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Community Events

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This pages lists one-off events or courses that occur outside of our regular enrollment offerings. To view our calendar related to our regular enrollment offerings, click on the Enrollment Calendar button below. To receive communications about upcoming opportunities to study with us, subscribe to our mailing list.

2026

Seminar on Thomas Payne’s Common Sense

Join us in-person in Santa Fe, NM for a seminar discussion and reception. The text is still TBD, but we’re leaning toward Thomas Payne’s Common Sense. We will have a seminar event, and we will also discuss possible readings and locations for future meetings.

When: Sunday, June 28th, 3:00-8:00 PM CET

  • 2:30-3pm: Arrivals
  • 3-5pm: Seminar at Santa Fe Public Library – Main Library
  • 5-8pm: Reception TBD (maybe the Bell Tower Bar)

Where: Santa Fe Public Library (Main Library) at 145 Washington Ave

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Seminar on William Shakespeare’s Macbeth

Join us for our first in-person offering in Denver! After the seminar we will discuss possible readings and locations for future meetings.

When: Saturday, June 20th, 1:00PM CT

Where: South Denver/Littleton area

Text: Digital version of play can be accessed here

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Seminar on Sophocles’s Antigone

When: Sunday, May 30th, 2:00-4:00 PM CET

Where: To be shared upon registration

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Seminar on William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus

Schedule: Saturday, May 23rd, 5:00-7:00 PM with drinks and merrymaking to follow

Location: Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10011

Text: Digital version of play can be accessed here

For those who wish to join, we will go to a nearby bar following the seminar.

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Seminar on William Shakespeare’s The Tempest

Join us for our first in-person offering in Toronto! After the seminar we will discuss possible readings and locations for future meetings.

When: Saturday, May 9th, 10:00 AM-2:00 PM ET

Where: Annette Street Public Library

Text: Digital version of play can be accessed here

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Join us for a production of The Importance of Being Oedipus

Attend a staged reading of a new play (in development) written by Charlotte Blacklock, a regular Catherine Project participant. Admission is free. Note: this is not an official Catherine Project event.

When: Wednesday, May 6, 7:00-9:30 PM ET

Where: Theatrelab at 357 West 36th Street

For additional questions, email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Seminar on William Shakespeare’s Macbeth

Schedule: Saturday, April 25th, 2:00-4:00 PM CET

Location: To be shared upon registration

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Join us for a production of Titus Andronicus

When: Saturday, April 18th at 2:00 PM ET

Where: 480 West 42nd Street, New York 10036

We will not purchase group tickets, so you are responsible for booking your own ticket.

For additional questions, email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Reading group on Shakespeare’s Richard II, Henry IV Pt 1, and Henry IV Pt 2

Schedule: Wednesdays, 6:30-8:00 PM, 04/15-05/20

Location: All of the meetings will be in the Federal Hill neighborhood of Baltimore, MD.

This reading group is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Want to meet other young people who are kind, curious, and enjoy talking about real ideas?
 
This spring, the Catherine Project and the Svet Peace Project are hosting an 3-week, in-person short story seminar. Each week, we’ll read one remarkable short story and discuss it together in a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere.
 
The stories are short enough to read on a subway ride. The conversations can go anywhere.
 
We’ll meet on Monday evenings in a private classroom at Pier 57 in Chelsea, Manhattan — easily accessible from across the City.
 
If this sounds like a good fit, please fill out the interest form. Teachers and friends are warmly invited to share. Applications are due April 8th.
 
For any questions, please reach out to info@svetpeace.org.

Seminar on William Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra

Schedule: Saturday, April 4th, 5:00-7:00 PM with drinks and merrymaking to follow

Location: Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10011

Text: Digital version of play can be accessed here

For those who wish to join, we will go to a nearby bar following the seminar.

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Seminar on William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar

Schedule: Friday, March 13th, 6:00-8:00 PM with drinks and merrymaking to follow

Location: Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10011

Text: Digital version of play can be accessed here

For those who wish to join, we will go to a nearby bar following the seminar.

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Held each Spring and Fall term, our Community Seminars are single days of one-off seminars on a shared text. These are excellent opportunities both for our community to mix and for curious newcomers to get a taste of our approach to learning through the discussion of great books.

