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This site is a way station for The Autonomous Collective and it’s related Discord and Zoom community.

You’ll find the latest After Hours schedule and details about the Weekly Marx reading group, in addition to who knows what else at this point.

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After Hours Schedules

Reading Groups

  • Monday at 7:00 pm EST: The Reading and Writing Workshop
  • Tuesday at 7:00 pm EST: The Read Hour
  • Saturday at 3:00 pm EST: The Reading and Writing Workshop
  • Sunday at 3:00 pm EST: Weekly Marx

After Hours #181, 18-24 Sep 2023

Monday

18 September 2023

17:00 (05:00 pm) - TAC Roundtable: Greetings, Salutations and Announcements

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

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

Reading: Democracy as Mediation in the 21st Century

19:00 (7:00 pm) - Writer’s Workshop w/Nancy M.

Bring any original writing, old, new, fictional or factual, on any topic, poetry or prose, to read and discuss. For latest writing prompt see the #writers-workshop channel on the Discord. Possible writing prompts:

  1. Write about your earliest memory. How does it make you feel? Why do you think it’s remained in your consciousness?
  2. Was is important in determining who you are?
  3. So, I was walking down the street…

20:00 (08:00 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.

21:00 (09:00 pm) - TAC GameTime Hour w/Cameron, Travis and Henchman

TAC GameTime Hour is your weekly one-stop destination for all things sports. This dynamic news show offers a comprehensive overview of the most thrilling events, remarkable achievements, and compelling stories from the world of sports over the past week.


Tuesday

19 September 2023

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

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

Reading: Democracy as Mediation in the 21st Century, Part 2

19:00-20:30 (7:00-8:30 pm) - The Read Hour w/Bruce M.

Join the us every Tuesday for a short story discussion. See this week’s reading in the #the-read-hour channel on Discord.

Tonight’s reading: Octavia Butler, The Book of Martha


Wednesday

20 September 2023

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

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

20:30-21:30 (08:30 pm) - Spirituality and Activism w/Texas Tom #spirituality-and-activism


Thursday

21 September 2023

17:00 (05:00 pm) - TAC Roundtable: Greetings, Salutations and Announcements

17:30 (05:30 pm) - After Hours Show Pre-Production Meeting

Tentative segments:

  • Steve K. eases us into the show with some live music
  • (Tentative) Joe in Norway discusses mushroom hunting for Kitchen ASMR
  • Prof. Ann Li gives us the Report on Ukraine and blesses us with a rant
  • TAC week in review, week looking forward

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation (deLong’s Slouching…) w/Ann Li

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

Reading: Chapter 11: The Cold War of Hostile Yet Coexisting Systems

19:00 (07:00 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.

22:00 (10:00 pm) - “Texas Tom” Webber’s Night Owl Roost

Please check #zoom-links-schedule channel on Discord for separate Zoom link.


Friday

22 September 2023

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations and Announcements

19:00 (07:00 pm) - The After Hours Show S01E19

On tonight’s show:

  • Steve K. eases us into the show with some live music
  • (Tentative) Joe in Norway discusses mushroom hunting for Kitchen ASMR
  • Prof. Ann Li gives us the Report on Ukraine and blesses us with a rant
  • TAC week in review, week looking forward

21:00 (09:00 pm) - Screening, 60 Second Video Project, Fall 2023 w/Steve K.

Screening original 60 second videos. Running time approx 20 minutes. View the curated playlist or raw playlist.

22:00 (10:00 pm) - Open dialogue, Bring the News, What Have You

23:00 (11:00 pm) - The Late Night Safety Meeting w/Henchman 21

Watching The Venture Bros. and discussing pop culture references, current events correlations, real world character translations, themes, etc, through any lens desired.

Have your nibbles and drinks close by, tuck in.


Saturday

23 September 2023

9:00 (9:00 am) - Juicing w/Joe in Norway

Join me for a roid-free Saturday workout at Fonte Verdi a local juicery in Molde, Norway. It is harvest time, see the process of hydraulic and traditional hand apple/pear pressing. We’ll see multi-generational families pressing their fruits together and hopefully speak to local gardeners, historians and activists.

14:00 (2:00 pm) - Writer’s Workshop w/Nancy M.

Bring any original writing, old, new, fictional or factual, on any topic, poetry or prose, to read and discuss. For latest writing prompt see the #writers-workshop channel on the Discord.

