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Writers Meetup in the West Village

Tue, Aug 18, 10:00 PM

From The Writing Group

4.9

**Itinerary** People are welcome starting at **6 o'clock**, and you can come and meet other writers, enjoy a happy hour, socialize and hang out as you like until 7 when we will start readings. At **7 o'clock** we formally get together as a group to listen to readings from those looking for feedback. * We do not select readers based on order of arrival or a sign-up sheet, so if you have work until late but still want to come and read, you can! * Each reader gets five (5) minutes to read, so please select a section of work which is appropriate for that time limit. * We welcome narrative prose (fiction and non-fiction), poetry, and scripts (be they for screen or stage), so long as it is writing that you're serious about. * We'll then spend another five (5) minutes in discussion. This is time for the listeners to provide feedback on the reading and discussing the craft in general. We welcome (and encourage) constructive criticism, so long as it is done with respect. This is just as important as the reading, and is done as an open conversation not lead by the reader or the host, so no hand raising required! * We try to get to as many people who want to read as we can, so if there are a lot of attendees we will be very strict on time. * We take a short break at **8 o'clock** . At **9 o'clock** we finish readings and start our formal social hour. Meet new friends, connect with old ones, exchange longer works for review, or just let loose.

63 attendees

New York Story Night #85

Mon, Aug 24, 11:00 PM

From New York Story Night

4.7

New York Story Night is a literary community event based in Manhattan founded to provide creative writers, amateur and professional alike, a stage on which to share their stories and an audience with which to road test their works. Consider an open mic for stand-up tragedy, stand-up horror, stand-up drama if you will. A night of bedtime stories for adults. **For those who wish to share a story, please arrive before 6:50pm and sign-up for a reading slot.** (Find Aïss at the front of the second floor event space.) For those who wish to be an audience, get a drink, find a favored spot, chit-chat with fellow story lovers if you like! At 7pm story night begins. **Each writer gets 20 minutes in front of the microphone. (15 minutes for the story + 5 minutes for workshop/Q&A with the audience)** We have a 10 minute intermission at the end of every hour. **Rules for stories:** * Stories must be under 15 mins (around 2,300 words) * All stories must be written pieces * Stories can be fiction or non-fiction but must contain a narrative arc * No poetry, no essays We encourage you to email us at newyorkstorynight@gmail.com if you have questions or concerns on if your story is a good fit for our event. If you cannot attend this particular event but would like to be in tune with our next ones join our MeetUp group or email us at newyorkstorynight@gmail.com to be added to our e-mailing list! New York Story Night is a free event. *\*By attending, you acknowledge that you may appear in photos and videos used for social media or promotional purposes.*in

62 attendees

The Archaeology of Knowledge by Foucault Week 1

Sat, Aug 22, 2:00 PM

From NYC Philosophy and Psychology Readers Community

4.8

Are there any proper facts which belong to the subject of epistemology? Or are we simply learning the language and way of life which has been invented and passed down to us? In The Archaeology of Knowledge by Michel Foucault we find a careful analysis of the hidden assumptions which form the bedrock on which we build the rest of our lives. By challenging these foundations Foucault invites us to discourse analysis and genealogy as a way of re-imagining what the future could look like. As is often the experience in philosophy, a tension between freedom and weightlessness is cultivated as we ask how we should live on a foundation we did not choose. Participants should read the entire reading before attending this in person meeting. We will read pages 1-55 for the first week. I will be reading from this version [here](https://www.amazon.com/Archaeology-Knowledge-Discourse-Language/dp/0394711068/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2TBF86VW1FDPE&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.4Eka-w7c4eSAU4l404xgpjNzTWGWk1CF0n4fyAPfDZZ0PvOLXu8z1mj7ZejrohnjWicKRoFdOaQiwbJYJN1oTsVCCAZ8eV84BtKb5x99TXtaoE4GvwcBg6C0mXCY3EwkQSJaRH00zQgKW6M2OJ4E6rbxYyI4EsgQe9YgtpV0mWi7tCAA4Cq2fVQhrZdIgTijOYZ7IjPBXniJBvWnwvoZ9_3FgfMfsnrVDjpUGU5e8-4.o2KumcsSP8p_pQMTFa7BzST80ImxBgwzi2cvgM8w0TQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=archaeology+of+knowledge&qid=1785190321&sprefix=archeology+of+knowledge%2Caps%2C126&sr=8-1). For questions please send me a message or post to meetup. Best, Brian

