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While Lost is coming to an end this weekend, there’s an exhibit that bring the artifacts from that mysterious island to this island – Manhattan! The exhibit is in the Vilcek Foundation in the Upper East Side.  Vilcek Foundation concentrates on the contributions of immigrants to the sciences, arts and culture in the United States.  Lost, aside from being an international television hit series, is also a result of collaborations of a diverse casts and crews of which many of them are immigrants or first-generation descendants of immigrants.  That’s why …

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I heard of MOMA’s P.S.1 Contemporary Center in Long Island City for the longest time, but never really went to check it out until now.  Maybe because I just dunno how to appreciate Art, but almost everything in PS1 are too “contemporary” for my taste! The whole time I was like, “What am I looking at? Why?” And for your information I don’t have that problem when I go to the Main MOMA in midtown, I enjoyed it there.
Each summer the courtyard of PS1 would have an eye-catching structure built …

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Despite my dislike for Ben Stiller, the first Night at the Museum movie was surprisingly enjoyable. Maybe it’s because of the museum/history geek inside me or just that there’s so much going on that I can pretend Ben Stiller isn’t really there~ Fast forward to a second Museum movie, this time the setting is mainly at the Smithsonian in DC. I didn’t quite enjoy it this time around because the whole plot seems completely forced, everything happens because they need to make a sequel! I know I know, …

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Through out the month there were reports that a group of reenactment fanatic dressed up as barbarians and raided a few museums and library archives in the area.  None were caught.  The old caretaker of this tiny museum wasn’t worry.  In fact there isn’t much he could do even if he is worried.  The museum is too tiny and unimportant compared to all the other bigger museums and libraries in the area.  The city used up their resources to boost the security at those locations.  The few staffs left after …

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I went to MoCCA today. It’s small as expected, as it is hidden in a office building in Soho. And the main attraction to me – the Smurf Village is small as well, but there’s just so many cartoon in the exhibit that it was extremely lovely. When you are in there you are basically walking in a memory lane of all the cartoons that was showed on every Saturday morning all through the years. It’s what I call a fun museum! Highly Recommended.

 
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