This week’s post is going to be a quick rundown rather than the usual list of featured events because new events plug-in + sitewide technical difficulties = I’m drunk. I know, I know. You look forward to that list every week. It’s an unending series of dramatic cliffhangers, an unfolding mystery. What will happen next? And WHERE?! It’ll be okay. You WILL get by. In fact, I&... »
Next Thursday, May 2, is the National Day of Reason, a response to the US National Day of Prayer. Groups all over the country are gathering to celebrate at capitols, courthouses, and public squares as well as with potlucks and even a Freethought Slam. Some events are highlighted below, but check the official website for more. The Day of Reason falls within SSA Week, April 29–May 6, a chance to sup... »
The week ahead is a busy one for conferences, from Reasonfest 3 in Kansas, Lobby Day and Secular Summit in DC, the first ever South Dakota Conference of Reason, the Philadelphia Science Festival, and the International Festival of Science Documentary Films in the Czech Republic, featuring Rebecca! You’ll find some great talks going on as well, including one in Chicago by Kate Donovan, of Teen... »
Did you know that your weird Uncle Jerry has a YouTube channel, and he’s been using it to tell tens of people his opinions about women and their nutty ideas? Particularly, their absurd idea that they should hold some conference called “Women in Secularism Squared“? And he’s doing it in his favorite Blue Oyster Cult tee while playing Simon and Garfunkle softly in the backgro... »
So, I am not doing the featured events this week, which will no doubt give this kid yet another reason to cry. But I have a good reason! I’m snowed in and watching a Buffy marathon. We are in the process of revamping our calendar to embed maps and images, categorize events, make everything searchable, place all events on a world map, and give groups their own pages, with their events auto-li... »
The Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism (NECSS) starts tomorrow, with great speakers and mini-events, including a live SGU, a science/improve mashup with George Hrab, Steve Novella, and others. Meet Rebecca, Eugenie Scott, Jon Ronson, Julia Galef, and many more special guests. UpDATED: Or if you’re in the Midwest, join me and Teen Skepchicks Kate Donovan and Olivia James at Skeptech, a ... »
This week, we’ve got Easter and April Fools’ Day back-to-back. [Insert plethora of obvious jokes here.] As usual, events are all over the map, from the spring opener of egg hunting season to celebrations of the Flying Spaghetti Monster for the Pastafarian pirates among us. But I admit that this posts subtitle is a false dichotomy. You have many more choices than just pirates or zombies... »
All over the globe, many of your favorite scientists, skeptics, and atheists are appearing live: in Texas, you can meet Surly Amy at the American Atheists Convention in Austin; Stephen Hawking in Houston; Hemant Mehta and Seth Andrews in Canyon and Houston; Australian atheist singer-songwriter Shelley Segal in Houston and San Antonio. Hemant will also be giving a talk in Indiana, Pennsylvania. Car... »
