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.

October Salon Calendar

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

2nd Thursday 11am The Salon
Implications for Law and Society
Emerging Neuroscience, Genomics,
and Artificial Intelligence

Online from Durham, North Carolina, Nita Farahany, PhD, JD, a leading scholar on the ethical, legal, and social implications of emerging technologies, who is the Robinson O. Everett Distinguished Professor of Law & Philosophy at Duke Law School, will discuss current issues.

6th Monday 6pm The Salon
The Therapeutic Effects of Shamanism

Online from Davis, Manvir Singh, PhD, a cognitive and evolutionary anthropologist at UC-Davis, author of ‘Shamanism: The Timeless Religion’, will discuss the therapeutic effects of Shamanism.

11th Saturday 10am The Salon
Conversation with Phil Christensen:
Infrared
IN PERSON
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED

IN PERSON, Phil Christensen, PhD, a Regents' Professor of Geological Sciences and the Ed and Helen Korrick Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at ASU, will discuss and demonstrate Infrared, a form of invisible electromagnetic radiation. Since Infrared sees through synthetic fabric, wear COTTON clothing.

16th Thursday 1pm The Salon
Conversation with Pieter Cohen
Safety of Dietary Supplements

Online from Boston, Pieter Cohen, MD, a professor at Harvard Medical School, who practices internal medicine at Cambridge Health Alliance, will discuss the regulation, quality and safety of supplements. This conversation will not discuss the efficacy or use of botanical supplements.

18th Saturday 10am The Salon
Conversation with Brahm Resnik
Politics
IN PERSON
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED

IN PERSON, Brahm Resnik, a 12 News anchor and reporter, who hosts Sunday Square Off, will discuss current national and state political issues.

19th Sunday 11am The Salon
Conversation with Rebecca Moorman
The Ancient Novel

Online from Boston, Rebecca Moorman, PhD, a professor of classical studies at Boston University, will discuss The Ancient Novel and her book project ‘The Lure of Disgust in Ancient Rome’.

21st Tuesday 6pm The Salon
Conversation with Nirao Shah
How the Brains
of Males and Females Differ

Online from Palo Alto, Nirao Shah, PhD, a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and of Neurobiology at Stanford University, who researches and genes and neurons regulate sex differences, will discuss his research.

25th Saturday 10am The Salon
Conversation with Candace Lewis:
Epigenetic Influences on Self
IN PERSON
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED

IN PERSON,
Candace Lewis, PhD, an ASU professor and director of the Brain, Epigenetics, Altered States Research Lab, will discuss epigenetic influences on the personality and self.

Please call or email Thomas for current salon offerings.

602-906-0091

thesalons@cox.net