Meet Power of Glamour’s Virginia Postrel and FIRE’s Greg Lukianoff, Tues., 1/28

On
Tuesday, January 28, please join me and the D.C.-based staff of
Reason at a party for former Reason Editor Virginia Postrel’s new
book, The
Power of Glamour: Longing and the Art of Visual
Persuasion
.

Virginia’s latest work is a meditation on how our
perception of glamour shapes our culture, determines the choices we
make, and reveals our inner-selves. The book is an entertaining
romp, analyzing the deeper significance of the glamorous people and
places that have shaped the last century of American
culture.

The Power of Glamour will be available for sale
and signing by Virginia, a columnist for
Bloomberg View  who has
been called “a master D.J. who sequences the latest riffs from the
hard sciences, the social sciences, business, and technology, to
name only a few sources.”

We’re also
welcoming the 
Foundation
for Individual Rights in Education
 (FIRE) to
Washington, D.C., as the group sets up its first office in the
Capital City (conspiracy theorists, please note that Postrel is on
FIRE’s board of trustees).

FIRE’s President Greg Lukianoff, whose own great
book
Unlearning
Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate

is coming out in paperback, will outline the group’s goals in
D.C.

Light snacks, wine, beer, and soft drinks will be
served.

What: Happy Hour with Virginia Postrel, FIRE,
& Reason

When: Tuesday, January 28th from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Where: Reason DC headquarters, 1747 Connecticut
Ave. NW (map)

Attendance is free but RSVPs are required. Please let us
know if you can make it by filling out our Eventbrite
form: 
http://bit.ly/1dw7Ni1

If you have questions about the event, please contact
Cynthia Bell at 
cynthia.bell@reason.org.

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