2025 Polyface Retreat
2025-09-12 - 2025-09-13 | Polyface Farm, 43 Pure Meadows Lane, Swoope, VA, United States
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RECLAIM YOUR INDEPENDENCE

Polyface Farms, Swoope, VA

September 12-13, 2025
The experience of the last five years – from lockdowns and closure to vaccine mandates and mass surveillance – blew open a once-hidden machinery of control at all levels of society, nationally and globally. This Goliath has invaded medicine, tech, media, large corporations, and, above all else, government at all levels. The devastation for liberty and rights, even the future of civilization, has been nothing short of traumatic for the whole of humanity. Brownstone Institute’s first retreat at Polyface Farms offers loyal Brownstone readers a chance to join us in an exciting opportunity to learn from the best minds on the subjects of health freedom, food freedom, monetary freedom, educational freedom, freedom from censorship, and more. This will all be held at the home of one of the world’s greatest leaders in regenerative farming.
Tickets
Ticket pricing, individual: $265

Includes Breakfast and Lunch on both days, as well as coffee both days. Access to all sessions. Also includes Saturday morning Farm Tour.

Farm Tour

This two-hour tour by Polyface Farms will be on Saturday morning, between 8:45 and 10:45, returning in time for the keynote on Saturday at 11 am.

Brownstone Supper Club, West Hartford, September 24, 2025: Retsef Levi
2025-09-24 17:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Brownstone Supper Club at Butterfly Restaurant, 831 Farmington Ave, West Hartford, CT, 06119, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILThe famed supper club at a fabulous venue (the real Chinese stuff) with friends of the Brownstone Institute, features MIT scientist and biostatistician Dr. Retsef Levi, who is a leading authority on information systems, pharmaceutical efficacy and safety, and a current member of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
Come early for cocktails and meet Brownstone Institute friends, scholars, writers, and benefactors, and celebrate victories and discuss challenges ahead. The food is wonderful and the discussion is brilliant. Casual and fun, even if some people come in fancier clothing.
This month we are deeply honored to host Retsef Levi, a curious and scrupulous scientist with a humane outlook on solutions in these troubled times. He is a member of the Operations Management Group at MIT Sloan and affiliated with the MIT Operations Research Center. Levi also serves as the faculty leader for Food Chain Supply Analytics. Before coming to MIT, he spent a year in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center as the holder of the Goldstine Postdoctoral Fellowship. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Tel-Aviv University in 2001, and a PhD in Operations Research from Cornell University in 2005.
He is a member of ACIP, the committee that provides advice and guidance to leaders of the CDC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This CIP appointment is for four years.
Retsef will share with us insights on the matter of AI systems. Are they as robust as advertised or are we merely creating single points of failure. Not nearly enough attention has been paid to this concern. Another matter: when AI systems break down, can anyone fix them? Other issues will come up in Q&A.
We are thrilled to hear from him and hear his story of his experiences and what it has taught him about this highly contentious moment in public life. This event will certainly sell out, so be sure to get your tickets early.

