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Read & Reflect: A Social Reading Circle.
Shared Pages, Shared Insights.
š Do you love reading, but wish you had a structure and a community to share your insights with?
Join our small circle of curious minds (just 4 members per gathering) as we come together for an hour of focused readingāin the calm setting of a library or the cozy atmosphere of a cafĆ©.
Hereās how it works:
First part: Quiet reading on your ownābring a book youāre exploring, whether itās philosophy, history, psychology, literature, or anything meaningful to you.
Second part: We regroup and each person shares key takeaways, insights, or questions sparked by their reading. This sparks a structured yet free-flowing conversation around ideas, perspectives, and personal reflections.
Why join?
Add structure to your reading habit.
Discover new books, authors, and ideas through othersā choices.
Build real connections by sharing and listening deeply.
Socialize around something meaningful instead of small talk.
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Your Summer Social Life Starts Here š»š³ 20% Off for NEW Bowlers!
š³ **Summer Fun Starts on the Lanes! 20% off for NEW bowlers!**
The 6-week summer social bowling league is here - cold drinks, fun times, and new friends await on the lanes! Whether you're looking to meet new people, unwind after work, or just have a fun weekly outing, this league is for everyone ā bowling skills are optional!
Social vibes, happy hour energy, and plenty of chances to connect with others. No matter your skill level, this league is all about having fun and meeting awesome people. ;)
**š Wednesday nights \|š Bowlero Arlington \| šµ $73 *(while Early Bird is active)***
**šØNew to the league?** Use discount code (**MUSU26**) for 20% off - $58.40 *during **Early Bird***
**š» League Info & Registration**: https://bit.ly/DC_Bowling
**Why Join?**
š Itās only 6 weeks - perfect for a low-commitment social plan
š» Great mix of people in their 20s, 30s, & 40s, plus post-game hangs at the bar
š³ Zero pressure - gutter balls totally welcome!
š Free league shirt if you sign up early
š§ Weekly trivia w/ prizes
š¬ Super social - join solo or w/ friends!
**Want in?**
Join our Meetup team Gutter Dusters š **Click here to join** https://tinyurl.com/27fyb5pj
Or start a team of your own with a few friends - weāll all be hanging out either way!
š
League Dates (Wednesday nights): June 24, July 1, July 8, July 15, July 22, July 29
***(The MeetUp event date is deadline to register for the league.)***
**Cost & Whatās Included:**
ā $73 **Early Bird** registration - **New bowler? Get 20% off w/ code: MUSU26**
ā 6 weeks of bowling (1ā3 games/week)
ā Shoe rentals & full league setup
ā Trivia, prizes, and great people
š **Sign up now:**
š»League Info & Registration: https://bit.ly/DC_Bowling
š¤New bowlers use code **MUSU26** to save 20%
šø Follow the fun on Instagram: https://bit.ly/BowlingLeague-IG
š© Questions? Contact the league: http://bit.ly/2Hjz2Bx
Spots are filling fast ā donāt miss out on the fun times!
Secrets to Meditation: An Introduction to the Happiness Program
Discover the power of your breath to manage your mind and experience instant peace & calm.
Join a 60-minute free Workshop and get a glimpse of the Sudarshan KriyaTM-
The breathing technique that is revolutionizing the lives of millions.
What youāll discover at āBeyond Breathā
ā A taste of the Sudarshan KriyaTM, a breathing technique taught in the Happiness Program
ā An instant energy booster that awakens & relaxes your mind - Take it home and practice daily!
ā The peace & calm of a unique guided meditation
ā Secret keys to manage your mind
ā The power of surrounding yourself with positive, like-minded people.
You can use your breath to master your thoughts and emotions - the key to managing the quality of your day.
The Happiness Program
At the end of this workshop you may enroll into the Happiness Program (3 days, 3 hours each day) to learn the Sudarshan KriyaTM, a science-backed, rhythmic breathing technique through which you can:
Tap into a reservoir of energy and use it as you please!
