20 Bars, 20 Awesome Talks in 1 Night
For one night, on February 24, 2015, San Franciscans can attend lectures given by top-notch university professors from Stanford, Cal, Santa Clara, etc. in a casual setting across the city’s best nightlife.
“Raising The Bar” 20 Talks in 20 Bars in One Night
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
20 bars all across SF
Free, but an RSVP is required for each talk.
During Raising the Bar, 20 bars across San Francisco will feature 20 professors. It’s like a free TED Talk while you drink Old Fashioneds at a bar. Pretty neat, right?
Bars include bars all over the city in different neighborhoods including PianoFight, The Wreck Room, Aventine, The Slate Bar, 15 Romolo, Maven and more.
Topics include:
- Modern disasters
- Law in outer space
- Sustainable investment
- Why progressives (almost) always lose
- Race, sex and gender in the U.S.
- Bioethics of the living, dead and unborn
- Israeli-Palestinian peace
- Conspiracy of capital
- Evolution of celebrity culture
RTB is a worldwide initiative aimed at making education a part of a city’s popular culture. Their first event drew over 6,000 New Yorkers to 50 different bars throughout the city. The night was a smashing success, garnering extensive media coverage like Huffington and The Guardian.
