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Featured Event

Sunday, February 12
Darwin Day Celebration

with Margaret Wertheim

Upcoming Events

Thursday, January 19
Orange County Skeptics Supper Club

Saturday, January 21
Independent Investigations Group

Saturday, January 21
Spanish-Speaking Atheists

Saturday, January 14
Freethinkers Toastmasters

Wednesday, January 25
Cafe Inquiry

Friday, January 27
West Los Angeles Fourth Friday

Saturday, January 28
Freethinkers Toastmasters

Wednesday, February 8
Skeptics' Book Club

Friday, February 10
Drinking Skeptically

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Orange County Groups

     The Center for Inquiry-Los Angeles wants to gather freethinkers and rational people in a purely social setting. We want to introduce people who share a common rational worldview - that is, the idea that the universe operates on principles and ideas which are or will be explained by science and rational means. Paranormal and religious followers have, in many ways, dominated the media and the culture. Consequently, many skeptics and non-religious people experience a feeling of isolation in their communities, and even among friends and family. We seek to erase that feeling by getting some of the thousands of freethinkers and rationalists in the area together.  

We sincerely hope you'll join us.

Click on the links below to jump to different groups and meetings.

Feed Your Brain Lectures in Costa Mesa:

OC Skeptics Supper Club

CFI Community of Orange County

The Fullerton Atheists and Agnostics

Students for Science and Skepticism


Celebrating the Life of a True Celebrity Atheist -
Christopher Hitchens

Sunday, January 15
4:30 p.m.

It is so rare that one from among our ranks achieves virtual household name recognition. Christopher Hitchens was that rare spokesperson for the cause of naturalism over supernaturalism who achieved such unusual notoriety. CFI-L.A. Chair Eddie Tabash will keynote a morning of remembrance of our beloved "Hitch." The ultimate purpose of this celebration/memorial will be to redouble our efforts to perpetuate his legacy and to make the world safe for those with the courage to reject religious dogma.

Copies of some of Hitchens' books will be available for sale.

Held at the Costa Mesa Community Center at 1845 Park Avenue, Costa Mesa. map
Hosted by the CFI Community of Orange County. For more information on CFI-OC, email Jennifer Koontz at jen[at]cfiwest.org.

Admission
Friends of the Center: Free
Public: $8
Students: $4

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John Shook

Why Debates on Atheism and Religion Matter

Sunday, February 19
4:30 p.m.

Following the debate on Friday and workshop on Saturday, John Shook of the Center for Inquiry in Amherst, New York, will discuss his experiences debating religious believers and whether such debates are a good idea.

Some say no, that such spectacles merely serve believers by making it look like atheists take them more seriously than they deserve. Others say yes, because debates provide a precious opportunity to introduce believers to atheistic arguments they might otherwise never hear.

Shook's new book, The God Debates: A 21st Century Guide for Atheists and Believers (and Everyone in Between), offers an introduction to major issues in the philosophy of religion, as well as debate topics old and new. Copies will be available for sale and signing.

Held at the Costa Mesa Community Center at 1845 Park Avenue, Costa Mesa. map
Hosted by the CFI Community of Orange County. For more information on CFI-OC, email Jennifer Koontz at jen[at]cfiwest.org.

Admission
Friends of the Center: Free
Public: $8
Students: $4

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Special Lecture Date

M.G. Lord

The Accidental Feminist: How Elizabeth Taylor Raised Our Consciousness and Lowered the Boom on the Roman Catholic Censors

Sunday, March 11
4:30 p.m.

In an original, fascinating examination of the unexpected feminist content in the late actress Elizabeth Taylor's iconic film roles, cultural historian and author M.G. Lord tells the story of how Taylor undermined postwar reactionary sex roles, thwarted the repressive Hollywood Production Code, spearheaded funding for AIDS research, and championed the right of people to love anyone, regardless of gender.

Lord's new book, The Accidental Feminist: How Elizabeth Taylor Raised Our Consciousness and We Were Too Distracted by Her Beauty to Notice,  traces Taylor's powerful feminist impact in many milestone films, from National Velvet to Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? It is being published in late February in time for Taylor's birthday and the Oscars show, and copies will be available for sale and signing. She also will illustrate Taylor's feminist impact with clips from the movie Giant, which also stars Rock Hudson, James Dean, and Dennis Hopper.

Susan Orlean, author of Rin Tin Tin and The Orchid Thief, said that Lord "has written a marvel of a book that is as intellectually engaging as it is entertaining. She looks at Elizabeth Taylor - and through her - to a bigger story about popular culture and especially the role of women in it."

Lord, who lectured at the Center on her book Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket Science, also wrote Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll. She has written for numerous publications, including the New Yorker, Vogue, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times and Artforum. Lord also wrote a cover story for Discover magazine on the dangers of space travel for humans. She teaches writing at USC.

NOTE: Due to the L.A. Marathon on March 18, that regular lecture date has been moved up to March 11.

Held at the Costa Mesa Community Center at 1845 Park Avenue, Costa Mesa. map
Hosted by the CFI Community of Orange County. For more information on CFI-OC, email Jennifer Koontz at jen[at]cfiwest.org.

Admission
Friends of the Center: Free
Public: $8
Students: $4

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OC Skeptics Supper Club
Alternating third Wednesdays and Thursdays of the month at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 17: Freethinkers, skeptics, humanists, atheists, agnostics, pagans, and all other non-believers and inquiring minds are once again meeting for dinner and social discourse!

Marie Callender’s
18889 Brookhurst Street
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
(714) 963-6791 map
(Near the intersection of Brookhurst and Garfield Ave)

The time will be 7:30 to approx 9pm.
When you arrive, ask for OC Freethinkers and Skeptics

We have a nice private dining area all to ourselves!

For meeting locations, and to get monthly emails with locations and other details, please contact Dave Richards at: david[at]iigwest.com.

OC Skeptics Supper Club now has a Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=335851481971.

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CFI Community of Orange County
For information, email Jennifer Koontz at jenniekoontz[at]hotmail.com.


The Fullerton Atheists and Agnostics
A chapter of the Campus Freethought Alliance. Please contact Fullerton Atheists and Agnostics president Brandon Johns at fullertonskeptics[at]shoutmail.com, or phone (909) 924-1885 for more info.


Students for Science and Skepticism
at University of California, Irvine http://spirit.dos.uci.edu/sss.
Fax and voice mail: 1-206-201-8828.


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