Nerd Nite Hudson Valley #6 Friday May 16th 7:30PM
Aliens, Activism & Agriculture!
HOWLAND CULTURAL CENTER, Beacon NY. Tickets: bit.ly/nnhv-may16
Three fun-yet-informative visual presentations about Aliens, Activism and Agriculture! We hear from Agriculture Teacher Rebecca Cossa, Activist and Artist Steve Lambert and Author Gabriel Mckee. Friday May 16th at 7:30pm at The Howland Cultural Center in Beacon, NY.
With fun music, libations and guaranteed good company: Doors at 7pm. Tickets: bit.ly/nnhv-may16
“Magriculture: The Everyday Magic of Agriculture. Episode 1: Plants” by Rebecca Cossa
There are wondrous and curious things that happen around us everyday that help people survive and thrive in relation to agriculture. We often take these things for granted because they occur regularly or we don’t really understand how they work. Let’s take a “Did You Know” tour to uncover some of the riddles and science-based magic of plants.
Rebecca Star Cossa has been involved in agriculture for over 25 years. 13 of those have been as a New York state certified agriculture teacher in public schools in Queens and Poughkeepsie. She has worked on farms, with non profits and CSAs, in urban and sustainable agriculture, and in various educational contexts. She is New York Botanical Garden certified floral designer and has education and experience in horticultural and art therapy, which are applied through community workshops. She is pleased to add “Nerd Nite Presenter” to her future bio.
“Weird Wins: Unusual Activist Victories“ by Steve Lambert
In activism, the more you try to repeat a victory the less effective it becomes. The opposition learns your tricks, then comes up with new ones of their own. Winning requires innovation. Winning requires getting weird.
Steve Lambert’s father, a former Franciscan monk, and mother, an ex-Dominican nun, imbued the values of dedication, study, poverty, and service to others – qualities which prepared him for life as an artistic activist. In 2009, Lambert co-founded the Center for Artistic Activism (C4AA) and has worked in over 20 countries on 6 continents helping artists and activists use their creativity and culture to impact power. He co-authored The Art of Activism: Your All-Purpose Guide to Making the Impossible Possible (O/R Books). As an artist, Lambert is known for large scale, public works that engage new audiences on difficult topics. His work has been shown internationally, from museums to Times Square, in 4 documentary films and over two dozen books. Steve dropped out of high school in 93′ and has since built a robotic chimp named James Chimpton that interviews artists, a video game that measures your stress level, a browser plugin that replaces ads on the internet with art and much much more. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at SUNY Purchase.
Saucer on a String: The UFO Hoaxes of Gray Barker by Gabriel Mckee
The founder of one of the earliest flying saucer fanzines, Gray Barker (1925-1984) played a major role in shaping the cultural narrative of unidentified flying objects. A master storyteller, he disseminated the folklore surrounding UFOs, strange creatures, and conspiracies of silence– even making stories up when the mood struck. Drawing on his recent biography of Barker, THE SAUCERIAN, Gabriel Mckee will dig into some of Barker’s wildest hoaxes, and the lasting impact they have had on the UFO subculture.
Gabriel Mckee is a librarian at New York University. His research concerns popular culture, book history, theology, and parahistoriography. His recent work includes authoring The Saucerian: UFOs, Men in Black, and the Unbelievable Life of Gray Barker (MIT Press), co-editing Theology and the DC Universe (Lexington Books), and serving as the managing editor for the Zebrapedia project, an online repository of manuscript material by science fiction author Philip K. Dick.
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