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Kung Fu: Strength, Flexibility, Coordination & Balance!
Kung Fu: Strength, Flexibility, Coordination & Balance!
**Total beginners** **welcome so come try!** A whole new movement, fitness & self defense cultural activity **outdoors!** Structured progressive practices for **Strength**, **Flexibility, Coordination, Balance** & **Self Defense** skills in a fun friendly group environment! Totally NOT what you expect, **serious cardio**, **whole body movement** & **practical!** You will really be surprised by what WE do but even more by what YOU can do! Nothing like what you imagine about Kung Fu, No screaming, No rigidness, No mysticism & No getting hit… but YES, definitely a fun workout with great people! **Curious?** To get an ideal of what class is like, hear instructor & hear student testimonials go to: [https://www.instagram.com/natural.style.kungfu](instagram.com/natural.style.kungfu) **FEE:** 1st time TRIAL fee only $100 HKD. Please RSVP here or Whatsapp me. Non-Resident $150 HKD. After trial 10 class package is $1500 HKD or $200 HKD single class. **WEAR:** Workout clothing, sports shoes & bring bottle of water! **WHEN:** Tuesday 6:45pm NEW people. Please be on time, warm up very important for your 1st class! **WHERE:** Inside Kowloon Park. Meet at McDonalds across from Indoor Swimming Pool entrance, next to Sports Center. MTR: Tsim Sha Tsui, Jordan, or Austin. Link below: [Kowloon Park Swimming Pool](https://maps.apple.com/?address=22%20Austin%20Rd,%20Tsim%20Sha%20Tsui,%20Kowloon,%20Hong%20Kong%20SAR,%20China&auid=15054175802527892571&ll=22.301815,114.170365&lsp=9902&q=Kowloon%20Park%20Swimming%20Pool&_ext=CjIKBAgEEAUKBAgFEAMKBQgGEKcBCgQIChAACgQIUhADCgQIVRAQCgQIWRADCgUIpAEQARIkKSODum0jNjZAMWByPQiohFxAORGqqD1gZDZAQaw+9nwmkVxA&t=m) **WHY:** Out of shape? Gym BORING? Incredible friendly community? More? You want to exercise & have fun building strength, flexibility, coordination & self-defense skills while cultivating patience, focus, confidence & yes… discipline! **HOW:** To get in touch with me, Whatsapp .9420.0360. or email through Meetup. For more info about my art, please visit NaturalStyleKungfu.com. **\- Book a Private 1\-on\-1 Kungfu Class\!** Learn at your own pace & prepare for later group classes, choose the day & time suitable to you! Private Class in Kowloon Park: 1.5 Hours $500, other locations $900 **-**
クラシックコンサート×Classical music concert
クラシックコンサート×Classical music concert
新年新開始,我們享受悅耳音樂,來一個新開始。 日期:2026年2月10日(二) 集合地點:香港大會堂(中環)大堂 集合時間:12:15 費用:免費 Let's enjoy the music after new year Date: Tuesday, 10 February, 2026 Meeting place: Lobby at Hong Kong City Hall (Central) Meeting time: 12:15 Fee of charge: Free お正月いかがでしたか。素敵な音楽を聞いて、良いスタートを始めませんか。 日付:2026年2月10日(火) 待ち合わせ場所: 香港シティホール(セントラル)のロビー 待ち合わせ時間:12:15 費用:無料
👱‍♂️$100 👧$80 Hillary, Cici 德州撲克♣️局(不玩錢/冠軍小回贈/新手會教)
👱‍♂️$100 👧$80 Hillary, Cici 德州撲克♣️局(不玩錢/冠軍小回贈/新手會教)
**德州撲克**(Texas hold'em,有時也簡稱為Hold'em或Holdem),簡稱**德撲**,是世界上最流行的公牌[啤](http://%5Bhttps://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%92%B2%E5%85%8B%5D(https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%92%B2%E5%85%8B) "啤")衍生遊戲,也是國際啤比賽的正式競賽項目之一。