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POLLYTALK FROM NEW YORK
by Polly Guerin

October 20, 2008

ART, ART, ARTSY - New York's
Cultural Animals Roar!

    Safaring through the canyons of New York's
cultural trappings Jungle Jane and her Tarzan
roared through town and slinked over to
see NEWbello's Met, took in Wall Stories at NDM,
saw Dr. Atomic, and met George Tooker all in one
week of amazing hunting and digging up what's
new on the event agenda.

Here's the scoop!!!

Swinging into action the pair hunted down
curators celebrating three decades of acquisitions,
approximately l60 masterpieces acquired by the
Metropolitan Museum of Art during outgoing director, Philippe de Montebello's. The wild range
of artifacts and works demonstrate how the Montebello years significantly enhanced the
Museum's rare encyclopedic collections. Oct. 24, 2008-Feb. 1, 2009. www.met.museum.org.

Digging deeper into two centuries of design especially for children they came right up to Wall
Stories, an exhibit of children's wallpaper, pop-up books and comic books featuring such
characters as Peter Rabbit, Cinderella, Winnie-the-Pooh, Peter Pan, Pinocchio, Mickey
Mouse and much, much more. Ends: April 5, 2009. Curators Select: Recent acquisitions,
2003-2008 showcases some of the museum's most important holdings acquired in the past 5
years. Did ya know that Peter Cooper's granddaughter's, Sarah and Eleanor Hewitt started the
collections in this museum and hence it's called the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.
FREE Admission Oct. l9-25. www.copperhewitt.org.

There's an explosive viewing of "Doctor Atomic" the opera by
by American composer, John Adams at the movies. A most complex and masterly work its about J.
Robert Oppenheimer, the brilliant, cultured and arrogant physicist with video projections and
electronic sound to strike up imagery and scenes among the characters. The Met Live in HD! lets
you catch the performance on Nov. 8th. To find a theatre and to
purchase tixs go to www.metopera.org/HDLive. YORK'S CULTURAL ANIMALS ROAR!!!

Safaring through the canyons of New York's cultural trappings Jungle Jane and her Tarzan
roared through town and slinked over to see Monte looking for artifacts and antique treasures
Jane and her Tarzan hunted down the Fine Art & Antique Dealers Fair,
celebrating its 20th anniversary as the longest established Haughton
International Fairs. There they found a superb selection of works of art from
antiquity to the contemporary in sculpture, bronzes, arms and armor, silver
objets de vertu, rare books and maritime artifacts to name a few. J loved
Kentshire's gorgeous white l8th century bookcase with pagoda detail while
T headed for the ancient clocks. Maison Gerard, J's favorite had a rare Leleu
sideboard. Antiques galore, what a fair!!! Ends this week Oct. 23, daily 11:00
AM to 6:00 PM, The Park Avenue Armory (67th St.).
For tixs www.haughton.com or call 2l2.642.8572.

Forgotten Prisoners: The Untold Story of American Prisoners
During the Revolutionary War camps at Fraunces Tavern Museum. The
British in New York held over 20,000 Americans during the Revolution that
sealed the fate of this country's freedom. Author Edwin G. Burrows
remembers the atrocious conditions in his book. Talk and Signing
Thurs. Oct. 30th at 6:30 PM. $6, with hospitality.
www.FrauncesTavernMuseum.org.

It's a jungle out there; the hunt is on so make tracks. Ta, Ta!!!
See you on the safari to culture next week. www.pollytalk.com or send an
urgent email to info@pollytalk.com.