26 attendees

Fiction Series: Immortality, Recognition, and Spectacle (Kundera, Hegel, Debord)

Thu, Aug 27, 11:00 PM

From NYC Philosophy and Psychology Readers Community

4.8

Hi everyone! Welcome back to fiction group! Please join us on Thursday, August 27th for the first section of Milan Kundera’s ***Immortality***. We will have quite a few philosophical selections paired with this piece, so buckle up. The first meeting will be paired with excerpts from Hegel’s ***The Phenomenology of Spirit*** and Guy Debord’s ***Society of the Spectacle*.** (I know that sounds pretty hefty, but I believe in you all!) Though definitively unclassifiable, *Immortality* is a novel of seven parts, exploring the nature of eros, longing, nostalgia and images under the reign of mass ideology. As we observe conversations between Hemingway and Goethe, the revolving lives of Agnes and Paul, and even Kundera’s own commentary, our essence (and our limitations) are left exposed. Required reading includes the following: * **Part I and Part II of Milan Kundera’s *Immortality*** (pages 1-90 of the Harper Perennial Modern Classics Edition) * **[Section B “Self-Consciousness,” from Hegel’s ](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AGfDLUAaijfC6qi5NlR9hb2OJ_J2k62Q/view?usp=sharing)*[The Phenomenology of Spirit](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AGfDLUAaijfC6qi5NlR9hb2OJ_J2k62Q/view?usp=sharing)*** (pages 102-135 in this linked edition) * **[“Chapter 1: Separation Perfected,” from Guy Debord’s ](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qHqkM5PSmnExpJ32UD0O0K3XjpTz59cZ/view?usp=sharing)*[The Society of the Spectacle](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qHqkM5PSmnExpJ32UD0O0K3XjpTz59cZ/view?usp=sharing)*** (pages 10-21) * BONUS: **[“Approaching Literature’s Space,” from Maurice Blanchot’s ](https://drive.google.com/file/d/14_vLCMu1LGcZpXtlDFtdegD-_B4TNKfU/view?usp=sharing)*[The Space of Literature](https://drive.google.com/file/d/14_vLCMu1LGcZpXtlDFtdegD-_B4TNKfU/view?usp=sharing)*** (Just one page! Please use the hyperlinked table of contents) Unfortunately, I do not have a PDF copy of *Immortality* available. If you need any help acquiring a copy, please reach out to me directly, and I’d be happy to help! Additionally, I’d like to provide a quick quote from Kundera’s *The Art of the Novel* to be thinking about before our meet-up: "*As a model of this Western World, grounded in the relativity and ambiguity of things human, the novel is incompatible with the totalitarian universe. This incompatibility is deeper than the one that separates a dissident from an apparatchik, or a human rights campaigner from a torturer, because it is not only political or moral but ontological. By which I mean: The world of one single Truth and the relative, ambiguous world of the novel are molded of entirely different substances. Totalitarian Truth excludes relativity, doubt, questioning, it can never accommodate what I would call the spirit of the novel.”* We will be meeting on Thursday, August 27th at 7pm at Spritzenhaus33 in Williamsburg. If you have any difficulty finding us, please don’t hesitate to message me directly. See you there! \*Please excuse any anomalous typographical errors in here--I think MeetUp is going a bit haywire on my end!

