Alexander Khost
Flying Squads 2020
Frozen III, or: The Day I Met Joe Leonard
What a start to the New Year (if you’re Gregorian, as someone pointed out in the morning… which then led to lots of “What’s Gregorian?” questions…). And yeah, I made a Disney reference in my title… I’m not sure what’s wrong with me, sorry. BUT wait until you read about Brooklyn Flying Squad’s new hero, …
Friday the 13th on Friday the 13th
It’s Friday the 13th! So… we played Friday the 13th!
Upon Us All a Little Rain Must Fall
“This is the mystery of the quotient, quotient / Upon us all, upon us all a little rain must fall.”
The End of Capitalism
Today we went to the Museum of Capitalism, an exhibition at Parsons School of Design (my alma mater!) It was a great exhibition that asks viewers to imagine a future where capitalism is gone and we’re looking back at artifacts from the past.
In Transit
Today we went to the New York City Transit Museum, a Flying Squad favorite. It is also a favorite of mine because it brings back good memories of when my own kids were little and we basically went to the Transit Museum every weekend!
The Perfect Day
By my definition, today was the Perfect Day (I’m glad I spent it with you…)
Discussing Social Justice
We spent an hour and a half in the library in the morning discussing social justice issues that are important to us. I think this was in part due to the show we saw last week on artwork by incarcerated people and partially due to a video conference call I had been on the night …
Central Park
Today it was gorgeous outside (despite it being mid-November…), and so, we decided to go to Central Park for the day.
Drawings by Incarcerated Artists
Today we went to The Drawing Center to see the exhibition, The Pencil Is a Key: Drawings by Incarcerated Artists.