Morning Brief: September 25

Well there's really nothing else to talk about--the pope is in town, and it's all anyone's talking about. Last night he said prayers at St. Patricks, and in the motorcade along the way, the crowds alongside were enormous. New Yorkers can't seem to get enough of him. Today, he's addressing the UN, visiting a school in East Harlem, and saying mass at Madison Square Garden.
 
NEED TO KNOW
 
Tragic Mecca Stampede Raises Safety Questions for Muslim Pilgrims  [Washington Post]
 
Joint Pledge from US, China to Fight Climate Change Coming Today  [Wall Street Journal]
 
Pope Francis Encourages Priests in First New York Address  [New York Times]
 
Kids Get Ready to Meet Pope  [New York Times]
 
Iconic JFK Hotel to Become Hotel  [NY Daily News]
 
WEATHER
 
Partly cloudy and 76 degrees
 
SPORTS
 
The Rangers fell to Boston 4-3
 
The Yankees beat the White Sox, 3-2
 
the Mets Beat the Reds, 6-4
 
The Giants beat the Redskins 32-21
 
ON STAGE TONIGHT
 
Jackson Browne @ the Kings Theatre
 
The Tedeschi Trucks Band with Los Lobos @ the Beacon Theatre
 
The Decemberists with Lucius @ Radio City Music Hall
 
Bob Mould with Jason Narducy @ City Winery
 
Chick Corea And Bela Fleck @ the Mayo Performing Arts Center
 
Houndmouth with Basia Bulat @ Irving Plaza
 
Cheap Trick @ the St. George Theatre
 
The Jesus And Mary Chain (with The Black Ryder) @ Terminal 5
 
Dave Mason’s Traffic Jam @ the Bergen Performing Arts Center
 
The Weight featuring former members of The Band, The Levon Helm Band and The Rick Danko Group @ the Fairfield Theatre Company’s Warehouse
 
Chris Smither @ the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts
 
The Kennedys @ Rockwood Music Hall
 
The Outlaws (with Spurs USA) @ the Paramount Hudson Valley
 
Tommy Emmanuel @ the Tarrytown Music Hall
 
Built To Spill (with Crosss and Clarke And The Himselfs) @ The Bowery Ballroom
 
Donna The Buffalo (with Robinson Treacher) @ the Towne Crier Café
 
The Suffers and Bhi Bhiman @ Mercury Lounge
 
Jose James “Yesterday I Had The Blues: The Music Of Billie Holiday” @ the Blue Note
 
Ace Frehley (with Brand Of Julez, Knucklebone and Rahway) @ the Starland Ballroom
 
CocoRosie (with A Tribe Called Red) @ Webster Hall in the Grand Ballroom
 
The Mynabirds (with Bad Bad Hats and Stranger Cat) @ Rough Trade NYC
 
Colin Hay formerly of Men At Work will be the special guest of Jessie’s Girl (with The Fresh Kids Of Bel Air) @ the Capitol Theatre
 
TODAY IN HISTORY
 
Today in 1513, Spanish explorer Balboa becomes the first European to encounter the Pacific Ocean.
 

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