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- Time: 8:00 a.m.
Event: Free Thought Breakfast
Sponsoring Organization: Kansas Free Thought Society
Place: IHOP, 119th & Strang Line Road, Olathe, KS
Link: http://www.meetup.com/Kansas-Freethought-Society/
Additional Information: Come and talk about whatever you wish and for however long you wish. Check the web site for up-to-date information.
- Time: 7:00 p.m.
Event: Dish Pizza: Crusts as Deep as Our Conversations
Sponsoring Organization: Northland Freethinkers Meetup
Place: Dish Famous Stuffed Pizza, 846 Missouri 291 Highway, Liberty, MO
Link: http://www.meetup.com/Northland-Freethinkers
Additional Information: Come and engage is deep thoughts over deep dish pizza!
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- Time:7:00 p.m.
Event: South Kansas City Freethinkers Monthly Meeting
Sponsoring Organization: South Kansas City Freethinkers
Place: Dos Hombres, 11134 Holmes Road (Red Bridge Shopping Center), Kansas City, MO
Link: http://www.meetup.com/Kansas-City-Freethinkers/
Additional Information: If you are a freethinker and live in South Kansas City, Grandview, Belton or nearby, then this Meetup is for you. The agenda is open and the group will talk about any free thought issue. Dos Hombres is in the Red Bridge Shopping Center (Red Bridge Road and Holmes) and has a full menu of Mexican food, drinks and a few non-Mexican foods. Ask the hostess at the door where the "freethinkers" are meeting. This is a regularly recurring event. Check their Meetup web site for up-to-date information.
- Time: 7:00 p.m.
Event: “The Avengers Premiere”
Sponsoring Organization: Kansas City FreeThinkers Social Group
Place: Cinemark Palace At the Plaza, 526 Nichols Road, Kansas City, MO
Link: http://www.meetup.com/KC-Freethinking-Social/
Additional Information: This event is the show and dinner at P. F. Chang's, but at posting the exact order had not been determined. For up-to-date details see their Meetup page.
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- Time: 1:00 p.m.
Event: Coffee with a Conscience
Sponsoring Organization: Kansas City Atheist Coalition and Northland Freethinkers Meetup
Place: Starbucks Country Club Plaza, 302 Nichols Road, Kansas City, MO
Link: http://www.kcatheists.org/ and http://www.meetup.com/Northland-Freethinkers
Additional Information: In January, Starbucks announced that they would be extending benefits to same-sex partners of their employees. In response, the National Organization of Marriage has organized a boycott of Starbucks. At this event, the Kansas City Atheist Coalition and Northland Freethinkers will join other groups demonstrating their support of Starbucks policies. For full details, see their web sites.
- Time: 7:00 p.m.
Event: “How to Defend Your Atheism” by Eric Dollard
Sponsoring Organization: Midwest Skeptics Society Meetup
Place: Perkins, 11200 W. 87th Street, Overland Park, KS 66214
Link: http://skeptics.meetup.com/137/
Additional Information: This is part one of a four part series that will last throughout the summer. Part 1 is "Is There Really A God Out There?" Eric will discuss the different kinds of gods and the arguments for and against the existence of gods or a god. Included will be a discussion of the anthropic principles and the evidence for an intelligent designer. This is a regularly occurring event. See their Meetup web page for full details.
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- Time: 7-8 a.m.
Event: Voice of Reason
Sponsoring Organization: 90.1 FM, KKFI, Kansas City Community Radio
Place: Your radio in the Kansas City, Missouri, area; also, streaming audio from KKFI web site.
Links: http://www.kkfi.org/; Email: vorkkfi@yahoo.com; Phone: On-Air - 816-931-KKFI(5534) and Office - 816-931-3122
Additional Information: The Voice of Reason is the only radio program in Kansas City presented from a free thought perspective. It is hosted by Don Kemerling and Gary Purdom who present topics about philosophy, political events, free thought, humanism, atheism, agnosticism, etc. Greg Swartz adds a few thoughts and provides a calendar of free thought events for the coming week. The program can be heard anywhere in the world via the airways or streaming audio on the internet
- Time: 8:15 a.m. (approximate)
Event: Breakfast After the Broadcast
Sponsoring Organization: Voice of Reason Programmers
Place: Chubby’s, 3756 Broadway Street, Kansas City, MO
Links: Email: vorkkfi@yahoo.com
Additional Information: Come and have breakfast with the programmers on the Voice of Reason after the broadcast! One or more of the programmers will generally be having breakfast at the Corner Restaurant, so listeners are welcome to come, break the fast, discuss the show or discuss whatever comes to their minds. The programmers have a few duties to take care of at KKFI following the broadcast, but generally can be at the restaurant by 8:15 a.m. Listen at the end of the broadcast for any last minute changes!
