Elena, It crosses my mind that we should probably report to arachne that you will be teaching a bobbin lace class at the House of Wax Bar in Brooklyn on July 28th. The event which is likely to be of interest, although not exclusively so, to the Goth and Lolita community will be followed by a lecture on Lace & Death that is free to the public. The House of Wax Bar seeks to revive and evoke the feel of a panopticum, a type of public exhibition which became popular in Europe in the late 19th century. They showed wax figures and anatomical models as well as other curiosities. The owner of the bar bought a complete set of these wax models which had once been on display in Berlin to put on display in the bar.. Here is an article from the New York Times about the bar. This kind of bar would appeal to those people who enjoy Atlas Obscura and the Museum of Morbid Anatomy (alas, now closed.) I myself am looking forward to settling in for the lecture on Lace and Death with the cocktail named after the serial killer, Fritz Haarmann, known as the Butcher of Hanover, in my hand. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/24/nyregion/brooklyn-bar-house-of-wax-alamo-drafthouse.html Devon
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