Avoiding Faux-Intellectual Programming

Building a real intellectual soul into the club

A couple weeks ago we cohosted a debate watch party with Open to Debate, formerly Intelligence Squared, for the first Biden vs Trump Presidential Debate. Open to Debate’s CEO Clea Connor, their long time moderator John Donvan and Reason Magazine’s Editor at Large Nick Gillespie commented on the debate during commercial breaks and discussed the expectations and results and feelings of the room. And most importantly, everyone got a commemorative T-shirt:

This was the latest in a huge effort we’ve begun at Maxwell to make our spot the center of intellectual discussion and high culture in the city.

I’ve previously written about how much I hate the faux intellectual and cultural programming that much of our city institutions engages in when I spoke about my cringe-worthy experience with Chainmail Breakdancing at The Met’s Apollo Circle.

As we grow we’ll continue adding more and more intellectually engaging partnerships to our programming, please reach out if you represent one of those types of orgs and have something creative you’d like to discuss, and as always, we’re looking for our own intellectual fellow travelers so apply for membership here, and follow us on Instagram here.

David, Kyle & Joelle