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Brownstone Austin Supper Club February 25, 2026: Delia McCabe, PhD
2026-02-25 17:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Sawyer & Co, 4827 East Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX, 78702, United States
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5:30pm – 9:00pm
Austin, Texas
$55 per person for appetizer, dinner, dessert, cocktail/wine (1)
Please join us for an evening of interesting conversation about the impact of AI on our behaviors, creativity and cognitive functioning with Dr. Delia McCabe, author of Feed Your Brain and The State of the Modern Mind on Substack.
About Delia
Delia McCabe holds a master’s in clinical psychology, a PhD in Neuroscience, and has spent over two decades delving into the intricate relationship between brain development, function, cognition and nutrition. Her most recent work applies her knowledge to behavioural change and the intersection of technology and ourselves. Delia’s offerings draw from embodiment, the neuroscience of creativity and decision-making, and explore how we are impacted by the use of technology.
About the Talk
We live in a world immersed in technology. Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used in a variety of ways – such as to individualize algorithms, create content, ‘educate’ our youth and provide access to more information than we know what to do with. But, does interacting with ‘smart-tech’ impact our sensitive and sophisticated brain in ways we’ve not yet become aware of? Or is it simply another step on the road to human progress? Could the wonder of human creativity and reasoning be under threat? Join us to find out what the three main threats are and why we’re all vulnerable to technology’s marvels.
Venue, Location & Parking
Sawyer & Co., 4827 E Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78702 featuring food catered by DeNada Cantina. The location has a large parking lot plus free street parking on the north side of Red Bluff Road (behind the venue. This venue is temporary for February supper club and starting in March, DeNada Cantina South will be hosting our monthly supper clubs.
Registration
$55 per person. Space is limited so be sure to secure your seat early. For more information contact Cyndi at cyndicollen@gmail.com. Please include “Austin Supper Club” in the subject line.

Brownstone Pittsburgh Supper Club, February 25, 2026: Fr. John Naugle
2026-02-25 18:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | DeBlaze at 131, 131 E main St., Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
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Wednesday, February 25 6:30 – 9 pm
$50 includes appetizers, dinner and 1 adult beverage
Brownstone Institute is very pleased to announce the inaugural meeting of the Pittsburgh Supper Club. Fr. John Naugle will be the guest speaker and will talk about: “The Cult of COVID: How Hysteria Scrambled Politics”.
How did Republicans become in favor of the radical expansion of government?
How did Democrats become in favor of preventing laborers from going to work?
How did Libertarians become haters of liberty?
Join us as Father Naugle discusses the COVID hysteria as a religious phenomenon that cut across political ideologies, and how the ability to resist this hysteria has formed new coalitions which defy prior political categories.
Father Naugle was early in his opposition to lockdowns, with his first published piece appearing on Rorate Caeli in April 2020.
He has been an author and occasional panelist for the Brownstone Institute since September 2022. His focus has been both the spiritual harms of our COVID response, as well as the material harms which have befallen the working class.
DeBlaze is an acclaimed bar and grill just 5 miles from Pittsburgh, located in the heart of Carnegie, PA, serving tantalizing Italian pasta made with homemade pasta and sauces, succulent steaks, and dishes crafted with locally sourced ingredients. Curated selection of craft beer and top-shelf bourbons for an unforgettable dining experience close to Pittsburgh.
Drivers coming from Pittsburgh International Airport or further east use I-376 (Parkway West) and then connect to local roads toward Carnegie.
Exit 57 on I-79 is generally the closest direct freeway exit.
Free parking lot next to restaurant or street parking; stairs only to upstairs meeting room, no elevator access.

Brownstone Bandera, TX Supper Club, February 27, 2026: Alec Zeck
2026-02-27 18:30 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | Sovereignty Ranch, 165 Wyatt Ranch Rd E, Bandera, TX, 78003, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILAlec Zeck is an American health freedom advocate, educator, and speaker known for his work exploring the intersections of wellness, personal sovereignty, and informed consent. A former U.S. Army captain and West Point graduate, he shifted his focus from military service to public health dialogue, emphasizing individual rights in medical decision-making.
He is the founder of Health Freedom for Humanity (HFFH), an organization that promotes education around bodily autonomy and holistic approaches to health. Zeck also hosts The Way Forward, where he interviews doctors, researchers, and thought leaders on topics ranging from terrain theory and nutrition to medical ethics and decentralized solutions for community well-being.
His work often centers on empowering people to think critically about health information, reconnect with natural approaches to living, and build parallel systems rooted in transparency and personal responsibility.
Please join us for an immersive evening, where we will be together in person and investigate the pathway forward for humanity. We will be hearing from Alex Zeck of The Way Forward enjoying Farm to table food from Mollie Engelhart’s Ranch. If you come early, you can have a 45 minute farm tour with Mollie Engelhart and learn about regenerative agriculture.
Price 80$
Dinner six course farm to table Mexican meal at the barn restaurant.
Optional Farm tour at 5 PM dinner at 6:30
If you have any questions, please contact Mollie Engelhart 818-939-7248 or you can email howdy@sovereigntyranch.com
Sovereignty Ranch in The Barn restaurant
165 Wyatt Ranch Rd., East Bandera Texas

