Smerconish Mingle Meetup Philadelphia #6

The Mingle Meetup – Round Six!

Thursday, February 26, 5:30–8:00 p.m.
📍 El Poquito, Chestnut Hill
🍸 Happy Hour until 6:00 p.m.

We’re excited to gather again for our next Mingle Meetup and to keep building on the energy from our last event. Round Five sparked one of our most thoughtful conversations yet, and we’d love to keep that momentum going with a mix of returning friends and new faces.

What started as a small experiment has now grown to more than 115 members, all connected by a shared interest in respectful, curious, and civil conversation. It’s been great to see this community expand, and we’re hoping to welcome even more voices this time around.

We’re also trying something new with sign-ups to make things simpler and more inclusive:

Anyone who signs up is welcome to attend, whether you’re listed as “going” or on the waitlist.

Because Meetup limits the number of official RSVPs, the waitlist no longer means “maybe.” If you’ve added your name, please come! We just want to avoid a hard cap that keeps interested people away.

As always, inspired by Michael Smerconish’s The Mingle Project, this group is for those who often find themselves somewhere in the middle — open-minded, thoughtful, and eager to listen as much as they speak. Expect good food, relaxed conversation, and meaningful exchange about the ideas shaping our lives and communities.

If you have topic suggestions you’d love the group to explore, please share them; we’re always looking for new questions to spark discussion. Whether it’s your first time or your sixth, I hope you’ll join us.

If you have questions, feel free to email me at joe.stanzione@gmail.com or message me through Meetup.

Looking forward to another great night,

Joe