David Brandon
C.E.O., Domino's Pizza
WOULDN'T MISS
The Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on September 13; the National Symphony Orchestra's Season Opening Ball Concert in Washington the night before.

ALSO ON THE CALENDAR
The University of Michigan's first Big 10 football game of the season, against the University of Wisconsin on September 27.

Gerald Hines
Founder, Hines Interests
WOULDN'T MISS
Le Corbusier Le Grand, a biography of the Swiss-born architect, and Meier: Richard Meier & Partners, Complete Works 1963–2008, a survey of the American studio.

ALSO ON THE CALENDAR
"Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night," which opens September 21 at New York's Museum of Modern Art.

Michael Ovitz
Investor; ex-Disney president
WOULDN'T MISS
Los Angeles County Museum of Art's show of Belgian installation artist Francis Alÿs and sculptor John McCracken's show at Zwirner Gallery in New York.

ALSO ON THE CALENDAR
Fashion Week in Manhattan, September 5 to September 12; Joel and Ethan Coen's new comedy, Burn After Reading; performances by Beck, Robert Plant, and Alison Krauss at the Austin City Limits music festival, which runs September 26 to September 28.

It's the last chance to see "Sterling Ruby: Supermax 2008" at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles—the show closes September 19. There's also the opening of the New Acropolis Museum in Athens, designed by Bernard Tschumi.

Bob Pittman
Founder, the Pilot Group
WOULDN'T MISS
Fiestas Patrias in San Miguel de Allende, north of Mexico City, where Pittman lives part-time. The holidays run for most of September and include El Grito de Dolores, a celebration reenacting the call to arms for Mexico's War of Independence.

Mark Pincus
Founder and C.E.O., Zynga
ON THE CALENDAR
Burning Man in Black Rock Desert, Nevada, from August 25 to September 1; the Korean Game & Game World Championships on September 28 (because videogames are the "world's fastest-growing spectator sport"); and the Telluride Film Festival (August 29 to September 1). "Get to see 15 of the best new indie films a year before they hit theaters—if ever."

Mark Colodny
Managing Director, Warburg Pincus
ON THE CALENDAR
The Accidental Advocate at the Democratic National Convention on August 25 and Republican National Convention on September 1. The documentary follows the survivor of a tragic bicycle accident as he explores stem-cell research.

Kansas State Fair, held September 5 to September 14 ("quality food served on a stick"); The Moth's N.Y. GrandSlam Championship on September 10, where storytellers face off; "Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe," at the Whitney Museum of American Art until September 21.