Brownstone Florida Supper Club, February 28, 2026: Rob Younkins and Nicole C. Scott
2026-02-28 16:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Galts Landing Farm, 2900 Tally Ho Trail, St. Cloud, FL, 34771, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILGalts Landing Farm, 2900 Tally Ho Trail, Saint Cloud, FL 34771 (https://www.galtslanding.farm/)
Saturday, February 28, 2026 4-8 pm $45
Brownstone Institute is happy to announce the inaugural St. Cloud, FL Supper Club. Jim and Andrea Gale, of Galts Landing Farm, are hosting the event to kick things off, with members of the board of Directors at Origins Reclaimed serving as additional speakers for the event. Speakers: Rob Younkins, and Nicole C. Scott.
An opening reception will start at about 4 pm, after which snacks will be served, followed by a walking farm tour at the Galt’s Landing Freedom Farm with Jim Gale (In case of inclement weather, consider bringing umbrellas so that the tour can continue). Dinner and talks start after sunset at 6 pm, followed by plenty of time for Q&A.
Galt’s Landing: The Flagship Example
Rather than being the “headquarters” or a private estate, Galt’s Landing serves as the Flagship Living Trust.

Jim Gale’s Role: Jim acts as a steward of this specific trust, demonstrating the lifestyle and the systems (such as the food forests) that the Origins Reclaimed network aims to replicate globally.
Galt’s Landing is an off-grid “freedom farm” and permaculture demonstration site located in St. Cloud, Florida. The property serves as a living laboratory for self-sufficiency and regenerative agriculture. Its primary focus is on replacing traditional lawns with “food forests”—diverse, edible ecosystems that require minimal maintenance and no pesticides. Limited lodging available on site, contact for more details and to make a reservation.

Note: Some lodging on-site is available through Airbnb in shipping container properties. Here is the link to inquire: https://www.airbnb.com/users/show/502678681
Origins Reclaimed is the overarching mission to establish a decentralized network of Conservation/Community Land Trusts (CLTs) across the country. Its purpose is toward a model of stewardship that secures land for the public good, regenerative agriculture, and generational food security.

The Blueprint: The organization provides the legal, financial, and social frameworks (the “instruction manual”) for others to establish their own land trusts and autonomous communities.
Expansion: While the movement is starting in Florida, the goal is a robust, interconnected web of these communities nationwide, all operating under similar principles of sovereignty and ecological restoration.

Brownstone Greater Boston Supper Club, March 3, 2026: Cecelia (Cece) Doucette
2026-03-03 17:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Rocco’s Restaurant and Bar, 193 Main Street, Wilmington, MA, 01887, United States
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Tuesday, February 3rd
5:30pm – 9:00pm
Wilmington, MA
$55
Please join us for an evening of lively conversation, intriguing speakers, and fun! This month we are pleased to welcome technology safety educator and Director of Massachusetts for Safe Technology, Cece Doucette
About Cece Doucette
Cece Doucette, MTPW, Director, Massachusetts for Safe Technology, works with communities, schools, health care practitioners, and legislatures to address wireless radiation and public health. She also co-founded Safer Screentime to offer a quick, affordable on-line training course for all.
Cece was honored to co-chair the technology panel for the NIH Health in Buildings Roundtable Conference and serve as moderator for the Electromagnetic Radiation/Wireless panel at the Children’s Health Defense Conference. She helped New Hampshire pass the nation’s first law to investigate wireless risks, and is chaperoning six bills in Massachusetts. Cece also presented state and local policy at the EMF Medical Conference.
Her work is featured in the films Generation Zapped, Wi-Fi Refugees and 5G: Friend or Foe?
About the Talk
Is Your Wireless Tech Safe? Let’s Learn to Stay Connected and Protected
Cece will walk us through the peer-reviewed scientific literature on wireless radiation and digital addiction, as well as common symptoms of EMR Syndrome. She will make the invisible visible with a live demonstration of the electropollution we are immersed in today then share encouraging inroads in the courts and public policy. Cece will leave us with common sense practical steps we can all take today to greatly reduce our exposures, plus actions to help move the needle to safe technology.
Venue, Location & Parking
Rocco’s, 193 Main Street, Wilmington. Free parking. Overflow parking at Dunkin’ Donuts next door, or across the street @ Sherwin Williams.
Registration
$55 per person. Space is limited so be sure to secure your seat early!
For more information contact Brianne at BrianneKrupsaw@gmail.com Please include “March Supper Club” in the subject line.

