Awesome New Find

I just happened upon MOCCA - The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, on Broadway between Houson and Prince Streets. They seem to be pretty busy folk.

MOCCA Mondays feature lectures or movie screenings, and I am particularly interested in attending their lecture series, "1986: The Year that Changed Comics." There's a lecture on June 5th under that heading, entitled "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns" that might be the best thing ever.

Also, on June 10th & 11th, they're hosting the MOCCA Art Festival in the Puck Building. A talk on The Art of Cartooning and the New Yorker is particularly appealing, but there is a whole weekend of options.

This Weekend: Fresh Face to the World

Or maybe I really want to go make masks at the Rubin Museum. This, I noticed, looks totally awesome. Who wants to pretend to be 9 years old?

Join Andrea Donley to prepare for the summer solstice. Mask making was an integral part of celebrations and rituals in most cultures. It was used to enter into new states of mind and to connect with supernatural forces and spirits. Create a new face for yourself and converse with your inner spirit.

Andrea Donley is a co-founder of the New York Shamanic Circle and a teacher and art instructor at the Children Museum of Brooklyn. Designed for children ages 5 to 9, who are to be accompanied by an adult. Please call 212 620 5000 x 290 to pre-register as there is limited space. Art materials will be provided. Free to adults with Museum admission; free to children.

Email: education@rmanyc.org
Phone: 212.620.5000 x290
www.rmanyc.org

This Weekend: Hopscotch/Fine Art

I just noticed that this Saturday (June 3) is the Spring Playground Festival at Madison Square Park. I anticipate lots of ice cream and double dutch. I might stop by before heading to the Met for a movie, choices below.

The Three Worlds of Bali (59 min.)
Directed by Ira Abrams and Johanna Demetrakes, 1981. Shows how the arts permeate almost every aspect of daily life on the Indonesian island of Bali. Free with Museum admission.
1:00 p.m., The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

The Costume Institute: The Art of Dress
"The Art of Dress" is a new cross-cultural guided tour that focuses on the way artists have used clothing to express identity and influence from the 6th century B.C. through the 20th century. Free with Museum admission.
1:45 p.m., Great Hall

Pharaoh’s Obelisk (60 min.)
Directed by Julia Court, 2000. Using ancient Egyptian technology, a crew attempts to raise a monolith, similar to those erected at Hatshepsut’s mortuary temple. Free with Museum admission.
2:30 p.m., The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Egypt beyond the Pyramids: Mansions of the Spirits (46 min.)
Directed by David deVries, 2001. Discusses recent archaeological research at ancient sanctuaries in Egypt, including the Temple of Karnak and Hatshepsut’s Red Chapel and Deir el-Bahri. Free with Museum admission.
4:00 p.m., The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Anybody up for some culture?

June Concerts

Replicated from the original FUNgenda Email, I'm reposting all the events for the month of June. That way you don't have to rifle through old mail, and neither do I. Reminder, though: this list is not complete and I'll be doing weekly summaries which I hope will be. In other words, ignore this post at your leisure.

6/02 - Super Furry Animals at South Street Seaport
6/03 - Spring Playground Festival at Madison Square Park
6/09 - The New Cars with Blondie (Road Rage Tour) at Jones Beach
6/10-11 - Big Apple BBQ Block Party
6-13 - Moe at Central Park Summerstage
6/13 - Eels at WFC Plaza
6/13 - Macbeth with Liev Schreiber opens as part of Shakespeare in the Park - it runs through July 9
6/14 - MOBIA opens new exhibit, so you can all come get free wine. Plus this one's less depressing.
6/15 - Maceo Parker in Brooklyn's famed "Prospect Park"
6-17 - Rhett Miller, Ollabelle, Teddy Thompson at Central Park Summerstage (hereafter CPSS)
6/17 Nine Inch Nails/Bauhaus with Peaches at Jones Beach
6-23 - Refugee All Stars (of Sierra Leone) at CPSS
6/24 - Coney Island Mermaid Parade (Come in Costume!)
6/24 - Def Leppard/Journey at Jones Beach
6/27 - The Allman Brothers Band/Derek Trucks Band at Jones Beach

Brian Makes Us Laugh

Brian Faas, who you may remember from my apartment, will be entertaining the City on a whirlwind Tour of Funny, All June Long. His UCB Harold Group, TANTRUM, will be performing at the following locations on the following dates.

6/8 - Cagematch, UCB Theatre at 26th & 8th, 11pm, $5
6/13 - Harold Night, UCB Theatre, 8pm, $5
6/23 - Under St Mark's, literally under St. Mark's and 1st Ave, 10:30pm, $8
6/27 - Harold Night, UCB Theatre, 8pm, $5

I will probably see you on any and all of these days, because Brian is amusing.

TMIEOTSIFU

Hi FUNgenda Recipients!

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