New York City fanvidder get-together -- Friday April 24th

[brainwane]

I just started vidding and would love to get to chat with other vidders in the New York City area. Here's an idea:

* Date: Friday, April 24th
* Time: eveningish, 5pm-8pm, come and go whenever
* Place: ground floor cafe of the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria (free admission 4pm-8pm on Fridays), close to the N/Q/R/M trains (directions)

My thinking is, it's low-social-commitment, because if you get there and find you want to chat and have a sandwich or a cup of tea, that option is available to you, but if you find you get cranky or shy or don't have chemistry with other people there, you can go see interesting exhibits about the history of film, TV, and video games. :)

My current plan is that I will go and sit in the museum cafe with a book and a laptop starting at 5pm on Friday the 24th and be there till 8. Maybe I will see some of you there! And if you want an NYC meetup but this particular date doesn't work for you, suggest alternate dates in the comments and maybe we can switch or add!

Comments

[seekingferret]

Oooh, would love to, but unfortunately I'm Shomer Shabbat and can't do anything like that on a Friday evening. If people are available on a weekday evening or Sunday, I'd be interested in participating.

[brainwane]

Thanks for the reply! The Friday evening thing I thought about because of the museum's free admission on Friday evenings so people can easily flee my company if they want to step away. :) But I find it likely I will organize an additional thing sometime in early May that would be at a time you could attend! What region of the metropolitan area are you in?

[seekingferret]

I live in Central Jersey, but I have a car and access to mass transit, so I can get anywhere in the NYC area reasonably easily.

[ghost_lingering]

Not sure if I can go, but I will keep you posted!

For future NYC vidder meetups, here's a list of free museums/days: http://www.nycgo.com/articles/free-nyc-museums That way we can spread out both days of the week and locations; non-museum suggestions would also be cool! (IFC center or other film screenings, perhaps?)

Do you want me to x-post this to the vidding comm on lj? I think there are a few NYC vidders who are more active over there.

[brainwane]

Thanks for the reply! And thanks for the link. Now that it's nice out, oooh, one of the botanical gardens, or the High Line, could be really nice. And you're right re: film screenings -- the next time I'm interested in seeing something off the beaten path, I should mention it here!

Your link has also caused me to discover upcoming walking history tours that I may sign up for, so, double thanks! :)

Sure, go ahead and crosspost to the vidding comm on LJ or to other vidding communities/spaces!

[brainwane]

Thanks for the crosspost!

[d_generate_girl]

I might be able to make it, depending on where my housing search is that week (I may be frantically looking at apartments and/or moving in somewhere). But also to consider is that the Met, the Cloisters, the Museum of Natural History, Brooklyn Museum and Brooklyn Botanical Gardens both all pay-what-you-will and their cafes are very nice. I don't think it'd be possible to get actual laptops into any of these places, but for meet-ups, they'd be good.

If you were thinking of a laptop-friendly space, there are a bunch of cafes I can think of in Midtown with big communal spaces and free wifi.

[brainwane]

I hope your housing search has come to a successful end! And thank you for the reminder of other great places! If you have favorite Midtown cafes I'm always interested in hearing tips.

Hope to see you tomorrow night!

[some_stars]

not sure where my energy levels will be at, but it's practically door to door for me from where i'll be anyway friday afternoon, so i'll try and make it!