[世界撲克大賽](http://%5Bhttps://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E6%89%91%E5%85%8B%E5%A4%A7%E8%B5%9B%5D(https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E6%89%91%E5%85%8B%E5%A4%A7%E8%B5%9B) "世界撲克大賽")(World Series of Poker, [WSOP](http://%5Bhttps://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSOP%5D(https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSOP) "WSOP"))和[世界啤巡迴賽](http://%5Bhttps://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E6%92%B2%E5%85%8B%E5%B7%A1%E8%BF%B4%E8%B3%BD%5D(https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E6%92%B2%E5%85%8B%E5%B7%A1%E8%BF%B4%E8%B3%BD) "世界啤巡迴賽")(World Poker Tour,[WPT](http://%5Bhttps://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPT%5D(https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPT) "WPT"))的主賽事(Main Event)項目即是「無限注德州撲克」[\[1\]](https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/%E5%BE%B7%E5%B7%9E%E6%92%B2%E5%85%8B#cite_note-1)。 德州撲克是位置順序影響最大的啤衍生遊戲之一,每一輪的下注順序維持不變,它也是[美國](http://%5Bhttps://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BE%8E%E5%9C%8B%5D(https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BE%8E%E5%9C%8B) "美國")多數[賭場](http://%5Bhttps://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B3%AD%E5%A0%B4%5D(https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B3%AD%E5%A0%B4) "賭場")內最受歡迎的[啤](http://%5Bhttps://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%92%B2%E5%85%8B%5D(https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%92%B2%E5%85%8B) "啤")牌類遊戲,在美國以外的地區也十分流行,與[橋牌](http://%5Bhttps://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A1%A5%E7%89%8C%5D(https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A1%A5%E7%89%8C) "橋牌")的流行程度相當。理論上,一桌同時最多可容納22位(若不銷牌則為23位)牌手,但一般是2〜10人一桌。 🔔 呢一局係自助局, 參加者需輪流take turn派牌! 我地唔玩錢, 冠軍有小回贈. 地址: 觀塘駿業里8號世貿大樓605室 難度: 容易 (會教你哋玩法). 費用: [$100 / Girls $80] Pay at entrance. 包飲品一盒, extra飲品每盒$5. 🔔 人多, 或員工/主持忙於教玩遊戲時可能沒暇收取場費, 請利用櫃面PayMe code/Ali Pay /FPS號碼自行支付. 如發現有故意走數情況, 會被放進Meeple Tree 黑名單. 🔔 場地沒有食物提供, 但歡迎帶外賣上來食. 🔔 宣傳其他場地/放飛機/遊戲過程中態度惡劣者會被放進黑名單. 🔔 入埸請除鞋. 埸內拖鞋祗供店內用, 請勿著出店外. 🔔 報名參加Meetup活動, 當系統問你"Are you bringing anyone"時, 如果你祗是一個人來, 毋須㩒+1 (+1代表會帶朋友來的意思). 🔔 我哋嘅活動主持人有時會因為工作或者學業關係臨時嚟唔到,Meeple Tree 保留臨時更換主持嘅可能性。🙏 🔔 本會因放飛機(活動開始前24小時內退出者)被移除人數: 98 🔔 Meeple Tree保留參加者名單最後決定權. 🔔 Follow我哋IG: mtboardgame / boardgame_hk \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* 📣 我地成業街超抵Deal場地‼️ 星期一至四,$600 book 場玩6個鐘,book 晒成個場, 600尺空間自由玩! 歡迎約埋啲朋友仔一齊上去玩啦!查詢預約:Whatsapp 6️⃣7️⃣9️⃣4️⃣1️⃣1️⃣6️⃣6️⃣
The 852 | Tue | Animal Flow by Lawrence
The 852 | Tue | Animal Flow by Lawrence
\* This event is listed here for info only. Please complete your registration on **[The 852 Community on Heylo](https://heylo.group/the852)**. Download the app to view more details and receive workout photos: [Apple](https://apps.apple.com/hk/app/heylo-build-community-groups/id1445966180?l=en-GB) / [Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.piccup&pcampaignid=web_share) \* Join **weekly Animal Flow workouts** with Hong Kong’s premier Mobility instructor, **Lawrence Tai**! Animal Flow is a ground-based, bodyweight practice blending yoga, gymnastics, and dynamic movement to boost flexibility, joint mobility, and core strength. Each session offers a unique blend of strength, flexibility, and mindfulness—leaving you stronger, more agile, and Instagram-ready with sleek, gracefully fluid moves. 😉 Bring towel, water and gym gloves \*\*\* **Register the event here: [The 852 on Heylo](https://heylo.group/the852)** The exact meetup spot in Tamar Park to be communicated via Heylo app by 7:15pm. \*\*\* ***[The 852](https://heylo.group/the852)***[ ](https://heylo.group/the852)*is a Fitness & Social Community that supports an active lifestyle through accessible monthly membership pricing of HK$150. Members can enjoy free weekly outdoor workouts, preferential rates or free of charge for select paid events.* Contact: (a) Follow us on [I](https://www.instagram.com/the852hk/)**[nstagram @The852HK](https://www.instagram.com/the852hk/)** (b) **The 852 on Heylo :** https://heylo.group/the852 Download the app to view details: [Apple](https://apps.apple.com/hk/app/heylo-build-community-groups/id1445966180?l=en-GB) / [Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.piccup&pcampaignid=web_share)
