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Gothamist October Guide: 20 Cool Ways To Celebrate Autumn


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Scott Heins

Published Sep 30, 2016

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We've finally made it through the summer heat and into the very best month of the year: October. The perfect time for getting outside and enjoying some lovely light jacket weather. Here's our list of the best things to do in October, a decidedly anti-Pumpkin Spice Latte mix of wild bike races, vampiric moonlit cruises, and plenty of top-notch halloween parties. But we did make a little room for some cider.
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Published Sep 30, 2016

Modified Sep 30, 2016


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Scott Heins is a freelance photo and video journalist based in New York City, and a frequent contributor to Gothamist + WNYC. His work often centers around labor rights, housing, and policing. In 2018-2019 he traveled to four states while covering a wave of public school teachers strikes, with work featured in The New York Times, The Intercept, Getty Images, Splinter, and Bloomberg Photos. Scott is a dues-paying member of the National Writers Union's Freelance Solidarity Project.

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