Besides the usual highlights, such as new seasons for the Met Opera, NYC Ballet, Joyce Theater and City Center, the fall arts season in New York City comes with history-related festivities and fascinating debuts. Carnegie Hall looks back on 250 years of music in a citywide celebration, various institutions look at democracy and immigration, the American Folk Art Museum reopens and Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn's Gowanus neighborhood inaugurates a new festival. Meanwhile, Renoir, Monet, American surrealism and Black LGBTQ+ life during the Harlem Renaissance are among the subjects of major exhibitions. Find time for all your calendar.