- Time: 11:30 a.m.
Event: Monthly Fellowship Meeting à la Française
Sponsoring Organization: Freethinking Family Fellowship
Place: Private Residence - see Meetup page
Link: http://www.meetup.com/Freethinking-Family-Fellowship/
Additional Information: This month's fellowship meeting will have a French flavor! In addition to the French food, the group will play a game that will reflect the influence France has on our own culture. Check their Meetup site for up-to-date information.
- Time: 1:00 p.m.
Event: Community of Reason Weekly Program
Sponsoring Organization: Community of Reason
Place: Room 301, Haag Hall (northwest corner of 52nd & Rockhill Road), University of Missouri at Kansas City (Park on level 4 of the parking structure south, across the street; 3rd floor of Haag is accessed directly through overhead walkway.)
Link: http://www.communityofreasonkc.org; Phone: 816-561-1866
Additional Information: Topics vary This is a regularly occurring event that generally meets weekly. Check their web site for up-to-date information.
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- Time: 7:00 p.m.
Event: Freethinkers of Lee's Summit Meetup Monthly Meeting
Sponsoring Organization: Freethinkers of Lee's Summit Meetup
Place: Gusto Coffee, 3390 SW Fascination Dr., Lee's Summit, MO 64081
Link: http://www.meetup.com/Freethinkers-Lees-Summit-MO/
Additional Information: If you live in for around Lee's Summit, MO, come by, have some coffee, tea or whatever and discuss freethought, what it means to question established religious dogma or whatever else you might want! This is a regularly recurring event. Check their Meetup web site for up-to-date information
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- Time: 7:00 p.m.
Event: Cult Classic/B Movie & Games Night
Sponsoring Organization: KC Midtown FreeThinkers
Place: John and Paige's Place, 8558 W. 85th St., Overland Park, KS
Link: http://www.meetup.com/KC-Midtown-FreeThinkers/
Additional Information: This is an evening of board games and cult classic or B movies. For full details see their Meetup page.
- Time: 7:00 p.m.
Event: Topic Night
Sponsoring Organization: Provocateurs & Peacemakers
Place: Perkins, 11200 W. 87th St., Overland Park, KS
Link: http://www.meetup.com/ProvocateursAndPeacemakers/
Additional Information: Topics vary. For full details see their Meetup page.
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- Time: 7:00 p.m.
Event: Midwest Skeptics Society Weekly Meeting
Sponsoring Organization: Midwest Skeptics Society Meetup
Place: Perkins, 11200 W. 87th Street, Overland Park, KS 66214
Link: http://skeptics.meetup.com/137/
Additional Information: Topics vary. This is a regularly occurring event. See their Meetup web page for full details.
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- Time: 7-8 a.m.
Event: Voice of Reason
Sponsoring Organization: 90.1 FM, KKFI, Kansas City Community Radio
Place: Your radio in the Kansas City, Missouri, area; also, streaming audio from KKFI web site.
Links: http://www.kkfi.org/; Email: vorkkfi@yahoo.com; Phone: On-Air - 816-931-KKFI(5534) and Office - 816-931-3122
Additional Information: The Voice of Reason is the only radio program in Kansas City presented from a free thought perspective. It is hosted by Don Kemerling and Gary Purdom who present topics about philosophy, political events, free thought, humanism, atheism, agnosticism, etc. Greg Swartz adds a few thoughts and provides a calendar of free thought events for the coming week. The program can be heard anywhere in the world via the airways or streaming audio on the internet
- Time: 8:15 a.m. (approximate)
Event: Breakfast After the Broadcast
Sponsoring Organization: Voice of Reason Programmers
Place: Chubby’s, 3756 Broadway Street, Kansas City, MO
Links: Email: vorkkfi@yahoo.com
Additional Information: Come and have breakfast with the programmers on the Voice of Reason after the broadcast! One or more of the programmers will generally be having breakfast at the Corner Restaurant, so listeners are welcome to come, break the fast, discuss the show or discuss whatever comes to their minds. The programmers have a few duties to take care of at KKFI following the broadcast, but generally can be at the restaurant by 8:15 a.m. Listen at the end of the broadcast for any last minute changes!
