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Update 09.22.08: 
I have "flattened" this section and no longer use individual pages for each event.
Henceforward, documentation of the aganippids' shenanigans can be viewed, or added to, through:
Sorry, it was just too much work.

Lecture: David Ross "In Real Time"
(Former director of the SFMoMA and the Whitney gives his state of the artworld address.)
Date: 10/07/08 (Tuesday)
Time: 6:30 (so 6:00ish)
Attending: me, ...?
"Free and open to the public."
133/141 West 21st Street, room 101C
Ah, the Alma Mater. I may have to follow this with a viewing of "Art School Confidential." 


Date: 09/04/08
Time: 8-9ish
Attended: me, Sean
CIT Free Thursday Evenings (from 7 PM to 10 PM)
"Museum as Hub" through 9/21/08


Olafur Eliasson's Waterfalls
Date: 08/14/08
Attended: me, mom, Karol
We took the Circle Line (there are ways to get free tickets). 
They can also be seen beautifully from the Staten Island Ferry, which is free and easy.

Through October 13th, 2008: Official site






Date: 08/14/08
Attended: me & Aloyisus
Exhibit: Philip Guston, ran through August 31.

The recently expanded building is really nice.
Free Fridays 7:00-9:00pm.




Met Set: Peruvian Feather-work + Chinese Masterworks
Attended: me & Guillermo
Date: 08/08/08
Time: 11:00 or so










Date: Thursday, 08/07/08 
Time: 1:00
Attended: me, Guillermo, Henry
July 30–November 10, 2008
Also saw: Home Delivery, fabricating the building


Stephane Wrembel, Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca
at Lincoln Center
Attended: me, & Elise
Date: 08/07/08 (Thursday)
Time: 7:00 curtain










The Brooklyn Museum
Target First Saturday 
Attended: me, Gabrielle, Danny, Danielle, Sean, Kelvin, Elodie
Date: 08/02/08
We visited the Egyptians (aka, the rockin' permanent collection).









ICP (International Center of Photography)

I had a few hours to spare & went solo (08/01/08?)
Really good stuff, alas, ironically, no photos allowed.

Friday after 5:00 it's pay-what-you-wish. 

The Apartment
Attended: me, Elise, Sean
Date: 07/28/08









Playing the Building: An Installation by David Byrne
Attended: Sean, Wen, Nadine, Aloyisus, Elena, me
Date: 07/26/08
Friday, Saturday, Sunday; Noon - 6PM
Also took the the Staten Island Ferry and saw the Waterfalls


 


Attended: me, Danielle, Javier
Date: 07/25/08
Time: 10:00
Notes: Dive/Bikini Bar, jeans, rubber-soled shoes, & lizard repellant advised.









Concerts in the Parks - New York Philharmonic
Attended: Elise (coordinated), me, Judith, Naoki, , Carol, Ellen, Todd, Lynne, Patrick... 
Date: 07/15/08 (Tuesday)
Time: Gathering at 5:45 for concert at 8:00
What a disappointment - people wouldn't stop talking!!! :(





Coney Island / Brighton Beach
Attended: me, Gabrielle, Danny, Kelvin, Elodie, Danielle
Date: 07/13/08
Time: 10:00










Attended: Me, Kevin Goetz
Date: 07/12/08
Time: 2:00






The Brooklyn Museum: Click! a crowd curated exhibition
Target First Saturday
Attended: Me, Elodie, Danielle
Date: 7/5/08 
Reviews: NY Times | Washington Post





Attended: Me, Elodie
Date: 07/03/08
Time: 11:00










MoMA: Olafur Eliasson
Attended: Me, Naoki 
Date: Thursday, 06/19/08
Optical inspiration, sooooooo nifty.
Attended: me, Nadine, Wen, Natalie, Jen, Naoki, Elise
Gabrielle, Danny, Kelvin
Date: 06/21/08 
Time: 11:00, Parade started at 2:00
Hurrah for the bucolic arts!!! Nathan's dogs, the Cyclone, and beach-bumming at Brighton to followed.








Jerry James Band
Attended: me, Amanda
Date: 06/20/08 (Friday)
Time: 9:00pm
An odd cameo for this hoity-toity parade but hey- 
he was a cool proff & hittin' a dive-bar every once in a while is good for the soul, 
and yeah - you can find him on MySpace.





The Brooklyn: Utagawa- Masters of the Japanese Print
Attended: me and Bill
Date: 06/07/08 
A small & powerful show.







Attended: me and Aloyisus
Date: 06/03/08 
Time: (Designer Jon Otis, 2:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.)

Attended: me, Gabrielle, Lily, Sandy, Lydia
Date: 5/11/08
Superb.