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SUMMARY:Brownstone Midwest Supper Club\, November 3\, 2025: Indiana University Professor Colin Elliott
DESCRIPTION:SHARE | PRINT | EMAILNovember 3\, 6:30PM – 9:30PM \nWe are pleased to announce the next meeting of the Brownstone Midwest Supper Club on Monday\, November 3\, featuring Indiana University Professor Colin Elliott. \n“After Charlie Kirk: Ancient Rome’s Lessons on Political Violence and the Death of Republics”\nThe 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. \nAbout Professor Elliott:\nColin 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. \nVenue & Details\nLennie’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. \nLocation & Parking\nLennie’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. \nTicket Information\n$50 per person includes a tasty buffet dinner and drinks. Space is limited so secure your spot now! \nAccommodations\nExcellent hotels within walking distance of Lennie’s: \n\nGrant Street Inn – A historic charming local inn\nGraduate Bloomington – A boutique hotel celebrating Indiana University’s heritage\n\nFor more information contact Joni McGary at jonimcgary@me.com. Please include “supper club” in the subject line.
URL:https://brownstone.org/event/brownstone-midwest-supper-club-november-3-2025-indiana-university-professor-colin-elliott/
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SUMMARY:Brownstone Greater Boston Supper Club\, November 4\, 2025: Jeff Cohen
DESCRIPTION:SHARE | PRINT | EMAILRocco’s Restaurant and Bar\, 193 Main Street\, Wilmington\, MA \nTuesday\, November 4\n5:30pm – 9:00pm\nWilmington\, MA\n$50 \nPlease join us for an evening of lively conversation\, intriguing speakers\, and fun! This month we are pleased to welcome Jeff Cohen. \nAbout Jeff\nJeff 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. \nAbout the Talk\nJeff 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. \nVenue\, Location & Parking\nRocco’s\, 193 Main Street\, Wilmington. Ample free parking. Overflow parking at Dunkin’ Donuts right next door\, or across the street @ Sherwin Williams. \nRegistration\n$50 per person.  Space is limited so be sure to secure your seat early! \nFor more information contact Brianne at BrianneKrupsaw@gmail.com Please include “November Supper Club” in the subject line.
URL:https://brownstone.org/event/brownstone-greater-boston-supper-club-november-4-2025-jeff-cohen/
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SUMMARY:Brownstone Supper Club\, West Hartford\, November 19\, 2025: Alex Sullivan
DESCRIPTION: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.  \nButterfly 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. \nAlex 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. \nShe 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. \n 
URL:https://brownstone.org/event/supper-club-nov-19-alex-sullivan/
LOCATION:Brownstone Supper Club at Butterfly Restaurant\, 831 Farmington Ave\, West Hartford\, CT\, 06119\, United States
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SUMMARY:(Postponed until Dec 8\, 2025) Brownstone Greater Boston Supper Club: Dr. Adam Urato
DESCRIPTION:SHARE | PRINT | EMAILPostponed to December 8 because of snow storm!\nRocco’s Restaurant and Bar\, 193 Main Street\, Wilmington\, MA \nTuesday\, December 2 (now Monday\, December 8)\n5:30pm – 9:00pm\nWilmington\, MA\n$50 \nPlease join us for an evening of lively conversation\, intriguing speakers\, and fun!  This month we are pleased to welcome Dr. Adam Urato. \nAbout Dr. Urato\nAdam 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. \nAbout the Talk\nHow 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. \n  \nVenue\, Location & Parking\nRocco’s\, 193 Main Street\, Wilmington. Free parking. Overflow parking at Dunkin’ Donuts next door\, or across the street @ Sherwin Williams. \nRegistration\n$50 per person.  Space is limited so be sure to secure your seat early! \nFor more information contact Brianne at BrianneKrupsaw@gmail.com Please include “December Supper Club” in the subject line.
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SUMMARY:Brownstone Midwest Supper Club\, December 8\, 2025: Green Acres Village’s Ann Kreilkamp
DESCRIPTION:SHARE | PRINT | EMAILDecember 8\, 6:30PM – 9:30PM\nWe are thrilled to announce the next meeting of the Brownstone Midwest Supper Club on Monday\, December 8\, featuring Green Acres Village’s Ann Kreilkamp.\n“Growing Communities from the Ground Up: Green Acres Village – A Template for the Transformation of Suburban America” \nAbout the talk:\nAnn 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. \nAnn 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. \nCome ready for inspiration as we discover how tiny steps can bring about slow\, meaningful transformation for ourselves and the soil beneath our feet. \nAbout Ann\nAnn 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. \nThen\, after only one evening together\, he died of a heart attack while asleep\, leaving her alone in a strange town. \nAnn 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? \nVenue & Details\nLennie’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. \nLocation & Parking\nLennie’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. \nTicket Information\n$50 per person includes a tasty buffet dinner and drinks. Space is limited so secure your spot now! \nAccommodations\nExcellent hotels within walking distance of Lennie’s: \n\nGrant Street Inn – A historic charming local inn\nGraduate Bloomington – A boutique hotel celebrating Indiana University’s heritage\n\nFor more information contact Joni McGary at jonimcgary@me.com. Please include “supper club” in the subject line.
URL:https://brownstone.org/event/brownstone-midwest-supper-club-dec-8-2025-ann-kreilkamp/
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SUMMARY:Brownstone Austin Supper Club\, December 11\, 2025:  Jackie Schlegel
DESCRIPTION:SHARE | PRINT | EMAILChapulin Cantina\, 1610 South Congress Avenue\, Austin\, Texas \n6:00pm – 9:30pm\nAustin\, Texas\n$50 per person for appetizer\, dinner\, cocktail/wine (1) \nPlease 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. \nTo kick off our supper club we are pleased to welcome Jackie Schlegel\, Founder and Executive Director of Texans for Medical Freedom. \nAbout Jackie\nOver 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. \nAbout the Talk\nJackie 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. \nVenue\, Location & Parking\nChapulin\, 1610 S Congress.   20-car parking lot behind the restaurant with free valet plus there is paid parking on the surrounding streets. \nRegistration\n$50 per person.  Only a few seats left; registration closes Mon 12/8 at 4pm CT.\nFor more information contact Cyndi at cyndicollen@gmail.com.   Please include “Austin Supper Club” in the subject line. \n 
URL:https://brownstone.org/event/brownstone-austin-supper-club-jackie-schlegel/
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