Today's Events (2.0.11) Widget - based on Jonah's random ver

/*
Plugin Name: The Events Calendar: Today's Events Widget
Description: This widget will display all of today's events, if there are any.
    Based on Jonah/Tim's code for the Tribe Random Events Widget.
    Targets The Events Calendar 2.0.11.
Version: 1.0
Author: jonahcoyote, barryhughes
Author URI: http://tri.be?ref=tec-plugin
Text Domain: tribe-widget-todays-event
License: GPLv2 or later
*/

add_action( 'widgets_init', create_function( '', "register_widget( 'Tribe_Widget_Todays_Event' );" ) );

class Tribe_Widget_Todays_Event extends WP_Widget {

    function __construct() {
        $widget_ops = array(
            'classname'   => 'widget_todays_events',
            'description' => __( "Displays today's events (if any exist).", 'tribe-widget-todays-event' )
        );
        parent::__construct( 'widget_todays_events', __( "Today's Event Widget", 'tribe-widget-todays-event' ), $widget_ops );
        add_action( 'tribe_widget_todays_event_display', array( $this, 'event_display' ), 10, 1 );
    }

    function form( $instance ) {
        // setup defaults or saved values
        $title = isset( $instance['title'] ) ? esc_attr( $instance['title'] ) : __('todays Event','tribe-widget-todays-event');

        ?>
        <p>
            <label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'title' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Title:', 'tribe-widget-todays-event' ); ?>
                <input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'title' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'title' ); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $title; ?>" />
            </label>
        </p>
    <?php
    }

    function update( $new_instance, $old_instance ) {
        $instance = $old_instance;
        $instance['title'] = strip_tags( $new_instance['title'] );
        return $instance;
    }

    function widget( $args, $instance ) {
        extract($args);
        $title  = $instance['title'];

        // setup todays query args
        $args = array(
            'post_type'      => array(TribeEvents::POSTTYPE), // use post_type IN () to avoid old tribe queries
            'posts_per_page' => 1000,
            'post_status'    => 'publish',
            'meta_query'     => array(
                array(
                    'key'     => '_EventStartDate',
                    'value'   => array(
                        date('Y-m-d', strtotime('now')).' 00:00:00',
                        date('Y-m-d', strtotime('now')).' 23:59:59'),
                    'compare' => 'BETWEEN',
                    'type'    => 'DATETIME'
                )
            )
        );

        $event = new WP_Query( $args );
        wp_reset_query();

        // if no event is found exit gracefully
        if( empty($event->posts) )
            return apply_filters('tribe_widget_todays_event_none_found', null);

        echo $before_widget;

        if ( $title )
            echo $before_title . $title . $after_title;

        do_action('tribe_widget_todays_event_display', $event);

        echo $after_widget;
    }

    function event_display( $event ) {
        while ( $event->have_posts() ) : $event->the_post();
            ?>
            <h5 class="entry-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h5>
            <div class="entry-date">
                <span class="start"><?php echo tribe_get_start_date(); ?></span>
                <?php if(tribe_is_multiday( get_the_ID() ) || tribe_get_all_day( get_the_ID() ) ) : ?>
                    <span class="divider"> - </span>
                    <span class="end"><?php echo tribe_get_end_date(); ?></span>
                <?php endif; ?>
            </div>
            <div class="entry-content">
                <?php

                if (has_excerpt())
                    the_excerpt();
                else
                    the_content();

                ?>
                <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" class="read-more">View Details &raquo;</a>
            </div>
        <?php
        endwhile;
    }

}