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CHECK OUT | HOLOGRAPHIC STUDIOS Holograms are not just the stuff of Star Trek fantasy. At Holographic Studios, an off-the-beaten-path museum in NYC, exhibits are dedicated to the holographic arts, certain to entertain and confound. See images that jump right out of the hologram, celebrity portraits like those of Andy Warhol and Isaac Asimov, and sculptures you would swear were real. The surreal art, with images formed by light beams from a laser, definitely have an oddball cool factor that kids will enjoy. Located in midtown Manhattan in a former blacksmith’s forge, the gallery is free to the public and open weekdays 2pm-6pm, though there’s a tour available for $30 where you can see even more. holographer.com.

Charles James dress, 1937, USA, gift of Mrs. John Hammond, courtesy of The Museum at FIT.

AroundTown The leaves are changing and a new school year begins! Re-commit to take advantage of all that the city and its surrounds offers! Grab a calendar and plan your museum visits, Broadway shows and quick trips. Here’s what caught our eye this season! THINK PINK | MUSEUM AT FIT Pink: The History of a Pink, Pretty, Powerful Color , running September 7, 2018- January 5, 2019 at the Museum at FIT, explores what has been called the most divisive of colors. The exhibit features approximately 80 ensembles from couture royalty spanning from Elsa Schiaparelli, Christian Dior and Yves Saint Laurent, to Jeremy Scott of Moschino and Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons. Although the color has oft been a symbol of extreme femininity in the United States, the exhibit demonstrates it wasn’t always so, as it juxtaposes the blush color in both men’s and women’s clothing in many different eras from all over the world, including India, Africa, Mexico and Japan. The exhibit follows the historical and cultural contexts that color this hue, remaining at once pretty as it is powerful. September 7, 2018—January 5, 2019, Museum at FIT.

MUST SEE | KINGKONGON BROADWAY The supersized ape will swing over to the Broadway Theater this fall, to tell the familiar ‘beauty and the beast’ love story in a new way. Based on the 1932 novel, the contemporary take on the story of Ann Darrow (Christiani Pitts), filmmaker Carl Denham (Eric WilliamMorris) and Kong blends pure Broadway stagecraft with a mix of robotics and puppetry. Screenwriter and playwright Jack Thorne notes, “This is an epic story but also a really intimate one—about the limits of ambition and the cages we’re put in.” Previews start October 5, 2018; Opens November 8.

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