- Time: Noon
Event: Science & Science Fiction Book Club
Sponsoring Organization: Atheist Meetup
Place: K. City Coffee and Wine Bar, 412-B Delaware, Kansas City, MO 64105
Link: http://atheists.meetup.com/140/
Additional Information: This group reads and discusses books alternating between science and science fiction topics. This is a regularly occurring event that generally meets weekly. Check their Meetup page for up-to-date information.
- Time: 1:00 p.m.
Event: Community of Reason Weekly Program
Sponsoring Organization: Community of Reason
Place: Room 301, Haag Hall (northwest corner of 52nd & Rockhill Road), University of Missouri at Kansas City (Park on level 4 of the parking structure south, across the street; 3rd floor of Haag is accessed directly through overhead walkway.)
Link: http://www.communityofreasonkc.org; Phone: 816-561-1866
Additional Information: Topics vary This is a regularly occurring event that generally meets weekly. Check their web site for up-to-date information.
- Time: 7:00 p.m.
Event: Wyandotte & Leavenworth Counties Free Thought Monthly Meetup
Sponsoring Organization: Wyandotte & Leavenworth Counties Free Thought Meetup
Place: Bob Evans Restaurant, 1704 Village West Pkwy., Kansas City, KS
Link: http://www.meetup.com/WyandotteAndLeavenworthCountyFreeThinkers/
Additional Information: Get together and talk over some good food. This is a regularly occurring event. See web site for further details.
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- Time: 6:30 p.m.
Event: Humanism Study Group
Sponsoring Organization: Humanism Meetup
Place: Private Residence, 8558 W. 85th St., Overland Park, KS 66212 (Call (816) 813-3690 for directions)
Link: http://humanism.meetup.com/37/
Additional Information: This group is devoted to the study of humanism and related topics including the sources of human ethics and morality, how the brain works, anthropology and sociology. The group meets at an an apartment, so do not park in spaces with numbers on them. Best parking, is the parking row near the tennis courts, but any parking space not numbered will work. The apartment is located off of a sidewalk behind the southern tier of buildings. This is a potluck, so please bring a dish of food. snacks or drinks to share. If you would like to suggest a book, a topic or be put on an email distribution list and from time to time receive resource materials and reminders, send an email request to greg@kcfreethought.org - PLEASE SPECIFY that you want on the Humanist Study Group list!
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- Time: 6:30 p.m.
Event: Northland Freethinkers Meetup
Sponsoring Organization: Northland Freethinkers Meetup
Place: First Bank of Missouri, 5959 N. Antioch Rd., Gladstone, MO 64119
Link: http://atheists.meetup.com/640
Additional Information: This is a regularly recurring event. Check the Meetup web site for up-to-date information.
- Time: 6:30 p.m.
Event: State Line Freethinkers Meetup
Sponsoring Organization: State Line Freethinkers Meetup
Place: To be announced
Link: http://www.meetup.com/StateLineFreeThinkers
Additional Information: Topics vary. This is a regularly occurring event. See web site for further details.
- Time: 8:00 a.m.
Event: Free Thought Breakfast
Sponsoring Organization: Kansas Free Thought Society
Place: IHOP, 119th & Strang Line Road, Olathe, KS
Link: http://www.meetup.com/Kansas-Freethought-Society/
Additional Information: Come and talk about whatever you wish and for however long you wish. Check the web site for up-to-date information.
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- Time: 7:00 p.m.
Event: Franklin County Philosophers Monthly Meeting
Sponsoring Organization: Franklin County Philosophers
Place: Driver's Sports Cafe, 222 East Logan St., Ottawa, KS
Links: http://www.meetup.com/Franklin-County-Philosophers/
Additional Information: Topics vary. This is a regularly occurring event. See their Meetup web page for full details.
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- Time: 7:00 p.m.
Event: Food and Drinks at The Foundry
Sponsoring Organization: KC Midtown FreeThinkers & KC Skeptical Women's Meetup
Place: The Foundry, 424 Westport Rd, Kansas City, MO 64111
Link: http://www.meetup.com/KC-Midtown-FreeThinkers/ and http://www.meetup.com/KCskepticalwomen
Additional Information: There is no planned topic. Just come and have some food, drink and good conversation. This is a regularly scheduled event. Check their Meetup page for up-to-date information.
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- Time: 7:00 p.m.
