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Conversazione in italiano @ Poppy's - Vicino parvis st gilles
Ciao a tutti!
Ci ritroviamo ogni venerdì dalle 18:00 per un bicchiere (si può anche mangiare) da Poppy's Bar, che si trova a 2 minuti di camminata da Parvis St Gilles. Un tavolo per 20 persone è riservato sotto il nome di Salvatore. Dunque, se non ci sono o se sarò in ritardo, potrete chiedere al barista. È un incontro informale, perché non è un evento strutturato, ma piuttosto un gruppo di persone che si riuniscono per parlare e praticare l'italiano.
Anche i nativi italiani sono benvenuti :) Tutto ciò che serve è un sorriso — e puoi anche portare un amico!
👉 **Importante:**
* È obbligatorio essere iscritti all’evento su Meetup per partecipare.
L’iscrizione è importante per gli organizzatori, perché permette di conoscere il numero dei partecipanti e di garantire la sicurezza e il benessere di tutti i presenti.
* Se cambiano le vostre circostanze e non potete più venire, annullate la vostra partecipazione per lasciare posto ad altri.
* Vi chiediamo di assicuravi di pagare i vostri consumi, per evitare che gli organizatori saranno rimasti a pagare per gli altri.
* Si prega di non parlare di politica cosi ci godiama la serata in tranquilita, di rispettare tutti i partecipanti e di non trattare l’incontro come un appuntamento romantici o intimo: l’obiettivo è semplicemente praticare e migliorare l’italiano in un ambiente piacevole e rilassato.
PS :
FR - Table de conversation en italien chaque vendredi de 18h00 à 22h00 au bar Poppy's, à deux minutes à pied du Parvis St-Gilles" (adresse : rue de Moscou 11, 1060 Saint-Gilles)
NL - Praattafel in het Italiaans elke vrijdag van 18.00 tot 22.00 uur in de Poppys bar, op twee minuten lopen van Sint-Gillisvoorplein (adres: 11 Moskoustraat, 1060 Sint-Gillis)
EN - Conversation table in Italian every Friday from 18:00 till 22:00 at Poppy's, 2 minutes walk from tram stop Parvis Saint-Gilles (address : Rue de Moscou 11, 1060 Saint-Gilles)
ES - Mesa de conversación en Italiano cada viernes desde las 18:00 hasta las 22:00 en el bar Poppy's, a dos minutos a pie de la parada del tranvía Parvis St-Gilles (direccion: Rue de Moscou 11, 1060 Saint-Gilles)
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Intervals Workout Session 🏃🏻♂️🏃🏼♀️🏃🏻 Bois de la Cambre
We do cycles of 4-6 weeks, with a progressive intensity, and the last session is lighter.
Program:
15’ warm up
**To be defined**
Cool down to get back to the starting point… or more
S=All out sprint
RF = Run fast, at MAS (Maximum aerobic speed)
CF = Run comfortably fast (1h threshold)
J = Jog, recuperation
Notes:
It should take about one hour in total, as the cool down will end when we reach back to the meeting point.
It's NOT required to have an activity tracker or smart watch to be able to follow the program, as I'll be giving signals with a whistle.
For the "run" part, you can follow your own pace and we'll be regrouping in the "jog" part.
Intervals training is not advised for total beginners. To have an idea, the average pace at the warm up is around 5'45"/km-6'/km so this pace should feel very comfortable
***Acknowledgement of member responsibility and release of liability.***
By signing up for this event, you agree to release the organizers from any responsibility and liability in all claims. As the participation is strictly voluntary and you freely choose to join, it is the responsibility of individuals participating to ensure that they are fit enough and have adequate coverage to protect themselves.
BACKSTAGE Live & Party / DEPECHE MODE by The Sneakers / ENTRÉE GRATUITE < 22h00
📅VENDREDI 27 mars - ACTE 3, BRAINE-L'ALLEUD
**BACKSTAGE Live & Party / DEPECHE MODE by The Sneakers / ENTRÉE GRATUITE AVANT 22h00**
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⏳ RÉSERVEZ VITE VOTRE PLACE !
