by Quentin Lewis

Weeknotes: 11/12/23-11/18/23

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This Week:

  • The Museum welcomed 45 4th graders from Greater Plains elementary school for a tour and activities. Several Hartwick students helped out, and we had a great old time looking at artifacts, learning about the Indigenous people of this region, and walking around Hartwick campus.
  • The Museum also held it’s first ever “Murder in the Museum” program, created by students in Hartwick’s “Places of Learning” course. Students dramatically acted as characters associated with the Museum and guests had to figure out who the culprit was. Turns out, Andy Warhol did it!
  • Over the weekend, I took the kiddos to Cooperstown to see the movie “Wolf Walkers” as part of the Glimmerglass Film Festival. It was a great movie, full of rich Irish folklore, complicated themes, and very exciting sequences. Might’ve been a bit too much for Hazel but she powered through.
  • I assisted students in the Museum’s “Exhibit Prep and Design” class in setting up their final projects.
  • My wife and I finished watching “Welcome to Wrexham” (at least, as much of it as has been released). It’s an entirely feel-good show that just brings a smile to my face every time I see it. I’m looking forward to season 3!
  • I finished reading “The Infinite Blacktop”, the last Claire Dewitt novel by the always astonishing Sara Gran. It wraps up the series in a very “Claire Dewitt” way, where there is no real resolution to a mystery, because there is no way to resolve life, except death. And despite doing everything possible to race towards death, Clarie Dewitt doesn’t want to die.