Stories of glamorous soirées and raucous hootenannies, fabulous feasts and fantastical festivals, and parties out of control. BACCHANALIAStories of glamourous soirées and raucous hootenannies, fabulous feasts and fantastical festivals, and parties out of control. Featuring: Kelly Jensen ~ Drunk Elephants & Licentious Lemurs: Debauchery, Animal Style Nadya Lev ~ From Stalinist Soiree to Satan’s Grand Ball Priscilla Mollard ~ Poisonous Toads & Magic Mushrooms: The Mind-Altering Magic of the Ancient Maya Orin Zebest ~ Mr. Disney's Wild Rite: Snow White’s Infamous After Party Stuart Gripman ~ Admiral Russell’s Six Day Booze Bash & The Fountain of Brandy Punch Isolde Honore ~ The Gilded Galas of Mamie Fish, the "Fun-Maker" Curated by Tre Balchowsky - Doors open for pre-salon cocktail hour at 6:30, Talks begin at 7:30 Reserved Seats available. General Admission seats are first come, first served. Masks suggested. 21+ Odd Salon Members always enjoy discounted tickets. Join our growing membership for ticket discounts and Members-only opportunities. Find out more: Odd Salon Membership> ODD SALON Stories from the odd corners of history, science, art, and adventure. WHAT: Six storytellers bring strange-but-true stories from history, science, art and adventure to the stage, over cocktails. WHAT KINDS OF STORIES: Badasses and crackpots, history's worst ideas and most interesting eccentrics, things that exploded, heists, hoaxes, hidden treasures, epic explorations and upsetting animal facts. For example. WHO: Experts and amateurs, scientists and poets, musicians and medievalists, artists, tech workers, baristas, and you. Each salon features selected speakers from an open call for submissions. Join us! WHERE: Public Works, on Erie Street - one block from the 16th and Mission BART stop. WHEN: We open the doors for cocktails an conversations at 6:30; talks begin at 7:30. Main doors open at 7:15 if you want to nab a seat. Reserved seats available, general seats are first come first served. WHY: San Francisco deserves weird, independent events, and real world gatherings in this increasingly digital age. HOW: Against many odds. DRINKS? But of course. OTHER QUESTIONS? Drop us a line: www.oddsalon.com Odd Salon is a fiscally sponsored project of the InterCulture Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit organization.