Game Night

🎉🌍 LJUBLJANA INTERNATIONAL PRE-PARTY SATURDAYS @ LOO-BLAH-NAH 📅 Every Saturday ⏰ 20:00 – 23:00 📍 Pub LOO-BLAH-NAH Center Ljubljana — before the party, we meet here. Welcome to Ljubljana International Pre-Party Saturdays, the easiest way to start your night with the right people, the right energy, and the right vibe. Whether you're heading to Cvetličarna, Cirkus, Nebo, Zorica — or just figuring it out as you go — this is where the night begins. 🍻 WHAT THIS IS A social, high-energy pre-party where: • internationals, locals, Erasmus & travelers meet • conversations start instantly • drinks flow • groups form naturally Come solo or with friends — you won’t stay alone for long. 🔥 WHY START HERE • meet your crew before going out • avoid awkward solo pre-drinks • start the night in a social, open environment • connect with people heading to the same places The best nights aren’t planned — they start here. 🍺 EXPECT • a lively international crowd • music to set the mood • drinks & pre-party offers • spontaneous plans for the rest of the night 🚀 HOW IT WORKS Show up from 20:00 Grab a drink Meet people Decide where the night goes Around 22:30–23:00, we head out — together or in groups — to the hottest spots in the city. 🌍 THE LJUBLJANA INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY This event is powered by Ljubljana International — the biggest international community in Ljubljana, with 1000+ members and growing every week. What makes it different: • an active WhatsApp group where people connect daily • real friendships — not just one-time events • a mix of expats, Erasmus students, digital nomads, and locals • people who are open, social, and actually want to meet others 👉 You don’t just come to an event — you join a community. Before the event: • meet people in the WhatsApp group After the event: • continue the night together • join other events • build your social circle in Ljubljana 🌍 WHO SHOULD COME • anyone going out on Saturday • people new to Ljubljana • anyone looking to meet others before the party • anyone who wants a better start to their night ✨ HOSTED BY Ljubljana International × Pub LOO-BLAH-NAH Center 🌎 JOIN THE COMMUNITY 👉 https://chat.whatsapp.com/KB3YaX1GuqY4eYcYUh3TpK 👉 https://linktr.ee/ljubljanainternational 🎉 Don’t pre-party alone. Start your night here — with the right people.

💃🔥 LJUBLJANA INTERNATIONAL GOES TO LA GOZADERA LATIN PARTY 🔥💃 🌍 Drinks, New Friends & Latin Dancing All In One Night This Saturday we're combining one of Ljubljana International's most unique events with one of Ljubljana's hottest parties. We'll start the evening by listening to researchers, PhDs, scientists, and academics explain their work to a room full of curious internationals. Then we'll grab a drink, socialize, and head together to La Gozadera at Nebotičnik for a night of salsa, bachata, reggaeton, Latin pop, and dancing. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📍 PLAN FOR THE NIGHT ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🧠 20:00 — Explain Your Research / Pitch Your PhD 📍 Pub LOO-BLAH-NAH Center Ever wondered what happens when researchers try explaining years of academic work to a room full of internationals? Come find out. Expect: 🎤 short presentations 🧠 fascinating ideas 😂 unexpected questions 🍻 drinks and socializing ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🍸 21:30 — La Gozadera Pre-Party 📍 Pub LOO-BLAH-NAH Center After the presentations we'll stay for drinks, meet new people, and organize our groups for the night. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🚶 22:30 — Group Departure We'll head together towards Nebotičnik. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💃 23:00 onwards — LA GOZADERA 📍 Nebotičnik 🔥 Reggaeton 🔥 Salsa 🔥 Bachata 🔥 Afrobeat 🔥 Latin Pop 🌃 Amazing views 🍸 Great atmosphere 💃 Packed dance floor 🌍 International crowd ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔥 SAVE UP TO 53% ON TICKETS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Regular ticket: 🎟️ €15 But we're organizing group purchases. Best option: 👥 12-person group ticket 🎟️ €84 total 🔥 Only €7 per person Save more than 50% by joining the Ljubljana International crew. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎫 OFFICIAL TICKETS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ https://www.eventim.si/event/zlata-disco-mrzlica-golden-disco-fever-zlata-disco-mrzlica-neboticnik-skyscraper-21645815/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 👥 JOIN THE LA GOZADERA GROUP CHAT ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ We're organizing: ✅ discounted group tickets ✅ who is coming ✅ meeting points ✅ group departures ✅ afterparty coordination Join here: 👉 https://chat.whatsapp.com/HCq3gMslGXxAJ1KlpFh4OY The earlier you join, the easier it is to secure a discounted ticket. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌍 WHO SHOULD COME ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🧠 Curious people 🌍 Internationals 🇸🇮 Locals 💃 Dancers 🕺 Non-dancers 🍸 Social people ❤️ Singles 🎉 Friends No dance experience needed.

