Did you know that N+1 had a personals page? In case you don’t know, N+1 is sort of an literature, adademic-y magazine. I’m not sure how else to describe it. Their website says this. “n+1 is a print magazine of politics, literature, and culture founded in 2004 and published three times yearly,” which is not helpful at all, I know. It’s a good one and now their interns have gone and started a literature, academic-y oriented personals site that is amazing and hilarious. Check it out here:: http://www.npluspersonals.com or you can follow the interns on Twitter here:: @nplusinterns . Here are some good ones…

GIRL WITH LARGE GLASSES SEEKS MATH NERD WHO RAPS, DANCES

Willing to share my rotten core if you’ll admire my elegant edges. Let’s mix metaphors and gin and tonics. I can’t promise perfection, but have been said to be easy on the eyes. Czech-American, 5’6”, long-haired brunette, large glasses. Have no dilemma with my flexitarian culinary acumen. Working knowledge of rap music ideal, ability to cut a rug to various beats a serious plus. Preference for tall, lean math/econ/pol nerd, though not overly given to any one angle.

I can totally relate with this one…

THIS CHICK IS NOT A RANDIAN (other markers of the northern brooklynite herein)

27-year-old Female Arts Administrative/Functionary. Enjoys Bikes, Ethnic Grocery Stores, Stoner Culture, Midcentury Modernism. Seeking similar facsimile thereof. A typical Friday night for me involves a roast in the oven, bottle of wine, and laundry. I listen to vinyl and ride a bike, as do most people my age who live in the northern regions of Brooklyn.

Dealbreakers include: mocking my student loans, liking Ayn Rand, and not being able to tolerate spicy food.

Go to the site and read more. Good good good!

I love Lin Manuel Miranda, and this video – which I saw at the super awesome Museum of American Finance! Wee!

ART THOUGHTZ: Post-Structuralism from Hennessy Youngman on Vimeo.

ART THOUGHTZ: Bruce Nauman from Hennessy Youngman on Vimeo.

Some highlights:

Greensburg, Pa.: Was there anything they should have done to prevent this tragedy with Tilikum?

Richard Ellis: Probably the whale that had killed somebody already should not have been part of a show.

and then this

Washington, D.C.: Whales are mammals like people and have a range of emotions and moods like people too. That’s part of the reason we love them so much. Certainly the whales can sense the disruption to the human side of their world, which is unquestionably their most important priority. Accordingly, will the whales at SeaWorld receive any grief counseling over the loss of their regular trainer?

Richard Ellis: LOL

and

Woodbridge, Va.: I read once that they think killer whales and most of the dolphin family are actually aliens that crash landed into the ocean 10,000 years ago. Their spacecraft was destroyed so they had no choice but to live out their lives in our seas. Since there was an abundance of food, they thrived and expanded across most oceans. You think that’s true?

Richard Ellis: No

ps. i helped get this thing up and running and so you’ll totally get super friend points if you put your story up on the site. really, super easy….. just click HERE.

Please join us on Thursday, September 10, for a reception to open “Actien Handel: Early Dutch Finance and the Founding of America,” an exhibit showcasing the relationship between early Dutch finance and the United States. On display will be financial documents from Amsterdam, including the oldest known share certificate, which was issued by the Dutch East India Company in 1606.

The exhibit will tie in with the city-wide celebration of the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s exploration of the area that became New Amsterdam (and later New York), and will focus on the financial aspects of the area’s first 200 years. The exhibit is a collaboration among the Museum of American Finance, NYSE Euronext, Amsterdam City Archives and the Dutch Exchange Heritage Foundation (Stichting VvdE), and features exceptional documents from these organizations. In addition to the oldest share certificate (which was featured in the 2004 motion picture “Ocean’s Twelve”), the exhibit will include documents relating to early Dutch share trading, the bubbles of 1720, and John Adams’ successful bid to secure a loan from Dutch bankers on behalf of the Continental Congress, which was the first ever U.S. state loan.

“Actien Handel” is sponsored by NYSE Euronext and Stichting VvdE within the framework of Capital Amsterdam and will be on display through October 17, 2009.

The Powerhouse museum is putting together an exhibit on Australia in the 1980′s and have created a blog to assist with their research. It’s pretty awesome. There are great music videos, tv shop clips, old video games, etc.  I can’t stop watching the Adam Ant video from the first post this morning. Get it HERE.

Read the New York Times review of it HERE, below is the trailer.

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WHITNEY LIVE: FOUR FRIDAY EVENING CONCERTS IN JULY

Titus Andronicus / Real Estate
Friday, July 10 at 7 pm

Abe Vigoda / Grooms
Friday, July 17 at 7 pm

Wood / YellowFever
Friday, July 24 at 7 pm

Vivian Girls / These Are Powers
Friday, July 31 at 7 pm