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January Brunch & Speaker
The Press Box 932 2nd Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesSpeaker: Stephen Bronner, PhD Topic: The Bigot: Why Prejudice Persists Stephen Eric Bronner is a prolific author, activist, and one of America’s leading political thinkers. His new book The Bigot: Why Prejudice Persists (see here) presents bigotry as a systematic, all-encompassing mindset that has a special affinity for right-wing movements. In what will surely prove a seminal...
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January Book & Film Club
Stone Creek Bar and Lounge 140 East 27th St., New York, NY, United StatesHost: David Orenstein, PhD Movie: Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors The movie starts at 7 p.m. but come early for Happy Hour at 6:30 pm! Discussion will follow. The event is free, but please purchase food or drink to compensate Stone Creek for the use of their space.
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January Discussion Night
Stone Creek Bar and Lounge 140 East 27th St., New York, NY, United StatesThis Month's Topic: Building a stronger atheist community. Host: Lee Moore The event is free, but please purchase food or drink to compensate Stone Creek for the use of their space.
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January Monthly Meeting
SLC Conference Center 15 West 39th Street – 3rd Floor, New York, NY, United StatesSpeaker: Mark Oppenheimer, PhD Religion reporter at the New York Times Topic: Atheism and the Media Mark Oppenheimer writes the biweekly Beliefs column for The New York Times. He also writes for The New York Times Magazine, The Nation, The Forward, Tablet, and Mother Jones. He is the author of three books, including Knocking on...
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February Brunch & Speaker
The Press Box 932 2nd Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesSpeaker: Scott Williams, Ph.D. Topic: An Afternoon with Scott Williams Assistant Professor of Anthropology - Center for the Study of Human Origins Acting on a tip from spelunkers two years ago, scientists in South Africa discovered what the cavers had only dimly glimpsed through a crack in a limestone wall deep in the Rising Star Cave:...
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February Discussion Night
Stone Creek Bar and Lounge 140 East 27th St., New York, NY, United StatesThis Month's Topics: 1) The impact of Justice Scalia's death. 2) The election season: who are the candidates we support and who are the ones we are terrified of? Host: Lee Moore The event is free, but please purchase food or drink to compensate Stone Creek for the use of their space.
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February Monthly Meeting
SLC Conference Center 15 West 39th Street – 3rd Floor, New York, NY, United StatesCelebrate Charles Darwin's 209th Birthday!! Speaker: J. Bret Bennington Ph.D Professor of Geology, Environment, and Sustainability, Hofstra University Topic: Life of Charles Darwin, Evolution and the Galapagos J. Bret Bennington, Ph.D., is a paleontologist with a strong interest in evolution and geology and is actively involved in the IDEAS Institute (Institute for the Development of...
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March Brunch & Speaker
The Press Box 932 2nd Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesSpeaker: Patricia Wright, PhD Distinguished Service Professor Stony Brook University Topic: Lemurs - Earth’s Most Diverse Group of Primates Madagascar is a strange place. It’s sometimes called the 8th continent due to its unique evolution and physical isolation. Ninety percent of its wildlife is found nowhere else. With no monkeys to compete with, Madagascar’s lemurs evolved...
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March Discussion Night
Stone Creek Bar and Lounge 140 East 27th St., New York, NY, United StatesA surprise lively timely topic that will spur rambunctious discussion! Host: Lee Moore The event is free, but please purchase food or drink to compensate Stone Creek for the use of their space.
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March Book & Film Club
Stone Creek Bar and Lounge 140 East 27th St., New York, NY, United StatesHost: David Orenstein, PhD Movie: Spotlight The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core. The movie starts at 7 p.m. but come early for Happy Hour at 6:30 pm! Discussion will follow. The event is...
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March Monthly Meeting
SLC Conference Center 15 West 39th Street – 3rd Floor, New York, NY, United StatesTopic: How Did Life Emerge on Earth? We will watch and discuss a fabulous PBS Nova video "Life's Rocky Start". Four and a half billion years ago, the young Earth was a hellish place - a seething chaos of meteorite impacts, volcanoes belching noxious gases, and lightning flashing through a thin, torrid atmosphere. Then,...
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April Brunch & Speaker
The Press Box 932 2nd Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesSpeaker: Matthew Stanley, PhD Associate Professor (faculty page) NYU: Gallatin School of Individualized Study Matthew Stanley teaches and researches the history and philosophy of science. He holds degrees in astronomy, religion, physics, and the history of science and is interested in the connections between science and the wider culture. He is the author of Practical Mystic:...
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April Book & Film Club
Stone Creek Bar and Lounge 140 East 27th St., New York, NY, United StatesHost: David Orenstein, PhD Book: In the Name of Heaven: 3000 Years of Religious Persecution Author: Mary Jane Engh, an independent scholar of Roman history On Amazon Religion—the source of...
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April Discussion Night
Stone Creek Bar and Lounge 140 East 27th St., New York, NY, United StatesSubject: The role of social justice within the atheist community Host: Lee Moore The event is free, but please purchase food or drink to compensate Stone Creek for the use of their space.
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April Monthly Meeting
SLC Conference Center 15 West 39th Street – 3rd Floor, New York, NY, United StatesWe will watch and then discuss the History Channel's How the Earth was Made. Host: Ken Bronstein Built on the remains of mountains that 450 million years ago were as tall as the Himalayas, New York is one of the most man-made spaces on the planet. Learn how everything about it - from the height of...
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May Brunch & Speaker
The Press Box 932 2nd Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesSpeaker: Elizabeth Raymond MD, MPH Senior Medical Associate, Gynuity Health Projects (About Dr. Raymond) Dr. Raymond is a senior scientist at Gynuity Health Projects in New York City, a leading international women's health research organization. Over the past 20 years, she has published over 75 peer-reviewed scientific papers on contraception, abortion, and related fields and has served as an expert...
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May Discussion Night
Stone Creek Bar and Lounge 140 East 27th St., New York, NY, United StatesSubject: Free Will Host: Lee Moore The event is free, but please purchase food or drink to compensate Stone Creek for the use of their space.
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May Monthly Meeting
SLC Conference Center 15 West 39th Street – 3rd Floor, New York, NY, United StatesTopic: Deconstructing "G-d Bless America" Host: Ken Bronstein The speaker will be Tim Law, investigative reporter in the fields of law and the environment as well as a participant in the social media culture war.
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May Book & Film Club
Stone Creek Bar and Lounge 140 East 27th St., New York, NY, United StatesHost: David Orenstein, PhD Film: Crimes and Misdemeanors by Woody Allen An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife, while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated by another woman. The event starts at 7 p.m. but come early for Happy Hour at 6:30 pm! Discussion will follow. The event is free, but please purchase...
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Reason Rally
National Mall Washington D.C.In 2012, people from all across America assembled together on the National Mall in D.C. for an epic event in the history of our country. Standing in the rain, we declared to the world, “We are many! We are strong! We are united! And we are here!” Four years have passed, and we’re ready to...