🧠🍺 EXPLAIN YOUR PHD / RESEARCH TO DRUNK PEOPLE Hosted by Ljubljana International 📅 Saturday, 6 June ⏰ 20:00 📍 Pub LOO-BLAH-NAH Center What happens when highly educated researchers try explaining complex science to a room full of slightly drunk internationals? We’re about to find out. Welcome to: “Explain Your Research / PhD to Drunk People” — a chaotic, social, and surprisingly educational night where PhDs, researchers, scientists, and academics present their work to a curious non-academic audience. 🎤 THE CONCEPT Researchers get: • 5–10 minutes • a microphone • a screen + PowerPoint • and one impossible challenge: Explain your research simply enough for drunk people to understand it. No academic jargon. No 45-minute lectures. No unreadable graphs. Just: 🧠 interesting ideas 🍺 alcohol 😂 unexpected questions 🌍 international crowd energy Whether you study: • AI • physics • psychology • chemistry • linguistics • biology • sociology • philosophy • robotics • climate • mathematics • literally anything interesting... ...we want to hear it. 🎯 EXPECT: • short entertaining presentations • audience Q&A • weird drunk questions • networking with Ljubljana’s international community • academics leaving more confused than when they arrived 🏆 Audience awards may include: • Most Mind-Blowing Research • Best Presentation • Most Confusing Scientist • Most Likely To Accidentally Start The Apocalypse 👨‍🔬 WANT TO PRESENT? Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScsevowIxfZOBRBY0CxW4qDC1zgjcbXRbtrNEIFEPHIAe1j-A/viewform?usp=dialog ⚠ LIMITED SPEAKER SLOTS IMPORTANT FOR PRESENTERS: Please send your PowerPoint presentation before the event to: 📩 \[ljubljanainternationalevents@gmail\.com\]\(mailto:ljubljanainternationalevents@gmail\.com\) We strongly recommend: • keeping presentations visual and engaging • avoiding heavy academic jargon • focusing on why your research matters • having fun with it 📲 Presenter WhatsApp Group: Join this group to network with other researchers presenting and receive all last-minute event updates: https://chat.whatsapp.com/FV4FFSnaYNHIFaAhxXCtVT Whether you're doing a PhD, postdoc, research project, startup R&D, or just working on something fascinating: this is your moment. Come make science social again.

