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DC Social: Female Fame – Tara Isabella Burton and Celeste Marcus on Authenticity, Artificiality, and the Paradox of Femininity

Washington DC

Join award-winning writer, Tara Isabella Burton, and Liberties managing editor, Celeste Marcus, for an offline social on authenticity, artificiality, and femininity! Please join Interintellect and Liberties Magazine for Female Fame, an offline salon (and Novitate Conference after party) on authenticity, artificiality, and the paradox of femininity. This event is curated specially for attendees of the Novitate Conference, and features…

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The Beginning of Infinity: Eternal Mathematics

Online

Join Phil Filippak for the next episode of a series about critical rationalism and major ideas from David Deutsch’s book The Beginning of Infinity. It may sound counter-intuitive but mathematical proofs depend on the physics of the world where the proof is being used. Or do they? We will explore the mysterious and abstract realms…

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$20.00

Austin IRL: Casual November Meetup at Meanwhile

Calling all Central Texas Interintellects! Join hosts Alaka Halder and Shahid Nowshad for a casual fall meetup at Meanwhile. Whether you’re a long-time Interintellect member or new to our community, this is a great opportunity to catch up with old friends, form new connections and have fun, meaningful conversations. Come when you can and stay as…

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Father, Fighter, Lover, Saint – Reinventing the Male

Online

"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?…

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How to Read a Poem: III. Sympathy

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…

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$20.00

Screenwriting Workshop: Writing For The Big (And Small) Screen

Online

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…

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$10.00

Ask An Astrophysicist (Almost) Anything

Online

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…

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$10.00

In This Economy? 4. How Do We Measure the Economy?

New York NY

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 related topics. Kyla has written for the New York Times, New York Magazine and Bloomberg Opinion. In her Substack, she provides a fun, accessible and educative place where we…

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