🎟 [https://www.eventbrite.be/e/billets-backstage-live-party-depeche-mode-by-the-sneakers-entree-gratuite-22h00-1984974176195?aff=oddtdtcreator](https://www.eventbrite.be/e/billets-backstage-live-party-depeche-mode-by-the-sneakers-entree-gratuite-22h00-1984974176195?aff=oddtdtcreator)
⚠️ Places limitées
1\. Billets gratuits si tu viens avant 22:00
📀📼 Le meilleur des 80's au 2000's !
🔥Venez vivre une soirée inoubliable : BACKSTAGE Live & Party est LA soirée à ne pas manquer.
FB / [https://fb.me/e/6frN0EaNw](https://fb.me/e/6frN0EaNw)
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📅 Quand ? Vendredi 27 mars, dès 21H
📍 Où ? Acte 3, Braine-l'Alleud
🎟 Entrée gratuite avant 22H00 (Uniquement avec téléchargement du ticket sur Eventbrite)
en attente
Sur place ☞ ENTRÉE 10€ au desk à partir de 22h00
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☞ Ouverture: 21h00
☞ Concert: 22h30:
☞ Party: 00h00 (approx)
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Backstage Live & Party, un concept "soirée concert" rajeunit.
Des groupes Cover ou Tribute sélectionnés par l'Acte3 pour leurs qualités et leurs générosités sur scène.
Des playlists plus jeunes, des musiques plus récentes avec en majorité des groupes de "tributes" reprenant des artistes de 1990 à ce jour.
Le live show de Sneakers ( IT) couvrent les trois grandes étapes fondamentales de la carrière de DM : les naïfs (mais très importants débuts) des années 80 avec Vince Clark, les longues années avec Alan Wilder (quand les pages principales du groupe ont été écrites), et la dernière époque, qui a suivi le départ de ce dernier.
En octobre 2004 le show a été soumis à l’opinion de DM qui a apprécié le travail réalisé et reconnu les Sneakers comme le meilleur tribute band. La grande force du groupe est d’être capable de reproduire les sons et les ambiances de DM, sans avoir perdu au fil du temps sa propre identité musicale.
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✨ POURQUOI VENIR ?
✔ Un concert incroyable
✔ Une piste de danse en feu
✔ Une ambiance conviviale et chaleureuse
✔ L’occasion parfaite pour faire des rencontres
✔ ENORME Parking & sécurisé
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☞Vers 00h00 notre DJ reprend les platines avec les standards des 30 dernières années.
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DRESS CODE :
TENUE DE VILLE EXIGÉE. âge minimum 25 ans.
* d'infos : christian@acte3.be
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📍 Lieu : L’Acte 3 Event Hall
Clos Lamartine 1, 1420 Braine-l’Alleud
www.acte3.be
Social Friday's Dinner
# 🍕 **Social Friday – Pizza Night**
Looking to meet new people in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere?
This Friday, we’ve **booked a restaurant exclusively for our group**, so we can enjoy our own space to eat, chat, and connect.
They serve **really good pizza and sandwiches**, and the prices are **very reasonable**.
Whether you’re new in Brussels or just want to expand your circle, you’re welcome to join. **😊**
💳 **Important**
✔️ Free entrance
✔️ One consumption (food or drink) is required
🌟EuroMeet: Connecting with International Friends in Brussels Every Friday🍻🎉
✨ **Meet new people in Brussels in a friendly, relaxed and international atmosphere.** The ambience is relatively quiet, calm and sober for easy-going casual conversation, with no chaos and loud party music in the background!
🍻 Large selection of **drinks and food** available
🌍 **Internationals, expats & locals** welcome
💪 Organized weekly **since early 2025**
📱Please **join our WhatsApp community** via the following invite link for receiving all the latest updates regarding this and many other social events in Bruxelles: [https://chat.whatsapp.com/FMjWrr9wCR7JYsudMD6XV0](https://chat.whatsapp.com/FMjWrr9wCR7JYsudMD6XV0)
👨👩👧👧 **Over 10,000 members** **overall in our multicultural and diverse Brussels community!** Many of our participants work in EU institutions, NGOs, tech and international organizations. The event was also covered in a recent article from Brussels Times: [https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1949146/euromeet-the-real-life-brussels-social-network](https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1949146/euromeet-the-real-life-brussels-social-network)
😀 Our events usually attract **30–40 attendees each week**, with an age average of around 35 years old (the event announcement is relayed across multiple social media, not just on this page). Many participants come with friends or colleagues, so feel free to bring someone along!
