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Do you want to know where in Chicago you can go to view strange psychedelic wall hangings, rub elbows with Fran Drescher, and win two games of bingo in a row? Please, like I even have to ask.
Of course you do! And the answer, for those of you not in the know (i.e., everyone but me), is the Museum of Contemporary Art located at the East end of the lovely Chicago Avenue.
In my never-ending quest to find cheap and/or free things to do to occupy my time and appease my short attention span in this city, I took a Tuesday afternoon trip to the MCA to take advantage of their 40 free-to-the-public days (available through Nov. 14).
On display was the Sympathy for the Devil Rock n’ Roll exhibit, which may or may not have made any sense to anyone other than the clearly self-important artists who contributed (or maybe I’m just bitter because I’m a little too art-dumb to appreciate the brilliance of blown-up record covers or a bunch of silver tinsel hanging from a corner to represent “The U.K.”)
But my museum visiting experience was instantly enhanced when I heard a familiar voice just beside my shoulder…a voice that is entirely unmistakable…a voice like no other voice in the world….a voice belonging to The Nanny herself. And although she was fitted in a baseball cap to hide her face, I got a good peek while she was examining a pile of free Neil Young posters on the middle of the floor, and there was no mistake. The Nanny was in the house.
In addition to the awesomeness that was running into The Fran (my second celebrity encounter, only slightly topping the moment I met Harry Carey- at Harry Carey’s restaurant- when I was ten), I also participated in a game of Bingo Tango in the museum, and won. Twice.
I know this may not be a big deal to many of you, but bingo and I have kind of a love/hate backstory. In college, my roommate and I bought our own bingo markers and sat beside the oxygen-sucking geriatrics at Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort to participate in an exciting round of B-I-N-G-O. And I never won, not once. I always assumed that the extremely elderly and paraplegic had absorbed all the luck in the world, but at the MCA, my fortunes changed.
Not only was I the first winner for Bingo Tango (another free event held at the museum), but I was also the second winner as well! And if I can win, trust me, anyone can.
So you see? Any day in the city can be an adventure if you just get outside once in a while and see what’s out there. Now excuse, me I have to go watch four hours of netflixed Ugly Betty and then stare at my walls for awhile. Powered by AkoComment 2.0! |
