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Exclusive 2-Hour Event for Directors & Senior Leaders (£250k+ Turnover)
**Kindly note that this is a paid event and the average number of attendees for our events is 60-70 people. You can register on [https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exclusive-2-hour-event-for-directors-senior-leaders-250k-turnover-tickets-1981605741115?aff=meetup](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exclusive-2-hour-event-for-directors-senior-leaders-250k-turnover-tickets-1981605741115?aff=meetup)**
Get ready for an exclusive 2-hour event tailored for top-tier executives - it's time to level up your leadership game!
We are pleased to invite a select group of **directors, founders, and senior decision-makers** to an exclusive **2-hour leadership gathering** created specifically for companies with an annual turnover of **£250,000 or more**. 💼🚀
Hosted by **London Connector**—a trusted business community known for facilitating **high-calibre networking**, **meaningful partnerships**, and **cross-sector collaborations**—this premium event has been curated for leaders who appreciate **quality, relevance, and strategic value**. 🌐🤝
This session is designed to offer **executive-level conversations**, **deep strategic insights**, and **focused peer-to-peer interaction** among professionals who understand scale, leadership responsibilities, and the realities of growing successful businesses. 🧠📊🏢
## **⭐ Why Attend (Benefits for Leaders)**
• 🤝 Connect with senior professionals and verified business owners generating **£250k+ turnover** • 🔗 Build strategic partnerships, alliances, and board-level relationships • 💬 Exchange insights with leaders facing similar operational, financial, and growth challenges • 🏆 Position your company within a **high-calibre, invitation-only leadership community** • 🎟️ Enjoy seamless access to the main **London Connector Business Networking Event** immediately after the session • 🌱 Benefit from London Connector’s trusted environment where meaningful business conversations naturally lead to opportunities
## **🌟 What Makes This a London Connector Premium Event**
London Connector is recognised for: • ✔️ **Curated guest lists** ensuring high-value interactions • ❤️ **Genuine relationship-building** over transactional networking • 🔄 **Cross-industry collaboration** opportunities • 🤝 **Supportive, growth-focused community culture** • 📈 Events designed to generate **real business outcomes**, partnerships, and long-term relationships
This 2-hour leadership gathering reflects London Connector’s philosophy: **bring the right people into the room and allow meaningful conversations to create real impact.** 💡✨
## **🔒 Exclusivity & Registration Process**
To maintain the premium quality of this curated leadership event, **all attendees must contact the organiser before booking**. This ensures that only those who truly meet the criteria—or current members of the **London Connector** community—are able to participate.
👉 **Please contact [Duc Zambrini](https://www.linkedin.com/in/duc-zambrini-a5590a261/ "https://www.linkedin.com/in/duc-zambrini-a5590a261/") on LinkedIn or WhatsApp 07789740193 before securing your ticket.** This quick step helps us confirm eligibility and preserve the high-calibre environment expected at this session.
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Win-Win Connector® – Leadership Networking for Business Owners & Directors
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Values-driven networking for business owners & directors focused on human-first, win-win relationships, collaboration, and ethical growth.
Join **London Connector®** for a leadership networking event created for **business owners, company directors, founders, and senior entrepreneurs** who believe business starts *human-to-human* and grows through **win-win collaboration**.
This event is for leaders who value **integrity, cooperation, and long-term relationships**, and who want to grow their business in a way that aligns with their ethics.
## **About This Event**
The **Win-Win Connector®** brings together **like-minded entrepreneurs and directors in London** who intentionally seek cooperation, shared learning, and mutual growth.
You will be welcome in a focused environment where relationships are built on trust, values, and a genuine desire to grow together.
## **Why Attend**
You will connect with people who share your mindset and approach to business:
* ✔️ **Business owners & directors** only
* ✔️ **Meaningful, focused conversations**
* ✔️ **Win-win business collaboration**
* ✔️ **Values-aligned professional relationships**
**Leadership Networking → Collaboration → Sustainable Growth**
## **What You’ll Experience**
* 🤝 **Relevant connections** with founders, directors, and entrepreneurs
* 💬 **Clear, thoughtful conversations** about leadership and business growth
* 🚀 **Practical collaboration** leading to partnerships, clients, and long-term allies
## **Who Should Attend**
This London networking event is ideal for:
* Company Owners & Directors
* Founders & Entrepreneurs
* Senior Decision-Makers
* Investors & Innovators
* Business professionals who value ethics and cooperation
If you believe business should be **human-first, ethical, and win-win**, this event is for you.
