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Wednesday Night at the MFA (free!)

When MeFites view art, is it a MeFart?
Well! Let me recalibrate the taste-level of this IRL post by cordially inviting you all to meet up at the Museum of Fine Arts on Wednesday evening, October 16, at 7PM (free admission, donations accepted). Let's gather at the Taste Café in the Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art, Level 1, at 7PM, wait about 10-15 minutes for people to show up, and then meander from there. The MFA's open until 10PM, but don't feel like you have to wander around for three hours. [more inside]
posted by not_on_display on Oct 8, 2019 - 16 comments

San Francisco! Exploratorium At Night outing?

I'm itching to make some new friends and also finding New Things To Do here in this glorious town, and thus I'd like to organize another IRL meetup. Let's go to the Exploratorium evening program on Thurs, Feb 28th at 6PM. [more inside]
posted by twoplussix on Jan 30, 2019 - 38 comments

Johnny Wallflower in Victoria, BC

We're visiting family there next month and I'd love to meet some Canadian MeFites in the flesh. We're staying near the Emily Carr statue and residence, so a cultural outing would be swell. It looks like the only day we'll have free is 9/11. Is anybody available then?
posted by Johnny Wallflower on Aug 31, 2018 - 6 comments

Games and Puzzles?!?!?!

Did you know that Beaverton has an Interactive Museum of Gaming and Puzzlery? They are having a 24 hour fundraiser starting at noon on Saturday, September 17th. [more inside]
posted by nickthetourist on Sep 9, 2016 - 3 comments

Museum of Jurassic Technology meetup?

After reading not_on_display's genius post about the Museum of Jurassic Technology, I realized it's been too long since I've been. Time for a meetup! [more inside]
posted by rednikki on Apr 10, 2016 - 12 comments

ChuraChura and Chinese Food

Friday night, Peter Chang's in Rockville Town Center. 7:00. I'll call for a reservation on January 27, so let me know if you're in by then! If you want to do something afterwards, let me know! [more inside]
posted by ChuraChura on Jan 4, 2016 - 28 comments

Los Angeles Printer's Fair

The 2015 Los Angeles Printer's Fair is this upcoming weekend. I won't be able to go (I'm back in Boston!), but I remember talking about it at a previous meet-up and some people being interested. I thought this would be a good way to let people know that it's happening. [more inside]
posted by benito.strauss on Oct 1, 2015 - 8 comments

Space and Rocket Center with French Fry

cortex's lil brother French Fry is coming to visit, and we're going to the US Space and Rocket Center, plus beers afterwards. [more inside]
posted by Secretariat on Aug 1, 2015 - 6 comments

Slow Art Day @ Harvard Art Museums

Slow Art Day is a worldwide event that invites you to experience museums in a different way. Instead of trying to see everything in the museum, we'll be looking at 5 works of art for 10 minutes apiece. This year, I'm hosting an event at the newly reopened Harvard Art Museums! [more inside]
posted by estlin on Mar 21, 2015 - 8 comments

Field trip: the Museum of Jurassic Technology TAKE TWO

Reposting from previous event! Chicainthecity most courteously reminded me that the event needed updating, and we discussed NOVEMBER 8th as the most likely afternoon. The consensus is now November 22nd: let us know in the thread! The Museum of Jurassic Technology in Culver City is a place that engenders love and and serious confusion, perhaps in equal measures. It is a palace of many mythical wonders and it was proposed as one of the next meetup locations. It's open until 6:00 PM on Saturdays; the cafe offers complimentary tea and cookies until 5:00. (It is also close to the Center for Land Use Interpretation, which is equally a palace of wonders if you like scholastic text and resource allocation. They also have quite a cool map of points of interest in the area around their Culver City branch.) [more inside]
posted by jetlagaddict on Oct 24, 2014 - 37 comments

Field trip: the Museum of Jurassic Technology

The Museum of Jurassic Technology in Culver City is a place that engenders love and and serious confusion, perhaps in equal measures. It is a palace of many mythical wonders and it was proposed as one of the next meetup locations. It's open until 6:00 PM on Saturdays; the cafe offers complimentary tea and cookies until 5:00. (It is also close to the Center for Land Use Interpretation, which is equally a palace of wonders if you like scholastic text and resource allocation. They also have quite a cool map of points of interest in the area around their Culver City branch.) [more inside]
posted by jetlagaddict on Sep 1, 2014 - 39 comments

Top Gun on the Intrepid

As part of their free summer movie series Top Gun will be shown on the deck of the Intrepid (a battleship turned museum). We're allowed to bring blankets and have a picnic. [more inside]
posted by SpaceWarp13 on Aug 1, 2014 - 4 comments

Los Angeles Museum + Art Crawl #4: Getty Villa

We had so much fun at Watts Towers (and the La Brea Tar Pits, as it turned out) today that we're hoping to organize another Museum and Art Crawl meetup at the Getty Villa sometime in August. Join us for the beach, art, and good company! [more inside]
posted by Alterscape on Jul 13, 2014 - 37 comments

Drinking in Museums: The Brooklyn Musuem

The Brooklyn Museum is free, and has special events, on Saturday evenings from 5-10 pm. Let's meet see some of the museum and events and have a drink. [more inside]
posted by SpaceWarp13 on Jun 25, 2014 - 2 comments

Let's Get Cultured (Maybe Drunk)!

