New York Today: Out of the Mothballs

The New York Academy of Medicine Library Tickets to 19th century medical-school lectures are among the arcana on display at New York Archives Week.

Updated 6:29 a.m. | A check to the Girl Scouts signed by John Wayne. Hospital newsletters from the 1930s. Silverware pilfered from the Waldorf-Astoria.

All this and much, much more awaits you at New York Archives Week, an annual orgy for ephemera fetishists.

The fun starts on Saturday at the New York Academy of Medicine’s Festival of Medical History.

Seminars there include “Gray Matter: The Obscure Pleasures of Medical Libraries.”

Then you and your date can wander to Mt. Sinai Medical Center and browse their display of in-house publications.

It’s open till 11 p.m.

Monday you can tour the archives of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Tuesday, the American Bible Society.

On Wednesday, the Girl Scouts will show rare footage of Eleanor Roosevelt speaking at a camp.

Thursday? How about undisplayed medieval marvels at the Cloisters or protest literature at the Interference Archive in Brooklyn.

Or both.

“People will be extremely surprised at what is in the vast collections across our city,” said Pamela Cruz, president of the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, which is putting on the show. “The scope is really staggering.”

Here’s what else you need to know for Friday and the weekend.

WEATHER

Just another muggy October Friday. Mostly cloudy, with a high of 80 and a 50-50 chance of rain. Maybe a thundershower, too. Where’s that umbrella?

Saturday will be a little cooler, with more isolated showers. Warm and cloudy on Sunday, too. No significant sun until Wednesday.

COMMUTE

Subways [6:29] O.K. so far. Click for latest status.

Rails: Metro-North’s New Haven line is offering 65 percent service as repairs continue. Click for details.

Roads [6:29] No unusual delays. Click for traffic map or radio report on the 1s.

Alternate-side parking is in effect.

COMING UP TODAY

- Joseph J. Lhota is on Curtis Sliwa’s show on 970 AM at 7:25 a.m. and on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” at 10:30 a.m. He also visits a jobs fair at an Internet company in Chelsea.

- Bill de Blasio speaks at an Association for a Better New York breakfast.

- A new walking trail is dedicated in Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem.

- While the Democratic candidate for public advocate, Letitia James, has no Republican opponent, there is a Green Party candidate. His name is James Lane and he begins his campaign at Foley Square at 12:30 p.m.

- A mini-music festival at Tompkins Square Park, with five bands. 3:30 p.m. [Free]

- The weekend-long New Yorker Festival begins.

- A new exhibition, “Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul” opens at the Morgan Library and Museum. [Free from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.]

- Last weekend to check out the show of Edward Hopper drawings at the Whitney. Pay-what-you-wish policy from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Fridays.

- “Speaking Up for Elephants,” a panel discussion about elephant slaughter, at Hunter College. 7 p.m. [$25]

IN THE NEWS

- New Yorkers disagree with Bill de Blasio on policing, charter schools and other issues but still plan on electing him by a large margin, a New York Times/Siena College poll found. [New York Times]

- The woman killed by the police after she drove through barriers outside the White House grew up in East New York, Brooklyn, and had been fired from a job as a dental hygienist in Connecticut. Her mother said she suffered from postpartum depression. [New York Times, Associated Press]

- New York has the sixth worst pothole problem in the nation, a study found. [New York Post]

- A new Tumblr blog spotlights photos of police cars parked in bike lanes. [Gothamist]

THE WEEKEND

Saturday

- The Fall Festival on Randall’s Island includes a pumpkin hunt, cider tastings and guided tours of the island’s farm. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. [Free]

- The ReadNYC festival at Brooklyn Bridge Park celebrates the power of literacy. 10 a.m to 2 p.m. [Free]

- Bring your old books to the Brooklyn Public Library’s Great American Book Drive at the central library, or buy some new (used) ones. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. [Free]

- Psy won’t be there, but gangnam style (and K-pop) will abound at the Korean Parade & K-town Festival on West 32nd Street. Noon to 5 p.m. [Free]

- See Icelandic bands at Le Poisson Rouge in the Village, as part of the weekend-long Taste of Iceland festival. 6:30 p.m. [Free, registration required]

- An evening-long art fair with live bands in Long Island City, “Creatives Rising“. 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. [Free]

- Try your hand on a cow-milking simulator, taste fresh butter and get close to some real cows at the Queens Zoo’s “Moo at the Zoo.” Also Sunday. [$8 for adults, $5 for children]

- Test your capsicum tolerance at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s annual Chile Pepper Festival. [$20]

- For more events, see The New York Times Arts & Entertainment guide.

Weekend Street Closings: Click for complete list.

Joseph Burgess contributed reporting.

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