👩 Our events usually also attract a **balanced mix of men and women**, and many participants attend solo for the first time. The organizer and host of the event will help introduce you to other participants, in case you don't know anyone else yet when you first arrive at the event. Our events remain a relaxed international social meetup experience focused on friendship, conversation and community — **not a dating event.**
🩷 **Safe, respectful environment, and zero tolerance for any harassment!** The organizer is always present all evening in case of problems. You can also leave any anonymous feedback about the event here under this form: [https://gmogni.aidaform.com/brasserie-meetup-feedback-form](https://gmogni.aidaform.com/brasserie-meetup-feedback-form)
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Looking to meet new people and expand your social circle in Brussels, as well as your network of professional contacts? Join us **every Friday evening anytime from 18:30** **and until at least 23h** **at** **the** **“Quartier Leopold”** **brasserie**, in the heart of the famous Place du Luxembourg in front of the European Parliament, for a fun, relaxed night of **drinks, food, spontaneous conversations, and great vibes**! 💛
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📍 **Location**: “Quartier Leopold” brasserie, Pl. du Luxembourg 9, 1050 Ixelles
📌 **Google Maps**: [https://maps.app.goo.gl/oCvSP1AGZNX2ZV3C8](https://maps.app.goo.gl/oCvSP1AGZNX2ZV3C8) (don't worry if you see the bar marked as "closed" on Google Maps for the Friday nights, they will always be open for us!)
**🌐 Website of the venue**: [https://www.quartier-leopold.be/en](https://www.quartier-leopold.be/en)
📸 **Pictures gallery from previous events:** [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LRbsinA1wEtUrDhlyw8K6Uz9YKeq0_dw?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LRbsinA1wEtUrDhlyw8K6Uz9YKeq0_dw?usp=sharing)
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✨ **Why you’ll love it**:
✅ **Everyone is welcome**, even if you don’t know anyone else yet—expats, locals, newcomers, solo adventurers, or groups!
✅ **Best time for newcomers:** 18:30–19:30, when it’s easier to meet people.
✅ Completely **free to attend**—just grab a drink and join the fun! Please ask the bartenders when you arrive if unsure where to find our meetup group and tables
✅ Possibility to make also useful **professional exchanges and networking** with other participants who work in similar domains, so remember to bring also your business card!
✅ Tons of **indoor and outdoor space available.**
✅ Possibility to have **dinner at the brasserie** during the meetup (until 22h), thanks to its comprehensive selection of dishes available in the menu: [https://www.quartier-leopold.be/web/content/1467?unique=b27f82e985f525417a92cbeaf0f1ac1c5e2fb4a0](https://www.quartier-leopold.be/web/content/1467?unique=b27f82e985f525417a92cbeaf0f1ac1c5e2fb4a0)
✅ **Want to keep the night going?** After the meetup, we often continue as a group to explore nightlife hotspots in the city center.
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💬 **Stay connected with our Community**:
▶️ Join our **Facebook/Messenger chat** to get updates and easily find the group on arrival:[ ](https://m.me/ch/Abaqvj9lxNT3_xh7/ "https://m.me/ch/Abaqvj9lxNT3_xh7/")[https://m.me/ch/AbaV86vk4SHop_eD/](https://m.me/ch/AbaV86vk4SHop_eD/)
▶️ Otherwise, if you prefer to use **WhatsApp**, please join this other group: [https://chat.whatsapp.com/FMjWrr9wCR7JYsudMD6XV0](https://chat.whatsapp.com/FMjWrr9wCR7JYsudMD6XV0)
▶️ We are also active on **Telegram**: [https://t.me/euromeet_meetup](https://t.me/euromeet_meetup)
▶️ And don’t forget to join our **EuroMeet Facebook group** for many more social events in Brussels: [https://www.facebook.com/groups/euromeet](https://www.facebook.com/groups/euromeet)
▶️ Finally, we also manage a **professional networking group on LinkedIn** as well, for more easily retrieving each other's LinkedIn profiles and identifying people who also work in similar domains: [https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13194613/](https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13194613/)
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Come alone or bring a friend—either way, you’ll leave with **new friends, great memories, and maybe even some ideas on how to develop further your professional career!** See you this Friday! 🍻✨😀
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📧 **Got questions or comments?** Reach out to the **organizer Gabriele**: gabriele.mogni@gmail.com
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**Our community values respect and inclusiveness**. If you ever feel uncomfortable, the organizer is present all evening to help.