Let's have a meetup in a more refined setting than normal and meetup at the Metropolitan Museum's rooftop garden bar which currently has an art installation by Dan Graham on it. [more inside]
posted by SpaceWarp13 on Jun 20, 2014 - 18 comments

MeFi L.A. Museum & Art Crawl Part 3: Watts Towers

Let's go to Watts Towers! The Watts Towers structure consists of seventeen major sculptures of steel, covered with mortar and embellished by decorative finishings of mosaic tiles, glass, clay, shells, and rock. This folk art employs assemblage construction. There are three tall spires, several small towers, two walls, gazebo, patio, ship, and other structures. In addition to the towers, the The Watts Towers Arts Center is the home of International Ethnic Instrument Collection consisting of 144 primarily non-western instruments collected from around the world. Watts Towers on Wikipedia [more inside]
posted by Room 641-A on Jun 2, 2014 - 47 comments

Ars gratia artis!

After having so much fun at the recent Spaceship Endeavour! meetup, I thought I'd propose a similar venture to one of our grand LA art museums, choice and date TBD. UPDATE 5/4: It looks as if LACMA on June 1st will work out well for most. [more inside]
posted by Celsius1414 on May 1, 2014 - 54 comments

Art Spiegelman exhibit

The Jewish Museum has an Art Spiegelman exhibit. It is free on Saturdays. Which weekend works for people?
posted by Hactar on Nov 22, 2013 - 8 comments

SF Meetup: After Dark @ The Exploratorium 1st August

Meetup at After Dark at the Exploratorium. You need to buy tickets. Meet outside the exploratorium at 6:15pm by the vertically orientated sign with the big hole. I'll also try and be near the entrance inside at 8pm if you're running late and want to find the group. There will likely be post-exploratorium drinking (venue TBD).
posted by Erberus on Jul 25, 2013 - 32 comments

Dandies and Dinner

Let's go see the Artist / Rebel / Dandy: Men of Fashion exhibit at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum! We will meet at the Benefit Street entrance of the museum at 2:00 PM, and then make our way to Trinity Brew House at 5:00 PM for dinner. [more inside]
posted by usonian on Jul 24, 2013 - 43 comments

Slow Art Day in Salem, MA

International Slow Art Day is coming up on April 27th. It's a worldwide effort to have a different kind of art experience. The idea is to spend a couple of hours immersing yourself in just 5-10 works of art, and then meet up with individuals who have just done the same to talk about the experience. We're hosting Slow Art Day where I work, and Metafilter's own Lipstick Thespian is host. We thought it would be fun to invite MeFites to take part, and when it's all over, we can go out for a just-MeFite gathering over pints or such. [more inside]
posted by Miko on Apr 13, 2013 - 11 comments

Science Center Trip for Pittsburghers

This is part 2 of the Metafilter Pittsburgh Carnegie Museums series. This trip we will be visiting the Carnegie Science Center and hanging out on a submarine. [more inside]
posted by Alison on Jan 14, 2013 - 13 comments

Let's go to the Museum!

It's cold and snowy and I have super-duper Carnegie Museum passes for another month. Does anyone want to meet up and look at some art and/or science? [more inside]
posted by Alison on Jan 4, 2013 - 31 comments

Mythbusters: The Explosive Exhibition

It been a while since we've had a meetup in San Jose, so how about getting together Friday the 14th to check out Mythbusters: The Explosive Exhibition. [more inside]
posted by sambosambo on Dec 1, 2012 - 27 comments

What ho old boy? It's The Ivy Style Exhibition at FIT!

The Ivy Style Exhibition at the Museum At FIT is a wonderful collection of WASP-y, prep looks and oddities throughout the decades. Friday at 6pm. Refreshments to follow. [more inside]
posted by The Whelk on Nov 10, 2012 - 32 comments

Superhuman exhibit at the Wellcome Collection

Kattullus and myself both happen to be in London for the weekend. There's already a full-packed Saturday plan, but for those who can't make it or know they won't be able to get enough MeFites IRL, come join us on Friday! We are planning on meeting outside the Wellcome Collection at 1pm, to check out the Superhuman exhibit. Food and drink will likely happen afterwards. [more inside]
posted by iamkimiam on Sep 25, 2012 - 13 comments

London Canal Museum

Per EmpressCallipygos, I'm posting a pre-meetup meetup for those of us who are free during the day to visit the London Canal Museum and perhaps to stroll the Regents Canal a bit afterwards before catching up with folks dinner and drinks later on with those of you who have to work. [more inside]
posted by ursus_comiter on May 19, 2012 - 7 comments

Jean Paul Gaultier at the de Young Museum

JP fashion exhibit! I read the reviews when this debuted and it is supposed to be fantastic. It also "contains adult themes." What more could we ask for? [more inside]
posted by sfkiddo on May 4, 2012 - 15 comments

Hunterian Museum; Towards a Scientific Model of Disability

Hey, Metafilter! Are you in or around London? Do you like looking at things preserved in jars? Have I got a meetup for you... [more inside]
posted by Gordafarin on Sep 13, 2011 - 25 comments

MeFites at AAM?

Any MeFite Museum folk planning to be in Houston for the AAM convention in May? And if so, any interest in trying to set up a meetup?
posted by COBRA! on Apr 16, 2011 - 18 comments

Will Eisner New York exhibition at MoCCA

Anyone interested in seeing the Will Eisner New York exhibition at MoCCA? After some discussion, I figured Saturday, April 16 might be an auspicious date. I've been to the space before, and though the place isn't huge, this one looks fun. It's $5. Could do lunch before in Chinatown/SoHo also or just meet up at museum at 2:30.
posted by jng on Mar 21, 2011 - 35 comments

Jim Henson's Fantastic World

Let's go see some Muppets at the Museum of Science & Industry. [more inside]
posted by IndigoRain on Sep 23, 2010 - 3 comments

Nightlife at the Cal Academy. Extreme mefites and extreme mammals.

SF meetup at Cal Academy. As discussed here. [more inside]
posted by special-k on Jun 25, 2010 - 18 comments

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