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Brownstone Chicago Supper Club, January 20, 2026: Jeanne Ives
2026-01-20 17:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | 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.
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Brownstone Midwest Supper Club, January 12, 2026: James Bopp, Jr.
2026-01-12 18:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Lennie’s, 514 E. Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN, 47408, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILPlease join us for an evening of warm community, lively conversation and great food and drink! This month we are pleased to welcome James Bopp, Jr., distinguished constitutional law attorney and Indiana University Trustee.
About the Talk
Mr. Bopp will talk about “The Importance of the First Amendment to America and Higher Education”.
About James Bopp, Jr.
James Bopp Jr. is Principal Attorney with The Bopp Law Firm, PC in Terre Haute, Indiana, one of the most prominent First Amendment practices in the nation. The National Law Journal named Bopp among The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America in 2013, and the Journal of Law identified him as one of The Top Supreme Court Advocates of the Twenty-First Century in 2012.
Attorney Bopp has litigated over 190 campaign finance cases in more than 45 states. Of his 14 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court decided on the merits, he has won nine, including Citizens United v. FEC. He notably represented a group of Indiana University students in a federal lawsuit challenging the university’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in 2021. The students argued the mandate violated their constitutional rights to bodily autonomy and their right to consent to medical treatment. In June 2025, he was appointed by Governor Braun to serve as an IU Trustee.
A 1970 IU graduate with degrees in history and political science, Bopp earned his J.D. from the University of Florida College of Law. He has taught at the Kelley School of Business and lectured at both the Maurer and McKinney Schools of Law.
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 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.
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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 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, demonetized, 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!
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Brownstone Austin Supper Club, December 11, 2025: Jackie Schlegel
2025-12-11 18:00 - 21:30 (America/Chicago) | 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. Only a few seats left; registration closes Mon 12/8 at 4pm CT.
For more information contact Cyndi at cyndicollen@gmail.com. Please include “Austin 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.

(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 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.

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 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.

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

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

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.

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 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 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.

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 Midwest Supper Club, September 8th, 2025: Andrew Horning
2025-09-08 18:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Lennie’s, 514 E. Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN, 47408, United States
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We are delighted to announce the next meeting of the Brownstone Midwest Supper Club on Monday, September 8, featuring Andrew Horning, Former Libertarian Candidate and Advocate for Constitutional Rule of Law.
About the Talk:
How well do you understand the US Constitution? Test your knowledge when you join us for an engaging and informative evening featuring Andrew Horning, Advocate for Constitutional Rule of Law. Mr. Horning will tell us how our constitutional design was supposed to work and illuminate those parts that are often poorly understood or even unknown. He’ll speak about how we have screwed up the Constitution and how we can and must fix it.
About Andy Horning:
Andy Horning is a constitutional advocate, author, and retired medical technology developer who has spent three decades fighting for equal ballot access and challenging the corruption of America’s two-party system. A former Indianapolis Star columnist and Adjunct Scholar with the Indiana Policy Review, Horning won the GOP primary for Indianapolis’s US House seat in 2004 and later ran as a Libertarian candidate for Governor, US House, and US Senate.
On July 4, 2007, Horning led the property tax protest on the Governor’s Mansion lawn that made national news and is credited in at least one book with helping launch the Tea Party movement. He has sued both state and federal governments multiple times in defense of constitutional principles, demonstrating his unwavering commitment to the rule of law.
Before retiring in 2022, Horning worked in medical imaging device development and authored peer-reviewed papers on clinical and technical subjects. A former cartoonist, he wrote and illustrated a book on stress echocardiography and is the author of “Relighting the Torch” and “The Truth about Excelsior,” both available on Amazon.
Despite decades of advocacy yielding mixed results, Horning maintains high hopes for a future of peace, prosperity, justice, and freedom.
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!
Travel Information – 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, September 2, 2025: Laura Delano
2025-09-02 17:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Rocco’s Restaurant and Bar, 193 Main Street, Wilmington, MA, 01887, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILBrownstone Greater Boston Supper Club, Tuesday, September 2nd, with Laura Delano
Rocco’s Restaurant and Bar, 193 Main Street, Wilmington, MA
Tuesday, September 2nd,
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 Laura Delano.
About Laura Delano
Laura Delano is a writer, speaker, and consultant, and the founder of Inner Compass Initiative, a charitable organization that she founded to help people make informed choices about psychiatric diagnoses, drugs, and drug withdrawal. She is a leading voice in the international movement to offer patients an alternative to the medicalized, professionalized mental health industry.
About the Talk
Laura’s new memoir, Unshrunk, recounts her harrowing 14-year relationship to the American mental health industry, weaving in research into the medications she was prescribed and the history of modern psychiatry. Laura will share some of her story, how her book has been received by the media and psychiatry, and what she senses shifting in the public discourse around psychiatric drugs and diagnoses. Unshrunk has received much attention, including recent interviews and appearances on Tucker Carlson, CNN, Epoch Times, BBC, New York Times and more.
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 “September Supper Club” in the subject line.

