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101 things to do in New York City in the fall 2013
Clear your schedule: Our fall calendar of things to do in New York—festivals, parades, shows, new activities and more—will fill your planner through November.
Start planning a perfect fall with our events calendar of things to do in New York from September to November, including the best festivals, museums shows, concerts and where to see the leaves change color.
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Nightlife: Verboten
With the party-tossing Verboten gang's eponymous venue on North 11th Street slated to open soon, it's official: Williamsburg has become New York's new clubland paradise. With the Fixed, Trouble & Bass and Bespoke posses already signed on as residents, and boldfaced-name DJs Guy Gerber, Carl Craig and Davide Squillace on board as partners—and barring an unexpected switch in music policy to meathead-friendly EDM—this should be the best addition to the late-night landscape since, well, Output.
Things to Do: The Color Run
Many events are described as "colorful," but this one really is. White-clad runners get pelted with vivid paint (made from food-dyed corn starch) as they traverse a 3.2 mile course in Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett Field. Billing itself as the "happiest 5k on the planet," the Color Run isn't a competitive race. Participants kick off in 15 minute intervals between 9am and 10:15am, and can take their own sweet time to cross the finish line. With more than 170 events across the country and around the world in 2013, the Color Run benefits the Global Poverty Project, among other charities.
Food & Drink: 2013 Vendy Awards
The street-food Oscars return for the ninth year, with the city's best mobile chefs rolling into Sunset Park for the culinary showdown. After munching on empanadas from Nuchas, Mamak's rendang stew and Liddabit Sweets' beer-pretzel caramels, cast your vote for the People's Choice Awards, while a celebrity panel—including Top Chef Masters' Francis Lam, prime-meat purveyor Pat LaFrieda and Brooklyn Brewery's Garrett Oliver—will make their choices. Along with stock categories including Best Market (nominees include Brooklyn Cured and Bon Chovie), Rookie (Toum, Sweet Chili) and Dessert (OddFellows Ice Cream Co., Itizy), this year's competition will honor 54 food trucks, which served more than 350,000 hot meals in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Test your luck during a raffle for prizes like dinner at Roberta's, cashmere from White + Warren and a personalized street-food tour. A portion of ticket proceeds will benefit the Street Vendor Project at the Urban Justice Center, a nonprofit that advocates for vendors' rights.
Food & Drink: Pig Island
Break out your loosest-fitting pants, because the porkcentric bacchanal is back, this time in Red Hook. Twenty-five chefs—including Danny Mena (Hecho en Dumbo), Evan Hanczor (Parish Hall) and Bill Fletcher (Fletcher's Brooklyn Barbecue)—will break down 80 locally sourced hogs for unlimited plates. Drinkers can find Sixpoint Brewery beers—including an event-exclusive Signal smoked ale—along with Hudson Valley hard ciders and Finger Lakes wines. Watch a cooking demonstration with Bacon Nation author Peter Kaminsky, and enjoy live sets by djembe-driven folk outfit SisterMonk and eight-piece bluegrass band NYCity Slickers. Ticket proceeds benefit Added Value, a Red Hook nonprofit teaching teens about urban agriculture.
Things to Do: TimesTalks: A Conversation with Ricky Gervais
The New York Times culture reporter Dave Itzkoff grills The Office and Extras creator on his latest offering, Derek, which premieres stateside on Sept 12 on Netflix. Tickets may be available at the venue one hour before the sold-out event; if you don't like those odds, watch the interview via live webcast at nytimes.com/artsbeat.
Things to Do: Feast of San Gennaro
Celebrate the martyred third-century bishop and patron saint of Naples at this 11-day festival that fills the streets of Little Italy every year. Watch the professionals in action at the cannoli-eating competition and you won't feel so bad about indulging in calorific treats from the food vendors; return daily for live musical performances. Mulberry St between Canal and Houston Sts; Grand St between Baxter and Mott Sts; Hester St between Baxter and Mott Sts.
Museums: "A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk"
The Museum at FIT explores LGBT contributions to sartorial history, including statement-making ensembles from the 18th century through today. Pieces on display include a 1950 cocktail dress by Christian Dior and a dapper neo-Edwardian three-piece suit originally worn by dandy and old-school party boy Bunny Roger.
Books: Lit Crawl NYC
This gratis night combines two of New Yorkers' favorite things—literature and booze—into one 29-event multivenue fest in lower Manhattan. This season's incarnation kicks off with a special edition of NPR quiz show Ask Me Another, featuring dirty trivia and host Ophira Eisenberg reading from her new memoir, Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy (Professor Thom's; 6pm). Other highlights include "Ghost Stories with Lapham's Quarterly" (Merchant's House Museum; 6pm), a discussion of oceangoing lit labeled "Whales, Wenches & Winches" (Preserve24, 175–177 E Houston St between Allen and Essex Sts; 8:15pm)and lots more. Visit litcrawl.org/nyc for a complete schedule.
Shopping: 3.1 Phillip Lim for Target
Fans of the contemporary designer's ability to blur the line between dressy and casual won't be disappointed by this set of budget-friendly clothing ($20–$300) and accessories ($20–$60) for both sexes. The 100-piece assortment features a dark, neutral palette punctuated by muted florals, faux-leather accents and nontraditional camo prints. Standouts include women's long-sleeved, floral-print blouses ($30) and mini satchels ($35) that resemble Lim's best-selling Pashli bags. Visit target.com.
Books: Live from the NYPL
The New York Public Library isn't just any old library, and this semiannual reading series proves it. Venerable readers and performers this fall and winter include book-world luminaries like Margaret Atwood (Sept 17), John Ashbery (Sept 19), and Toni Morrison and Junot Díaz (Dec 12). You can also catch Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger (Sept 25), billionaire philanthropist Warren Buffett (Oct 23), composer Nico Muhly in conversation with Ira Glass (Oct 29), and culinary legend Alice Waters (Nov 18), among others.
Dance: New York City Ballet Fall 2013
The company's fall season spotlights a premiere by Angelin Preljocaj. Other highlights include a contemporary program that includes pieces by Christopher Wheeldon and Alexei Ratmansky, ballet master Peter Martins's Swan Lake, a special program designed for families and—as always—a variety of wonderful, classic Balanchine works.
Arts & Culture: Crossing the Line
The French Institute Alliance Français's seventh annual fall festival brings an intriguing offering of theater, dance, art and talks to the institution's home base and at sites across New York. Much of the program invites public participation, notably Capitalism Works for Me! (True/False) by Steve Lambert. The piece will erect an illuminated sign in Times Square (Sept 20, Oct 6–9) and ask passers-by to vote on the statement. In Spokaoke, Passing Strange director Annie Dorsen has added a playlist of speeches—ranging from MLK Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" to "Should All Oppressed People be Allowed Refuge in America" from the film Clueless—to the offerings in Karaoke Cave (Sept 21–Oct 13). Visit fiaf.org for a complete schedule.
Things to Do: Photoville
Kings County exhibition producer United Photo Industries takes over Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 5 to create a pop-up village honoring the art of picture taking. This year's festival also includes a beer garden dispensing Brooklyn Brewery suds. Peruse 45 shipping containers, which provide venues for curated gallery installations—from photojournalism chronicling Liberia's civil war to Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner's intimate on-the-road shots of his fellow band members—and interactive workshops, as well as panel discussions with photographers, editors and publishers. Then wander past a 1,000-foot-long fence displaying 200 large-form prints made out of photographic mesh that correspond to the theme "Community: Home/Street/People/Creatures/Play."
Theater: Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare's timeless romantic tragedy returns for a contemporary stage revival, starring Hollywood pretty boy Orlando Bloom. It marks the Broadway debut of the Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean star, who will play Montague to Tony nominee Condola Rashad's Capulet. In David Leveaux's modernized staging, the star-crossed lovers are divided by racial tensions (didn't West Side Story already cover that…?), though they'll still employ the Bard's original language. It's the play's first time on the Great White Way in 36 years, so get those hankies ready.
Comedy: Russell Brand: Messiah Complex
Rigorous intellect and magnetic presence Russell Brand embarks on his first world tour, provocatively titled the Messiah Complex. He will discuss the lives (and, more importantly, afterlives) of Malcolm X, Mahatma Gandhi, Che Guevara and Jesus in his stand-up set (which he was banned from bringing to Dubai and Lebanon).
Music: Vampire Weekend + Solange + Sky Ferreira
First: the charming album. Second: the clever and charming album. Third: This year's triumphant Modern Vampires of the City is Vampire Weekend's most charming, smart full length to date. Don't pass up the chance to see NYC's preppiest heroes in action, playing on home turf tonight in the splendid company of It girls Solange Knowles and Sky Ferreira.
Things to Do: German-American Steuben Parade
This annual march is named for General Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, who helped out George Washington in a little scuffle known as the American Revolution. The parade continues to honor German immigrants and their descendants with plenty of dirndls and lederhosen, and beer steins at a ticketed (and sold out) Oktoberfest after-party in Central Park. Fifth Ave from 68th St to 86th St. Visit germanparadenyc.org for more information.