TUE Free Hatha Yoga - Tamar Park
TUE Free Hatha Yoga - Tamar Park
\*\*\*please register your session to attend\*\*\* Hi 👋🏼 Yogis I am yoga instructor Sophia. As a new yoga teacher (200 YTT certified), I’m excited to share the practice of stretching and Hatha Yoga with others, guiding you through mindful breath and purposeful movement. We’ll explore foundational poses, gentle alignment, and slow, steady stretches that honor your body's limits while inviting greater flexibility and balance. My intention is to create a supportive space where we practice together, learn from each other, and cultivate calm, focus, and presence both on and off the mat. Whether you’re new to yoga or returning after a pause, we’ll move at a comfortable pace, listen to our bodies, and celebrate small progress as we grow. FitFam is a welcoming community for fitness enthusiasts, including yoga lovers, to connect and make new friends, regardless of background or language.😇😁 The event is free. All you need to do is * Bring your own yoga mat * small towel to assist with stretching * wear comfortable outfit 🩷 We’ll meet at the wood deck by the waterfront of Tamar Park. Please look for the one right after passing the big lawn of Legislative Council Complex. Arrive a few minutes early, so we can greet each other and settle in before we start moving and breathing together. If you can’t find the location, feel free to text me or leave messages in the FitFam group 🩷 **Please pay attention to the weather, the FitFam WhatsApp group, and the event page.** In case of bad weather, the location may change to Central Pier 9 or 10. I will announce any changes one hour before the event. 🩷 If you cannot attend the event, please cancel your reservation. ⚠️𝐀𝐃𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍⚠️ Please take a minute to read the following information regarding your participation in FitFam workouts. By signing up for this session, you confirm that you have read and understood the terms and risks detailed below. 💬WHATSAPP💬 We have a WhatsApp group! If you've participated in several of our sessions and would like to stay engaged with other regular FitFammers, please let one of our leaders know at the end of a workout so they can add you to the group. 🙅NOT GOING🙅‍♂️ If you have signed up for a session and can no longer make it, please move yourself to "Not Going" so our leaders have a more accurate count of participants coming to their session. This also helps us plan workouts more effectively. 🔊DISCLAIMER🔊 By signing up for this session, you confirm that you have read and understood the terms and risks detailed in our Disclaimer and Release of Liability Agreement: https://www.meetup.com/fitfamhongkong/pages/29134671/Disclaimer_and_Release_of_Liability_Agreement For any other question regarding our workouts and our community, please refer to the FAQs page: https://www.meetup.com/fitfamhongkong/pages/29134429/FitFam_FAQs
​ FitFam is accessible to everyone. No equipment, no previous experience or wallet needed. See you on the field.
