From Idea to First Draft: Can Anyone Write a Book? Host training with Kate Lee of Stripe Press

Online

At this special members-only gathering, Stripe Press publisher Kate Lee will join Interintellect hosts Sylvia and Patricia to discuss the process of writing and publishing a book. After a brief intro and discussion on best practices to bring a book from draft to completion, we'll open the floor to questions. Some of the topics we will cover are: …

Free

In Praise of Walking

London London

We had all to walk a lot during last year. But on a different scale, and probably alone. After learning all nearby streets and parks in excruciating details, Olena Bulygina and Bryan Kam invite you to explore walking together and think about what we have learned from walking alone. Walking is the ultimate self-paced gnosis…

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Time versus Space: The Geographies of a Digital World

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In this Interintellect Salon, Dominic Duffin will lead an exploration of  'virtual geography', the possibilities of virtual megacities, whether physical geography still matters in virtual space, and if so, how? Since the dawn of the internet, new virtual geographies have been forming as people gather in digital spaces, some with connections to physical place, but…

$10.00

An Introduction to Modern Astrology

Online

Interintellect Maybe Gray and co-host Sadalsvvd invite you to explore the many myths and meanings that make up increasingly prevalent practice of astrology. Though astrology dates back to the ancient world, a modern revival of astrological practices has been unfolding over the past several decades. With modern technology, the tools for these practices have become…

$25.00

NYC Central Park Meetup

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Interintellect Taylor Pullinger hosts a meet-up in Central Park. Bring a picnic blanket and a snack and gather with your fellow New York interintellects in our favorite large green rectangle—Central Park! We'll enjoy being together outdoors in the burgeoning summer after a pixel-bound year of Zoom windows. Check the New York channel on Discord for…

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Discovery in Borges’ Library

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In this salon, Matt Groh explores the connection between the mystical, infinite labyrinths of the The Library of Babel and creative exploration itself. Borges' short story begins with an epitaph written centuries before: "By this art you may contemplate the variation of the twenty-three letters." Upon entering the Library, you'll find an impeccably precise architectural…

$15.00

Finnegans Wake NYC – Bloomsday 2021

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Interintellect host Timothy Wilcox invites you join in celebrating Bloomsday in New York to honour James Joyce.  Bloomsday is June 16 (next Wednesday), commemorating the day on which James Joyce's novel Ulysses is set. Ulysses follows Leopold Bloom around Dublin, making his way back to his wife, Molly, whose love must be reborn after the two suffered…

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Understanding Women: Female Rivalry

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In this salon, Raven Connolly leads a discussion that will address the following questions: What can female rivalry tell us about the nature of women? How do women express aggression, and under what circumstances? Why is beauty and sexual reputation such a focus of female scrutiny? How do our social environments encourage or discourage rivalry…

$10.00

Book Therapy: Share Your Life Story and Leave with Ten Personal Book Recommendations

Online

After an exciting members-only version of this event, on June 17 we will gather again to welcome all our friends to an Interintellect Book Recommendation Party! Your salon host will be Anna Gát, founder of the ii. LIMITED TICKETS! How it works: In the safe, friendly, unrecorded format of the Interintellect salon, you will be invited…

The Evolved Eye of the Beholder: Why Do We See Beauty?

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Fellow Interintellect Étienne Fortier-Dubois dives into the evolutionary origins of beauty. Why are some things beautiful? Why are some works of art (e.g. the Mona Lisa) more beautiful than others (e.g. a crappy drawing I just made today)? What makes people attractive? What gives people different taste? Clearly, the proverb “beauty is in the eye of the…

$20.00