TUESDAY, JUNE 3 : COPYCATS
Elna Baker, "Babies Buying Babies: Observations from FAO Schwarz"
Elna Baker (ElnaBaker.com) is a writer, comedic storyteller and monologist. She's
performed her stories for This American Life, Studio 360, The Moth, Upright Citizens
Brigade, and at many other comedy clubs throughout New York City. Her memoir
The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance will be published by Penguin
in 2009.
Gaylord Fields, "Yeah Yeah ... Uh, No: Exploring the Audiovisual
Phenomenon of Beatles-Lookalike Long Playing Albums"
Gaylord Fields, the senior editor at AOL Music,
has previously worked at Rolling Stone and Spin. He also currently hosts a
free-form radio program on WFMU in Jersey City every Sunday evening. He has
met one Beatle — and three Rutles.
Julie Klausner, “Cats, Musicals, Fan Fiction and Fan Fiction about Cats
The Musical”
Julie Klausner (JulieKlausner.com) is a lover of cats, musical theater,
and at least three other things that are not fascinating to heterosexual men,
including heterosexual men. She's written for the New
York Times, Salon and
The Huffington Post, and she co-hosts the monthly show Obsessed at the UCB
Theater. Her latest endeavor, a monthly live Soap Opera called Wasp
Cove, stars
David Rakoff and runs at Comix in monthly episodic installations.
Carrie McLaren, "The Media Made Me Do It: The Human Being As
Copycat"
Carrie McLaren founded Stay Free!,
curates Adult Education, and blogs sporadically at Hawthorne
Street. Her book Shopping for Cancer: A Field Guild to Consumer Culture,
will be published by Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux in 2009. Ms. McLaren's last
lecture for Adult Ed was "How
NOT to Raise a Chimp in Your Home: the Legacy of W.N. Kellogg."
And your host, Charles Star
Charles Star (CharlesStar.com) is a lawyer
sans portfolio and a stand-up comedian sans recognition. He lives in Brooklyn
with his excellent wife, his awesome cat, and a fetus who is already tracking
well above grade level.
COMING UP
JULY 1: Remix Culture. Currently seeking speakers.
Got an idea? Email your pitch to adulted (at) stayfreemagazine.org.