ADULT EDUCATION PRESENTS: DEATH
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 – 8 pm (doors at 7:30)

Union Hall in Park Slope
702 Union St. @ 5th Ave
$5 cover
http://www.adult- ed.net

Adult Education is a Brooklyn-based monthly lecture series devoted to
making useless knowledge somewhat less useless. Each month is devoted
to a given theme, and 4 speakers will address some aspect of that theme
using visual aids.

DORIAN DEVINS, MARGARET MITTELBACH, & ANDREW TEMPLAR
(SECRET SCIENCE CLUB)
"Death and Taxidermy: The Ape That Launched 1000 Quips"
Devins, Mittelbach, and Templar discuss observations gleaned from four
years of Carnivorous Nights, an annual taxidermy contest held in
Brooklyn.

ALEX PAREENE
"Everyone Is Trying To Kill You: Analyzing Homicidal Tendencies In Electronic Information Networks"
The most dangerous people in America today are celebrities. And Arianna
Huffington is letting them blog. Alex Pareene assesses recent threats
to our national health from Suzanne Somers and Canada.

KATHARINE HELLER
"Le Petit Mort: Death as a Metaphor for Orgasm in Popular Culture and Literature"
Heller looks at the various ways in which death, much like everything else, is tied to sex

JOANNA EBENSTEIN
"Morbid Anatomies and Anatomical Theatres: A Guided Tour through the Macabre World of Medical Museums"
What is the difference between a wet and a dry specimen? Why did people
make life-sized, recumbent wax women whose insides could be taken apart
into dozens of pieces? Where did Gunther von Hagens (Body Worlds
exhibit) get his schtick? Joanna Ebenstein presents a virtual tour of
great medical museums of the western world.

WITH HOST CHARLES STAR