## **What You’ll Leave With**
* Strategic, values-aligned partnerships
* Real business opportunities
* A trusted professional network
* Long-term, win-win relationships
## **Agenda & Format**
* 🕕 **From 6:00 PM onwards:** Free-format networking
* 🎤 **Fully hosted event:** Curated introductions and light facilitation throughout the evening.
The evening is designed to allow natural, high-quality conversations while ensuring guests are welcomed, supported, and connected with intention.
## **🔵 Register Now**
Click **“Get Tickets”** to join the **Win-Win Connector® Leadership Networking Event in London**.
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SOMETHING YOU LOVE
A special event to uplift, inspire, and provoke new ideas.
**THE BACKSTORY:**
At a recent [THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS IN PUBS](https://www.meetup.com/thought-experiments-in-pubs) event, someone on my table said:
***“This is the best book I’ve ever read”*.**
The rest of us leaned in a little further and paid closer attention.
The person told us about a book they'd read, years ago, and how it had changed their life.
This moment stuck in my mind and I found myself pondering the idea of other people as curators, or filters of information. In a time where we have access to unprecedented amounts of information, filtering is valuable. It felt like a privilege to hear about someone's *favourite* book.
It was also very uplifting to hear someone talk so positively about something they love.
**So, I envisioned** **a meetup where people would have the opportunity to share something they love and to hear what other people love right off the bat.**
**What kinds of things do you mean?** **Anything!**
* A song that moves you
* The time of day when you feel most alive
* An idea you came across recently
* A memory
* A character (etc. etc.).
**HOW WE'LL DO IT, logistically:**
* Split into small groups, 3-4 people
* 20 minutes to share about your respective 'artefacts'. I will play a sound every 5 minutes so that you have a sense of the time and can make sure everyone has space to talk.
* Shuffle groups
* Another 20 minutes in a new group to share about your original 'artefact' or something new
* Shuffle groups
* A final 20 minutes for either another round of shares, or free flowing conversation
This is a pilot event, so the format is still subject to evolution, but **if you feel like being presented with a unique bouquet of other people’s favourite things, please join us.**
**NOTES ON THE GENERAL ATMOSPHERE**:
* Relaxed, laid back, friendly.
* No pressure to share.
* Everyone loves a good listener. Be generous and respectful with your listening.
* Feel free to suggest tweaks to the format, there's always room for improvement.
**WHERE WE'LL MEET**:
This group will be at The Betjeman Arms. The nearest Tube station is King's Cross St. Pancras. You can access the pub either from the street (entrance to the right of The St Pancras Hotel entrance) or via St Pancras Station (entrance from the upstairs train platforms). We'll be in the private dining room - ask at the bar if you can't find us.
**WHO SHOULD COME**:
Everyone! The more perspectives, the richer the conversation. This group is not about presenting a perfect share, its about offering something you love to the group and listening to other people's 'loves'. In doing so, we hope to inspire, uplift, and get to know one another.
I'm so looking forward to meeting & talking with you in this beautiful pub :-)
You can read more about my rationale for meetups like this here: [SUBSTACK](https://experimentsingroupwisdom.substack.com/)
And if you would like to further support them, you can do so here:
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Thank you!
FRENCH CONVERSATION (Rusty Intermediate) with a native tutor
***WARNING***
*If you are new to our Meet Up or haven't attended any class for months, please, BEFORE signing up to a conversation class, send an email in French to Christian at frenchlondonexperience at gmail dot com ; Anyone -* aforementioned - *signing up to a class before getting an agreement will be removed from the list. Thanks for your cooperation.*
You want to improve your fluency, your pronunciation and your French skills? You want to get more vocabulary, knowledge and understanding of French, the French and France? You want to speak on various topics with the support of a French native tutor?
Each week, we come up to a different theme. It pushes your conversation skills up. It helps you to speak about many topics and to interact in French in multiple contexts.
Regular attendees learn a lot, make improvements and are able to have a chat about numerous topic!
The bonus, you will be able to ask questions to an authentic French native!
**THE CLASS:**
This is a face-to-face conversation class lasting 60 minutes run by a French native & professional tutor (in London since 2016).
This is a Conversation Class dedicated to French learners who struggle to have a spontaneous conversation. If you think your French is rusty, if you feel not really comfortable to interact among a group of other French speakers, this class is for you (if not sure, send a message in French to the organiser).
The class goes on an adapted pace with a first part dedicated to a chit-chat and then we'll focus on a short text to learn about French culture and the language.
We approach the theme, read a short text (you get a copy for the session), speak, learn vocabulary and things about French culture. The theme is always linked to French, the French and France. At the end, we wrap up and keep a few minutes for some miscellaneous questions.
