Adult Education
A Useless Lecture Series
1st Tuesday of the month
free admission
Shows start 7 pm
at:
Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
126 Crosby St. (between Houston & Prince St.)
New York, NY
212-334-3324
HousingWorks.org

This month’s speakers:

DAVID HILL: “Give Metta World Peace A Chance”
The basketball player formerly known as Ron Artest is responsible for one of the most violent episodes in NBA history. He is also the winner of the NBA’s J. Walker Kennedy Citizenship Award. Hill examines what Metta World Peace can teach the rest of us about citizenship.

PHIL CAMPBELL, “Strange Bedfellows”
Every four years, Hollywood churns out one to three films about politics. Campbell examines how well Hollywood director Stephen Gyllenhaal portrayed local American politics in his film Grassroots, which was adapted from Campbell’s memoir of the same name.

JAY DIXIT, “The Impressionable Voter”
We all like think our voting decisions are the product of reason, but the truth is that voters are surprisingly malleable. Psychology writer Jay Dixit explores the unconscious forces that influence our political behavior beneath the level of our conscious awareness—and how to resist them.

JIM HANAS, “Mother Miami”
Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan credits Miami University with his intellectual formation. Hanas, a fellow alum, presents a shocking tour of this Midwestern hotbed of rest.

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