The revolving hotel room in the Guggenheim a few years ago allowed one couple at a time to sleep in the space. But what about sharing this kind of experience with strangers? The Rubin Museum has an "adult slumber party" coming up on Saturday, which they're calling a "Dream-Over... sleep-over for grown-ups." If it all sounds a little Plato's Retreat-y to you, don't worry, there will be a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst on hand to make sure you stick to a high brow, non-sexy agenda. more ›

The Rubin Museum of Art is delivering something that New Yorkers need: silence. The sound installation by Bill Fontana will open June 15th and is described as "an immersive meditation experience in a sound theater set with chairs and cushions." You can get a preview in the video below—it features the sound of five Kyoto temples' bells when they are not being rung. more ›

Miranda July has made a splash as a filmmaker, fiction writer, artist, actress and a musician. This Saturday she's participating in the second annual Brainwave Festival at the Rubin Museum. The festival is in the third of its ten weeks where it explores how art, music and meditation affect the human mind. July will be discussing both the spontaneous and the premeditated aspects of performance in creating her film Me and You and Everyone We Know and writing the short story collection No One Belongs Here More Than You with Columbia University psychologist George Bonanno. She talked to us about what it's like wearing so many hats, how nothing in New York seems to exist by the time you actually get there and about why it's all right to avoid anything that people write about you. more ›

FOOD: Those with a taste for expensive ham and the means to pay for it will be tantalized by tonight’s one-night-only 5 course tasting menu at Suba, a Spanish restaurant on the Lower East Side. Chef Seamus Mullen has obtained the prized “Rolls Royce of Ham” – Jamón Ibérico – and will be offering it tonight with Ossabaw Island hogs and Iberian wine. There are just a few seatings still available for tonight's event, which will also feature a winter salad with raw artichokes and pine mushrooms and a gnocchi dish with littleneck clams, among other delicacies. If the $110 price tag seems steep for the tasting menu and wine pairings, just think: The first shipments of ibérico ham that arrived last month after USDA restrictions were lifted cost $90-$99 a pound at Despaña. – John Del Signore more ›

MOVIE: Every national election year reminds us of that part in The Dark Crystal where the hideous Skeksis systematically drain the Gelfling’s “essence” and drink it to increase their power. If you don’t know the scene we’re talking about, you need to go see it on the big screen tonight – a regular-sized TV monitor just doesn’t do Jim Henson’s creepy masterpiece justice. The one-night-only screening will be introduced by one of the film’s puppet makers, Cheryl Henson, daughter of Jim. She’ll be joined by Robbie Barnett, who operated some of the main Skeksis; the pair will sign merch after the screening. more ›

FOOD: Drinking With the Professor: a Look at Jerry Thomas and His Liquid Legacy: Join cocktail maestro Dave Wondrich as he shares recipes from his latest book, Imbibe! plus a few that were cut in the editing process. Wondrich has an in-depth knowledge of nineteenth-century classic cocktails, so step up and taste the benefits. - Laren Spirer more ›

We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on Gothamist. more ›

We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on Gothamist. more ›

We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on Gothamist. more ›

We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on Gothamist. more ›

We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on Gothamist. more ›

We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on Gothamist. more ›

We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on Gothamist. more ›

The Rubin Museum of Art, which is on West 17th Street, has a very cool website called Explore Art. Explore Art is an interactive way to learn about art - in this instance, Himalayan art that the Rubin Museum specializes in. There's a "Decode" function that explains certain elements in the piece of art, a comparison of the work with a Western counterpart, and even a way to see "buried treasure" - small details that mean a lot. While there's no comparison with heading to the museum to see the works in person, we love this website because it's very informative and easy to navigate - perfect for a little educational daydreaming. more ›

Today marks the first day of National Museum Month. This means, amongst other things, that it's the first day of Bank of America's Museums on Us! program. This program allows free access to 56 cultural institutions (19 in New York) - and to this day stands as the only nice thing that BOA has ever done for us cardholders. more ›

Tim McHenry, Rubin Museum of Art more ›