Brownstone Supper Club, West Hartford, August 20, 2025: John Hart
2025-08-20 17:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Brownstone Supper Club at Butterfly Restaurant, 831 Farmington Ave, West Hartford, CT, 06119, United States
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The famed supper club at a fabulous venue (the real Chinese stuff) with friends of Brownstone Institute, featuring Open the Books president John Hart. This organization has been on the front lines for fiscal transparency in government. It was first to explore Anthony Fauci’s salary of $480,654, the biggest in the federal workforce!
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 John Hart, an experienced investigator of government who has been on the front lines with one central question: where is the money going? His organization Open the Books has developed vast databases of documentation that have helped reformers get a handle on waste, abuse, and fraud in government. He knows the system as well as any living person.
John will share with us insights on what it is like to be in his position as a voice of fiscal sanity while working with DOGE in DC, and what he has learned over the last several years in his role. 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.

Brownstone Midwest Supper Club, August 11th, 2025: Ashley Grogg, Founder of Hoosiers for Medical Liberty
2025-08-11 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 August 11, featuring Ashley Grogg, Founder of Hoosiers for Medical Liberty.
About the talk:
Ashley will unpack why informed decision-making on vaccines is currently impossible in Indiana, what needs to change, and what we, as Hoosiers, must do to protect the right to question, research, and choose without coercion. She’ll discuss why Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s influence is making possible real conversations about vaccine safety, transparency, and accountability. But we cannot sit back and expect the federal government to fix what’s broken. Indiana must lead the way.
About Ashley Grogg:
Ashley Grogg is a master’s-prepared registered nurse and board-certified functional medicine practitioner from Indiana, with nearly 20 years of experience in healthcare.
After witnessing firsthand the catastrophic failures of our “sick-care” system, Ashley left traditional healthcare in 2018 to launch Wellness Through Awareness, where she now helps individuals take ownership of their health through education and functional laboratory review.
In February 2020, Ashley founded Hoosiers for Medical Liberty, an Indiana non-profit dedicated to legislative advocacy for bodily integrity. Driven by a passion to end unnecessary suffering, she speaks boldly yet compassionately on some of the toughest issues in healthcare and public policy.
Recent projects include initiatives to help healthcare professionals heal from moral injury, Education on the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, and co-hosting the globally ranked podcast Nurses Out Loud—a daily, uncensored show from the America Out Loud Network.
Ashley’s mission is to awaken, equip, and advocate—restoring integrity to healthcare, defending medical liberty, and ending needless suffering by empowering others to reclaim their health, their voice, and their God-given right to informed decision-making.
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. Street parking is available along Kirkwood Avenue and surrounding streets (metered until 9pm). There are several parking garages within walking distance.
Ticket Information
$50 per person includes a tasty buffet dinner and drinks. Space is limited so secure your spot now!
Travel Information
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, August 5, 2025: Thomas Harrington
2025-08-05 17:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Tremezzo, 2 Lowell Street, Wilmington, MA, 01887, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILPlease join Brownstone Institute friends and supporters for an evening of lively conversation, intriguing speakers, and fun! This month we are pleased to welcome Thomas Harrington.
About Thomas Harrington
Thomas Harrington is Professor Emeritus of Hispanic Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. His academic research focuses on Iberian national identity movements, intra-Iberian cultural relations, theories of culture and Iberian migrations to the Americas. He is a three-time Fulbright Senior Scholar (Spain, Uruguay and Italy) as well as the author of numerous articles and five books, the latest being The Treason of the Experts: Covid and the Credentialed Class (2023). Many of his articles and a sample of his photography can be found at Words in The Pursuit of Light. He is a Senior Brownstone Scholar, a Brownstone Fellow, and a founding member of Brownstone Spain.
About the Talk:
While the power of the modern sciences rests heavily on its practitioners’ ability to analyze the constituent parts of complex physical phenomena, the power of the humanities has traditionally lain in its ability to synthesize broad schemas meaning from disparate elements of the cultures that surround us. However, as sciences began to generate significant advances and gain great social prestige in the late 19th century, practitioners of the humanities lost faith in their essential synthesizing mission and began to ape the analytical approach of scientists. The result has been disastrous for the humanities and our culture as it has left us largely unable to tackle complex social problems, such as those attendant to public health, with a minimum of tact, humility and historical perspective.
Venue
Tremezzo is a friendly, relaxed Italian eatery. We’ll enjoy appetizers, lasagna, all you can eat Neapolitan brick oven pizza, including vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free (cauliflower crust) options, salad and wine.
Location & Parking
2 Lowell St, Wilmington, MA 01887. Parking is free in the lot outside the restaurant. Free overflow parking is available across the street, next to the gas station, at Colonial Park Plaza.
Registration
$50 per person. Space is limited so secure you seat early!
Where to Stay
Several hotels starting as low as $79 a night are located within a 4 mile radius of Tremezzo.
For more information contact Brianne at BrianneKrupsaw@gmail.com Please include “August Supper Club” in the subject line.

