Sita's Singing in Boston

March 12, 2009 4:32 PM

The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston will be showing Sita Sings the Blues several times in the next week. Since many Mefites are admirers of the film, this seems like a good excuse for a Meetup. Thoughts?
posted by pxe2000 to MetaFilter gatherings at 4:32 PM (23 comments total)

$5 is a bargain.
posted by dawson at 6:07 PM on March 12

There was just a pretty epic Meet-up in Cambridge, but I'd be up for another one.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 7:04 PM on March 12

It just feels recent b/c it was so epic. This sounds cool. The 21st or 22d might work for me.
posted by grobstein at 7:17 PM on March 12

The showing on 21 March is at 10:30am, and the 22 March screening is 11am. Which works for you?
posted by pxe2000 at 7:23 PM on March 12

This is a thing I might do.
posted by danb at 7:23 PM on March 12

I'd be down, either day.
posted by Admiral Haddock at 8:42 PM on March 12

pxe, you know I'd go, but there'll hafta be food involved to get me up so early on the weekend.
posted by Spatch at 7:25 AM on March 13

Can we do post-film meet-up at an emporium that specializes in food and/or beverages?
posted by grapefruitmoon at 7:59 AM on March 13

I'm going to a different FPP-related movie on the 22nd. (The FPP)
posted by Horace Rumpole at 8:29 AM on March 13

Thinking about it a little more - the MFA has a cafeteria downstairs that's pretty decent (and not as pricey as the upstairs "café"), but it might be crowded on the weekends. It doesn't seem like this is going to get to epic proportions like the Cambridge Meetup, so we should be ok with one or two tables. We could meet there at about the time the film is scheduled to end. Thoughts?
posted by grapefruitmoon at 8:41 AM on March 13

grapefruitmoon (and Spatch): The cafeteria sounds like a good idea. That area is surprisingly barren for mid-price restaurants -- there's either the cafeteria and Bolocos or fancy-ass places.

Do you want to try for 21 March, meet up in the cafeteria after the movie?
posted by pxe2000 at 12:00 PM on March 13

Sounds good to me. What time will the movie ostensibly end?

(Also, I have an MFA membership. I don't know how disgruntled the cafeteria workers would be if I passed it around so *everyone* could get 15% off of their comestibles in the cafeteria, but I could always try.)
posted by grapefruitmoon at 12:04 PM on March 13

The movie's an hour and a half long, so it would get out at noonish.

I wonder if my 'GBH discount would help get a discount on anything...
posted by pxe2000 at 12:29 PM on March 13

After further review, this is not a thing I can do. But enjoy!
posted by danb at 9:36 PM on March 15

I can do this. See y'all either at or after the film.
posted by Spatch at 5:10 AM on March 16

Epic in Cambridge? What did I miss? No one tells me anything. :(

This sounds good; I'll check my schedule.
posted by Melismata at 7:14 PM on March 16

Melismata: There was a meeting in Porter Sq. last month that had 20+ MeFites. It was, indeed, epic.

No worries, this one will be AWESOME, if not epic.

Saturday at noon! I'll be there! I'm not going to the film, I'll be in the cafeteria downstairs. I've also got two free tix to the museum if anyone wants 'em.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 7:23 PM on March 16

oh, I might come, too! if not for the movie, then to swing by for lunch. (I can get in free, because I am a Patroness of the Arts).
posted by moxiedoll at 4:49 PM on March 17

Are we rocking this or not? If so, let's get this posted to the front page of the gray!
posted by Admiral Haddock at 9:23 PM on March 17

I'm rockin' it! Someone should post it!
posted by grapefruitmoon at 7:12 AM on March 18

I was there around 1215, I didn't see anyone even vaguely MeFi-ish. I put a sign on my hat (albeit a small sign) and waited for a bit, then I came home.

So yeah, WHERE WERE YOU?!
posted by grapefruitmoon at 10:48 AM on March 21

Golly! Sorry this didn't come together. In retrospect, the lack of firm RSVPs and the absence of a front-page meetup notice were warning signs.
posted by grobstein at 12:12 PM on March 21

warning signs and also causal factors, I mean
posted by grobstein at 11:28 PM on March 21