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👉 Please **RSVP on Meetup** if you would like to attend our next event, so that we can plan accordingly.
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BACKSTAGE Live & Party / DEPECHE MODE by The Sneakers / ENTRÉE GRATUITE < 22h00
📅VENDREDI 27 mars - ACTE 3, BRAINE-L'ALLEUD
**BACKSTAGE Live & Party / DEPECHE MODE by The Sneakers / ENTRÉE GRATUITE AVANT 22h00**
***
⏳ RÉSERVEZ VITE VOTRE PLACE !
🎟 [https://www.eventbrite.be/e/billets-backstage-live-party-depeche-mode-by-the-sneakers-entree-gratuite-22h00-1984974176195?aff=oddtdtcreator](https://www.eventbrite.be/e/billets-backstage-live-party-depeche-mode-by-the-sneakers-entree-gratuite-22h00-1984974176195?aff=oddtdtcreator)
⚠️ Places limitées
1\. Billets gratuits si tu viens avant 22:00
📀📼 Le meilleur des 80's au 2000's !
🔥Venez vivre une soirée inoubliable : BACKSTAGE Live & Party est LA soirée à ne pas manquer.
FB / [https://fb.me/e/6frN0EaNw](https://fb.me/e/6frN0EaNw)
***
📅 Quand ? Vendredi 27 mars, dès 21H
📍 Où ? Acte 3, Braine-l'Alleud
🎟 Entrée gratuite avant 22H00 (Uniquement avec téléchargement du ticket sur Eventbrite)
en attente
Sur place ☞ ENTRÉE 10€ au desk à partir de 22h00
***
☞ Ouverture: 21h00
☞ Concert: 22h30:
☞ Party: 00h00 (approx)
***
Backstage Live & Party, un concept "soirée concert" rajeunit.
Des groupes Cover ou Tribute sélectionnés par l'Acte3 pour leurs qualités et leurs générosités sur scène.
Des playlists plus jeunes, des musiques plus récentes avec en majorité des groupes de "tributes" reprenant des artistes de 1990 à ce jour.
Le live show de Sneakers ( IT) couvrent les trois grandes étapes fondamentales de la carrière de DM : les naïfs (mais très importants débuts) des années 80 avec Vince Clark, les longues années avec Alan Wilder (quand les pages principales du groupe ont été écrites), et la dernière époque, qui a suivi le départ de ce dernier.
En octobre 2004 le show a été soumis à l’opinion de DM qui a apprécié le travail réalisé et reconnu les Sneakers comme le meilleur tribute band. La grande force du groupe est d’être capable de reproduire les sons et les ambiances de DM, sans avoir perdu au fil du temps sa propre identité musicale.
***
✨ POURQUOI VENIR ?
✔ Un concert incroyable
✔ Une piste de danse en feu
✔ Une ambiance conviviale et chaleureuse
✔ L’occasion parfaite pour faire des rencontres
✔ ENORME Parking & sécurisé
***
☞Vers 00h00 notre DJ reprend les platines avec les standards des 30 dernières années.
***
DRESS CODE :
TENUE DE VILLE EXIGÉE. âge minimum 25 ans.
* d'infos : christian@acte3.be
***
📍 Lieu : L’Acte 3 Event Hall
Clos Lamartine 1, 1420 Braine-l’Alleud
www.acte3.be
Fiction Writing Events This Week
Discover what is happening in the next few days
Shut Up & Write!® LEUVEN
**Join us for an hour of writing!** We’ve discovered that it’s strikingly helpful to write with other writers.
Be it a book, blog, script, essay, dissertation, resume, melody, poem or just plain work stuff, you are invited to write it with us. No one will see what you've written or give you unsolicited advice. Instead of just thinking about writing, come and get some real writing done.
**SCHEDULE:**
11:00 - Quick introductions
11:15 - Timer starts: write for 1 hour
12:15 - The End: chat, take off, or keep writing
OPTIONAL SOCIALIZING happens at 12:15. Writing is very solitary. Connecting (and sometimes even commiserating) with other writers is a cool thing.
