Chance Encounters at the Rubin Museum of Art (150 West 17^th St., NYC), will be held on Friday, July 31, 2009 at 6:30pm. Chance Encounters is an innovative approach to making love connections. It is essentially organized mingling. Participants wearing coded t-shirts mingle, have drinks in the K2 Lounge (in the lobby) and slowly move throughout the museum in a kind of "human scavenger hunt." As they run into other t-shirt wearers (of the opposite sex bearing letters with similar colors based on age categories), they will discreetly introduce themselves and continue viewing exhibits. Exhibits are free to the public after 7pm on Fridays.

Shirts will either have a large letter A for female or B for male. The letters will be color coded to reflect whether the wearer is in their 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's, or 60's. For example, singles in their flirtatious 50's may have green letters, whereas those in the roaring 20's may sport red. During the evening, singles return to the organizer's table in the K2 Lounge. They hand in a card with the names of all the singles in their category and indicate which ones they would like to see again.

Annette Melendez, a marketing consultant with expertise in "out of the box ideas," conceived the concept of using t-shirts as a vehicle for mingling and matchmaking. Adults of all ages, races and persuasions are encouraged to participate. The last day for signing up for this event is July 10^th. To register go to http://pennfleming.com/id7.html. A t-shirt can be purchased for $5 (at cost) on the same webpage. T-shirts will be available at the organizer's table on the evening of the event or can be picked up on July 27^th at Penn Fleming (255 West 36^th Street, Suite 838B, NYC) from 12noon-6pm.

For more information or to contact Penn Fleming call (516) 902-5640 or send an email to infor@pennfleming.com.