Greenwich On The Cheap » museum http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com Bargains, deals and freebies where you'd least expect them Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:27:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 A Reminder: Entrance to Bruce Museum is FREE on Tuesdays http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/a-reminder-entrance-to-bruce-museum-is-free-on-tuesdays/ http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/a-reminder-entrance-to-bruce-museum-is-free-on-tuesdays/#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:06:46 +0000 admin http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/?p=1045 Stop in on a summer Tuesday with the kids to see the year-long exhibit (ending November 2010); EAT OR BE EATEN at our local excellently eclectic museum – the BRUCE. The fascinating and sometimes bizarre adaptations of predators and prey in the natural world is the focus of the year-long exhibition Eat or Be Eaten: Animal [...]]]> Stop in on a summer Tuesday with the kids to see the year-long exhibit (ending November 2010); EAT OR BE EATEN at our local excellently eclectic museum – the BRUCE.

The fascinating and sometimes bizarre adaptations of predators and prey in the natural world is the focus of the year-long exhibition Eat or Be Eaten: Animal Survival Strategies. In the complex web of life, animals have evolved a variety of strategies that help them find food and avoid becoming someone else’s meal in the struggle for survival. Over 70 specimens of insects, shells, fish, reptiles, mammals, and birds from the Bruce Museum collection illustrate how animals detect, capture and consume prey while minimizing risk from predators.

]]> http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/a-reminder-entrance-to-bruce-museum-is-free-on-tuesdays/feed/ 0 Meet Like Minded Modernists for Eero Saarinen’s Shaping the Future Exhibit at Museum of the City of New York on Sunday December 6th @ 12:45PM; $12 Includes Admission and One Hour Tour http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/meet-like-minded-modernists-for-eero-saarinens-shaping-the-future-exhibit-at-museum-of-the-city-of-new-york-on-sunday-december-6th-1245pm-12-includes-admission-and-one-hour-tour/ http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/meet-like-minded-modernists-for-eero-saarinens-shaping-the-future-exhibit-at-museum-of-the-city-of-new-york-on-sunday-december-6th-1245pm-12-includes-admission-and-one-hour-tour/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:07:34 +0000 admin http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/?p=556 Sunday, Dec 6 at 12:45pm meet “like-minded” DWR (Design Within Reach) Modernists on a tour of  Eero Saarinen’s Shaping the Future at the Museum of the City of New York. The tour will he led by curator Donald Albrecht. The Museum is located at 105thStreet and Fifth Avenue. This inaugural field trip is a request from DWR guests at [...]]]> Sunday, Dec 6 at 12:45pm meet “like-minded” DWR (Design Within Reach) Modernists on a tour of  Eero Saarinen’s Shaping the Future at the Museum of the City of New York. The tour will he led by curator Donald Albrecht. The Museum is located at 105thStreet and Fifth Avenue. This inaugural field trip is a request from DWR guests at the  Mix n’ Match Greenwich function in October. Tour is included in admission and costs  $12.00. Sr $10.00 Please email RSVP to mcarey@dwr.com by Dec 1, 2009  to get an idea of  how many will attend.

Meet in the lobby. The tour is one hour long.

Exhibition description*

Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future is the first retrospective of the architect’s career, which was one of the most prolific, unorthodox and controversial in 20th century architecture. From the TWA terminal at JFK Airport and the St Louis Gateway Arch to the Pedestal Chair for Knoll Associates, Saarinen (1910-1961)created some of the most potent expressions of American identity after WWII. His clients constituted a who’s who of the era’s most prominent industries and institutions. For them he designed buildings that advanced the expansion of higher education to the promotion of the automobile and air travel, popular forms of entertainment like television and the newest information technologies. Featuring sketches, working drawings, models photographs, furnishings, films, and ephemera, the exhibition examines the architect’s career from the 1930s through the 1960s.*

