Chile Pepper Fiesta
Hot sauce, hot chocolate, salsas, pickles, kimchee, and other red-hot specialties will be celebrated, and sold, during the Chile Pepper Fiesta at Brooklyn Botanic Garden on Saturday, Oct. 1, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The fiesta features real fire-breathing performances and eight bands, including Lost Bayou Ramblers with The Violent Femmes’ Gordon Gano, The Defibulators, Chico Mann, Dominic James & The Rhythm Machine, Mariachi Tapatio, Terry Dame & Electric Junkyard Gamelan, Dogcat, and Tom Swafford.
Tickets: $15. Children under 12 are free. For more information visit www.bbg.org.
Bach, Berg, and Brahms
Music Director Alan Gilbert conducts the New York Philharmonic’s performance of works by Bach, Berg, and Brahms, on Wednesday, Oct. 5, and Thursday, Oct. 6, at 7:30 p.m. and Friday, Oct. 7 at 10 a.m. at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall. Works include Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, Berg’s Violin Concerto, and Brahms’s Symphony No. 3. The featured musician is German musical prodigy Frank Peter Zimmermann.
Tickets: $31.00–$120.00. For more information visit nyphil.org.
New York Film Festival: ‘Ben-Hur’
Part of the New York Film Festival that begins on Friday, a meticulously restored version of the epic film “Ben-Hur” will be aired at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall on Saturday, Oct. 1, at 10:30 a.m. Winning 11 Academy Awards in 1959, “Ben-Hur” tells the fictional story of a wealthy Jewish merchant, Prince Judah Ben-Hur, played by Charlton Heston, whose fall and rise occur alongside the life and death of Jesus Christ. The film’s grand-scale chariot race scene continues to be a filmmaking marvel. Suitable for the whole family.
Festival Tickets: $24. For more information visit www.filmlinc.com.
’The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs’
In a comical yet disturbing tale of nonfiction, Mike Daisey turns his razor-sharp wit on the recently retired CEO of Apple in “The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs” at the Public Theater from Oct. 11 through Nov. 13. Daisey illuminates how Jobs and his obsessions shape people’s lives, while sharing stories of his own travels to communist China to investigate the factories where millions slave to make iPhones and iPods. “Daisey’s dangerous journey shines a light on our love affair with our devices and the human cost of creating them,” writes the Public Theater.
Tickets: $75–$85. For more information visit www.publictheater.org.
Medieval Festival Near the Cloisters
The perfect place for a Medieval Festival, the area in Fort Tryon Park surrounding the Cloisters (a medieval arts museum) will be transformed by authentic medieval music, dance, magic, and performances on Sunday, Oct. 2, from 11:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The park will become a medieval market town decorated with bright banners and processional flags. The afternoon will conclude with a joust between knights on horseback.
This event is free. For more information visit www.forttryonparktrust.org.
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