• February Discussion Night

    Stone Creek Bar and Lounge 140 East 27th St., New York, NY, United States

    Topic: Should folks from Islamic nations be denied entry into the US or welcomed? Host:  Lee Moore The event is free, but please purchase food or drink to compensate Stone Creek for the use of their space.

    Free
  • February Monthly Meeting

    SLC Conference Center 15 West 39th Street – 3rd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Host: Ken Bronstein SPEAKER: KAREN GARST, Ph.D She recently retired as executive director of the Oregon State Bar. She has a blog at http://www.faithlessfeminist.com and is on Facebook and YouTube...

    $10
  • March Brunch & Speaker

    The Press Box 932 2nd Avenue, New York, NY, United States

    SPEAKER: Dave Silverman President, American Atheists SUBJECT: American Atheists' Trump Action - How NYCA and AA Can Work Together The cost of this event is $20 which includes a wonderful all-you-can-eat brunch followed by our guest speaker.

    $20
  • March Discussion Night

    Stone Creek Bar and Lounge 140 East 27th St., New York, NY, United States

    Topic: Scientology, How Can We Oppose This Blight on Our Culture? Host:  Lee Moore The event is free, but please purchase food or drink to compensate Stone Creek for the use of their space.

    Free
  • March Monthly Meeting

    SLC Conference Center 15 West 39th Street – 3rd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Host: Ken Bronstein SPEAKER: Rafael O'Halloran Assistant Professor of Radiology, Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai TOPIC: Brain Imaging Technology, Neurological and Psychological Diseases A $10 charge for this...

    $10
  • April Brunch & Speaker

    The Press Box 932 2nd Avenue, New York, NY, United States

    SPEAKER: Katherine Stewart President, American Atheists SUBJECT: Betsy DeVos and the Republican Plan to Make Charters Available for Religious Schools AUTHOR: The Good News Club - The Christian Right’s Stealth Assault on America’s Children A chilling exposé of the well-funded, highly coordinated effort by Christian Nationalists to use public schools to advance a fundamentalist agenda....

    $20
  • April Discussion Night

    Stone Creek Bar and Lounge 140 East 27th St., New York, NY, United States

    Topic: The Trump Presidency: How Do We Fight Back? Host:  Lee Moore The event is free, but please purchase food or drink to compensate Stone Creek for the use of their space.

    Free
  • April Monthly Meeting

    SLC Conference Center 15 West 39th Street – 3rd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Host: Ken Bronstein SPEAKER: Mercer Brugler, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Organismal Biology - NYC College of Technology TOPIC: Explore the beautiful and unusual lifeforms that thrive on the sea floor! Cruise with Dr. Brugler as he explores the unusual and beautiful life-forms that thrive on the ocean floor. Dive to ocean depths where no light penetrates and chemicals...

    $10
  • May Brunch & Speaker

    The Press Box 932 2nd Avenue, New York, NY, United States

    SUBJECT: Fake News - Repetition Becomes Fact VIDEO: The Brainwashing of My Dad Examines the Influence of the “vast right-wing conspiracy” News Media. How right-wing news programs, talk shows and internet sites turned her once reasonable father into a raging embodiment of intolerance and suspicion. It warns of how generations of Americans have been tricked...

    $20
  • May Discussion Night

    Stone Creek Bar and Lounge 140 East 27th St., New York, NY, United States

    Topic: WHERE DO WE AS ATHEISTS STAND ON THE SUBJECT OF RACE, AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO COUNTER RACISM IN AMERICA Host:  Lee Moore The event is free, but please purchase food or drink to compensate Stone Creek for the use of their space.

    Free
  • May Monthly Meeting

    SLC Conference Center 15 West 39th Street – 3rd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Host: Ken Bronstein SPEAKER: Lee Moore TOPIC: Lee will lead a discussion on how we can make a difference by becoming more effective and successful activists, both individually and as an organization. A $10 charge for this event is used to help cover the cost of the venue.

    $10
  • June Brunch & Speaker

    The Press Box 932 2nd Avenue, New York, NY, United States

    SUBJECT: CREATION STORIES / MYTHS A creation myth (also called a cosmogonic myth) is a symbolic narrative of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it. While in popular usage the term myth often refers to false or fanciful stories, formally, it does not imply falsehood. Cultures generally regard their creation myths as true. In the society...

    $20
  • June Discussion Night

    Stone Creek Bar and Lounge 140 East 27th St., New York, NY, United States

    Topic: Climate Change Host:  Lee Moore The event is free, but please purchase food or drink to compensate Stone Creek for the use of their space.

    Free
  • June Monthly Meeting

    SLC Conference Center 15 West 39th Street – 3rd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Host: Ken Bronstein SUBJECT: WE WILL LISTEN TO WNYC'S BRIAN LEHRER INTERVIEW OF BROOKE GLADSTONE ABOUT HER NEW BOOK: The Trouble With Reality: A Rumination on Moral Panic in Our Time.  HOW fake news, post-truth, and why reality itself has become a hotly contested issue of our time.  A LIVELY DISCUSSION WILL FOLLOW Brooke Gladstone, host...

    $10
  • July 4th Picnic

    Conservatory Garden 5TH AVE AT 105TH STREET, New York, NY, United States

    NYC ATHEISTS ANNUAL JULY 4TH PICNIC Join us in the beautiful Conservancy Garden in Central Park! Meeting place will be in the upstairs gazebo behind the fountain. Bring your own food & drinks. (5th Ave at 105th Street) Subway: 6 (103rd) / 2 & 3 (110TH st) / 4 & 5 (110th) Afterwards we can visit the...

  • Street Tabling

    Columbus Circle 10 Columbus Circle, New York, NY, United States

    On Saturdays during the summer months, we set up our cozy tent-covered table on the sidewalk on Columbus Circle (in front of the Time Warner Building) and chat with interested with passers-by. We don't accost people, but simply make ourselves available to provide information and answer questions about what we do as an organization and...

  • July Brunch & Speaker

    The Press Box 932 2nd Avenue, New York, NY, United States

    SUBJECT: MY JOURNEY OF A BANGLADESHI WOMEN FROM ISLAM TO ATHEISM ZERIN FIROZE is an outspoken Ex-Muslim, atheist, feminist and human right activist. Due to her advocacy for secular, LGBT and women’s rights, she has received death threats from groups such as Ansar-Al-Islam, Jamaat-Shibir, Hefajat-e-Islami and was forced to flee Bangladesh The cost of this...

    $20
  • July Discussion Night

    Stone Creek Bar and Lounge 140 East 27th St., New York, NY, United States

    Topic: Empathy and Forgiveness To what degree do we empathize with our religious neighbors even when they are hostile to us? Can we forgive those same people who have harmed us in the past? Host:  Lee Moore The event is free, but please purchase food or drink to compensate Stone Creek for the use of...

    Free
  • July Monthly Meeting

    SLC Conference Center 15 West 39th Street – 3rd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Host: Ken Bronstein SUBJECT: WILL FACEBOOK REPLACE THE CHURCH? How Facebook is like a church, according to founder Mark Zuckerberg Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said: “Its members gather to comfort and encourage one another. They check in on the sick and struggling. They wish each other a happy birthday. But it’s not church. It’s...

    $10
  • September Brunch & Speaker

    The Press Box 932 2nd Avenue, New York, NY, United States

    SUBJECT: SECULAR MUSIC PERFORMER: SHELLEY SEGAL, SINGER AND SONGWRITER FROM AUSTRALIA The cost of this event is $20 which includes a wonderful all-you-can-eat brunch followed by our guest speaker.

    $20