15 March 2011

Heads Up: Museum of the City of New York


This is gonna sound a little dry for some of you (you move your mouth when you sign your name) and a little Socialist for some of you (you eat the poor & move your mouth when you sign your name) but it may appeal to the more erudite and sophisticated (you read The Trad) who have nothing to do tomorrow night except watch PBS.

There's gonna be a talk (I lost half of you) on the history (10% more) of NYC's garment industry by Andrew Dolkart, the director of Historic Preservation at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture (there's one of you left and she works for the National Park Service). Details are here.

It's at the Museum of the City of New York tomorrow night at 6:30 PM. Reservations are required but the entrance fee for my readers reader has been reduced to $6. Just mention The Trad when you call (917.492.3395) to order your tickets ticket.

Look, I'm going and there's not even a bar.
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11 comments:

  1. Alice Olive15 March, 2011 18:42

    Nothing like keeping your expectations low, is there? (This reader would go if she were in town... Sounds like a line but it's sincere.)

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  2. TRVS15 March, 2011 21:18

    That makes two of us who would have attended. The JFK Library class trip calls....which is also missing a bar but is well worth the trip. If there's a slide presentation I'm going to just die...take notes and sneak photos, you're good at that.

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  3. Main Line Sportsman15 March, 2011 22:44

    I'll wager that is one of those things that looks lame and boring on paper...but if you attend it is actually fascinating and far from boring and you are glad you did.
    Or, one could turn it into a drinking game where each player must sip from a flask of hooch every time speaker says "bespoke" or "garment district"....

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  4. brohammas16 March, 2011 05:52

    Lemme guess, English tailors in powdered wigs, sweatshop fires, then modern urban lumberjacks. What did I miss?
    MAn, I should be giving that talk, who needs Columbia?

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  5. The Sardonicist16 March, 2011 10:42

    i'm sorry, what was the question?

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  6. Anonymous16 March, 2011 10:49

    Well, I no longer live on that side of the country, however, it actually sounds interesting to me. And for $6, entertainment rarely comes so cheap.

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  7. T16 March, 2011 10:55

    ...like you're not going to be carrying a flask.

    All kidding aside, I'd love to go, but alack, I now live in a town where grown men feel comfortable spending a night on the town wearing jorts, leg tattoos, and a Kid Rock tour t-shirt that prominently reads "motherfucker like me" in all-caps.

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  8. Sean16 March, 2011 12:20

    Wasn't there a documentary about the NYC garment trade called "Schmatte" not long ago?

    Anyone see it?

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  9. Makaga16 March, 2011 12:49

    # Sean, yes, there was a documentary called Schmata.
    It was interesting, but it focused on a very small segment of the industry and wasn't as fleshed out as I believe this topic could be.

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  10. Dallas16 March, 2011 16:04

    Dolkart is a squirrely looking kid.

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  11. Wm. J. MIlls and Co.16 March, 2011 17:30

    I would have loved to be there.

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