What's New?
Our new Hartford-area affiliate organization, Hartford Humanists has its own meetup page.
Our May 2013 newsletter is now available for download on our newsletter page.
Be sure to sign up for our e-mail list to get advance notification of events.
Dan Xenatro of Connecticut Valley Atheists and Dan Blinn of the Humanist Association of Connecticut were the in-studio guests on the August 1, 2012, broadcast of WNPR's "Where We Live," with Susan Campbell guest hosting for John Dankosky.
Upcoming meetings (at USNH, 700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden, 
unless otherwise noted)
| When | What |
|---|---|
| Saturday, May 4th 2:30 PM |
Humanist Conversations: Self & Self IdentificationFollowing the book discussion about Greg Epstein’s “Good Without God” and Robert Tapp’s talk, we’ll continue the discussion about “secular” and “spiritual” and, perhaps, get to a few more of the touchy ideas like “agnosticism,” “atheism” and “purpose.” To this end, we’ll have three short videos related to defining or explaining important ideas that we probably mostly take for granted, like “self” and “mind.” The videos are: a March 2011 TED talk by Antonio Damasio, “The Quest to Understand Consciousness;” Neil Degrasse Tyson on being claimed by/as atheist; and Andrew Newberg, “Why God Won’t Go Away.” Refreshments will be served. |
| Monday, May 6th 7:00 PM |
New Haven area social dinner at Turkish Kebab House, 1157 Campbell Ave., West Haven . |
| Monday, May 20th 7:30 PM (Rescheduled from March) |
Monthly Meeting: Ken Feder on “Lye Stones, Cider Presses, and Sacrificed Virgins: Converging Evidence at the Mystery Hill Site in New Hampshire.”Ken says, “Researchers rely on multiple, independent channels of evidence converging on the same explanation to support a particular hypothesis. I’ll assess the converging evidence for the object called ‘The Sacrificial Table’ located at the Mystery Hill site in New Hampshire.” Ken is a professor of Archaeology at Central Connecticut State University and is the author of several books on archaeology. We will start with half an hour of coffee and conversation at 7:30 PM. The main program will follow brief announcements at 8:00 PM. |
| Saturday, May 25th 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM |
Book discussion: Deer Hunting with JesusWe will discuss “Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War” by the late Joe Baegant. The book is available at many public libraries as well as at bookstores and online. |
| Sunday, May 26th 2:30 PM |
May board and standing committee meetings.All members are welcome to attend |
| Tuesday, May 28th 6:30 PM |
Hartford-area dinner at Wood-n-Tap, 12 Town Line Road, Rocky Hill. HAC is pleased to announce the establishment of a new affiliate organization, Hartford Humanists. The May dinner guest speaker will be James Hughes, Executive Director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Dr. Hughes, a professor at Trinity College, will discuss what neuroscience reveals about the physiology and neurochemistry of happiness, morality, self-control and transcendence. Drinks and socializing at 6:30 PM. Dinner at 7:00 PM |
| Saturday, June 1st 12:00 noon to 4:00 PM |
Annual Picnic at the Raffords' home in MiddleburyRain or shine. Please bring a dish to share, and if it's not raining, a chair to sit outside. |
Notes
Dinners: If you're planning to attend one of our social dinners or the annual brunch, please RSVP to editor@cthumanist.org, so we can give the restaurant a rough head count.
You can RSVP for the dinners and most HAC events via meetup.com.
Titles selected for our book discussions can be found in most local libraries or ordered from bookstores such as Barnes and Noble.