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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

24 Hours of Office Hours #96

Friday, 4 January 2022

20:00 (08:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations, Invocation w/David

21:00 (09:00 pm) - Evening Schedule and Community Shart Outs

Quick review of the evening schedule followed by whomever would like to do a shart out about…

22:00 (10:00 pm) - A Guided Tour of the Twilight Zone w/Prof. Jon

23:00 (11:00 pm) - Twilight Zone Double Feature w/Prof. Jon

Saturday, 5 January 2022

00:00 (00:00 am) - R. D. Laing Knots Reading and Discussion Plus Painting Show and Tell w/Char Truce

Bring art supplies if you want to draw or paint along.

01:00 (01:00 am) - Last Chance for Recycled News for Andy Brown w/Rodrigo Saldaña Zárate

02:00 (02:00 am) - Available

03:00 (03:00 am) - Available

04:00 (04:00 am) - Available

05:00 (05:00 am) - Available

Morning Session

06:00 (06:00 am) - Available

07:00 (07:00 am) - Available

08:00 (08:00 am) - Available

09:00 (09:00 am) - Available

10:00 (10:00 am) - Reading: The Great Class War 1914-1918 w/Falco

This weeks' reading, chapter 12: The End of Politics

11:00 (11:00 am) - More Marxist Something, Something w/Prof. Ann Li

Read latest on DailyKos, other reading materials can be found on the Discord under #files and #marxism channels.

Afternoon Session

12:00 (12:00 pm) - Hammer and Sickle w/Andy, DPA, Falco and Sarah

On hammer this week: carving sunflowers, petting porcupines. As always you’re fixit/buildit/hackit/designit quandaries/solutions take precedence! AND outside the shop today, I chanced upon a svelte woodchuck, fresh from his hibernation diet retreat beneath the shop, who reminded me that Sickle (garden talk) must also emerge from it’s winter slumber to greet the spring!

13:00 (01:00 pm) - More Hammer and Sickle

14:00 (02:00 pm) - FU Left Book Union: The Crying of Lot 49

I will be doing a series of readings leading up to the Feb 5 discussion of The Crying of Lot 49. Today I will start reading the essay Pynchon, JFK and the CIA: Magic Eye Views of The Crying of Lot 49.

16:00 (04:00 pm) - Joe in Norway Attempts to Slay a Dragon

An eggplant (aubergine) dragon that is. In an attempt to take his wok skills up a notch, Joe will attempt to slay the famed Eggplant Dragon as the incredible Chef Wang demonstrates here. To make things even more challenging he’ll make it outdoors in the sleet and snow, weather permitting of course.

Evening Session

17:00 (05:00 pm) - Ukraine, Jan 6, T***p, book banning, a talk by the historian Heather Cox Richardson w/Saul Youssef

18:00 (06:00 pm) - What the hell is going on in Hungary, part 2 w/Anna Lakatos

19:00 (07:00 pm) - Course: Jewish and Muslim Parables and Philosophical Fictions w/Prof. Adnan Husain

Read more information about the course.

Session 3: Abraham/Ibrahim - Reason and Revelation in Scripture, Parables, Commentary and Interpretation.

Adamson, p. 3-76, 91-97, 113-139

Al Farabi, “The Attainment of Happiness,” Al-Farabi’s Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle, tr. Muhsin Mahdi (NY: MacMillan, 1962), p. 41-50 (section 4).

Avicenna (Ibn Sina), On the Soul: The Floating Man, various excerpts (c. 1020-1037).

Al-Samaw’al al-Maghribi, Silencing the Jews, ed. Tr. M. Perlmann, Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research 32 (1964), p. 74-88. (autobiographical conversion narrative)

Syllabus and reading materials can be found in the #files Discord channel.

20:30 (08:30 pm) - The Wind Down with David Feldman

Note: all times are EST.

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Office Hours #95, 28-29 Jan 2022

Friday, 28 January 2022

20:00 (08:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations, Invocation w/David

21:00 (09:00 pm) - Evening Schedule and Community Shart Outs w/Dan & Han

Quick review of the evening schedule followed by whomever would like to do a shart out about…

21:30 (09:30 pm) - The Fast Lane

22:00 (10:00 pm) - Way Older News For Andy Brown w/Rodrigo Saldaña Zárate

23:00 (11:00 pm) - A Guided Tour of the Twilight Zone w/Prof. Jon

Saturday, 29 January 2022

00:00 (00:00 am) - A Screening of Patterns by Rod Serling w/Prof. Jon

01:00 (01:00 am) - Available

02:00 (02:00 am) - The Witching Hours. Open dialogue.

Morning Session

08:00 (08:00 am) - Jewish and Islamic Thought, Parables and Philosophical Fiction w/Prof. Adnan Husain

Session 2: Abraham/Ibrahim - Reason and Revelation in Scripture, Parables, Commentary and Interpretation.

Syllabus and reading materials can be found in the #files Discord channel.

09:30 (09:30 am) - The Wold According to Tyrone w/Bruce Malm

I will be doing a series of readings leading up to the Feb 5 discussion of The Crying of Lot 49. Today I will start reading the essay Pynchon, JFK and the CIA: Magic Eye Views of The Crying of Lot 49.

Afternoon Session

Wide open.

Sunday, 30 January 2022

14:30 (02:30 pm) - Hammer and Sickle w/Andy, DPA, Falco and Sarah

16:30 (04:30 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group

Note: all times are EST.