🎉🌍 LJUBLJANA INTERNATIONAL PRE-PARTY SATURDAYS @ LOO-BLAH-NAH 📅 Every Saturday ⏰ 20:00 – 23:00 📍 Pub LOO-BLAH-NAH Center Ljubljana — before the party, we meet here. Welcome to Ljubljana International Pre-Party Saturdays, the easiest way to start your night with the right people, the right energy, and the right vibe. Whether you're heading to Cvetličarna, Cirkus, Nebo, Zorica — or just figuring it out as you go — this is where the night begins. 🍻 WHAT THIS IS A social, high-energy pre-party where: • internationals, locals, Erasmus & travelers meet • conversations start instantly • drinks flow • groups form naturally Come solo or with friends — you won’t stay alone for long. 🔥 WHY START HERE • meet your crew before going out • avoid awkward solo pre-drinks • start the night in a social, open environment • connect with people heading to the same places The best nights aren’t planned — they start here. 🍺 EXPECT • a lively international crowd • music to set the mood • drinks & pre-party offers • spontaneous plans for the rest of the night 🚀 HOW IT WORKS Show up from 20:00 Grab a drink Meet people Decide where the night goes Around 22:30–23:00, we head out — together or in groups — to the hottest spots in the city. 🌍 THE LJUBLJANA INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY This event is powered by Ljubljana International — the biggest international community in Ljubljana, with 1000+ members and growing every week. What makes it different: • an active WhatsApp group where people connect daily • real friendships — not just one-time events • a mix of expats, Erasmus students, digital nomads, and locals • people who are open, social, and actually want to meet others 👉 You don’t just come to an event — you join a community. Before the event: • meet people in the WhatsApp group After the event: • continue the night together • join other events • build your social circle in Ljubljana 🌍 WHO SHOULD COME • anyone going out on Saturday • people new to Ljubljana • anyone looking to meet others before the party • anyone who wants a better start to their night ✨ HOSTED BY Ljubljana International × Pub LOO-BLAH-NAH Center 🌎 JOIN THE COMMUNITY 👉 https://chat.whatsapp.com/KB3YaX1GuqY4eYcYUh3TpK 👉 https://linktr.ee/ljubljanainternational 🎉 Don’t pre-party alone. Start your night here — with the right people.

💃🔥 LJUBLJANA INTERNATIONAL GOES TO LA GOZADERA LATIN PARTY 🔥💃 🌍 Drinks, New Friends & Latin Dancing All In One Night This Saturday we're combining one of Ljubljana International's most unique events with one of Ljubljana's hottest parties. We'll start the evening by listening to researchers, PhDs, scientists, and academics explain their work to a room full of curious internationals. Then we'll grab a drink, socialize, and head together to La Gozadera at Nebotičnik for a night of salsa, bachata, reggaeton, Latin pop, and dancing. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📍 PLAN FOR THE NIGHT ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🧠 20:00 — Explain Your Research / Pitch Your PhD 📍 Pub LOO-BLAH-NAH Center Ever wondered what happens when researchers try explaining years of academic work to a room full of internationals? Come find out. Expect: 🎤 short presentations 🧠 fascinating ideas 😂 unexpected questions 🍻 drinks and socializing ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🍸 21:30 — La Gozadera Pre-Party 📍 Pub LOO-BLAH-NAH Center After the presentations we'll stay for drinks, meet new people, and organize our groups for the night. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🚶 22:30 — Group Departure We'll head together towards Nebotičnik. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💃 23:00 onwards — LA GOZADERA 📍 Nebotičnik 🔥 Reggaeton 🔥 Salsa 🔥 Bachata 🔥 Afrobeat 🔥 Latin Pop 🌃 Amazing views 🍸 Great atmosphere 💃 Packed dance floor 🌍 International crowd ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔥 SAVE UP TO 53% ON TICKETS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Regular ticket: 🎟️ €15 But we're organizing group purchases. Best option: 👥 12-person group ticket 🎟️ €84 total 🔥 Only €7 per person Save more than 50% by joining the Ljubljana International crew. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎫 OFFICIAL TICKETS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ https://www.eventim.si/event/zlata-disco-mrzlica-golden-disco-fever-zlata-disco-mrzlica-neboticnik-skyscraper-21645815/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 👥 JOIN THE LA GOZADERA GROUP CHAT ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ We're organizing: ✅ discounted group tickets ✅ who is coming ✅ meeting points ✅ group departures ✅ afterparty coordination Join here: 👉 https://chat.whatsapp.com/HCq3gMslGXxAJ1KlpFh4OY The earlier you join, the easier it is to secure a discounted ticket. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌍 WHO SHOULD COME ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🧠 Curious people 🌍 Internationals 🇸🇮 Locals 💃 Dancers 🕺 Non-dancers 🍸 Social people ❤️ Singles 🎉 Friends No dance experience needed.