After the class, you will get an email with a list of vocabulary (some words / expressions seen along the class).
This is a very small group class: maximum of 4 attendees and a minimum of 2. So you will speak directly to the tutor.
During the class, the tutor helps you to structure and improve your phrasing, and to develop your understanding.
**IMPORTANT**
If you are new to our Meet Up, please send ASAP an email at frenchlondonexperience at gmail dot com to introduce yourself, to check your level, to confirm your space and to get the Bank details for payment.
**PRICING:**
You can pay each time or by block (then you save money)
\- £15 per session \(to be paid when signing up by bank transfer \- Bank details on request\)
\- £60 for 6 sessions \(to be used within 3 months \- to be paid in advance by bank transfer \- Bank details on request\)
People who sign up without paying will be removed from the list.
If, after your first attendance, you decide to subscribe to the offer of £60 for 6 classes, you add £45 and then you incorporate your first class in the subscription.
The pricing is made to encourage you to attend more regularly as improvements will come with regularity.
**TERMS & CONDITIONS**
If you are to join, you are more than welcome to sign up.
But, please, if you have an unforeseen hitch, up date your status as soon as possible. As spaces are limited, if you don't turn up or if you cancel at the last minute, a space is wasted. Thanks for helping.
\- Fees are payable at the booking
\- No refund \(exchange for cancellation more than 12 hours before the start of the event\)
\- No refund\, no exchange for late cancellation \(less than 12 hours\) or non\-attendance
\- People who don't turn may be banned\.
If the session is fully booked, please put your name on the waiting list but ONLY if you are sure to be able to attend the session. As soon a space becomes available, even at the very last minute, you will be on the attendance list. Then you will be expected to attend the session and it will be due, even if you don't actually attend.
Thanks for your cooperation and thanks for understanding.
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Monday Evening Chanting Circle - with Gayatri in Elephant & Castle
**Monday Evening Chanting Circle \| 6:30–8:00pm**
Start the week by unwinding your body and mind through voice and sound.
This weekly chanting class is a relaxed, welcoming space to come together after work and reset through simple, shared vocal practice.
We use a mix of:
* Sanskrit mantras
* Rainbow songs
* Shamanic chants
* Gentle voicework
Chanting is a form of meditation that works through rhythm, breath, and repetition. You don’t need any musical experience and you don’t need to sing “well.” The voice is used as a natural tool for grounding and release, not performance.
Practising regularly can help:
* Settle the nervous system after a busy day
* Quiet mental over-activity
* Release tension held in the body
* Improve breathing and vocal ease
Chanting in a group makes the practice easier and more enjoyable. The shared sound helps people relax more quickly and feel supported, even if they’re new to using their voice. Over time, regular group chanting can build a sense of stability, clarity, and connection.
Each session includes time to arrive, chant together, and rest in stillness at the end, so you leave feeling calmer and more centred than when you arrived.
Come as you are. No experience needed.
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CASH on the night - please message Gayatri 07505014729 to reserve place. Note that if you can't come that you need to send a text message 24 hrs in advance or payment will still need to be made
Om Shanti,
Gayatri
Diverse Ethnic Storytelling Events This Week
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PsySoc Social: Speed-Friending & Psychedelic Storytelling
[🎟️ ](https://dandelion.events/e/b3df7)**[Purchase tickets here](https://dandelion.events/e/b3df7)**[ 🎟️](https://dandelion.events/e/b3df7)
# **ABOUT THE NIGHT**
**Psychedelic Speed-friending**: sweet conversation, friend-making and (maybe?) finding your future lover! You can drop the small talk and ask the questions you REALLY want to ask. Taking inspiration from the [36 Questions to Intimacy](https://36questionsinlove.com/) and The School of Life's '100 Questions,' this evening gives you a menu of profound, intriguing, and spicy questions designed to inspire authenticity and meaningful connection with those around you.You’ll be guided through playful icebreakers and a series of 10-minute one-on-one conversations with different people throughout the evening, wrapping up with free-flowing socializing.You’ll leave here with a fresh perspective on connection, some fun stories, and maybe even the beginning of something special.
**Psychedelic Storytelling:** this is becoming a must for our monthly socials. There will be the opportunity for all of us to share our psychedelic stories - the weird, the tricky and the downright wonderful. This part of the evening will be open-mic style and we will have a sign-up sheet to add your name to the list of storytellers. Your stories should be no more than 5 minutes and there's no need to rehearse what to say or come particularly prepared - often the best stories are told off-the-cuff and from the heart!
