Looking for something to do in NYC? There's a cool exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum:
It's Alive, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus at 200. The full title of the novel is rarely used. In Greek mythology, Prometheus was the Titan who created mankind at the behest of Zeus. Published in 1818 when Shelley was 21, it's estimated that the author's creation has sold between 80 and 100 million copies worldwide, and it has been reinterpreted by movie folks umpteen times. The museum is located at Madison Avenue & E. 36th Street. The hours are: Tuesday through Thursday: 10:30-5 ; Friday: 10:30-9; Saturday: 10- 6; Sunday: 1-6. Closed Mondays. Admission: $20 Adults, $13 Seniors (65 and over), $13 Students (with current ID). Free to members, and to children 12 and under, who must be accompanied by an adult. Admission is free on Fridays from 7 PM to 9 PM. The exhibit will run through January 27th. Here's what the outside of the place looks like:
And here are examples of what's available inside. First, a lithograph poster of the 1931 movie classic directed by James Whale and starring Boris Karloff and Colin Clive:
And here's the cover of a comic from 1910:
My thanks to the elderly woman who bought a paperback romance by Susan Mallery, and to Bay 37th alum Lorraine, who purchased Dean Koontz's
Dragon Tears; and to the lovely woman who selected Phillip Margolin's
After Dark; and to the young Chase employee who upon leaving work spotted Jerry Seinfeld's
Seinlanguage.
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