Neal Pollack at Cody's Books January 30, 2007

NEAL POLLACK recounts his role as ALTERNADAD. Neal Pollack knows from personal experience that there’s a new generation of parents who are intent on staying cool. Go to any hipster neighborhood in the country and you’ll see strollers nestling next to bar stools. Changing tables at Lollapalooza have become the acceptable norm. Kiddy menus and mini-vans aren’t going away any time soon, but today’s young parents are just as likely to bring baby along to an art opening, a poetry reading, or a wine tasting than to schedule a play date in the park. In a world dominated by neurotic, obsessive parenting culture, can two people really raise a child without giving up what made their pre-parenthood life fun? Pollack is probably the least likely father you’d ever meet: a pop-culture obsessed writer and rock-star wannabe, he has a knack for drawing attention – to himself. Now thrust in the role of father, Pollack hilariously recounts his attempt to raise a child without growing up himself. Mixing irony and a hipster’s skepticism with refreshing honesty and an appreciation for the absurdities of everyday life, ALTERNADAD is an affecting tale of learning how to be a responsible parent while still acting like a child, sometimes. 7:00 PM at Cody’s Fourth Street, Berkeley

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