**A Beautiful Psychedelic Community:** Get access to our wonderful community coalescing around all things fungi. Many people at our socials have become life-long friends. Most of our members come alone, this is a safe and welcoming space for everyone, no matter your age, sexuality, background, gender, ethnicity or nationality. Fungi know no boundaries, which is the ethos we bring to our socials.
**Delicious Food and Drink:** Indulge in the mouthwatering plant-based offerings at Love Shack, where creativity extends to the kitchen. Their menu features delicious, sustainably sourced dishes and drinks crafted to nourish the body and delight the senses. It’s the perfect accompaniment to an evening of artistic exploration.
[🎟️ ](https://dandelion.events/e/b3df7)**[Purchase tickets here](https://dandelion.events/e/b3df7)**[ 🎟️](https://dandelion.events/e/b3df7)
# **Schedule**
* 18:30: Arrive, socialise & grab a drink
* 19:00: Psychedelic Speed-Friending
* 20:15: Break, grab dinner & a drink
* 20:45: Psychedelic Story-telling
* 21:30: Finishing / time to socialise
# The Venue
Join us at 6.30pm on Tuesday 18th November at Love Shack, a vegan restaurant and cocktail bar spread over three beautiful exposed brick arches in the heart of Hackney, East London.
# Membership
**MEMBERS of the Psychedelic Society get a discount off almost all of our events.**
**[Join from £5 a month](https://psychedelicsociety.org.uk/become-a-member) and become part of this amazing community with invites to special events and more.**
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Political Readings, Live Music, Dialogue, Iranian Food
Spotlight on Iran: an evening of political readings, live music, dialogue, and a fusion of Eastern European and Iranian food.
*How do we come together in collective power when, by design, our attention is violently split between different geographies?*
**Co-learning in Public** is a new event series dedicated to alternative political education through shared practices, lived experience, and collective learning. With each event, Eastern European histories and issues are brought into conversation with struggles and lessons from other regions, working towards transnational solidarity.
The first event sheds light on Iran at a time when the uprising sparked by the collapse of the country’s currency was met with disproportionate violence, especially augmented by US threats. Revolution is no stranger to Eastern Europe. We know well the seduction of neoliberal ideas of freedom, where liberation is built on alignment with Western models. We also know, through feminist and anti-violence movements, that isolation is a deliberate tactic used to obstruct paths toward genuine freedom. Iran is being sealed off.
During the evening:
* Writer, curator, producer, and former political prisoner Aras Amiri will read and discuss her latest text, *The Eros of Revolution in Iran,* which looks at how movements like Woman, Life, Freedom grow out of and continue the struggles of the 1979 Revolution
* Saxophonist Omid Amiri will perform a mix of Persian, Eastern European, and contemporary jazz throughout the evening
* Aras Amiri will facilitate a conversation with the audience about the rise of the far right across different geographies, and how people are organising collectively in response (through unions, art collectives, social and political groups, university spaces, and beyond). You are invited to bring a short text to read (fiction, non-fiction, or theory), or to share a personal experience that feels relevant
* A fusion of Eastern European and Iranian food will be offered at the start of the evening.
**WHEN**: Friday, 27 February 2026, 7pm
**WHERE**: Event Space, Pelican House, 144 Cambridge Heath Road, E1 5QJ London
### ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
**Aras Amiri**
I am an Iranian writer, curator, and art producer, born in 1986 in Amol. I grew up in the language and nature of Mazandaran. The meanings of the 1979 revolution, my parents’ love of music, art, and folklore, their leftist library, and the suppression of the regime formed my understanding of the world. My childhood imagination found its ground in writing which has stayed with me-when I was writing regularly, participating in literary scenes in Amol and Tehran, and during periods when I no longer wrote stories.
Since moving to the UK in 2007, I have curated exhibitions of Iranian contemporary artists, published critical writing, and worked as Art Manager for Iran at the British Council, producing collaborative and international projects across artforms and publishing poetry, short stories, and a bilingual art magazine.
Imprisoned in Iran from 2018 to 2022, I wrote poetry and fiction and completed my MA dissertation, *The Truth Content of Art and Its Relation to Freedom*, under Peter Osborne’s distant supervision. I now live in Jersey, co-founded The Moving Arts Collective, and continue to write in Farsi.
**Omid Amiri**
I am an Iranian musician and music educator. I was born amidst the beautiful nature of the Mazandaran region, where the forest, the sea, and the mountain come together. I was raised in a politically active family with a profound admiration for the arts, yet I grew up during the dark times of post-revolution Iran. My first two years were spent missing my imprisoned father, and I entered a society where social freedoms and the arts were strictly limited, all while a war raged with a neighboring country.
