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Ok so we have a date....Is everyone still ready to do this


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woohoo... let the debauch begin!

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Actualy I did a bit of running already and I think I am a little tired


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*giggles*

you may want to rest up for the meet dear...

yes...I am not going to get smashed the night before this one...but I will wear my towel agian

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at least this time will be easier since many of us have met... but hopefully there will be a few new faces...

Looks like I will probably be tied up
that weekend, folks. My father's
birthday party will almost certainly
be that weekend, which means a family
gathering. Hopefully, my sister will
bake another of her yummy cakes.

Have fun without me .

it will be hard but we will try Paul ....At first when I was reading your post about being Tied up I was going to make a bunch of jokes about making some movies and such but I figured I better not


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Oh, go ahead ... we don't mind!

Put TJ on the list, too. He's in town that weekend, and we're coming together ... to the meet-up ... you know what I mean ...

*giggles at Shea's Freudian slip*

We'll miss you Paul!

And I'll miss you, too.

Hopefully, I'll be able to make it to the next one.

paul do you think you might be heading out to the PA meet-up this summer?


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I want to come to this! The sixteenth is the day after my birthday. Where are we meeting?

That's great, George!

We've gotten the day down, but we haven't really decided or when ... I guess that's the next step, then!

How about we go to the MET?

Museum or Opera?

Museum. Who's on display that month? I'll find out.

Saturday: February 16, 2002

Museum Highlights
An introduction to the Metropolitan's diverse and encyclopedic collection of art from all corners of the world, from the earliest times to the present.
Free with Museum admission.
10:30 a.m., Great Hall

Gallery Talk

The Influences and Innovations of Frank Lloyd Wright
A cross-cultural exploration of the objects, artists, and ideas that inspired Frank Lloyd Wright, as well as an examination of his significant achievements in the field of design.
Leslie Klingner. Free with Museum admission.
11:00 a.m., Gallery Talk Stanchion, Great Hall

Film/Family Program

Art Animation Family Films
From the Museum's unique archive of family films come two hour-long shows of exciting animation connected to art. Family guides will be available at the end of each screening. Free with Museum admission.
11:00 a.m., Uris Center Auditorium, ground floor

Guided Tour

Impressionism
An exploration of the 19th-century French Impressionists, focusing on the artists' stylistic innovations and the social milieu in which they worked.
Free with Museum admission.
11:30 a.m., Great Hall

Gallery Talk

Saturdays at The Cloisters: Weaving Tales and Tapestries: The Nine Heroes
Gallery Talks at The Cloisters are free with Museum admission. No advance reservations are necessary. Due to limited gallery space, preorganized groups of 10 or more cannot be accommodated. For information, call 212-650-2280.
Christina Alphonso. Free with Museum admission.
12:00 p.m., The Cloisters

Guided Tour

Highlights of Asia
Free with Museum admission.
1:00 p.m., Great Hall

Film

Arshile Gorky (29 min.)
Free with Museum admission.
1:15 p.m., Uris Center Auditorium, ground floor

Guided Tour

Old Master Paintings
A chronological overview of the Museum's distinguished collection of European paintings from the 13th through the 18th century.
Free with Museum admission.
2:00 p.m., Great Hall

Film

Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (90 min.)
Free tickets are available at the Uris Center Information Desk one hour before screening.

4:00 p.m., Uris Center Auditorium, ground floor

Special Event

Friday and Saturday Evenings at the Met
The Great Hall Balcony Bar is open on Friday and Saturday evenings from 4:00 to 8:30 p.m. Music is played from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m., Great Hall Balcony

Family Program

Art Evenings for Families: Transportation
Conversation and sketching help visitors ages 6 through 12 and their adult friends explore the Museum's collection.
Free with Museum admission.
6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m., Uris Tiered Seating, Uris Education Center, ground floor

Special Event

A Program of Poetry in Conjunction with the Special Exhibition "Surrealism: Desire Unbound"
The writing of Paul Eluard, André Breton, Apollinaire, Salvador Dalí, Picasso, and others will be read by two actors.
Sign Language interpreted
Free with Museum admission.
6:15 p.m., Gallery Talk Stanchion, Great Hall

Gallery Talk

Byzantine Icons and the Power of the Saints
Sarah Brooks. Free with Museum admission.
7:00 p.m., Gallery Talk Stanchion, Great Hall

Concert

Guarneri String Quartet and Peter Frankl, piano
Works by Beethoven, Dohnányi, and Mendelssohn.
Tickets: 6 Saturdays $200
Single concert tickets: $40
8:00 p.m., Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

I went there with my aunt one time,
and enjoyed it.

As for the Pennsylvania meeting: I'm definitely
interested. I've been through Philadelphia,
but never got a chance to stop there....