BEING LATE IS OKAY: just show up and get settled. If you were on time, please be willing to make room for the friendly latecomer.
Happy writing and I look forward to seeing you!
**What Should I Bring?**
Whatever you need to be able to write!
Bring earbuds/earplugs if you want to block the cafe’s overhead music or the occasional conversation by other patrons.
There are plugs in the cafe but we may not be seated right next to them, so please charge any device before coming !
**Other Important Details:**
WIFI : the cafe has wifi, the password is written on the menu
TRAVEL / PARKING: The cafe is in the center of the city. An uncovered bike rack is available. For more information on parking, please visit https://leuven.be/parkeren
SEATING INFORMATION: Please RSVP so I know how many seats to book !
GUIDELINES: **You are required to order at least one thing to support the café.**
Let's Write!
Let's meet to write !
Schedule :
11:00 - 11:30 am : Presentation tour. Share briefly with the group about your project and your "goal of the day".
11:30 - 13:30 : Let's write !
13:30 : Conclusion tour. Did you achieve your goal of the day ?
See you soon !
Book Club Invitation: Hiroshima by John Hersey
Book Club Invitation:
Hiroshima
by John Hersey
Hello thoughtful readers, history explorers, and reflective minds,
This March, we turn to Hiroshima — John Hersey’s powerful and deeply human account of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, told through the lives of six survivors.
First published in 1946, this short but extraordinary work of narrative journalism changed how the world understood nuclear war. Rather than focusing on strategy or politics, Hersey brings us into kitchens, hospitals, streets, and ordinary lives — just before, during, and after an unimaginable event.
It is not a book of statistics.
It is a book of people.
If you’ve ever found yourself wondering:
• What does technological power mean when it outpaces moral imagination?
• How do ordinary individuals survive extraordinary catastrophe?
• What does war look like when we strip away ideology and see only human consequences?
• Can we truly understand history without listening to those who lived it?
…then this discussion will offer space for depth, nuance, and reflection.
Date: Saturday, 28 March
⏰ Time: 11:30
Venue: Carpe Diem, Avenue de Tervuren 13, 1040 Brussels
Expect a thoughtful and grounded discussion about memory, responsibility, resilience, and the human cost of progress — in a relaxed atmosphere with good coffee and good company.
As always, those who wish can stay on for lunch afterward and continue the conversation informally.
Questions: 0474.60.83.70
Book Club Home Rules
1️⃣ You are welcome whether you read every page or focused on key sections.
2️⃣ We listen to understand, not to win.
3️⃣ Curiosity, respect, and openness are essential — especially when themes are heavy.
The Poem of the Book
[This is a paid workshop and sign-up via the website is obligatory.](https://www.wordcraft-collective.eu/courses/the-poem-of-the-book)
Do you have a favourite book you want to make the subject of a poem? This workshop will explore poems that are in dialogue with literature, and how poets bring in their favourite authors. From the classics to the contemporary, we'll look at how poets explore their relationship with the novel and their authors. Homage, dialogue or exploration, we'll see how prose becomes the subject of poetry and discuss the significance of particular novels for you. We'll use poems as prompts, poems that look at Woolf, Keats, Gide, Tolstoy, Cavafy, to see how poets and those closest to them have engaged with their literary heroes through poems.
Please have a think in advance about the books and novels that have been important to you or to those around you, perhaps the characters in the novels you related to or reacted to, or your relationship with the novelists themselves.
📅Date and time: Saturday 28 March 11:00 to 13:00
📍Venue: Pianofabriek, Rue du Fort 35, 1060 Saint-Gilles
💰Price: €25 Eur (non-member) €20 Eur (Member).
Shut up and Write! Ghent
Writing a novel? A thesis? Fanfiction? Whatever you're working on, Shut Up & Write!® is here to help you focus and get those words down. We host free in-person and online writing sessions for writers of all genres and skill levels—whether you're crafting fiction, nonfiction, research papers, or anything in between. Bring your laptop, notebook, or whatever you need—let’s get writing!
**What to Expect**
Join us at the comic and games shop for a chill but productive writing session. RSVP to save your spot, and try to arrive 10–15 minutes early to get settled. If you can’t make it, let us know so someone else can join.
