Tue., Sept. 7 (the day after Labor Day), 8pm, at Lolita Bar (266 Broome St. at Allen St., one block south and three west of the Delancey St. F, J, M, Z subway stop).
Arguing yes: Lilit Marcus, author of Save the Assistants
Arguing no: comedian and entrepreneur Jen Dziura
Moderating: Michel Evanchik
Hosting: Todd Seavey
You may well be [...]
Thur., August 12th (International Youth Day, fun for all ages and nations), 8pm, at Lolita Bar (266 Broome St. at Allen St., one block south and three west of the Delancey St. F, J, M, Z subway stop).
Arguing yes: Byrne Hobart, Internet marketing consultant
Arguing no: Guy Vantresca, U.S. Army veteran and IT specialist
Moderating: Michel Evanchik
Sharing [...]
Thursday (again, that’s Thursday), July 8 at 8pm:
“Is Burlesque Art?”
featuring:
•Monty Leman, photographer (with photographs)
VS.
•Michel Evanchik, grumpus
Moderated by Todd Seavey
WHERE: basement level of Lolita Bar at 266 Broome St. at the corner of Allen St. on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, one block south and three west of the Delancey St. F, J, M, Z [...]
Wednesday, June 2 (8pm)
featuring:
•Christian Toth, off-off-Broadway actor and advertising worker, arguing YES (that it really was that guy who lived in Stratford-on-Avon)
VS.
•Gerit Quealy, journalist, NBC.com style editor, former actor, and part-time paleographer, arguing NO (that who it was — whether the Earl of Oxford, Anakin, or other — may be unclear, but it wasn’t that [...]
Instead of our usual monthly Debate at Lolita Bar being on a Wednesday…in a bar…and being a debate:
I, Todd Seavey, will read Ayn Rand’s speech “Faith and Force: Destroyers of the Modern World”
on this Saturday, the first — May Day — at 4pm at Columbia in Hamilton, Room 303
(thanks to Cooper Vaughan and the Columbia [...]
Download audio of the full Debate at Lolita Bar from April 7 (on “ObamaCare: Triumph or Doom?” with Bryan Harris and Gerard Perry) — and watch this site for tomorrow’s announcement of the room number and directions for our next event: a special Saturday, May 1 (4pm) gathering at Columbia featuring me reading an Ayn [...]
Wednesday, April 7 at 8pm
featuring:
•EverydayHealth.com editor Bryan Harris arguing triumph.
•conservative activist Gerard Perry arguing doom.
•Michel Evanchik moderates and Todd Seavey hosts.
Voting on the question at the end: you, the audience — bring a whole faction if you like, since we plan extensive audience Q&A on this divisive and timely topic.
Free admission, cash bar. Basement level [...]
•Is Christianity for Wimps? 9 of 12: Spencer on moderation
•Is Christianity for Wimps 10 of 12: Spencer and Rittelmeyer on…chastity
•Is Christianity for Wimps 11 of 12: Audience member on forgiveness
•Is Christianity for Wimps? 12 of 12: Seavey closing remarks
And as a bonus religious conflict item, see this piece (which briefly mentions the debate heard above) [...]
•Is Christianity for Wimps? 5 of 12: The essence
•Is Christianity for Wimps? 6 of 12: Sacrifice
•Is Christianity for Wimps? 7 of 12: Egalitarianism
•Is Christianity for Wimps? 8 of 12: Rittelmeyer on badass
Below, courtesy of Michel Evanchik, you can download the first four of the twelve audio clips from our debate two weeks ago between Richard Spencer and Helen Rittelmeyer on the question “Is Christianity for Wimps?” — beginning with me telling an icebreaking bear joke I got from my skeptic boss’s Catholic husband — and next [...]
Just in case anyone’s still confused about the difference between (or wants to be on the two separate e-mail invite lists for) the first-Wednesday monthly Debates at Lolita Bar I host and the third-Wednesday monthly Manhattan Project bar gatherings I also host (mainly for people who like to chat about politics), note that tomorrow should [...]
This Wednesday, March 3 (at 8pm), we will broach the weighty question of theologically-inspired wussitude with two dueling conservatives:
•Richard Spencer (formerly an editor at American Conservative and TakiMag and now the founding editor of AlternativeRight.com, which launches today) argues YES.
•Helen Rittelmeyer (a writer/editor whose work has been used by First Things, Culture11, American Spectator, American [...]
Our recent (Feb. 3) Debate at Lolita Bar pitted two former members of the Misfits, Bobby Steele and Michale Graves, against each other on the question “Is the Music Business Bad for Music as an Art Form?” Remember the event with us now, with photos by Monty Leman (showing, from left to right, me, Graves, [...]
This Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 8pm, an ex-Misfits vs. ex-Misfits (conservative!) punk-rock smackdown:
•Bobby Steele of the Undead argues YES.
•Michale Graves argues NO.
•Michel Evanchik (token Democrat) moderates and Todd Seavey hosts. Our debate last month was about “noshing,” this time it’s about “moshing” — so join us!
Voting on the question at the end: you, the unwashed [...]
This Wed., Jan. 6 (at 8pm) join us (at 266 Broome St. at Allen St. on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, one block south of the Delancey St. F J M Z subway stop) for a debate on a matter of great local importance — followed promptly by a field trip to sample the [...]