Things to Do: Queens County Fair
Get a little rural living without leaving the city limits at the 31st iteration of this down-home festival. For two days, the Queens County Farm Museum will become even more agrarian than usual with livestock competitions, pie-eating contests, awards for the fastest corn huskers and pig races, while Irish and German musicians will keep your feet stomping. While there, try to make your way through the Amazing Maize Maze ($9, children $5), a three-acre labyrinth, or take a spin on carnival rides. Glean tips on fashioning your own farm-to-table fare at a colonial cooking demo, or knock back a few at a Bavarian beer garden. To enter your own craft, vegetable, or baked or canned goods in one of the blue-ribbon contests, e-mail email@example.com.
Books: Brooklyn Book Festival
The Brooklyn Book Festival is one of those events that makes you thankful to live in New York: The free, massive collection of readings, panels and high-concept events overtakes Borough Hall in Downtown Brooklyn and spills into neighboring venues over the course of a very full day. Among those in the massive crew of participating artists: Tom Wolfe, Sharon Olds, Art Spiegelman, Albert "Prodigy" Johnson (of Mobb Deep) and Meg Wolitzer. Visit brooklynbookfestival.org for details.
Art: "Balthus: Cats and Girls—Paintings and Provocations"
Balthus (neé Balthasar Klossowski, 1908–2001) was one of the most controversial figurative painters of the 20th Century, an artist notorious for frankly erotic (if not somewhat pervy) full-length renderings of Lolita-esque subjects. His obsession with pre-teen female sexuality translated into to vaguely unnerving images, which were more redolent of thanatos than of eros. This show, the first major Balthus exhibition in the U.S. in 30 years features 35 canvases, dating from the mid-1930s to the 1950s.
Museums: "East Berlin: Film, Fashion, Fotography"
This exhibit and event series at the normally private National Arts Club celebrates ten artists who work in what was formerly East Berlin. On Sept 25, toast the opening of the art show with a live feed to the Friendly Society gallery in Germany. Four films will screen, including Comrade Couture (Sept 26), about fashion designers who worked in the then-socialist country during the 1980s, and on Oct 1, attend a gallery talk on the different forms of music and art considered "degenerate" by the postwar government. On Sept 27, the space hosts a cabaret party and fashion show, featuring music by swing band Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks and German singer Adrienne Haan (free tickets are required; visit NAC after Sept 18 at 1pm to reserve).
Nightlife: 11th Annual New York Burlesque Festival
A cavalcade of local luminaries and international stars converge on NYC for four days of performances, dance parties and, for the first time, a free Burlesque bazaar at the Slipper Room (Sept 28 at noon) that features vendors (in case your pasties collection needs an update), a roundtable with burly-Q legend April March and a live photo shoot conducted by Don Spiro. Otherwise, the fest treads in the glittery footsteps of year's past, with a Teaser Party (Le Poisson Rouge; Sept 26 at 7pm; $20, advance $15), Premiere Party (Brooklyn Bowl; Sept 27 at 8pm; $12, advance $10), Saturday Spectacular (B.B. King's; Sept 28 at 7pm; $35, advance $30; VIP: $70, advance $65) with free after-party, and a Golden Pastie Awards closer (Highline Ballroom; Sept 29 at 8pm; $30, advance $25; VIP $45, advance $40).
Comedy: Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival
As in years past, Brooklyn comedy stalwart Mirman has invited a bunch of his friends to do a bunch of shows at the Bell House and Union Hall. Some of the events are familiar: Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunohler bring their sorely missed Hot Tub back from Los Angeles, while Mirman himself will be onstage for another edition of StarTalk Live! with Neil deGrasse Tyson. New shows include Comics We Hope Don't Move to L.A. (Though We Understand There Is Much More Work There), with Jena Friedman, TONY contributor Josh Gondelman, Dan St. Germain and Claudia Cogan; and the Urbane Comedy Hour: Nontop Courtesy and Culture Through the Prism of Comedy, featuring Ira Glass, Jim Gaffigan, Wyatt Cenac and special surprise guests. Plus, there'll be a special celebration of the fourth season of Bob's Burgers, which premieres Sept 29. Visit eugenemirmanfestival.com for details.
Art: Dumbo Arts Festival
The already art-forward northern Brooklyn 'hood pulls out all the stops during this three-day fest, featuring works by 300-plus contemporary artists. Ahead of the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, Lillian Gerson's pop-up recording studio, Radio Wave, gives attendees the chance to dictate their storm stories; in The Ship of Tolerance, Russian artists Ilya and Emilia Kabakov will pilot a ship along the waterfront whose sail is made of stitched-together paintings by NYC schoolkids; the Bubbles of Hope performance-art processional will see 20 dynamic sculptures swooping down on Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 1 for an interactive parade; and festgoers can bring their own possessions, skills, stories or even abstracter holdings to trade in Bartertown. Visit dumboartsfestival.com for a full schedule.
Film: New York Film Festival
The premier event of any NYC filmgoer's calendar returns, and it's sure to be stocked with new works from big-name art-house auteurs and award-season heavy hitters. The announced title that we're really salivating over: Her, Spike Jonze's love story about a man (Joaquin Phoenix) and the Siri-like voice on his phone's operating system, which isn't due in theaters until late December. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Sept 8. Visit filmlinc.com or buy in person at the Alice Tully Hall Box Office.
Art: "Robert Motherwell: Early Collages"
Although somewhat younger (and WASPier) then the Abstract Expressionists he associated with, Robert Motherwell was a noted figure of The New York School (a term which he, in fact, coined), thanks largely to his role in introducing his peers to "automatic" drawing—a concept he'd picked up from the Surrealists on his travels to Europe. Painterly free association, coupled with existentialism, thus became the linchpin of AbEx, though Motherwell's own work was defined more by formal stylishness than by strum und drang. While Motherwell produced large canvases, the collages he created throughout his career were particularly beautiful and elegant. The Gugg offers up a choice selection from the first decade of his output, during the years in which he helped to lay the foundation for New York's art world ascendancy.
Music: Atoms for Peace
Of course you're curious about Thom Yorke's other band, the all-star busman's holiday with Nigel Godrich, Flea, Joey Waronker and Mauro Refosco. The group's debut album, Amok, has an understatedly funky shimmer, a bit like Radiohead summoning Fela and Curtis Mayfield, while Brian Eno and Kip Hanrahan wrestle over the mixing board. If you followed that reference, you've probably got your tickets already.
Music: Global Citizen Festival 2013
Returning for a second year with another big bash in Central Park, Global Citizen allows you to earn your way in to catch Stevie Wonder, Kings of Leon, Alicia Keys and John Mayer by performing civic-minded acts, with a goal of eliminating extreme poverty around the globe by 2030. Get started by visiting globalcitizen.org.
Things to Do: Nightmare: Killers 2
New York's biggest haunted-house experience has gone the way of the horror movie and returned with a sequel for the first time in its ten-year history. Nightmare creator Tim Haskell takes another stab at bringing historical and contemporary serial killers back to life, such as Harrison Graham, Aileen Wuornos, Ed Gein and Charles Manson. We're shaking already—there's nothing more frightening than a recurring nightmare.
Art: "Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary, 1926–1938"
One of the titanic names of 20th art—and certainly one of the most popular and recognizable—René Magritte (1898–1967) is synonymous with a specific vision in which our experience of the ordinary is thrown into doubt, and real life seems invaded by dreams. The uncanny effect of his work was due precisely to the fact that Magritte, as painter, stuck tightly to realist script in order to upend the conventions of realism. This retrospective focuses on the years 1925 to 1938, the period when he developed his iconic style, which whatever its continued appeal, spoke eloquently of its time: the uneasy interlude between world wars.
Museums: Museum Day Live!
Download a voucher from smithsonian.com/museumday to receive two free tickets to one of 27 New York City museums and cultural centers. Participating big-name institutions include the Jewish Museum, which premieres "Chagall: Love, War and Exile" on Sept 15; the Museum of Arts & Design, which debuts "Body & Soul: Contemporary International Ceramics" on Sept 17; and the Brooklyn Museum, which opens "Behind Closed Doors: Art in the Spanish-American Home, 1492–1898" on Sept 20.
Music: Massive Attack v Adam Curtis
Though dour Brits Massive Attack may keep a low profile, it hasn't stopped them from spawning an entire music genre—trip hop, in the '90s—with an influence that reverberates to this day, in the sounds of bands like the xx and the Weeknd. Don't miss your chance to see the real deal in (understated) action when the crew joins forces with filmmaker Adam Curtis for the U.S. premiere of Massive Attack v Adam Curtis.