]]> http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/meet-like-minded-modernists-for-eero-saarinens-shaping-the-future-exhibit-at-museum-of-the-city-of-new-york-on-sunday-december-6th-1245pm-12-includes-admission-and-one-hour-tour/feed/ 0 “If These Walls Could Talk” Exhibit at Bush-Holley House Through January 31, 2010, Free For Members, $10 per Adult http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/if-these-walls-could-talk-exhibit-at-bush-holley-house-through-january-31-2010-free-for-members-10-per-adult/ http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/if-these-walls-could-talk-exhibit-at-bush-holley-house-through-january-31-2010-free-for-members-10-per-adult/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:31:31 +0000 admin http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/?p=526 The Museum Gallery at the Greenwich Historical Society’s Bush-Holley Historic Site focuses on how the Cos Cob Harbor and Landing and Bush-Holley House have changed over the last 200 years. This interactive family-oriented exhibit provides a preview to the Bush-Holley House through seldom seen artifacts, photographs, maps, letters and portraits from the collection of the Greenwich [...]]]> The Museum Gallery at the Greenwich Historical Society’s Bush-Holley Historic Site focuses on how the Cos Cob Harbor and Landing and Bush-Holley House have changed over the last 200 years. This interactive family-oriented exhibit provides a preview to the Bush-Holley House through seldom seen artifacts, photographs, maps, letters and portraits from the collection of the Greenwich Historical Society.  The back stories of the old house and the people who lived there for five generations are revealed through engaging exhibits. Discovery Boxes filled with objects from  childhood years help answer a multitude of questions: “What did children play with and read? What did people wear? What were the major discoveries, inventions and events of the time?” And “What was happening in Greenwich?”

Another area of the interactive exhibit features paintings and photographs of Holley-MacRae family members to encourage discovery of how portraits tell more about the people from the past than just what they looked like.  By looking carefully at these images, visitors will discover how the poses, facial expressions and clothing become clues about the individuals and their time in history. A mirror and step-by-step instructions also give children and adults an opportunity to create their own self-portraits. As families leave, copies of actual postcards mailed to the Holley House are available to write and tell the MacRae twins what was learned and what things prompt further questions. A docent-led portrait tour of Bush-Holley House is available following this gallery visit. Exhibit ends January 31, 2010.

Open Wednesday through Sunday, noon-4 p.m. with docent led tours of National Historic Landmark Bush-Holley House at 1, 2, and 3 p.m. $10/adults, $8/seniors and students, members/free; 39 Strickland Road, Cos Cob. 203-869-6899. For information on other programs and exhibits at the Greenwich Historical Society, go towww.hstg.org.

]]> http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/if-these-walls-could-talk-exhibit-at-bush-holley-house-through-january-31-2010-free-for-members-10-per-adult/feed/ 0 Free Pizza and Programs for Teens; Every Friday Night Throughout the School Year at Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) in NYC; 4pm – 8pm http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/free-pizza-and-programs-for-teens-every-friday-night-throughout-the-school-year-at-museum-of-modern-art-moma-in-nyc-4pm-8pm/ http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/free-pizza-and-programs-for-teens-every-friday-night-throughout-the-school-year-at-museum-of-modern-art-moma-in-nyc-4pm-8pm/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:40:29 +0000 admin http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/?p=344 What can possibly get a teenager off the streets on dark Friday nights?  Free pizza and Tim Burton.

They’ll have to travel a bit for this freebie – but if you’ve got a budding art or film buff on your hands (and want him or her OFF your hands for a few hours) – it’s so [...]]]> What can possibly get a teenager off the streets on dark Friday nights?  Free pizza and Tim Burton.

They’ll have to travel a bit for this freebie – but if you’ve got a budding art or film buff on your hands (and want him or her OFF your hands for a few hours) – it’s so worth it.

The Fall 2009 – Winter 2010 MoMa Teen offerings include Free Pizza, Free creative events, Free Movies. EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT! Coming up, starting October 30, is the 1968 classic, George Romero’s Dawn of the Living Dead.  Future events include Tim Burton’s Big Fish, Edward Scissorhands and a Burton “Sneak Peak.”

The season celebrates MoMa’s Tim Burton retrospective, and (from ad) “spotlights the mythical, incredible and often shocking characters and stories that artists create in film, performance and visual art.”