Brownstone Midwest Supper Club, March 9, 2026: Dr. Allon Friedman
2026-03-09 18:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Lennie’s, 514 E. Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN, 47408, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILPlease join us for an evening of warm community, lively conversation and great food and drink! This month we are pleased to welcome Dr. Allon Friedman, Professor of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine. He’ll give a talk titled “The Broken State of Medicine and What we Must do to Fix it”.
About the talk:
Dr. Friedman will share his views on the unintended consequences of DEI ideology on medical education and practice, the erosion of merit-based standards in physician training, and the loss of physician autonomy to massive corporate healthcare systems. He’ll address the silence among his colleagues regarding COVID lockdowns and mandates and describe the personal cost of speaking up in an environment that discourages it. He’ll suggest ways to reform what is happening now so that we can reclaim a medical system that works.
About Dr. Allon Friedman:
Allon N. Friedman, MD, is board certified in nephrology, internal medicine and nutrition. He is a general nephrologist with an interest and expertise in nutrition including the management of obesity in people with kidney disease.
Dr. Friedman earned his medical degree from McGill University Faculty of Medicine. He also completed an internship, residency and two fellowships at Tufts University Faculty of Medicine-New England Medical Center.
Venue & Details
Lennie’s is a beloved Bloomington institution known for its warm atmosphere, exceptional cuisine, and craft beer selection. For over 30 years, Lennie’s has been bringing people together over delicious food and drink in a setting perfect for meaningful conversation.
Location & Parking
Lennie’s is located at 514 E. Kirkwood Ave in the heart of downtown Bloomington, Indiana. Free parking is available after 5PM in the Indiana University Von Lee Parking Lot at the corner of Sixth and Dunn, and in the Indiana University Parking Lot #402 at 4th and Dunn. There is also metered parking (metered until 9PM) available on streets surrounding Kirkwood Avenue. Several parking garages are within walking distance.
Ticket Information
$50 per person includes a tasty buffet dinner and drinks. Space is limited so secure your spot now!
Accommodations
Excellent hotels within walking distance of Lennie’s:

Grant Street Inn – A historic charming local inn
Graduate Bloomington – A boutique hotel celebrating Indiana University’s heritage

For more information contact Joni McGary at jonimcgary@me.com. Please include “supper club” in the subject line.

Brownstone Utah Supper Club, Friday March 13, 2026: Jared St. Clair & Jan Jekielek of Epoch Times
2026-03-13 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Brio Italian Grille, 6173 S State St., Murray, 84107, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILThe Brownstone Institute Utah Supper Club will meet Friday, March 13, at Brio Italian Grille from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. Admission is $58 per person. Our speakers will be Jared St. Clair and Special Guest Jan Jekielek of Epoch Times
Restaurant name and address
Brio Italian Grille
6173 S State St.
Murray, UT
$58 per person for appetizer, dinner, dessert, beverages – includes tax & gratuity
(Cash bar available)
About Jared St. Clair:
Jared St. Clair is an enthusiastic herbalist, natural supplement formulator, and the podcast host of Vitality Radio. His passion for natural solutions to health problems, and belief in the importance of health freedom drives his business, Vitality Nutrition, and his focus on educating and helping others.
About the Talk:
Jared will be discussing the hidden dangers behind everyday pain relievers, sleep aids, and heartburn drugs – medicines that cause thousands of deaths every year when misused or taken long-term. Jared will also discuss natural alternatives for reflux, pain, inflammation, sleep, and immune support. We’ll learn how a drug becomes over-the-counter (OTC) and why the FDA’s approval process might not tell the whole story.
About Jan Jekielek:
Jan Jekielek is senior editor with The Epoch Times, and host of the show “American Thought Leaders.” Determined to tell true stories, Jan started working with The Epoch Times 20 years ago, at a time when popular narratives in the West hid the dark underbelly of communist China. He did some of the earliest reporting on the Chinese regime’s continuing practice of forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience. Over the last seven years, he has interviewed almost a thousand thought leaders on camera, including heads of state, multiple U.S. cabinet secretaries and agency heads, and congressional members. Jan specializes in long-form discussions that tackle the grand narratives of our time, and is also an award-winning documentary filmmaker.
Jan will give a preview of his soon-to-be released book, Killed to Order: China’s Organ Harvesting Industry and the True Nature of America’s Biggest Adversary, and will be available to sign copies.
Venue, Location & Parking
Brio Italian Grille, located just off of I-215 in Murray
Free convenient parking
Registration
$58 per person includes bread and beverages; salad or soup; choice of Beef Medallions, Chicken Marsala, or Fettuccine Alfredo; and dessert, including tax and gratuity
For more information contact:
Lori Weintz at lweintz@comcast.net or Matt Warnock matt@rcherbals.com
Please include “supper club” in the subject line