We’ll start with quick introductions, then dive into a quiet, focused writing session. Afterward, stick around for an optional chat—it's a great time to share your progress, challenges, or just connect with fellow writers. No critiques, no pressure—just a supportive space to write.
**Running late? No problem!**
Come in, find a seat, and settle in quietly. If you’re on time, be ready to make room for any friendly latecomers.
**Other Important Details:**
**TRAVEL / PARKING:** Parking Savaanstraat
**GUIDELINES**: This venue has a mandatory drink purchase policy, so please bring enough money to buy a beverage.
For more information about our events, visit [https://shutupwrite.com](https://shutupwrite.com) or our Facebook page: [www.facebook.com/shutupwritegent](www.facebook.com/shutupwritegent)
Cinema Flagey : Dreams
**Cinema Flagey : Dreams**
28/03 @ 17h20
**An aspiring dancer. A wealthy benefactor. And 'Dreams' turned to nightmare**
Franco is vague on specifics; he observes and implies more than he explains. One of the migrants is a young man named Fernando, played by Isaac Hernández, and he quickly separates himself from the others and makes his way toward San Francisco. There's determination as well as exhaustion in Fernando's stride, almost as if he knows exactly where he's going.
[...]
In a way, Dreams plays like a cruel B-side to Memory's more optimistic romance, and Chastain, so sympathetic in the earlier film, here swaps virtue for outright villainy. She's long been one of our most fearless actors, and she gives herself over, chillingly, to the role of Jennifer, a monstrous manipulator and exploiter of someone she claims to love.
[...]
[Cinema Flagey](https://www.flagey.be/en/activity/13913-dreams-michel-franco)
[Justin Chang for the National Public Radio](https://www.npr.org/2026/02/27/nx-s1-5726364/dreams-review)
**For Dreamers, Coffee shots, Orezza, eau de Saint-Georges !**
Freedom, Safety, Risk & Reward
How are the dynamics of freedom, safety, risk and reward all interrelated?
Is it simply a question of how we can always maximize both freedom and reward?
What roles do risk and safety/security play in this system?
Can freedom and security be considered simply both as rewards, each with its own values and merits?
Are freedom and safety (not) nevertheless zero-sum related, more of one entailing less of the other?
How are freedom and risk-taking related?
Does risk-taking (not) by definition always mean less security?
The concept of risk can mean:
1)the probability of something bad occurring ("frequency") and/or
2)how bad that bad thing can be ("amplitude")
What implications do each of these two different types of risk carry regarding both freedom and security?
How are freedom, risk and recklessness interrelated?
What does the concept "freedom to make the best choices" mean?
Is individual freedom at the expense of safety (not) over-prioritized in our current world culture (possibly in some regional cultures more than in others)?
Or, seemingly contrarily, is our culture/society in fact overly-obsessed about safety?
Is it true (or not) that risk-taking always leads to greater potential reward?
Is risk-taking nowadays - possibly as a result of (and/or to promote) capitalist culture? - (not) _ethically_ overvalued?
Are some regional cultures in today's world more reward-driven (for example, to become rich, glamorous, famous and powerful) than others? What should be our ideal culture/attitudes regarding rewards and the earning of rewards?
What values should we give to freedom, risk, reward and safety in a _war_ situation?
In our society/world, should there be _fewer_ or _more_ rules with regards to risk-taking, security and reward?
Photo of free solo climber Alex Honnold (practising an activity that should - or should not? - be illegalized?)
Fiction Writing Events Near You
Connect with your local Fiction Writing community
Shut Up & Write! Kingsdale Shopping Center
Greetings writers! Come down and join your fellow wordsmiths for one hour of uninterrupted writing time in the upper level of the Market District Supermarket in Upper Arlington.
The main entrance of the shopping center opens onto stairs/elevator leading up to the 2nd floor cafe section where we will have a table displaying a sign with the Shut Up & Write logo.
Writing is largely a solitary craft. Practicing with others in a community setting may be the thing you need to fire your own routine.
We’ll meet on Wednesday evenings, starting the clock at 6:30, following a brief period of introductions. This is solid writing time and all inclusive. Any project is acceptable, be it fiction, non -fiction, work or homework assignment. All is welcome and will remain private to you.
