The Non-Motivational Speaker Series returns to New York on Thursday, May 29 at 8 p.m. Curated and hosted by Adam Rosen, this monthly event features an all-star lineup of decidedly non-motivating authorities, each presenting views alternative and overlooked on subjects that define our bizarrely postmodern (or is it postmodernly bizarre?) life. A different theme will be tackled each month, including - but not limited to - comedy, amateur pornography, culture jamming, and the anti-Green Movement.

Graphic by Eric Lister

Religion will be this month's topic. Featured speakers are Daniel Radosh, New Yorker contributor, contributing editor to The Week, and author of Rapture Ready: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture; and Louis Ferrante, author of Unlocked, a true story of Ferrante's life as a member of the Gambino crime family, 8 1/2-year federal prison inmate, and convert to Orthodox Judaism.

The event will start at 8 pm at the Happy Ending Lounge, and is free.

Event Details:

Happy Ending Lounge (official site, CitySearch, MySpace)
302 Broome St.
(between Forsyth and Eldridge)
212-334-9676
J/M/Z/F to Delancey
B/D to Grand Street
Look for the hot-pink awning with the words "Health Club" on it.

Doors open at 7:30.
Event starts at 8 sharp.
FREE!

Questions? Suggestions for future events? Email Adam Rosen.