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The Monday Evening Conversations Group meets on the second Monday of the month at 7:00 PM. All members and other interested parties are invited.
It may be of interest to know that the The Social Library, predecessor of the Salem Athenæum, was founded by a similar discussion group, called the Monday Evening Club. Edward Augustus Holyoke, Rev. Thomas Barnard, Rev. Thomas Gilchrist, Benjamin Lynde, Nathaniel Ropes and others were among the Monday Evening Club founders, who gathered to discuss current events and topics of mutual interest.
Topics for discussion are wide open, but must be amenable to good conversation. Examples include:
The long ranging effects of the Civil War
The courage to be vulnerable
European architecture
The importance/non importance of art
Why have friends
Meetings will start with something to help frame the discussion for the evening, such as a:
brief talk
podcast
video
reading of prose or poetry
music
We look forward to talking with you!