Sunday, April 7, 2019

Spring (hopefully)

Elton John had said goodbye. A tremendous concert, his last one ever in NJ. Quite an experience!
The Apollo 11 movie was a masterpiece; I am glad I got to see it in IMAX, and I cannot wait to get a DVD.
Big Apple Comic Con became a rather nice start to this year's convention season for me. An old-style, boutique convention in the middle of Manhattan. A bit of a remnant of the 90's but, with lots of familiar faces attending, I ended up having a wonderful time.
Repeating my words from an earlier post - whiskey tastings do not disappoint. Informative and tasty. The late March tasting has confirmed that that my favorite Irish whisky is still Redbreast.
All in all, the NJ Mineral Show was rather nice. I have noticed a more pronounced presence of things tumbled, polished and carved, and there were definitely less fossils this time around. I walked away with a lovely piece of polished lapis lazuli but not much else. I think this year, the best part of the show was the Aerolite Meteorites exhibit. I hope they will attend again next year.

April 17th - Selected Shorts: LeVar Burton and Friends at Symphony Space
April 26th - 28th - Awesome Con in Washington, DC
May 1st - Professor Brian Cox: Universal at NYU Skirball Center
May 2nd - The History of Cartography Project event at NYPL
May 8th - Adam Savage author event at Union Square B&N
May 13th - DS9 documentary, What We Left Behind theater event (and huge Trek fan get-together)
May - Kate Mulgrew author events (May 20th - signing at Bookends and May 21st - launch at East Side B&N)
May 29th - Grave Robbing 101 with Atlas Obscura
May 31st - The Right Stuff: What It Takes To Boldly Go, an event during the World Science Festival
July 31st - August 4th - The Official Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas, NV
October 3rd - 6th - New York Comic Con
October 28th - November 2nd - CTBUH 10th World Congress in Chicago, IL

2020
March 1st - March 8th - Star Trek: The Cruise IV