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Reason Center, 1300 Ethan Way, Ste 675, Sac., map (https://goo.gl/maps/S5MR1e8ZodBzb4TG8) 1300 Ethan Way, Ste 675, Sacramento, CA, United States
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Doctor R Snick: Fascinating and Horrible Elixirs
FeaturedReason Center, 1300 Ethan Way, Ste 675, Sac., map (https://goo.gl/maps/S5MR1e8ZodBzb4TG8) 1300 Ethan Way, Ste 675, Sacramento, CA, United StatesFascinating and horrible Elixirs from the 1800s to the late 1940s Prepare to be shocked, amazed, entertained, and possibly grossed out. Prepare to journey into the past with the good Dr. R. Snick, and learn about how sometimes science and quackery combine and have love-children. The good Doctor R. Snick returns to shed light on […]
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Towel Day
Towel Day (http://towelday.org/) is the annual celebration of the life and writings of Douglas Adams (1952-2001), humorist, humanist, conservationist, science fiction writer, and social critic. On that day, fans around the universe proudly carry a towel in his honor. Why a towel? Don't panic, go to the website to see - or better yet, read The Hitchhiker's Guide […]
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Opposite Day
Some say the proper date is May 26, some say April 30, some say March 27th -- can you ever be sure? When someone says "Today is Opposite Day," he might be lying! Opposite Day is a day to say the reverse of what you mean, with a wink, with a nod; a day when "no" means […]
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Birthday of Science
The Birthday of Science marks the day Thales of Miletus (in 585 BCE) correctly predicted a solar eclipse. A better choice might be the discovery of fire or the wheel, but we don't know exactly when that happened, or who did it. We do know about Thales. His prediction was significant because the idea of cause and effect (causality) applies to all […]
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Hug an Atheist Day
In 2009, freethinker William Bermudez started Hug an Atheist Day (http://www.weirdholiday.com/hug-an-atheist-day/) (June 1st) to poke fun at other groups popping up at the time to encouraged hugging. He called for people to run up and hug atheists or any nonbeliever in general, whether agnostic, skeptic, secular humanist, or with other heretical views. In the words of one […]
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World Environment Day
The goal of World Environment Day is to stimulate worldwide awareness of environmental issues, and to generate action for conservation. The United Nations General Assembly established World Environment Day (http://worldenvironmentday.global/) in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. Each year World Environment Day celebrations occur at a different location around […]
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Free Movie and Discussion
Join us for a cozy in-person Movie Night at Sacramento’s beautiful Reason Center, in a quiet room with cushy seating and a huge screen and refreshments right at hand. The exact movie title is a secret because of our MPLC License and certain legal folderol. We can drop hints though, sometimes. This month it is a fictional account from […]
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Juneteenth
Juneteenth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth), an unofficial American secular holiday but official in Texas, commemorates a major milestone: slavery's end in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers led by Major General Gordon Granger landed at Galveston, Texas, with news that the war was over and the enslaved were now free. This was two and a half […]
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Solstice (June)
Called Summer Solstice in the northern hemisphere, Winter Solstice in the southern, people have marked the June Solstice in some way or another for thousands of years. Many religions have seasonal holy days linked to this day. It is the day when the Northern Hemisphere has more daylight than at any other time of the year. In the […]