Comic Book Collecting Berlin

First MeetUp: Book Club of Not Knowing

*It makes a vast difference to experientially work it to the best of your ability rather than just hear about it and intellectually understand.* (From Ralston's "Pursuing Consciousness") If you have any interest in consciousness work, contemplation, or discovering who you are, what life is, etc., please read the group description. Everybody is welcome, no matter the familiarity with the matter, as long as there is a genuine interest. **Our agenda** 1\. Briefly getting to know each other 2\. Individually reading for about 30 minutes\. It can be any part of any of Ralston's books or similar material\. *No need to bring anything*. 3\. Sharing what we've read and contemplating each part silently for about 5 minutes\. 4\. More exercises or reading\, depending on the sentiment of the group\. E\.g\.\, dyads\, meditation\, or etc\. 5\. Feedback & outlook for future meetups\. 6\. Open ended socialising for whoever wants\. We won't share the "results" of our contemplations, unless somebody feels the need or thinks it might be valuable for the group. The reason for this is to avoid pressure during the contemplation, that can arise if we know we'll "have to" share what we "achieved". If anybody wants to attend **online**, we can make that possible too with a good laptop & speaker.

Comic Book Shopping & Browsing @Walt’s Comic Shop

Join us for comic book shopping at Walt’s monthly [Open Warehouse](https://waltscomicshop.com/pages/open-warehouse?srsltid=AfmBOopU6S8-lbWw_PW-Eus58FChdhoYJl_rF9ngbmEpL-KF9xbztA3a) event. [Walt’s Comic Shop](https://waltscomicshop.com/) focuses on English-language comic books, manga, and graphic novels. You can browse their selection online before the event - they offer a lot of discounts! We will meet in the warehouse (4th floor). Message me if you can’t find us. More details are on the website of the event, linked above. After shopping and browsing we‘ll go for drinks. Looking forward to seeing you there! 📚

@ No. 52 (w/ ForEveryone) - A cozy book swap and chat meetup!

We’re happy to collaborate with ForEveryone and the No. 52 Cafe for this next book swap! If you’re looking for some workshops or events check them out [here](https://foreveryone.berlin/). Place is limited. Please update your RSVP if you can or can’t join, here or in their app. (No need to double rsvp) The "classical" bookswap is simple: * We meet in a café and put the book(s) we brought down on the tables. * We go around to browse and discuss the books with one another while sipping coffee or hot chocolate, or eating cake. * We write our names down on any books we’d like to take home (post-its and pens provided). * At the end of the evening, negotiate any books that are contended and take a new-to-you book home! Books/happiness shared are books/happiness multiplied! A Bookswap is 10 times better than a Book Club because you can talk about ALL the books instead of just one! This is a great way to give your books a new home and make room for new books: that book you feel guilty for not having read even though it's been sitting on your bedside table for the last 5 years, the book you liked but didn't love, the book you loved so much you want everyone to read it, the book you somehow own three copies of, that book you absolutely hated even though everyone else loves it, and so on. Moreover, you will meet fellow readers, get a new book or two, and several book recommendations. We’ve often had readers experience books they wouldn't normally buy and enjoy it. GROUP EXPECTATIONS for PLEASANT SWAPPING * Please bring a book! It's not that you bring one you take one, but do try your best to bring something. * Books stay on the tables, open for sharing, until you are ready to leave so that everyone can have a look. We are notably not first come first serve. Please wait until you are leaving to bag the book. * If two or more people want the only copy of a book, negotiate. Maybe one of you reads it first and then gives it to the others. Or perhaps they have found another book instead. Or leave it to fate and toss a coin. The best part: now you have found somebody whose taste you can really admire. In any case, please don't walk away with a book with several names on it without letting the others know. These negotiations are fun and easy, so don't shy away from a book because there's already a name on it, and feel free to put your name on as many books as you find interesting. It's not that you bring one you take one; you may take as many as you can negotiate. * Political discussions with consent: make sure the people you are talking to would like to have a political discussion with you. * Please respect this space as first and foremost a community for connecting readers over their love of books and reading, stories, and narratives of all sorts. Please be respectful of tastes and opinions. * If something is bothering you, please reach out to the organizers, and we'll do our best to resolve it. * Lastly, don't expect your book back. It will find a new home. If you love it, let it go. Major LANGUAGES (and genres) of this meetup: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian; Fiction, Non-Fiction, Serious Reading, Light Fun, “classics", Krimis, Booker winners, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Self-Help and more. You never know who can read what languages, and there's no accounting for taste. We are a delightful and international group of readers. We look forward to swapping with you!

