September Supper Clubs Are On Sale Now!
“What I discovered at dinner was something I had nearly forgotten existed in modern American life: genuine curiosity and civility,” writes one Free Press Supper Club attendee. (Mark Peterson/Corbis via Getty Images)Join us September 17. The idea is almost embarrassingly simple: Get a bunch of Free Pressers who don’t know one another around a table and see what happens.But when I read the article below, I realized this small, simple idea may not be so small after all. It’s written by Andy Brehm, an opinion writer at The Minnesota Star Tribune (where the article was originally published), and it recounts his experience at a Free Press Supper Club in Minneapolis.
- ▪“What I discovered at dinner was something I had nearly forgotten existed in modern American life: genuine curiosity and civility,” writes one Free Press Supper Club attendee. (Mark Peterson/Corbis via Getty Images)Join us September 17.
- ▪The idea is almost embarrassingly simple: Get a bunch of Free Pressers who don’t know one another around a table and see what happens.But when I read the article below, I realized this small, simple idea may not be so small after all.
- ▪It’s written by Andy Brehm, an opinion writer at The Minnesota Star Tribune (where the article was originally published), and it recounts his experience at a Free Press Supper Club in Minneapolis.
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| Original publisher | The Free Press |
| Canonical URL | https://www.thefp.com/p/free-press-supper-clubs-september |
| Publication time | Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:59:59 GMT |
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September Supper Clubs Are On Sale Now! “What I discovered at dinner was something I had nearly forgotten existed in modern American life: genuine curiosity and civility,” writes one Free Press Supper Club attendee. (Mark Peterson/Corbis via Getty Images)Join us September 17. Plus, a message from Free Presser Andy Brehm about his dinner last month in Minneapolis.By Andy Brehm09.01.26 — The Free Press Community and Events--:----:--Upgrade to ListenProduced by ElevenLabs using AI narration453READ IN APPREAD IN APPOn Sunday, our founder Bari Weiss texted me, “You should be so deeply proud.” She was referring to last month’s edition of The Free Press Supper Club, a new dinner series connecting thousands of our subscribers for real-world conversation over shared meals.
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