🧠🍺 EXPLAIN YOUR PHD / RESEARCH TO DRUNK PEOPLE Hosted by Ljubljana International 📅 Saturday, 6 June ⏰ 20:00 📍 Pub LOO-BLAH-NAH Center What happens when highly educated researchers try explaining complex science to a room full of slightly drunk internationals? We’re about to find out. Welcome to: “Explain Your Research / PhD to Drunk People” — a chaotic, social, and surprisingly educational night where PhDs, researchers, scientists, and academics present their work to a curious non-academic audience. 🎤 THE CONCEPT Researchers get: • 5–10 minutes • a microphone • a screen + PowerPoint • and one impossible challenge: Explain your research simply enough for drunk people to understand it. No academic jargon. No 45-minute lectures. No unreadable graphs. Just: 🧠 interesting ideas 🍺 alcohol 😂 unexpected questions 🌍 international crowd energy Whether you study: • AI • physics • psychology • chemistry • linguistics • biology • sociology • philosophy • robotics • climate • mathematics • literally anything interesting... ...we want to hear it. 🎯 EXPECT: • short entertaining presentations • audience Q&A • weird drunk questions • networking with Ljubljana’s international community • academics leaving more confused than when they arrived 🏆 Audience awards may include: • Most Mind-Blowing Research • Best Presentation • Most Confusing Scientist • Most Likely To Accidentally Start The Apocalypse 👨‍🔬 WANT TO PRESENT? Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScsevowIxfZOBRBY0CxW4qDC1zgjcbXRbtrNEIFEPHIAe1j-A/viewform?usp=dialog ⚠ LIMITED SPEAKER SLOTS IMPORTANT FOR PRESENTERS: Please send your PowerPoint presentation before the event to: 📩 \[ljubljanainternationalevents@gmail\.com\]\(mailto:ljubljanainternationalevents@gmail\.com\) We strongly recommend: • keeping presentations visual and engaging • avoiding heavy academic jargon • focusing on why your research matters • having fun with it 📲 Presenter WhatsApp Group: Join this group to network with other researchers presenting and receive all last-minute event updates: https://chat.whatsapp.com/FV4FFSnaYNHIFaAhxXCtVT Whether you're doing a PhD, postdoc, research project, startup R&D, or just working on something fascinating: this is your moment. Come make science social again.

We’re launching a beginner Bachata & Salsa course together with one of the best dance schools in Ljubljana — @utripplesa. You’ll learn the basics, get comfortable with the movements and simply enjoy dancing in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Perfect for those who have been wanting to try partner dancing but didn’t know where to start. 📅 **Sundays at 17:00 (starting 05.04)** ⏱ **4 classes (1.5 hours each)** 💶 **Price:** €45 for the full course €40 per person if you join with a partner or a friend If you didn’t attend the trial class, you can join the **first session for €10** to see if you like it before committing to the full course. 👉 **Register here:** [https://forms.gle/Gp47pWi8Pk2QsKTu5](https://forms.gle/Gp47pWi8Pk2QsKTu5) Please make sure to **check your email and WhatsApp after registering** — we’ll send all confirmations and updates there. Let’s dance ✨

Dodgeball is back again! If you’ve been wanting to come out, this is an easy one to join. We’ll be playing for about 1.5 to 2 hours, you do not need to bring any equipment, and no experience is needed. We use a specific set of rules and equipment to make the games run better and keep them fun for everybody, not just people who already know how to play. If it rains, the event will be canceled.

