Enjoy a day of frank conversation, hearty debate, and an impressive lineup of panels and performance organized by dynamic artist duo Jen Catron and Paul Outlaw for their public art commission Hot Dog in the City. Food historians, competitive eaters, street vendors, sausage makers, authors, activists, and artists draw unexpected parallels between the history of the hot dog and capitalism, consumption, and politics of the American dream.

Participants include comedian and author Jaime Loftus (Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs); feminist-vegan writer and activist Carol J. Adams (The Sexual Politics of Meat); food historian Krishnendu Ray, PhD; and Mohamed Attia of Street Vendors Project. Evocative and lively interludes include The Jungle, an operatic presentation on the underbelly of the meat-packing industry; and a condiment-themed debate by the high schoolers of The NY Parliamentary Debate League.

Join us in unpacking the critical issues beneath the skin of an unassuming package.