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Stories from the odd corners of history, science, art & adventure.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Odd Salon GROTESQUE

GROTESQUE

APRIL 4 | New York City

Tales of distorted forms and distended proportions, gothic gargoyles and long-ago goliaths, the good, the bad, and all that is beautifully ugly

Curated by Greg Taubman

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Urban Foraging: The Delicious & the Nefarious Trees of Golden Gate Park

Members & Fellows Event

Urban Foraging in Golden Gate Park

APRIL 1 | San Francisco

Join us for a walking tour and wild edible tasting experience in Golden Gate Park hosted by author and wild food expert, Maria Finn.

Details & Tickets
Members & Fellows: 27th International Decorative Painters Salon

Members & Fellows Event

Visit to the 27th International Decorative Painters Salon

APRIL 18 | San Francisco 

Join us for a group visit to the 27th International Decorative Painters Salon.

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Odd Salon BACCHANALIA

BACCHANALIA

JUNE 6 | San Francisco

Curated by Tre Balchowsky

Tickets available soon. 

Now open for story submissions!

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Save the dates! 

San Francisco
June 6th – BACCHANALIA
September 12th – BAMBOOZLED
December 5th – ODDMENTS

New York City:
April 4 – GROTESQUE
June 14 – SPECTACULAR
September 19 – HALLOW
December 12 – ODDMENTS  

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“Odd Salon is one of the last great vestiges of Bay Area curiosity culture. They have found exactly the right blend of avid amateurs, appropriate production values, and fantastic research. We need more institutions like this.”
Alexander RoseExecutive Director, Long Now Foundation & Fellow of Odd Salon
"Odd Salon might sound like a place to get your curls set for Burning Man, but it is in fact a series of evening cocktail gatherings in which speakers, from the amateur to the professionally obsessed, present lectures on odd topics."
Time Out Magazine
"Odd Salon is for the curious, the ones who peek around corners, explore on weekends, remove their earbuds and open their eyes to observe and listen during their commute."
Amy WiddowsonFounding Fellow of Odd Salon
"These are talks about adult topics like historic jerks and animals behaving badly to tales of tragically bad luck. Luckily, there are adult beverages served, which make the darker stories, and just being an adult in general, far more palatable."
Thrillist
“In a world too often divided by what we think or believe, Odd Salon is an oasis of knowledge where all are welcome to drink.”
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Odd Salon is a fiscally sponsored project of the InterCulture Foundation, a 501C3 non-profit organization. 
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