Things to Do: Atlantic Antic
More than 500 food and craft vendors and ten stages will close down a busy Brooklyn artery for the annual Atlantic Antic. Spanning ten blocks and cutting through four neighborhoods, it's billed as NYC's largest street fair, so there's more to see than stands hawking pashminas and MozzArepas. The eclectic musical lineup brings together such diverse local talent as Tri-State Conspiracy ("psycho swing," ska and rockabilly), Brandi & the Alexanders (classic soul) and I'll Be John Brown (alt country). Graze on grub from Mile End, Steve's Authentic Key Lime Pies and Red Hook Lobster Pound, washed down with Sixpoint Brewery's Antic Amber. Atlantic Ave between Hicks St and Fourth Ave, Brooklyn
Arts & Culture: Park Avenue Armory's Board of Officers Room
Get a glimpse of the Gold Coast in the Gilded Age when the Board of Officers Room in the Park Avenue Armory reopens following a meticulous renovation. The refined space, where the regiment's colonel conducted meetings with his officers, was designed by Herter Brothers—a high society decorating firm that created opulent interiors for the White House and William H. Vanderbilt's Fifth Avenue mansion, among others—but had deteriorated after years of neglect. Now, as part of Herzog & de Meuron's $200 million revamp of the Armory, the surfaces have been de-grimed and returned to their original splendor. With the addition of new audio-visual facilities, the room will now function as an intimate salon for chamber music and other events. A series of recitals ($75–$100) kicks off on Sept 29 with a performance by baritone Christian Gerhaher. You can also admire the room as part of a guided tour ($10, seniors and students $5, Armory members and children under 12 free); see armoryonpark.org for details.
Dance: American Ballet Theatre Fall 2013
ABT returns with the premiere of Alexei Ratmansky's The Tempest. Over the course of the season, the company—which features principals Paloma Herrera, Julie Kent, Gillian Murphy, Veronika Part, Xiomara Reyes, Polina Semionova, Hee Seo, Herman Cornejo, Marcelo Gomes, Daniil Simkin and Cory Stearns—will also perform Twyla Tharp's Bach Partita, Michel Fokine's Les Sylphides, Mark Morris's Gong and Stanton Welch's Clear.
Museums: Queens Museum of Art reopens
As the only remaining building from the 1939–40 World's Fair, the Queens Museum was certainly due for some TLC. But when the institution reopens this fall, after a two-and-a-half-year renovation, visitors will be welcomed by an airy, open redesign that goes far beyond a mere touch-up. In addition to improvements such as a new café and a light-flooded atrium, the museum will double its size and unveil a new Grand Central Parkway–facing facade, a transparent glass entryway that reflects its community-focused approach to programming and art. Inside, new studio spaces will allow for eight resident artists to create work on site. At the reopening, visitors can see Pedro Reyes: The People's UN (pUN), a performance-based model legislature convenes in the new interior courtyard; "Peter Schumann: Black and White," a retrospective of the puppet maker's installations; "Queens International 2013," a biennial show of borough-based artists; and "New York City Building Time Lapse, 2009–2013: Photographs by Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao," which documents the museum's history and expansion. Much of the programming—such as a series of events at Corona Plaza—highlight the borough's individual neighborhoods, while other efforts are aimed toward special-needs, LGBT, recent-immigrant and teen visitors.
Restaurant opening: Ivan Ramen
The wait is almost over. Following this summer's sold-out tastings at the Brooklyn Kitchen and Vans House Parties, Ivan Orkin completes his New York homecoming. The Long Island–born chef—with two shops in Tokyo—will debut his first stateside location, a 40-seat modernist ramen-ya on the Lower East Side. Employing his custom rye-and-wheat noodles, Orkin will serve his signature shio ramen—featuring a chicken-and-dashi broth—alongside garlic-infused mazemen, pulled-pork musubi and fried meatballs slicked with tonkotsu sauce. Watch the noodle star show off his Nippon-honed craft at the counter, or in warmer months, grab a seat in the back garden.
Theater: Betrayal
Based on his own infidelity, Harold Pinter's 1978 play runs backward—starting with the aftermath of a failed marriage and ending with its promising start. Guiding us through the triangulated chronology are Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz, doing the art-imitating-life thing by playing spouses. Rafe Spall is the homewrecker in this revival staged by the great Mike Nichols.
Art: "Chris Burden: Extreme Measures"
The New Mu gives over its entire building to this first major New York survey of legendary L.A. artist Chris Burden, who emerged in the early 1970s as the enfant terrible of performance art. He had himself shot in the arm, for example, and once used the back of VW bug as the cross for his self-crucifixion. Over the ensuing decades, he moved into creating complicated sculptural objects and installations, such as a built-from-scratch automobile and a toy-model metropolis, featuring miniature freeways teeming with tiny cars zipping by at breakneck speeds. This show covers it all, offering New Yorkers a rare comprehensive look at one of the most innovative artists of the past 40 years.
Arts & Culture: BRIC House
A massive multidisciplinary arts and media complex is headed for Downtown Brooklyn, spearheaded by local art nonprofit BRIC. The 40,000-square-foot BRIC House will feature a contemporary art gallery, a performance space, a glass-walled television studio, a work and performance studio, and a café. Planned events include a monthly House Parties dance-party series, a drop-in free lecture and storytelling Stoop series, and several artist residency programs. To celebrate the opening, BRIC's offering three days of free programming on its first weekend, including a block party with food trucks, Artist Parade, a multimedia installation by Addams Family set designer Julian Crouch, Bang on a Can musician Mark Stewart and filmmaker Ragnar Freidank, plus a concert by local pan-Caribbean collective Natural Expression Rhythm Band.
Arts & Culture: The New Yorker Festival
"It's The New Yorker in 3-D, but without the funny glasses," says David Remnick, editor-in-chief of The New Yorker, of its signature festival. Over the course of a weekend, staff writers and editors from the magazine interview dozens of movie stars, authors, musicians and more. The lineup is announced Sept 5, while tickets go on sale Sept 13 and usually disappear in a blink; do your utmost to secure a pass—your brain will thank you for it. Various locations, times and prices; visit newyorker.com/festival for details.
Film: Gravity
We'll see anything by the highly talented Alfonso Cuarón, who directed the best Harry Potter installment (2004's Prisoner of Azkaban) and the memorably dystopic Children of Men (2006). If the awe-inspiring trailers for his sci-fi thriller about two astronauts (Sandra Bullock and George Clooney) stranded in space are any indication, we're in for an even wilder ride than usual.
Music: Rock the Bells 2013
Rock the Bells is celebrating its 10th anniversary, which accounts for one of the strongest lineups wall to wall that we've seen in many a year. Headlining is Wu-Tang Clan—appearing with, we kid you not, "Virtual ODB." (Virtual 2Pac wept.) You'll also see Pretty Lights, Black Hippy, A$AP Mob, Kid Cudi, J. Cole, Big Sean, Tyler, the Creator and many, many more.
Things to Do: Chile Pepper Fiesta
Heat-seeking capsaicin lovers won't want to miss this fiery festival. Tour the pepper plants in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Herb Garden and ignite your palate with gratis tasting samples, including hot sauces, chili-infused chocolates (from the likes of Jomart Chocolates and Nunu Chocolates) and salsas from more than 40 local vendors. While you nibble, watch performances by NOLA funk and hip-hop outfit Stooges Brass Band, indie salsa band Bio Ritmo, the Afro-Brazilian Dendê Macêdo & Band and Dance China NY. If you want to experiment with the incendiary veggie on your own time, stop by the Chile Pepper Farm Stand, which will feature goods from local purveyors such as East New York Farms.
Museums: Hayden Planetarium Space Show
Opening Oct 5, the newest addition to AMNH's Hayden Planetarium launches you on an astronomical adventure—from Jupiter's atmosphere to the Mount Wilson Observatory in California, where Edwin Hubble first discovered other galaxies. Learn how dark matter (a.k.a. invisible matter) and dark energy (the force that accelerates the universe's expansion) shape outer space, and follow scientists on their journey to unearth cosmological mysteries. Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson narrates.
Things to Do: Kickoff to Fall
Nothing says "Autumn is really here, mofo" like wooden bins full of just-picked apples and bottles of freshly pressed cider. These icons of the season will be in abundance at this annual festival (formerly called the Queens County Farm Museum Apple Festival). Listen to a Country-Western band, take a hayride ($2) or sip the good stuff from Jericho Cider Mill (glass $1.25, quart $3, half gallon $4.50, gallon $7.75).
Music: The Weeknd
Will Abel Tesfaye make the leap from mystery-cloaked DIY buzz magnet to pro-hyped superstar? Turn up at Radio City to size up this 23-year-old Toronto singer-producer— who's been pushing R&B to ever lusher, edgier extremes under the Weeknd moniker—as he supports Kiss Land, his major-label debut.