Relieve deep-rooted stresses and anxieties
Uplevel your productivity
Overcome emotional blocks, move on from past events and shed limiting beliefs
Heal your body & gain power over your mind
Experience the true state of meditation
Learn more about the Happiness Program & the Sudarshan KriyaTM in our introductory workshop 'Secrets to Meditation'.
register: http://aolf.live/introSKY
Profs & Pints DC: Owl Wisdom
[Profs and Pints DC](https://www.profsandpints.com/washingtondc) presents: **āOwl Wisdom,ā** an introduction to the biology, habits, and conservation of various owl species in our region and beyond, with Steve Sheffield, professor of biology at Bowie State University, curator of mammals and birds for the Natural History Society of Maryland, and president of the Maryland Ornithological Society.
[Advance tickets: $13.50 plus sales tax and processing fees. Available at [https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/profsandpints/dc-owl-wisdom](https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/profsandpints/dc-owl-wisdom) .]
Who wants to learn about owls?
If you are fascinated by these hunters of the night, youāll love spending an evening with Steve Sheffield, a biologist who extensively studies owls and works to conserve them.
Heāll start by covering the different types of owls in our region and elsewhere, and the ways in which their bodies and their sizes represent physical adaptations to their environment. Heāll especially focus on the owl species of the United States and Canada, describing their biology, ranges, preferred habitat and prey, behavior, and vocalizations.
Youāll learn how and why field biologists study owls and how owl researchers from around the world assemble periodically to discuss their work. Weāll consider owls' value to ecosystems and, especially, humans and human-dominated landscapes where they serve as especially efficient killers of rodents and other crop-harming pests.
Dr. Sheffield will talk about the many years he has spent researching owls, with much of his work focused on their exposure to environmental contaminants and how theyāre affected.
Being top predators, owls serve as sensitive bioindicators of contamination throughout the food chain. Much like canaries in coal mines, they function as an early warning system alerting us to potentially dangerous levels of toxicity. We donāt just study them for their own good, but ours as well. (Doors: $17, or $15 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. The talk starts 30 minutes later.)
Image: Burrowing owls in Florida (Photo by travelingwayoflife / Creative Commons).
NetSAP Third Thursday
RSVP on Partiful: [Partiful](https://partiful.com/e/Fm3d7LNNhMshMW75NzVn?c=aeZd56dN). Join Network of South Asian Professionals at our monthly Third Thursday series. Come to connect over careers or interests or just make some friends. We ask guests to cover their own tab! See you soon!
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Coffee, Cake & Islam ā Ask Questions About Islam
**Coffee, Cake & Islam**
Join us for a relaxed and friendly discussion over coffee and cake at Mubarak Mosque.
Whether you are curious about Islam, have questions about Muslim beliefs and practices, or simply want to meet your neighbors, everyone is welcome.
ā Complimentary coffee and refreshments
š° Cake and light snacks
š¬ Open discussion and Q&A
š¤ Meet local Muslims and community members
š Learn about Islam in a welcoming environment
No prior knowledge is needed. Come as you are and bring your questions.
**When:** Every Saturday, 5:00 PM ā 6:00 PM
**Where:** Mubarak Mosque, Chantilly, VA
**Address:**
Mubarak Mosque
4555 Ahmadiyya Drive, Chantilly, VA 20151
We look forward to meeting you.
What Is Progress? Knowledge Aggregation, Living Textbooks, and the Automation
Title: What Is Progress? Knowledge Aggregation, Living Textbooks, and the Automation of Scientific Discovery
Date: June 20 2026 Noon - 14:00 EDT
Summary: Our collective knowledge infrastructure ā the textbooks, professional training resources, and literature syntheses that define what professionals across disciplines believe to be true ā is quietly accruing a structural liability. Compounded confirmation bias, stacked citation-by-citation into the foundations of formal knowledge, means that breakthroughs can take decades to reach the classrooms, clinical workflows, and decision-making frameworks where they matter most. Meanwhile, the deepest friction is rarely acknowledged: before any field can build meaningful consensus on "why" or "how" a phenomenon occurs, it must first establish honest, consolidated agreement on "what" has actually been observed. That prior step is routinely skipped, assumed, or fragmented across siloed literatures that never cross-pollinate.
