Events

Solstice Story Hour

A reading of M. R. James’ “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad”

with J. F. Martel, Pierre-Yves Martel and Phil Ford

Join us on Sunday, Dec 21, 2025, at 3 p.m. EST, for Weirdosphere’s second annual spectral celebration of the solstice. The event will begin with J. F. and Phil doing a live reading of M. R. James’ ghost story “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad,” with musical accompaniment by Pierre-Yves. Following the reading, Phil and J. F. will have a discussion.

This event starts December 21.

The Vanished Flower

How Personal Taste Models the Infinite

with Emma Stamm

The Vanished Flower explores what we call taste and dives into the mystery of taste as a way of thinking philosophically across theaters of social, political, and technological exchange.

This event concluded on September 4, 2025.

Creature Features In an Anxious Age

How pop culture monsters mythologize our worries about sexuality, nuclear war, race, and the other.

with Peter Bebergal

Creature Features In an Anxious Age traces the changing face of monsters as mythic and literary creatures and argues that we need monsters to learn how to imagine what frightens us in a way that remythologizes our anxieties and offers a path for re-enchanting our imaginations.

This event concluded on June 20, 2025.

What Is ‘Idiology’?

Art and Politics in the 21st Century.

with J. F. Martel

In this presentation, J.F. examines how Reclaiming Art’s central ideas intersect with the political landscape of the 21st century. He argues that art—like the Alps—is fundamentally apolitical, yet it exerts profound political effects. The title’s neologism, “idiology,” refers to the figure of the idiot in Dostoevsky’s sense: a person who sees through ideology into the Real.

This event concluded on May 22, 2025.

Dada Watch Party

An exclusive screening of Aaron Poole’s “Dada” on Weirdosphere.

with Aaron Poole

Join us for an exclusive screening event of writer-director Aaron Poole’s feature film “Dada” on Weirdosphere.

This event concluded on February 1, 2025.