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.
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San Francisco
A Night of Choices
Most of the choices that shape our lives don’t feel like choices at the time. Three people who read others for a living bring us an evening of curious encounters, unexpected twists, and experiences that reveal to be more than they first appear. A mentalist, a narrative medicine…
- Date
- Thursday, November 5, 2026
- Time
- 5:30 pm to 9 pm PST
- Place
- San Francisco. The address is sent on approval.
- Room
- 50 seats
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Upcoming gatherings
November
5
A Night of Choices
Most of the choices that shape our lives don’t feel like choices at the time. Three people who read others for a living bring us an evening of curious encounters, unexpected twists, and experiences that reveal to be more than they first appear. A mentalist, a narrative medicine…
San Francisco
Address sent on approval
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November
6
Office Hours
Who would you need to become?
San Francisco
Terrene, 8 Mission St
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November
20
Office Hours
Who would you need to become?
San Francisco
Terrene, 8 Mission St
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December
4
Office Hours
Who would you need to become?
San Francisco
Terrene, 8 Mission St
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December
18
Office Hours
Who would you need to become?
San Francisco
Terrene, 8 Mission St
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January
1
Office Hours
Who would you need to become?
San Francisco
Terrene, 8 Mission St
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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.
- San FranciscoGathering now
- New YorkGathering now
- MiamiNext
- Los AngelesNext
- LondonSoon
- TorontoSoon
- VancouverSoon
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