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sunset watch party
we’re back and hanging at chicago’s best sunset spot all summer long ☀️
bring a blanket, a camera, and be ready to make new friends! we’ll bring friendship bracelets and bubbles (because let’s be real, sometimes you just don’t know what to do with your hands) and the ultimate lake party playlist 🕺🏻
don’t do summer alone!
21+ to attend
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sunset walk + watch party
Adler Planetarium Skyline Walk
517 E Solidarity Dr, Chicago, IL 60605, USA
we’re teaming up with Chicago Girls Who Walk and Chicago Gents Who Stroll for a sunset walk + watch party at chicago’s best sunset spot ☀️ bring a blanket, a camera, and be ready to make new friends. we’ll bring friendship bracelets and bubbles (because let’s be real, sometimes you just don’t know what to do with your hands) and the ultimate lake party playlist 🕺🏻 don’t do summer alone! keep an eye out here for exact walking route info!
arguing with strangers: trigger warning
AMBAR Restaurant, Chicago
700 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60654, USA
arguing with strangers: trigger warning intimate dinner. one question. endless entrees included. everyone leaves understanding it better than they walked in. has religion had a net positive or net negative impact on the world throughout history? we're at ambar, and your ticket includes endless entrees for the night. eat while you argue. it's harder to be hostile to someone you're sharing a table with. this one comes with homework. do the reading before you come. bring the examples, the history, the parts that complicate your own answer. the format is built to make you see it from more than one place. you'll argue a side you may not hold, which means you have to build the strongest honest version of it. then you move to the side you actually want to talk through, and you work it out with people who got there differently than you did. it's a genuinely hard question. religion has built hospitals, universities, and civil rights movements, and it has justified wars, conquest, and exclusion. most of us have only ever really examined one half of that ledger. the point of the night is to look at both, out loud, with people who see it differently. capped at 30 so everyone gets the floor. structured so nobody dominates. hosted so it stays curious instead of combative. you don't have to change your mind. you just have to be able to explain the other side well enough that someone who holds it would recognize themselves in it. no debate experience needed. just do the reading and come hungry.
last call lectures: from dowries to algorithms: a singles lecture on the evolution of modern love
The Scout Waterhouse + Kitchen
1419 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60610, USA
part lecture, part singles mixer, you’re not going to miss this one! historically, romance grew out of a small circle of family-vetted matches and dowries. now, love arrives through a curated bio, a quick swipe, and competing for attention against eleven other matches in your inbox. somewhere between arranged marriages and infinite matches, the rules of connection have fundamentally shifted. as a result, we are operating off instincts built for a world that does not exist anymore. in this lecture, we are digging into how we got here. do soul mates really exist? why does having more dating options make it harder to choose, not easier? and how much of our modern heartbreak comes down to standards nobody can actually meet? leading the night is dr. johanna strokoff, a licensed clinical psychologist who has spent over a decade leading talks on love, relationships, and the psychology behind why we want what we want. here is how the night runs: dr. strokoff opens with a 45 minute lecture, followed by 15 minutes of live q&a. then we break into small, intentionally mixed groups for 45 minutes of guided discussion with fellow singles, closing with a 15 minute debrief to bring it all back together. and stick around after for mingling with your fellow curious (and single 😉) minds!