Most recently I’ve been hosting events with Midnight Cafe.
It began with hosting a series of zoom “salons” during the pandemic, which eventually became in-person. In total I hosted ~30 salons, on a number of topics including friendship, community, relationships with managers, jealousy, parents, social media, knowledge, and more.
in the past two years, I've hosted 35+ events, including salons, “introvert parties”, reading & meditation nights, and curiosity dinners. across all the events, we’ve had 150+ different people participate. we've had lots vulnerable conversations and many new friendships formed pic.twitter.com/1PEyUwyJIc
— kasra (@kasratweets) January 12, 2023
had a blast co-hosting a salon last night on friendship with @katjinja and @benjlaufer
— kasra (@kasratweets) April 7, 2022
talked about friendship breakups, building friendship & community outside college, how to maintain long-term/long-distance friendships, differences between romantic & platonic love, & more! pic.twitter.com/jJlpT2NPTW
another salon in the books! cohosted with @EryDayImRusslen and @Jeffrey_Z_Wang in their lovely space ✨
— kasra (@kasratweets) May 6, 2022
this one was about “public speaking” – we talked about what makes for a “good” speaker, authenticity in speaking, written vs verbal communication, giving intros, & more! pic.twitter.com/sZeRLOS7rZ
At some point I also hosted more casual “introvert” hangouts, creating an open space for people to socialize in New York without excessive drinking and yelling.
trying to create a semi-regular space in nyc for an introvert-friendly kind of gathering, where we have space for games & interesting conversation, but also the opportunity to just sit in quiet, read, reflect, journal, etc
— kasra (@kasratweets) August 27, 2022
wanna participate, cocreate, cohost? let's talk pic.twitter.com/geV9NgQS5p
we hosted the second iteration of the “chill saturday night hangout” last weekend, and it was a blast!
— kasra (@kasratweets) September 4, 2022
we had enough space & people this time to have a few different zones with different vibes, one more quiet and one more energetic, with people flowing back and forth pic.twitter.com/uEVv23J8GD
hosted a "library night" at @vercisocial this week! we had a cozy little nook, with everyone bringing a book or two they were curious about
— kasra (@kasratweets) October 14, 2022
after intros, we did a 10min group meditation, and then quiet reading time, followed by ~ chill hangs & discussion ~ pic.twitter.com/jcqYe9kKiC