FOOD & DRINK

COMPETITIVE PRICES Some of the city’s best restaurants already have their sights set on the 2012 Olympics, which New York hopes to host. Three-course lunches for $20.12 and three-course dinners for $30.12 are offered to show support for New York’s bid to host the games – and provide a great chance for out-of-town conventioneers to taste some of the city’s flavor. Participating restaurants include Asia de Cuba, Cafe de Boulud, Sushi Samba, and the Mercer Kitchen. Today and tomorrow, see www.opentable.com for full list of restaurants and more information.

HISTORY

SASSY SLOGANS A plethora of presidential campaign artifacts are on view in the exhibit If Elected: Campaigning for the Presidency. Through Wednesday, November 3, Tuesday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., New-York Historical Society, 2 W. 77th St. at Central Park West, 212-873-3400, $8 general, $5 students and seniors, free for members and children 12 and under.

PHOTOGRAPHY

NEW YORK IN FOCUS The photography exhibit Magnum’s New Yorkers gives visitors an overview of the city’s neighborhoods and history. The exhibit focuses on human dramas captured by the photographers of Magnum Photos, the agency co-founded by Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa. Although Magnum was better known for coverage of wars and global crises, highlights of the show include scenes from the blackout of 2003, the celebration following the Brooklyn Dodgers’ first and only World Series victory in 1955, scenes from Susan Meiselas’ series “Prince Street Girls” documenting the Lower East Side, and Bruce Davidson ‘s photo essay “East 100th Street.” There’s even a shot from the State Democratic Convention in 1954.

Through Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue, between 103rd and 104th streets, 212-534-1672, $12 families, $7 general, $4 seniors, students, and children.

SPORTS

RADIO CITY BASKETBALL Visitors can have two New York experiences in one if they attend tonight’s New York Liberty basketball game at Radio City Music Hall. The WNBA team’s regular home is Madison Square Garden, but during the convention, it moves to an on-stage court at the home of the Rockettes. The first 5,000 fans at tonight’s game receive a “Libby the Basketball Bear” stuffed animal. Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Radio City Music Hall, Sixth Avenue between 50th and 51st streets, 877-962-2849, $8-$229.50. 812 1787 913 1801644 1805 700 1818

THEATER

WONDERFUL TOWN Today is the last chance to see selected Broadway shows for $20.04, including “Hairspray,” “Mamma Mia!,” “The Producers,” and “Wonderful Town.” Today through Thursday, various times and locations, see www.livebroadway.com for more information.

QUESTIONING KERRY The Republican parody “JFK: He’s No JFK” follows Senator Kerry from his studies at Yale, through Vietnam and his years in the Senate, all the way up to his current campaign. The “proudly partisan” comedy features familiar political faces throughout, beginning with a scene with an actress playing Senator Clinton reading from “Faking History,” a book looking at Mr. Kerry’s past and future. Convention shows: Today, 1:30 and 5:30 p.m., tomorrow, 1:30 p.m., Kirk Theatre, 410 W. 42nd St. at Ninth Avenue, 212-239-6200, $74.50 during the convention, $50 after the convention.

NOW HEAR THIS New Yorkers are famous for speaking their minds, and a public art installation called the Freedom of Expression National Monument – an enormous red megaphone – makes it even easier to be heard. Installed in Foley Square in Lower Manhattan, the monument is presented by Creative-Time and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Through Saturday, November 13, daily, Foley Square, at Centre and Pearl Streets, 212-206-6674, free.

BOOKS

HARDWORKING WRITERS The editor of the book “Labor Days: An Anthology of Fiction about Work” (Random House), David Gates, appears with several contributors to the volume, Amy Hempel, Lynne Tillman, and Paul Beatty. Mr. Gates is the author of the novel “Jernigan” (Random House) and the short-story collection “Wonders of the Invisible World” (Random House). Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 675 Sixth Ave. at 22nd Street, 212-727-1227, free.

COMEDY

GOP GUFFAWS Jeff “Big Daddy” Wayne of HBO’s Comedy Relief hosts the rightwing comedy show “The Right Stuff” with an act that addresses gun control, capital punishment, and “the plight of white males.” Featured comedians include Fox News contributor Julia Gorin, Chris Warren, who is recently back from entertaining troops in the Middle East, and Steve Eblin, who has performed in comedy tours in the Middle East and Afghanistan. Through tomorrow, 7 p.m., The Laugh Factory, 669 Eighth Ave. at 42nd Street, 818-207-2997, $20 general, discounts for delegates available, two drink minimum, ages 18 and over.