Quarry Bay table tennis
Quarry Bay table tennis
$20 for 2 hours
All Levels: 10 Feb 2026 (Tue) @ Pak Tin CC 白田社區綜合大樓, 1-4 pm, (2+2+2)
All Levels: 10 Feb 2026 (Tue) @ Pak Tin CC 白田社區綜合大樓, 1-4 pm, (2+2+2)
First timer, please leave contact. Please put your name on the waiting list which will be updated later. My WhatsApp / Signal: 9528-5003 \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- Date: 10 Feb 2026 (Tue) Time: 1 to 4 pm (2+2+2) Courts: #A, #B Level: All \# of Players: about 16 Shuttlecock: Desiyu G600 Format: Doubles Sports Club Membership Fee: $30 (PayMe / FPS #: 9528-5003) Venue: Pak Tin Community Hall G/F., Pak Tin Community Complex, Pak Tin Estate (Opposite to Pak Tin Ambulance Depot at Pak Wan Street) Shek Kip Mei Station, Exit C 白田 社區會堂 白田邨 白田社區綜合大樓地下 (白雲街 白田救護站對面) 石硤尾站, C 出囗 Direction (from Shek Kip Mei MTR to Pak Tin Community Hall): https://bit.ly/Pak-Tin

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Book Discussion: The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat by O Sacks
Book Discussion: The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat by O Sacks
Unlike the usual BYOB format of this group, this is an **assigned reading format.** **You are expected to have read some of the book** to join the discussion :) About the book: # The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales Tells the stories of individuals afflicted with fantastic perceptual and intellectual aberrations: patients who have lost their memories and with them the greater part of their pasts; who are no longer able to recognize people and common objects; who are stricken with violent tics and grimaces or who shout involuntary obscenities; whose limbs have become alien; who have been dismissed as retarded yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents. If inconceivably strange, these brilliant tales remain, in Dr. Sacks’s splendid and sympathetic telling, deeply human. They are studies of life struggling against incredible adversity, and they enable us to enter the world of the neurologically impaired, to imagine with our hearts what it must be to live and feel as they do. A great healer, Sacks never loses sight of medicine’s ultimate responsibility: “the suffering, afflicted, fighting human subject.” Note: * **location subject to change** but we'll keep it around Wan Chai District. * You **must** buy something at the venue. * **First timer attendees** are requested to contribute 20HKD to fund the Meetup Group Subscription. * No-Shows make the host sad (please update your attendance)
Love / Death / Metal
Love / Death / Metal
**LOVE / DEATH / METAL** Saturday 14 February\, 2026 \| Presented by The Underground This Valentine’s Day, The Underground casts a spell of doomed passion over Kowloon. Whether your heart beats for love or bleeds from it, this line-up – the latest in a series of acclaimed heavy nights – will drag your soul through the depths of despair before setting it ablaze again. Kicking off the night, melodic doom metal outfit **Chimeras** weave their heavy, haunting soundscapes with crushing anguish, creating incomparably atmospheric live performances. Next up, **The Ferals** snarl into action, furnishing a classic, irreverent punk foundation with hard rock theatrics and wit. Finally, prepare to be annihilated as **Mind Rot** headline with their "brutal f\*\*king deathcore", a ferocious eruption of rage-filled breakdowns and twisted screams. Prepare to once again fall under the spell of Hong Kong’s heaviest sounds. Love / Death / Metal is your tortured melodrama. We know you're craving it. Please note: this show is BYO and refreshments will not be on sale. **Wave Music Studio** B/F, Phase 2, Kwun Tong Industrial Building, 470 Kwun Tong Road, Kowloon https://www.popticket.hk/en/event/love-death-metal
Hong Kong PhDs / Post Docs Happy Hour
Hong Kong PhDs / Post Docs Happy Hour
#Fantasy - Legends and Lattes
#Fantasy - Legends and Lattes
One Shot Saturday (Tabletop RPGs)
One Shot Saturday (Tabletop RPGs)
WHAT IS ONE-SHOT SATURDAY? It's a weekly meet-up in Sheung Wan/Central, focusing on indie games and single-session games (one-shots). 而家所有游戏係英文嘅但如果你要嚟玩中文游戏,我哋會無任歡迎。只要湊啱玩家就行! You can drop in and play at any One-Shot Saturday – you do not need to have played in a previous session or commit to playing again. Whether you've played an RPG before or not, you're welcome to join us. Please arrive on time as once the games begin it becomes difficult to properly introduce latecomers. Join the conversation, make plans, suggest games to play, etc. — Facebook group: [https://www.facebook.com/groups/oneshotsaturdays/](https://www.facebook.com/groups/oneshotsaturdays/) \*\*\* WHAT IS A TABLETOP RPG? It's a game in which you never know where the next stop will be, because it’s all down to the decisions you and your fellow players make. Usually one person is the Game Master (or "GM"). Everyone else will be players, taking the role of the characters in the game. The players get to say what their characters say, think, and do. The GM describes everything else in the world. Then... we play to find out what happens. The game is a conversation: I say something, then you reply, maybe someone else chimes in. We talk about what's happening to the characters we imagine and the world around them. We also talk about the rules, which help us decide what happens next if the next step is in doubt. The rules differ from game to game: some use dice to shape the story, others use cards or something else. It's always a conversation, though.
