What we’re about
We are a group of scientific skeptics (as opposed to 'conspiracy skeptics') with a heavy emphasis on critical thinking. If you don't believe in paranormal ability, ouija boards or ghosts then this group is for you.
FOUNDED IN 2008, we have many field trips and casual get-togethers just to socialize with other critical thinkers as well, and of course our great pot-luck summer and winter solstice parties.
Our goal: To support the agnostic/athiest/skeptic/humanist community with local meetings, potluck parties, and other social events. To spread the word that scientific skeptics and non-believers that promote secular values and the separation of church and state. We cherish humanistic values over any supernatural superstitions and encourage others to look at their worldview with critical thinking skills.
I hope you join our group and enjoy the conversations we have!
This meetup is a subgroup of Atheists United
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FILM: NOUVELLE VAGUE (2025)
Lumiere Cinema at the Music Hall, 9036 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA, USNot doing Christmas? Me neither! Come to lunch and a movie!
“This is the story of Godard making “Breathless”, told in the style and spirit in which Godard made “Breathless”.”
Cross-posted with LA & OC Weirdo Music and Art Forum
Date: Thursday, Dec. 25, 2:00 pm
Lunch 12:00 at Nate & Al's Deli - 414 N Beverly Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Venue: Lumiere Cinema at the Music Hall 3 | 9036 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills 90211
at Doheny Drive & Wilshire Blvd.
Tickets: $16.00 [https://lumieretickets.com/purchase?showId=69416 ]
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UufRzKVFseg
Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 90% positive rating
Critics Consensus: Seamlessly recreating one of cinema's most groundbreaking productions, Nouvelle Vague doesn't reinvent the medium the way its subjects did, but it pays tribute to their accomplishment with infectious admiration.
Nouvelle Vague is a 2025 comedy drama film directed by Richard Linklater. Starring Guillaume Marbeck as Jean-Luc Godard, Zoey Deutch as Jean Seberg, and Aubry Dullin as Jean-Paul Belmondo, it follows the shooting of Breathless (1960), one of the first feature films of the French New Wave of cinema.
Nouvelle Vague had its premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on 17 May 2025. It was theatrically released in France by ARP Sélection on 8 October and received a limited theatrical release in the United States on 31 October, before streaming on Netflix on 14 November. Among its accolades, the film received a nomination for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the 83rd Golden Globe Awards and Deutch was nominated for Best Supporting Performance at the 41st Independent Spirit Awards.
biography, comedy, drama, history/ 2025/ 1h 46m/dialogue & adaptation by Michèle Halberstadt & Laetitia Masson/ written by Holly Gent & Vincent Palmo Jr./directed by Richard Linklater/country: U.S.A., France/language: English, French, Italian with English subtitles/1 attendee
The Times That Tried Men’s Souls: TP's Service During the Revolutionary War
Location not specified yetPlease plan to join us for the yearly celebration of the official birthdate of one of the most important founders of the United States of America, Thomas Paine. The online event, entitled “The Times That Tried Men’s Souls: Thomas Paine’s Service During the Revolutionary War,” will take place on Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 4:00 PM PDT/7:00 PM EDT. Here is the registration link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ga-dvEPuR0iLzT5LA45BOw
The logo for this event is a photo of a memorial to Thomas Paine. The memorial depicts Paine writing The American Crisis papers during the Revolutionary War. It was sculpted by Georg Lober. The memorial was dedicated on July 4, 1950 in Morristown, New Jersey.
The January 2026 event is sponsored by the Thomas Paine Memorial Association (TPMA), Black Nonbelievers, Thomas Paine Historical Association, Freethought Society, Freedom From Religion Foundation, Thomas Paine Society, Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers, American Atheists, Secular Coalition for America, American Humanist Association, and Center for Inquiry/Richard Dawkins Foundation for Science and Reason.
TPMA president Margaret Downey and TPMA board member Christopher Cameron will host the live online event.
Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD District 8) and Congresswoman Victoria Spartz (R-IN-05) will deliver opening words.
Little known facts about Paine’s military service will be disclosed and Jack Kelly, author of Tom Paine’s War, will be the keynote speaker.
Actor Ian Ruskin will read excerpts from Paine’s The American Crisispapers, which were often written in battleground locations.
Gene Jones from Florida Veterans for Common Sense will talk about Paine’s heroism and how the government repaid his service.
A video created by caretakers of the Thomas Paine Cottage, Suzanne Tanswell and Gary Bush, will be shown. The cottage is located in New Rochelle, New York.
The Question-and-Answer segment will feature Thomas Paine expert Gary Berton along with TPMA Board Members Downey, Frances Chiu and Joy Masoff.
The event will end with a casual social hour and toasts to Paine’s legacy are welcomed. The first toast will come from sculptor Zenos Frudakis as he shows us the progress he has made creating a statue of Paine.
Pre-registration is required at the link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ga-dvEPuR0iLzT5LA45BOw5 attendees
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