Brownstone ﻿﻿Charlotte, NC Supper Club, March 13: Dr. Michelle Perro
2026-03-13 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Napa on Providence, 110 Perrin Place, Charlotte, NC, 28207, United States
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Napa on Providence, 110 Perrin Pl., Charlotte, NC 28207
$58 per person for salad or soup and dinner entree. Gluten free and Vegetarian options included. Cash bar available.
On Friday, March 13, 2026, the Charlotte Supper Club is pleased to welcome Dr. Michelle Perro, celebrated author, pediatrician, and integrative medicine expert dedicated to children’s health and well-being.
About the Talk
We live in a world where our food systems are increasingly dominated by genetically modified organisms and pesticides. These elements are being integrated into our diets in ways that may affect children’s health profoundly. But how do GM foods and pesticides impact the developing bodies and minds of our youth? Is it contributing to rising health issues, or is it a necessary part of modern agriculture? Could the future of our children’s well-being be at stake? Can nutritious food prevent or heal disease? Join us to explore these questions and more.
Come early for cocktails (cash bar) and meet Brownstone Institute friends, scholars, writers, and benefactors. Celebrate victories and discuss challenges ahead. The venue is lovely; the seasonal menu is delicious, and the discussion brilliant.
About the Speaker
Michelle Perro, MD, DHom is a seasoned clinician with nearly 45 years of experience in pediatrics and integrative medicine, dedicated to treating children and families. A Yale graduate, she trained at Mount Sinai Medical School, Bellevue Hospital and NYU, later serving as Director of a Pediatric Hospital.
For the past 25 years, Dr. Perro has championed integrative approaches to health, focusing on the impact of GM foods and pesticides on children’s well-being.
She has lectured globally, and co-authored the acclaimed book What’s Making Our Children Sick?
Dr. Perro is CEO and co-founder of www.gmoscience.org, promoting food as medicine and regenerative health education. She also hosts the podcast, The New MDs and offers parenting resources through her website. Her upcoming book, Making Our Children Well is set for release in April, 2026.
She will provide insight into the impacts of GM foods and pesticides on children’s health, regenerative health practices, and strategies for making our children well.
Brownstone’s Charlotte Supper Club is thrilled to welcome her.
Venue, Location & Parking
Napa on Providence, 110 Perrin Pl, Charlotte, NC 28207. Private onsite parking lot.
Registration
$58 per person includes meal, tax and gratuity. Space is limited so be sure to secure your seat early. For more information contact Amber Santiago at supperclub@pm.me. Please include “Charlotte Supper Club” in the subject line.

Brownstone Puget Sound Supper Club, March 17, 2026: Bret Weinstein
2026-03-17 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Family Pancake House, 17621 Redmond Way, Redmond, WA, 98052, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILPlease join us for our first Brownstone Supper Club in the Pacific Northwest! It will be an opportunity to build community and lasting relationships while engaging in an interesting conversation about Artificial Intelligence.
Family Pancake House
17621 Redmond Way, Redmond, WA
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
$60 per person for dinner and wine, coffee and/or tea
About the Speaker
Bret Weinstein is an Author, the Host of the DarkHorse podcast, and a former Professor of Evolutionary Biology. He received his PhD from the University of Michigan.
He and his wife, Heather Heying, resigned in 2017 from the Evergreen State College, where Bret had taught for 14 years. This was amid campus riots focusing on Bret and Heather’s opposition to a “day of racial segregation” and other college “equity” proposals.
He has written for the Wall Street Journal and has testified before Congress regarding freedom of expression on college campuses.
He and Heather recently wrote A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century.
About the Talk
Bret will open the conversation with the topic “Beyond the Event Horizon: Life and Reason in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.”
Venue, Location & Parking
Family Pancake House
17621 Redmond Way, Redmond, WA
Parking is plentiful and free.
Registration
$60 per person. Space is limited so be sure to secure your seat early.
For more information, please contact Susan at srlund@aol.com.
Please include “Puget Sound Supper Club” in the subject line.

Brownstone Pittsboro, NC Supper Club, March 18: Dr. Sheila Furey
2026-03-18 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Forest Hall at Chatham Mills, 480 Hillsboro Street, Suite 530, Pittsboro, NC, 27312, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILWe are so excited to be hosting the inaugural Pittsboro, NC, Supper Club featuring Dr. Sheila Furey!
Dr. Furey will offer timely insights into medical freedom and the Constitution, reflect on the medical/pharmaceutical history of the gender dysphoria phenomenon and share her experiences from the past 5 years of the medical establishment betraying the Hippocratic Oath.
About Dr. Sheila Furey
Sheila Furey, MD is an adult, child and adolescent psychiatrist in private practice in Richmond, Virginia. In almost 30 years of practice, she has worked in outpatient and inpatient settings, residential treatment centers for children and the juvenile justice system. Dr. Furey has also completed forensic evaluations and testified as an expert witness. In 2020, in the midst of Covid, she began to question the “science” and watched in real time as physician communication platforms were shut down. Inspired by the FLCCC (now the Independent Medical Alliance), she organized support for Dr. Paul Marik in his lawsuit against Sentara Health in Norfolk, Virginia (2021). She has gone on to organize and lead the Virginia Medical Freedom Alliance, a state wide organization seeking to restore and protect the unalienable individual right to medical freedom within the Commonwealth of Virginia. She has authored a chapter in Urban Legends on the evaluation and treatment of those with gender dysphoria.
Venue & Details
Forest Hall at Chatham Mills, 480 Hillsboro Street, Suite 530, Pittsboro, NC
Forest Hall is located in a historic label mill built in the early 1900s, the venue has wooden floors, exposed brick walls and large windows. The 3500 square foot hall is located on 32 acres of woods and meadows in historic downtown Pittsboro, NC, just 20 minutes away from Chapel Hill and 40 minutes from Raleigh or Durham. Catering is provided by 39 West Catering.
Ticket Information
$50 per person includes a lovely buffet style dinner and a single beer or glass of wine.