Brownstone Greater Boston Supper Club, October 7, 2025: Kevin McKernan & Jessica Rose
2025-10-07 17:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Rocco’s Restaurant and Bar, 193 Main Street, Wilmington, MA, 01887, United States
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Tuesday, October 7,
5:30pm – 9:00pm
Wilmington, MA
$50
Please join us for an evening of lively conversation, intriguing speakers, and fun! This month we are pleased to welcome Kevin McKernan and Jessica Rose.
About Kevin McKernan
Kevin worked as the Team Leader for R&D on the human genome project at MIT with the hopes of delivering personalized medicine. After founding several genomics startups to democratize DNA sequencing, he found himself increasingly haunted by his colleagues’ departure from personalized medicine in favor of herd top down herd medicine. He has since focused his efforts on open sourcing medicinal genomes like Cannabis sativa and Psilocybe cubensis to enable a better understanding of safer alternatives to the top down dissemination of dangerous FDA approved drugs.
About Jessica Rose
Jessica Rose, Brownstone Fellow; IMA Senior Fellow; Surfer, is a Canadian researcher with 5 post-secondary degrees in Applied Mathematics, Immunology, Computational Biology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. Her recent research efforts are aimed at descriptive analyses of the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) data in efforts to make this data accessible to the public. She is also a prolific science writer, public speaker and has presented her work internationally at the invitations of parliamentarians and Senators, alike. She will soon be an employee of MIT.
About the Talk
Kevin will cover the radical mutagenesis that has occurred in bioethics as it pertains to the incarcerated CRISPR baby Scientist to mandated gene therapies that appeared only a few years later. How this deception was perpetrated and what tools we need to fix to ensure it never happens again.
Part of democratizing medicine requires decentralization of medical research and scientific publishing. The talk will underscore the narrative control induced by centralized scientific funding and peer review and how Bitcoin can break this cycle with censorship resistant funding and publishing.
Jessica will wing a great conversation with Kevin about their new paper’s data. It’s all about DNA contamination/SV40.
Venue, Location & Parking
Rocco’s, 193 Main Street, Wilmington. Ample free parking. Overflow parking at Dunkin’ Donuts right next door, or across the street @ Sherwin Williams.
Registration
$50 per person. Space is limited so be sure to secure your seat early!
For more information contact Brianne at BrianneKrupsaw@gmail.com Please include “October Supper Club” in the subject line.

Brownstone Chicago Supper Club, October 16, 2025: Jeffrey Tucker
2025-10-16 18:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Greek Islands Resaurant, 200 S. Halsted, Chicago, IL, 60661, United States
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$50
We’re thrilled to feature Brownstone Institute Founder and President Jeffrey Tucker at our first Chicago Supper Club! Join Brownstone Institute friends, scholars, writers, and benefactors, and celebrate victories and discuss challenges ahead. The food is wonderful and the discussion brilliant. Casual and fun, even if some people come in fancier clothing.
About Jeffrey’s Talk: “The Social Meaning of the Loss of Trust”
The commanding heights of society have betrayed the public trust, making serious institutional rebuilding necessary. Brownstone Institute looks to guide the rebuilding by generating new ideas in public health, philosophy, scientific discourse, economics, and social theory. It hopes to enlighten and mobilize public life to defend and promote the liberty that is critical for an enlightened society from which everyone benefits.
About Jeffrey Tucker
Jeffrey Tucker is Founder, Author, and President at Brownstone Institute. He is also Senior Economics Columnist for Epoch Times, author of 10 books, including Life After Lockdown, and many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press. Jeffrey speaks widely on topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. His most recent book is The Spirits of America: On the Semiquincentennial.
Venue & Details
Greek Islands Restaurant, 200 S. Halsted, Chicago, IL
Greek Islands is a popular Greek restaurant in Chicago known for its great food, service, and value. From Greece they select and ship to their restaurant the highest quality extra virgin olive oil, superior wines, the best cheeses, herbs, and seafood.
Location and Parking
Greek Islands Restaurant is located at 200 S. Halsted St. in the heart of Greek Town. Free valet parking is available in front of the entrance on Adams St at the Corner of Halsted.
Ticket Information
$50 per person includes a family style dinner and wine. Space is limited so secure your spot now!
Travel Information
Crown Plaza Hotel is nestled in the heart of Chicago’s Greek Town neighborhood and is in walking distance to the bustling neighborhood of Fulton Market where you’ll find some of Chicago’s best fine dining restaurants. The hotel is also near Willis Tower, Randolf Street Restaurant Row, University of Illinois Chicago, and Union Station.
For more information contact Jackie Sloan at Jackie@JackieSloanInc.com. Please include “Supper Club” in the subject line.

