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Gelf Events Calendar

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:00:14 -0500

Join Gelf and Jan Larsen Art for free events most Thursdays at 7:30, at JLA Studios in DUMBO (map). Coming up: July 9: Media Circus July 16: Geeking Out July 23: Non-Motivational Speaker Series August 6: Varsity Letters

July 9th, Media Circus: What's Next for J-School?

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:00:11 -0500

Media Circus returns to Brooklyn on July 9th with a night devoted to the future of journalism school.What is the role of a trade school in an era when everyone is a publisher? Gelf's monthly speaking series on all things media will examine J-school from the eyes of the people closest to it. Jay Rosen, an NYU professor and renowned media blogger, will be joined by Stephen Shepard, Dean of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, and Chris Anderson, not that one, or that one, this one. The work of local artists will be on display, as well. The event will be held Thursday, July 9, 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.

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! Email list Enter your info below to join the Media Circus email list. You can unsubscribe at any time. And don't forget to come back in August for Cable News Night.

July 16th: Geeking Out Is Back!

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:00:08 -0500

Geeking Out returns! Gelf's monthly science reading is back at JLA Studios in DUMBO, Brooklyn on July 16th at 7:30 pm. This month, we'll be discussing all sorts of geeky goodness with speakers including Arika Okrent, the author of In the Land of Invented Languages, and Viktor Deak, the paleoartist whose hominid evolution renderings can be seen at the Lucy's Legacy exhibit. The work of local artists will be on display as well. Geeking Out will be held Thursday, July 16th, 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.

Graphic by Mister Lister.

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.

July 23: The Non-Motivational Speaker Series Returns

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:00:01 -0500

The Non-Motivational Speaker Series returns on Thursday, July 23, at 7:30 p.m. in DUMBO, Brooklyn.

Graphic by Mister Lister

Come hear--and hobnob about with--Neil MacFarquhar, former Middle East correspondent at the New York Times and author of The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday: Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East, and various other luminaries, to be announced shortly. This is a free event.

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.

August 6: Gelf's Varsity Letters

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:35:41 -0500

Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns on Thursday, August 6, at 7:30 p.m. At this free monthly event in DUMBO, Brooklyn, hosted by Gelf and Jan Larsen Art, Wright Thompson, Grant Wahl, and Bruce Weber will read from and talk about their work, and take questions. Thompson will share from his narrative features for ESPN. Wahl breaks down the iffy experiment of David Beckham's move stateside. And Weber shares the true tales of baseball umps.

Graphic by Mister Lister.

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 7:00. Event starts at 7:30. 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: •ESPN's Wright Thompson, a previous Varsity Letters guest •Grant Wahl, author of The Beckham Experiment: How the World's Most Famous Athlete Tried to Conquer America •Bruce Weber, author of As They See 'Em: A Fan's Travels in the Land of Umpires Upcoming Varsity Letters September 3: NFL Night •Stefan Fatsis, author of A Few Seconds of Panic: A 5-Foot-8, 170-Pound, 43-Year-Old Sportswriter Plays in the NFLThe Final Four of Everything (and twice a Varsity Letters guest) •Matt Shepatin, author of Then Madden Said to Summerall: The Best NFL Stories Ever Told •Michael Tunison, a/k/a Christmas Ape at the NFL blog Kissing Suzy Kolber, author of The Football Fan's Manifesto and a previous Varsity Letters guest. October 1 •Jennifer Ring, author of Stolen Bases: Why American Girls Don't Play Baseball •Other authors TBA November 5 Authors TBA December 3 •David Maraniss, author of Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World, Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero, and When Pride Still Mattered : A Life Of Vince Lombardi •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.

July 2: Gelf's Varsity Letters

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:36:12 -0500

Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns on Thursday, July 2, at 7:30 p.m., with a night dedicated to baseball. At this free monthly event in DUMBO, Brooklyn, hosted by Gelf and Jan Larsen Art, Scott Price, Selena Roberts, and members of the New York Daily News sports investigative team will read from and talk about their work, and take questions. Price has the wrenching tale of the life and death of a minor-leaguer. Roberts will speak about her controversial biography of Alex Rodriguez. And the Daily News team will discuss its exposé of Roger Clemens and steroids in baseball.

Graphic by Mister Lister.

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 7:00. Event starts at 7:30. 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: •Michael O'Keeffe, Teri Thompson, and Nathaniel Vinton from the New York Daily News sports investigative team, authors of American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America's Pastime and twice previously Varsity Letters guests. Read Gelf's interview with O'Keeffe •Scott Price, author of Heart of the Game: Life, Death, and Mercy in Minor League America and twice a Varsity Letters guest. Read Gelf's interview with Price •Selena Roberts, author of A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez. (Listen to interviews with Roberts at Deadspin and Mad Stork Sports.) Read Gelf's interview with Roberts Upcoming Varsity Letters August 6 •ESPN's Wright Thompson, a previous Varsity Letters guest. •Grant Wahl, author of The Beckham Experiment: How the World's Most Famous Athlete Tried to Conquer America •Bruce Weber, author of As They See 'Em: A Fan's Travels in the Land of Umpires September 3: NFL Night •Stefan Fatsis, author of A Few Seconds of Panic: A 5-Foot-8, 170-Pound, 43-Year-Old Sportswriter Plays in the NFLThe Final Four of Everything (and twice a Varsity Letters guest) •Matt Shepatin, author of Then Madden Said to Summerall: The Best NFL Stories Ever Told ••Michael Tunison, a/k/a Christmas Ape at the NFL blog Kissing Suzy Kolber, author of The Football Fan's Manifesto and a previous Varsity Letters guest. October 1 •Jennifer Ring, author of Stolen Bases: Why American Girls Don't Play Baseball •Other authors TBA November 5 Authors TBA December 3 •David Maraniss, author of Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World, Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero, and When Pride Still Mattered : A Life Of Vince Lombardi •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.

The Non-Motivational Speaker Series Returns June 25

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:19:45 -0500

The Non-Motivational Speaker Series returns on Thursday, June 25, at 7:30 p.m. in DUMBO, Brooklyn.

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ILLUSTRATION will be this month's theme. Speakers include artist Molly Crabapple, creator of Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School, a cabaret-life-drawing class with 57 branches around the world [interview here]; New Yorker cartoonist and editor of the magazine's comedy blog Farley Katz [interview here] ; and Josh Neufeld, author of graphic novels A Few Perfect Hours and the acclaimed A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge, to be published by Pantheon this fall [interview here]. This is a free event. 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.