MCN 2010 | Events

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27

Welcome Reception in the Exhibit Hall
6-7:30 pm
Join your friends and colleagues in the Exhibit Hall for
the official opening of MCN’s 38th Annual Conference.
Enjoy drinks and hors d’oeuvres while you take a look at
the latest and greatest services and products offered by
our Exhibitors. 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28

MCN 2010 Unsilent Auction Soundtrack: "Mus-what?”
5-6 pm
The Museum Computer Network's first Unsilent Auction will feature a soundtrack selected by two MCN officers and stealth musicians named Rob.* MCN presents a silent auction at each conference. In recognition of our Austin venue, this year's auction will be musically Unsilent. Our bidding festivities will take place to the accompaniment of jazz recordings, and a few other surprises, hand-picked for your listening pleasure by these fellow MCN members. Join us for a spell of musically augmented R&R, a cool beverage, and some sociality after a long day of sessions. Mus-what Computer Network? Museum, Music, you decide....

*Music collaboratively "curated" by the Robs Stein and Lancefield, MCN Secretary and Past President (and in other lives, trumpet and guitar).

Come listen to the music and bid on items in the silent auction. Bid often, proceeds go to the MCN 2011 Scholarship program.  The goal is to raise $1,500 this year.

Austin Halloween Pub Crawl & SCVNGR Game
7 pm-???
This year’s venues are conveniently located close to the conference hotel and represent hip, edgy, music-loving Austin. Woven into the evening will be an MCN conference SCVNGR trek and the winner gets free registration to MCN 2011. Austin loves Halloween, so costumes are definitely encouraged for this event. The pub crawl is hosted by the MCN SIGS.  
See this year's venues and more...

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29

Blanton Museum of Art Reception
University of Texas 
6-8 pm 
Join your friends, colleagues, and fellow conference attendees for an evening at the Blanton Museum of Art. Enjoy light hors d’ouevres, wine, and a live DJ in the Rappaport atrium, a stunning space with a soaring 50-foot ceiling featuring Stacked Waters by Terasita Fernandez. The Blanton’s extensive galleries will be open for viewing, including the special exhibition Turner to Monet: Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum, as well as the Museum Shop with a special discount for the evening. The Blanton is one mile from the conference hotel, located at the corner of Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard and Congress Avenue. Bus transportation will be provided, please visit the Registration Desk for details.  

Generously co-sponsored by Antenna Audio, The Blanton Museum of Art and The New Media Consortium