Wednesday Night Wandslinging
Wednesday Night Wandslinging
A TTRPG meetup to kick off the weekend with a wizard time. Flails Akimbo (Mörk Borg) A stinging headache. No memory of how they got here.The players wake up with a pair of weapons nailed to their hands. As they explore, it becomes increasingly clear that they are participating in a brutal game for the amusement of unknown spectators: "Welcome, honored guests. Drink and rest, watch and jest! We'll shake you to the core with blood and gore in today's game of Death Galore!" Delta Green Welcome to America at the end of the Millennium. Do you know who is pulling the strings? Delta Green knows. Things from beyond time and space that lurk and titter in the shadows, the slow rot at the core of humanity, the dark stars that whirl madly above- these are the true masters of the world. Delta Green has been fighting them since the 1928 Raid on Innsmouth, and the fight still rages on. This book is your weapon and your guide. **Minimum Charge:** There Is a minimum spend requirement of one drinks per person, or equivalent items such as bagels or fries. If you are interested in GMing, join our WhatsApp group! https://chat.whatsapp.com/HHjdBJRbc038phG4DSsjTO
Visit Second Uncle Temple in Quarry Bay - 二伯公大聖廟
Visit Second Uncle Temple in Quarry Bay - 二伯公大聖廟
There's a scene in the classic Hong Kong movie Rouge 胭脂扣, where the protagonist, Fleur, played by Anita Mui 梅艷芳, stops and worships at a shrine in the "Flower House" where she lives. The sign reads "二伯公" or Second Uncle. The scene only lasts for a few seconds, but it's memorable to many because it shows the complexity of life in Hong Kong at the time. I won't spoil the movie for you if you haven't seen it (you should!), but needless to say, 二伯公 or Second Uncle is just as elusive as Anita Mui's character in the film. Who was this Second Uncle, and why is he an extra in one of the most iconic movies from 1980s Hong Kong? As is true of many things here in Hong Kong, nothing is definite or clear, but it appears 二伯公 was a medical practitioner during the late Qing Dynasty. He made his way to Hong Kong and set up shop among the northern villages of Hong Kong Island. He gained a reputation for himself for curing diseases, and this is where the story takes an unexpected turn, especially venereal disease. Fast forward years later, and many sex workers from throughout Hong Kong's red light districts (Wan Chai, Shek Tong Tsui, and Tsim Sha Shui) would travel to what's now Quarry Bay to visit his shine/temple. In the 1980s, when the MTR corporation was pushing the Island Line farther east, the original temple was destroyed. That was not to be the end of Second Uncle. Many of those who knew about him went into the hillside around Quarry Bay and built a shrine just above the footbridge leading to Tai Koo Shing. Let's visit Second Uncle and (re)connect with this fascinating part of Hong Kong's folk history.