In a time when carrying a musical instrument in public was forbidden, I found my sanctuary in music. Thanks to my music-loving and audiophile father, I spent my youth practicing freedom, expression, and imagination through playing piano and listening to sounds from diverse cultures and different music styles. Music became my greatest passion and remains my way of life up to this date.
Later in my musical growth, I was deeply influenced by Black American Music—what the Western world knows as Jazz. I was first moved by the richness of this music itself, and then by its history of resilience. I studied BAM formally at ARPEJ Paris and I was mentored by the likes of Tony Kofi and Michel Goldberg, and have spent the last 22 years performing across the scenes of Tehran, Paris, and London. My repertoire spans BAM, Blues, Rock, Soul/R&B, African, Latin and Middle Eastern music, Persian fusion, and electronic music, often collaborating with poets and performance artists.
For the past eight years, I have shared my love for music through saxophone lessons, music theory, and BAM history classes plus leading ensemble workshops. My musical journey is one of self-discovery, connection and sympathy. I have a deep desire to fuse different sources of music, finding joy in the interaction and unity and plural expression. To me, music is a service to humanity. I believe the intent and the soul are far more important than technique; humanity, honesty, and love are what truly enrich a musician’s creation.
Booking details:
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Are you interested in reading fiction and non-fiction in French Spanish, and English?
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Documentary—Films by Ebrahim Golestan
# Three classics from the golden age of the Iranian documentary movement.
Films by **Ebrahim Golestan** explore the relationship between earth, people, and the cycle of life in a uniquely poetic manner.
*A Fire*, part of his ‘industrial documentaries’ (made early in his career whilst working for oil companies) was **Golestan’s** first major international breakthrough. It depicts the extraordinary effort to extinguish a major oilfield fire, combining dramatic immediacy with a poetic sensibility.
*The Hills of Marlik* appears to be about the excavation of an archaeological site, but the unearthed objects become a lens through which 3,000 years of Iranian history are seen.
**Shirdel’s** *The Night It Rained* follows a newspaper report of a village boy who supposedly saves passengers on a train, an account that is quickly doubted and challenged. In just thirty minutes, **Shirdel** offers a masterful, incisive portrait of 1960s Iran.
Tickets are selling fast! Reservation link:
[https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2026/event/masterpieces-of-the-iranian-new-wave-documentary-programme](https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2026/event/masterpieces-of-the-iranian-new-wave-documentary-programme)
We will have a discussion about the films at Barbican’s cinema bar after the screening.
Join me on:
English reading club:
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Spanish reading club:
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French reading club:
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Pablo Dominguez, A Tribute: Iberian Colours, Javier Ruibal, Chano Dominguez
In collaboration with the Instituto Cervantes and guitarist [Maria Camahort](https://mariacamahort.com/perfil/), Tuned In London presents a special fundraising tribute to London’s late great guitarist and percussionist Pablo Domínguez from Cadiz, featuring his fellow musicians, his friends and family: [Iberian Colours](https://mariacamahort.com/mcq-iberian-colours/), a quintet project sprung from a multi-genre collaboration of Spanish musicians who seek to bring to classical Chamber Music inspiration from the vivid colours, rhythms and textures of Spanish musical art and traditions. Award-winning guitar (Maria Camahort), soprano (Laura Ruhí-Vidal), cello (Sergio Serra), violin (Violeta García) and Pablo Domínguez' percussion (Demi García Sabat) come together to create something of great charisma and personality. Their set will include the première of a piece composed for Pablo.
[Javier Ruibal](https://www.javierruibal.com/), exceptional singer songwriter, composer, poet and writer, awarded the Premio Nacional de las Músicas Actuales 2017, collaborator and neighbour of Pablo, who has performed at Ronnie Scott's, WOMAD and the Union Chapel, will be bringing us his stunning voice and guitar, his deeply moving poetry, melodies and lyricism.
Our special guest, [Chano Domínguez](https://chanodominguez.com/), father of Pablo, is an acclaimed and much-garlanded composer and pianist who brings a fusion of jazz and flamenco to his world-renowned innovative playing.
On February 3rd, 2025, guitarist and percussionist Pablo Domínguez (Cádiz, Spain) passed away as a result of a serious illness. One year later, his presence is still deeply felt in Spain, here in the UK and across the world, and this concert stands as a tribute to his genuine spirit and singular musical voice. City Hope Church is the venue in which he performed the last of his seven Tuned In London concerts.
This will be VERY SPECIAL... we will celebrate Pablo in the company of his friends, his family and his fellow musicians. Do come, do tell your friends about it...
