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BRING ON AUTUMN! From mind-expanding Festivals to world premiere theater, dance, and Film, these are the nine must-do events this season in chicago. By Thomas Connors Falling leaves aren't the only stunners this time of year. With the kickoff of a new cultural season, the city is exploding with eye-opening events from the stage to the street—and these are the nine that in-the-know locals will be queueing up for. Director Mary Zimmerman— renowned for whipping up visually inventive theater productions like the Tony- winning Metamorphoses—takes on the ultimate ode to New York, Leonard Bernstein's Wonderful Town (through October 16; goodmantheatre.org). Striking an entirely different note is The Ear Taxi Festival (October 5–10; eartaxifestival .com), a city-wide celebration of contemporary music. "When I came up with the name, I had the image of a composer's head—imagine the famous bust of Beethoven—with a line of 10 taxi cabs driving out of each ear," shares the fest's founder, Grammy-winning Augusta Read Thomas. "ETF will take you on many aural taxi rides, each one played by a huge array of world-class musicians." Although there may be a nip in the air, you won't want to miss The Halloween Gathering Festival (October 22; chicagoculturalmile.org) michiganavemag.com 57 PhotograPhy by Soren MeiSner Danish Dance Theatre's chicly dystopian Black Diamond is primed to be one of the highlights of the new cultural season. SCENE EVERYBODY 's talkin g aBOu t...