A sign on 96th Street from attempting to stop skateboarders from participating in this weekend’s Broadway Bomb. Photo by Ed Yourdon.
October 22, 2012 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 66 Degrees.
Notices:
Events today include a talk by Salman Rushdie on his new book, and lots of free concerts.
The MTA’s Fastrack returns this week on the A,C, and E lines. “There will be no trains at 
stations between 59 St-Columbus Circle and Jay St-MetroTech” between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. More here.
Central Park has a new free app.
The Community Free Democrats are hosting another debate-watching party at The Parlour tonight.
News:
Musicians are upset that a traveling company is using prerecorded music. They protested last week at Lincoln Center. “Sara Cutler, a harpist for 11 years for the New York City Ballet Orchestra, said she was alarmed by ‘a trend of producing performances without live music.'” (DNAinfo)
Greg Smith, the ex-Goldman Sachs employee who just wrote a tell-all book claiming employees called clients “muppets,” is an Upper West Sider who likes Barney Greengrass and Zabar’s. Now he’s apparently a writer, like everyone else. (New York)
A unit in the historic Beresford (once home to Jerry Seinfeld) is facing a mortgage foreclosure auction. (Curbed)
A photo of Shirley McLaine campaigning for George McGovern on the UWS in 1972. (eBay)
