Cafe Society

Announcing Summer '25 Membership Cohort Applications are OPEN!

Deadline - June 15th!

Jun 2 • 

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May 2025

CAMP by Maxwell Studios

Color Wars. Camp Fires. Cover Bands

May 27 • 

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2nd Homes Are For Hangs

What Central Perk and MacLarens teach us about community

May 6 • 

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Zuckerberg's OnlyFans for Friendship Future

I want live human friends thank you very much

May 2 • 

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March 2025

Spring '25 Cohort Applications Officially OPEN!

Application Deadline: April 1st

Mar 11 • 

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Fraternities, Not Private Clubs

Embracing the Greek Life Analogy

Mar 3 • 

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February 2025

The New Yorker Centoonial Party

The cultural event roundup from Maxwell

Feb 24 • 

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January 2025

Midnight Munchies @ Maxwell

Why we're building a content machine on top of our clubs

Jan 30 • 

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December 2024

Barriers Are Beautiful

Or how I learned to stop worrying and love a long process

Dec 18, 2024 • 

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Why I'm Long Division 5 European Football Teams

Bernard Arnault's Paris F.C. Means Community Is Luxury

Dec 6, 2024 • 

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November 2024

Is The Atlantic Lonely?

Friendship is all they can seem to talk about.

Nov 27, 2024 • 

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The Mid-twenties Loneliness Realization

What happens when the invites to house parties and pregames dry up

Nov 21, 2024 • 

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The Dinner Table Test

Do you want to spend 3 hours with this person?

Nov 7, 2024 • 

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October 2024

Building the Scaffolding of Contribution

Setting member participation up for success

Oct 31, 2024 • 

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Maxwell Fall Applications Are Officially OPEN!

Kicking off our membership drive!

Oct 22, 2024 • 

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July 2024

What We Really Seek Is A Group Of Friends

9 Person Dinners, Integrating Community and what we ACTUALLY want from a members club

Jul 25, 2024 • 

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Expats, Jews & Founders

The cultures our message seems to resonate with

Jul 15, 2024 • 

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Avoiding Faux-Intellectual Programming

Building a real intellectual soul into the club

Jul 8, 2024 • 

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June 2024

The Loneliness Epidemic: Bundling & Unbundling Community

How to move forward by going back

Jun 25, 2024 • 

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March 2024

Maxwell in The Stanza!

In-depth podcast about our "contrarian" social club

Mar 14, 2024 • 

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January 2024

Role Alert: Head of Sharehouses & Wine Trips

Or: Head of captive audience bonding

Jan 23, 2024 • 

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Role Alert: Chief Membership Officer

Nerd out over an IRL social graph

Jan 15, 2024 • 

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If You Aren't Paying, You Are The Product

Why nightlife's inherent misogyny & celebrity worship is getting more and more uncomfortable

Jan 12, 2024 • 

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Role Alert: Head of Sports & Entertainment

Or head of Premier League Mornings, Movie Nights & Comedy Shows

Jan 8, 2024 • 

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