The Program runs Every Friday Night during the School Year at
Museum of Modern Art
11 W. 53rd St – NYC
4PM – 8PM

First Come First Served (up to 120 teens for films, 60 for workshops) and no need to pre-register. (We all know how teens leave things till last minute).

]]> http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/free-pizza-and-programs-for-teens-every-friday-night-throughout-the-school-year-at-museum-of-modern-art-moma-in-nyc-4pm-8pm/feed/ 0 Guggenheim Museum Offers FREE Admission, Wednesday, October 21 10am-5:45Pm http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/guggenheim-museum-offers-free-admission-wednesday-october-21-10am-545pm/ http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/guggenheim-museum-offers-free-admission-wednesday-october-21-10am-545pm/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:48:26 +0000 admin http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/?p=245 Right.  It’s in New York City.  But we live so close.

Celebrating its 50th Anniversary, Guggenheim – the Great Toilet Bowl on 5th (as some grumpy talking heads first described it), is opening its doors to the public for FREE on Wednesday, October 21 from 10am – 5:45pm.  See the “sensational” Kandisnsky exhibit, watch special screenings, take [...]]]> Right.  It’s in New York City.  But we live so close.

Celebrating its 50th Anniversary, Guggenheim – the Great Toilet Bowl on 5th (as some grumpy talking heads first described it), is opening its doors to the public for FREE on Wednesday, October 21 from 10am – 5:45pm.  See the “sensational” Kandisnsky exhibit, watch special screenings, take an eye-opening tour, and bring your kids for Story Circle. Admission is normally $18 for adults, so this is a great, cheap deal for suburban culture-vultures.

]]> http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/guggenheim-museum-offers-free-admission-wednesday-october-21-10am-545pm/feed/ 0 Halloween Fest At Bush-Holley House, Saturday October 18, 12pm-4pm http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/halloween-fest-at-bush-holley-house-saturday-october-18-12pm-4pm/ http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/halloween-fest-at-bush-holley-house-saturday-october-18-12pm-4pm/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:07:19 +0000 admin http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/?p=164 Yes, this is the town’s most historic home, and no, it’s not THAT Bush.  I’ve already asked, as does everyone, I’d imagine.  Built in stages, the Bush-Holley House by the Cos Cob harbor was, in 1728, a one-room two-story structure.  In the 1890′s the home became a boarding house for artists and writers and remained [...]]]> Yes, this is the town’s most historic home, and no, it’s not THAT Bush.  I’ve already asked, as does everyone, I’d imagine.  Built in stages, the Bush-Holley House by the Cos Cob harbor was, in 1728, a one-room two-story structure.  In the 1890′s the home became a boarding house for artists and writers and remained the center of the Cos Cob art colony until the 1920′s.

Bush-Holley House has an active membership and year round activities, events, lectures and trips. On October 18, the House offers a “fun and safe celebration” on site for youngsters; pick and decorate a pumpkin, decorate cupcakes donated by Sweet Lisa’s Exquisite Cakes (to help celebrate the 150th birthday of American Impressionist Childe Hassam), enjoy music by Graham Clarke and spooky stories told by Jonathan Kruk. Tours, of course, will be offered – family style – of the Bush-Holley House.

The larger your family, the more “On The Cheap” this event gets; Non-members -$30 per family or $10 for adults, $8 kids
Members $20 per family, $8 adults, $6 kids

]]> http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/halloween-fest-at-bush-holley-house-saturday-october-18-12pm-4pm/feed/ 0 Altogether Ooky, The Cartoons of Charles Addams at Bruce Museum; October 10th – Jan. 24th; Admission Free for Members, $7 for non-members http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/altogether-ooky-the-cartoons-of-charles-addams-at-bruce-museum-october-10th-jan-24th-admission-free-for-members-7-for-non-members/ http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/altogether-ooky-the-cartoons-of-charles-addams-at-bruce-museum-october-10th-jan-24th-admission-free-for-members-7-for-non-members/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:42:52 +0000 admin http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/?p=183 Once upon a time, Morticia and Gomez Addams were the sexiest Goth couple on TV.  I loved their casual disregard for correctness of any kind, be it political, social or material.  It was all about Family Values, really- and everyone, from Uncle Fester to Cousin It – could be counted on for support, togetherness, and in [...]]]> Once upon a time, Morticia and Gomez Addams were the sexiest Goth couple on TV.  I loved their casual disregard for correctness of any kind, be it political, social or material.  It was all about Family Values, really- and everyone, from Uncle Fester to Cousin It – could be counted on for support, togetherness, and in their own demented way, doing the right thing.  I was a huge fan of The Addams Family series – I really wanted to treat my own little brother like Wednesday treated Pugsly – and only later in life came to find that the television show was based on drawings by Charles Addams.

