This is Louisville's book group for people who are interested in understanding the world and universe around us and within us. We are formerly the Louisville Secular Book Group, and we remain a haven for atheists, agnostics, skeptics, and other freethinkers. If you don't use or agree with any of these labels, you are still welcome to join us! Be ready for lively discussion and challenging thoughts. For best results, read the book first :)

… Social Issues? Science? Child Rearing/Parenting? History? Politics? Or, hey? How about Philosophy? We are betting there are people around town who are interested in thinking and talking about the same things you are.    If you have questions or need more info, hit the Discussion button at the top of the Home page and click “In the Beginning”, post your questions or comment there and the organizers will reply as soon as possible.  Or drop in on any of the discussions or events posted on this pag …

The Hitching Hour: A monthly meetup of intellectuals, politicos, and contrarians. In the spirit of the incomparable Christopher Hitchens, we shall while away the late night hours mixing intoxication and clarity in a ferocious exchange of ideas and opinions. Do you dream of sitting in a room filled with smoke from fine cigars and the smell of single-malt scotch, scintillating and provocative conversation whisking back and forth like exchanges of machine-gun fire? Look no further.

The Louisville Quantified Self Meetup is inspired by the Bay Area Quantified Self Meetup and the Quantified Self blog.   It is a regular show and tell for people who are tracking data about their body and conducting their own personal investigations and research into their bodies, minds, and selves. Anything is game -- from diet and nutrition, exercise, to personal genetics, to ways to digitize and track information, to how to self-experiment with data and statistics. There is a lot we can learn …

This group is created to explore the art and science of cooking through home cooked meals. There will be a rotating food theme of the month for each of our pot luck dinners. Bring your best dish and come taste the competition. The winning chef gets to choose the theme of the next month!

LVL1 is a hackerspace in Louisville. A hackerspace is an open community lab and workshop democratically operated by it’s membership. We are friendly community of tinkerers, makers, engineers, educators, scientists, artists, hackers and overall geeks. Anyone who is, aspires to be, or just wants to hang around smart, creative, friendly mad scientist maker/hacker Louisvillians is welcome at LVL1! We’ve got lots of cool tools and equipment. We’ve got a lot of really bright and creative people. We li …

We meet at Starbucks: 101 N. Hurstbourne Parkway, the corner of Hurstbourne and Shelbyville. Bring a short story or novel chapter to read aloud for critique. Feel free to bring extra copies to send home with fellow members for more detailed critique.