**When:** Saturday\, June 13th \| 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM **Where:** [1124 Parsons Ave, Columbus, OH 43206](https://twodollarradiohq.com/about-us) Looking for a night of meaningful connection and great vegan food? Join us at [Two Dollar Radio Headquarters](https://www.google.com/viewer/place?mid=/g/11fkn49_yq&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj14_nkjsWSAxVt4ckDHdRCH4oQqdYPegYIAQgFEAI) for a special community gathering! **What’s on the menu?** While [2$R](https://www.google.com/viewer/place?mid=/g/11fkn49_yq&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj14_nkjsWSAxVt4ckDHdRCH4oQqdYPegYIAQgGEAI) typically serves a selection of [house-made sandwiches](https://twodollarradiohq.com/weekly-food) and vegan pastries, they are creating a **special menu** specifically for our event. You can also grab a coffee, tea, or a drink from their [full bar](https://twodollarradiohq.com/) of cocktails and beer. **The Main Event:** * **Play:** Bring a favorite game from home to share or dive into the ones available at the shop. * **Connect:** Meet new and old friends in a space that values independent culture and plant-based living. * **Support:** Help us champion a local, family-owned vegan business that doubles as a powerhouse [indie book publisher](https://twodollarradio.com/pages/headquarters). **Parking Instructions:** * **Street Parking:** There is free public street parking available on both sides of Parsons Avenue and on the surrounding residential side streets. * **Lot Parking:** The [Columbus Metropolitan Library](https://www.google.com/viewer/place?mid=/g/126262ks5&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj14_nkjsWSAxVt4ckDHdRCH4oQqdYPegYIAQgKEAM) lot (1113 Parsons Ave) is located directly across the street and is available for guest use **only after the library has closed**. On Saturdays, the lot is typically available starting at 6:00 PM. * **Bike Parking:** For those cycling, there is a bike rack conveniently located at the corner of Cline and Parsons.