We will also be hoping to raise funds for Pablo's wife and young children who will be present. So even if you can't attend, you might donate...
Tickets are available on the [Tuned In London websit](https://tunedin.london/)e.
Hope you can come.
Doors open at 6.15 when the bar will be open. Music from 7pm.
Wealth Connector® | Exclusive Networking for Investors, Founders & HNWIs
**Kindly note that this is a paid event and the average number of attendees for our events is 60-70 people. You can register on [https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wealth-connector-exclusive-networking-for-investors-founders-hnwis-tickets-1982301793025?aff=meetup](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wealth-connector-exclusive-networking-for-investors-founders-hnwis-tickets-1982301793025?aff=meetup)**
Wealth Connector® is an exclusive networking experience connecting investors, founders, HNWIs through meaningful, high-value conversations
Join us at **2 Chesham** for the 24th edition of **Wealth Connector®**
Connect with **investors, wealth managers, entrepreneurs, founders, senior executives, HNWIs, and growth-focused professionals** in a premium, collaborative environment designed to spark meaningful opportunities.
At **Wealth Connector®**, we bring together those who have created wealth, those looking to preserve it, and experts providing wealth-building and wealth-protection strategies. This unique mix of **experience, ambition, and expertise** ensures conversations are insightful, organic, and impactful — with **no sales pressure**. 🤝💡
**What to Expect:** ✔ Warm introductions & meaningful conversations 💬 ✔ A community that genuinely supports each other’s success 🌟 ✔ Premium London venue at 2 Chesham, blending sophistication & professional elegance 🏛️ ✔ Opportunities to explore partnerships, investment strategies, and wealth creation/preservation 🚀 ✔ Build trusted relationships with high-calibre professionals in **finance, investment, business strategy, and entrepreneurship** 💼
**Who Attends:** • Investors & HNW professionals 💰 • Wealth & financial advisors 📊 • Entrepreneurs & founders 🚀 • Senior executives & directors 🏢 • Business strategists & deal-makers 💡
Whether you’re expanding your portfolio, seeking strategic collaborations, or building your circle of trusted peers, **Wealth Connector®** gives you direct access to one of London’s most opportunity-rich networks. 🌟
**Event Agenda:** The evening at **2 Chesham** begins at 🕕 16.30
**🎟️ Tickets:** Early bird tickets are limited — secure your place now and join one of London’s most **exclusive, high-value business networking events**.
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Book Club—Rumi
Chetori,
This fresh prose translation by Maryam Mafi of 105 short teaching stories by Rumi, which form the core of the six-volume Masnavi, explores the hidden spiritual aspects of everyday experience. Rumi transforms the seemingly mundane events of daily life into profound Sufi teaching moments. These prose gems open the mystical portal to the world of the ancient mystic.
Do you speak French and would like to be part of a reading group and other events in French?
[https://www.meetup.com/gaia-livres/](https://www.meetup.com/The-London-French-Club/)
Do you speak Spanish and would like to be part of a reading group in Spanish?
[https://www.meetup.com/gaia-libros/](https://www.meetup.com/London-Spanish-Club/)
Or join my eclectic English book club:
[https://www.meetup.com/gaia-books](https://www.meetup.com/gaia-libros/)
instagram: @persian_culture_
-Whatsapp group:
[https://chat.whatsapp.com/EZk35ZbJZ6W6wwyHyuxoS2](https://chat.whatsapp.com/EZk35ZbJZ6W6wwyHyuxoS2)
Taste of Senegal 🇸🇳 - Little Baobab
Join us at Little Baobab, the pop-up spot exploding with Senegalese cuisine and culture – pure flavour and fun! Savour their set seasonal dinner menu packed with authentic hits like thiéboudienne, zesty yassa, and hearty peanut stews, Plenty of veggie choices and spice tweaks for every palate!
Live music nights, Afrobeat grooves, and a welcoming vibe make it ideal to mingle, swap tales, and connect.
RSVP fee is Non-Refundable unless cancelled by organiser
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Oscar International Nominee: SIRAT at the Gateway Film Center
Join us as we get together to see SIRAT, an Oscar-nominated Best International Film from Spain that follows a father, accompanied by his son, goes looking for his missing daughter in North Africa. Here’s a description, trailer and our plan for this event:
DESCRIPTION: A father, accompanied by his son arrive at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco while searching for his daughter who vanished months ago at one of these endless, sleepless parties. As their search continues, the journey forces them to confront their own limits. The film is directed by Oliver Laxe and stars Sergi Lopez, Bruno Nunez Arjona and Richard Bellamy.