Brownstone Supper Club, West Hartford, October 22, 2025: Kim Witczak
2025-10-22 17:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Brownstone Supper Club at Butterfly Restaurant, 831 Farmington Ave, West Hartford, CT, 06119, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILOn Wednesday, October 22nd, the famous West Hartford Supper Club is enormously honored to host Kim Witczak, a leading global drug safety advocate and speaker with over 25 years professional experience in advocacy. She is currently a very vocal Consumer Representative on the FDA Advisory committee evaluating new drugs coming to market.
Butterfly is the venue (the real Chinese stuff) with friends of the Brownstone Institute. Come early for cocktails and meet Brownstone Institute friends, scholars, writers, and benefactors, and celebrate victories and discuss challenges ahead. The food is wonderful and the discussion brilliant. Casual and fun, even if some people come in fancier clothing.
This month we are deeply honored to host Kim. She is making the long trip here to speak of the revolution taking place in pharmaceuticals. She shows how to connect the dots, in this case, between Washington, the FDA, Big Pharma, Patient/Disease Awareness organizations, and the healthcare system. Spoiler alert: follow the money.

The Great Transition: Brownstone Institute 5th Annual Conference & Gala
2025-10-31 08:00 - 2025-11-01 17:00 (America/New_York) | Little America, 500 S Main St, Salt Lake City, UT, 84101, United States
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Friday, October 31st – Saturday, November 1st

The Fifth annual gathering of Brownstone Institute scholars, writers, researchers, fellows, and supporters in historic downtown Salt Lake City, Utah.
Visit The Great Transition for more information.
Price includes a $75 non-refundable registration fee

VIP Dinner and Fundraiser - The Great Transition
2025-10-31 19:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Little America, 500 S Main St, Salt Lake City, UT, 84101, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILFundraiser VIP Friday dinner with panelists $1,000/person or $1,500/couple
You must also be registered for The Great Transition event in order to attend the dinner.
Dietary Concerns
If you require a special diet (vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, etc.), please notify us at operations@brownstone.org so that we can make arrangements for you.
This includes a $75 non-refundable registration fee

Brownstone Midwest Supper Club, November 3, 2025: Indiana University Professor Colin Elliott
2025-11-03 18:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Lennie’s, 514 E. Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN, 47408, United States
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We are pleased to announce the next meeting of the Brownstone Midwest Supper Club on Monday, November 3, featuring Indiana University Professor Colin Elliott.
“After Charlie Kirk: Ancient Rome’s Lessons on Political Violence and the Death of Republics”
The assassination of Charlie Kirk was shocking not only because a man was killed for his political and religious beliefs, but because of the troubling revelation that many Americans believe such murders as justified and even worthy of celebration. Can anything be done to prevent the United States from entering a dark new period in which open factional violence becomes normalized? The ancient Roman Republic final phase offers stunning insights into how such embedded violence could play out. After the murder of political activist Tiberius Gracchus in 133 BC, some in Rome—including many senators—endorsed the killing. Despite opportunities to restore political stability, Rome’s elites failed to act, and in the decades that followed, cycles of violence grew increasingly frequent and intense. This chaos gave rise to dictators, warlords, and civil wars, ultimately leading to the permanent collapse of the Roman Republic.
About Professor Elliott:
Colin Elliott is a Professor of History at Indiana University, Bloomington, specializing in the Roman Empire’s economic, social and environmental history. He authored Pox Romana: The Plague that Shook the Roman World (Princeton, 2024) and Economic Theory and the Roman Monetary Economy (Cambridge, 2020). His next book, Tyrant & Gladiator: Commodus, Last Emperor of the Pax Romana (Princeton University Press), is a biography of the Roman Emperor Commodus. Elliott is also host of The Pax Romana Podcast—a podcast exploring the exciting stories and sources from Roman history. He teaches several popular courses at Indiana University, including ‘Ancient Leaders and Leadership’—a favorite of students of the Kelly School of Business. In 2020, his teaching earned the David and Cheryl Morley Career Distinguished Teaching Award—the College’s highest teaching honor for early career faculty.
Venue & Details
Lennie’s is a beloved Bloomington institution known for its warm atmosphere, exceptional cuisine, and craft beer selection. For over 30 years, Lennie’s has been bringing people together over delicious food and drink in a setting perfect for meaningful conversation.
Location & Parking
Lennie’s is located at 514 E. Kirkwood Ave in the heart of downtown Bloomington, Indiana. Free parking is available after 5PM in the Indiana University Von Lee Parking Lot at the corner of Sixth and Dunn, and in the Indiana University Parking Lot #402 at 4th and Dunn. There is also metered parking (metered until 9PM) available on streets surrounding Kirkwood Avenue (Kirkwood is closed to traffic through November). Several parking garages are within walking distance.
Ticket Information
$50 per person includes a tasty buffet dinner and drinks. Space is limited so secure your spot now!
Accommodations
Excellent hotels within walking distance of Lennie’s:

Grant Street Inn – A historic charming local inn
Graduate Bloomington – A boutique hotel celebrating Indiana University’s heritage

For more information contact Joni McGary at jonimcgary@me.com. Please include “supper club” in the subject line.

Brownstone Greater Boston Supper Club, November 4, 2025: Jeff Cohen
2025-11-04 17:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Rocco’s Restaurant and Bar, 193 Main Street, Wilmington, MA, 01887, United States
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Tuesday, November 4
5:30pm – 9:00pm
Wilmington, MA
$50
Please join us for an evening of lively conversation, intriguing speakers, and fun! This month we are pleased to welcome Jeff Cohen.
About Jeff
Jeff is one of the leading figures in Massachusetts advocating for election validity and the permanent restoration of lawful and verifiable elections. As the Co-Director of the non-partisan and all volunteer organizations, MA4FairElections and the nationwide group, Unite4Freedom, he mobilizes dedicated volunteers who share his vision of returning the nation’s sovereignty to its people. Jeff has spearheaded various initiatives designed to both educate the public and hold election officials accountable under the law. Jeff has now dedicated his efforts to addressing and correcting a compromised election system and restoring confidence in election results.
About the Talk
Jeff will focus on the national effort to restore confidence in our compromised election system. He will discuss some of the strategies being implemented to address the apparent non-compliance with federal laws and the impact it has on having representative government. An overview of the voting system will be discussed along with the history of mail-in voting, electronic voting machines, and the vulnerabilities associated with them. In addition, federal election laws and a recent executive order, related to securing our elections, will be reviewed. Forensic evidence of apparent nationwide election malfeasance will be presented along with the process utilized to gather this data. He will touch on a few of MA4FairElections initiatives as well.
Venue, Location & Parking
Rocco’s, 193 Main Street, Wilmington. Ample free parking. Overflow parking at Dunkin’ Donuts right next door, or across the street @ Sherwin Williams.
Registration
$50 per person. Space is limited so be sure to secure your seat early!
For more information contact Brianne at BrianneKrupsaw@gmail.com Please include “November Supper Club” in the subject line.

Brownstone Supper Club, West Hartford, November 19, 2025: Alex Sullivan
2025-11-19 17:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Brownstone Supper Club at Butterfly Restaurant, 831 Farmington Ave, West Hartford, CT, 06119, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILOn Wednesday, November 19, the famous West Hartford Supper Club is pleased to welcome Alex Sullivan, author of She Didn’t Start the Fire: The True Story of One Mother’s Journey from Apolitical to Activist.
Butterfly is the venue (the real Chinese stuff) with friends of the Brownstone Institute. Come early for cocktails and meet Brownstone Institute friends, scholars, writers, and benefactors, and celebrate victories and discuss challenges ahead. The food is wonderful and the discussion brilliant. Casual and fun, even if some people come in fancier clothing.
Alex Sullivan graduated from Duke University with a double major in Mathematics and Theater. She began her career on the commodities sales and trading desk at JPMorgan, where navigating the shark-infested waters of Wall Street prepared her well for the challenges of the outside world. When the global pandemic struck in 2020, Alex left her career on Wall Street to become a stay-at-home mother, taking on a new kind of challenge: protecting children. Since then, she has devoted herself to educating parents—especially women—on the importance of grassroots activism, community engagement, and prioritizing our children as the future of America.
She co-founded New Canaan Unplugged, a parent-led initiative helping families cultivate a more mindful relationship with technology. Alex also serves as the Connecticut Chapter Lead of the Independent Women’s Network (IWN), which operates in Fairfield County as a hub for like-minded individuals pushing back against divisive ideologies in schools and local communities. Her Substack, Mom Cooks Fast and Slow.

