A new mini-teeny-eesy-weesny art space opened up around the corner from us! It's called Elfenbeinturmchen ("Little Ivory Tower"-- the word for ivory directly translated is elf leg. Weird.) and bills itself as a "living room movie theater/art room/alternative theater". I went there last night and saw Chocolat in German! It was so charming, and they gave the 4 of us who showed up a little bowl of chocolate. Awww. Ghostbusters is playing on Friday. Unfortunately the space is too small for my baroque dance cabaret act...
On the other end of the spectrum, Jer and I went to the "Long Night at the Museum" last Saturday, and I thought that was a total bust. It was insanely crowded, and even though there were buses to take you around to the different galleries and museums, it still took a long time to go from place to place. It boasted a lot of fun "activities" (sound art, perfume making, etc) and DJs, but we couldn't really enjoy them. At the end of the night, we ended up looking at our favorite gorey Renaissance paintings in order to make it worthwhile. (How gorey, you ask? We discovered a whole new genre where a saint is receiving stigmata from a hovering Jesus. This has the odd effect of making Jesus look like a kite held by blood-red strings.)
I think I just like going to museums by myself when no one else is there.
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The older I get, the less I like crowds. Uh oh, are you starting this attitude early? The ivory tower place sounds like a good idea - small and close by.
and it's fun to watch movies on the big screen!
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