15:00 (03:00 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.

16:30 (04:30 pm) - Valley Vox Theatre Returns with a Double Feature

We’re back with updates and answers to all the questions you don’t have. Your Usher Kathleen returns triumphantly to celebrate the arrival of the Chilly Dillies. We’ll settle in with a “…and I was never the same after that Summer..” themed Double Feature. See trailer. Your tix/link will be posted to the #valley-vox-theatre Discord channel. See-uloid There.

Contact us at valleyvoxtheatre@gmail.com, or @ValleyVox on Twitter and on Patreon. Zoom link will be posted here on the day of the show.

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

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


Sunday

24 September 2023

13:00 (01:00 pm) - Art Attack Zoom Group w/Texas Tom

14:00 (02:00 pm) - Hammer and Sickle

Join us for shop and garden help and discussion.

15:00 (03:00 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

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

Note: all times are EST.

Registration

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After Hours #180, 11-17 Sep 2023

Monday

11 September 2023

17:00 (05:00 pm) - TAC Roundtable: Greetings, Salutations and Announcements

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

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

Read about Rent 1.00 today’s topic.

19:00 (7:00 pm) - Writer’s Workshop w/Nancy M.

Bring any original writing, old, new, fictional or factual, on any topic, poetry or prose, to read and discuss. Here’s a new prompt if you want to use a prompt:

  • Write about your earliest memory.
  • How does it make you feel?
  • Why do you think it’s remained in your consciousness?
  • Was it important in determining who you are?

For latest writing prompt see the #writers-workshop channel on the Discord.

20:00 (08:00 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.


Tuesday

12 September 2023

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

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

Reading for today: Rent: “what twenty-first century rents look like in theory and practice.”

19:00-20:30 (7:00-8:30 pm) - The Read Hour w/Bruce M.

Join the us every Tuesday for a short story discussion. See this week’s reading in the #the-read-hour channel on Discord.


Wednesday

13 September 2023

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

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

Reading for today, Rent: ‘The shitty rent business’: What’s the point of land rent theory? Ward and Aalbers 2016

19:00 (07:00 pm) - Green Therapy w/Joe in Norway

We treated ourselves to some “green therapy” at the Oslo Botanical Gardens today. We took some photos that I’ll share with the group and see if I can stump the encyclopedic Botanic Nancy.

20:30-21:30 (08:30 pm) - Spirituality and Activism w/Texas Tom #spirituality-and-activism


Thursday

14 September 2023

17:00 (05:00 pm) - TAC Roundtable: Greetings, Salutations and Announcements

17:30 (05:30 pm) - After Hours Show Pre-Production Meeting

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

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

19:00 (07:00 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.

22:00 (10:00 pm) - “Texas Tom” Webber’s Night Owl Roost

Please check #zoom-links-schedule channel on Discord for separate Zoom link.


Friday

15 September 2023

14:00 (02:00 pm) - (Tentative Random Stream) Kulternatt w/Joe in Norway

Evening of cultural events across Oslo; new-ish Munch and National museums; streaming if events permit.

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations and Announcements

19:00 (07:00 pm) - The After Hours Show S01E18

On tonight’s show:

  • Steve K. eases us into the show with some live music
  • Joe in Norway gets another workout with the gigantic stone mortal & pestle for Kitchen ASMR
  • Prof. Ann Li gives us the Report on Ukraine and blesses us with a rant
  • TAC week in review, week looking forward

21:00 (09:00 pm) - Open dialogue, Bring the News, What Have You

23:00 (11:00 pm) - The Late Night Safety Meeting w/Henchman 21

Watching The Venture Bros. and discussing pop culture references, current events correlations, real world character translations, themes, etc, through any lens desired.

Have your nibbles and drinks close by, tuck in.


Saturday

16 September 2023

Morning Session

5:00 (5:00 am) - Conference: From Oslo to Apartheid w/Joe in Norway

Join me for an half day of talks/lectures on the road from the Oslo Accords to Apartheid today.

