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Join us for a meetup at one of NYCs most iconic art museums. Come meet, mingle and learn something new. We will provide all tickets, materials and guidance through the museum as you learn the art of figure drawing using the Met's iconic exhibits.

**SREday: In-Person Event on SRE, DevOps & Cloud in NYC** Conference focused on Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), DevOps, and cloud infrastructure, bringing together engineers, platform teams, and leaders to share real-world experience building, scaling, and operating reliable production systems. **🎤 [Speakers & Topics](https://sreday.com/2026-nyc-q1/)** **🎟 [Tickets](https://luma.com/sreday-nyc-2026-Q1?from=embed)** Get your ticket — 50% OFF with promo code: MEETUP50

**DevOps Not Dead: In-Person Event on DevOps, Platform & Cloud in NYC** Conference focused on modern DevOps, platform engineering, and cloud infrastructure. It brings together engineers, SREs, and platform teams to share practical experience in CI/CD, Kubernetes, automation, cloud architecture, reliability, and operating production systems at scale. **🎤 [Speakers & Topics](https://devopsnotdead.com/2026-nyc-q1/)** **🎟 [Tickets](https://luma.com/4ym0xkfw?from=embed)** Get your ticket — 50% OFF with promo code: MEETUP50

To attend enroll here: [https://luma.com/q6kuetpe](https://luma.com/q6kuetpe) Agenda​ ​5 - 5:45: Pizza / Beer ​​5:45 - 6:15: NetApp, what we do, our role in open source - Mariah McLaughlin, NetApp ​​6:15 - 7:00: Unleashing AI in Cassandra 5 - Ritam Das, NetApp ​​7:00 - 8:00: When “Eventually” Meant 11 ms: Designing Deterministic Cassandra Architectures in the Telecom Core - Thomas Elliott, Your Augmented Life Advisory Services ​​8:00 - 9:00: Networking

Tickets: $34.70 ( incl. $4.70 fees ) (advance registration required) Click the link below to officially register for this experience: [https://www.nyadventureclub.com/event/1978629660578](https://www.nyadventureclub.com/event/1978629660578) Long before The Met became a showcase for original masterpieces, its galleries were filled with exacting plaster replicas of classical sculptures. But why were these casts once considered essential to artistic education — and how did many of them end up inside a hidden gallery in Midtown? Get ready to discover the forgotten legacy of plaster casts and the timeless stories they continue to tell. Join [New York Adventure Club](http://www.nyadventureclub.com/ "http://www.nyadventureclub.com/") for a captivating in-person lecture inside Cast Hall at the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the practice and appreciation of classical design in architecture, urbanism, and the allied arts. Led by Mollie Wohlforth — Senior Manager of Education and Gallery at the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art — our unique experience will include: * **A look at plaster casting’s role in art history,** exploring how artists and institutions used casts to study classical form * **An overview of The Met’s early educational mission,** and how plaster casts anchored its galleries * **Insights into what these casts reveal** about both the ancient world and 19th‑century artistic values * **Free time afterward to explore Cast Hall up close,** featuring more than 200 works originally from The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 19th‑century holdings * **Light snacks and refreshments served** throughout the evening Whether you’re an art lover, history enthusiast, or curious explorer of New York’s cultural treasures, this special evening inside ICAA’s Cast Hall promises fresh perspectives on art from one of the city’s most storied institutions. See you there! \*After taking the elevator to the 6th floor, follow signs to Cast Hall \*\*This experience is mostly a seated lecture followed by a walk around the gallery space **Schedule of Events** 6:30pm: Doors Open 6:45-7:30pm: Lecture 7:30-7:45pm: Walk Around Cast Hall **About Mollie** Mollie Wohlforth is an art historian and educator with the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, where she is Senior Manager, Education and Gallery and manages a gallery of 19th century plaster sculptures gifted to the ICAA by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. At the ICAA she leads educational programs for youth and adult audiences about the role plaster sculpture has played in art history, spanning from the sixteenth through twenty first centuries. She has a master's in the History of Art, Theory, and Display from the University of Edinburgh, and a BA in Art History and Museum Studies from Mount Holyoke College. **About the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art** The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA) is a nonprofit membership organization committed to promoting and preserving the practice, understanding, and appreciation of classical design. To do so, the ICAA offers a broad range of educational programs. These include intensives for architecture and design students, introductory programs for middle school students, lectures and walking tours for the public, continuing education courses for professionals and enthusiasts, travel programs to visit classical masterpieces, the publishing of original and reprinted books, and an annual journal entitled the *Classicist*. Through the annual Arthur Ross Awards, as well as other national and regional award programs, the ICAA also honors contemporary leaders of classical design and the related fields. The ICAA is a national organization, with 15 Chapters across the country and headquarters in New York City. Each chapter organizes its own local programming to reflect the unique members and architectural traditions in its region. The ICAA’s membership represents the diverse and dynamic cross-section of all those involved with the building arts, from architects and designers, to patrons and artisans. These members benefit from the robust network of local and national programs and networking opportunities. Likewise, the organization is continually enriched and inspired by responding to the needs, interests, and passions of its growing membership base. Disclaimer By attending a New York Adventure Club experience, you accept our [terms of service](https://about.nyadventureclub.com/terms "https://about.nyadventureclub.com/terms"). Ticket price is for an educational lecture with complimentary snacks & beverages. Categories: In-Person, Entertainment

**LLMday: In-Person Event on LLMs, AI & ML in NYC** Conference focused on Large Language Models (LLMs), Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning, bringing together engineers, researchers, and product teams to share real-world experience building, deploying, and operating AI systems. **🎤 [Speakers & Topics](https://llmday.com/2026-nyc-q1/)** 🎟 **[Tickets](https://luma.com/llmday-2026-nyc-q1?from=embed)**[ ](https://luma.com/llmday-2026-nyc-q1?from=embed) Get your ticket — 50% OFF with promo code: MEETUP50

Join us on **Thursday, February 26** at **Datadog Times Square**. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. to give attendees plenty of time to grab pizza and socialize, and the talk begin at 7:15 p.m. Following the success of the UnConf we've absorbed all of your feedback and have two awesome speakers! **Robin Molen-Grigull is CTO at Fullstack.Trade** \- a stealth mode firm focused on high performance compute and latency in the Web3 space\. **Storage Tetris: Compile-Time Solutions for 32-Byte Storage Constraints** Fitting arbitrary Rust structs into fixed 32-byte storage slots is a puzzle, but Rust’s macros and type system make it solvable. Automatic layout and lazy loading, combined with a small macro, turn low-level storage primitives into clean .field() accessors. Associated types and compile-time offset calculations eliminate manual storage arithmetic while remaining zero-cost. **James Logan is a Principal Scientific Software Engineer at Commonwealth Fusion** **Interpn: Fast Interpolation** James Logan recently delivered a ten minute lightning talk at Rust Boston. The goal of that talk was to share "Everything I learned making software 300x faster than state-of-the-art". James has used Interpn in a way like never seen before, improving performance in a way that is unimaginably unique and can be applied by so many engineers. This is definitely one not to be missed. **[Lawrence Harvey](https://www.lawrenceharvey.com/)** is Rust NYC's official recruitment partner, with Ross providing support as a co-organizer and financial support. The space is generously sponsored by our partner **Datadog.**