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Profs & Pints Northern Virginia: Love and Monsters
Profs & Pints Northern Virginia: Love and Monsters
[Profs and Pints Northern Virginia](https://www.profsandpints.com/washingtondc) presents: **“Love and Monsters,”** on the inescapable bond between romance and horror, with Joshua Barton, scholar of horror and lecturer in English at Virginia Commonwealth University. [Advance tickets: $13.50 plus sales tax and processing fees. Available at [https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/profsandpints/nv-love-monsters](https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/profsandpints/nv-love-monsters) .] Romance and horror might seem like opposite genres, but they share a deep emotional core, and the combination of them has captivated audiences across time and culture. Put even your worst Valentine’s Day in perspective by hearing this strange relationship discussed by Joshua Barton, who has earned a big following among Profs and Pints fans with his past talks on cryptids, American horror, and Christmas ghosts. He’ll explore the undeniable and unsettling intersection of romance and horror and examine how and why love and fear intensify each other and combined to create tension, drive narratives, and explore human vulnerability. We’ll look at works that have blended passion and terror, including Gothic literature like the vampire novella *Carmilla* and modern films like *Spring* and *Crimson Peak*. We’ll study the fine line between obsession and adoration running through Stephen King’s “I Know What You Need,” Adrian Lyne’s *Fatal Attraction*, and the timeless *The Phantom of the Opera.* We’ll discuss the seeds of monstrous love that were planted with *Beauty and the Beast* and *Creature from the Black Lagoon* and bloom ferociously in works like *Twilight* and *The Shape of Water*. Through it all, we’ll find the threads of otherness and the taboo that intertwine horror, love, and reflections on identity. Join us for a journey through storytelling that combines the grotesque and the scintillating as we uncover why romance and horror are a match made in the dark. (Doors: $17, or $15 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. Talk starts 30 minutes later.) Image: From the original 1954 advertising poster for *Creature from the Black Lagoon* (Artist: Reynold Brown / Public Domain).
Profs & Pints Northern Virginia: The Hidden Cleopatra
Profs & Pints Northern Virginia: The Hidden Cleopatra
[Profs and Pints Northern Virginia](https://www.profsandpints.com/washingtondc) presents: **“The Hidden Cleopatra,”** an excavation through myth and slander to uncover the real Egyptian queen, with Jacquelyn Williamson, an Egyptologist and associate professor of archaeology and ancient art at George Mason University. [Advance tickets: $13.50 plus sales tax and processing fees. Available at [https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/profsandpints/hidden-cleopatra](https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/profsandpints/hidden-cleopatra) .] Depictions of Cleopatra are abundant in popular culture. A long list of painters have depicted her, Marilyn Monroe and Kim Kardashian have posed as her, and Vivien Leigh and Elizabeth Taylor famously portrayed her in Hollywood films. At the end of the day, however, what most of us think we know about Cleopatra is wrong, the product of the ancient Rome’s “fake news” and anti-Egypt propaganda. Learn about the real Cleopatra—and how our understanding of her came to be so distorted—with Professor Jacquelyn Williamson, scholar of women and power in ancient Egypt, teacher of courses on ancient Egyptian art and archaeology, and author of *Nefertiti’s Sun Temple: A New Cult Complex at Tell el-Amarna.* Dr. Williamson will walk us through how the first Roman emperor, Octavian, created the distorted image of Cleopatra as seductress that we know today as part of his political scheming to defeat his rival Antony and end the Roman Republic once and for all. Cleopatra has been the subject of debate and controversy ever since. William Shakespeare later relied on ancient Roman sources such as Horace and Plutarch in writing *Antony and Cleopatra*, and his play helped give rise to countless other works offering a distorted picture of her. Professor Williamson argues that “Cleopatra was a human being, like you and I,” and “deserves the dignity of being represented as accurately as possible.” Her efforts to set the record straight have met frustration, however—after being extensively interviewed for the recent Netflix historical docuseries Queen Cleopatra, she concluded that it, too, had missed the mark. You’ll gain a much deeper appreciation of the challenges of researching and accurately depicting the ancient past from Dr. Williamson, who also has taught at Harvard, Brandeis, and the University of California at Berkeley and is involved with an ongoing archaeological investigation of Queen Nefertiti’s sun temple. (Doors: $17, or $15 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. Talk starts 30 minutes later.) Image: Layla Taj portrays Cleopatra VII as part of an Egyptian Cultural Performing Arts Society production. (Photo by Amos Gvili / Wikimedia Commons.)
20s/30s Decaf Meetup - Boba Tea
20s/30s Decaf Meetup - Boba Tea
Regular boba tea meetup for people to meet, make new friends, or enjoy general conversations. Great for those who are new in town or find new activities to do!
20s/30s Coffee Meetup - Ridgetop Coffee and Tea
20s/30s Coffee Meetup - Ridgetop Coffee and Tea
Regular coffee meetup for people to meet, make new friends, or enjoy general conversations with coffee. Great for those who are new in town or looking for new activities to do! This will be held at Ridgetop Coffee and Tea in Sterling. Additional Note: If you are on the Wait List, you can still feel free to attend if you wish.