Schedule:

11.00 Introduction

11.15-13.00: Oslo accords: 30 years without peace

Research and Hindsight: Critical Reflections on the conception and unfolding of the Oslo Accords by Toufic Haddad, Director Kenyon Institute, Jerusalem (via zoom)

Trump’s peace plan and the Abraham Accords – Erasing the Palestinians by Nadim Khoury, Associate Professor, ​​Inland School of Business and Social Science

LUNCH 13.00-14.00

14.00-15.45: What are the alternatives to the two-state-solution?

Room for negotiations in the New Middle East? by Diana Buttu, Lawyer and former legal adviser for Abbas and PLO’s negotiation delegation

How is the post-Oslo generation reclaiming their self-determination beyond the agreement? by Ahmed Abofoul, Legal Researcher and Advocacy Officer, Al-Haq

The political life of the Palestinian camps in Lebanon by Erling Lorentzen Sogge, Senior lecturer in Middle East Studies, University of Oslo

BREAK 15.45-16.00

16.00-17.00: Panel discussion: Envisioning a future without occupation and apartheid?

Ahmed Abofoul, Raji Sourani and Nadim Khoury, Associate Professor, Inland School of Business and Social Science Moderator: Line Khateeb, Head of the Palestine Committee

Related links:

Afternoon Session

14:00 (2:00 pm) - Writer’s Workshop w/Nancy M.

Bring any original writing, old, new, fictional or factual, on any topic, poetry or prose, to read and discuss. For latest writing prompt see the #writers-workshop channel on the Discord.

16:00 (04:00 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.

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

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


Sunday

17 September 2023

9:00 (9:00 am) - Photographic History of Oslo w/Joe in Norway

Join me at Bymuseet Frogner Parken (City Museum of Oslo) for two photography exhibitions, A Taste of Oslo convering 150 years of food history in the city and Kjære Akerselva about the historical changes the city’s main river has taken from industrialization until today.

13:00 (01:00 pm) - Art Attack Zoom Group w/Texas Tom

14:00 (02:00 pm) - Hammer and Sickle

Join us for shop and garden help and discussion.

15:00 (03:00 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

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

Today’s reading: A Marx for All Seasons

Note: all times are EST.

Registration

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After Hours #179, 4-10 Sep 2023

Monday

4 September 2023

17:00 (05:00 pm) - TAC Roundtable: Greetings, Salutations and Announcements

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

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

19:00 (7:00 pm) - Writer’s Workshop w/Nancy M.

Bring any original writing, old, new, fictional or factual, on any topic, poetry or prose, to read and discuss. For latest writing prompt see the #writers-workshop channel on the Discord.

20:00 (08:00 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.


Tuesday

5 September 2023

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

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

19:00-20:30 (7:00-8:30 pm) - The Read Hour w/Bruce M.

Join the us every Tuesday for a short story discussion. See this week’s reading in the #the-read-hour channel on Discord.


Wednesday

6 September 2023

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

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

20:30-21:30 (06:00 pm) - Spirituality and Activism w/Texas Tom #spirituality-and-activism


Thursday

7 September 2023

17:00 (05:00 pm) - TAC Roundtable: Greetings, Salutations and Announcements

17:30 (05:30 pm) - After Hours Show Pre-Production Meeting

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

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

19:00 (07:00 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.

22:00 (10:00 pm) - “Texas Tom” Webber’s Night Owl Roost

Please check #zoom-links-schedule channel on Discord for separate Zoom link.


Friday

8 September 2023

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations and Announcements

19:00 (07:00 pm) - The After Hours Show S01E17

On tonight’s show:

  • Steve K. eases us into the show with some live music
  • Joe in Norway is on the road, he’ll make something simple and cheap for Kitchen ASMR
  • Prof. Ann Li gives us the Report on Ukraine and blesses us with a rant
  • Yachters have more than ocras to worry about in Spain, Extinction Rebellion action in Barcelona
  • The Guru-o-meter should be among your tools, discussion of Decoding the Gurus podcast
  • TAC week in review, week looking forward

22:00 (09:00 pm) - Open dialogue, Bring the News, What Have You

23:00 (11:00 pm) - The Late Night Safety Meeting w/Henchman 21

Watching The Venture Bros. and discussing pop culture references, current events correlations, real world character translations, themes, etc, through any lens desired.

Have your nibbles and drinks close by, tuck in.


Saturday

9 September 2023

5:00 (5:00 am) - Designer’s Saturday w/Joe in Norway

Join me for an all day event of talks and showrooms at Designer’s Saturday the largest designer and interior architecture exhibition in Oslo. I will periodically be streaming what might be of interest to the group.