**Summary** We will play TV-style game shows at [Game Show Battle Rooms](https://gameshowbattlerooms.com/columbus/) ("GSBR"). These will include *Family Feud*, *Wheel of Fortune*, and *The Price is Right*, and we will play them over the course of an hour. We ran this event for the second time back in October, and it was an even bigger hit than it was the first time we ran it the February prior. GSBR has nearly 10,000 reviews on Google and a 5-star rating. If there were any event where you were just about guaranteed to have a good time, it's this one. GSBR changes their questions and answers every month, so if you attended in October (or even if you went with another group as recently as April), you will not see any of the same questions you saw before. **The Date and Time of This Event** Saturday, June 27, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. However, if someone books the 3:00 p.m. time before I do (meaning before I have enough paid attendees), well, that's the way the cookie crumbles and we'll have to move to Plan B. That might involve trying for either one of GSBR's 1:30 p.m. or 4:30 p.m. slots, or just cancelling the Meetup altogether. We'll cross that bridge if we get to it, but be aware of these possibilities. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to whatever our actual showtime ends up being. (Hence, this meetup's 2:45 p.m. start time.) **Cost** The cost to play, per person, is $36.95 plus 8% sales tax of $2.96, plus a refundable 8% gratuity of $2.96 (see the next section for more details), for a total cost of $42.86 per person. **Mandatory Gratuity (If 20+ Participants)** If we have 20 or more participants in this event, GSBR will assess a mandatory gratuity of 8%, or $2.96 per person. If we have 20 or more attendees, GSBR will give our group an extra 15 minutes of playing time. I am collecting the gratuity up-front to prepare for the case in which we have at least 20 people. However, in the event that we do not, I will refund this $2.96 to you. In the event we have fewer than 20 people and your gratuity is refunded, your cost for the event will end up being $39.91 (instead of $42.86). I will say more below on the actual exchange of money for this event. **Drinks** GSBR does allow beverages into the game room, and they also sell some on-site. These include bottled water, soft drinks, and some alcoholic beverages. You can bring your own bottled water, too, if you want. **Cancellations and Refunds** Per GSBR's [website](https://gameshowbattlerooms.com/questions/): *If you cancel your show 5 or more days in advance of your booking time, you will receive a full refund.* *You may reduce the number of tickets and receive a refund if you provide at least 5-days’ notice.* More on this in a moment. **Number of Participants** GSBR does not run events for fewer than 6 people. I will not purchase tickets for this event with fewer than 10 paid, and I will not send out a solicitation for money without at least 12 signed up for this Meetup. More on this below. **The Actual Exchange of Money** Tickets for GSBR events are not purchased piecemeal. I will need to book our GSBR event as a bloc. This means that everyone will need to send me his or her entrance fee via either Venmo or Paypal prior to me booking our time. Anyone failing to send me his or her money will be removed by me from this event. Once 12+ people are signed up here for this Meetup, I will send out a DM through the Meetup messaging system to those 12+ participants with my Venmo/Paypal information. You will then have 72 hours to wire me your share of the money. After 72 hours, if I don't have money from you, I'll remove you from event. If I don't have money from at least 10 people, I'll refund everyone's money, and we'll either re-start the process or I'll just cancel the event. I'm not going to book any event with GSBR unless I'm reasonably certain we're going to be able to run it. Assuming I have money from 10+ people, then I will book the event through GSBR's website. If you decide to cancel and you want a refund, you ***must*** give me time to contact GSBR with at least 5 days notice. Since the date of this event is Saturday, June 27, you have to let me know not later than Sunday, June 21, to allow me time to call GSBR not later than Monday, June 22, in order to get a refund for your share. Once I have confirmation from GSBR for the refund, I will Venmo/Paypal the money back to you immediately from my account. (There will probably be a 3-5 day delay before GSBR actually processes the refund, but I will absorb the cost of the float and get your money back to you right away.) **"Hey, Eric! I just saw this event! Can I sign up late?"** Yes, but you still need to Venmo/Paypal your share of the booking fee to me, which will be $40.55. If I don't get it within 72 hours after you sign up (or time permitting for me to book you in with GSBR if you sign up last-minute), then I'll remove you from the event. **Mandatory GSBR Waiver Requirement** GSBR policies *require* that each attendee signs a liability waiver prior to the event. You can find the waiver [here](https://gameshowbattlerooms.com/questions/) (on the right-hand side toward the bottom of the page under the section "Do I Need To Sign A Waiver Form?"), and you should also be able to skip directly to the form [here](https://waiver.smartwaiver.com/w/5c473bb934d6a/web/). *You must fill out this waver in order to participate in the event*. The form is short and this really shouldn't take you more than 2 minutes, but please send me a DM if you have any issues filling out the document. **Denouement** Afterward, for those who are interested, we'll drown our sorrows or celebrate our exultations at [Crooked Can Brewing](https://crookedcanohio.com/) in Hilliard. They also have extensive food options. The actual address of the brewery is [5354 Center St, 43026](https://www.google.com/maps/place/5354+Center+St,+Hilliard,+OH+43026/@40.0339813,-83.1623519,17.25z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x883893f9f30108a7:0xbe4c8919aa69e3e7!8m2!3d40.0344541!4d-83.1598828!16s%2Fg%2F11gxsh9f_0?entry=ttu).

It’s time for the groups first social event, Game Day! We will be playing a mix of board games, card games, possibly Jackbox TV games, and beyond. The games will be more relaxed & beginner friendly, this is a time to have fun and get to know each other! I’ll be providing pizza, let know if you’d like to contribute any snacks or refreshments ◡̈ Also feel free to message me if you’d like to suggest any games. If you’ve been thinking about attending book club this is the perfect time to join in. This is not the monthly Book Club meeting where we discuss the voted on book, that is on July 25th. Please reach out to me here or on instagram ( LitterallyEmily ) with any questions.