{"id":1040,"date":"2007-08-23T13:20:34","date_gmt":"2007-08-23T13:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"\/ifbookblog\/?p=1040"},"modified":"2007-08-23T13:20:34","modified_gmt":"2007-08-23T13:20:34","slug":"monkeybook3_the_desk_set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futureofthebook.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/23\/monkeybook3_the_desk_set\/","title":{"rendered":"monkeybook3: the desk set"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"monkeytownsketch.jpg\" Monkeybook is an occasional series of new media evenings hosted by the Institute for the Future of the Book at Monkey Town, Brooklyn’s premier video salon and A\/V sandbox.
\nMonkeybook 3 (this coming Monday, Aug 27, reservation info below) is presented jointly with the Desk Set<\/a>, a delightful network of young New York librarians, archivists and weird book people that periodically gets sloshed in northern Brooklyn. (If this rings a bell, it may be because you read about them<\/a> in the Times last month – ?\u009dsomehow this became one of the “most emailed” NYT articles of recent months).
\nI first collided with the Desk Set at a talk<\/a> I gave at Brooklyn College this June. We resolved to get together later in the summer and eventually this crazy event materialized. The crowd will be primarily librarians and folks from the Desk Set community. Dan and I will be masters of ceremonies, presenting the Institute’s projects and then spinning an eclectic assortment of films and other goodies (including some stuff by Alex Itin, who was the star of Monkeybook 1<\/a>). It’ll basically be a big librarian party. How can you resist?
\nOh, and how cool: we’re an editors’ pick<\/a> on Going.com!
\nMonkey Town reservations: http:\/\/www.monkeytownhq.com\/reservations.html<\/a> (book soon, it’s already pretty packed!)
\nMonkey Town: 58 N. 3rd St. (between Wythe and Kent), Williamsburg, Brooklyn
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