Event: Midwest Skeptics Society Weekly Meeting
Sponsoring Organization: Midwest Skeptics Society Meetup
Place: Perkins, 11200 W. 87th Street, Overland Park, KS 66214
Link: http://skeptics.meetup.com/137/
Additional Information: Topics vary. This is a regularly occurring event. See their Meetup web page for full details.
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- Time: 7-8 a.m.
Event: Voice of Reason
Sponsoring Organization: 90.1 FM, KKFI, Kansas City Community Radio
Place: Your radio in the Kansas City, Missouri, area; also, streaming audio from KKFI web site.
Links: http://www.kkfi.org/; Email: vorkkfi@yahoo.com; Phone: On-Air - 816-931-KKFI(5534) and Office - 816-931-3122
Additional Information: The Voice of Reason is the only radio program in Kansas City presented from a free thought perspective. It is hosted by Don Kemerling and Gary Purdom who present topics about philosophy, political events, free thought, humanism, atheism, agnosticism, etc. Greg Swartz adds a few thoughts and provides a calendar of free thought events for the coming week. The program can be heard anywhere in the world via the airways or streaming audio on the internet
- Time: 8:15 a.m. (approximate)
Event: Breakfast After the Broadcast
Sponsoring Organization: Voice of Reason Programmers
Place: Chubby’s, 3756 Broadway Street, Kansas City, MO
Links: Email: vorkkfi@yahoo.com
Additional Information: Come and have breakfast with the programmers on the Voice of Reason after the broadcast! One or more of the programmers will generally be having breakfast at the Corner Restaurant, so listeners are welcome to come, break the fast, discuss the show or discuss whatever comes to their minds. The programmers have a few duties to take care of at KKFI following the broadcast, but generally can be at the restaurant by 8:15 a.m. Listen at the end of the broadcast for any last minute changes!
- Time: 1:00 p.m.
Event: Community of Reason Weekly Program
Sponsoring Organization: Community of Reason
Place: Room 301, Haag Hall (northwest corner of 52nd & Rockhill Road), University of Missouri at Kansas City (Park on level 4 of the parking structure south, across the street; 3rd floor of Haag is accessed directly through overhead walkway.)
Link: http://www.communityofreasonkc.org; Phone: 816-561-1866
Additional Information: Topics vary This is a regularly occurring event that generally meets weekly. Check their web site for up-to-date information.
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- Time: 7:00 p.m.
Event: Eastern Jackson County Free Thought Meetup
Sponsoring Organization: Freethinkers of Eastern Jackson County Meetup
Place: Barnes & Noble Coffee Shop, Independence Commons, 19120 East 39th St., Independence, MO 64057
Link: http://questioningrel.meetup.com/75/
Additional Information: Do you live in Independence, Blue Springs or Eastern Jackson County and feel like you have been left out of free thought activities? Well, this meetup is for you! The group has no assigned topic, so the discussion is open and lively!
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- Time: 7:00 p.m.
Event: Kansas Free Thought Society Monthly Meetup
Sponsoring Organization: Kansas Free Thought Society
Place: Perkins, 11200 W. 87th Street, Overland Park, KS 66214
Link: http://atheists.meetup.com/642/
Additional Information: Topics vary. This is a regularly scheduled event. See their web page for up-to-date information.
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- Time: 6:00 p.m.
Event: Johnson County Recovering from Religion™ Monthly Meeting
Sponsoring Organization: Johnson County Recovering from Religion™ Meetup
Place: Callahan's Bar and Grill, 12843 W. 87th St. Pkwy., Shawnee, KS
Link: http://www.meetup.com/Johnson-County-Recovering-from-Religion/
Additional Information: Having problems with religion? with family members? with friends, co-workers, pesky neighbors? or just want to share your story about leaving religion or why you are not a believer? Join this group for a chat around the table. See their Meetup web page for up-to-date details.
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- Time: 7:00 p.m.
Event: Clit Lit Book Club
Sponsoring Organization: KC Skeptical Women's Meetup
Place: Not available at posting
Link: http://www.meetup.com/KCskepticalwomen
Additional Information: This event is for women only! See their web site for the book for this month. Bring a bottle of your favorite inexpensive wine (under $20) or a small snack, such as brie cheese, nuts, dark chocolate, or dried fruit to share. Also, bring your ideas for books you'd like to read with the group. If you don't have time to prepare or read the book - that's ok - just bring yourself! See their Meetup web page for up-to-date details.
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- Time: 7:00 p.m.