Brownstone Supper Club, West Hartford, March 25: Jefferey Jaxen
2026-03-25 17:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Brownstone Supper Club at Butterfly Restaurant, 831 Farmington Ave, West Hartford, CT, 06119, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILOn Wednesday, March 25, 2026, the beloved West Hartford Supper Club – the first in the nation – is pleased to welcome Jefferey Jaxen, independent journalist and top researcher and writer for HighWire, the leading media venue for all matters of pharma, medicine, and pharma. He will provide a window into the underreported stories of our time and insight on how to Navigate our rapidly evolving media and political space.
Butterfly is the venue (the real Chinese stuff) with friends of Brownstone Institute. Come early for cocktails and meet Brownstone Institute friends, scholars, writers, and benefactors, and celebrate victories and discuss challenges ahead. The food is wonderful and the discussion brilliant. Casual and fun, even if some people come in fancier clothing.
Jefferey Jaxen is a health journalist and featured in his weekly segment, ’The Jaxen Report’, on The HighWire. As an investigative journalist, researcher, and writer, Jefferey serves as Lead editor of The HighWire News and Opinion Team. Jefferey is constantly working behind the scenes to spotlight the untold, censored and under-reported stories of our time. Covering Big Pharma corruption, the censorship complex created by social media giants and the underreported issues of drug and vaccine safety since 2014.
He will provide insight into the underreported stories of our time, and an inside look into what makes HighWire so deeply influential.
Brownstone’s West Hartford Supper Club is thrilled to welcome him.

Brownstone Austin Supper Club March 25, 2026: Joseph Varon, M.D.
2026-03-25 17:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Sawyer & Co, 4827 East Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX, 78702, United States
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5:30pm – 9:00pm
Austin, Texas
$55 per person for appetizer, dinner, dessert, coffee/tea
Please join us for an inspiring evening of optimistic conversation around healthcare going back to its roots of restoring health rather than managing disease. We are excited to have Dr. Joseph Varon, President and Chief Medical Officer of Independent Medical Alliance (formerly FLCCC) lead us through his vision and action that is happening right now to build a parallel health care system.
About Dr. Joseph Varon
Dr. Varon is a professor at the University of Houston College of Medicine, president of Dorrington Medical Associates and the leads the Independent Medical Alliance (IMA). With previous leadership roles on hospital boards, medical centers and the recipient of prestigious awards, Dr. Varon is considered among one of the top physicians in the United States. He is known for his groundbreaking contributions to Critical Care Medicine in the fields of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and therapeutic hypothermia and is a well-known expert in the area of hypertensive crises management. Dr. Varon is taking time out of his busy schedule to support the Brownstone Institute’s growing community in Austin.
About the Talk
Dr. Varon is passionate about ‘health care going back to its roots’. He has seen patients go from empowerment to victimhood – trapped in endless cycles of testing, pharmaceuticals and referrals. He will discuss what is needed to move us from managing disease to restoring health: a trust-based parallel health care system focused on outcomes, not profit. Dr. Varon will share how IMA is supporting doctors who refuse to practice assembling-line medicine, building a Trusted Referral Network, and the long-term vision of patients having true sovereignty in health care.
Venue, Location & Parking
Sawyer & Co., 4827 E Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78702 featuring food catered by DeNada Cantina. The location has parking lots in front, on sides and adjacent to the restaurant plus free street parking on the north side of Red Bluff Road (behind the venue.
Registration
$55 per person. Space is limited so be sure to secure your seat early. For more information contact Cyndi at cyndicollen@gmail.com. Please include “Austin Supper Club” in the subject line.

