{"id":22098,"date":"2013-11-28T12:52:35","date_gmt":"2013-11-28T17:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=22098"},"modified":"2013-12-17T16:38:58","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T21:38:58","slug":"friday-night-live-at-the-rom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=22098","title":{"rendered":"Friday Night Live at the ROM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>November 22, 2013, 7 &#8211; 11 p.m.<\/strong><br \/>\nFriday Night Live at the Royal Ontario Museum \u2013 Art, Food, Drink and more<br \/>\n<strong>Royal Ontario Museum<\/strong><br \/>\n100 Queen&#8217;s Park, Toronto<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/FNL3_opt2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22153\" title=\"FNL3_opt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/FNL3_opt2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/FNL3_opt2.jpg 350w, https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/FNL3_opt2-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/FNL3_opt2-250x187.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>Photo: Haafiz Karim<\/p>\n<p>Friday Night Live is\u00a0one of the few events in museums\u00a0that caters towards a younger crowd.\u00a0Friday Night Live\u00a0held annually at the ROM, over the course of a few Fridays, this year between October 26 and December 6. It\u00a0has everything you would be looking for in a fun night out. Interactive exhibitions coupled with food and lots of drink made for quite the interesting experience. Colorful lighting turned the ROM into somewhat of a mystical adventure, coursing through the exhibitions. I really loved it and I think it is a great idea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Haafiz1_opt1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22149\" title=\"Haafiz1_opt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Haafiz1_opt1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Haafiz1_opt1.jpg 350w, https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Haafiz1_opt1-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Haafiz1_opt1-250x187.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>Photo: Haafiz Karim<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Every Friday Night Live has a specific theme, from\u00a0fashion to climate and culture and everything in between. Being my first time attending this event I was quite amazed at how the museum had transformed, with a band playing, hundreds of people dressed up and enjoying art, food and wine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Haafiz-2_opt1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22154\" title=\"Haafiz 2_opt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Haafiz-2_opt1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Haafiz-2_opt1.jpg 350w, https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Haafiz-2_opt1-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Haafiz-2_opt1-250x187.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>Photo: Haafiz Karim<\/p>\n<p>I particularly enjoyed the \u2018<em>Mesopotamia \u2013 Inventing our world\u2019<\/em> exhibit, finding it to be quite a modern rendition of a civilization that did indeed change the world as seen through the more than exceptional artifacts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/mesop_opt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22162\" title=\"mesop_opt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/mesop_opt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/mesop_opt.jpg 350w, https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/mesop_opt-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/mesop_opt-250x166.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><em>Mesopotamia \u2013 Inventing our world, <\/em><em>i<\/em>nstallation view. Photo: Brian Boyle \u00a9 ROM, 2013<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/ROM2013_13452_30_opt_opt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22155\" title=\"ROM2013_13452_30_opt_opt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/ROM2013_13452_30_opt_opt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/ROM2013_13452_30_opt_opt.jpg 350w, https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/ROM2013_13452_30_opt_opt-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/ROM2013_13452_30_opt_opt-250x177.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><em>Mesopotamia \u2013 Inventing our world, i<\/em>nstallation view. Photo: Brian Boyle \u00a9 ROM, 2013<\/p>\n<p>Aside from that, it would be highly recommended that anyone above the age of 19 make a trip to this event one Friday between now and the finale on December 6th.<\/p>\n<p>Haafiz Karim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>November 22, 2013, 7 &#8211; 11 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Royal Ontario Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> It has everything you would be looking for in a fun night out. 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