What we’re about
Unplug and unwind. Bond over shared experiences. Make authentic friendships.
So Cal Explorers Meetup is the antidote to a hyper-mediated, disconnected world. We go on outings to learn, explore, and celebrate Southern California's most historic, iconic, interesting, cool and lesser-known spots, together. It’s through shared experiences that bonds are formed. We are not a dating group. We are not a networking group. We want everyone to have a place where they can connect and form friendships with other adults without any pressure or ulterior motives.
We'll enjoy walking tours, presentations, hiking, kayaking, museums, live music, movies, dining, exploring, and meetin' up. While everyone 18 and older is welcome, we tend to be a group of progressive, slightly irreverent, 40-60 year olds with counter culture sensibilities.
Come explore with other like-minded folks for relaxed, casual, and fun socializing, learning and dining. So Cal Explorers is where awkward encounters turn into epic friendships!
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- HORROR MOVIE: NOSFERATU WITH LIVE MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT ON HALLOWEENArt Theatre of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Cross-posted with LA and OC Weirdo Music and Art Forum
Get your tickets NOW before it sells out!
F.W. Murnau's classic silent vampire film "Nosferatu" with a live score by the Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble on Halloween.
Dress up for Halloween!Venue: The Art Theater Long Beach, 2025 E 4th St, Long Beach, CA 90814
Date: October 31, 2024, 7:00 PM
Tickets: $30 GA
https://arttheatre.easy-ware-ticketing.com/generaladmission/vPh9UzBPgIqO_2Tvyy25uQI expect this to sell out, so don't delay in buying tickets!
**Dinner before the movie at 5:30
Lola's Mexican Restaurant
2030 East 4th Street
Long Beach, CA, 90814
(562) 343-5506About Nosferatu
An iconic German expressionist film directed by F. W. Murnau, one of the influential directors of his day. Dracula became a caricature in many later films, but Nosferatu superbly exploits his contradictions: worldly but cloistered, approachable but distant, mannered but deadly. The film’s element of the Black Death – the European plague with no cure – would have resonated strongly with a 1922 audience that survived the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 that killed over 40 million people. Nosferatu leans lighter on the daylight-garlic-crucifix tropes that are clichés in later films, and (avoiding spoilers here) keeps his ancestry and demise mysterious and opaque. The film emphasizes the supernatural with stunning high-speed special effects, created in-camera.About Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble
JCDE sparks new life with original scores to classic silent films including Nosferatu, The Golem, The Phantom Carriage, Sunrise, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and The Mark of Zorro, for which they released a soundtrack album ZORRO in 2017. A team of top players led by composer and conductor Jack Curtis Dubowsky, JCDE combines intricately composed material and structured improvisation.JCDE:
Jack Curtis Dubowsky – Conductor, composer
Mason Moy - Conductor
R. Scott Dibble – Keyboards
Laurel Diskin – Violin
Gabriel “SLAM” Nobles – Percussion
Jeff Schwartz – Double Bass
Charles Sharp – Reeds
Sean Stackpoole – Flutes
https://www.facebook.com/JackCurtisDubowskyEnsemble/ http://www.destijlmusic.com/jcde/Cast: Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim
Release Date: 05/18/1922
Rating: NR
Run Time: 94 mins - DIA DE LOS MUERTOS (A SECULAR EVENT)La Capilla Mexican Restaurant, Huntington Beach, CA
THIS EVENT IS CROSS-POSTED FROM FREETHOUGHT SOCIETY
Please join us for a secular Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos secular event on Saturday, November 2, 2024. It is $30 to attend payable to Margaret Downey. Please contact her @ Margaret@FtSociety.org to reserve your spot asap. See below for what is included.
Hosting this event with Margaret are Memo Benumea, and David Tamayo. Special guests to be announced. A musical performance that is interactive and educational will be hosted by Martín Espino during the dessert service.
Prizes will be awarded to those who dress up for the occasion. Secular Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos Secular items will be for sale via cash transactions only.
The Honoring Ceremony will take place after the meal, and all are welcome to participate. Bring a framed photo(s) of a deceased loved one(s) to be displayed throughout the entire event on a special Honoring Table.
La Capilla Mexican Restaurant
807 Adams Avenue
Huntington Beach, CA 92648The event will start with a Social Hour at 5:00 PM: Appetizers and a no-host bar will take place in a private room.
A Mexican-style buffet meal service will start at 6:00 PM which will include:
Chips, Salsa, and Guacamole
Salad
Cheese Enchiladas
(Vegetarian Option)
Beef Tacos
Chicken Taquitos
Rice
Beans
Soft Drinks
Vanilla and Chocolate Cupcakes
Tax and tip are included in the meal price listed above and the restaurant has ample free parking. Space is limited to 40 people.Please reserve your spot asap by contacting Margaret Downey at the following email address:
Margaret@FtSociety.org
She will accept your reservation and arrange for you to pay on the day of the event.
For more information contact:
Margaret Downey
Founder and President
Freethought Society
610-357-9432 CellEmail:
Margaret@FtSociety.org