This talk introduces a framework called "Knowledge Aggregation" ā with two distinct but complementary ambitions. The first is descriptive transparency: algorithmically mapping what has been said, measured, and documented across a problem space, without imposing causal interpretation or narrative. The second traces the boundary between empirical observation and explanatory claim, building systems that can separate the "what" from the "why/how" ā because consensus on mechanism cannot be meaningfully constructed until consensus on phenomenon is first established.
Both ambitions are now within reach. By composing tools already at our disposal ā large language models, classical NLP pipelines, public data repositories, and engineering-grade automation frameworks ā it becomes possible to model knowledge itself, rather than merely imitate individual experts. One concrete expression of this is automating the writing of living textbooks: compressing the lag from bleeding-edge discovery, through replicated evidence, all the way to professional training resources. But the deeper aspiration reaches further ā toward automating the discovery of scientific insights that have never previously been conceived, by systematically surfacing hypothesis combinations that no single siloed researcher would have had the cross-disciplinary vantage point to even ask. Drawing on ongoing systems biology and computational research ā with ME/CFS research demoed as a use case for what siloed, fragmented knowledge infrastructure costs in practice ā this talk maps the conceptual architecture, the real-world friction, and the data science toolkit for building it.
Speaker: As a systems biologist at heart, Sam specializes his biomedical research on interactions and connections in biology - rather than just one domain of expertise. He wears many hats and collects skill sets across disciplines, with degree studies and industry experience acquired across Chemical Engineering (BSc), Bioinformatics (MSc), Systems and Synthetic Biology (M2), Biomedical Sciences (MSc), and beyond. Even more important to him than niches or fields of work, comes down to the synergistic approaches that allow us to move beyond reductionism. The notion that a question can only allow for one answer, is inherently reductionist. By resisting many norms in science and engineering which can get overly reductive, his current role as Principal Investigator of Research for DMV Petri Dish (501(c)(3) non-profit local to the DMV region) embraces computational frameworks that aide scale-up and automation - not only around the processes which already exist with established workflows, but also taking a keen interest in attempting and accomplishing ambitions which have never been perceived to be possible previously. Sam carries a passion for the synergy of computational biology - fused with wet lab validation. This way, one can build a beautiful knowledge base in the theoretical sense, and then test to see if said computational prediction might actually be able to stand in the real world with wet lab validation. Translational modeling starts to become possible once biological experiment design can be iteratively looped alongside computational model design, optimization, and analysis - empowering the design of a better wet lab experiment, followed by a better computational model, back and forth until science is done!
Lady Anne Conway and Mary Astell
Anne Conway (1631 ā 1679) and Mary Astell (1666 ā 1731) share a sex, intelligence, and the same unsettled century. After a long obscurity, their work has reemerged and invites the reader to consider how reason, belief, and the self might still be brought into harmony.
**The Women**
Anne Conway, born and raised in London, spent her youth wandering through the vast hallways of what is now known as Kensington Palace. Apart from being a woman, at least two other notable circumstances shaped Anneās life ā she lost a son in infancy and later suffered from severe pain. Pain as a concept found its way into Anneās philosophy as a purgative, transformative experience. It was while seeking a relief from pain that she came into contact with the Flemish physician and philosopher Francis Mercury van Helmont, who later introduced her to Kabbalistic thought and to Quakerism. Anne converted to Quakerism shortly before she died.
