Each month, the Society for the Advancement of Social Studies brings you three short lectures on a different historical topic. It's like history class but with lots of drink specials and much prettier powerpoints. 

This month's all about the government's long and tumultuous history with illicit substances, and it promises to be quite the evening. You'll get glimpses into "the history of marijuana in the States, the era of prohibition, and...

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Our next MSG lecture is on Tuesday, March 27, and it's going to be the most epic yet, as we take on the history and science of imitation ingredients. There'll even be a sample-heavy showdown where you get to definitively decide if there's any difference between artifical and natural flavorings. RSVP now!

As for the lectures, Sarah will explore the history of artificial food, starting with medieval feasts obsessed with disgusting...

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Every month, the Society for the Advancement of Social Studies meets for three short lectures on historical topics you vaguely remember from your past life as a student. Sound serious? We promise it's way more fun than school though, because you're now of legal drinking age and the PowerPoints are full of swears. 

On March 6, S.A.S.S. is tackling what could be a depressing topic--The Great Depression--with ...

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This month's meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Social Studies is full of new tricks, just in time for Valentine's Day. 

Besides three fun lectures on the histories of underwear, marriage, and old-timey sex scandals, there'll be burlesque performances by Dottie Dynamo and a raffle for a $50 gift certificate from local lingerie shop Brooklyn Fox. Plus, sticking around until the end will get you a free 1/2 hour of Buffalo Trace....

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We're kicking off a new bar room lecture series all about food, and you're all invited to our very first one on Tuesday, January 31st. Welcome to Masters of Social Gastronomy! That's MSG, of course.

Each month, Sarah Lohman of Four Pounds Flour and Jonathan Soma of the Brooklyn Brainery will take on a curious food topic and break down the history, science, and stories behind it.

This month's topic is STRANGE MEAT! Sarah will recount...

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