Monday⌗

27 July

8:00 pm - California Dreams California Nightmares w/Nate in Wisconsin

Nate and Laurel read Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World by Malcolm Harris in honor of Nancy and her reading of her Aunt’s memoir. (If people enjoy we could do it for a while.)

9 pm - The Funny Hour

Bring your stand up and funny videos where the whole community participates.

Tuesday⌗

28 July

7-8:30 pm - The Red Hour w/Bruce

Join the us for a short story discussion. See #the-red-hour Discord channel for more information.

This week’s reading: A Woman’s Restaurant by T.C. Boyle

Followed by a 1993 short dramatization of James Ellroy’s short story (read last week on #the-red-hour) Since I Don’t Have You starring Gary Busey, James Woods and Tim Matheson.

8:30 pm - Good News Everyone! w/Prof. Jon

Prof Jon reads articles that are not so good news.

Wednesday⌗

29 July

6 pm - Weekly Marx Office Hour(s) w/Ann Li

Reading: back to fictitious capital as it indefinitely expands the dominion of commodities.

Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the Discord.

8:30 pm - Spirituality and Activism w/Texas Tom

Agenda: TBD

Thursday⌗

30 July

7 pm - Bring the News w/Whomever Brings It

If you come across an article or bit of news that you feel the group would find interesting read it aloud (or ask someone to) and open the floor to discussion.

8 pm - CinemaTAC: The Last Election w/Robert

A brief excerpt of the writer/director’s (Doug Lain) description: “Inspired by Robert Downey Jr.’s The Last Party (1993) and Philip Seymour Hoffman’s The Party’s Over (2001), I wanted to make a film that was honest about what it felt like to attend both conventions (the RNC in Milwaukee and the DNC in Chicago in 2024) as an outsider. Someone who belonged to neither tribe and was welcome at neither table. What I found was a Republican Party transformed beyond recognition and a Democratic Party performing enthusiasm it didn’t quite feel. The Last Election is a reflective film, not an activist one. It offers no prescriptions. It sits with the discomfort of a political moment in which every generation of the left, including my own, is floundering. If there’s any hope to be found here, it’s in the honesty of that admission.”

Friday⌗

31 July

7 pm - The After Hours Show S04E10

On tonight’s show:

  • Ann Li updates us on Ukraine and updates us on Iran and blesses us with a rant
  • The norse Gods blessed (or cursed?) Joe in Norway with fungi, so he’ll make quick pickled zucchini ribbons over a Spanish/Japanese potato salad topped with pan-seared wild golden chantarelle and hedgehog mushrooms for Kitchen ASMR
  • Arjun from Deep Into History brings some historical context
  • TAC week in review, week looking forward

8:30 pm - Prof. Jon Presents: “Alfred Hitchcock Presents" w/Prof. Jon (Donate)

This week’s episode: The Case of Mr. Pelham

A series of troubling incidents lead Mr. Pelham to believe that he has a double who is deliberately impersonating him. Starring: Tom Ewell as Albert Pelham, Raymond Bailey as Dr. Harley, Justice Watson as Henry Peterson, Kirby Smith as Tom Mason, Kay Stewart as Miss Clement, John Compton as Vincent, and Jan Arvan as Harry.

10 pm - CinemaTAC: Barry w/Travis

11 pm - Open Dialogue

Saturday⌗

1 August

5 pm - Something About a Partridge w/Lane

7 pm - Saturday Night Theatre: Double Feature Show 🍿 w/Susanna

  1. The 7th Victim, 1943 Val Lewton super-classic Suspense. Gorgeous print. Featuring a 21 yr old Kim Hunter (Columbo star and future 1951 Oscar Winner).
  2. The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry, a rare 1945 Suspense NOIR Starring George Sanders, Ellen Drew and Geraldine Fitzgerald. Directed by the great NOIR director Robert Siodmak. This film marks the first sole film producing credit of Joan Harrison (Producer of Alfred Hitchcock Presents).

9 pm - Bring the Music

Bring tunes you want to share, check #music Discord channel for this week’s theme.

Sunday⌗

2 August

5 pm - A Star Trek:The Next Generation Watch Party & Discussion w/Prof. Jon (Donate)

This week’s episode: Night Terrors

The Enterprise gets trapped in a Tyken’s Rift, an energy-absorbing rupture in space, where all but Data, Troi, and Guinan experience rising hallucinations and paranoia. Guest Starring: Rosalind Chao, John Vickery, Shaun Duke, Lanei Chapman, Colm Meaney, and Whoopi Goldberg.

? pm - Sunday Soul Social (Following Star Trek) w/Lane

Note: all times in ET.