Brownstone Pittsburgh Supper Club, March 25, 2026: Dr. Clifford Bob
2026-03-25 18:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | DeBlaze at 131, 131 E main St., Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILJoin us for an enlightening evening as Dr. Clifford Bob presents “The Fear Industrial Complex”.
The U.S. is the world’s most secure country based on its geostrategic, economic, and military advantages. Yet for decades influential voices have claimed that we face existential threats—terrorism, cyberattack, Iran, Russia, China, covid, climate change, immigration to name only a few of the national security “crises” ostensibly menacing us. Why has America come to fear so much when we are in fact so safe? Clifford Bob argues that the source of our anxiety is pervasive fearmongering by a loose-knit network of powerful public and private actors—the “fear industrial complex.” Its governmental, military, and journalistic members—cutting across partisan and ideological lines—mount sustained scare campaigns against the American public. Whatever the fear du jour, scare campaigns include four recurrent strategies: inflation of threats; deflation of American strengths; promotion of questionable panaceas; and enforcement of fear-ridden conformity. Scare campaigns empower and enrich the panic industrial complex. But they take an enormous toll on American lives, liberties, and pocketbooks. They make us less secure and less free.
In his talk, Bob will outline the argument and propose ways to counter the power and tactics of the fear industrial complex. His talk is part of an ongoing book project. Your comments and suggestions are welcome.
Clifford Bob is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Duquesne University. He is the author of The Marketing of Rebellion (2005), winner of the International Studies Association Book of the Year award; The Global Right Wing (2012), which co-won the 2020 International Studies Book of the Decade award; and Rights as Weapons (2019). In addition to academic articles and chapters, Bob writes regularly for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and other outlets. Bob holds a Ph. D. from MIT, a J.D. from NYU Law School, and a B.A. from Harvard University.
DeBlaze is an acclaimed bar and grill just 5 miles from Pittsburgh, located in the heart of Carnegie, PA, serving tantalizing Italian pasta made with homemade pasta and sauces, succulent steaks, and dishes crafted with locally sourced ingredients. Curated selection of craft beer and top-shelf bourbons for an unforgettable dining experience close to Pittsburgh.
Drivers coming from Pittsburgh International Airport or further east use I-376 (Parkway West) and then connect to local roads toward Carnegie.
Exit 57 on I-79 is generally the closest direct freeway exit.
Free parking lot next to restaurant or street parking; stairs only to upstairs meeting room, no elevator access.
DeBlaze at 131 | 131 E Main St., Carnegie, PA 15106
Wednesday, March 25 6:30 – 9 pm
$50 includes appetizers and dinner

Brownstone Chicago Supper Club, March 26, 2026: Dr. Patricia Robitaille and Dr. Coleen Rickabaugh
2026-03-26 17:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Base Community Cafe, 1200 W. 35th Street, Chicago, IL, 60609, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILWe’re excited to invite you to the next Brownstone Chicago Supper Club on March 26, 2026 at 5:30 PM at Base Community Café. Our featured speakers will be Dr. Patricia Robitaille and Dr. Coleen Rickabaugh.
Join us for an evening of great food, drink, lively discourse and community. $65 per person includes a tasty Italian themed dinner and drinks.
About the talk
Dr. Patricia Robitaille and Dr. Coleen Rickabaugh will discuss critical reforms to the Health Care Quality Improvement Act (HCQIA) of 1986, a law originally intended to address medical malpractice and improve patient care. However, HCQIA is now often weaponized through sham peer reviews which silence ethical physicians who challenge profit-driven practices or administrative overreach. They have recently appeared on podcasts, including DemystifySci and a Substack interview by Jefferey Jaxen. At this Brownstone event, they will outline the original intent of HCQIA, how the misapplication of this federal law controls physicians and negatively affects patient care, in addition to proposed legislative amendments aimed at removing hospital immunity, restoring due process, protecting whistleblowers, and prioritizing patient safety over institutional control. Their insights, formed by decades of frontline experience in emergency medicine, emphasize the urgent need to rewrite this flawed legislation and to rebuild trust and integrity in the medical system.
About the Speakers
Dr. Patricia Robitaille is an emergency physician with 35 years of experience in hospital-based emergency medicine and 20 years of involvement in physician peer review and credentialing. As chairman, she unified three credentialing committees from four hospitals, to form a centralized, systemwide Medical Staff Credentialing Committee which was responsible for the evaluation of thousands of physicians. She has extensive experience as an emergency department chairman and head of human resources for her practice group. She has dedicated her clinical career to putting patients first. Having personally witnessed ethically concerning issues in healthcare arising from the corporatization of medicine, particularly the misapplication of the federal Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, she is dedicated to reforming of this law. She has sought to educate the public, physicians, and other healthcare professionals about these issues through her Substack and is collaborating on legislative efforts to reform HCQIA.
Dr. Coleen Rickabaugh has 30 years of experience practicing emergency medicine. She served as the recruiter for their department and has been the volunteer medical director for emergency medical services, directing pre-hospital care in the county. While her allopathic training had prepared her to treat true emergencies, she quickly realized that many patients who presented to the emergency department were in desperate need of primary care. Having a holistic slant and a “whole person” philosophy of medicine, she incorporated that into her practice model, frequently educating patients about the dangers of over-reliance on pharmaceutical agents and coaching them on issues of immune health, food as medicine, and the importance of physical activity. She became increasingly disillusioned by the administrative usurpation of medicine, the abandonment of ethics, the substitution of protocol medicine for critical thinking, and the lack of accessibility to proper care for many patients. These concerns peaked during the Covid pandemic. She became a Covid dissident and formed an underground alliance with one like-minded family practitioner in the community to treat patients early with immune support and assist them in navigating inpatient care with medical autonomy and informed consent. Having experienced moral injury, she left clinical medicine to embark on healthcare advocacy issues, partnering with Dr. Patricia Robitaille on a mission to reform the Health Care Quality Improvement Act that is failing as a patient safety mechanism and eroding the physician-patient relationship which is so vital for the optimization of patient health.
Ticket Information
$65 per person includes a tasty Italian themed dinner and drinks. Capacity is limited to 40 peoples so secure your spot now.
Base Community Cafe, 1200 W. 35th Street, Chicago, IL
Base Community Café is nestled inside the Bridgeport Art Center – one of the city’s most vibrant cultural and event venues. Chef Owner Paul Zavala creates bespoke seasonal cuisine with a chef’s eye and an artist’s heart. All is served in a comfortable café with fantastic coffee!
No Media Allowed.
Location and Parking

1200 W. 35th Street, Chicago, IL 60609
Enter on North Side off of Racine / 34th Place
Parking is available on the north side of the building.

