If you're planning to be in the general vicinity of Kinokuniya, I'd recommend a trip to
Book-Off first. It's a used book store that isn't quite as cheap as it used to be (although there are extra discounted shelves), but is always worth checking out before buying new manga. You can find all sorts of obscure things here, too, and out of print gems may be lurking in the art books. Best of all, the books are unwrapped so you can flip through them.
I've gone to the Guggenheim on their suggested donation night and I remember a line that started way before the time opened up that I stood on for a while. I don't know if this line was really necessary or how fast it moved once suggested donation times opened up. I think these days MOMA's free night is pretty busy, but doesn't have lines (been a while since I last went). The Met and the Museum of Natural History can both get very crowded during their busier days of the week, but they're always suggested donation. Paying whatever you want at the Met lets you see the entire museum including special exhibits, while the Museum of Natural History will let you see the main exhibits for whatever, but if you want to see a special exhibit or a show, you have to pay basically full admission + a suggested extra donation.
It's a little confusing. Needless to say, I go to and take visitors to the Met a lot.
Both it and Natural History are so huge you can easily spend the entire day in them and exhaust yourself just looking at things. "Yeah we'll start at the top and then go through the whole museum" isn't really a plan if you want to do other things that day, so it's a good idea to prioritize what it is you're looking forward to seeing.
Say, you said that your Bnb is in Astoria, right? Have you considered
The Museum of the Moving Image? I haven't been there often but it's definitely worth seeing.
BY THE WAY, if I happen to have an artist buddy who I haven't managed to lure to Void but is an illustration/comic type, would it be alright if I invited them, or is this strictly Void-only? Don't worry, I haven't run it by them at all so I don't have to worry about turning them down.
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Theakon
@ 4:39 PM Mar 27th