Leah Dilworth, English Department Co-Chair & "Resident Academic" at the City Reliquary, is helping to organize and will be emceeing Collectors' Night this year at the City Reliquary.
PRESS RELEASE
The City Reliquary Presents
The Return of Collector’s Night!
Monday October 11th, Columbus Day, at the Knitting Factory
6-10 PM
Come and view unique collections on display
Enjoy multi-media presentations
And
Join us in a Jarring Collection
Put your collection in a jar and display it at the bar!
You too can be on view!
On Monday, Oct. 11th, the City Reliquary will present “Collectors’ Night,” a celebration of unique, fanciful and eccentric collections, presented by the people who collect them with multi-media performances and presentations. Up to two dozen collectors from all over the city will display their personal collections of everything from an archive of newsstand paperweights to art museum dust to odd coin purses to a newspaper collection spanning thirty years to a collection of souvenirs bearing the collector’s name. And you too can have your collection on display! You don’t think you have a collection? What about that jar of buttons or pennies or dead batteries?
Put your collection (anything goes) in a jar and display it at the bar! From 6-10 pm.
Admission: $10
The evening’s highlights from 7-9 pm will include:
KELLY ANDERSON presenting the New York debut of her documentary “Never Enough.” Do we own our things or do they own us? “Never Enough” probes our relationship with the material world through three Americans’ relationships with their stuff, including: a woman who has 700 sweaters, a marine with 7,800 beanie baby dolls, and a Home Shopping Network addict whose purchases have made his apartment unlivable.
www.neverenoughdocumentary.com
As well as, HARLEY SPILLER a.k.a. INSPECTOR COLLECTOR who will detail "On Newsstands Now," an exploration of the material culture of newsstand paperweights. This distinctly New York presentation will carry much interest to anyone invested in advertising, business, graphic arts, history, industrial design, and journalism.
http://www.inspectorcollector.com/
In addition, SEAN MILLER, Director of the John Erickson Museum of Art, (JEMA) www.jema.us, a location variable museum, will exhibit and discuss “Art Museum Dust Acquisitions: Points of Access and Departure” offering a rare behind-the-scenes look into the give-and-take world of art museum dust collecting.
Last but hardly least, LULU LOLO will host as the “City Reliquary NewsBoy,” proclaiming headlines of the mind boggling world of compulsive collectors. LuLu will also perform excerpts from her one-person play OBITS, portraying such eccentric collectors as Elizabeth Tashjian, founder of The Nut Museum, and Hugh Hicks, the prodigious collector of light bulbs.
www.lululolo.com
The City Reliquary Museum’s Collectors’ Night
Monday, Oct. 11, 2010 (Columbus Day)
Knitting Factory
361 Metropolitan Avenue (across the street from The City Reliquary Museum)
Brooklyn, NY 11211
347.529.6696
Admission: $10.00
Advance tickets on sale: http://www.knittingfactory.com/
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Located at 370 Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburgh, Brooklyn, The City Reliquary Museum & Civic Organization provides a wide array of services to the community. As a certified 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization, we are committed to serving the people of New York City – natives, newcomers, and passersby. Originally established as a window-front display only museum in 2002 at the corner of Grand and Havemeyer Sts, it moved into its present location in 2006 and is committed to plan and host public events, which provide neighbors and visitors with a place to meet, exchange ideas, and celebrate the diversity of our community.
The City Reliquary’s hours are: Saturday and Sunday: 12pm – 6pm. Admission to the museum is by suggested donation. For general information, please visit the Museum’s website www.cityreliquary.org or call 718. R U CIVIC.
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