What we’re about
PHILOSOPHY + ART CAFE' : Readings/Discussions on what matters most
Welcome to our group! Please try one of our philosophy cafe's. Since January 2018, we've been meeting most weeks upstairs at the Fresh Market grocery store on St Charles Ave. We run informal discussions on a pre-determined topic in a public space. In a slightly more formal setting , we also explore ethical issues, especially what character, liberty, virtue are and what living the ethical life together ought to be like. Finally we offer reading- or video-based structured discussions on all things "theory" -- social, critical, political, art, literary, cultural theory or on notorious characters in philosophy such as Aristotle, Marcus Aurelius, Friedrich Nietzsche, Michel Foucault ...
We are open to and respectful of all "moderate/subversive" views, as we like to put it. We value deliberation as our preferred mode of holding discussions. There's always a moderator or two to nurture order and respect so that we can all feel safe and be genuinely engaged. RSVP and show up! [We value SMALL group discussions. RSVP early or you might be kept out.]
Guy H. and Todd B./Organizers
PS 1: Some of you may also be interested in our Theology Cafe's. Just go to www.meetup.com/theocafe
All this is part of the School for Conviviality. For that, just go to www.meetup.com/convivial
PS 2: Use common sense for your Profile Name (first name and a bit more) and Profile Photo (your face or no pic if concerned about your privacy online). Show signs of maybe not sharing that common sense and your application to this group will be declined. Fair enough?
Upcoming events (1)
See all- Wed. 30th. 1p rebroadcast of "ROMEO et JULIETTE" by Met Opera, @ Elmwood theaterAMC Elmwood Palace 20, Harahan, LA
Join us Wednesday, July 30th, at the Elmwood Palace 20 movie theater for the rebroadcast of the French opera "ROMEO ET JULIETTE" by Charles Gounod, part of the 2024-25 season of the New York Metropolitan Opera. With soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor Benjamin Bernheim. 3 hours; we do the matinee show starting at 1 pm. Tickets are $16 to 19.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rom%C3%A9o_et_Juliette
https://www.metopera.org/season/summer-events/live-in-hd-summer-encores/
https://www.amctheatres.com/search?q=romeo%20et%20juliette
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I'll be in the lobby (by the bar) from 12:35 to 12:55.
For more info, call/text/email Guy Henoumont anytime at 504-460-9049 or at guyheno@gmail .com
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Oh darling, how I long that you may fulfil your promise ... Our own little room, our own furniture, a library of our own, quiet and regular work, walks together, an opera from time to time, a small -- very small -- circle of intimate friends ... And perhaps even a little, very little, baby?
[Rosa Luxemburg, Polish-born German revolutionary, to Leo Jogiches, fellow socialist, March 6th, 1899. Neither of the two turned out to be equipped for domesticity. They were both arrested and murdered during an insurrection in 1919. ~~ from "Love Letters: An Anthology of Passion"]
