
What: Alert Education’s useless lecture series presents “Year in Review”
Where: Union Hall, Park Slope
When: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 8 pm (doors at 7:30)
Why: It’s the beginning of January, so New Year’s resolutions are still in full swing. Brooklyn-based monthly multimedia lecture producer Adult Education looks back at 2008 and hits two of the most common resolutions: You’ll “have more fun” while “learning something new.” Bet you didn’t know “Reboot” will be the buzzword of ‘09 or that pizza made technological advances in ‘08. (Not that we did.)
Granted, at the uber-cool Union Hall, with its killer all-American-with-a-twist menu and great beers and wine, you’re likely to break that whole, “drink/eat less” mantra. But hey, who really intends to keep those? Plus, with two bocce courts (exercise more, check), a cozy library lined with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, and an antique globe, you’re bound to leave a little more enlightened, even if Joe Garden’s look at the year in vampires isn’t what you’d call highbrow. And, holy smokes, entrance is only $5 so you’re ahead of the game on that “spend less” promise. 2009 is looking good.