Adult Education presents: "Misspent Youth" December 17, 2008

ADULT EDUCATION PRESENTS: MISSPENT YOUTH
Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008 - 8 pm (doors at 7:30)
Union Hall in Park Slope
702 Union St. @ 5th Ave
$5 cover
http://www.adult-ed.net

Adult Education is a Brooklyn-based monthly lecture series devoted to making useless knowledge somewhat less useless. Each month is devoted to a given theme, and several speakers address some aspect of that theme using visual aids. Adult Ed has been a frequent Critic's Pick in Time Out New York and was singled out in the magazine's annual "Essentials" issue, while The Onion AV Club declared that "Adult Education ... manages to be both informative and thoroughly entertaining."

In December, Adult Education welcomes a panel of presenters to excavate the past -- theirs and ours -- while addressing the topic of "Misspent Youth." The line-up will include:

"The Original Orgy"
Francesco Marciuliano connects the dots between 151 naked people, six dogs, and one childhood. (His own.)

"Please Don't Let It Be My Turn Next: Oral Reports From the 1980s"
Andrew Hearst revives several vintage speeches he once delivered in English class, including a celebration of his family's first personal computer, the legendary Radio Shack TRS-80.

"This Is Eternal Life in Paradise"
Kyria Abrahams, author of the upcoming memoir I'm Perfect, You're Doomed: Tales From A Jehovah's Witness Upbringing, welcomes you to your amazing new life after the Great War of Armageddon.

"My Oldest Surviving Mix Tape: A Critical Appraisal"
Erik Seims analyzes his musical choices, life choices, and hair choices from 1986 to 1988, through the prism of stuff he taped off the radio.

All hosted by comedian Charles Star.

BIOS
Francesco Marciuliano writes the syndicated comic strip Sally Forth and the online webcomic Medium Large. He was a writer for the Emmy Award-winning PBS show SeeMore's Playhouse and is now the head writer for the upcoming children's show The Magic Tent. He is a contributing writer for the Onion News Network and is currently developing a new comic strip he pitched as "The Family Circus meets Blade Runner."

Andrew Hearst is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and the proprietor of panopticist.com, a culture blog.

Kyria Abrahams is the author of I'm Perfect, You're Doomed: Tales From A Jehovah's Witness Upbringing (Touchstone, 2009). Her humor has also been published in Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure and the The Book of Zines: Readings from the Fringe. For two years, she was a columnist for Jest magazine, and she has performed at alternative comedy shows like Eating It and Invite Them Up, as well as at literary readings like How to Kick People.

From 1999 through 2005, Erik Seims was a chronic performer, writer, and producer, primarily on the Lower East Side; and was a regular contributor to the late, awesome Jest magazine. He's starting to perform again on a regular basis, and at some point next year he might get his tour guide license, which would be a perfect venue for his hobby of making stuff up and telling it to strangers.

Charles Star is a lawyer sans portfolio and a stand-up comedian sans recognition who lives in Brooklyn with his excellent wife, his awesome cat, and a newborn baby genius. He's on the web at charlesstar.com.

Official Website: http://adult-ed.net