The reading for this Spring will be announced soon.

Seminars will meet online on Friday, March 6th at the following times:

• 11:00 AM-1:00 PM Eastern Time

• 3:00 PM-5:00 PM Eastern Time

• 7:30 PM-9:30 PM Eastern Time

The Seminar is available to anyone aged 16 or older, and there is no cost to participate.

Seminar on Nikolai Gogol’s Dead Souls

Schedule: Saturday, February 28th, 2:00-4:00 PM CET

Location: To be shared upon registration

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

The Catherine Project and The Great Questions Foundation are partnering to organize an in-person seminar in Austin, TX.

Schedule:
2:00 – 2:45 PM: Registration
3:00 – 5:00 PM: Seminar on Antigone by Sophocles (PDF provided)
5:00 – 7:00 PM: Reception with drinks and hors d’oeuvres

Location: UT Austin, West Campus (exact location to be shared with confirmed attendees)

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. All confirmed participants will be provided with a PDF of the reading. To register, please use the link below. 

If you have questions about the event, don’t hesitate to write: study@catherineproject.org

Join us for a production of Coriolanus

When: Saturday, February 28th at 2:00 PM ET

Where: Theatre for a New Audience at Polonsky Shakespeare Center, 262 Ashland Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11217

We may still be able to add you to our group ticket order.

For additional questions, email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Join us for Atlas Shakespeare’s production of Richard III

Two Project readers are going to the show on February 21st. Charlotte Blacklock, a Project reader, is playing the role of Margaret.

When: Saturday, February 21st at 1:00 PM ET

Where: 195 East 3rd Street, NY, NY, 10009

We will not purchase group tickets. You will be responsible for purchasing your tickets prior to the show.

Once you submit your registration form, the contact information of the reader organizing this visit will be shared with you in a confirmation email. This will allow you to connect before the show.

For additional questions, email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Seminar on William Shakespeare’s Coriolanus

Schedule: Friday, February 6th, 6:00-8:00 PM with drinks and merrymaking to follow

Location: Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10011

Text: Digital version of play can be accessed here

For those who wish to join, we will go to a nearby bar following the seminar.

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Reading Group on Beowulf

Schedule: Thursdays, 6:00-7:30 PM, 01/29-03/26

Location: Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10011

Text: Beowulf

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Introductory Ancient Greek

Schedule and meeting details: Thursdays, 6:00 PM-7:30 PM, 01/22-04/16. This course will work through Athenaze: Introduction to Ancient Greek (Book one).

Location: Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10011 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Seminar on William Shakespeare’s All’s Well that Ends Well

Schedule: Saturday, January 17th, 5:00-7:00 PM with drinks and merrymaking to follow

Location: Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10011

Text: Digital version of play can be accessed here

For those who wish to join, we will go to a nearby bar following the seminar.

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Reading group on Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, Othello and Twelfth Night

Schedule: Wednesdays, 6:30-8:00 PM, 01/14-02/18

Location: All of the meetings will be in the Federal Hill neighborhood of Baltimore, MD.

Commitment: 40 pages each week

This reading group is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Intermediate Ancient Greek

Schedule and meeting details: Mondays, 6:30-8:00 PM, 01/12-04/06. This course will work through Luke and Acts.

Location: Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10011 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

2025

Seminar on William Shakespeare’s Cymbeline

Schedule: Saturday, December 13th, 5-7pm with drinks and merrymaking to follow

Location: Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10011

Text: Digital version of play can be accessed here

For those who wish to join, we will go to a nearby bar following the seminar.

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Catherine Project Seminar Weekend

Schedule: 2-3 seminars will be held over the course of Saturday and Sunday. Attendees will be expected to attend all seminars. The weekend will begin Saturday morning and conclude Sunday afternoon.

Location: Williamstown, MA and North Adams, MA

Texts: TBD

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Seminar on William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure

Schedule: Friday, November 7th, 6-8pm with drinks to follow

Location: Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10011

Text: Digital version of play can be accessed here

For those who wish to join, we will go to a nearby bar following the seminar.

