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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 01/10/2026

Curated by Laura Rubin Tuesday, Oct 6th Doors 6:30pm, show 7:30pm Public Works 161 Erie Street, SF (21+) Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/grave-mist...

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 01/10/2026

6) Laura Rubin - How Not to Screw Up: A scientific view of mistakes, memes, and cultural memory Humans are curious, accident-prone, and love to tell stories… and we wouldn’t have gotten as far as we have without that last part. Let’s talk about how we survive so long in the FA era, without FO.

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 01/10/2026

5) Nicki Kaiser Sayre - Graves to Gravel: the missing memorials of San Francisco Who is beneath you? Post mortem evictions, burial bans, and who got left behind. Learn the final resting places of some of SF’s mashed memorials.

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 01/10/2026

4) Jessica Gulbraa - The Rebel, the Robber, and the Researcher: the Confederate corpse that revolutionized forensic anthropology, A gruesome discovery: grave robbery gone wrong or modern murder mystery? A story about discovering what you don't know about what you don't know.

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 01/10/2026

3) Arielle Nyx McKee - The Midgley Mess Thomas Midgley Jr. helped solve two of the 20th century’s biggest technological problems, and created two much bigger ones. The Midgley Mess is a story of leaded gasoline, CFCs, unintended consequences, and the things we tell ourselves in the name of progress.

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 01/10/2026

2) Lin Lawhn - Sixteen Years of Piracy: Jeanne de Clisson's Revenge When the French king executed her husband for treason in 1346, Jeanne de Clisson swore he'd live to regret it. The Lioness of Brittany spent the rest of her life striking fear into every French sailor.

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 01/10/2026

1) Ian Cannon - War on Drugs: The Patron Saint of Overdoses A brief history on the military use of drugs, a primer on amphetamine pharmacokinetics, and one unfortunate WWII soldier's tale as history's first mid-combat overdose.

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 01/10/2026

A pirate widow, a mid-battle overdose, a suspiciously fresh corpse, leaded gas, SF's lost tombstones, and the science of screw-ups. What could possibly go wrong? GRAVE MISTAKE is next week! Join us to find out. Get your tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/grave-mist...

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 23/09/2026

History is full of people making good decisions. This show is not about them. Six true stories of very bad, no-good, grave mistakes! Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/grave-mist... Ian Cannon — War on Drugs: The Patron Saint of Overdoses Lin Lawhn — Sixteen Years of Piracy: Jeanne de Clisson’s Revenge

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 22/09/2026

Pitches are open for By Design! Bring us your ideas for a 10–12 minute story about ingenious designs, elaborately constructed systems, or things that worked exactly as intended—for better or worse. Pitches for By Design are due Oct 6th. Send your ideas here: curiosityguild.org/speak

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 14/09/2026

Our next show brings you five strange and sinister tales of meth-fueled misadventures, missing memorials, deadly inventions, a bloody revenge, and grave robbing gone very, very wrong Join us Tuesday, Oct 6th, for our spooky season special: Grave Mistake! Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/grave-mist...

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 04/09/2026

We had so much fun at Dark Horse! If you missed out and are feeling the FOMO, come to our upcoming events: Brainstorm for BY DESIGN - 9/15 6pm at Casements Bar Curiosity Guild: GRAVE MISTAKE - 10/6 6:30pm at Public Works Learn more: www.curiosityguild.org (Photos by www.kayleighshawn.com)

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 01/09/2026

Dark Horse is tonight. Meet the Mag In Black - a long shot in a black hat, is excited to host you at Public Works. Six stories of underdog winners, WWII spies, a horse that could math, science, art, and one very brave tiger. Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/dark-horse...

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 31/08/2026

DARK HORSE is TOMORROW! Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/dark-horse... Six stories about unexpected champions that will make your heart warm and fuzzy, yes even in this economy. Join us! Tuesday Sep 1st Public Works. Doors 6:30pm, Show 7:30pm 21+

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 30/08/2026

And for our final story at DARK HORSE this Tuesday, Isolde Honore will tell us about a literal dark horse that could math! Tuesday, Sep 1st Doors 6:30pm, show 7:30pm Public Works, 21+ 161 Erie Street, SF Get your tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/dark-horse...