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Office Hours #94, 21-22 Jan 2022

Friday, 21 January 2022

20:00 (08:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations, Invocation w/David

21:00 (09:00 pm) - Evening Schedule and Community Shart Outs

Quick review of the evening schedule followed by whomever would like to do a shart out about…

21:30 (09:30 pm) - The Fast Lane

22:00 (10:00 pm) - A Guided Tour Into the Twilight Zone w/Prof. Jon

23:00 (11:00 pm) - Older News For Andy Brown w/Rodrigo Saldaña Zárate

Saturday, 22 January 2022

00:00 (00:00 am) - (More) Older News For Andy Brown w/Rodrigo Saldaña Zárate

01:00 (01:00 am) - Disgruntled Film Screening w/Nick Chaney

I’ve had a shitty week, and I’m gonna screen something, because why not.

02:00 (02:00 am) - The Witching Hours. Open dialogue.

Morning session

08:00 (08:00 am) - Jewish and Islamic Thought, Parables and Philosophical Fiction w/Prof. Adnan Husain

Session 1: Abraham/Ibrahim - Reason and Revelation in Scripture, Parables, Commentary and Interpretation.

09:00 (09:00 am) - The Wold According to Tyrone w/Bruce Malm

I will be doing a series of readings leading up to the Feb 5 discussion of The Crying of Lot 49. Today I will start reading the essay Pynchon, JFK and the CIA: Magic Eye Views of The Crying of Lot 49.

Afternoon session

16:30 (04:30 pm) - Valley Vox Theatre presents Sita Sings the Blues

Valley Vox Theatre will be showing the acclaimed 2008 animated musical romantic comedy-drama film, Sita Sings the Blues (trailer). We’ll be joined by special guest Nathan Anderson, and Question & Answer will follow the film.

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.

Sunday, 23 January 2022

14:30 (02:30 pm) - Hammer and Sickle w/Andy, DPA, Falco and Sarah

16:30 (04:30 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group

Note: all times are EST.

Registration

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Office Hours #93, 14-15 Jan 2022

Friday, 14 January 2022

20:00 (08:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations, Invocation w/David

21:00 (09:00 pm) - Evening Schedule and Community Shart Outs

Quick review of the evening schedule followed by whomever would like to do a shart out about…

21:30 (09:30 pm) - The Fast Lane

22:00 (10:00 pm) - A Guided Tour Into the Twilight Zone w/Prof. Jon

23:00 (11:00 pm) - More Old News for Andy Brown w/Rodrigo Saldaña Zárate

Saturday, 15 January 2022

00:00 (12:00 am) - Show and Tell w/Char Truce

Plus asking the audience for ideas and feedback.

02:00 (02:00 am) - The Witching Hours. Open dialogue.

08:00 (08:00 am) - Book reading w/Prof. Adnan Husain

Continuing reading from Ibn Tufayl’s Hayy B. Yaqzan: A Philosophical Tale from Medieval Spain.

09:00 (09:00 am) - The Wold According to Tyrone w/Bruce Malm

I will be doing a series of readings leading up to the Feb 5 discussion of The Crying of Lot 49. Today I will start reading the essay Pynchon, JFK and the CIA: Magic Eye Views of The Crying of Lot 49.

10:00 (10:00 am) - Gimme Some Mo' Sir w/Harsh and Joe in Norway

Learn how make delicious crispy Indian samosa from scratch and get the lowdown on the history and variation of this incredible street food dish. There will be zero tolerance for cultural appropriation, Harsh will come down hard on Joe if he sways from tradition. Unless of course, if Harsh welcomes the racism, cultural appropriation and snide comments.

14:00 (02:00 pm) - PEOPLE YOU MAY KNOW w/Lane

Sunday, 16 January 2022

14:30 (02:30 pm) - Hammer and Sickle w/Andy, DPA, Falco and Sarah

16:30 (04:30 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group

Note: all times are EST.

Registration

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Office Hours #92, 7-8 Jan 2022

Friday, 7 January 2022

20:00 (08:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations, Invocation w/David

21:00 (09:00 pm) - Evening Schedule and Community Shart Outs

Quick review of the evening schedule followed by whomever would like to do a shart out about…

21:30 (09:30 pm) - The Fast Lane

22:00 (10:00 pm) - What the hell is going on in Hungary? w/Anna Lakatos

OK, let’s talk about Viktor Orbán and his “illiberal democracy”… as a cautionary tale.

23:00 (11:00 pm) - A Guided Tour Into the Twilight Zone “It’s Good Life” w/Prof. Jon

Saturday, 8 January 2022

00:00 (00:00 am) - Texas Tom’s Draw-A-Long

Please have your art materials ready in advance: pens or pencils, drawing paper and/or watercolor paper, watercolor set — including brush(es), water container filled. Alternative to watercolor: colored pencils.

01:00 (01:00 am) - Texas Tom’s Draw-A-Long Part Two

02:00 (02:00 am) - The Witching Hours. Open dialogue.

08:00 (08:00 am) - Book reading w/Prof. Adnan Husain

Continuing reading from Ibn Tufayl’s Hayy B. Yaqzan: A Philosophical Tale from Medieval Spain.

16:30 (04:30 pm) - Valley Vox Theatre presents The Fits

Valley Vox Theatre trips the light fantastic with the widely-acclaimed coming-of-age drama, The Fits. We’ll be joined on location by Film Professor Nathan Scoll. Question & Answer will follow the film.

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.

Sunday, 9 January 2022

14:30 (02:30 pm) - Hammer and Sickle w/Andy, DPA, Falco and Sarah

16:30 (04:30 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group

Note: all times are EST.

Registration

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