The Non-Motivational Speaker Series

Curated and hosted by Gelf Magazine, this monthly event features an above-average lineup of decidedly non-motivating authorities, each presenting views alternative and overlooked on matters of head-scratching, navel-gazing import. New York Stories Not Yet Recorded by Ken Burns is the nominal theme for this month, which features Doug Quint, proprietor of NYC's newest, proudest food truck, the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck; Harvey Wang, photographer for the book Flophouse: Life on the Bowery, a photojournal of downtown Manhattan's last skid row; and Salvatore “Buddy” Scotto, owner of the Scotto Funeral home and "unofficial mayor" of Carroll Gardens.