Weekend Plans, anyone?

I've always maintained that one of the best things about living in New York is the abundance of free (or cheap) events that you can go to. This weekend happens to be filled with a few interesting ones, so should you be searching for plans, look no further.

First, Central Park will be home to this year's annual Pumpkin Festival, with a pumpkin patch setting up on Cherry Hill. The Parks and Recreation committee are running a ridiculous amount of events for the festival, including a scarecrow design competition, a 20-ft tall jack-o-lantern tower, hayrides, and a haunted house.


If that sounds far too wholesome for your weekend needs, Jimmy's No. 43 in the East Village is having a beer and chili benefit for New Orleans. I've never been, but apparently this place has been named the "best bar with good food," and for $20, you'll get all the chili you can eat and beer you can drink.


Lastly, Zaha Hadid has created a "mobile museum" which may as well be a huge ode to Chanel. The pod-looking structure that contains a Chanel-lover's dream exhibition has landed in Central Park--and the term isn't lightly used. The "building" looks more like a spaceship than anything else, but at least it's furnished with products that are fully familiar to New Yorkers far and wide. Whether you give a damn about Karl Lagerfeld or not, the architectural merit of this project might make the trip worthwhile. And, at worst, it'll just bring you a bit closer to those pumpkins.