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Past Events (10)

  • An I Robot focused book club. Asimov attended Columbia University for graduate studies. We will walk through the Columbia campus and discuss the book and its impact on science fiction.

    • Walking at Columbia University to Discuss I, Robot: Thursday, Sep 10 · 6:15 PM–8:00 PM EDT
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  • An Anti-Oedipus-themed book club on gender abolitionism, anchored by Grace Lavery's discussion of Personal Demons at BISR Central — exploring possession narratives, neoliberal personhood, and queer emancipation beyond the body-versus-consciousness binary.

    • Personal Demons: A Conversation with Grace Lavery: Wednesday, Sep 9 · 7:00 PM–8:30 PM EDT
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  • A Reading Together focused book club. We will attend a Quiet Reading event at the McCarren Park in Brooklyn for a communal reading session.

    • Quiet Reading at McCarren Park: Monday, Sep 7 · 6:00 PM–7:30 PM EDT
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  • A River of the Gods themed book club disguised as a pulp adventure expedition through Central Park — because what better way to discuss 19th-century European scrambles for the Nile's headwaters than by scrambling through the park yourself, fedora in hand, dodging betrayal and cryptic clues in search of a lost artifact? Colonialism meets cosplay meets literary analysis.

    • Raiders of the Local Adventure: Saturday, Sep 5 · 2:00 PM–3:30 PM EDT
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  • An Open themed book club visiting the US Open Player Tunnel and Champions' Photo Experience at Hudson Yards — walk through a recreation of the iconic entrance players make before stepping onto Arthur Ashe Stadium, and strike a pose like a US Open champion!

    • US Open Player Tunnel and Champions' Photo Experience at Hudson Yards: Saturday, Sep 5 · 12:00 PM–1:00 PM EDT
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  • A Mythical Man-Month focused book club. We will visit the original Bell Laboratories Building to see a historical technological marvel in New York City.

    • Visit to Bell Labs Building: Friday, Sep 4 · 2:00 PM–3:00 PM EDT
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  • An Anti-Oedipus themed book club meeting at The Fifth Place — an invitation-only space described as "nightclub meets absurdist behavior lab, dramaturgical glitch swarm, interpersonal derangement LARP." A 90-minute collider that twists instincts and suspends everyday habits through engineered rules of communication and behavior.

    • The Fifth Place: A Room With New Rules: Thursday, Sep 3 · 8:00 PM–9:30 PM EDT
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  • An Anti-Oedipus focused book club. We will attend a screening of Dead Man at Anthology Film Archives — a surreal Western in a space dedicated to surrealist cinema.

    • Dead Man Screening at Anthology Film Archives: Sunday, Aug 30 · 8:30 PM–10:30 PM EDT
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  • An Orality and Literacy focused book club featuring a walking tour meets street theater exploring New York language and slang in the Lower East Side, with special guest performers from PMT House of Dance.

    • The City Speaks: Languages and Slang of NYC (with Special Guest Performers): Sunday, Aug 30 · 3:00 PM–5:00 PM EDT
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  • A No-Nonsense Spirituality focused book club. We will go to The New York Society for Ethical Culture to join in one of their Humanist Happy Hours.

    • Humanist Happy Hour at The New York Society for Ethical Culture: Friday, Aug 28 · 7:00 PM–9:00 PM EDT
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