This month Society for the Advancement of Social Studies teams up with Urban Oyster Tours to bring you the history of booze!

Some of Urban Oyster's best tour guides enlighten us with a lecture on each of beer, wine, and whiskey. Plus the chance to win tickets to Urban Oyster’s new spring waterfront tour!

All the details:

Tuesday, March 5^th
Public Assembly, 70 North 6th Street, Brooklyn
Doors at 7pm
Free, RSVP...

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At this month's meeting of The Society for the Advancement of Social Studies, not only do you get three short, awesome lectures on the history of fun and games, but you get to play games. Victorian Parlor Games, to be exact, with wonderful names like Poor Pussy. 

Show up here:

Public Assembly, 70 North 6th Street in Williamsburg, 
Tuesday, June 5, 7pm, totally free
RSVP!

What'll we learn:

A Brief History of Universe of Video Game

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Next Tuesday, May 1, come on down to Public Assembly, our home away from home, at 7pm for an awesome evening of social studies and being social. As always, there'll be drink specials and a good time. 

RSVP here, and read on for details:

S.A.S.S. is going way back B.C., to the land before time to talk about what was going on before our ancestors invented cool things like writing. So grab your nicest club, put on your going-out...

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We have 3 million free events coming up, and I need to be sure you all know about them! In the course of procrastinating while writing this post, however, a couple of them filled up (Happy Hour at Babeland and Biking in Heels). High fives if you got on that early. 

Masters of Social Gastronomy: Fake Meat - Every month, we get together at Public Assembly to talk food. This month, we'll tell you all about the history of vegetarianism...

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Each month, MSG takes on a curious food topic and breaks down the history, science, and stories behind it. Accept no imitations, because on April 24th we'll be talking FAKE MEAT.

Sarah Lohman of Four Pounds Flour will give you a run-down of vegetarianism in the west. From Benjamin Franklin's "Tow-fu" to Dr. Kellogg's commercial "Protose," we'll explore just how long we've been eating things that masquerade as meat. 

Soma will be taking...

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