does to a person's soul. We see him smoking because he's so stressed out." Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, 242 W 45th St between Broadway and Eighth Ave (212-239-6200 212-239-6200 (Previews begin Sept 22, opens Oct 13; $75--$130. Scenic Fall Trip to New York City

 




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