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Gelf Events Calendar

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:03:46 -0500

Join Gelf and Jan Larsen Art for free events most Thursdays at 7:30, at JLA Studios in DUMBO (map). Coming up:

February 4: Gelf's Varsity Letters

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:03:01 -0500

Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns on Thursday, February 4, at 7:30 p.m. At this free monthly event in DUMBO, Brooklyn, hosted by Gelf and Jan Larsen Art, two versatile writers who frequently turn their attention to the playing field will read from and talk about their work. Malcolm Gladwell and Chuck Klosterman both have new essay collections in bookstores that touch on sports, among other topics. And both are dedicated correspondents of Bill Simmons's. Because space is limited, free registration is required. Register at varsityletters.eventbrite.com, password gelf (or register below).

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Upcoming Varsity Letters March 4 •Mark Bechtel, author of He Crashed Me So I Crashed Him Back: The True Story of the Year the King, Jaws, Earnhardt, and the Rest of NASCAR's Feudin', Fightin', Good Ol' Boys Put Stock Car Racing on the Map •ESPN's Wright Thompson, twice before a Varsity Letters guest. Among his recent subjects: a boxer who fought Muhammad Ali, then went missing. •ESPN writer Seth Wickersham, a previous Varsity Letters guest. Among his recent subjects: racehorse euthanasia and stadium anthems. April 1 •Lee Lowenfish, author of The Imperfect Diamond: A History of Baseball's Labor Wars and a previous Varsity Letters guest •Christopher McDougall, author of Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen •Emma Span, author of 90% of the Game Is Half Mental: And Other Tales From the Edge of Baseball Fandom Email list Enter your info below to join the Varsity Letters email list. You'll receive two emails before each event so you can make sure not to miss any sports wisdom. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Feb. 18: Foreign Correspondents at Media Circus

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:50:50 -0500

From Hemingway to Seymour Hersh, foreign correspondents have provided fascinating and gripping accounts from all over the world. On February 18, Media Circus returns to Brooklyn with a night devoted to the past, present, and future of foreign correspondents, featuring writers who have reported from across the globe. The work of local artists will be on display, as well. The event will be held Thursday, February 18, at 7:30 pm (doors open at 7:00 pm) at the JLA Studios art gallery on 63 Pearl St. in the DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn—just one subway stop away from Manhattan! Admission is FREE. Drinks will be available. Please spread the word and bring your friends.

January 28: The Non-Motivational Speaker Series Returns

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:01:30 -0500

The Non-Motivational Speaker Series returns on Thursday, January 28, at 7:30 p.m. in DUMBO, Brooklyn.

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Deconstruct various Brooklyn species through the eyes of Amy Sohn, former New York Magazine sex columnist and author of stroller-shaking Park Slope exegesis Prospect Park West; margin:0px !important;" />; orthodox bike evangelist Baruch Herzfeld, de facto peacekeeper in Williamsburg's longstanding Hipster-Hasid cold war; and Dr. Jay Parkinson, Brooklyn-based digital doctor and one of Esquire's “Radicals and Rebels Who Are Changing the World,” at January's Non-Motivational event.

This is a free event. Details: JLA Studios (Google Maps, Outside.In) 63 Pearl St (between Water St. and Front St.) Brooklyn, NY 11201 [Next to the F train. Close to the A,C. Accessible by the 2,3]. Doors open at 7:00. Event starts at 7:30. FREE! Questions? Suggestions for future events? Email adamr@gelfmagazine.com. Email list Enter your info below to join the Non-Motivational Speaker Series email list. You'll receive two emails before each event so you can make sure not to miss any of our fair-traded, locally-harvested morsels of brain candy. You can unsubscribe at any time.