Women’s Book Club: The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende

This week we are discussing **Isabel Allende:** The House of Spirits. We look forward to seeing you! If you have book suggestions, would like to vote on our next reads, or join us for additional activities, please ask someone at the meeting to add you to our WhatsApp group. Just a heads up: **The cafe only accepts card payments for amounts over €10**, so you may want to bring some cash for smaller orders. **Also, if you're unable to attend, please update your RSVP so that someone from the waiting list can take your spot.**

Women’s Book Club: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

This time we will be discussing **Joan Didion: The Year of Magical Thinking.** We look forward to seeing you! If you have book suggestions, would like to vote on our next reads, or join us for additional activities, please ask someone at the meeting to add you to our WhatsApp group. Just a heads up: **The cafe only accepts card payments for amounts over €10**, so you may want to bring some cash for smaller orders. Please remember to cancel your participation in good time if you are not coming. This will give someone else enough time to read the book and come to the meeting.

How to Start Your Art Collection: Exclusive Visit to Artist Studio

Today we look at the works of an artist who over the past two decades, has built an oeuvre consisting primarily of screen prints on paper and canvas. Prior to that, the artist had worked extensively in photography, filmmaking, and set design. The screenprinting work is informed by architecture - ancient and modern structures, calligraphy, graffiti, handwriting, and the movement of the masses through big metropolises. Other techniques on paper are included in the visit - from lithography to etching, cyanotype to woodblock printing - and more! Please note, the studio visit starts promptly at 12:00. This studio is located on the top floor and has no elevator: you will have to walk four flights of stairs. Beverages will be served, poetry may be read. The event is hosted on donation basis between €25-35. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT OUR STUDIO VISITS: Get to know a handful of carefully selected artists who are enhancing, interjecting, and challenging art history through new media, new ideas, and new formats. Every artist builds their own universe, and for one exclusive afternoon, we are welcome into their sacred space of creation. The artist will tell their story and you are free to ask questions, engage in dialogue, and leave feeling inspired - and even with a beautiful new artwork to illuminate your space!

Book Club/Reading Together @Tales Untold in Friedrichshain

Hi all, Let's meet again on another Sunday morning. Agenda: 10:30-11:00 Arrival, ordering drinks, getting to know each other 11:00-12:00 Reading together 12:00-13:00 Share reading experience There is no books assigned. Just bring whatever you are reading for now. Please sign up only when you can join the event. Have fun!

Uniquely Berlin: A Visit to Museum in der Kulturbrauerei

Design and history nerds, this one's for you! This month we'll be visiting [Museum in der Kulturbrauerei](https://www.hdg.de/en/museum-in-der-kulturbrauerei). This free museum displays objects, art, and other artifacts of everyday living in Communist East Germany. Excited to see you there and to check it out! I've been digging around their poster [archive](https://sint.hdg.de/SINT5/SINT/query?wicket:interface=:3:27:::) and it looks incredible. If folks are interested, we can have a post-visit drink and chat at the nearby (and ironic!) Kapitalist.

July Sci-Fi #2.2: "The Last Man" by Mary Shelley (380pp)

Let's discuss: Do the right thing by Spike Lee

Hi, this time we are discussing the classic Do The Right Thing by Spike Lee [https://www.imdb.com/de/title/tt0097216/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk](https://www.imdb.com/de/title/tt0097216/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk) Looking forward to meet and as usual please only rsvp if youre really planning to join :) you can ask at the bar to find us, there is a table reserved under my name (Gregor), usually we are sitting outside. its a beergarden, as soon as one of the regulars arrived, we will post where we are sitting exactly :)

COMMON GROUND - Magic: the Gathering - Pauper Tuesdays at RuDi's

Come play Magic's most accessible competitive format! We meet every Tuesday at 18:30 at RuDi-Das Stralauer Kultur- und Nachbarschaftszentrum in Friedrichshain, \~10 minutes by foot from Warschauer Str. and Ostkreuz. **The best way to get in touch is to join the WhatsApp group:** https://go.requestguard.com/w1mj0tfa/ *Even if Meetup has only 1 or 2 RSVPs, we are normally 20-30 people every week!* **FAQ:** **Do I need my own deck?** No, people that come bring extra decks, and you are free to borrow one if you want to test the format before buying into it! **Casual or Competitive?** We play casually to allow people to come late and leave early. Feel free to stay for any amount of time between 18:30 and 22:30. To this end, feel free to bring proxies, as long as it is clear what card you are proxying! **Why do you charge an entry fee?** Our 2 euro entry fee is a donation to the community center that we use to host our event.

July Book Club: Taiwan Travelogues

We'll come together at a cosy cafe to discuss S. Marai's novel Embers. Before RSVPing yes, ask yourself- Do I have a copy of the book? Can I be there at that place and time? Looking forward to our discussion! :) Also if you would like to join our Whatsapp group to vote on books, please talk to Sneha at the meeting. :)