Red, White, & Blues

Let’s be very real.

The flag-waving patriotism common on the 4th of July has felt… uncomfy for a while (I turned 18 two months before “Shock and Awe” in Iraq, for context), but this year it feels different. The concept of America is a great one on paper (that paper being the Constitution), but in practice leaves a little to be desired. So in trying to decide on the themes for this month, a month so often associated with red, white, and blue bunting, I decided to take a different tack and honor a group of people central to the history of the USA and its culture (and in the case of this trivia - pop culture) - Immigrants.

A Nation of Immigrants - A Celebration of Immigrants’ Contributions to Pop Culture (7/8)

The United States is a nation of immigrants. (Mostly. Not to get too far into the weeds but we are also a nation of indigenous peoples and the descendants of enslaved people).

Given the current state of things in this country, I’ve decided that we’re going to celebrate the pop culture contributions of immigrants (and their children) with a night of trivia and shenanigans, from Lin-Manuel Miranda to “Everything, Everywhere All at Once.”

Millennial Memory Lane - A Nostalgic Trivia Trip (7/22)

‘Member Nickelodeon, Emo, Nintendo 64, and more? Millennials remember. Let’s stroll down memory lane together because stuff sucks right now.

I‘m FINE.

Fun Fact: "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” is a quote from a sonnet entitled “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus, which was written to raise money for the Statue of Liberty’s pedestal. A plaque of the full sonnet was installed on Lady Liberty’s base in 1903. Emma Lazarus herself was the descendent of Jews who fled the Spanish Inquisition (nobody expects) and was active is aiding refugees from the Tsar’s antisemitic pogroms in Russia.