All Events

06.15.2017

The Bad Society Launch Party

New York, New York

06.15.2017

Against our recent backdrop of horrifying blows to the body politic, any shred of good news feels like cause for celebration. When two unmistakably positive developments arise . . . well, we’re left with no option but to throw a party. On June 15, come help us celebrate ...

04.18.2017

Moral Hazards: Short-changed on Tax Day with Team Baffler

Washington, D.C.

04.18.2017

As we the disenchanted citizenry settle up with the United States Treasury, we invite you to join The Baffler in holding our mobbed-up American autocracy to account! On Tax Day 2017, a panel of Baffler contributors convening in the dark heart of Washington, D.C., will take full ...

12.08.2016

Launch Event for Baffler no. 33: “The Virtue Cartel”

Washington, D.C.

12.08.2016

At the dismal outset of the Trump age, The Baffler is still asking the tough questions. How did we come to the uncritical view that America’s corrupt, money-driven civitas is the breeding ground of public virtue? Who’s still selling the myth that our leaders are in ...

09.20.2016

Join the New Republic for a panel on defeating climate change

New York, New York

09.20.2016

Mobilizing to Defeat Climate Change Join our friends from the New Republic and three of our nation’s leading environmental activists, Bill McKibben, Reverend Lennox Yearwood Jr., and Elizabeth Yeampierre for a critical public conversation on climate change, its social, ...

09.14.2016

Managerial Liberalism and Our Discontent

Brooklyn, New York

09.14.2016

Come one, come all to A Public Space on September 14, 2016, for a truly thinkfluential panel on our misguided neoliberal elite. This is event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The event will begin at 7 p.m.  Conservative America has lost its mind, ...

06.15.2016

In Conversation with Susan Faludi

Cambridge, Massachusetts

06.15.2016

Harvard Book Store and The Baffler welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author Susan Faludi for a discussion of her latest book, In the Darkroom. This is event is free and open to the public. Please join us at the Cambridge Public Library on Wednesday, ...

04.08.2016

Thomas Frank on “Listen, Liberal”

Cambridge, Massachusetts

04.08.2016

By the time early April rolls around, we might know the identities of the Democratic and Republican nominees, but we suspect that the oddities and confusions of this presidential election season will persist for a while longer. So please mark on your calendar Friday, April 8, ...

02.10.2016

John Summers, Christopher Kloeble, and Aaron Kerner in Conversation

Boston, Massachusetts

02.10.2016

Join Baffler editor in chief John Summers, author Christopher Kloeble, and translator Aaron Kerner for a free conversation about Kloeble’s latest novel, Almost Everything Very Fast, at the Goethe-Institut in Boston. Poets & Thinkers Wednesday, February 10, 2016, ...

01.28.2016

The Idealist: Aaron Swartz—A Discussion with John Summers and Justin Peters

Cambridge, Massachusetts

01.28.2016

The Baffler invites you to a free public discussion of Aaron Swartz’s life, ideals, and prosecution upon the third anniversary of his untimely death.  On January 28, at 7 p.m., John Summers and Justin Peters will discuss his new book, The Idealist: Aaron Swartz and the Rise ...

01.16.2016

The Baffler at The City Club of San Diego

San Diego, California

01.16.2016

“Quarterlies: The Story of America’s Literary Underground,” a City Club of San Diego conversation with John Summers Athens Market Saturday, January 16, 2016, 6:30 p.m. 109 West F Street San Diego, CA 92101  What does The Baffler hope to accomplish? Come to a dinner in ...

01.14.2016

The Baffler at The Denver Forum

Denver, Colorado

01.14.2016

“Quarterlies: The Story of America’s Literary Underground,” a Denver Forum conversation with John Summers Denver Athletic Club (DAC) Thursday, January 14, 2016, 12 p.m. 1325 Glenarm Place Denver, CO 80204 What does The Baffler hope to accomplish? Come to a lunch in ...

10.17.2015

Chicago—Their City and Ours: A Forum on Developmental Disorder

Chicago, Illinois

10.17.2015

Presented by International House at the University of Chicago Global Voices Program and The Baffler, in partnership with Seminary Co-op Bookstores International House University of Chicago Saturday, October 17, 3 p.m. 1414 East 59th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 Join us ...