Now, just in time for the premier of the Addams Family Musical on Broadway, The Bruce Museum has put 40 Charles Addams original cartoons on exhibit. This give museum-goers an opportunity to see a select number of pieces representing Addams quirky, macabre sense of humor.

“Charles Addams, Cartoonist” runs from Sat. October 10th – January 24
Admission: Free for Members, $7 for non-members

]]> http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/altogether-ooky-the-cartoons-of-charles-addams-at-bruce-museum-october-10th-jan-24th-admission-free-for-members-7-for-non-members/feed/ 0 Flinn Gallery at Greenwich Library Presents Lego Artist, Nathan Sawaya, Free Admission http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/flinn-gallery-at-greenwich-library-presents-lego-artist-nathan-sawaya-free-admission/ http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/flinn-gallery-at-greenwich-library-presents-lego-artist-nathan-sawaya-free-admission/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:11:01 +0000 admin http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/?p=138 No one brings sturm and drang to Legos like “brick artist,” Nathan Sawaya.  To wit – a man literally spilling his guts.  Another pleading to the heavens holding a dead figure in his arms.  These are not your toddler’s plastic interlocking pieces.

Nathan Sawaya: An Intimate Perspective, continues in the Flinn Gallery at the Greenwich Library [...]]]> No one brings sturm and drang to Legos like “brick artist,” Nathan Sawaya.  To wit – a man literally spilling his guts.  Another pleading to the heavens holding a dead figure in his arms.  These are not your toddler’s plastic interlocking pieces.

Nathan Sawaya: An Intimate Perspective, continues in the Flinn Gallery at the Greenwich Library thru October 28th.

]]> http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/flinn-gallery-at-greenwich-library-presents-lego-artist-nathan-sawaya-free-admission/feed/ 0 The Superb Bruce Museum; Free Admission on Tuesdays http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/the-superb-bruce-museum-free-admission-on-tuesdays/ http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/the-superb-bruce-museum-free-admission-on-tuesdays/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:02:45 +0000 admin http://www.greenwichonthecheap.com/?p=22 Way back in the dark ages of the 1960′s, my Mom would take me to the “old” Bruce Museum to kill an hour or two. I went gladly; the black-light “Space” room was cool and cutting edge. And even the grandma’s-attic-stuffed third floor – an assortment of birds eggs in their nests, glow [...]]]> Way back in the dark ages of the 1960′s, my Mom would take me to the “old” Bruce Museum to kill an hour or two. I went gladly; the black-light “Space” room was cool and cutting edge. And even the grandma’s-attic-stuffed third floor – an assortment of birds eggs in their nests, glow in the dark rocks and minerals- enticed me month after month.  In the early 1990′s, the Bruce went through extensive renovation, and remains a Fairfield County treasure. It’s been garnering increased recognition in the art world while maintaining it’s quirky “nature exhibit” side (the glow-in-the-dark rocks are still here.  And, as a tremendous bonus, one of the best and largest displays of huge minerals – such as a 4ft high hoodoo-shaped amethyst geode – I’ve ever seen).  The current exhibit – “The Mouse House; Art from the Olga Hirshhorn Collection” presents 201 tiny artworks in a space meant to replicate Hirshhorn’s 500 square foot apartment. The Bruce Musem is a bargain even with its modest $7 admission, but on Tuesdays, you can bring the next generation of Bruce appreciators for free.

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