Things to Do: New York Comic Con
For four days this October, the Javits Center is transformed into a geek micronation as the eager costumed hordes descend. This year's guest list is a who's who of sci-fi/fantasy/etc. legends (William Shatner, Sylvester Stallone), fan faves (Torchwood's John Barrowman, The Guild's Felicia Day, True Blood's Kristin Bauer and Rutina Wesley) and those still clinging confusedly to the fringes of fame (Hulk Hogan, Goosebumps scribe R.L. Stine). Weekend and three- and four-day tickets are sold out, but single-day passes are still available for Oct 10 and Oct 11. Run don't walk to snatch up those spots, nerds.
Books: Malala with Christiane Amanpour
On the eve of the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize award announcement, hear from nominee Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in October 2012 by a Taliban gunman on her way home from school. Yousafzai, then 15, was targeted because of her education-rights activism; she describes the ordeal and her ongoing campaign for children's education in her memoir, I Am Malala (Oct 8; Little, Brown and Company). International-news vet Christiane Amanpour interviews Yousafzai and her father in what is likely to be the most inspiring talk you'll see this season.
Art: Art in Odd Places
Responsible for thousands of only-in–New York moments, this annual fest brings work from more than 100 artists to 14th Street for a week and change. This year's theme is "number," something creative types generally aren't known for being masters of, but we can't wait to see what mathy, scheduley, statisticsy pieces this year's 30-odd participating groups and individuals come up with. Bring your camera. Various locations on 14th St between Ave C and Hudson River. Visit the artinoddplaces.org for a full list of projects.
Art: "Rebirth: Recent Work by Mariko Mori"
Buddhism, Shintoism, sci-fi and anime have been some of the inspirations for Mariko Mori, the Japanese artist-turned-model whose works since the early 1990s have combined elements of all three into otherworldly photos, videos and installations. This shows focuses on Mori's efforts over the past ten years, including a series of light sculptures, stemming from the artist's interest in various megalith-building cultures that existed in Japan and Europe some 10,000 years ago.
Art: "Wangechi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey"
Although she employs a number of artistic mediums, Wangechi Mutu—a Kenya transplant to Brooklyn via Yale—is best-known for large-scale collages on Mylar, depicting chimerical female figures that are part plant, part animal and part human. Created from bits and pieces of fashion, lifestyle, automotive and pornographic magazines, these works and others have earned Mutu a sizable international reputation during the past two decades, and evince a flamboyant aesthetic informed by topics such as feminism, globalism and multiculturalism. This show is her first mid-career survey in the U.S., and covers her work from the mid-1990s to the present.
Comedy: Aisha Tyler
Between hosting the new incarnation of Whose Line Is It Anyway, voicing Lana Kane on Archer, chatting on The Talk and touring behind her autobiographical essay collection Self-Inflicted Wounds, you'd think Aisha Tyler would be too busy for her first love—stand-up. Thank goodness she's found the time. We hold out hope that the silly, physical performer will tell some of her humiliating stories.
Museums: "Participatory City: 100 Urban Trends from the BMW Guggenheim Lab"
You may remember the BMW Guggenheim Lab, a ten-week pop-up on Houston Street that hosted free events, screenings and lectures in 2011. The Lab then traveled to Berlin and Mumbai, getting people thinking about cities, sustainability, arts and culture around the globe. This exhibit presents some of the ideas that emerged, with an accompanying program of talks and events, such as a discussion on collecting urban data (Oct 12) and a weekly movie series looking at cityscapes in film.
Things to Do: The Rink at Rockefeller Center
Even if the sidewalks are overrun with tourists, you'll have ample room to skate at the city's most iconic rink; only 150 people are allowed on the ice at once. That also means that By the time Thanksgiving hits you should prepare for painfully long lines. So when the rink first opens in mid October, make like Chicagoans when voting—go early and often.
Things to Do: Open House New York
This annual festival gives attendees access to more than 200 of the city's coolest and most exclusive architectural sites and landmarks. A sneak peek at the as yet unopened 4 World Trade Center and new Whitney Museum, pictured, a visit to the Citi Bike Warehouse and a rare chance to see the Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass in Long Island City. Look for the full schedule (and the ability to preregister for certain events) in the first week of October.
Art: Mike Kelley
Mike Kelley (1954–2012) was one of the true greats of recent American art, whose provocative and multi-layered output commented upon and critiqued numerous facets of contemporary life—including popular culture, sex, religion, and the persistent of class in a supposedly classless society. Although Kelley was an internationally recognized fixture of the Los Angeles art scene, the energy and anger in his work ultimately drew upon his upbringing as the son of a janitor in Detroit. Working in a diverse range of mediums—painting, drawings, sculpture, performance, music, video, photography and video—Kelley was arguably the most original and influential artists of his generation, until suicide tragically cut short his career. This retrospective at MoMA PS1, is the largest and most comprehensive survey of his work to date, and for the first time in 25 years, the museum is devoting its entire building to a single artist. A show not to be missed.
Health & Beauty: Spa Week
Treat yourself to a body or skincare treatment for a mere $50 when more than 100 venues throughout the city discount up to three services of their choosing. Specials include a 50-minute Thai-style massage incorporating a warm herbal compress (worth more than $100) at Bunya Citi Spa; a luxury mani-pedi at the mancentric Spa at The Out NYC (usually $75); and a 50-minute facial that would normally set you back $125 at the Red Door Spa in the Chatwal New York—one of the city's most luxurious hotels. Bookings can be made beginning Sept 16. Locations throughout the city; visit spaweek.com.
Things to Do: Columbus Day Parade
He may be one of the most popular failures in history, but 35,000 marchers and nearly 1 million spectators are expected along Fifth Avenue to mark the day when Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas and to celebrate the heritage of the Italian-American community. Sure, it isn't New York's glitziest parade, but where else can you catch the tarantella, a frenzied Italian folk dance? Fifth Ave from 44th St to 72nd St.
Music: CMJ Music Marathon
Tons of acts descend upon NYC each fall for the CMJ Music Marathon, a five-day fest held on stages both huge (Terminal 5) and tiny (Cake Shop). This year's initial lineup was announced late August and includes reformed D.C. indie-rock outfit the Dismemberment Plan, '60s baroque-pop devotee Jacco Gardner, chilled-out local rock group Real Estate, Broken Social Scene frontman Kevin Drew, U.K. electro duo Fuck Buttons and many, many more. Shows typically have packed bills with reduced set times, so you can check out a bunch of groups in a short time. The unofficial showcases are a blast, too; Brooklyn Vegan's free daytime bash, for instance, is always killer. Locations, times and prices vary. Visit cmj.com/marathon for details.
Books: The Moth
Autobiographical performance aficionados and addicts will celebrate the publication of the new title The Moth: 50 True Stories—and this event at the NYPL should send them into the stratosphere. Founder George Dawes Green, Moth artistic director Catherine Burns and writer Andrew Solomon (Far from the Tree) perform and talk with the enthusiastic Paul Holdengräber about the evolution of the organization and the power of telling tales live.
Theater: Twelfth Night and Richard III
The phenomenal Mark Rylance (Jerusalem) plays Olivia in an all-male rendition of Shakespeare's frothy comedy, in which all sorts of people are tripped up by inappropriate clothing. Stephen Fry costars as the starchy valet, Malvolio. This transfer from London's Globe Theatre and the West End plays in repertory with another all-boys take on the Bard: the history play Richard III. Rylance takes on the titular crookbacked villain.
Dance: San Francisco Ballet
The company's two-week New York season begins with six mixed-bill performances with works by Christopher Wheeldon, Edwaard Liang, Serge Lifar, Wayne McGregor, Mark Morris, Alexei Ratmansky, Yuri Possokhov and artistic director Helgi Tomasson. The second week showcases performances of Christopher Wheeldon's Cinderella.
Music: Savages
You may not have formed an opinion on Savages, but chances are you've read plenty on them, whether adoring or skeptical. Make up your mind at Terminal 5, as the arrestingly severe postpunk revivalists air their dark, pounding manifestos.
Museums: "Brooklyn Historical Society's 150th Anniversary"
The Brooklyn Historical Society, a repository of Gotham history since 1863, will unveil a newly renovated interior on Oct 16. The project has been under way since spring 2012, and includes restoring the building's traditional arched entrance and creating a new first-floor and lower-level galleries, as well as installing a 200-seat event space. Among the inaugural exhibits are a celebration of the BHS's century-and-a-half legacy and a rare copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Food & Drink: New York City Wine & Food Festival
Food Network celebutoques join top global chefs for this annual fete, with a four-day lineup of demos, seminars and tastings. Highlights include an Oktoberfest bash with Andrew Zimmern and Pat LaFrieda, and a master sushi-rolling class taught by Masaharu Morimoto, both on October 20. Visit nycwff.org.
Film: 12 Years a Slave
Having taken on suicide by starvation (Hunger) and sex addiction (Shame), British visual-artist-turned-filmmaker Steve McQueen turns to another s-word: slavery. This adaptation of Solomon Northup's memoirs about being sold to a Southern plantation has an impressive cast—Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Giamatti—but we're betting that it's Chiwetel Ejiofor's name that will be on everybody's list come Oscar time.