Brownstone Supper Club, West Hartford, July 23, 2025: Bret Weinstein
2025-07-23 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, featuring scientist, evolutionary biologist, and podcaster Bret Weinstein, who has conducted hundreds of interviews with leading thinkers since the crisis began.
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 Bret Weinstein, a curious and scrupulous scientist and Brownstone Fellow. His famous Dark Horse podcast has been a crucial driver of the public narrative surrounding the Covid period and beyond. His incisive commentary adheres closely to scientific concerns, backed by logic and careful thinking.
Bret will share with us insights on what it is like to be in his position as a voice of clarity with independent media, and what he has learned over the last several years in his role. 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.

Brownstone Midwest Supper Club, July 14th, 2025: IN State Treasurer Daniel Elliott
2025-07-14 18:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Lennie’s, 514 E. Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN, 47408, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILWe’re thrilled to feature Indiana State Treasurer Daniel Elliot at our July 14 Midwest Supper Club!
July 14 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Treasurer Elliott will discuss his responsibilities in the role of State Treasurer. He will touch upon topics such as what is being done to prohibit Central Bank Digital Currency in our state, to ensure that Hoosiers’ personal data remains private, and to fight against banks that de-bank individuals based on their political actions and speech. Mr. Elliott will also discuss his work to protect Hoosier pensions from potentially risky ESG commitments.
About Treasurer Elliot:
Daniel Elliott was elected as the 56th Indiana State Treasurer on November 8th, 2022. In this role, Treasurer Elliott serves as the Chair of the Indiana Bond Bank, the Statewide E-911 Board, the Indiana Education Savings Authority, the ABLE Authority, and the Sole Trustee of the State Police Pension Trust, among several other positions. As the state’s chief investment officer, he oversees the management of over $13 billion on a daily basis.
Daniel Elliott brings 25 years of information technology experience as a software engineer, architect, and cybersecurity consultant to the State Treasurer’s office. He previously served on the Morgan County Council and as President of the Morgan County Redevelopment Commission, giving him firsthand knowledge of local government challenges.
A Nebraska native who now lives on a small farm in Morgan County with his wife Laura and four children, Elliott is a school-choice advocate and proponent of traditional Hoosier values. He graduated from Utah Valley University and is Indiana’s first elected Latter-Day Saint statewide officeholder. In his free time, he enjoys training horses and riding with his children.
Join us for an evening of stimulating conversation, delicious food, and community connection as we speak freely and explore ideas together.
Venue & Details
Lennie’s Brewpub, 514 E. Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN 47408
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. Street parking is available along Kirkwood Avenue and surrounding streets (metered until 9pm). There are several parking garages within walking distance.
Ticket Information
$50 per person includes a tasty buffet dinner and drinks. Space is limited so secure your spot now!
Travel Information
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, July 1, 2025: Selena Fitanides
2025-07-01 17:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Tremezzo, 2 Lowell Street, Wilmington, MA, 01887, United States
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$50
Tremezzo Ristorante, 2 Lowell St, Wilmington, MA, United States
Please join Brownstone Institute friends and supporters for an evening of lively conversation, intriguing speakers, and fun! This month we are pleased to welcome Selena Fitanides.
About Selena Fitanides
Selena is a Massachusetts-based, constitutional rights attorney focused on free speech, religious freedom, and due process rights. She has represented vaccine mandate protestors who faced criminal charges for exercising their free speech rights. Earlier in her career, she worked at the ACLU, at large law firms, and was a lecturer at BU Law School. In 2024, Selena served as the Volunteer Coordinator for the Kennedy campaign in Massachusetts.
About the Talk:
Unconstitutional Information Control during the COVID Operation. Selena will put into historical context her clients’ experiences battling censorship and propaganda during the COVID Operation, and will open up a discussion about what the government hoped to gain by its unconstitutional efforts to suppress and shape political speech.
Venue
Tremezzo is a friendly, relaxed Italian eatery. We’ll enjoy appetizers, salad, all you can eat Neapolitan brick oven pizza (considered a healthier pizza!), including vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free (cauliflower crust) options, and wine.
Location & Parking
2 Lowell St, Wilmington, MA 01887. Parking is free in the lot outside the restaurant. Free overflow parking is available across the street, at Colonial Park Plaza, which is next to the gas station.
Registration
$50 per person. Space is limited so secure you seat early! Registration closes @ midnight Sunday, June 29th. Please note: registration will be checked at the door.
Where to Stay
Several hotels starting as low as $79 a night are located within a 4 mile radius of Tremezzo.
For more information contact Brianne at BrianneKrupsaw@gmail.com Please include “July supper club” in the subject line.