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Seminar on William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience

Schedule: Saturday, 11/01, 10:30-4 PM ET

Location: In-person in New Haven, CT

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Seminar on William Shakespeare’s Hamlet

Schedule: Saturday, 11/01, 2-5 PM CEST

Location: In-person in Utrecht, the Netherlands

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Seminar on William Shakespeare’s All’s Well that Ends Well

Schedule: Saturday, October 11th, 5-7pm with drinks to follow

Location: Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10011

Text: Digital version of play can be accessed here

For those who wish to join, we will go to a nearby bar following the seminar.

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Reading Group on Borges’ Ficciones

Schedule: Mondays, 6:00-7:30PM, 10/27-12/15

Location: Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10011

Texts: Borges’ Ficciones

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Held each Spring and Fall term, our Community Seminars are single days of one-off seminars on a shared text. These are excellent opportunities both for our community to mix and for curious newcomers to get a taste of our approach to learning through the discussion of great books.

This Fall we will read and discuss Philoctetes, a Greek tragedy by Sophocles. Seminars will meet online on Friday, October 24th at the following times:

• 11:00am-1:00pm Eastern Time

• 3:00pm-5:00pm Eastern Time

• 7:30pm-9:30pm Eastern Time

The Seminar is available to anyone aged 16 or older, and there is no cost to participate.

Here is a PDF of the text.

View our Community Seminar page.

The Catherine Project and the St. John’s College GI Program are partnering to host a seminar event

Schedule:
12:00 – 1:00: Registration
1:00 – 2:30: Seminar on Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus
2:30 – 3:00: Light refreshments
3:00 – 4:30: Symposium on reading, learning, and technology
4:30 – 6:00: Reception with drinks and hors d’oeuvres

Location: Annapolis, MD

Text: Prometheus Bound

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

Readings will be provided to all participants. If you have questions about the event, don’t hesitate to write Jordan: jordan.poyner@catherineproject.org.

Seminar on Edith Wharton’s, The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth

Schedule: Thursdays, 6:15 PM-7:45 PM ET, 10/23-11/20 (5 wks)

Location: All of the meetings will be in the Belcher Conference Room of the Annapolis Library on West Street.

Commitment: 60-110 pages/week

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

EN ESPAÑOL: José Donoso, Lugar sin límites

  • Mondays, 4-5:30 PM ET, 10/06-10/27 (4 wks)
  • Cantidad de lectura: 40 paginas/semana

EN ESPAÑOL: Suetonio, Vidas de los doce Césares

  • Saturdays, 8:30-10 AM ET, 11/01-11/29 (5 wks)
  • Cantidad de lectura: 50 paginas/semana

EN ESPAÑOL: José Zorrilla, Don Juan Tenorio

  • Saturdays, 8:30-10 AM ET, 10/04-10/25 (4 wks).
  • Cantidad de lectura: 50 paginas/semana

Estos grupos de lectura leerán y discutirá el texto en español. Los participantes deberían poder participar de forma activa en la discusión (a un nivel de B2 en la escala de CERF y/o un “advanced high” de acuerdo a las pautas de ACTFL). Si usted tiene cualquier pregunta o duda en cuanto a su capacidad de participar en el grupo, por favor póngase en contacto con study@catherineproject.org

Seminar on William Shakespeare’s Love’s Labors Lost

Schedule: Saturday, September 20th, 5-7pm with drinks to follow

Location: Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10011

Text: Digital version of play can be accessed here

For those who wish to join, we will go to a nearby bar following the seminar.

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Seminar on Chaucer, Selections from The Canterbury Tales

Schedule: Saturday, 09/06, 2-5 PM CEST

Location: In-person in Utrecht, the Netherlands

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Seminar on Walker Percy’s “The Loss of the Creature”

Schedule: Sunday, August 24th 6:30-8pm

Location: In-person in Philadelphia at The Discovery Center: 3401 Reservoir Dr, Philadelphia, PA 19121

Text: PDF of reading can be accessed here

Snacks and drinks to follow seminar

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Seminar on William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

Schedule: Friday, July 11th

Location: Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10011

For those who wish to join, we will go to a nearby bar following the seminar.

