THE SALONS

Each month, members receive a calendar of the salon offerings. Members may attend any of the Zoom or in-person salons. They receive Zoom log in links and in-person host locations and directions.

The salons are all different in character ... in-person or on Zoom, the formats, personalities , and topics all vary. These meetings are small private group conversations with the opportunity for members to ask questions and interact with fun and interesting people. The salons offer a way to think about new ideas and exchange opinions. These events offer interactions with opportunities to make new friends.

September 2025 Salons:

Salons are via Zoom exept where noted IN PERSON

Please Reserve Early for In-Person Salons
All times Mountain Standard Time

6th Saturday 10am The Salon
Conversation with Bill Goodykoontz
YouTube
IN PERSON
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED

IN PERSON, IN PERSON, USA Today and Arizona Republic media critic Bill Goodykoontz will discuss current issues and observations about YouTube.

7th Sunday 11am The Salon
Dante’s Devine Comedy

Online from St. Louis, American poet Mary Jo Bang, PhD, a professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis, will discuss her groundbreaking translation of Dante’s Devine Comedy, that dares to employ language and references recognizable to its readers.

15th Monday 5pm The Salon
The Constitution, The Presidency,
and The Court

Online from Tucson, Andrew Coan, author and Milton O. Riepe Chair in Constitutional Law, Director, William H. Rehnquist Center on the Constitutional Structures of Government, University of Arizona, will diuss our potentially transformational time.

17th Wednesday 11:30am The Salon
Conversation: Sir Simon Baron-Cohen
Autism

Online from Cambridge, UK, Sir Simon Baron-Cohen, FBA FMedSci FRSM, Fellow Trinity College, Director, Autism Research Centre, Cambridge University, and author, will discuss his research on autism, the concept of mind blindness, and ideas from his book ‘The Pattern Seekers’.

24th Wednesday 11am The Salon
Conversation with Helena Rosenblatt
Madame de Stael

Online from New York City, Helena Rosenblatt, PhD, Distinguished Professor of History, Political Science and French, The Graduate Center, CUNY, will discuss Madame de Steel, one of the most prominent and powerful salonnieres of the late 18th, early 19th century.

27th Saturday 10am The Salon
Conversation with Steve Neuberg
The Psychology of
Contemporary Antisemitism
IN PERSON
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED

IN PERSON, Steven Neuberg, PhD, who directs the Evolution, Ecology and Social Behavior Lab at Arizona State University, will discuss the psychology of contemporary antisemitism.

28th Sunday 11am The Salon
Sex and Gender
in Scenarios of Human Evolution

Online from New York City, Rob DeSalle, PhD, a biological scientist who is a Curator at the American Museum of Natural History, professor at the AMNH Richard Glider Graduate School, and author or coauthor of many books, will discuss sex and gender.

Please call or email Thomas for current salon offerings.

602-906-0091

thesalons@cox.net