(Postponed until Dec 8, 2025) Brownstone Greater Boston Supper Club: Dr. Adam Urato
2025-12-08 17:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Rocco’s Restaurant and Bar, 193 Main Street, Wilmington, MA, 01887, United States
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Rocco’s Restaurant and Bar, 193 Main Street, Wilmington, MA
Tuesday, December 2 (now Monday, December 8)
5:30pm – 9:00pm
Wilmington, MA
$50
Please join us for an evening of lively conversation, intriguing speakers, and fun! This month we are pleased to welcome Dr. Adam Urato.
About Dr. Urato
Adam is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist in his hometown of Framingham, Massachusetts where has an active clinical practice taking care of high-risk pregnancies and delivering babies. He writes and lectures on medication exposures in pregnancy. Adam has taken a leading role in opposing ineffective drugs and harmful approaches to care in pregnancy including opposing Makena (an ineffective preterm birth drug which the FDA pulled off the market in 2023). He is currently petitioning the FDA to add a boxed warning to SSRIs regarding pregnancy risks. Adam is a strong supporter of freedom of speech and informed consent.
About the Talk
How is it that pregnant women and the public routinely get treated with medications & vaccinations that turn out to be more harmful and less effective than originally thought? This talk explores how the regulation and information systems in the US have failed, what patients and the public can do to protect themselves, and what changes are needed.

Venue, Location & Parking
Rocco’s, 193 Main Street, Wilmington. Free parking. Overflow parking at Dunkin’ Donuts next door, or across the street @ Sherwin Williams.
Registration
$50 per person. Space is limited so be sure to secure your seat early!
For more information contact Brianne at BrianneKrupsaw@gmail.com Please include “December Supper Club” in the subject line.

Brownstone Midwest Supper Club, December 8, 2025: Green Acres Village’s Ann Kreilkamp
2025-12-08 18:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Lennie’s, 514 E. Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN, 47408, United States
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We are thrilled to announce the next meeting of the Brownstone Midwest Supper Club on Monday, December 8, featuring Green Acres Village’s Ann Kreilkamp.
“Growing Communities from the Ground Up: Green Acres Village – A Template for the Transformation of Suburban America”
About the talk:
Ann Kreilkamp will share the remarkable journey of creating Green Acres Village, a thriving community nestled in the heart of suburban Bloomington. Ann will walk us through how she conceived and built this unique neighborhood, where three homes with gardens, a shared compost area, greenhouse, chicken coop, patio, and community stage come together as a living laboratory for intentional, regenerative living.
Ann calls her approach “emergent design”—a philosophy of making decisions “one after another, little by little,” allowing each choice to organically reveal the next step. Ann’s story reveals how these small, deliberate actions can create transformational change, build real community and have profound impact not just in our homes and neighborhoods, but in our individual lives and our relationship with the earth.
Come ready for inspiration as we discover how tiny steps can bring about slow, meaningful transformation for ourselves and the soil beneath our feet.
About Ann
Ann Kreilkamp, PhD (philosophy, Boston University, 1972) made an unexpected turn at age 60, moving to Bloomington in 2003 from a 20-foot diameter yurt in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Having lived both on the east and west coasts but never visited the midwest, Ann saw Indiana as a “flyover state” and had no interest in living there. But when her late husband decided to attend law school at IU, she joined him.
Then, after only one evening together, he died of a heart attack while asleep, leaving her alone in a strange town.
Ann had to stay. Why? She didn’t know. All she knew was that her husband had left her with a house in an inheritance, and the question became: how was she to utilize it?
Venue & Details
Lennie’s is a beloved Bloomington institution known for its warm atmosphere, exceptional cuisine, and craft beer selection. For over 30 years, Lennie’s has been bringing people together over delicious food and drink in a setting perfect for meaningful conversation.
Location & Parking
Lennie’s is located at 514 E. Kirkwood Ave in the heart of downtown Bloomington, Indiana. Free parking is available after 5PM in the Indiana University Von Lee Parking Lot at the corner of Sixth and Dunn, and in the Indiana University Parking Lot #402 at 4th and Dunn. There is also metered parking (metered until 9PM) available on streets surrounding Kirkwood Avenue. Several parking garages are within walking distance.
Ticket Information
$50 per person includes a tasty buffet dinner and drinks. Space is limited so secure your spot now!
Accommodations
Excellent hotels within walking distance of Lennie’s:

