By Scott Bowles, Edna Gundersen and Gary Strauss, USA TODAYMoviesNew York City welcomes world-famous web-slinger
New York has been bitten by the Spider-Man bug.
The city, which has played home to Peter Parker and his web-slinging alias, is commemorating the May 4 opening of Spider-Man 3 with a week-long tribute of exhibits and events starting April 30 — a rare city-sponsored campaign for a commercial film.
The city's American Museum of Natural History is installing a spider exhibit shortly before the film opens. New York's Botanical Garden will host workshops on baby spider plants. The Children's Museum of Manhattan will honor the villain Green Goblin with a display of the original Goblin outfit and a mask-making workshop. The Central Park Zoo will host a Spider-Man scavenger hunt and a "Bugmania" show.
Although movie studios and city officials have historically had a sputtering relationship — primarily over how the city is going to be portrayed in films — New York has increasingly embraced Hollywood. Following the release of last year's Ben Stiller hit Night at the Museum, the Natural History Museum improved attendance by hosting late-night flashlight tours of the building.
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"The Children's Museum of Manhattan will honor the villain Green Goblin."
How can they honor that butcher? He skeletonized his entire board of directors!
And don't give me that "he doesn't exist" garbage, I've heard it before.
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