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Stay Free news
I haven't been blogging much lately for the usual reasons, but also because Jason and I are working on a Stay Free! book. The book will be published by Farrar, Straus and Girioux and some of it will have appeared in the magazine in one form or another. We're working on new material in order to flesh out a thesis of sorts. We haven't agreed on a title yet, but it's going to be about how consumer culture is toxic, makes people stupid, and gets us to believe that bad things are good for us. If all goes according to plan, it'll be out in 2009.
My second bit of news to report is that we're going to be starting a monthly event series — tentatively called "Adult Education" — in early 2008. Each show will feature four speakers lecturing on an aspect of a chosen theme.... kinda like (we hope) the Little Gray Book series, but with pictures and more of a "social studies" than literary bent. I haven't yet sought a venue, so if anyone knows of a good bar that would appreciate such an event, let me know. (It should be easily accessible by subway in either Manhattan or Brooklyn, and have a performance space that fits about 100 onlookers.)
Posted by carrie on 11/07/2007 | Permalink
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a new bar just opened in northside williamsburg (near the L at bedford) called Hugs (or perhaps Huggs, their signboard has said both). it's a pretty cool space, clearly a lot of work went into it's interior, but not in a cheesy way. i haven't spoken with anyone there, but they do have a performancy sort of area and i could see them being up for some event series perhaps. maybe not your ideal location, but i just thought i'd throw it out there. it would certainly accommodate 100 persons, unlike the probably more apt in other ways Barbés in park slope.
from their myspace page (which, like all myspace pages, is horrible): HUGS is a brand-spankin' new bar in Williamsburg BK located at 108 N6th St btwn Berry & Wythe. For booking, events, or parties please contact Sweatshop Labor NYC at Sweatshoplabornyc@gmail.com
Posted by: daniel | Nov 13, 2007 10:32:38 AM
Thanks Daniel, we'll look into it.
Posted by: charles | Nov 13, 2007 2:56:12 PM
The brooklyn lyceum is big enough, although it appears cursed in their curatorial choices
4th Ave at President
Just down the block at 4th Ave and Carroll is the ground floor of Cattyshack. Big but not quite as big...but they appear pretty open for different kinds of events in the early part of the day
Email: gm@cattyshackbklyn.com
Old Stone House does 60 seated
www.theoldstonehouse.org
336 3rd St (4/5 Ave), Brooklyn, NY (718) 768-3195
(yeah, I want to be able to walk home from your series...if you're looking at dozens instead of hundred, I have another idea....sigh)
Posted by: LG | Nov 18, 2007 7:05:15 AM
I hope you're giving serious consideration to podcasting this series. (Since Little Gray Books is your model, I suppose you are.) There's definitely a wide open space in the podcasting universe for this kind of thing.
I anxiously await the book. It could possibly be the first ever title I pre-order from Amazon.
Posted by: KG | Nov 28, 2007 4:50:01 PM
