Become A Host
The first-ever Olio was held in a living room and as we have grown to larger venues around the city, we still think nothing beats the intimate feel of an evening Olio in a cozy apartment.
Are you curious about hosting in your home? Can you fit 10 people? 50 people? We're open to all kinds of spaces so let us know if you're interested here.
Apply to host"There’s something so magical about looking around your living room to see twenty faces, rapt, leaning forward in their chairs towards a professor—learning about philosophy or feminism or literature or any of the other paths you can wander down in an Olio. You hear voices chime in with questions and additions and disagreements, and you have your perspective changed without having to leave your home.
"But the best thing about Think Olio, which is at its pinnacle in living room lectures, is the community. It’s a self-selecting group: people who want to spend their free time talking about ideas, and those desires permeate and enrich the conversations you have before and after the lecture. At the end of each Olio, I’ve come away with a few new friends, minimal tidying up, and the feeling that I’ve helped gift a special evening to a collection of beautiful strangers."
- Anna Phelan, Scenius Member and Living Room Host
What is Think Olio?
Think Olio is here to put the liberation back into the liberal arts.
Classically, the liberal arts, were the education considered essential for a free person to take an active part in civic life. To counter a humanities that has been institutionalized and dehumanized we infuse critical thinking, openness, playfulness, and compassion into our learning experience.
Read more about our mission, our story, and how we are doing this.
Scenius Membership
If Friday night lectures, museum field trips, and living room salons sound like your kind of thing, then you've found your people. We can't wait to welcome you to the Think Olio Scenius. More info
