Hey guys- the exhibit that I have been helping to make is opening tomorrow evening. I thought I would give the MoAF a little shout out. Feel free to stop by! 5:30pm @ 48 Wall St
Please join us on Thursday, September 10, for a reception to open “Actien Handel: Early Dutch Finance and the [...]
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From the Pursuit of Happiness blog.
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…I’m remembering another Maurice Sendak classic: ‘Really Rosie.’ I used to watch this “movie” (in quotes because it was really only a 30 minute special on network TV a long time ago that I used to have on VHS as a kid). And I heard a snippet of “Chicken Soup With Rice” on The Today [...]
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I really like this audio compilation because I imagine/remember myself in all of the stations. It’s like nostalgia for something I still experience everyday.
NYCSubwaySounds1.alexreisner.com.mp3
From the author’s blog entry…
Part of the job of a subway conductor is to announce station names and explain delays and route changes. But some conductors do much more. Especially on weekends [...]
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The video below gives you an idea of where Jay-z stands on the issue.
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I wonder if he’d feel differently if he watched autotune the news…
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I really really want to see this movie about a librarian and a postal worker who collect millions of dollars worth of minimalist/conceptual art in their tiny one bedroom apartment. Looks adorable.
Read the New York Times review of it HERE, below is the trailer.
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The Whitney is hosting some fun bands in honor of their exhibit on Dan Graham. I thought you should know. I kind of love Vivian Girls- I might try and make it to that show.
WHITNEY LIVE: FOUR FRIDAY EVENING CONCERTS IN JULY
Titus Andronicus / Real Estate
Friday, July 10 at 7 pm
Abe Vigoda / Grooms
Friday, July [...]
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This is our pal Steve’s blog – and I loved his last post on the top five NYC subway ads:
Dr. Zizmor and 1888 Margarita are classics – but this may be my favorite
..about which the BoHF says “Good cause, but scary. I wonder if the person who got his eyes knows all the gruesome shit [...]
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This blog might only be interesting to the Museum Studies and Library and Information Science crowd, but Suggested Donation is an great blog about museum and archive related things in NYC and beyond. I’m a little jealous that I don’t have my own museum blog but I know I wouldn’t be able to keep up [...]
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