NOTED DOCUMENTARY AT DCTV
The documentary “The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony” will be playing at the DCTV Firehouse Cinema (87 Lafayette at White) Friday through Sunday, October 23, 24 and 25, with Q&As from the director and one featuring featuring Mariska Hargitay. The film is an intimate coming-of-age story of three teenage girls in Pakistan whose discovery of gymnastics opens an unexpected new world of friendship, competition and possibility. Tickets are around $17. More details here.

DISCUSSION ON AI & CRITICAL THINKING FOR KIDS
Léman Manhattan Preparatory School will host a Léman Speaker Series event on Thursday, November 17, 6:30 to 8p, at the school at 41 Broad, on how parents and educators can help children navigate the growing role of artificial intelligence while fostering critical thinking. responsible technology use and healthy AI habits. Rick Inatome, Léman chairman and CEO, will lead the discussion titled “What to protect, what to allow, and how to tell the difference.” The event is free and open to the public. Register here.

NEW CROSSING SIGNALS ON WEST BROADWAY
A. caught these being installed at West Broadway and Warren; assume there are more coming to the neighborhood…

NEW PRESIDENT FOR PACE UNIVERSITY
Pace University has chosen a new president: Robert “Bobby” Ahdieh will be the university’s 9th president, effective January 1, 2027. Ahdieh is a legal scholar and comes from Texas A&M, where he served simultaneously as dean and Anthony G. Buzbee endowed dean’s chair of Texas A&M University School of Law, vice president for professional schools and programs at Texas A&M University, and chief operating officer of Texas A&M–Fort Worth. At Pace, he succeeds Marvin Krislov, who announced earlier this year that he would step down after nearly a decade leading the university.