Upcoming Events
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The Parlour
September 18, 2026 | 6pm
Warrenton, VA
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Join us for an evening of friendship, philosophy, and learning as we practice the art of meaningful conversation.
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The Parlour
September 19, 2026 | 5pm
Alexandria, VA
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Join us for an evening of friendship, philosophy, and learning as we practice the art of meaningful conversation.
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The Parlour
October 11, 2026 | 12pm
Roanoke, VA
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Join us for an evening of friendship, philosophy, and learning as we practice the art of meaningful conversation.
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The Parlour
October 16, 2026 | 6pm
Warrenton, VA
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Join us for an evening of friendship, philosophy, and learning as we practice the art of meaningful conversation.
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The Hero's Journey: A Way Forward
October 22, 2026 | 6pm
Roanoke, VA
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Join us for this special event featuring a talk and conversation with visionary business leader, entrepreneur, author, and MTV founding member, August Turak.
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The Parlour
November 7, 2026 | 6pm
Roanoke, VA
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Join us for an evening of friendship, philosophy, and learning as we practice the art of meaningful conversation.
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The Parlour
November 13, 2026 | 6pm
Warrenton, VA
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Join us for an evening of friendship, philosophy, and learning as we practice the art of meaningful conversation.
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The Parlour
November 14, 2026 | TBD
Alexandria, VA
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Join us for an evening of friendship, philosophy, and learning as we practice the art of meaningful conversation.
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The Parlour
December 5, 2026 | 6pm
Roanoke, VA
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Join us for an evening of friendship, philosophy, and learning as we practice the art of meaningful conversation.
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The Parlour
December 12, 2026 | 5pm
Warrenton, VA
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Join us for an evening of friendship, philosophy, and learning as we practice the art of meaningful conversation.
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The Parlour
December 13, 2026 | TBD
Alexandria, VA
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Join us for an evening of friendship, philosophy, and learning as we practice the art of meaningful conversation.
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The Parlour
January 2, 2027 | 6pm
Roanoke, VA
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Join us for an evening of friendship, philosophy, and learning as we practice the art of meaningful conversation.
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The Parlour
January 8, 2027 | 6pm
Warrenton, VA
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Join us for an evening of friendship, philosophy, and learning as we practice the art of meaningful conversation.
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The Parlour
January 9, 2027 | TBD
Alexandria, VA
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Join us for an evening of friendship, philosophy, and learning as we practice the art of meaningful conversation.
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Past Events
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Philosophy on Tap: 'Artificial Intelligence and the Human Future'
February 27, 2026 | 5pm
Warrenton, VA
Join us for this special inaugural event featuring a talk by Professor Talbot Brewer (UVA) about the consequences of AI for humanity.
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Parlour Philosophy
May 14, 2026 | 5:30pm
Roanoke, VA
Come meet new friends, share your perspective, and learn as we engage in the art of meaningful conversation.
Salon topic: Courage and Human Agency
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"Life Cannot Be Delegated: Why the Arc of AI Bends Toward Demoralization and What to Do About it"
May 26, 2026 | 5:30pm
Warrenton, VA
Join us for this special event featuring a talk by the widely-read and respected writer, teacher, and speaker, Michael Sacasas.
About this talk: The arc of AI bends toward the demoralization of the human person. As AI advances into more and more spheres of human life, we are invited to outsource an ever wider range of human activity to the solicitous technologies that promise freedom, efficiency, convenience, and optimization. But what we are invited to outsource—care, thought, judgment, action—these turn out to be essential to a fully and recognizably human existence, and together they form a virtuous loop that fuels our experience of meaning and purpose. In this talk, we'll explore these various human activities, how they are threatened by AI, and why we must take care to guard their place in our experience.
You can learn more about Michael’s work through his newsletter, The Convivial Society. And by listening to his New York Times interview with Ezra Klein
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Parlour Philosophy
June 4, 2026 | 5pm
Middleburg, VA
Come meet new friends, share your perspective, and learn as we engage in the art of meaningful conversation.
Salon topic: Courage and Human Agency
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Wisdom on the Vine: 'An Economy of Life'
June 14, 2026 | 3pm
Magnolia Vineyards, Amissville, VA
Join us for this special event featuring a talk by esteemed Professor of Philosophy Talbot Brewer (UVA) based on his extraordinary essay “An Economy of Life”.
About this talk: Perhaps nothing is more important to us than love. Given how badly we desire it, you might at least expect that we would be sure what it is. But on this question we find the deepest and seemingly most intractable obscurity. In this talk, Professor Brewer will return to the dialogues of Plato to consider his strange yet compelling idea of love, and suggest that a return to the Platonic idea of love might help us find our way from an economy that disfigures what is best in us to an economy that brings our potentiality fully to life.
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The Parlour
July 10, 2026 | 6:30pm
Middleburg, VA
Join us for an evening of friendship, philosophy, and learning as we engage in the art of meaningful conversation.
Salon topic: What does it mean to be human?
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The Parlour
August 14, 2026 | 6pm
Roanoke, VA
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Join us for an evening of friendship, philosophy, and learning as we practice the art of meaningful conversation.
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The Parlour
August 20, 2026 | 6pm
Alexandria, VA
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Join us for an evening of friendship, philosophy, and learning as we practice the art of meaningful conversation.
Sorry, this salon is full. Please check other dates and locations below. We hope to see you soon!
CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
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The Parlour
August 21, 2026 | 6pm
Warrenton, VA
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Join us for an evening of friendship, philosophy, and learning as we practice the art of meaningful conversation.
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A Celebration of Ivan Illich's Centenary
September 4, 2026 | 6-8pm
Roanoke, VA
We are hosting a birthday party (a 100th birthday party to boot!) to celebrate a man who is no longer around, and for whom most of us never met.
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The Parlour
September 12, 2026 | 6pm
Roanoke, VA
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Join us for an evening of friendship, philosophy, and learning as we practice the art of meaningful conversation.