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Franklin Furnace Interns of All Time Party

This November 29th, 2020, Franklin Furnace invited all its interns and volunteers since its 1976 founding to the event of the century! Interns across all different eras of the Furnace came to the Market restaurant, owned by friend of the Furnace Chin Chin and her partner, to partake in an audacious amount of food and drink. The plethora of dumplings, edamame, pickles, and kimchi was heartily devoured by our interns and the leftovers were greedily pillaged and hoarded into takeout boxes at the end of the night, a testament to the quality of the fare. We also drank delicious Amorotti wine all the way from Italy, donated by previous intern Gaetano Carboni who crushed the grapes with his own bare feet (it's organic and artisanal - www.pollinaria.org ). As to the festivities, current intern Destiny Daniel gave out free makeovers (Harley’s nose never looked so small and his eyelashes never so LUXURIOUS), and everyone was decked out in matching Martha hats, painstakingly crafted by summer interns Alyssa Rodriguez and Mari Sato who made their appearance at the event (artists, truly). As for other celebrity appearances, Martha "Redy Story" Wilson, our Founding Director Emerita, also came with Vince Bruns, her handsome fishmonger partner who she met while teaching classes about Franklin Furnace (ah… how love blossoms at the Furnace). During Harley’s fabulous toast he also bequeathed Chin Chin with a very special egg timer time capsule and put on a dashing top hat while thanking the interns for there service (and pleading for donations). At the end of the night everyone went  home with gift bags from Bob Lens' 1986 "Bags are Masks" exhibition, packed with goodies, and one lucky intern won a William Wegman original drawing (yet to be claimed - call us)! All in all a jolly good time!

Sophia Williamson
Fordham University





















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