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 28/08/2026

Spy, Lie, Defy: The One-Legged Woman Who Fooled the Gestapo Virginia Hall was a 1920s American socialite turned WWII spy and real-life James Bond. Rejected by the State Department and hunted by the Nazis, she went to France to fight against the Nazis, all on a wooden leg she named Cuthbert.

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 27/08/2026

Jupiter's Moons and the Speed of Truth He figured out the speed of light a century before the American Revolution, working only with telescopes and mechanical clocks. His discovery was rejected because people suck. But who was this 17th century Astronomer? Find out at DARK HORSE!

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 26/08/2026

Doyle Harden: The Henry Ford of Black Velvet Painting -- Stacy McClanahan A mysterious man made millions selling black velvet paintings and, in doing so, doomed the entire medium. How did black velvet go from the most popular to the most forgotten art form? Come learn about the best worst art empire

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 25/08/2026

Can there be a dark horse show without the story of an underdog Kentucky Derby winner? Fear not, our new speaker Raven Glazman has just covered. Story details below. Doors 6:30pm, show 7:30pm Public Works, 21+ 161 Erie Street, SF Get your tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/dark-horse...

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 24/08/2026

Hosted by Sahil Bansal Tuesday, Sep 1st Doors 6:30pm, show 7:30pm Public Works, 21+ 161 Erie Street, SF Get your tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/dark-horse...

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 24/08/2026

DARK HORSE is next week! Here's a sneak peek: An Indian Tiger & the Rockets' Red Glare - Sahil Bansal What does a Revolutionary War ship have in common with an orphaned Indian soldier? A fight with the British. The defiance of this "Indian Tiger" would echo for centuries, in places nobody expected

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 18/08/2026

The speakers and stories for Dark Horse are live! Here are six incredible tales about unexpected champions, coming to you on Tuesday, Sep 1st. Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/dark-horse...

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 10/08/2026

We are back after our summer break and our next show brings you stories of long shots, last laughs, and ideas that were written off, until they prevailed. Join us for Dark Horse: tales about unexpected champions at Public Works on Sep 1st. Get your tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/dark-horse...

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 23/07/2026

Mess with the hat, you get the stab. Jonathan tell us about Edwardian hatpin wars. 👒🗡️ #Suffragette #FashionHistory #StayCurious

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 16/07/2026

At Curiosity Guild, when the villain of the story deserves boos, he gets them. 👎❄️ #HistoryVillains #ArcticExploration #AdaBlackjack #StayCurious

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 09/07/2026

If you're weird enough and commit to the bit, you can be anything. 🥂👑 Words to live by from Jamie Reffell. #CommitToTheBit #SFHistory #Inspiration

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 03/07/2026

The 1793 version of "This email could have been an internal memo." @evacide.bsky.social reads the Qianlong Emperor's reply to King George III's request to trade. ✉️🔥 #ImperialSass #StayCurious

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 24/06/2026

The 1920s "fountain of youth" was... monkey parts? 🐒😳 Science was a wild west back then, as Seth Rosenblatt relates. #MedicalHistory #MadScience #HistoriesMysteries #StayCurious

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 17/06/2026

Ross McKegney asks, why have a house when you can have a moving island castle? 🏝️🏰 The Victorian dream was literally built different. #SteampunkRealLife #Inventions #Utopia #StayCurious

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 12/06/2026

Danielle Roberts presents the official bouquet for when your startup pivots from running shoes to AI. 💐💻 San Francisco, are you okay? #StartupLife #SFHistory #AIInfrastructure #Floriography #SayItWithFlowers #StayCurious

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 04/06/2026

A toast to everyone who came out to LOCK HORNS yesterday! What an evening. #StayCurious #CuriosityGuild #Cheers

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 01/06/2026

Lock Horns is tomorrow! Don’t miss our last show before a summer break. We’ve got six incredible stories of clashing egos, epic battles and fights worth picking. Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/lock-horns... Hosted by Isolde Honore Tuesday, June 2nd Doors 6:30pm, show 7:30pm Public Works (21+)

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 29/05/2026

One brave emu took a suicide mission to save the flock. Sahil Bansal salutes a true feathered war hero. #AnimalHeroes #EmuWar #WildHistory #StayCurious

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 27/05/2026

Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/lock-horns... See you Tuesday!

