Toronto Event Generator Newsletter April 2, 2025
Did I leave my jacket at your place?
Non-Toronto Event: Edge Esmeralda - May/June in Healdsburg, California Maybe you should be there, too!
UPDATE #1: I am running the opening ceremony!
In the last newsletter, I posted a thing encouraging people to check out Edge Esmeralda - a pop-up village this springs/summer near San Francisco. The day after I posted that, I talked to the organizers, and we all decided it would be a great idea for me to run the opening ceremony/ritual/thing there! I’ll also be designing weekly welcome sessions for new arrivals. So if you were worried that the event would be lacking in Toronto flavour, rest assured it will have some, in the form of Misha-directed community-building. Yay!
Update #2: Contact me for a 20% off discount code: The Edge Es folks just gave me a 20% off discount code to share with friends. You are my friend, right? Message me here or wherever you can find me, and I’ll code you up
*** TORONTO EVENTS IN TORONTO, YO ((((
Apr 3: Floral Decay [link]
If you like flowers and also you like death, this is for you.
Apr 4: AI + Neurodiversity [link]
Like what it sounds like!
Apr 4: Take It Offline - Pitch Your Single Friends to Other Singles [link]
Are you single, but also you have a friend who likes you? This is for you!
Apr 4: Don't Tell Toronto [no link]
Comedy night describes itself this way: “Toronto’s Best Kept Secret! Get ready for an unforgettable night of laughter at a secret location in Toronto!” I am honoring their integrity by not providing a link to any details.
Apr 5: Danu House Party [link]
It’s sort of like being at a house party but you are at a bar. I had some role in starting this but I forget what.
Apr 5: Tapetronica at Houndstooth [link]
Retro boom boxes and cassette tapes with live effects.
Apr 5: Pleasure Space: Bigger, Better, Wetter [link]
Do you like trivia and podcasts and sex? WHO DOESN’T?
Apr 6: Fully Automated Luxury Smash Community [link]
The queer-friendly Super Smash Bros. Melee gaming night you have been waiting literally your whole life for.
Apr 6: Tantric Touch: Conscious Touch & Somatic Boundaries [link]
Whoo!
Apr 6: WaB: Book Swap [link]
Come trade a book with someone else! (Tickets are $20! Not to tell you how to live your life or anything, but for $20 you could probably buy a book, and also not have to talk to anyone. Your call)
Apr 6: Square Dance Social #2: A Joyful Challenge Returns [link]
Another square dance-for-rationalists event from Abi (who is now hosting more events in this newletter than anyone in Toronto, including me)
Apr 6: Change My View IRL [link]
Run by friend-of-the-generator Kale: an in-person version of the subreddit r/changemyview.
Apr 7: Trampoline Hall Lecture Series [link] xoxox!!!
The super-good show I host. It sells out very, very quickly because it is really, really good. Tix go on sale the Thursday before the show.
Apr 7: Annex Social Game Night [link]
You can just play games with people.
Apr 8: Disaster Show [link]
Fucked up comedy in tiny bar basement. Probably the only cool thing in Toronto, really. I don’t go because I’m a little intimidated by everyone but the one time I went it was amazing.
Apr 9: Power Point Presentation Party [link]
Create powerpoint presentations and show them to people.
Apr 9: Board Games and Beyond [link]
I’m still worried about the “beyond” part.
Apr 10: Cinq à Sept | The Anti-Networking Social [link]
The premise of this is that instead of being a traditional networking event, it is an after-work meetup where people can have drinks and share linkedin profiles with each other. I am for some reason fully sold on this.
Apr 12: Cool New Instruments Night! [link]
Apr 12: Pillow Fight Toronto 2025 [link]
Nathan Phillips Square pillow fight! (From the announcement: “Only light featherless pillows are officially allowed, but they're always a couple of rule-breakers, so be careful.” OMG OMG OMG)
Apr 13: Astral Codex Ten Meetups Everywhere: Spring 2025 [link]
99% of people in the world have never heard of Scott Alexander, who blogs at Astral Codex Ten. 1% of people follow him with almost cultish devotion (or have gotten over him and think he used to be better). I wish more people knew about Scott. He wrote several of my favorite essays of all time, including I Can Tolerate Anything Except The Outgroup, and personal mind-blower Conflict vs. Mistake, and is an astonishingly great thinker and writer. This is a meetup for readers of Scott’s blog, run by our friend Sean.
Apr 13: RIPEN :: Radical Conversations [link]
Women talk to women about sex.
Apr 14: Board Game Designer Night [link]
Meet local game designers and playtest prototypes.
Apr 15: The Jury Experience: An Immersive Courtroom Case [link]
If you take the day off from work for this they have to pay you.
Apr 16: PLAYSPACE: Flow Jam Edition [link]
Workshop with breathing, dancing, arts, and improv games.
Apr 17: Fuckup Nights Toronto [link]
Tales of business failure.
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About Misha
Hi, I’m Misha! Nice to meet you. I make this newsletter, with help from Bianca Guimarães de Manuel. We started this in September. Around the same time, I also started my own substack. So far the most popular post is one called Stop Pretending Toronto is More Than It Is, which you might like. Or read more about Toronto Event Generator.
I run and host the Trampoline Hall Lecture Series. I co-host All About Intimacy, a conversation event about love, sex, and friendship, and sometimes host a live-band karaoke night at Jean Darlene Piano Room.
In my working life, I help companies foster better human connection - I help teams get better at talking about tough issues, and help organizations run better conferences, workshops, and offsites.
You can find me on twitter, instagram, substack… See you at the next event!