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Brian Lehrer: Brian Lehrer on WNYC. To end the show for our last minutes on this Friday, we will now invite you to tell us some of the things you might be up to this fall. 212-433-WNYC. Why do we ask? Believe it or not, this Sunday, it's the 22nd this year. September 22nd marks the first day of autumn. It's New York City, so there are also a bunch of things going on, always. The weather makes it nice to be out and about. What are you planning these next couple of months? Which public events are you buying tickets to?

Bonus points for anything that's low-budget or free? Call us now with your fall plans, particularly, your New York E. Fall plans. Or they can be your New Jersey fall plans or even your Connecticution fall plans at 212-433-WNYC. 212-433-9692. In fact, call or text. While your calls are coming in, and just to help land the idea, here are a few ideas that were written up recently by our colleagues at the Gothamist, the Brooklyn Book Festival that's full thing kicks off first day of fall, Sunday. Anyone who want to call and endorse that or any other literary events?

Talks at your favorite bookstore? Anything you want to highlight? 212-433-WNYC. It's also Hispanic Heritage Month, as we were just talking about with Ilan Stavans. It's actually from now through October 15th. How are you celebrating that? You can continue the conversation with what parties, talks, or classes you might be taking relevant to that. Any art exhibitions by Latino or Hispanic or Latinx artists that you want to shout out? There's a photo exhibition, one that we know of on 40 years of local Puerto Rican history at the Museum of Bronx History.

There's also the free Hispanic Museum and Library in Washington Heights, which is always there. Shout out how you'll be celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. If you like local sports, looks like the Mets and the Yankees are going to be in the playoffs. Then there's soccer. Gotham City FC, you know about that. The defending champions have five home games this fall with tickets for as low as $15. We see there's October apple picking. I think that's already underway. Oktoberfests, Halloween, October 24 is Francon, you know about that?

People actually dress up as famous New York curmudgeon Fran Lebowitz. Francon, have you been? Tell us what you wore. Anything else you are doing this fall that you already know about? Why? Because other people might benefit from hearing what you have on tap and get some cool plans for themselves. 212-433-WNYC. Call or text, 212-433-9692 and we'll take your calls right after this.

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Brian Lehrer: Brian Lehrer on WNYC. All right, now with our remaining time to the things you're planning this fall around New York City. Joe in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Santa Fe, Joe, you're on WNYC. Hello.

Joe: Yes. Yes. Thanks for taking my call, Brian. I'm originally a New Yorker, and the hike you have to go on, I want to tell everybody about, and I grew up very close to here is Pelham Bay Park, Orchard Beach. It's the largest park in New York City and it has some of the old growth trees that are beautiful in the fall. There's hiking trails that lace through all the estuaries. The nicest hike is you go to Orchard Beach east of the parking lot, is a big peninsula that juts out into Long Island Sound.

You go through there, they've got huge trees and they've got these big slabs of granite heading right down into Long Island Sound. It looks like Maine. It's one of the most beautiful hikes in the city. You can get there by-- If you take the Lex up to the end and then you could take a bus all throughout there. Beautiful hikes.

Brian Lehrer: It's the BX-12. I was going to second that emotion because I've been there. It's fabulous, and not just the Lexington Avenue line, any line that goes north through Manhattan from Brooklyn into the Bronx. You get off at the Fordham Road stop and you have the BX-12, which takes you right there. Joe, thank you for starting off this call in with that. Kyle in Brooklyn, you're on WNYC. Hi, Kyle.

Kyle: Hey, Brian. I wanted to just give a nod to public service. It's a dance party that happens four times every summer. The last one is this Sunday in Herbert Von King Park. Cesar Toribio, Mikey Perez, and the mighty Karlala Soundsystem. It's free, it's fun. Lots of people. House music.

Brian Lehrer: Free fun, house music. What could be bad? When is it?

Kyle: This Sunday.

Brian Lehrer: This Sunday.

Kyle: In the afternoon. I think maybe 2:00 to 7:00 or something like that.

Brian Lehrer: Which park did you say?

Kyle: Herbert Von King Park in Bedford.

Brian Lehrer: In Bedford. Thank you, Kyle. Thank you very much. Let's keep going. Julian in Oceanside, you're on WNYC. Hi, Julian.

Julian: Hi. How's it going? So happy to be here. I just wanted to shout out a couple of places that me and my girlfriend go every year. Waterdrinker Farms out East Manorville and Riverhead, they have one. It's just such a fun time. I think the pumpkin picking area is free, so even if you didn't want to pay to enter, you could just go there and just walk around. A lot of fun stuff for kids. I just think that I look forward to that every year, every fall. I just wanted to shout them out.

Brian Lehrer: Nice Waterdrinker Farms. I didn't know about that one. Barbara in Brooklyn, you're on WNYC. Hi, Barbara.