Things to Do: Crest Arts Pumpkin Carving Contest
The arts group, based out of a stalwart neighborhood hardware store in Williamsburg, throws its fourth annual fund-raiser for its summer show, C.H.A.S. Last year, more than 30 entries—ranging from the skillful to the probably-carved-while-tipsy—vied for the crowd's votes in three categories: Best in Show, Most Creative and A for Effort. Arrive between 6:30 and 8pm to register your effort (free), then grab a beer, hot cider or glühwein from the tent in the store's outdoor garden center while you wait for the ballots to close at 9pm.
Food & Drink: NYC Food Film Festival
This cinematic feast takes "dinner and a movie" to the extreme, pairing flicks with first-class food over a five-day festival. Gotham's own Dale Talde (Talde) and Ed Schoenfeld (Red Farm) star in Erik Olsen's short "Dumpling Tales" and will serve Asian snacks during the screening. Visit thefoodfilmfestival.com for details.
Dance: Sleeping Beauty
In Matthew Bourne's alternative version of the well-known tale, Aurora wakes up to a modern world—and you can almost certainly expect a gothic twist. The British director and choreographer, who has a special talent for twisting the classics—his Swan Lake features a flock of male swans—presents his third work set to Tchaikovsky.
Arts & Culture: White Light Festival
Audiences can vibrate at a higher level during Lincoln Center's fall festival, which explores the spiritual properties of music and art. Video, chamber music and virtual reality combine in Michel van der Aa's Up-close, featuring the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and members of the International Contemporary Ensemble (Oct 28 at 7:30pm; $35–$55); choreographer Akram Khan performs his dreamy solo show, DESH, which won an Olivier Award (Nov 6, 7 at 7:30pm; $25–$90); filmmaker Philip Gröning gets an inside look at the isolated lives of Carthusian monks in Into Great Silence (Nov 10 at 1:30pm; $15); and the Mark Morris Dance Group performs its critically acclaimed L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, about the transformative power of art (Nov 21–23 at 7:30pm; $40–$125). Various locations at Lincoln Center. Visit whitelightfestival.org for a full schedule.
Museums: "The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk"
Explore more than 140 of the French couturier's gender-bending, avant-garde pieces, some of which are arguably closer to art than attire. (Admit it: A museum seems a fitting place for Madonna's conical bra and Milla Jovovich's costume from The Fifth Element.) The show also includes photographs taken by artists including Richard Avedon, Andy Warhol and Cindy Sherman, plus Gaultier's very first design from 1971.
Things to Do: Internet Cat Video Film Festival
Proof that cats really do rule everything around us: After the success of the Internet Cat Video Festival at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis—two kitty-centric shindigs have taken place there since 2012—its organizers have decided to bring the feline fiesta to Brooklyn. So what can you expect? At this summer's event, a few Internet-famous furballs—including Maru, Lil Bub and Keyboard Cat—were inducted into a kitty Hall of Fame; Grumpy Cat won the Golden Kitty award; and lots of people showed up in cat costumes. So basically, it'll be the best night ever, if you're a cat lady or gent. Dog people, we suggest you steer clear.
Things to Do: Tompkins Square Park Halloween Dog Parade
The Village Halloween Parade is fun and all, but does it have a plethora of puppies in adorable outfits? For that, you'll have to head to the East Village for this annual dog parade. The getups are remarkably elaborate and conceptual—no surprise given the $4,000 of prizes on offer, including an iPad mini for Best in Show. No pooch? No problem: Grateful Greyhounds, Bide-A-Wee, Friends of Animal Rescue and the Mayor's Alliance for New York City Animals will be on hand with canines that need a loving home. Just remember, a dog's for life, not just for a costume contest.
Museums: "Lights, Camera, Astoria"
MoMI mounts an exhibit about the storied studio complex it calls home, which once served as Paramount Pictures' East Coast headquarters and the U.S. Army Pictorial Center. Watch film and television clips produced at Kaufman Astoria Studios—including silent flicks starring Rudolph Valentino, Marx Brothers talkies, Sesame Street and The Cosby Show—and browse artifacts, photos and oral histories of the site.
Music: Drake + Miguel + Future
Hip-hop's Prince Charming hits town for two arena-show screamfests. Last time we talked to the star, he told us that he has a special chest where he keeps the bras thrown at him onstage. We're guessing that by now Drake could keep a small country in "support." Speaking of which, heat-seeking soul smoothie Miguel and Atlanta rapper Future lend their support at these gigs. Ahem.
Things to Do: Village Halloween Parade
Hurricane Sandy put the kibosh on this annual procession last year, so we're looking forward to it making a triumphant return for its 40th anniversary. But it needs your help to overcome the financial impact of 2012's cancellation and will be launching a Kickstarter campaign on Sept 19. Dig deep, and not merely one of the rewards will be a spot at the puppet-making workshops in upstate New York. This year's theme is Revival, and the parade will honor New Yorkers who stepped up to help the community after Sandy. They'll be joined by the awe-inspiring puppets created by Superior Concept Monsters, the Madagascar Institute, the Puppeteers' Cooperative and Basil Twist's studio, among others, as well as the Hungry March Band, the On the Lam Band and 35 more musical troupes. Sign up via halloween-nyc.com now to volunteer to be a puppeteer or a performer in the procession. To walk in the parade, turn up in costume (start at Sixth Ave between Canal and Spring Sts; Oct 31 6:30–8:30pm). Parade: Sixth Ave from Spring St to 16th St.
Theater: No Man's Land and Waiting for Godot
One of the earliest and most influential examples of theater of the absurd, Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot returns to Broadway with X-Men collaborators Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart. They perform it in rep with Harold Pinter's No Man's Land, a crepuscular study of death and memory. Shuler Hensley and Billy Crudup round out the casts.
Film: Ender's Game
His regrettable views on gay marriage notwithstanding, novelist Orson Scott Card can claim to have written one of the most provocative sci-fi stories of the past 30 years: a tale of future children trained to become military geniuses long before their ethics catch up. Here's hoping the script isn't dumbed down.
Things to Do: Fall Forest Weekends
Experience the colors of the season in the New York Botanical Garden's Thain Family Forest, a 50-acre thicket which boasts sweet gums, whose star-shaped leaves turn red and purple as autumn progresses, and tulip trees and hickories which display vivid golden yellows. During this annual series, gratis guided tours will point out seasonal foliage and birds, as well as offering free canoe trips, courtesy of the Bronx River Alliance. While you'll also see arborists demonstrating how to scale trunks, sign up in advance for a Recreational Tree Climbing class ($135, members $122) to try it yourself.
Things to Do: ING New York City Marathon
More than 40,000 marathoners hotfoot it (or puff, pant and stagger) through all five boroughs over a 26.2-mile course. Stake out a lively spot—we recommend along Fourth Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn; First Avenue between 60th and 96th Streets in Manhattan; or Central Park South near the finish line—to cheer on the passing throngs. Visit ingnycmarathon.org for more details.
LGBT: Joan Collins: One Night with Joan
Camp vamp icon Joan Collins—indelibly etched in our memories as Dynasty villain Alexis Carrington Colby—glams it up in a night of stories from her jet-setting life, brought to you by queer-nightlife king Daniel Nardicio.
Books: The Fun: The Social Practice of Nightlife in NYC
You can't spell party without art, and this review—edited by Museum of Arts & Design public-programs director Jake Yuzna—looks at the intersection of the two worlds. In addition to profiles of the individuals (Earl Dax, Sophia Lamar, Ladyfag) and collectives (FCKNLZ, Silent Barn, Xtapussy) that enrich New York's after-dark cultural landscape, the book also features experts—such as Michael Musto and Susanne Bartsch—weighing in on NYC's '80s and '90s party scenes. Look out for MAD's the Fun conference (Nov 8–10), a weekend of panel discussions and lectures on topics like nightlife regulation, online party promotion and the art of hosting, which coincides with the publication's release.
Comedy: New York Comedy Festival
As always, the New York Comedy Festival is comedy's most massive happening of the fall. It celebrates its tenth anniversary this year with a hell of a lineup. The preliminary schedule includes Larry David (in conversation with David Steinberg), Wanda Sykes, Whitney Cummings, Bill Burr, John Mulaney and plenty more. If these big-ticket shows, going down at grand venues like the Theater at Madison Square Garden and Carnegie Hall, don't appeal to you (or your wallet), there will also be emerging and indie comedians performing. Stay tuned for further lineup announcements as we move into fall. Visit nycomedyfestival.com.
Music: James Blake
With a new album under his belt—Overgrown is the follow-up to 2011's stunning debut—24-year-old Brit James Blake returns to the city for two big dates. Expect a set of his trademark sparse, dubstep-wobbled falsetto soul, with funky, R&B-flecked new material, and (fingers crossed) his lovely cover of Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You."