Brownstone Supper Club, West Hartford, June 25, 2025: Jan Jekielek
2025-06-25 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, featuring reporter and famed star of Epoch TV Jan Jekielek, who has conducted hundreds of interviews with leading thinkers since the crisis began.
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 Jan Jekielek, a curious and scrupulous journalist who has interviewed all the major players in a range of areas, from public health and politics, to immigration and economics, to national security and media. On this journey, he has made great friends and learned an enormous amount about how the world really works.
Jan will share with us insights on what it is like to be in his position as a voice of clarity with independent media, and what he has learned over the last several years in his role. 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.

Brownstone Midwest Supper Club, June 9th, 2025: Bret Swanson
2025-06-09 18:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Lennie’s, 514 E. Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN, 47408, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILWe are pleased to announce the next meeting of the Brownstone Midwest Supper Club on June 9, featuring Brownstone Institute Fellow Bret Swanson.

About Mr. Swanson:
Bret Swanson is president of the technology research firm Entropy Economics LLC, where he advises tech companies and institutional investors. In addition to being a fellow at the Brownstone Institute, he is a visiting fellow at Purdue’s Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy. For 15 years, Bret was a trustee and chairman of the Indiana Public Retirement System, the state’s $50 billion pension fund. You can find his writing in places like The Wall Street Journal and his Substack channel called “Infonomena.”
Bret and his wife Kate live in Zionsville, Indiana, where they raised their four children.

About the talk:

The INFOWARP: How the Internet unleashed expertise…and scrambled the brains of the experts. From Covid to Ukraine. And how A.I. will amplify the Internet’s power for good and ill – fueling unprecedented creativity, generating unimaginable wealth, and making the previous era of censorship and infowarfare look like child’s play.
Join us for an evening of stimulating conversation, delicious food, and community connection as we explore these vital ideas together.
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. Street parking is available along Kirkwood Avenue and surrounding streets (metered until 9pm). There are several parking garages within walking distance.
Ticket Information
$50 per person includes a tasty buffet dinner and drinks. Space is limited so secure your spot now!
Travel Information
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, June 3, 2025: Candice Edwards & Vanessa Pompeii-Britt
2025-06-03 17:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Tremezzo, 2 Lowell Street, Wilmington, MA, 01887, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILTuesday, June 3rd, 5:30pm – 8:30pm
$50
Tremezzo Ristorante 2 Lowell Street, Wilmington, MA, United States
Join us for our next Brownstone community of friends, friends, supporters, fellows, & partners!
About Candice, Vanessa & Heath Action MA
Candice Edwards is the founder and Executive Director of Health Action, MA. Vanessa Pompeii-Britt, Attorney Advocate. Health Action Massachusetts is a 501(c)(4) non-profit dedicated to protecting medical, religious, parental, educational, and disability rights through advocacy, policy and education. Their mission is to preserve individual rights, and actively oppose legislation that threatens fundamental rights.
About the Talk
This talk will cover several high-impact proposals such as eliminating the religious exemption for K–12 school attendance, undermining parental rights in medical decision-making, and creating new barriers to accessing education and healthcare.
While the legislation is specific to Massachusetts, the implications are national. These policy trends are surfacing across the country—and what happens here could influence how similar efforts unfold in other states.
Hear how both MA residents and out-of-state advocates can make an impact, from amplifying the message on social media, to contacting national organizations, to preparing for potential large-scale actions should the legislation advance.
Venue
Tremezzo is a friendly, relaxed Italian eatery. We’ll enjoy appetizers, salad, all you can eat Neapolitan brick oven pizza (considered a healthier pizza!), including vegetarian and gluten-free (cauliflower crust) options, iced tea and wine.
Location & Parking
2 Lowell St, Wilmington, MA 01887. Parking is free in the lot outside the restaurant. Free overflow parking is across the street, next to the gas station, at Colonial Park Plaza.
Registration
$50 per person. Space is limited so secure your seat early!
Registration closes midnight Saturday, May 31st. Registrations will be checked at the door.
Where to Stay
Several hotels starting as low as $79 a night are located within a 4 mile radius of Tremezzo.
For more information contact Brianne at BrianneKrupsaw@gmail.com Please include “June supper club” in the subject line.

Brownstone Supper Club, May 21, 2025: David Zweig
2025-05-21 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, featuring reporter and famed author David Zweig, whose bestselling book is An Abundance of Caution, on school closures but also the hellscape of the whole Covid period.
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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 David Zweig, a curious and scrupulous journalist whose book is an amazing documentary history of our times. Sweeping and precise, the author is one of the few brave journalists in the country actually to attend the Great Barrington Declaration event…in person!
He has worked on this book for five years, interviewing countless scientists, writers, anonymous bureaucrats, and publishers, all with the driving purpose of trying to figure out what the heck happened to cause this disaster. All the while, he maintained an emotional distance that only a spirit of incredulity grants. The result is spectacular, a page turner that deals with a deeply painful topic but somehow ends up providing an emotional release.
The early reviews have been over the top, almost as if the country had been waiting for such a book. We are thrilled to hear from him and hear his story of the research and writing, and have him engage with our wonderful community on the meaning of it all.

Brownstone Greater Boston Supper Club, May 6, 2025: Debbie Lerman
2025-05-06 17:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Tremezzo, 2 Lowell Street, Wilmington, MA, 01887, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILWe are pleased to announce the launch of the Greater Boston Brownstone Supper Club, on May 6th, 2025, featuring Debbie Lerman! Come join the growing community of friends, supporters, fellows, and partners!
About Debbie Lerman:
Debbie Lerman is an independent researcher, writer and a Brownstone Fellow. Previously, she worked for many years as a medical writer and as a visual artist.
About the Talk:
Debbie will discuss her upcoming book, The Deep State Goes Viral, encompassing her extensive in-depth research on everything related to Covid. Find out who was behind the lockdown-until-vaccine plan (hint: it wasn’t Fauci!) and what Debbie’s research has uncovered about the global biodefense cabal. The first two chapters of her book are available for free on her Substack: https://debbielerman.substack.com/p/the-catastrophic-covid-convergence.
Venue & Details:
Tremezzo is a friendly, relaxed Italian eatery. Appetizers, salad, Neapolitan brick oven pizza (considered a healthier pizza!), including vegetarian and gluten-free (cauliflower crust) options, will be served buffet style, along with iced tea and wine.
Location & Parking
Tremezzo is located at 2 Lowell Street, Wilmington, MA. Adjacent parking is free.
Ticket Information
$50 per person. Please note: Registration closes midnight Saturday, May 3rd. Space is limited so secure your seat early!
Travel Information
Several hotels starting as low as $79 a night are located within a 4 mile radius of Tremezzo.
For more information contact Brianne Krupsaw at BrianneKrupsaw@gmail.com Please include “supper club” in the subject line.