Barbara: Hi. I want to talk about the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition opening in Red Hook tomorrow. The Salon des Refusés. There will be over 200 wonderful artists and amazing views and light.

Brian Lehrer: Very nice on the Brooklyn Waterfront. The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition. Let's stay in that mode to go to Nick and Manhasset next. Nick, you're on WNYC, but it looks like you're coming into the city for something.

Nick: Yes. A few things, Brian. Brooklyn Book Festival taking place first weekend in October. Author talks and book vendors. Also, in November, DOC NYC Film Festival, largest documentary film festival in the country, and open house New York weekend. Guided tours of venues normally closed to the public. Thanks.

Brian Lehrer: Thank you very much, Nick. Oh, we're getting so many. Keep them coming. 212-433-WNYC. Everybody else, I hope you're taking notes. If you're looking for good stuff to do in and around New York City this fall, we're getting so many different kinds. Let's go to Cynthia in Manhattan, who I think is going to promote a show of her own, but that's okay. Hi, Cynthia. You're on WNYC.

Cynthia: Hi, Brian. I'm promoting all shows, especially mine. I have an opening October 17th at Kathryn Markel Fine Arts. It's a painting show. 529 West 20th, Suite 6W between 10th and 11th Avenue. Also, promoting all galleries, Chelsea, Tribeca, Lower East Side. Completely free openings throughout the month and free lines and lots of fun art.

Brian Lehrer: Say that because you were breaking up. Say the name of the gallery again.

Cynthia: Kathryn Markel, K-A-T-H-R-Y-N, Markel, M-A-R-K-E-L Fine Arts, 529 West 20th Street, Suite 6W.

Brian Lehrer: When you say Suite 6--

Cynthia: On October 17th.

Brian Lehrer: -W-- October 17th, does that mean it's on the 6th floor?

Cynthia: Yes, it's in an art building, so don't be swayed by art buildings. Go upstairs. Lots of galleries. I know everyone loves to just go to the main suite level, but so much to find in your art.

Brian Lehrer: I was going to say, that's such a New York thing, right? Going to a gallery on the 6th floor of the building. There's a jazz club I like that's on the 5th floor of the building on the east side. Who knew, right? For a lot of people, it's obviously not the most ideal space, but I'm glad you shouted it out. You can go to an art gallery by getting in an elevator or maybe you want to walk up to the 6th floor at the Kathryn Markel Gallery.

I mentioned in the lead in all kinds of categories of things that you might be involved in doing this fall. Visual arts, books. Somebody called in about documentaries. We mentioned apple picking. Somebody mentioned pumpkin picking, I guess place, but what did I leave out that for this show should be obvious? That's a fall activity. Steve in West Orange, you're on WNYC. Hi, Steve.

Steve: Good morning, Brian. Yes, a large part of my fall will be taken up with calling for our local senate candidate and also to replace Robert Menendez and also writing postcards to Georgia and calling wherever they send me to call in Nevada or whatever state and then going to door knock in Pennsylvania. That's part one. Then I'm also running back and forth to Ithaca to teach and enjoying the great ride along the highways in the fall. Those are terrific, terrific trips. It's four hours, but it's rewarding from the students and it's rewarding for the drive. I'm working on a Thanksgiving special, as a matter of fact, for NPR that with Paul Withers and John Schaefer.

Brian Lehrer: Wonderful.

Steve: Celebrating a great New Yorker, David Amram, who will celebrate his 94th birthday this November. We're putting together a program about him.

Brian Lehrer: Steve, that's an unbelievable amount of awesome stuff. Glad you're doing some of it with us. The leaf peeping to and from Ithaca on the way. Barbara in Queens is going to get our last word on this because it's her birthday coming up. Barbara, you're on WNYC. Hey, we have about 20 seconds for you.

Barbara: Okay. I'm going to take a ride around Central park, one of those horse and buggies, because it was something I always wanted to do as a little girl growing up in New York City. Me and my daughter are going to do that.

Brian Lehrer: When's your birthday?

Barbara: October 2.

Brian Lehrer: Nice. Coming right up. Week and a half, less than two weeks. Happy birthday. I hope you enjoy. How about being a native New Yorker? You've always seen those carriage rides and never taken one. Now I know the horse carriages. It's a whole political controversy too. Right? Something that the tourists do that you've never done and now Barbara's going to do it for her birthday.

That's the Brian Lehrer Show for today, produced by MaryEileen Croke, Lisa Allison, Amina Srna, Carl Boisrond and Esperanza Rosenbaum, Juliana Fonda at the audio controls. Remember, listeners, stick around through the news for a full hour-long special that all of it has put together about the life and political tenure of Mayor LaGuardia. Coming up next.

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