14:00 (2:00 pm) - Writer’s Workshop w/Nancy M.

Bring a piece of your own original writing to read and discuss. Any subject or form. No grades; no credit; purely voluntary for personal experience, enrichment, exercise of writing skills.

Here’s a new prompt if you want to use a prompt

  • Write about your earliest memory.
  • How does it make you feel?
  • Why do you think it’s remained in your consciousness?
  • Was it important in determining who you are?

For latest writing prompt see the #writers-workshop channel on the Discord.

16:00 (04:00 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.

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the TAC Discord server. Read today’s topic.


Sunday

10 September 2023

13:00 (01:00 pm) - Art Attack Zoom Group w/Texas Tom

14:00 (02:00 pm) - Hammer and Sickle

Join us for shop and garden help and discussion.

15:00 (03:00 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

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

Note: all times are EST.

Registration

Register for a slot on After Hours now.

After Hours #178, 27 Aug - 2 Sep 2023

Monday

28 August 2023

17:00 (05:00 pm) - TAC Roundtable: Greetings, Salutations and Announcements

18:00 (06:00 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.

19:00 (7:00 pm) - Writer’s Workshop w/Nancy M.

Bring any original writing, old, new, fictional or factual, on any topic, poetry or prose, to read and discuss. For latest writing prompt see the #writers-workshop channel on the Discord.

Today’s prompt suggestion:

  1. What is the source of apprehension, reluctance, or anxiety that prevents me from enjoying my ability to express myself through writing?
  2. Write about anything you’ve been thinking about a lot lately.

Tuesday

29 August 2023

19:00-20:30 (7:00-8:30 pm) - The Read Hour w/Bruce M.

Join the us every Tuesday for a short story discussion. See this week’s reading in the #the-read-hour channel on Discord.


Wednesday

30 August 2023

20:30-21:30 (06:00 pm) - Spirituality and Activism w/Texas Tom #spirituality-and-activism


Thursday

31 August 2023

17:00 (05:00 pm) - TAC Roundtable: Greetings, Salutations and Announcements

17:30 (05:30 pm) - After Hours Show Pre-Production Meeting

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Topic Discussion w/the Weekly Marx Bunch

19:00 (07:00 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.

21:00 (9:00 pm) - Screening: Another Hour of the Film La Commune (de Paris, 1871) w/Prof. Ann Li

We’ll start watching (from 2 hours 45 minutes) the nearly six-hour film La Commune a 2000 film by Peter Watkins but first introduce some material about the Paris Commune of 1871.

22:00 (10:00 pm) - “Texas Tom” Webber’s Night Owl Roost

Please check #zoom-links-schedule channel on Discord for separate Zoom link.


Friday

1 September 2023

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations and Announcements

19:00 (07:00 pm) - The After Hours Show S01E16

On tonight’s show:

  • Joe in Norway makes a variation on Georgian lobio (bean) stew and mchadi (corn griddle cakes) for Kitchen ASMR
  • Prof. Ann Li gives us the Report on Ukraine and blesses us with a rant
  • TAC week in review, week looking forward

21:00 (9:00 pm) - Open dialogue, Bring the News, What Have You

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.

23:00 (11:00 pm) - The Relatively Late Night Safety Meeting w/Henchman 21

Watching The Venture Bros. and discussing pop culture references, current events correlations, real world character translations, themes, etc, through any lens desired.

Have your nibbles and drinks close by, tuck in.


Saturday

2 September 2023

3-8:00 (8:00 am) - Early Bird Foraging with Joe in Norway (Tentative)

If I can get my lazy ass out the door, join me for a hike into the forest to forage more wild berries and make jam afterwards.

14:00 (2:00 pm) - Writer’s Workshop w/Nancy M.

Bring any original writing, old, new, fictional or factual, on any topic, poetry or prose, to read and discuss. This week’s suggested prompts:

Prompt 1: Tell about how you decided, or ended up doing what you do for a living. Prompt 2: Tell about a chance encounter that changed your life (e.g. how you met someone you ended up living with, or someone who gave you a career opportunity).

Feel free to use any previous prompt that you have or haven’t used, or no prompt at all.

For more information and latest writing prompt see the #writers-workshop channel on the Discord.

