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09.10.2015

Three Cheers for George Scialabba—and You’re Invited!

Cambridge, Massachusetts

09.10.2015

Noam Chomsky, Barbara Ehrenreich, Thomas Frank, Rick Perlstein, and Nikil Saval are coming to the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, September 10   The Baffler is convening a star-studded party at the Brattle Theatre on September 10 to pay tribute to the legendary critic and ...

07.31.2015

The Baffler in Baltimore, with John Summers and Alex Pareene

Baltimore, Maryland

07.31.2015

Editor John Summers and contributor Alex Pareene will discuss “Battle Hymns,” The Baffler’s new issue on violence, at Red Emma’s on Friday, July 31. A number of un-funny things happened on the way to “Battle Hymns,” The Baffler no. 28. We began our ...

05.31.2015

Man Is Not a Rock, by Joseph Brodsky

New York, New York

05.31.2015

 “The question is, what should we remain alive for? Man is not a rock, he can’t exist just for his own sake. There’s always the ‘what for.’” —Joseph Brodsky “Man is Not a Rock” is a conversation between Joseph Brodsky, the Russian poet, ...

04.27.2015

The Baffler Happy Hour

Cambridge, Massachusetts

04.27.2015

This is a convivial happy hour for baffled, discontented, or overeducated professionals with a sense of humor and spirit as yet unbroken.  Venus in Furs, our new issue, will be up for discussion with contributors John Summers, Eugenia Williamson, George Scialabba, and ...

03.18.2015

“Venus in Furs,” The Baffler no. 27 Release Party

New York, New York

03.18.2015

Venus in Furs, The Baffler no. 27 release party, with Lucy Ellmann, Ann Friedman, and Eugenia Williamson. Moderated by Anna Holmes.   A trio of contributors to The Baffler’s first-ever fashion issue, Lucy Ellmann (“Three Strikes”), Ann Friedman (“Idle Threads”), and ...

01.22.2015

The Tsarnaev Trial and the Rest of Us, with Noam Chomsky

Cambridge, Massachusetts

01.22.2015

As Dzhokhar Tsarnaev goes on trial for the bombing of the Boston Marathon, Paris shakes from the assassination of French magazine journalists. “A New Era of Terrorism” has commenced, according to the New York Times. Governments emit loose talk of “fundamental values.” ...

12.18.2014

The Baffler’s Anti-Holiday Party, with Astra Taylor and Joanne McNeil

Cambridge, Massachusetts

12.18.2014

Those boozy office parties, awkward family dinners, and sundry punishments of the holiday season are coming. Where will you go to enjoy your old alienated self? The Baffler’s Anti-Holiday Party! Join the magazine’s staff and friends at the Lily Pad in Cambridge for ...

10.30.2014

Sickness & Pelf, The Baffler no. 26 release party

Cambridge, Massachusetts

10.30.2014

Our new issue is here, and you’re invited to join us for a toast at the Lily Pad in Cambridge. Maybe more than one, come to think of it, because we will be discussing George Scialabba’s strange and wonderful contribution, “The Endlessly Examined ...

10.30.2014

No Future for You: Pep Talks from The Baffler

Your town, USA

10.30.2014

Where can you go for tell-tale evidence that The Baffler’s contributors actually live and breathe, laugh and love, cajole and argue? For starters, check out the continent-spanning extravaganza we’ve put together to mark the fall ’14 publication of our ...

10.24.2014

Baffling our Ancestors: C. Wright Mills Then and Now

Santa Barbara, California

10.24.2014

In the ultra-civilized precincts of Santa Barbara, The Baffler’s John Summers dares to suggest that anarchism is all you need to run a magazine—that and a tradition to reformulate. Today, he discusses the life and work of the anarchist sociologist C. Wright Mills ...

10.22.2014

No Future for San Francisco

San Francisco, California

10.22.2014

If you’re going to do battle with the future, you must reckon with the gale winds of technofuturist banality that have whipsawed the otherwise lovely city of San Francisco. Founding editor Thomas Frank joins forces with his successor in The Baffler’s big chair, John ...

10.21.2014

No Future for Portland

Portland, Oregon

10.21.2014

Portland, native habitat of the new millennial hipster, and all-purpose punchline for basic-cable snarkfests, deserves a break. Join founding editor Thomas Frank, editor in chief John Summers, and political historian Rick Perlstein to unleash a fresh round of political invective ...