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7 Meetup Groups match “Literature” near Calgary, AB
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"Let us rise soon after supper and see this festival; there will be a gathering of young men, and we will have a good talk." - Plato's Republic, Book I In ancient Greek city states, The Agora was the center of artistic, philosophical, spiritual and political life. The literal meaning of the word is "gathering place" or "assembly". The purpose of this group is to provide a forum to freely discuss all kinds of interesting ideas. The format I would like to work towards is to have individuals presen …
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Book club meeting once a month in various spots in Calgary. Who needs cable? Expand your mind.
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Rule #1: always know where the exits are. This rule is not only important for daily life (zombies notwithstanding, what about fires? Or ninjas?), but in a larger sense, it's important to realize that there is no one right way to live. Mainstream culture has decided we operate in a pseudo-democratic, consumption-driven global economy. Okay. But what if we don't want to? The beautiful thing about rule #1 is that it is a rule made for the present, not the hypothetical future. It is a rule we c …
Welcome to the Calgary Dungeons and Dragons Meetup Group! Over the past ten years we have welcomed many newcomers, some old school from when the game was first introduced to the public, to the fresh wide-eyed explorer whose interest was piqued by some of the great literature that has inspired the game (or even by the most recent incarnations of Dungeons and Dragons); and through the years our enjoyment of this great game has never diminished. If you have a great sense of humor combined with th …
What is Steampunk? Steampunk simply embodies a time and a place. The time... the late 19th century, the place... a steam powered world, where air travel by fantastical airships and submarines is as common as traveling by car, train, or boat It's a place where national boundaries and interests are vastly different than our own version of history, where the elegant and refined are as likely to get pulled into a grand adventure, as the workers, ruffians, and lower classes. The idea of space travel …
This group is for musicians, readers, and all culturephiles and students of cultural arts to get together. We will have regular meetups for music jams, book discussions, and various other cultural-arts-related meetups. We will also have occasional meetup events for open mic nights, musical theater shows, concerts, music fests, and movie nights for shows related to music or the books we read. Some event tickets are cheaper when you buy them in groups, so going as a group would not only be more fu …
Tantalizing conversation your style? Interested in reading new books? Perhaps you're interested in a poetry reading, art opening, documentary film screening or play? Then you've come to the right place! What started as a book club has grown to be so much more! The Calgary Weekend Book Pile (And So Much More!) Group brings together a broad range of people to discuss books - fiction, nonfiction, poetry, short story and more - suggested by book club members on a monthly basis. Each member will have …
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