27 attendees

Writers Meetup at Brooklyn Art Haus

Tue, Aug 25, 10:00 PM

From The Writing Group

4.9

The Writing Group returns to Brooklyn Art Haus. Join us! Craft is in session. **Itinerary** People are welcome starting at **6 o'clock**, and you can come and meet other writers, get a drink, socialize and hang out as you like until 7 when we will start readings. At **7 o'clock** we formally get together as a group to listen to readings from those looking for feedback. * We do not select readers based on order of arrival or a sign-up sheet, so if you have work until late but still want to come and read, you can! * Each reader gets five (5) minutes to read, so please select a section of work which is appropriate for that time limit. * We welcome narrative prose (fiction and non-fiction), poetry, and scripts (be they for screen or stage), so long as it is writing that you're serious about. * We'll then spend another five (5) minutes in discussion. This is time for the listeners to provide feedback on the reading and discussing the craft in general. We welcome (and encourage) constructive criticism, so long as it is done with respect. This is just as important as the reading, and is done as an open conversation not lead by the reader or the host, so no hand raising required! * We try to get to as many people who want to read as we can, so if there are a lot of attendees we will be very strict on time. * We take a short break at **8 o'clock** . At **9 o'clock** we finish readings and start our formal social hour. Meet new friends, connect with old ones, exchange longer works for review, or just let loose.

21 attendees

The bookworms are back at Melting Cups for the tail end of summer. Join us on **Sunday morning** **(10 am)** at **[Melting Cups Café](https://www.meltingcups.com/)** Arrive, grab a drink ☕️, pastry 🥐 or both, and settle in the art gallery area (back) where the comfy couches are. Around 10:15 a.m., we’ll have casual introductions sharing what books we are reading. 📖🤓 We’ll wrap up by noon when the café gets busier. We'll try to keep this a recurring event through the Fall. If you want to host or co-host let us know!

15 attendees

A Streetcare Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Tue, Aug 18, 10:00 PM

From NYC Classics Book Club

4.8

This month’s reads: A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams Join us to discuss these two celebrated works of American drama, first performed and published in 1947 and 1955. These plays explore desire, family conflict, illusion, and the tension between truth and self-deception through the lives of their complex characters. **Please note:** there are two versions of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, with different endings. Read whichever one you choose. We will compare the endings at the meeting if members have read more than one version. **Also note:** we are meeting in Central Park; we will be in Sheep Meadow, just south of Le Pain Quotidien. See the Location section for the exact meeting spot. Please bring a blanket or chair, and any snacks or drinks you would like to share. If it rains, we will meet at the Hugh as usual. Spaces are limited; RSVP required. You are welcome to participate regardless of whether you've finished the plays. Looking forward to seeing you there!

25 attendees

Book to be discussed: “Flesh” by David Szalay

Tue, Sep 1, 10:30 PM

From NYC Gay Guys' Book Club

4.7

"Teenaged István lives with his mother in a quiet apartment complex in Hungary. Shy and new in town, he is a stranger to the social rituals practiced by his classmates and is soon isolated, drawn instead into a series of events that leave him forever a stranger to peers, his mother, and himself. In the years that follow, István is born along by the goodwill, or self-interest, of strangers, charting a rocky yet upward trajectory that lands him further from his childhood, and the defining events that abruptly ended it, than he could possibly have imagined. A collection of intimate moments over the course of decades, *Flesh* chronicles a man at odds with himself—estranged from and by the circumstances and demands of a life not entirely under his control and the roles that he is asked to play. Shadowed by the specter of past tragedy and the apathy of modernity, the tension between István and all that alienates him hurtles forward until sudden tragedy again throws life as he knows it in jeopardy. 'Spare and detached on the page, lush in resonance beyond it' (NPR), *Flesh* traces the imperceptible but indelible contours of unresolved trauma and its aftermath amid the precarity and violence of an ever-globalizing Europe with incisive insight, unyielding pathos, and startling humanity." — [goodreads.com](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214152261-flesh?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14) After the meeting, we head over to Julius' (one of the oldest operating gay bars in NYC) to chat about things other than books. Julius' is at 159 West 10th Street (on the corner of Waverly Place, about a block from the library). www.juliusbarny.com

60 attendees

August Book Club!

Mon, Aug 31, 10:30 PM

From Social Striders Running Club

5.0

On Monday, August 31st we’ll meet to discuss My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante! 👭🇮🇹 Can read as much of the book as you'd like! 📚 We'll bring Italian snacks to share! You're also welcome to brings snacks but it's not necessary! (We often end up with lots lol) We’ll meet at 6:30pm and we’ll meet inside Romer’s Hell’s Kitchen. Once you get there, take a right til you get to The Study (1st floor office / lounge area) https://maps.app.goo.gl/aRx7Kzjx6y8pUAN3 Please reach out with any questions! Looking forward to seeing you!