For more information contact Jackie Sloan at Jackie@JackieSloanInc.com. Please include “Supper Club” in the subject line.

Brownstone Bandera, TX Supper Club, March 29, 2026: Nate Sheets
2026-03-29 17:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Sovereignty Ranch, 165 Wyatt Ranch Rd E, Bandera, TX, 78003, United States
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Sovereignty Ranch in The Barn restaurant
165 Wyatt Ranch Rd., East Bandera, Texas
Comes with dessert and two beverages
Optional Farm tour at 5:30 pm; Dinner starts at 7:00 pm
$80 per person
About the Speaker
Nate Sheets is a fifth-generation Texan, U.S. Navy veteran, entrepreneur, and Republican candidate for Texas Agriculture Commissioner in the 2026 election. Born and raised in the Texas Hill Country, Sheets served six years in the United States Naval Reserve before earning a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from Texas State University.
Sheets is the founder of Nature Nate’s Honey, a nationally recognized raw honey brand he built from a single backyard beehive into one of America’s most successful honey companies. After selling the business in 2021 and serving as its CEO through 2024, he transitioned from private-sector leadership to public service with a campaign focused on supporting Texas farmers, ranchers, and rural economies.
As a political newcomer, Sheets has positioned himself as a conservative alternative in the Republican primary, emphasizing food purity, agricultural innovation, regulatory reform, and stronger market access for producers. His campaign has drawn notable endorsements, including from Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who praised Sheets as a leader with integrity and dedication to Texas agriculture.
Sheets lives in North Texas with his wife, Patty, and their four children and daughter-in-law. In addition to his business accomplishments, he owns and operates a ranch, reflecting his commitment to land stewardship and the agricultural heritage of the state.
Driven by faith, family, and real-world experience, Sheets is campaigning to bring new leadership to the Texas Department of Agriculture, advocating for policies that support farmers and ranchers, strengthen rural communities, and ensure Texans have access to safe, healthful food.

Brownstone Greater Boston Supper Club, April 7, 2026: Drs. Mary Kelly Sutton & Mark Brody, Attorney Ilya Feoktistov
2026-04-07 17:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Rocco’s Restaurant and Bar, 193 Main Street, Wilmington, MA, 01887, United States
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Tuesday, April 7th
5:30pm – 9:00pm
Wilmington, MA
$55
Please join us for an evening of lively conversation, intriguing speakers, and fun. We are pleased to welcome Drs. Mary Kelly Sutton & Mark Brody, and Attorney Ilya Feoktistov.
About the Speakers
Dr. Mary Kelly Sutton received her medical degree in 1971, as well as boards in Internal Medicine, and additional training in Pediatrics. She is a founding member of the American Holistic Medical Association and trained in Anthroposophic Medicine. Practicing in California during SB277, she wrote medical exemptions for school vaccines: Her license was subsequently revoked despite no patient complaints and no patient injury. Dr. Sutton is currently part of a federal lawsuit to seek a stop to physician censorship and restitution of licensure. She currently provides health education: https://www.drsutton.org
Dr. Mark Brody, C.C.H, trained as an M.D. at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons (1986). He gave up his medical license voluntarily in 2021 under pressure from the Rhode Island Dept. of Health due to his supporting informed consent for his patients around the Covid-19 vaccine. Dr. Brody has a longstanding interest in systemic healthcare reform. He continues to practice in Rhode Island as an Integrative Healthcare Practitioner under the Health Freedom Act: https://www.dynamispreventivemedicine.com
Attorney Ilya Feoktistov represents Drs. Sutton, Brody, and two other physicians. He practices in Massachusetts, where has devoted the past five years to representing local victims of civil rights violations during the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He has successfully defended COVID-19 lockdown and vaccine protesters from serious criminal charges brought by politicized Massachusetts prosecutors. Attorney Feoktistov graduated from the Boston University School of Law and has an undergraduate degree in molecular biology and biochemistry from Dartmouth College. He is a contributing author for The Federalist.
About the Talk
The Physician’s First Amendment Right to Provide a Second Opinion
A federal First Amendment lawsuit, Sutton v. Federation of State Medical Boards, was filed in the Northern District of Texas by four physicians against six state medical boards and a powerful national organization that is silencing scientific dissent among the nation’s doctors from Texas to Massachusetts. Mary, Mark and Ilya will discuss state medical board efforts to punish physicians for stating opinions on medical and health-related topics that deviate from the established medical consensus.
Venue, Location & Parking
Rocco’s, 193 Main Street, Wilmington. Free parking. Overflow parking at Dunkin’ Donuts next door, or across the street @ Sherwin Williams.
Registration
$55 per person. Space is limited so be sure to secure your seat early!
For more information contact Brianne at BrianneKrupsaw@gmail.com Please include “April Supper Club” in the subject line.

