Adult Education presents: "The Year in Review" January 6, 2009

Adult Education is a Brooklyn-based 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 January, Adult Education welcomes a panel of presenters to look back on 2008 -- and ahead to 2009. The line-up for "The Year in Review" will include:

"Things We Lost"
From Astroland to Yankee Stadium, Patrick Di Justo takes us on a tour of the people and things that collapsed, died, or evolved away in 2008.

"Crusty, Saucy, Cheesy"
Food blogger Adam Kuban reviews the year in pizza, during which the humble pie made technological advances yet remained true to its roots.

"Welcome to the Night"
Joe Garden considers the year in vampires.

"The Year of Payback"
Trendspotter Marian Salzman explains why the buzzword for 2009 will be "reboot."

All hosted by comedian Charles Star.

BIOS
Patrick Di Justo is the author of the forthcoming book "The Science of Battlestar Galactica" from John Wiley and Sons. He is a contributing editor at Wired magazine, where he writes the "What's Inside" column.

Adam Kuban is the founder and editor of Slice (http://sliceny.com), a weblog about pizza. He has the largest collection of "pizza upskirt" photographs in existence -- or so he believes.

Joe Garden is features editor for The Onion. He is also a member of the writing group Action 5 (http://www.action5.com), which has published "The Dangerous Book for Dogs" and "The Devious Book for Cats." They are currently at work on "The New Vampire's Handbook."

Veteran trendspotter Marian Salzman (http://pnintelligentdialogue.com), partner and chief marketing officer at public relations firms Porter Novelli, is the author of 15 books, including "Next Now," "The Future of Men," and "Buzz."

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 http://www.charlesstar.com.

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