Grant Street Inn – A historic charming local inn
Graduate Bloomington – A boutique hotel celebrating Indiana University’s heritage

For more information contact Joni McGary at jonimcgary@me.com. Please include “supper club” in the subject line.

Brownstone Austin Supper Club, December 11, 2025: Jackie Schlegel
2025-12-11 18:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Chapulin Cantina, 1610 South Congress Avenue, Austin, TX, 78704, United States
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6:00pm – 9:30pm
Austin, Texas
$50 per person for appetizer, dinner, cocktail/wine (1)
Please join us for the inaugural Brownstone Supper Club in Austin as it promises to be an evening of lively conversation, new and old connections, and the start of a community with shared values, interests and passions.
To kick off our supper club we are pleased to welcome Jackie Schlegel, Founder and Executive Director of Texans for Medical Freedom.
About Jackie
Over the past ten years, Jackie Schlegel has become one of Texas’s most influential advocates for medical freedom. As Founder and Executive Director of Texans for Medical Freedom, she has built strong coalitions among legislators and community leaders to advance policies that protect parental rights, informed consent, and medical privacy. In 2021, Jackie helped pass a bipartisan medical protection bill and a statewide ban on vaccine passports, signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott. Her success in relationship-building laid the foundation for the 2025 legislative session—where Texans for Medical Freedom passed five of its eight priority bills, marking a historic victory for medical freedom in Texas.
About the Talk
Jackie will share insights from the 2025 legislative session—the challenges faced, key wins for parental rights and informed consent, and what’s ahead for Texas and the nation as the movement for health freedom continues to grow.
Venue, Location & Parking
Chapulin, 1610 S Congress. 20-car parking lot behind the restaurant with free valet plus there is paid parking on the surrounding streets.
Registration
$50 per person. Space is limited so be sure to secure your seat early. For more information contact Cyndi at cyndicollen@gmail.com. Please include “Austin Supper Club” in the subject line.

Brownstone Supper Club, West Hartford, December 17, 2025: L. Todd Wood, Connecticut Centinal
2025-12-17 17:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Brownstone Supper Club at Butterfly Restaurant, 831 Farmington Ave, West Hartford, CT, 06119, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILOn Wednesday, December 17, 2025, the beloved West Hartford Supper Club is pleased to welcome L. Todd Wood, the CEO, Publisher, and Editor-in-Chief of CDM Media, publisher of The Connecticut Centinal. Founded in 1806, it is the state’s premier investigative newspaper.
Butterfly is the venue (the real Chinese stuff) with friends of the Brownstone Institute. Come early for cocktails and meet Brownstone Institute friends, scholars, writers, and benefactors, and celebrate victories and discuss challenges ahead. The food is wonderful and the discussion brilliant. Casual and fun, even if some people come in fancier clothing.
Todd Wood has been through heck and back over five years of running an alternative media venue…and survived. The paper has been censored, demonetize, attacked, banned, and otherwise targeted at all levels. He will describe his travails through it all, and how legacy media had become so absurdly one-sided and uncurious about everything that matters.
His media company today is competing with and often beating the well-funded competition, and hence having a huge impact on the public mind – despite every attempt to crush it.
See you soon!