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww-IXHXvS70
BUZZ & ACCLAIM: SIRAT has already won numerous awards, including 4 at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, along with the Chicago, Montclair and Toronto International Film Festivals! It also earned a whopping 11 nominations at the 40th Goya Awards, including Best Film and Director, and was nominated for Best International Feature Film and Best Sound at this year’s Academy Awards. The film is earning a stellar 92% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes which calls it “an unforgettable exercise in tension” and “a brutal reminder that the journey can be more important than the destination.”
PLAN: We’ll plan for a 7pm-ish showing and will confirm/announce details as the date gets closer. Once showtime is confirmed, advance purchase (via GFC website preferred) is advised! Once you have your ticket, please list your seat number in the Comments section of this event.
PARKING: Close, convenient parking is available in the nearby garage (located between 9th and 11th, just off High St). Bring your ticket with you and have it validated at the theater and for $2, you’re covered for the night!
Look forward to seeing you there, Dan
Speak Easy (Storytelling)
The topic for March is "Our Bodies, Ourselves"
Speak Easy: true stories, told live.
The idea is simple: an audience, an open microphone, and great stories. Hilarious, gripping, poignant- it's up to you. Audiences are invited to come to listen or come to tell as folks from all corners of Columbus offer their stories live on stage! Held at Wild Goose Creative's warm, intimate space, this night of tales occurs on the 3rd Thursday of every month. Doors open at 6:30 pm, show starts at 7:00 pm. Please arrive early if you want to tell, as we generally only have room for a limited number of tellers, and the sign-up sheet has a tendency to fill up fast.
Formed around the idea that people need stories--they're what hold and draw us together--SpeakEasy celebrates the strangeness and commonness of being human. And in a world of smartphones, Facebook, Twitter, and more . . . it gives people a real, breathing, in-person way to connect.
The night is geared for true stories of all kinds, taking the best tales told around kitchen tables, in darkened pubs, on the street corner, and at late-night parties and giving them an audience. Speak Easy is also a great outlet for performers, writers, and artists looking to share their favorite stories and perfect their skills. We strongly encourage tellers to please tell the story rather than read it so we keep within the spirit of good storytelling and stay engaged with the audience. All are welcome. Hang around after the show for a drink and build community!
The Gir With the Louding Voice Abi Dare
Columbus libraries: [https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3262835](https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3262835)
Location: [Knotty Pine Brewing](https://www.knottypinebrewing.net/)
[Menu, scroll to the bottom](https://www.knottypinebrewing.net/menus-1)
Book summary:
Adunni is a fourteen-year-old Nigerian girl who knows what she wants: an education. This, her mother has told her, is the only way to get a "louding voice" -- the ability to speak for herself and decide her own future. But instead, Adunni's father sells her to be the third wife of a local man who is eager for her to bear him a son and heir. When Adunni runs away to the city, hoping to make a better life, she finds that the only other option before her is servitude to a wealthy family. As a yielding daughter, a subservient wife, and a powerless slave, Adunni is told, by words and deeds, that she is nothing. But while misfortunes might muffle her voice for a time, they cannot mute it. And when she realizes that she must stand up not only for herself, but for other girls, for the ones who came before her and were lost, and for the next girls, who will inevitably follow, she finds the resolve to speak, however she can--in a whisper, in song, in broken English--until she is heard
Pranic Healing Level I - PH I--- DAY 2 of 2
MCKS PRANIC HEALING® Level I
In PRANIC HEALING® Level 1, you learn the basics of working with your energy aura, including learning to "scan," or feel the energy, to "sweep," or clean away congested energy, and to "energize," or supplement areas in your aura that have a pranic deficiency.
PRANIC HEALING® has been taught to doctors, nurses, massage
therapists, acupuncturists, chiropractors, shiatsu practitioners, and many others in the healing field. It has allowed them to heal confidently and consistently in the shortest learning time possible. These professionals find PRANIC HEALING® very effective and easy to apply.
Other topics covered in PRANIC HEALING® Level 1:
Energetic anatomy: You will learn to work with the network of chakras, meridians and auras to accelerate the healing processes of your body.
Preventive healing: You will learn to remove the negative energetic patterns of a disease to prevent it from fully manifesting as a physical ailment.
Self-Pranic healing: You will learn to apply these healing techniques to accelerate your own healing.
Step-by-step techniques for ailments related to your:
respiratory system, e.g., asthma,; circulatory system, e.g., heart ailments; gastrointestinal system, e.g., irritable bowel syndrome; musculoskeletal system, e.g., arthritis and back pain; reproductive system, e.g., menstrual problems. You'll also learn how to address common problems as migraines and sinusitis.
