Your Creative Calendar: 102 Things To Do, See, And Hear In September

Summer is always so exciting at first. You throw your hoodies in a trash fire, crank up the AC, and plot so many beachside getaways and kayaking adventures. Maybe you’ll go to the Cape! (Any cape, really, doesn’t matter.) After a while, though, you realize you’ve been sweating for three months and your skin feels like ungently used cheesecloth. Also, your favorite celebrities have been dying, America is at war with itself, and there is no glass ceiling to the current election’s ridiculousness. This year especially, fall feels like a harbinger of magical possibilities. Apple-picking! Hoodies! Pumpkin spice M&Ms! The end of this God-forsaken election, finally! And of course, the end of this unusually flop-filled summer movie season. Thankfully, the wait is over. Just when it feels like summer will last forever and we’re all stuck in a Gordian time knot, the first signs of fall are arriving. Prepare to say goodbye to the leaves and hello to the Blair Witch and M.I.A. Don’t you feel at least a little bit pulled back from the brink of heatstroke already? No? Well then, keep reading on for Co.Create‘s September Creative Calendar and forget that whole summer bit even happened.

Movies In Theaters

• Morgan, in theaters September 2.
• The Light Between Oceans, in theaters September 2.
• Max Rose, in theaters September 2.
• Skiptrace, in theaters September 2.
• Klown Forever, in theaters September 2.
• Sully, in theaters September 9.
• Before I Wake, in theaters September 9.
• Author: The JT LeRoy Story, in theaters September 9.
• For the Love of Spock, in theaters September 9.
• When the Bough Breaks, in theaters September 9.
• Blair Witch, in theaters September 16.
• Bridget Jones’s Baby, in theaters September 16.
• Snowden, in theaters September 16.
• The Magnificent Seven, in theaters September 23.
• The Dressmaker, in theaters September 23.
• Goat, in theaters September 23.
• Total Frat Movie, in theaters September 23.
• Dirty 30, in theaters September 23.
• Deepwater Horizon, in theaters September 30.
• Denial, in theaters September 30.

Albums you should hear

• Angel Olsen – My Woman, out on September 2.
• The Wedding Present – Going, Going…, out on September 2.
• Bastille – Wild World, out on September 9.
• Grouplove – Big Mess, out on September 9.
• Jason Aldean – They Don’t Know, out on September 9.
• Local Natives – Sunlit Youth, out on September 9.
• M.I.A. – A.I.M., out on September 9.
• Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree, out on September 9.
• Okkervil River – Away, out on September 9.
• Teenage Fanclub – Here, out on September 9.
• The Head and the Heart – Signs Of Light, out on September 9.
• Wilco – Schmilco, out on September 9.
• Against Me! – Shape Shift With Me, out on September 16.
• AlunaGeorge – I Remember, out on September 16.
• Cymbals Eat Guitars – Pretty Years, out on September 16.
• El Perro del Mar – KoKoro, out on September 16.
• Mac Miller – The Divine Feminine, out on September 16.
• Mykki Blanco – Mykki, out on September 16.
• Phantogram – Three, out on September 16.
• Preoccupations – Preoccupations, out on September 16.
• Beach Slang – A Loud Bash Of Teenage Feelings, out on September 23.
• Bruce Springsteen – Chapter And Verse, out on September 23.
• How to Dress Well – Care, out on September 23.
• Warpaint – Heads Up, out on September 23.
• Drive-By Truckers – American Band, out on September 30.
• Jenny Hval – Blood Bitch, out on September 30.
• Pixies – Head Carrier, out on September 30.
• Regina Spektor – Remember Us To Life, out on September 30.
• Van Morrison – Keep Me Singing, out on September 30.
• Yellowcard – Yellowcard, out on September 30.

Things to watch on TV (or your computer)

• Narcos on Netflix, September 2.
• Better Things on FX, September 8.
• Atlanta on FX, September 6.
• Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe on Comedy Central, September 5.
• Mary + Jane on Comedy Central, September 5.
• Masters of Sex on Showtime, September 11.
• Blindspot on NBC, September 14.
• Legends of Chamberlain Heights on Comedy Central, September 14.
• South Park on Comedy Central, September 14.
• High Maintenance on HBO, September 16.
• 68th Primetime Emmy Awards on HBO, September 18.
• The Good Place on NBC, September 19.
• Gotham on Fox, September 19.
• Lucifer on Fox, September 19.
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine on NBC, September 20.
• Bull on CBS, September 20.
• NCIS: New Orleans on CBS, September 20.
• New Girl on Fox, September 20.
• Scream Queens on Fox, September 20.
• This Is Us on NBC, September 20.
• Black-ish on ABC, September 21.
• Designated Survivor on ABC, September 21.
• Empire on Fox, September 21.
• The Goldbergs on ABC, September 21.
• Lethal Weapon on Fox, September 21.
• Speechless on ABC, September 21.
• The Blacklist on NBC, September 22.
• Easy on Netxlix, September 22.
• How to Get Away With Murder on ABC, September 22.
• Notorious on ABC, September 22.
• Pitch on Fox, September 22.
• Dr. Ken on ABC, September 23.
• The Exorcist on Fox, September 23.
• Iliza Shlesinger: Confirmed Kills on Netflix, September 23.
• MacGyver on CBS, September 23.
• Van Helsing on Syfy, September 23.
• The Last Man on Earth on Fox, September 25.
• Quantico on ABC, September 25.
• Son of Zorn on Fox, September 25.
• Drunk History on Comedy Central, September 27.
• Younger on TV Land, September 28.
• Marvel’s Luke Cage on Netflix, September 30.

Books to read

• The Great Glowing Coils of the Universe: Welcome to Night Vale Episodes, Volume 2 by Joseph Fink
• Razor Girl: A Novel by Carl Hiaasen
• Here I Am: A Novel by Jonathan Safran Foer
• The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
• Where Am I Now?: True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame by Mara Wilson
• In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox by Carol Burnett
• Based on a True Story: A Memoir by Norm MacDonald
• Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen

[Photo Mash Up: Adriana C. Sánchez for Fast Company, Source Photos: Atlanta: Guy D’Alema, courtesy of FX; Morgan: courtesy of 20th Century Fox; The Magnificent Seven: Sam Emerson, courtesy of Columbia Pictures; For the Love of Spock: Kai de Mello-Folsom, courtesy of Gravitas Ventures; Skiptrace: courtesy of Saban Films; The Edge Of Seventeen: Murray Close, courtesy of STX Entertainment; Marvel’s Luke Cage: Myles Aronowitz, courtesy of Netflix; Pitch: Tommy Garcia, courtesy of FOX; The Exorcist: Chuck Hodes, courtesy of FOX; Better Things: Colleen Hayes, courtesy of FX; Sully: Keith Bernstein, courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures; Storks: courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures, and RatPac-Dune Entertainment; Dr.Ken: Danny Feld, courtesy of ABC Neworks; Narcos: Juan Pablo Gutierrez, courtesy of Netflix; The Light Between Oceans: Davi Russo, courtesy of Dreamworks Pictures]