Mary Astell was a native of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. Unlike Anne Conway, Astell remained unmarried and eventually moved to London with little or no financial support. Her early philosophical writings are found in the correspondence with John Norris and were later published as *Letters Concerning the Love of God* (1695). After publishing the *Letters* and *A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, Parts I and II. (1694, 1697),* Astell became somewhat of a celebrity in London. Her two other well-known published works were *Some Reflections upon Marriage* (1700) and *The Christian Religion* (1705). In her later years, in keeping with her investment in female education, Astell managed a charity school for poor girls in the Chelsea neighborhood.
**The Philosophies**
Anneās only surviving work, *The Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy*, was published posthumously and anonymously in 1690. It is said that Leibniz had a copy of *The Principles* in his library with Anne Conwayās name written on the front page. Anneās vitalist conception of all being may have influenced Leibnitzās own views, in particular his *Monadology*. *The Principles* is often viewed as a theodicy. The existence and nature of God occupy the central place in Anne Conwayās triadic philosophical system. The three āspeciesā are God, Christ, and the āunity of multiplicitiesā where āthe whole creation is just but one substance or entity.ā God is the immutable and perfect maker of all things. God āwanted to create living beings with whom he could communicate.ā Alas, Godās light was intolerable for his Creatures, and, after dimming the light a bit, God designated the Messiahās soul as the Middle Nature and āa safe placeā for all Creatures. Everything and everyone fall under the umbrella of Anneās āCreatures.ā Everything and everyone is a subject to eternal mutability. Creatures can metamorphose into other kinds of creature, growing more or less spiritual ā more or less like God. Under the principle of similitude, Conway maintains, everything and everyone has some semblance to God and therefore must be in some sense spiritual and alive.
Mary Astell sides with Descartes in his dualistic views and in the method of obtaining knowledge through clear and distinct perceptions. In her metaphysics, Astell distinguishes two kinds of beingsāminds and bodies that come in various degrees of finitude and corruptibility. God is placed at the heart of her metaphysical system and is the āfirst intelligence.ā Human minds and corporeal particles are finite and incorruptible, while human bodies and physical objects are finite, naturally corruptible entities. Within the created beings, Astell names four categories: minds, bodies, mindābody unions, and the particles that compose bodies. A mind-body union is mysterious. However, we āknow and feelā it, and therefore it must be real.
**Reading:**
We will read and discuss Anne Conwayās *The Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy* and the second part of Mary Astellās *A Serious Proposal to the Ladies.*
Anne Conway, *The Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy,* 25 pages, [https://www.earlymoderntexts.com/assets/pdfs/conway1692_1.pdf](https://www.earlymoderntexts.com/assets/pdfs/conway1692_1.pdf)
Mary Astell, *A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/54984/54984-h/54984-h.htm](https://www.gutenberg.org/files/54984/54984-h/54984-h.htm)*
**Additional Reading:**
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
Mary Astell, [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/astell/](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/astell/)
Anne Conway, [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/conway/](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/conway/)
Your Mission, Access to the God Current with HU
**Some of the benefits of HU:**
* **Releases stress, worry, and fear.**
* **Opens the door to higher awareness and miracles in your life.**
* **Deepens your connection to the divine, regardless of your belief**