Museums: "Art Spiegelman's Co-Mix: A Retrospective"
Spiegelman, who did more than anyone to legitimize the graphic novel with his Holocaust-themed classic, Maus, gets the retrospective treatment, with a survey that includes hundreds of original drawings spanning his groundbreaking career, from his late-1960s days as part of the underground comix movement to his work on some of The New Yorker's most compelling and controversial covers.
Music: The Eagles
Sure it's easy to laugh at the Eagles; the arrangements are slicker than an otter in olive oil, the four-part harmonies scarily perfect, and the smiles dazzlingly white. But can you truthfully say that the sprawling, lysergic fantasy that is "Hotel California" has never had you air-guitaring on your knees? Nor has "Desperado" had you weeping in your beer? Pull on your best denim shirt and surrender to the noncool, mighty power of these Cali legends, whose current tour—including principals Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit, as well as founding guitarist Bernie Leadon—arrives on the heels of a sprawling documentary, History of the Eagles.
Museums: "Gilded New York"
The phrase more money, more problems would not have sat well with upper-class early-20th-century New Yorkers, who flaunted their wealth in the form of jewelry, furs and elaborate houses. This exhibit, the first in the newly christened Tiffany & Co. Foundation Jewelry Gallery, displays 100 glamorous costumes, portraits and household objects, including a silver-gilt place setting and an "Electric Light" dress owned by the Vanderbilt family, John D. Rockefeller's luxe toiletry set, and loads of diamond, gold and platinum bling.
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The Day of Archaeology is finally upon us. A day when the world can learn just what us archaeologists get up to and how much more there is to it all than scrabbling around in the mud!
I'm Richard Madgwick, a lecturer at Bournemouth University. I specialise in the analysis of animal bones and recently completed a PhD at Cardiff University (I had my Viva only two weeks ago).
I wish I could say that my day of archaeology is going to be a thriller but sadly that's looking unlikely. Whilst the departments is like a ghost town as most other people are away on glamorous field projects, including locations such as Malta, Russia and Stonehenge; I am confined to principally working on grant applications, papers for publication and preparing lectures for the new year. More exciting bone- and field-work is to come in the next couple of weeks: trips to the dig at Ham Hill, assessment of a bone assemblage from a Mesolithic cave in North Wales and an engagement event at Green Man, a music festival in the Brecon Beacons.
First task of the day is to finish writing a paper on reconstructing the diets of Bronze Age pigs through isotopic analysis of sites in South Wales (Llanmaes) and Wiltshire (Potterne). I processed 150 samples of animal bone, which retains a chemical signature of the animals' diet. Results demonstrate a wide-range of foddering regimes. Some pigs were entirely herbivorous, others had diets which included lots of animal protein, perhaps as scraps from meals. It also seems likely that several of the pigs were fed on that cornerstone of a healthy diet – poo!


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Child benefit change is right approach, David Cameron says
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David Cameron has said the decision to remove child benefit from better-off families is "the right approach".
He told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show "85% of families" would get the payments in "exactly the way they do now".
The prime minister also said the government was "absolutely right" to limit most working age benefits to a 1% rise, which will be the subject of a Commons vote on Tuesday.
Labour's Ed Balls called the child benefit changes "perverse".
Mr Cameron's comments come ahead of the coalition's mid-term review on Monday.
Changes coming into effect from Monday will see families with one parent earning more than £50,000 lose part of their child benefit.
It will be fully withdrawn where one parent earns above £60,000.
'Fundamentally fair'
Defending the policy, Mr Cameron said: "I'm not saying those people are rich, but I think it is right that they make a contribution.
"This will raise £2bn a year. If we don't raise that £2bn from that group of people - the better off 15% in the country - we would have to find someone else to take it from."
He added: "I think people see it as fundamentally fair that if there is someone in the household earning over £60,000 you don't get child benefit... I think it is the right approach."
Asked about government plans to cap working age benefits at 1% - including the rise in the pay of public sector workers, out-of-work benefits, and tax credits - Mr Cameron said "those are all in my view absolutely right decisions".
"We need to control public sector pay... we need to limit the growth of welfare payments overall - and that must include the tax credit system, and for those out of work it's right that their incomes aren't going up faster than people in work."
The prime minister also insisted the government was going "full steam ahead" with a packed agenda in the second half of its term.
In the wide-ranging interview, Mr Cameron made a number of major points, including:
- He promised British voters they would be offered a "real choice" on Europe at the next election
- On the economy, he said it was vital for a country to be able to pay its debts - maintaining "a low rate of interest" so it could borrow money cheaply
- He said he was "absolutely determined" to overhaul the deportation system so the radical cleric Abu Qatada and others could be deported from the UK before they appeal
- The prime minister also said he was "absolutely clear" Britain would defend the Falkland Islands in the face of mounting pressure from Argentina
- He also confirmed he wanted to remain prime minister until 2020
'No pleasure'
Writing in the Mail on Sunday, Chancellor George Osborne said he took "no great pleasure" in reducing people's benefits but that it was needed to ensure a "brighter future".
Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps told the BBC's World at One: "I have three children I've filled in the form. I totally understand and get how frustrating these things are."
Mr Balls, Labour's shadow chancellor, told Sky News the changes to child benefits were "perverse".
"It's a complete shambles," he said.
"We're going to have many many hundreds of thousands of people who will end end up filing in tax returns because they didn't realise they were supposed to apply by today not to get the child benefit.
"I've always supported a principled approach to the welfare state which we would call progressive universalism."


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House Democratic leaders are looking to hone their messaging for the midterm elections, The Hill reports — but it's not an easy task.
"As an early indication of the challenge they face, even party leaders are offering differing responses when asked what the Democrats should fast-track if they win the House gavel next year," The Hill's Mike Lillis writes.
- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi listed infrastructure, campaign finance reform, tougher gun laws and help for immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as minors.
- House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer said he would "focus like a laser on job creation, infrastructure and skills training investment."
- Rep. Joseph Crowley of New York, who chairs the House Democratic Caucus, said he'd prioritize health-care access, affordable college tuition and oversight of the Trump administration.
Rep. Linda Sánchez of California, the vice chair of the Democratic Caucus, highlighted retirement security.


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I'm Sarah, and I'm a part time archaeology student. As I was on holiday on the actual Day of Archaeology, I've decided to write about a current project of mine entitled "Dig for Victory".
My situation is a little complicated, but in summary I'm a distance learning student with the Open University but also doing practical courses with the University of Southampton. I'm finishing up my degree at the end of next month and I'll be starting my Masters with Southampton in October. I'm particularly interested in prehistory, specifically human origins, but I'll have to wait until October to join the postgrad world. For now I'm digging around in the dreaded depths of theory.
As a distance learner I'm somewhat limited in my project choices, and therefore cannot run out into the field wielding my trowel very often. Instead I found myself oddly drawn to archaeological theory, and in particular to an assignment I did in my first year about the politics of archaeology. Although I investigated many cases in many different countries, for my project I decided to focus on archaeology in Nazi Germany and wartime Britain. In particular I'm investigating how national identity was in part built by archaeological findings, and how these were used to include and exclude certain groups of people.
In Britain various national icons, such as the British Museum, were used to promote national identity and to unite the country during in between the World Wars. Museums in particular provided an avenue for people to explore their history and develop national pride in their country.
But in Germany it was rather a different story, with archaeology being used to prove ideological arguments and to legitimise the actions of the leaders of the Nazi party. The field of archaeology quickly came under the jurisdiction of the military, as many areas did, and was being used to investigate the "great Germanic people". At one point excavations were being planned near every SS unit to help instil a sense of national pride. But, of course, excavations were expected to support the 'right' version of history, not necessarily the true version. Prehistory in particular was used (despite Hitler allegedly not thinking highly of prehistory) to write the history of the Germanic people, and therefore justify the invasion of other countries.
I've recently been focusing on the German archaeology, and moving onto the British side next week when I visit various museums in London. I never really realised before just how much archaeology was used, and how archaeology in Germany was littered with references to the military – for example, I've many images of Nazi officers attending the opening of museums and of Nazi banners at conferences.
Although I would, of course, love to be out in the field digging for my project, I'm glad I've had the opportunity to sit and consider theory in more depth. As a first year I was too baffled by theory (as is every archaeology student!) to fully appreciate why it was important, and it wasn't until the final lecture that I really understood why we were learning this stuff!
I think it's important for archaeology students to learn about the history of archaeology itself, and that it's not just about what we dig up but also about the impact that knowledge has on others. Archaeology has gone through many changes in the last century, and is bound to go through many more in years to come.
I've certainly found an invaluable but cautionary tale in my researching, and I hope to share more details with you once I have finished. If you would like to follow me while I complete my research and move onto my Masters, you can follow my on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/
Thank you for reading, and happy (belated) day of archaeology!