16:00 (04:00 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.

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

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


Sunday

3 September 2023

12:00 (12:00 pm) - Fermentation Lab w/Joe in Norway

Time to get some cabbage and possibly some other vegetable a picklin'.

14:00 (02:00 pm) - Hammer and Sickle

Join us for shop and garden help and discussion.

15:00 (03:00 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group

16:30 (04:30 pm) - Fact-checking for masochists, Pt. 1: Tucker Carlson’s interview with Orbán w/Anna

Join us for part one of a “fact-checking for masochists” series 😁

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

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

Note: all times are EST.

Registration

Register for a slot on After Hours now.

After Hours #177, 21-27 Aug 2023

Monday

21 August 2023

17:00 (05:00 pm) - TAC Roundtable: Greetings, Salutations and Announcements

Attention Readers: Kelly in Nebraska would like to work out a day/time that works best for assessing books to consider reading for Wednesday Marx. Please join to discuss.

Also, this evening, Joe in Norway needs to make red raspberry jam and will be doing some experimental baking, particularly a blueberry semolina custard galette.

18:00 (06:00 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.

19:00 (07:00 pm) - TAC Writing Workshop w/Nancy Jane

Bring original writing, old, new, fact, fiction, prose or poetry, to read and discuss.


Tuesday

22 August 2023

19:00-20:30 (7:00-8:30 pm) - The Read Hour w/Bruce

This week’s reading: The City of Light in the Dark by David Sedaris.

Join the us every Tuesday for a short story discussion. See this week’s reading in the #the-read-hour channel on Discord.


Wednesday

23 August 2023

20:30-21:30 (06:00 pm) - Spirituality and Activism w/Texas Tom #spirituality-and-activism


Thursday

24 August 2023

17:00 (05:00 pm) - TAC Roundtable: Greetings, Salutations and Announcements

17:30 (05:30 pm) - After Hours Show Pre-Production Meeting

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Topic Discussion w/the Weekly Marx Bunch

19:00 (07:00 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.

21:00 (9:00 pm) - Screening: Another Hour of the Film La Commune (de Paris, 1871) w/Prof. Ann Li

We’ll start watching the nearly six-hour film La Commune a 2000 film by Peter Watkins but first introduce some material about the Paris Commune of 1871.

22:00 (10:00 pm) - “Texas Tom” Webber’s Night Owl Roost

Please check #zoom-links-schedule channel on Discord for separate Zoom link.


Friday

25 August 2023

18:00 (06:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations and Announcements

19:00 (07:00 pm) - The After Hours Show S01E15 A Quiet Week

On tonight’s show:

  • Steve K. eases us into the show with some live music
  • Joe in Norway leaves the long knives in the drawer to make experimental porridge with foraged lingonberries, polenta, matcha and pistachio for Kitchen ASMR
  • Prof. Ann Li gives us the 30,000 foot view on the Report on Ukraine and expounds on other important subjects
  • TAC week in review, week looking forward
  • Joe’s porridge mugs for the camera

21:00 (09:00 pm) - Open dialogue, Bring the News, What Have You

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.

23:00 (11:00 pm) - The Relatively Late Night Safety Meeting w/Henchman 21

Watching The Venture Bros. and discussing pop culture references, current events correlations, real world character translations, themes, etc, through any lens desired.

Have your nibbles and drinks close by, tuck in.


Saturday

26 August 2023

Morning Session

6-8:00 (8:00 am) - Early Bird Foraging with Joe in Norway (Tentative)

If I can get my lazy ass out the door, join me for a hike into the forest to forage more wild berries and make jam afterwards.

Afternoon Session

14:00 (2:00 pm) - Writer’s Workshop w/Nancy M.

Bring any original writing, old, new, fictional or factual, on any topic, poetry or prose, to read and discuss. As a prompt you can write about:

  1. Tell about a time when you had to do something that caused great trepidation to yourself but it turned out to much easier than you expected.
  2. Tell about your favorite dream.

16:00 (04:00 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.


Sunday

27 August 2023

13:00 (01:00 pm) - Art Attack Zoom Group w/Texas Tom

14:00 (02:00 pm) - Hammer and Sickle

Join us for shop and garden help and discussion.

15:00 (03:00 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group

Note: all times are EST.

Registration

Register for a slot on After Hours now.