**Experience the Sound of Soul, pause in quiet reflection, and join a gentle spiritual conversationāat your own pace, with no obligation.**
**Ways to participate:**
**IN-PERSON**
**MARYLAND ECK CENTER**
**1738 Elton Rd., Suite 104,**
**Silver Spring, MD 20903**
**ON ZOOM**
**š[SOUND OF SOUL EVENT](https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89597899210?pwd=reKwx1zJtFNylttx8N4LKs3zYJN7a3.1)**
**Meeting ID: 895 9789 9210**
**Passcode: 978196**
**Phone: (301) 715-8592**
**Questions?**
**Call or text: (301) 439-2120; Email: [[MEC@eckankarmaryland.org](mailto:MEC@eckankarmaryland.org)]([mailto:MEC@eckankarmaryland.or](http://mailto:MEC@eckankarmaryland.or/))**
**Presented by the Maryland & D.C. Satsang Societies Inc., Chartered Affiliates of ECKANKAR.**
**Copyright Ā© 2026 ECKANKAR. The terms ECKANKAR, ECK, EK, MAHANTA, SOUL TRAVEL, and VAIRAGI, among others, are trademarks of ECKANKAR, PO Box 2000, Chanhassen, MN 55317-2000 U.S.A.**
Your Mission Access to the God Current with HU
**Some of the benefits of HU:**
* **Releases stress, worry, and fear.**
* **Opens the door to higher awareness and miracles in your life.**
* **Deepens your connection to the divine, regardless of your belief**
**Experience the Sound of Soul, pause in quiet reflection, and join a gentle spiritual conversationāat your own pace, with no obligation.**
**Ways to participate:**
**IN-PERSON**
**MARYLAND ECK CENTER**
**1738 Elton Rd., Suite 104,**
**Silver Spring, MD 20903**
**ON ZOOM**
**š[SOUND OF SOUL EVENT](https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89597899210?pwd=reKwx1zJtFNylttx8N4LKs3zYJN7a3.1)**
**Meeting ID: 895 9789 9210**
**Passcode: 978196**
**Phone: (301) 715-8592**
**Questions?**
**Call or text: (301) 439-2120; Email: [MEC@eckankarmaryland.org](mailto:MEC@eckankarmaryland.or)**
**Presented by the Maryland & D.C. Satsang Societies Inc., Chartered Affiliates of ECKANKAR.**
**Copyright Ā© 2026 ECKANKAR. The terms ECKANKAR, ECK, EK, MAHANTA, SOUL TRAVEL, and VAIRAGI, among others, are trademarks of ECKANKAR, PO Box 2000, Chanhassen, MN 55317-2000 U.S.A.**
From Tolerance to True Unity
**From Tolerance to True Unity**
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Is tolerance enough? Or can it sometimes just be prejudice in disguise? Or even hate?
In an increasingly divided society, does simply ātoleratingā others sometimes inadvertently separate us all into āusā and āthemā categories in our minds (and hearts!), only serving to further reinforce those divisions? How can spirituality and the dual concepts of the āOneness of Mankindā and āUnity in Diversityā help us to see past our differences and regard all ā whether family, friend, or stranger ā as one of āusā and part of our own shared story? How can we see our differences not as something to be merely tolerated but rather as a source of strength for our communities?
Come join a different kind of conversation ā one that welcomes every perspective in a search for the truths that unite us all ā as we discuss the spiritual perspective offered by the BahĆ”āĆ Teachings on the role of love for all of humanity in moving beyond tolerance. Join us for a lively discussion as we explore how a spiritual foundation can enable us to work together for the betterment of ourselves, our families, our communities and our world.
*āDo not be content with showing friendship in words alone, let your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path.ā* ā BahĆ”āĆ Teachings
\*\*\* This event is free and open to all regardless of background or belief. Donations will not be accepted.
Power, Voice & Stable Strength | The Way of the Superior Man
**\*\*\* NOTE change of library space - We're meeting at Dolley Madison Library in McLean VA for this meeting \*\*\***
*theme:* **Power\, Voice & Stable Strength \| The Way of the Superior Man**
Well explore themes from David Deida's book **The Way of the Superior Man** & his other teachings
To simplify **David Deidaās approach** to owning your power, voice, stability, and strength, think of it as moving from performing a persona to radiating your deepest truth through an open body and a clear purpose.
* **Owning Your Power**: Stop Resisting the Moment
The Concept: True power isnāt about control; itās the force that flows when you stop hiding from your fears.
The Action: Unclench your body. Soften your belly and jaw so your energy isn't trapped. Reclaim your "dark masculine"āthe warrior spirit that is willing to face death for the sake of love.