January 21: Star Wars Night

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 07:29:35 -0500

On Thursday, January 21st, Gelf Magazine is hosting the geekiest Geeking Out yet. January's event is dedicated to all things Star Wars; we plan to take our readers way down into the rabbit hole of extreme Star Wars fandom, looking at how Star Wars has influenced popular culture and how fields as varied as cartography and zombie fiction have been overrun by the Force of George Lucas's creation. Speakers include Joe Schreiber, author of zombie Star Wars novel Death Troopers and Jason Fry, the author of Star Wars: The Essential Atlas. Admission is FREE. Drinks (both alcoholic and otherwise) will be available. Please spread the word and bring your friends. Geeking Out will be held Thursday, January 21st, at 7:30 pm (doors open at 7:00 pm) at the JLA Studios art gallery on 63 Pearl St in the DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn. Admission is FREE. Drinks will be available. Please spread the word and bring your friends.

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For those who prefer spacing with their details: JLA Studios (Google Maps, Outside.In, JLA site) 63 Pearl St (between Water St. and Front St.) Brooklyn, NY 11201 Next to the F train. Close to the A,C. Accessible by the 2,3. Doors open at 7:00. Event starts at 7:30. FREE! Visit reBar, around the corner, afterward; attendees of Geeking Out and other Gelf events get discounts on food and drink. Email list Enter your info below to join the Geeking Out email list. You'll receive emails before each event so you can make sure not to miss any science wisdom. You can unsubscribe at any time.

January 7: Gelf's Varsity Letters

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:18:26 -0500

Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns on Thursday, January 7, at 7 p.m. (an earlier start time so we can get out in time for most of the BCS championship game). At this free monthly event in DUMBO, Brooklyn, hosted by Gelf and Jan Larsen Art, Chris Ballard, Tom and Jerry Caraccioli, and Mike Vaccaro will read from and talk about their work, and take questions. Ballard will provide a thinking fan's tour of the NBA, the Caraccioli brothers will recount the exploits of a forgotten medal-winning US hockey team, while Vaccaro will revisit a history-making World Series from a century ago.

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Admission is FREE. Please spread the word to sports fans and book lovers. Event Details: JLA Studios (Official site, map) 63 Pearl St (between Water St. and Front St.) Brooklyn, NY 11201 Next to the F train. Close to the A,C. Accessible by the 2,3. Doors open at 6:30. Event starts at 7:00. FREE! Visit reBar, around the corner, afterward; attendees of Varsity Letters and other Gelf events get discounts on food and drink. More on this month's authors: •Chris Ballard, author of The Art of a Beautiful Game: The Thinking Fan's Tour of the NBA Read Gelf's interview with Ballard •Tom Caraccioli and his brother Jerry Caraccioli, co-authors of Striking Silver: The Untold Story of America's Forgotten Hockey Team and previous Varsity Letters guests Read Gelf's interview with the Caraccioli brothers •Mike Vaccaro, author of The First Fall Classic: The Red Sox, the Giants and the Cast of Players, Pugs and Politicos Who Re-Invented the World Series in 1912 Read Gelf's interview with Vaccaro Upcoming Varsity Letters February 4 •Chuck Klosterman, author of Eating the Dinosaur •Malcolm Gladwell, author of What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures March 4 •Mark Bechtel, author of He Crashed Me So I Crashed Him Back: The True Story of the Year the King, Jaws, Earnhardt, and the Rest of NASCAR's Feudin', Fightin', Good Ol' Boys Put Stock Car Racing on the Map •Other authors TBA April 1 •Christopher McDougall, author of Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen •Other authors TBA Email list Enter your info below to join the Varsity Letters email list. You'll receive two emails before each event so you can make sure not to miss any sports wisdom. You can unsubscribe at any time.

December 10: Media Circus

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:23:48 -0500

Media Circus is back in Brooklyn on December 10 with a panel discussion on not-for-profit news models. From New Haven to St. Louis to the middle of the Pacific, non-profit news sites and organizations are breaking stories and, perhaps more impressively, breaking even. Matt Sollars of CUNY's New Business Models for News project will be joined by Gail Robinson of the Gotham Gazette and Susan White, senior editor at ProPublica. The discussion will be moderated by Jason Fry of Reinventing the Newsroom. The work of local artists will be on display, as well. The event will be held Thursday, December 10, at 7:30 pm (doors open at 7:00 pm) at the JLA Studios art gallery on 63 Pearl St. in the DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn—just one subway stop away from Manhattan! Admission is FREE. Drinks will be available. Please spread the word and bring your friends.