Additionally, you'll learn to apply distant healing to loved ones who are not present in the room with you.
All PRANIC HEALING® courses are "experiential," which means that you learn by actually performing the techniques and exercises in class - on yourself and those around you. During class, all the principles will be explained thoroughly and you will practice the techniques exhaustively so you will be confident in your ability to produce positive results when you finish the course.
This is Day 2 of 2 Attendance at day one is required to attend day 2.
The Course text book is Choa Kok Sui, "Miracles through Pranic Healing" Please bring this with you to class.
PRANIC HEALING® Level 1 is a prerequisite to all other GMCKS courses.
For those interested to review the class...Review fee is only $75!!
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The Fit Experience: February Edition
🌿 The Fitness Experience 🌿
This is not just a workout—it’s a vibe.
The Fitness Experience is a high-energy, feel-good outdoor fitness meetup designed for every body and every level. Whether you’re just getting started, getting back into it, or already living an active lifestyle, this experience meets you where you are and pushes you just enough to level up.
Expect movement, fresh air, challenges, laughter, and real community. We sweat together, encourage each other, and stay accountable—because consistency is easier with friends!
Motivation with meaning:
✨ Show up for yourself
✨ Progress over perfection
✨ Consistency creates confidence
Each month, we pop up at a new scenic outdoor location—parks, waterfronts, city greenspaces, and hidden urban gems—bringing fitness to life in the most inspiring settings possible.
Come solo. Bring a friend. Leave energized.
French conversation club
Bienvenue! Columbus French Conversation group invites you to our Saturday morning French conversation club. Expect a casual and welcoming atmosphere in which to learn french! I will bring my laptop so we can look up new vocabulary as needed! The venue is a beautiful French restaurant so you can really get into the zone :)
CMG Gives Back - March: Serve Brunch at FAITH MISSION GRANT KITCHEN!
Join us as we get together to get together to help those in need at this CMG Gives Back event! For this event, we’ll help prepare food, serve meals, assist residents, wash dishes and clean surfaces at Fath Mission – Grant Kitchen. We have a great little community of Movie Group friends so rather than see a movie this time, we’ll help “Create a better world” by helping serve those in need. Here are complete details and our plan for this event:
FAITH MISSION – GRANT KITCHEN: The Faith Mission kitchen and dining room serves residents 3 meals a day, every day of the year. Our group will help prepare food, serve meals, assist residents in the dining room, wash dishes, and clean surfaces.
PLAN: We will be preparing / serving / cleaning for BRUNCH from 10:30am to 12:30pm and have space for a total of 7 volunteers. Please arrive at 10:15am and wear closed-toe shoes and long pants.
LOCATION: Faith Mission – Grant Kitchen is located at 245 N. Grant Ave. Enter the kitchen at Dock 1, indicated in the attached map. On-site and street parking are available in the surrounding area. Below are some links / attachments with additional info/details:
\* LSS Volunteer Guidelines: Uploaded to photos.
\* Parking Map Info: Uploaded to photos.
\* LSS Faith Mission Orientation Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp46_6ay6iA
\* Link with Additional Details / Info: https://lss.vomo.org/opportunity/faith-mission-grant-kitchen-2025
IMPORTANT REMINDER: Our group will be providing the all of the volunteers on this day so a firm RSVP count is essential. Please only sign up if you are certain you’ll be able to attend. If something unavoidable comes up, please update your RSVP no later than one week prior to the event. With very few exceptions, no shows or cancelations within 1 week of the event will not be eligible for future CMG Gives Back events. I appreciate your understanding as we try to ensure the agencies have the volunteers needed to provide the essential services they provide to the vulnerable population they serve.
THANK YOU: This CMG Gives Back event provides an opportunity for YOU to get involved in helping others! Benefits go well beyond the help we give to others. Volunteering provides a wide range of personal benefits, including positive effects on mental and physical health, reduced stress/depression/anxiety, increased happiness and improved purpose, life-satisfaction and personal well-being! Plus, the opportunity to get involved, connect with others and help those in need.
PARTNER AGENCY: This event is hosted by Lutheran Social Services (LSS), which serves thousands of people in need each day in 27 Ohio counties by addressing the four core societal issues of food, shelter, safety and healing. LSS offers food through the LSS Food Pantries, housing and supportive services through LSS Faith Mission and LSS Faith Mission of Fairfield County homeless shelters, domestic violence services through LSS CHOICES for Victims of Domestic Violence, senior living and health care, affordable housing communities, and other services that uplift families and strengthen communities.
Look forward to seeing you there, Dan






