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Reading Group on Utopia and Human Flourishing

Schedule: Mondays, 6:30-8:00PM, 7/01-10/06 (9 weeks)

Location: Boston University campus; exact location will be shared with confirmed participants

Texts: Homeric Hymns, selections; Hesiod, Works and Days, selections; Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, selections; Aldous Huxley, Brave New World and Island

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Seminar on William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing

Schedule: Friday, June 27th

Location: Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10011

For those who wish to join, we will go to a nearby bar following the seminar.

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

We are hosting four in-person seminars in Bloomington, Indiana this summer. You are welcome to register for as many seminars as you are interested in and able to attend.

Schedule: 

  • Monday, 6/16, 8:00-9:30PM
    • Martin Heidegger, “The Question Concerning Technology”
  • Monday, 6/23, 8:00-9:30PM
    • Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self-Reliance”
  • Monday, 7/07, 8:00-9:30PM
    • Plato, Apology of Socrates
  • Monday, 7/14, 8:00-9:30PM
    • F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Crack-Up”

Location: Private residence in the Bryan Park neighborhood (address shared with confirmed participants)

This group is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Date: Saturday, June 14th

  • Optional – 11:00AM-1:00PM:
  • 2:00-4:00PM:
    • Seminar on selections from Ovid’s Metamorphoses; location to be shared with participants (near the Art Institute)
  • Optional – 4:00-6:00PM:
    • Libations and conversation at The Northman, 233 E. Riverwalk. Drinks at own expense; conversation is free!

Texts: Selections from Ovid

Location: E. Jackson Blvd. (near the Art Institute), Chicago, IL

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Seminar on William Shakespeare’s Henry V

Schedule: Saturday, May 24th

Location: Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10011

For those who wish to join, we will go to a nearby bar following the seminar.

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

This event is organized by the Matthew Strother Center for the Examined Life in partnership with the Catherine Project.

Schedule: 3 seminars will be held over the course of Saturday and Sunday. Attendees will be expected to attend all seminars. The weekend will begin Saturday morning and conclude Sunday afternoon.

Location: Catskill, NY

Texts:

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Seminar on William Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part II

Schedule: Saturday, April 19th

Location: Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10011

For those who wish to join, we will go to a nearby bar following the seminar.

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Hybrid online/in-person reading group on Justice

Texts: Readings from a variety of fundamental writings about justice, including Plato, Aristotle, Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, and John Rawls

Schedule: Meets monthly every third Tuesday (9 meetings), 7:00-8:30PM ET

Dates: 4/15, 5/20, 6/17, 7/15, 8/19, 9/16, 10/21, 11/18, 12/16

Location: This is a hybrid online/in-person group with options to join the meetings virtually using Zoom or in-person at the Princeton Public Library (65 Witherspoon St., Princeton, NJ).

This group is a collaboration between the Catherine Project and the Princeton Public Library. Participation is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. There are 10 seats each for online readers and in-person readers.

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Registration closes on 3/31.

Seminar on William Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part I

Schedule: Friday, March 21st

Location: Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10011

For those who wish to join, we will go to a nearby bar following the seminar.

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Seminar on Rilke’s Sonnets to Orpheus

Schedule: Friday, March 14th

5-6 pm: Gallery walk-through with the artists at Atlantic Gallery
6:30-8:30 pm: Seminar on Sonnets to Orpheus: part 1, sonnets 11-15 at Pier 57
8:30-10:30 pm: Afterparty at nearby neighborhood bar at neighborhood bar 
 
For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Seminar on selections from the Book of Psalms with Catherine Project founder Zena Hitz 

Schedule: Wednesday, March 12th, 4:00-6:00 PM PST

Dinner will be provided afterwards for anyone who wants to stay.
 
For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

Seminar on William Shakespeare’s Richard II

Schedule: Saturday, February 15th

Location: Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10011

For those who wish to join, we will go to a nearby bar following the seminar.

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.

2024

Seminar on William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale

Schedule: Saturday, December 7th

Location: Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10011

For those who wish to join, we will go to a nearby bar following the seminar.

This event is free and open to readers from all backgrounds and walks of life. Register using the link below. 

For questions, see our FAQ page or email us at study@catherineproject.org.