Another one down. So here is my annual list of places I’ve been and things I’ve seen in the past year.
- January 9-20: UK research trip
- January 14: Good Grief Charlie Brown @ Somerset House, London, UK
- January 17: London, Sugar & Slavery @ Museum of London Docklands, London, UK
- February 7: Chris Farren & Jeff Rosenstock @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC
- February 9: Laura Stevenson & Jeff Rosenstock @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC
- February 12: Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show @ Madison Square Garden, NYC
- February 24: Freya Wilcox, JT Turret, Chris of Less Than Jake @ The Kingsland, NYC
- February 26: Arkells @ Irving Plaza, NYC
- April 4: Mets @ Citi Field, NYC [Opening Day]
- April 6: MALS Lightning Talk @ The Graduate Center [Presentation]
- April 9: Mets @ Citi Field, NYC
- April 12: Tolkien: Maker of Middle Earth @ The Morgan Library and Museum, NYC
- April 16: Love & Resistance @ New York Public Library, NYC
- April 20: Play It Loud @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
- April 20: Nick Mason & Get Cape Wear Cape Fly @ Beacon Theatre, NYC
- April 29: Mets @ Citi Field, NYC
- April 30: Mets @ Citi Field, NYC
- May 10: Mets @ Citi Field, NYC
- May 11: Frank Turner @ The Paramount, Huntington NY
- May 16-19: Frank Turner’s Lost Evenings @ House of Blues, Boston, MA
- May 21: Mets @ Citi Field, NYC [Bark in the Park]
- May 22: Mets @ Citi Field, NYC
- May 23: I won a research grant!
- May 25: Cold Wrecks @ Vinyl Paradise, Sayville, NY
- June 5: Mets @ Citi Field, NYC
- June 6: Mets @ Citi Field, NYC
- June 15: Mets @ Citi Field, NYC
- July 1: Launched my Patreon!
- July 5: Mets @ Citi Field, NYC
- July 14: Go Big & High School Football Heroes @ The Kingsland, NYC
- July 24: Mets @ Citi Field, NYC
- July 25: Mets @ Citi Field, NYC
- July 26: Mets @ Citi Field, NYC
- August 1: Dave Giles Museum Extravaganza! @ Garden City, NY
- August 5: Mets @ Citi Field, NYC [Game 1]
- August 5: Mets @ Citi Field, NYC [Game 2]
- August 6: Mets @ Citi Field, NYC
- August 15: Launch of Tales from Wo-Fan’s Land [Blog Project]
- August 16: Revolutionary Summer @ New-York Historical Society, NYC
- August 20: Mets @ Citi Field, NYC
- August 21: Mets @ Citi Field, NYC
- August 22: Mets @ Citi Field, NYC
- August 24: Squeeze & They Might Be Giants @ Pier 17, NYC
- August 27: Mets @ Citi Field, NYC
- August 30: CMCS 19 @ Club Quarters Times Square, NYC [My first academic conference presentation!]
- September 8: Play It Loud @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
- September 9: Mets @ Citi Field, NYC
- September 13: Mets @ Citi Field, NYC
- September 14: Mets @ Citi Field, NYC
- September 19: Chris Farren @ Knitting Factory, NYC
- September 20: MC Lars, Koo Koo Kanga Roo & the Aquabats @ Warsaw, NYC
- September 23: Mets @ Citi Field, NYC
- September 24: Mets @ Citi Field, NYC
- September 27: Mets @ Citi Field, NYC
- October 11: Frank Turner @ White Eagle Hall, NJ
- October 12: Chris Farren @ Rough Trade, NYC
- October 15: Frank Turner @ Town Hall, NYC
- October 24: The Catcade @ Chicago, IL
- October 24-26: Fan Studies Network North America Conference @ DePaul University [where I presented my thesis research!]
- November 9: Chloe Hawes, Arms & Hearts & Jared Hart @ Plant Base, NJ
- November 10: Steven Page @ My Father’s Place, Roslyn, NY
- November 13: Hamilton: An American Musical @ the Richard Rodgers Theatre, NYC
- December 5: The Menzingers @ Warsaw, NYC
- December 6: The Menzingers @ Warsaw, NYC
- December 7: I turned 30!
- December 8: Taskmaster Birthday party
- December 13: Mongol Horde & Rebuilder @ The Market Hotel, NYC
- December 15: Museum of Moving Image, NYC
- December 23: Laura Stevenson & Jeff Rosenstock @ Trans-Pecos, NYC
- December 26: Neverthere, Keep Flying, Patent Pending @ Revolution, Amityville, NY
27 Mets games, 25 gigs, 2 conference presentations, 1 lightning talk, 1 accepted journal article (not yet published!), and 1 thesis written.
Valerie Gritsch 