http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/26/arts/spare-times-for-sept-26-oct-2.html 2014-09-26 01:13:33 Spare Times for Sept. 26-Oct. 2 A selected guide to exhibitions, readings and other cultural events in New York City. === Chile Pepper Festival and Harvest Festival For those who like their entertainment really hot, fire eaters will be on hand. There will also be herb garden tours, and visitors, young and old, can pot chile plants. From 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., 990 Washington Avenue, at Eastern Parkway, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, 718-623-7200, In the Bronx, a harvest festival with food and music — and a cooking demonstration with the chefs and television personalities Mario Batali and Carla Hall — takes place on Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the New York Botanical Garden, Bronx River Parkway (Exit 7W) and Fordham Road, 718-817-8700, Around Town Museums and Sites American Museum of Natural History: ‘Pterosaurs: Flight in the Age of Dinosaurs’ American Museum of Natural History: ‘Lonesome George’ Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum: ‘Grandes Dames and Grand Plans: 100 Years of History at Bartow-Pell’ Brooklyn Historical Society: ‘Brooklyn Abolitionists/In Pursuit of Freedom’ The Fence ‘Flow.14’ Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum: ‘Masters of Disguise: The World of Camouflage’ Italian American Museum: Photographs of Naples Metropolitan Museum of Art: ‘Early American Guitars: The Instruments of C.F. Martin’ Morbid Anatomy Museum: ‘The Art of Mourning’ Museum of Sex: ‘Funland: Pleasures and Perils of the Erotic Fairground’ New York Hall of Science: Rocket Park Mini Golf New-York Historical Society: ‘Madeline in New York: The Art of Ludwig Bemelmans’ New York Society Library: ‘From the Western Front and Beyond: The Writings of World War I’ New York Transit Museum: ‘ElectriCity: Powering New York’s Rails’ New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex and Store: ‘Traveling in the World of Tomorrow: The Future of Transportation at New York’s World’s Fairs’ Paley Center for Media: ‘Bewitched’ Marathon Events Affordable Art Fair and Antiques Market Atlantic Antic Avenue of the Americas Fair ‘Bascove/Bridges: Transporting the Metropolis’ Dumbo Arts Festival ‘Eating Eighth Avenue’ Elastic City Walks Festival and Symposium Governors Island: Open Studios and Walking Tour Gracie Square Art Show ‘Nerd Nite NYC’ New York Burlesque Festival New York City Oktoberfest New York Times Magazine Photography Display Photoville Smithsonian Magazine’s Museum Day Live! Tech Week Upper Broadway Harvest Festival ‘Seis del Sur: Sin Límites’: A Photography Show Spoken Word Conversation with Tom Stoppard Discussions with Aretha Franklin, Clive Davis, John Lahr and Tony Kushner Symposium on ‘Grit’ Walking Tours Flatiron District Walking Tour Skyscrapers of ‘The Fountainhead’ Tasting Tour of Arthur Avenue, the Bronx Union Square: Crossroads of New York Wall Street Tour Recreation NYC Walk4Hearing Tunnel to Towers 5K Run/Walk