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One of my favorite features in Gundam Extreme VS Full Boost is the ability to watch replays of other players' matches. Thus you can see some of the best players in action and then better your own play-style. Moreover, it's a golden opportunity to see some of your dream fights; like say, Gundam Wing vs Gundam SEED.
In the replays, you control the camera, deciding who to watch and when. And by removing the interface, the battles become strikingly cinematic. The only problem is, when the game tries to render a four-player split-screen of the battle, the frame-rate drops significantly.
To see the battle between Freedom Gundam and Providence Gundam VS Gundam Wing Zero and Gundam Deathscythe Hell, check out the video above.
Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme VS Full Boost was released on January 30, 2014. There is currently no word on a Western release.
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When? December 2015 – from Tortola, then on a cruise, finally on to Antigua.
How? Local flights, hire car, taxis, clipper cruise ship
Who? Solo
Note: This particular trip involved a large number of stops in different countries and islands and several returns to the same place, so for ease I have included the account of the whole trip under each place visited. Parts of the blog that relate to this specific country are in bold print.
'The chief character in this narrative is the Caribbean Sea, one of the world's most alluring bodies of water, a rare gem among the oceans, defined by the islands that form a chain of lovely jewels to the north and east'
James A. Michener
I can see a scattering of gorgeous islands floating on blue, blue sea out of my window. Pelicans with huge scoop bills are diving above the palm trees, the broad avian equivalent of the A380. Villages are crammed with pastel coloured houses and criss-cross boarded drinking shacks. The island is mountainous so the roads are steep; the driving is crazy. The politest way to describe the service is diffident. Attitude abounds. The currency is the American dollar, the tourists are mainly American and the cars are left hand drive. But they drive on the left hand side of the road and the rest of the tourists are British- off yachts or cruise ships in the main. So where am I? Tortola in The British Virgin Islands (BVI), naturally.
It looks like a beach a day for the next three weeks:
Sunday – Apple Bay, a minuscule stretch of white sand just across the road from my hotel. The surf breaks just off shore, mini pitons jut out of the bay and Bomba's beach shack churns out a heady rhythm. The hotel dining room is pretty – set in a renovated sixteenth century sugar mill.
The party island – no shoes necessary. Great Harbour lined with the most colourful, kitchest beach bars ever. And, a taxi ride over the hill, White Bay Beach. This one features on most of those lists of ten best beaches in the world. Pristine white sand and the requisite bendy palm trees. It's also home to the Soggy Dollar beach bar, so called because the sailors swim in from their boats with their money. This is where the Painkiller cocktail was invented. I will leave the recipe (and the scenes on the beach) to your imagination. Today, I am entertained by Jesse and Elias, two twenty something brothers from Canada. Their mission, it seems, is to consume as many Coronas as they can. When I abandon them their deck chairs are barricaded by a sea of glass bottles. Painkillers not necessary.
This beach is also world famous because of the huge granite boulders picturesquely strewn along the sand. There's a perilous trail through the rocks to Devils Bay, a lagoon even more picturesquely encircled by still more boulders. The track is a bit like a twenty minute assault course involving much clambering through caves with low roofs, wading through pools, traversing rocks, with rope handrails and assailing vertiginous wooden ladders. A line of wounded emerge at the bay end, streaming blood from scraped limbs. I am fortunate to escape with a banged head.
It's clearly a day for the intrepid. There are signs up forbidding swimming because of the swell round the rocks but this does not deter the dinghies from the many yachts moored offshore. I could fill a whole episode of You've Been Framed with videos of their ingenious and undignified attempts to land. Today's companions are Jeff and Kathy, a semi-retired couple from Cincinnati. She used to work for American Airlines so they get free flights everywhere. Grrrr…
Today I am doubly intrepid as I venture up the coast in my rental car. It came as part of a package with the room, so it feels churlish to waste it on trips to ferries and back. I discover why there are two extra gears on the automatics here. The hairpin bends are almost vertical. The views over the mountain drops are good too – I think. I'm trembling too much to take them in. the island is arid and much of the vegetation is cactus. The one time I find a spot to park and scramble out I am impaled by a vicious aloe. One road is so steep that the locals call it The Escalator – and refuse to use it. I decide to avoid that one, though there aren't any sign posts, so I can't be sure that I won't happen on it accidentally. When I do get up speed I find myself swerving round a group of goats gambolling on the bits of concrete. Tarmac is too polite a description. It's a relief to end up in the crystal turquoise water of Smugglers Cove. Here I share beach beds with Jan and Brad from California. They are still recovering from the cavernous potholes which are the unmade road down to the Cove – they have no inkling what bad roads are really like here. I decide I'm finally going snorkelling- it's been too rough to try so far this week. However, a posse of locals originally from the UK tell me that there's a bad rip tide over the coral when it's rough. And there's still a nasty swell. So, decision reversed, discretion is the better part of valour. The waves in the shallows though are perfect, balmy and soothing. The locals also tell me that the service is a lot better than it used to be.
Back at the ranch, well, Sugar Mill, I decide to avail myself of the other complimentary part of my package – a bottle of local rum.
.A scenic, if early, hop on the ferry from Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. It's all very pirates of the Caribbean, Road Town to Cruz Bay across the narrow diving channel and hugging the palm lined coast of the Virgin Islands National Park. By far the shortest queue I've ever stood in for USA immigration -it's only me. Cruz Bay is dinky, neat and hilly. The streets are lined with niche restaurants, boutique shops and chi chi guest houses. The little Wharfside Village mall caters to the cruise trade. Fortunately, the town is quiet today, almost too quiet.
The American Virgin Islands were bought from Denmark in 1917, and virtually the whole of St. John is a national park endowed by Rockefeller. It's nearly all rainforest and white beaches, so today I take a trail through the park to Honeymoon Beach. And I finally get to snorkel; it's exceptionally clear. There are small rays darting and two turtles nestling in the rippling mini dunes of the depths. One of the turtles lazily rises to the surface right in front of me posing, huge and gorgeous against the blue of the sea. Naturally, my camera battery gives out as I press the shutter.
The brochures say that missing Trunk Bay is like going to get Paris and not seeing the Eiffel Tower-it's another beach on the 'best of' lists. I hop on one of the local taxis to get there. They are gaily painted converted trucks with half a dozen rows of seats out back. I'm the only passenger, so the trip feels very decadent, even if we do roll around a bit and the bay is certainly very pretty from the viewpoints above. It has a small palm tree bedecked island and a slightly beaten up snorkelling trail with plaques in the water.
Then a rush to get my ferry back to Tortola to catch the plane down to St Martin. It's a longer route this time, via the northern Caribbean cruise capital, St Thomas. I spend my waiting time on the beach at Trellis Bay. It's at the bottom of the runway.
Most of the islands round here (Leeward and Windward) were named by Columbus. This one was discovered on the feast of St Martin. It's actually a teeny island unusually divided into Saint Martin and Sint Maarten, a bit of the Netherlands and a bit of France. But don't let that fool you. Everyone speaks English with American accents and trades in dollars. Though here on the Dutch side they also use the pre- euro florins. The contrast between here and the Virgin Islands couldn't be more marked. I've gone from quaint backwaters to full on 'civilisation'. One guide book refers to this as the Las Vegas of the Caribbean. The narrow road from the frighteningly efficient spanking new airport is lined with high end shops almost the whole way. Chopard, Tiffany, diamonds abound, as you would expect, interspersed with the odd casino. Philipsburg is Cruise Ship Central. Today's beach is Great Bay. The hotel and sands are ultra-boutique, white canvas umbrellas, rattan chairs and piped saxophone – from seven in the morning. Hulking ships monopolise the horizon. I can see the sailing clipper I am booked to travel on for the next week bobbing around behind them. It looks really tiny in comparison. The quay where it is moored is called Dock Maarten- really.
And now perhaps I should go get a Martini?
One of the three tallest ships sailing the seven seas. It's all very – well nautical. Brass and wood with navy and gilt upholstery, and lots of knots. They haul the sails up ceremonially every day to the Van Gelis 1492 theme tune. It's surprisingly moving, though there isn't much wind and we use the engines most of the time. I'm secretly quite glad. The sails are very picturesque, but I'm told the tall masts make for a lot of rolling if the sea is remotely rough. The crew are very cosmopolitan- Filipino waiters, Goan sailors, Eastern European officers, Swedish Vikings on the sports team. It's their job to entertain us at night as well as look after us during the day. They deliver an amateur variety package, including comedy sketches and a fashion show, involving a surf board. The passengers are mostly retired Americans. Others are English, French, German, I'm the only single on board.
We've reached Nevis overnight so today it's Pinney's Beach. Columbus thought the central volcano looked as if it had snow on it (nieve). Last time I was here I got the ferry over from St Kitts and explored the tiny main settlement of Charlestown. It's very colonial, but then so are both islands. More plantation houses, sugar mills and forts than spectacular coasts. The beach here is pretty, but narrow. There's not a lot of shade unless I wander up to the one hotel, and the sports team forgot to bring the umbrellas. So I get the tender back to the ship and lounge on the deck by one of the two wedge shaped swimming pools. Most of the Americans are very friendly. I know everyone's life history already.