Brownstone Greater Boston Supper Club, January 6: Jeffrey Tucker
2026-01-06 17:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Rocco’s Restaurant and Bar, 193 Main Street, Wilmington, MA, 01887, United States
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Tuesday, January 6th
5:30pm – 9:00pm
Wilmington, MA
$50
Please join us for an evening of lively conversation, intriguing speakers, and fun! This month we are pleased to welcome Brownstone Institute Founder, Jeffrey Tucker.
About Jeffrey Tucker
Jeffrey Tucker is Founder, Author, and President at Brownstone Institute. He is also Senior Economics Columnist for Epoch Times, author of ten books, including Life After Lockdown, and many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press. He speaks widely on topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. His most recent book is The Spirits of America: On the Semiquincentennial.
About the Talk
Jeffrey will talk about the loss of trust in everything and the devastating consequences thereof.
Venue, Location & Parking
Rocco’s, 193 Main Street, Wilmington. Free parking. Overflow parking at Dunkin’ Donuts next door, or across the street @ Sherwin Williams.
Registration
$50 per person. Space is limited so be sure to secure your seat early!
For more information contact Brianne at BrianneKrupsaw@gmail.com Please include “January Supper Club” in the subject line.

Brownstone Chicago Supper Club, January 20, 2026: Jeanne Ives
2026-01-20 17:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Base Community Cafe, 1200 W. 35th Street, Chicago, IL, 60609, United States
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$50
We’re thrilled to feature Jeanne Ives to our Chicago Supper Club!
Jeanne Ives will offer critical insights into IL SB 1560. This bill, signed into law by Governor JB Pritzker on July 31, 2025, makes Illinois the first state to mandate universal mental health screenings for public school students in grades 3 through 12, with the state providing “free” resources to districts for implementation. She argues that the law is not only costly but also potentially dangerous, as it could enable unwarranted government intrusion into children’s lives and undermine parental authority—echoing her long-standing emphasis on limited government and family autonomy. Her perspective highlights concerns about the bill’s implications for privacy, the risk of misdiagnosis or over-medication in a youth mental health crisis, and the broader trend of state intervention in education, informed by her firsthand knowledge of how such policies are crafted and debated in Springfield.
About Jeanne Ives
Jeanne Ives is known for her outspoken advocacy on issues related to fiscal responsibility, education, and family rights. Ives graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and served as an officer in the U.S. Army, including a deployment during the Gulf War. After her military service, she transitioned into the private sector before entering politics. She was elected as a Republican to the Illinois House of Representatives in 2012, representing the 42nd District. During her three terms in office (2013-2019), Ives gained a reputation as a principled conservative who often challenged establishment figures within her own party, including then-Governor Bruce Rauner, whom she narrowly lost to in the 2018 Republican gubernatorial primary. Today, Ives serves as the CEO of Breakthrough Ideas, a conservative advocacy organization, and hosts a weekly radio show on AM560 in Chicago, where she discusses policy issues affecting Illinois families.
Venue & Details
Base Community Cafe, 1200 W. 35th Street, Chicago, IL
Base Community Café is nestled inside the Bridgeport Art Center – one of the city’s most vibrant cultural and event venues. Chef Owner Paul Zavala creates bespoke seasonal cuisine with a chef’s eye and an artist’s heart. All is served in a comfortable café with fantastic coffee!
Location and Parking

1200 W. 35th Street, Chicago, IL 60609
Enter on North Side off of Racine / 34th Place
Parking is available on the north side of the building.

Ticket Information
$50 per person includes a family style dinner, beer, and wine. Space is limited so secure your spot now!
For more information contact Jackie Sloan at Jackie@JackieSloanInc.com. Please include “Supper Club” in the subject line.
