Day 16: World Series Game 6

Yankees at the World Series—does it get any better than this? Of course watching live from the new stadium would have been something, but with bars on every corner there was just as much fun to be had staying local, swigging down beers with the neighbors, fingers crossed that the Yanks would clinch it. There wasn’t so much in the way of nail-biting suspense, with New York 7 Philly 1 at the bottom of the fifth, but that didn’t mean there wasn’t cheering. In the end, it was a win, the 27^th title in franchise history. The Yankees… just another reason to love New York.  

www.newyork.yankees.mlb.com

Day 8: CMJ Music Marathon

In NYC there are always bands to be heard and films to be seen, but for six days in October it’s a marathon—the CMJ Music Marathon (and Film Festival) that is. Six days of music, beer, stamped hands and wristbands, and more music, and more beer, if you can take it. With a list of artists so long it’ll have your eyes crossing, there’s enough to keep you moving for hours on end, from daylight until the wee hours of night…or morning really. And with more fresh faces than familiar faves on the bill it’s a good chance to get a peak at some of the best new music around. There are for sure a good deal worth getting to know.

www.cmj.com/marathon2009

Day 3: New York Film Festival

When we think of Autumn in New York it’s generally the crisp air and changing leaves that come to mind, but for the art and entertainment worlds, there’s also film. Fall Movie Lineups show up in just about every magazine or paper we get our hands on, bills are posted on street corners left and right, and at Lincoln Center there’s a whole two-and-a-half week event: The New York Film Festival, this year celebrating its 47^th season. What a way to get a tour of the new Alice Tully Hall, and better yet to catch a first look at some of the year’s greatest film projects from across the globe like Maren Ade’s Everyone Else, Jacques Rivette’s Around A Small Mountain and Todd Solondz’s Life During Wartime. And there’s the added bonus of the Q&A at the end. It’s what The Post calls ‘the city’s most important cinematic event’. No doubt. See for yourself. 

www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.html (through October 11)