* **Owning Your Voice**: Speak to Open Hearts
The Concept: Your words are a musical instrument designed to change the energy of the room.
The Action: Maintain integrity. Speak with absolute clarity and make sure your actions always match your word. Use your speech as a gift to open the hearts of those listening.
* **Owning Your Stability:** Be Uncollapsable
The Concept: Stability is being grounded in the "mystery of life and death" rather than surface-level tasks.
The Action: Remain unperturbed. Donāt let your partnerās emotional storms or the worldās chaos "sag" your life. When tested, stay centered in your purpose rather than collapsing for approval.
**Psychodynamic shared exploration, learning and growth**
Interpersonal process groups focus on the interactions and dynamics between group members to facilitate personal growth and learning. These groups provide a courageous space for individuals to explore their interpersonal patterns, receive feedback, and develop more effective social skills.
**The core principle is that the group itself becomes a microcosm of a member's real-life relationships, allowing for insights and behavioral changes.**
Key aspects of interpersonal process groups:
* **Exploration of Interpersonal Dynamics:**
Members examine their communication styles, relationship patterns, and how they relate to others within the group.
* **Feedback and Self-Awareness:**
The group provides a platform for members to receive feedback on their behaviors and develop greater self-awareness.
* **Development of Social Skills:**
Members practice new ways of relating, communicating, and collaborating within the group, leading to improved social skills.
* **Microcosm of Relationships:**
The group mirrors real-life relationships, allowing members to observe and analyze their patterns in a safe and controlled setting.
* **Personal Growth and Well-being:**
Through these processes, individuals can experience significant personal growth and enhanced well-being.
Benefits of participating in an interpersonal process group:
* **Increased self-awareness:** Understanding one's own behavior and its impact on others.
* **Improved communication skills:** Learning to communicate more effectively and assertively.
* **Stronger relationships:** Developing more fulfilling and meaningful relationships.
* **Enhanced empathy and understanding:** Learning to see situations from others' perspectives.
**Tentative Agenda:**
1:00pm Social, Setup & Introductions, guidelines, terminology;
1:15pm Interactive open dialogue conversation & sharing;
2:45pm debrief, summary, debrief
3:00pm finish
Light snacks, candy & water provided.
Dolley Madison Library is in McLean, VA near I-495 beltway exits 44, 45 or 46.
**Meeting Room** **#2** is 2nd door on immediate right after entering.
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Sunday Brunch
Sleep in on Sundays. When you've had your fill of pajama-time, roll out and have some tasty brunch with your fellow Humanists!
ServiceNow AI Deep Dive: Hands-On Learning Session
We're planning a hands-on technical session focused on building AI solutions in ServiceNow - think skills, agents, and real-world use cases. If youāre curious about AI on the platform, RSVP now and stay tuned for more details. Let's build together!
Drunken Philosophy: Where Is Everybody? The Fermi Paradox and the Great Filter
Welcome to Drunken Philosophy, a casual, curious, social discussion club. Come grab a drink and a seat at The Oracle.
**Optional topic for this meetup: Where is everybody?**
In 1950 the physicist Enrico Fermi was talking about aliens over lunch and asked a question that still has not gone away: if the universe is so vast and so old, and even a fraction of those billions of stars have planets, where is everyone? By the numbers the galaxy should be crowded with civilizations. Instead we look up and hear silence. That gap between "they should be everywhere" and "we see no one" is the Fermi Paradox.
One of the most unsettling answers is the idea of a **Great Filter**: somewhere on the road from dead chemistry to a galaxy-spanning civilization, there is at least one step that is almost impossible to get past. Maybe the filter is behind us. Maybe life starting at all, or simple cells becoming complex, or intelligence ever evolving, is the freak accident, and we already cleared the hard part. Or maybe the filter is ahead of us, and advanced civilizations reliably wipe themselves out before they spread.
