Salons and live events
Remarkable experts,experiences to match.
Gathering inSan FranciscoandNew York
Each gathering pairs an expert worth hearing with an experience worth having, for anyone considering Becoming. Attendance is by application. Come as a guest, meet members, and ask whatever you like.
Next gathering
Brunch and Becoming, San Francisco
The Life We Choose
How choices shape lives, and what to do about it.
- Date
- Friday, October 16, 2026
- Time
- 10 am to 12 pm PDT
- Place
- Terrene, 8 Mission St, San Francisco
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Upcoming gatherings
October
16
San Francisco
Terrene, 8 Mission St
Apply to attendApplications open
Dates are added as each gathering is confirmed. Every guest applies, and every application is read by a person.
What to expect
Three kinds of gathering, each one small enough to talk.
- Salons
- A private room, one subject and a conversation among peers. Each salon is named for the city it gathers in, and each is drawn for a particular kind of guest.
- An evening, around two hours
- Live events
- An immersive evening for around fifty guests, staged to be experienced and then talked over with food and cocktails.
- Ticketed, by approval
- Breakfasts and brunches
- An informal late morning table to end the week. Arrive when you can, stay as long as you like, and see where the conversation goes.
- Brunch and Becoming, San Francisco
How attendance works
Every seat is curated.
We keep the room to people who will get something from one another, so the conversation is worth the evening.
- 01
Apply
Choose a gathering and tell us a little about who you are and what you are building.
- 02
Hear from us
A person reads every application and replies, whatever the answer.
- 03
Arrive
Approved guests receive the address and the details of the evening, and are met at the door by name.
Where we gather
We’re coming to you.
We gather in San Francisco and New York now, with Miami and Los Angeles next and more cities soon after.
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- New YorkGathering now
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- LondonSoon
- TorontoSoon
- VancouverSoon
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