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 27/05/2026

Alissa Greenberg - Tape vs Hurley, Breaking Barriers in SF Schools Before Brown v. Board of Education, there was 8-year-old Chinese-American Mamie Tape and a SF school system that made every excuse to keep her out. Let's dig into this extraordinary fight for equal education in 1880s California.

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 27/05/2026

Jonathan Potter - The Hatpin Wars: Poking the Patriarchy In early 1900s, during the peak of suffragette movement, women in the US and Europe suddenly discovered that they were all carrying weapons - the pins that kept their hats in place. For a brief moment in history, feminism got a little stabby.

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 27/05/2026

Dev Purandare - Janjira: The Coastal Fort That Defied Four Empires Less than a mile off the Indian coast sits Janjira, an island fort the size of Alcatraz. For 300 years it remained unconquered, repelling invasions from the Mughal, Maratha, Portuguese and British empires. How did it manage?

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 27/05/2026

Lin Lawhn - Julian Berrendero vs Franco's Fascism It's June 1941 and WWII is raging. In "neutral" Spain, firmly in the fascist grip of Franco, cyclist Julian Berrendero takes on Tour of Spain, fighting fascist propaganda, race organizers, weather, his teammates & sometimes his own mouth.

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 27/05/2026

Eva Galperin - Opium Wars: That Time the British Empire Fought the War on Drugs on the Side of Drugs Two empires go head-to-head in the first (and second) War on Drugs. Will there be ships? So many ships!

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 27/05/2026

Isolde Honoré - Crossed Swords: Julie D’Aubigny’s Duels and Defiance Swordfighter. Opera singer. Rule-breaker. Scandal maker. Better known as La Maupin, she lived boldly and never backed down from a fight. She dueled aristocrats and challenged social norms - frequently on the wrong side of the law.

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 27/05/2026

Lock Horns is next week! This is our last show before a summer break. Don't miss out: www.eventbrite.com/e/lock-horns... Hosted by Isolde Honoré Tuesday, June 2nd Doors 6:30pm, show 7:30pm Public Works, 21+ 161 Erie Street, SF Ticket links up top. Story previews down below

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 23/05/2026

It’s for gout ointment, I swear! 🤥 Christina Liu shows us the boldest lie in botanical spy history. #HistoricalSpies #PlantTok #ScienceHistory #StayCurious

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 20/05/2026

Our last show before a summer break is just around the corner, Lock Horns: stories of refusing to back down. Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/lock-horns... Six true stories of underdogs, hold-outs, and troublemakers. Tuesday, June 2nd.

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 19/05/2026

Doing field research in 110-degree heat wearing rubber boots and a necktie. 👔🥾 The 1920s were a different breed. #VintageStyle #FieldWork #DesertLife #StayCurious

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 14/05/2026

When you're trying to loot a Spanish galleon but your friend just wants to look at the flowers... 🌸⚔️ The ultimate "unsuccessful" pirate. #Relatable #BotanistLife #FullBloom

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 13/05/2026

Let's hear it one more time for the amazing speakers of Full Bloom! Photo: Seth Rosenblatt

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 12/05/2026

Our next show in June, Lock Horns, is live! Get your tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/lock-horns... Six stories of clashing egos, butting heads, and absolutely refusing to back down. Tuesday, June 2nd Doors 6:30pm, show 7:30 Public Works 161 Erie Street, SF 21+

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 04/05/2026

Full Bloom is TOMORROW! Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/full-bloom... Six stories that took root, ran wild, and are blooming on May 5th! Martin Strauss - Ruthless Buccaneer or Respected Botanist: Why Not Both? E. Anne Killpack - Save the Date: High-Stakes Heist of the California Medjool

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 01/05/2026

And Martin Strauss peels apart the layered personality of William Dampier. You may remember William Dampier as the man who introduced the word "banana" to English. But he was so much more, in the way that only a truly ADHD-driven restless curious spirit could be. Let's dive into it!

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Curiosity Guild @curiosityguild.org · 01/05/2026

This Tuesday at Curiosity Guild's next show, Full Bloom, Danielle Roberts will tell us about the glass flowers of Harvard. A father & son embarked on the most "under promise, over deliver" group project of all time that spanned 50 years, several continents, and changed science education. But how?

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