Experiment with ways of Doing Gentle With an Edge in your life, in this series hosted by Helena Roth, giver and receiver of Tankespjärn. If the cup is already full, more will just make it run over, however much you'd like more. Learning to let go, in order to let come can be a game-changer…
Bay Area! There has been a lot of interest of late for a Bay Area IRL meetup. It's coming up this November with our member Rahul Subramanian. This event is an open-theme event, so come with an open mind and a mood for conversation. Whether you’re a long-time Interintellect member or new to our community,…
"What's a man now, what's a man mean...?" Authors Christine Emba and Shadi Hamid return to Interintellect to try to find out: while women have spent the past century trying to redefine their role in the home, place in society, and relationship with themselves, what has been happening with men's self-image, role models, public participation?…
Henry Oliver is a literature blogger at The Common Reader. This salon will guide through some of the great English language poems and show you how to understand their nuances and niceties. The final session is about sympathy in poetry, focusing on observation. We will do a close reading of 'Filling Station' by Elizabeth Bishop, looking at…
Join Michael Sonnenschein, a screen/TV writer with a background in academia, for an introduction on how to write for movies/tv. I've been writing television and movies professionally in Hollywood since 2008, after transitioning from (well, dropping out of) an academic career path. My intellectual interests have informed my writing work and been central to the…
Since 2015, Patricia Hurducas, a writer and design researcher, has lived across Europe, exploring how our surroundings influence our quality of life. With deep, firsthand knowledge of the challenges and rewards of moving abroad, she invites you to join her series. Centered on creative projects and personal accountability, this series is tailor-made for those on the…
Join Kevin Kelly — Senior Maverick at Wired and illustrious writer, photographer, and technologist — with hosts Paul Millerd and Ashley Zhang for a SuperSalon on how to design your own game of life and win! "The only productive way to answer 'What should I do now?' is to first tackle the question of 'Who should I become?'"…
Join Dr. Jonathan Whitmore, an Astrophysics PhD who starred in the the 3D IMAX film Hidden Universe while completing an astrophysics postdoc research position, for an AMA! Jonathan is interested in current and historical astrophysical research -- especially as it relates to core questions about using science to learn about the universe. This salon will…
Join the fourth episode of an offline salon series in Manhattan, featuring the brilliant writer and multifaceted creator Kyla Scanlon! Come and discuss her upcoming book, In This Economy?, and a variety of…
Join Vaughn Tan in building a better relationship with the not-knowing that surrounds us. What tools do we need to relate well to not-knowing? Episodes 11-13 of this series focus on tooling up: appropriate mindsets, approaches,…
Join tarot reader Joseline Yu to explore the nuances of tarot through reading cards for one another. In a tarot reading, cards are picked to make a layout full of…
Enjoy deep 1:1 conversations with fellow Interintellect singles ❤️🔥 Brought to you by Alexandra and Umer. As the leaves fall and the nights grow longer, could there be a better time…
