(Non-debate) Haps around town today ....
Lots of literary to-dos around town, so if you're a collector of author autographs, read on ... plus some campaign stuff and the return of the Intrepid to its Manhattan pier ...
Until 9 p.m.: Barack Obama supporters hold voter registration drive; actor’s
Playhouse Theatre, 100 Seventh Ave. South, between Groove and Bleecker streets.
2 p.m. Intrepid Aircraft Carrier arrives at Manhattan’s
Pier 86 after two-year refurbishment
All Day Contestants try to break the movie-watching record in Netflix
Movie Watching World Championship; Military Island in Times Square,
4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Discussion and autograph signings with Hall of Fame jockeys Pat Day, Angel Cordero, Jr. and Laffit Pincay, Jr. in celebration of
the 25th Breeder’s Cup World Championships; Sports Museum of America, 26 Broadway
5:30 p.m. The New York Pops perform in Bryan Park; Upper Terrace, 42nd
Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues.
5:30 p.m. Activists denounce Wall Street crimes at International Day of
Non-Violence teach-in; Union Square Park, southwest corner, by the Gandhi statue, 14th Street and Broadway.
6 p.m. New York Transit Museum presents screening of the documentary,
“Contested Streets: Breaking NYC Gridlock”; 130 Livingston St., Brooklyn.
6 p.m. to 8 p.m. NYC Board of Elections conducts accessible voting demonstration for people with disabilities; Arnold and Marie Schwartz Center, Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus, between DeKalb and Flatbush avenues, 1 University Plaza, Brooklyn.
6:30 p.m. Author Christopher Buckley discusses and signs copies of his
book, “Supreme Courtship”; McNally Amphitheatre, Fordham Law School, 140 West 62nd St.
7 p.m. Alice Schroeder discusses and signs copies of her biography,
“The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life”; Borders,
461 Park Ave.
7 p.m. Discussion with Robert Fisk, author of “The Age of the
Warrior,” and journalist Chris Hedges; Judson Memorial Church, 55
Washington Square South.