Dominica (named as it was discovered on a Sunday) is, reputedly, famed for its natural beauty and lush foliage. It is purported to have 365 rivers, one for each day of the year. Though no-one seems to have checked this convenient number. So, I only skirt Cabrits Beach – it's black volcanic sand- on my way up into the mountains for a nature hike in the rainforest. There are very few buildings, certainly more vegetation than habitation.
Unfortunately, the guide puts in a no show and so do most of the birds. It's damp and misty, more Jurassic Park than cheerful Caribbean. There is forest as stretching as far as the eye can see, with just glimpses of cobalt ocean. The canopy stretches above, there are tree roots like the flanges of giant wheels and lianas tangle around them. The odd hummingbird zigs in and out. Any chance of an additional sighting is thwarted by the shrill tones of Claire from Key West. I don't think she pauses for breath once, on the whole circuit. I go to avail myself of a relaxing massage on the upper deck when I got back. But I can still hear her squeaking away in the bar below.
(Weeny islands that are part of Guadeloupe). They are very green and very hilly. Today's beach is Anse Crawen; there is a log to perch on, plenty of sand flies and some reasonable snorkelling round the headland. As on most cruise ships there's no shortage of food. There are always snacks available and you can order what you like from the dinner menu. Tonight I have three main courses.
First of all, I'm famous. There was a trivia quiz last night where you had to run up and beat a drum. As most of the questions were geographical I won fairly easily, seeing off the French and the Germans. So today everyone is congratulating me. That wouldn't have happened in the UK, where I would have been ostracised as a 'know all.'
The ship has taken us to Guadeloupe proper. The little town of Deshaies is famous as being the location for the filming of Death In Paradise. The distinctive red steepled church dominates the skyline, but it's a short acquaintance. We pile into a creaky bus and zip through the middle of the main butterfly shaped island to pick up a little motorboat. Thence, sputtering through a scattering of mangroves, eyed warily by pelicans and egrets perched on almost every available branch, to a proper little reef and some decent snorkelling. Then lunch on minuscule Caret Island, so swathed in palm trees we have to be seated on lashed wooden poles laid on the sand. Classic Robinson Crusoe.
Then dinner with the captain. This involves a lot of champagne (before he goes onto scotch) and conversation that refuses to veer from politics, ships and alcohol. He's from Ukraine and is clearly still mourning the demise of the Soviet Union.
I've been here before – it's the Caribbean Mecca for yachts belonging to the rich and famous. The main pastime is trying to guess who owns what. And I'm feeling a little queasy as the ship is rolling something rotten, there's been a swell all night. Antigua is a country of beguiling bays and is reckoned to have 365 beaches- we've been here before- so there is nothing for it but to head to nearby Pigeon Beach, which is yellow and gorgeous, and laze on the sand.
St Barthelemy (named after Columbus' brother) is another piece of the French West Indies and this time it's a replica of the Côte d'Azur. The capital, Gustavia, is full of high end shops- and beautiful people. Gustavia- as it was a Swedish colony in Napoleonic times. La Plage de St Jean has sand floored beach bars, plush hotels and the whitest sand, with water for which the word aquamarine was invented. The beautiful people parade up and down in their designer gear. It is tres tres chic, with prices that are tres tres high to match. Alongside the beach is possibly the world's smallest and scariest airport. The air taxis come on over the road that runs across the top of the island (the cars have to stop) and bump down the hill to the beach. When they take off they zip straight over our heads, accelerating madly in a bid to gain height before they hit the sea. It's a local pastime to sit in the water and watch them; it's a bit like playing Russian roulette.
It's our last night on the boat. Much to everyone's amusement the captain asks for my email address. I think he just wants some photos.
Back on dry land in St Martin. This time nipping across to the French Side, as the border signs say. I'm getting a free ride with Bob and Sandra from Somerset as they are booked into the same hotel. It's truly a schizophrenic island, it's much quieter over here, but still relatively built up and very clean, organised and prosperous. There is no official border, other than the sign, but you have to make an international phone call to talk to the other side and here the first language is definitely French. My gorgeous little hotel is right on Grand Case Beach, a large turquoise bay, with views across to eel shaped Anguilla. Grand Case is renowned for its French restaurants- about 50 of them lining the waterfront. I have views across the bay from my balcony and a nonstop natural history documentary by my door. Two straggly little dove chicks are ensconced in an untidy nest that is balanced precariously on a palm tree branch. Mummy and Daddy Dove watch anxiously from the telegraph wires, cooing loudly when I walk past. Dad forages around the hotel balconies for food and Mum arrives at regular intervals to feed her offspring or to attempt to perch on top of them, even though there really isn't enough space and it seems that she will topple out at any moment.
Today takes the three of us to Maho Beach, on the Dutch side, which is pretty, but crowded, as it offers more airport entertainment (this seems to be a Caribbean pastime). This beach is right at the end of Princess Juliana International, so visitors get their kicks by hanging off the perimeter fence to experience the force of the slip stream as the jets take off. Some of the thrill seekers are blown right over. There are signs saying its dangerous (!) but access doesn't seem to have been restricted in any way. When planes come in over the sea to land the voyeurs leap about waving at the poor pilots as they roar above us.
My trip is cancelled as it is raining. Not all bad news as it clears up quite quickly. It's exhausting lying on a beach bed all day and I can at least see Anguilla across the water. We eat Creole supper at a Lolo (local food restaurant) on Marigot Bay, lights twinkling on the marina.
Today it really is raining, with a vengeance. There isn't much to do on St Martin except go to the beach or shop and most of the shops are the expensive duty free kind. The damp weather is encouraging the mosquitoes; this is slightly worrying as there are even PA announcements on arrival at the airport here warning about the dangers of being bitten. Dengue fever is more of an issue than malaria and we are told there is an increasing threat also from chikungunya fever. Neither has a cure. In addition to the usual mosquitoes there are pesky miniature versions called 'no see ums' that zip in the smallest crack the moment the door is opened.
Today I fly to Antigua so, perversely, the weather is gorgeous. The flight is a disaster though. The plane is badly delayed (LIAT = Leaves Island Any Time) with no announcements whatsoever. Eventually it is cancelled altogether and I am squeezed onto the earlier flight which is even more badly delayed. I arrive in Antigua minus my luggage and nobody seems very sure about where it is or how I will get it back. And it was only a 30 minute flight…I am exceedingly grumpy when I eventually arrive at my hotel sans toothbrush, well sans everything.
I'm in Jolly Harbour, where I've also been before, but still grumpy, despite the name. The hotel has definitely seen better days (it's only two years old) and the service is decidedly indifferent. It's trying to rain again. However there is some cheer as my bag arrives mid-morning and entertainment is provided by three kittens who have decided to adopt me and take it in turn to sit on my veranda. I saunter down to the nearest stretch of sand. I pass a large supermarket and a motley collection of shops and cafes, gathered round a small yacht basin that's part of a large lagoon. There's a huge hotel formed of several large blocks surrounded by an unkempt garden and a lot of wall. There's a gigantic beach café that serves copious amounts of alcohol, so everyone is indeed making merry. It's all a bit uninviting, nowhere near as pretty as it used to be. Maybe it's the weather colouring my vision
A last chance to enjoy the heat and colour. It's sunny again, well naturally, I'm on my way home. Life's a beach…


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Despite the fact that she and her ex-husband failed to make payments on a mortgage loan dating from 2007, Ike Lochte is determined not to rely on her son (or any of her other children) for financial assistance. A spokeswoman for the Steve and Ike Lochte — who filed for divorce in 2010 — explained that the Lochtes, just like everybody else on the wrong side of brand new mortgage just before the collapse of the housing market, were simply victims of the times, and that Ike Lochte "did not disclose the extent of the situation to avoid [her children] worrying."
Although Ryan Lochte will be scoring some lucrative new endorsements in the wake of his success in London (and, as the dutiful son we all know he is, would surely love to buy his mother a palatial home with a trampoline and lazy river pool), his mother has so far eschewed help with the cumbersome loan payments. It'll be pretty tough to keep concerned children at bay, however, especially if they're as concerned and have as much extra (as yet theoretical) cash on-hand as Ryan Lochte does. What else would he spend it on? A new and tackier grill? A pop-art installation of his head poking out of a urinal, surrounding by a bunch of plaster thought bubbles containing only "Jeah"? No, no — expect Ryan Lochte to sneak money into his mom's bank account using the help of the U.S. swim team, which will, after their first taste of reverse-heist excitement, become the Dolphin Bandits of South Florida, taking from the rich and giving to the poor. If anyone out there can draw, I think we're about halfway to a seminal graphic novel.
Ryan Lochte's Mother Won't Let Him Help Her With Foreclosure [Buzzfeed]