Why Does Sliwa Stay On The UWS + Couple Celebrates 70 Years

Good morning, people of the Upper West Side! It's me again, Gus Saltonstall, your host of the Upper West Side Daily.

First, today's weather:

A few morning showers; windy. High: 60 Low: 50.

Here are the top stories today in Upper West Side:

1. Israeli noshery Sherry Herring opens in NYC — with ‘no Sherry and no herring’ (Forward)
2. If New York City Is So Bad, Why Does Curtis Sliwa Stay? (City Limits)
3. West Side Rag » UWS Couple Celebrates 70th Wedding Anniversary With Cuba-Themed Party, Calling 'Compromise' the Key (westsiderag.com)
4. Who Will Save Alice’s Tea Cup? (The New York Times)

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Today in Upper West Side:

• The Studio School's Virtual Open House (6:45 PM)
• Award Ceremony for 2020-2021 school year [The Facing History School] [Public calendar] (12:00 AM)
• MP1 Report Cards Distributed - Global Learning Collaborative (12:00 AM)
• Museum of Arts and Design: Design Happy Hour with Debra Rapoport (6:00 PM)
• Cold Process Soapmaking Workshop (6:00 PM)

Upper West Side Patch Notebook

• American Museum of Natural History: "Here’s another Halloween-themed critter: Have you ever heard of “werewolf mice?” Also known as grasshopper mice, of the genus Onychomys, they’re carnivorous rodents with fierce predatory ways—and a tendency to “howl.” The howls are high-..." (Facebook)
• American Museum of Natural History: "Welcome to Trilobite Tuesday! The trilobites unearthed within Siberia’s 521-million-year-old Sinsk Formation rank among the oldest discovered to date. The Lower Cambrian critters found within this distant outcrop include the two arthropo..." (Facebook)
• Central Park: "Tomorrow’s #CentralParkHalloween events are rescheduled for Wednesday, 10/27 due to the weather forecast. We look forward to seeing you at the Harlem Meer for a scavenger hunt, Halloween crafts, and magical family-friendly entertainment!..." (Facebook)
• Central Park: "Come one, come all, to Halloween on the Harlem Meer! 🎃 Join us Oct 26, 27 & 28 for FREE family-friendly fun, including our annual pumpkin flotilla. Get your costume ready and dive into the hair-raising history of this tradition: https:/..." (Facebook)
• New-York Historical Society: "Where is the largest #Picasso work in the U.S.? 🤔 ⁣ ⁣ Right here in our Dexter Hall! ⁣ ⁣ Pablo Picasso (born #OnThisDay in 1881) designed and painted this 20 x 19 foot theatre curtain for the ballet The Three-Cornered Hat (“Le Tricorne”..." (Facebook)
• The Juilliard School: "Tonight at 7:30pm at Alice Tully Hall, Xian Zhang will conduct the Juilliard Orchestra in Qigang Chen's L'Éloignement, Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, and Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade. For more info and to get tickets, ..." (Facebook)
• American Museum of Natural History: "Boo! It’s the ghost pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus)! This “ghost” likely won’t sneak up on you, unless you happen to be its prey. The ambush predator lurks around coral reefs and seaweed beds, munching on small organisms like mysids (s..." (Facebook)
• Barnard College: "As a research assistant at the Kellendonk Lab at Columbia University, Michelle Dandeneau ’20 investigated “the role of dopamine receptors in a pivotal learning pathway in our brain during associative reward learning tasks.” In this “Rese..." (Facebook)
• New-York Historical Society: "🕷️ An expert in web design 🕸️ For this #TiffanyTuesday, allow your gaze to be caught in Clara Driscoll's Cobweb lamp. It retailed for $500 in 1906—the same price as a Ford Model N car, released that year. See this and more spectacular ..." (Facebook)
• Barnard College: "Barnard is sad to share news of the recent passing of Olympia Jebejian, who served the College for over 40 years. Born in Lebanon, Olympia and her husband emigrated to the United States in 1969. She joined the chemistry department at the..." (Facebook)
• Barnard College: "Hard at work in Milstein 📚 Pictured: Lindsay Long ‘22 📸 Afra Ashraf ‘22" (Facebook)
• Gale A. Brewer, Manhattan Borough President: "This recently celebrated documentary features the legendary 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, a historic and until now overlooked Harlem event. Join a special behind-the-scenes discussion with producers Jon Kamen, Joseph Patel, and Dave Sir..." (Facebook)
• The Juilliard School: "Happy #WorldOperaDay! Did you know that several recent performances featuring Juilliard singers are available to watch on demand in our Media Gallery? There you can watch "Flowers and Tears," a program of Bel Canto opera arias and scenes..." (Facebook)
• Gale A. Brewer, Manhattan Borough President: "My weekly EVENTS Update is Live! Here's what I know is happening this week: - Early voting for the general election has begun. Find your assigned early voting poll site at findmypollsite.vote.nyc (it’s likely different from your election..." (Facebook)
• The Beacon Theatre: "Our friends The Rockettes are in their final weeks of rehearsals for the Christmas Spectacular at our sister venue Radio City Music Hall! Tag someone who loves The Rockettes! 👯‍♀️⬇️" (Facebook)
• West Side Campaign Against Hunger: "Help us welcome Alejandra Vanegas, our new Community Engagement Coordinator! Alejandra comes to us from Casita Maria, an arts education non-profit, where she worked in a similar role engaging families involved in their programming. We ar..." (Facebook)
• New York Institute of Technology: "Meet Yash Trivedi: aspiring physician and vice president of the Student Government Association for the Long Island campus. https://buff.ly/3jwhsf6" (Facebook)
• Assembly Member Danny O'Donnell: "Attention Upper West Side: NYC has issued a travel advisory from this evening through tomorrow afternoon. The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch for New York City beginning at 8 p.m. tonight through 5 p.m. tomorrow. ..." (Facebook)
• New York Institute of Technology: "New York Tech is preparing for the severe weather forecasted to impact the greater New York City region within the next 24-48 hours. Please exercise caution while traveling. At this time, we expect a normal opening on Tuesday and Wednesd..." (Facebook)
• Gale A. Brewer, Manhattan Borough President: "Congratulations to all the winners of the New York Archives Week Awards by the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, Inc.! Warmest wishes to the winner for Archival Achievement, the COVID-NYC Documentary Project, an effort hea..." (Facebook)

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