Here is the part that messes with people. If we ever found life somewhere else, even pond scum on Mars, most people would call it the greatest discovery in history. But it might be the worst possible news. It would mean life is common, the early steps are easy, and the hard step is still in front of us. So the eerie silence overhead might actually be the best sign we could ask for.
**Questions to wrestle with:**
* Is it better to be alone? Would you rather we find alien life and learn we are not special, or find nothing and quietly improve our odds of surviving?
* Where do you bet the filter sits, behind us or ahead of us, and why?
* If it is ahead of us, what is it? Nuclear war, climate collapse, AI, something we cannot even picture yet? And can we do anything about a filter we cannot see coming?
* Two principles pull opposite ways here. The principle of mediocrity (the Copernican principle, Sagan's "no privileged place in the universe") says we are ordinary, so what happened on Earth probably happened everywhere, which makes the silence scream louder. The anthropic principle says of course we find ourselves somewhere life was possible, since we could not observe anything else, so our being here may say almost nothing about how common life is. Which lens do you trust, and does the silence still demand an answer once you account for observer selection?
* And if we did confirm life out there and had to accept we are not special, what would that do to belief in a higher power, and would shedding (or keeping) that belief help or hurt our odds of pulling together as one species?
* Does any of this change how you live, or how humanity should be spending its time and money right now?
As always the prompt is optional. Come for the conversation, stay for the drinks, and bring your own questions.
Your Summer Social Life Starts Here š»š³ š» 20% Off for NEW Bowlers!
š³ **Summer Fun Starts on the Lanes! 20% off for NEW bowlers!**
The 6-week summer social bowling league is here - cold drinks, fun times, and new friends await on the lanes! Whether you're looking to meet new people, unwind after work, or just have a fun weekly outing, this league is for everyone.
Social vibes, happy hour energy, and plenty of chances to connect with others. No matter your skill level, this league is all about having fun and meeting awesome people. ;)
**š Thursday nights \|š AMF Sawmill Lanes \| šµ $74 *(while Early Bird is active)***
**šØNew to the league?** Use discount code (**MUSU26**) for 20% off - $59.20 *during **Early Bird***
**š» League Info & Registration**: https://bit.ly/ColumbusBowling
**Why Join?**
š Itās only 6 weeks - perfect for a low-commitment social plan
š» Great mix of people in their 20s, 30s, & 40s, plus post-game hangs at the bar
š³ Zero pressure - gutter balls totally welcome!
š Free league shirt if you sign up early
š§ Weekly trivia w/ prizes
š¬ Super social - join solo or w/ friends!
**Want in?**
Join our Meetup team Gutter Domination š **Click here to join** https://tinyurl.com/2awfupnc
Or start a team of your own with a few friends - weāll all be hanging out either way!
š
League Dates (Thursday nights): June 25, July 2, July 9, July 16, July 23, July 30
***(The MeetUp event date is deadline to register for the league.)***
**Cost & Whatās Included:**
ā $74 **Early Bird** registration - **New bowler? Get 20% off w/ code: MUSU26**
ā 6 weeks of bowling (1ā3 games/week)
ā Shoe rentals & full league setup
ā Trivia, prizes, and great people
š **Sign up now:**
š»League Info & Registration: https://bit.ly/ColumbusBowling
š¤New bowlers use code MUSU26 to save 20%
šø Follow the fun on Instagram: https://bit.ly/BowlingLeague-IG
š© Questions? Contact the league: http://bit.ly/2nKHno7
Spots are filling fast ā donāt miss out on the fun times!
Libera Animae - Freeing the Soul
Main Library, Meeting Room 2B
Join us for a welcoming evening of reflection, gentle music, and meaningful conversation. Weāll begin with a short grounding moment, followed by a brief reading from spiritual or philosophical traditions, and an open reflection circle where participants can share (or simply listen).
Libera Animae is an interfaith community focused on inner growth, creativity, and authentic connection.
All backgrounds are welcome.




