Event: Lazy Readers Night
Sponsoring Organization: Provocateurs & Peacemakers
Place: Perkins, 11200 W. 87th St., Overland Park, KS
Link: http://www.meetup.com/ProvocateursAndPeacemakers/
Additional Information: Bring whatever you've been reading, and come to discuss that and what everyone else is reading. Subjects can include just about anything: science, history, religion, philosophy, politics, fiction, graphic novels, etc. - books or articles. The group starts out organizing all the books and articles into subject categories, then they give anyone who wants 3 or 4 minutes to explain what they've been reading, and another 3 or 4 minutes for everyone to ask questions and discuss. Come make new friends and learn something new about what they’ve been reading. It's the ideal information exchange. For full details see their Meetup page.
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- Time: 7:00 p.m.
Event: Midwest Skeptics Society Weekly Meeting
Sponsoring Organization: Midwest Skeptics Society Meetup
Place: Perkins, 11200 W. 87th Street, Overland Park, KS 66214
Link: http://skeptics.meetup.com/137/
Additional Information: Topics vary. This is a regularly occurring event. See their Meetup web page for full details.
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- Time: 7-8 a.m.
Event: Voice of Reason
Sponsoring Organization: 90.1 FM, KKFI, Kansas City Community Radio
Place: Your radio in the Kansas City, Missouri, area; also, streaming audio from KKFI web site.
Links: http://www.kkfi.org/; Email: vorkkfi@yahoo.com; Phone: On-Air - 816-931-KKFI(5534) and Office - 816-931-3122
Additional Information: The Voice of Reason is the only radio program in Kansas City presented from a free thought perspective. It is hosted by Don Kemerling and Gary Purdom who present topics about philosophy, political events, free thought, humanism, atheism, agnosticism, etc. Greg Swartz adds a few thoughts and provides a calendar of free thought events for the coming week. The program can be heard anywhere in the world via the airways or streaming audio on the internet
- Time: 8:15 a.m. (approximate)
Event: Breakfast After the Broadcast
Sponsoring Organization: Voice of Reason Programmers
Place: Chubby’s, 3756 Broadway Street, Kansas City, MO
Links: Email: vorkkfi@yahoo.com
Additional Information: Come and have breakfast with the programmers on the Voice of Reason after the broadcast! One or more of the programmers will generally be having breakfast at the Corner Restaurant, so listeners are welcome to come, break the fast, discuss the show or discuss whatever comes to their minds. The programmers have a few duties to take care of at KKFI following the broadcast, but generally can be at the restaurant by 8:15 a.m. Listen at the end of the broadcast for any last minute changes!
- Time: 1:00 p.m.
Event: Community of Reason Weekly Program
Sponsoring Organization: Community of Reason
Place: Room 301, Haag Hall (northwest corner of 52nd & Rockhill Road), University of Missouri at Kansas City (Park on level 4 of the parking structure south, across the street; 3rd floor of Haag is accessed directly through overhead walkway.)
Link: http://www.communityofreasonkc.org; Phone: 816-561-1866
Additional Information: Topics vary This is a regularly occurring event that generally meets weekly. Check their web site for up-to-date information.
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- Time: 6:30 p.m. (Note: this meeting will be canceled or moved due to Memorial Day holiday)
Event: Humanism Study Group
Sponsoring Organization: Humanism Meetup
Place: Private Residence, 8558 W. 85th St., Overland Park, KS 66212 (Call (816) 813-3690 for directions)
Link: http://humanism.meetup.com/37/
Additional Information: This group is devoted to the study of humanism and related topics including the sources of human ethics and morality, how the brain works, anthropology and sociology. The group meets at an an apartment, so do not park in spaces with numbers on them. Best parking, is the parking row near the tennis courts, but any parking space not numbered will work. The apartment is located off of a sidewalk behind the southern tier of buildings. This is a potluck, so please bring a dish of food. snacks or drinks to share. If you would like to suggest a book, a topic or be put on an email distribution list and from time to time receive resource materials and reminders, send an email request to greg@kcfreethought.org - PLEASE SPECIFY that you want on the Humanist Study Group list!
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- Time: 8:00 a.m.
Event: Fifth Wednesday Free Thought Breakfast
Sponsoring Organization: Kansas Free Thought Society
Place: To be determined
Link: http://www.meetup.com/Kansas-Freethought-Society/
Additional Information: This is a special 5th Wednesday Breakfast and is at a different location than the normal breakfast! Come and talk about whatever you wish and for however long you wish. Check the web site for up-to-date information.
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