The market boasts a Starbucks, a full service bar and various affordable food options. Parking is plentiful, free Wifi is provided as well as outlets for charging your devices, though they are somewhat limited, so plan accordingly.
Show up as early as you like, or stay late. This group tends to socialize some, both before and after the alloted time, but this is not mandatory to you. Feel free to come and go as you please and late arrivals are welcome.
The cafe may be noisy on occasion so headphones/ earbuds are reccommended as you see fit.
Please try to RSVP if possible so that we may grab enough seats for all—the venue can be busy at times.
Feel free to message me privately wth any questions and/ or concerns you may have.
Happy writing!
Shut Up & Write!™ Easton Town Center
We'll meet at The Capital One Café, 167 Easton Town Center, Space A-103. This is in the main mall where the Microsoft store used to be, on your left if you're standing at the bottom of the AMC Theater escalator.
Join us on Saturday for an hour of uninterrupted wordmaking!
• What we'll do
Join us for an hour of writing! We’ve discovered that it’s strikingly helpful to write with other writers. See if it’s true for you at 10AM on Saturday mornings.
Be it a book, blog, script, essay, dissertation, resume, melody, poem or just plain work stuff, you are invited to write it with us. No one will see what you've written or give you unsolicited advice. Instead of just thinking about writing, come and get some real writing done.
SCHEDULE:
10:00 - SESSION 1: quick intros.
10:10 - timer starts: write for 1 hour.
11:10 - chat / take off / keep writing.
OPTIONAL SOCIALIZING happens at 11A-11:30ish. Writing is very solitary. Connecting (and sometimes even commiserating) with other writers is a cool thing.
BEING LATE IS OKAY: just show up and get settled, then check-in with me after the session. (I’ll be the person with the Shut Up & Write! sign.) If you were on time, please be willing to make room for the friendly latecomer.
Happy writing and I look forward to seeing you!
• What to bring
Whatever you need to be able to write!
Bring earbuds/earplugs if you want to block noise or the occasional conversation by other patrons. Electrical outlets are limited, so charge your devices before whenever possible.
See you at The Café on Saturday!
Shut Up & Write!® East Side Columbus
Join us for an hour of writing! We’ve discovered that it’s strikingly helpful to write with other writers. See if it’s true for you at 7:00pm on Wednesday, April 22 at Streetlight Guild.
Be it a book, blog, script, essay, dissertation, resume, melody, poem or just plain work stuff, you are invited to write it with us. No one will see what you've written or give you unsolicited advice. Instead of just thinking about writing, come and get some real writing done.
**SCHEDULE:**
6:45ish - Quick introductions
7:00 - Timer starts: write for 1 hour
8:00 - The End
**OPTIONAL SOCIALIZING** happens before and after the writing hour. Writing is very solitary. Connecting (and sometimes even commiserating) with other writers is a cool thing.
**BEING LATE IS OKAY:** just show up and get settled! If you were on time, please be willing to make room for the friendly latecomer.
Happy writing & I look forward to seeing you at Streetlight Guild!
**WHAT SHOULD I BRING?**
Whatever you need to be able to write! You're welcome to bring earplugs/headphones if noise will bother you!
**OTHER IMPORTANT DETAILS:**
* **RSVP:** Please RSVP by 6:00pm the evening of the meeting. This helps me know how many to expect, and if we'll need additional space!
* **COVID:** While masks are not required, please be mindful of the other writers around you and their comfort levels.
* **WIFI/OUTLETS:** Outlets are limited, so please ensure your devices are charged when you come! But Streetlight Guild does have free WiFi! Yay!
* **PARKING:** There is free public parking at Streetlight Guild.
Queer Quills
**We are expanding our creative programming opportunities with Queer Quills, a quiet writing and sharing space. Queer Quills features some prompts, supplies and friendly faces to help get some inspiration or feedback for your writing. Hope to see you there!**
BeComing Circle Initiates
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Instructor - Crow, HPS
Class fee is $30 at the door or approved exchange
RSVP with Advance pay of $25 (discounted) by PayPal on the web or by contacting Enchanted Elements (614) 437-2642.
Reservations made directly to Enchanted Elements will be added to the class list manually not online.
Private Instruction ~ Closed to the Public ~ Initiated Members Only
Please come prepared for ritual.
Blessings ~ Crow