Brownstone Chattanooga Supper Club, April 7, 2026: Debbie Mize
2026-04-07 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | State of Confusion, 301 E Main St, Chattanooga, TN, 37408, United States
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$55 includes dinner and one adult beverage.
Brownstone Institute is so happy to announce that Chattanooga, Tennessee will be the site of our newest Supper Club.
The guest speaker for our inaugural supper club will be Debbie Mize. Her talk will be: “The Sickest Generation: How We Lost Our Health—and How to Take It Back”.
Debbie Mize is a leader and advocate dedicated to helping individuals and families make informed health choices through education, collaboration, and community engagement. She is the Co-Founder of Kansans for Health Freedom and serves as State Coordinator for Stand for Health Freedom and Children’s Health Defense–Kansas. She previously served as Chapter Leader of the Kansas City Area Weston A. Price Foundation and currently serves as Co-Leader of the Chattanooga Area Weston A. Price Chapter.
Beyond advocacy, and prior to moving to Tennessee, Debbie and her husband partnered with their daughter’s family to manage operations at their medicinal herb and elderberry farm. The farm’s focus was to provide farm tours, education and community outreach on nutrition, herbal wellness, and sustainable farming practices.
With a background in wellness, nutrition, and sustainable farming, Debbie works alongside legislators, grassroots organizations, and community leaders to advance health freedom and promote transparency in public health. As Manager of State Councils for MAHA Institute, she establishes and supports MAHA Councils in all 50 states to strengthen collaboration between grassroots communities and federal health leadership. State Councils are the nexus between the grassroots and HHS to move the needle towards better health outcomes for all.
The Chattanooga Supper Club will be hosted at State of Confusion Restaurant, which is known for its wood-fired dishes, ceviche and beer. Some free parking is available for State of Confusion patrons in a nearby parking lot (You’ll see a parking attendant at the lot entrance and State of Confusion signage).
State of Confusion (Pumphouse), 301 E Main St., Chattanooga, TN 37408 (423) 760-3473

Brownstone Utah Supper Club, Thursday April 9, 2026: Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring
2026-04-09 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Harvest Restaurant at Thanksgiving Point, 3003 N Thanksgiving Way, Lehi, UT, 84048, United States
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April 9, 2026: Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring
Thursday April 9 @ 6:00 – 9:00pm $59
Restaurant name and address
6:00 – 9:00 pm
Harvest Restaurant at Thanksgiving Point, 3003 N Thanksgiving Way, Lehi, UT 84048
$59 per person includes appetizer, dinner, dessert, and beverages
About Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring
Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring, a board-certified psychiatrist, completed his psychiatry residency at Baylor College of Medicine and a fellowship in psychiatric drug development at Janssen Research & Development. He also worked as a Medical Officer at the FDA’s Division of Psychiatry Products. Dr. Witt-Doerring brings his broad experience in clinical, pharmaceutical, and regulatory settings to his private practice, TaperClinic, where he is the CEO and Medical Director. His mission is to provide safe, evidence-informed care for those seeking to reduce or discontinue psychiatric medications.
About the Talk
Dr. Witt-Doerring will unveil the dark side of Big Pharma’s multi-billion dollar industry of medications prescribed for mental illnesses. He’ll discuss the low evidence for SSRI effectiveness, and his clinical observation that SSRIs cause more harm than good, and often backfire long-term. Dr. Witt-Doerring will explain the risks and benefits of antidepressants and benzodiazepines (anti-anxiety) medications, and discuss clinical and holistic solutions for those looking to safely taper off of psychiatric meds.
Venue, Location & Parking
Harvest Restaurant at Thanksgiving Point
3003 N Thanksgiving Way
Lehi, UT 84048
Located at Water Tower Plaza
Free, convenient parking
Registration
$59 per person includes appetizers and beverages; salad; choice of Potato Crusted Chicken, Pan-seared Salmon, or Niman Ranch Pork Chop; and dessert; including tax and gratuity
For more information contact:
Lori Weintz at lweintz@comcast.net or Matt Warnock matt@rcherbals.com
Please include “Utah Supper Club” in the subject line

Brownstone Midwest Supper Club, April 13, 2026: Dave Rollo
2026-04-13 18:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Lennie’s, 514 E. Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN, 47408, United States
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6:30pm – 9:30pm | $55 per person includes a buffet dinner, wine, beer and soft drinks.
Please join us for an evening of warm community, lively conversation and great food & drink. This month we are pleased to welcome Dave Rollo, Bloomington City Council Member. He’ll give a talk titled “A Civic Response to the Existential Threat of AI”.
About the Talk
Dave believes civil society must play a central role in urging elected representatives to safeguard humanity. Concerned about the risks posed by AI, he introduced a City Council resolution calling for a moratorium on artificial general intelligence. He will discuss the status of that resolution and why he believes citizens and local governments must act on the potential threats of AI now.
About Dave Rollo
Dave Rollo has served over two decades on the Bloomington City Council, and has served on numerous city boards and commissions. His background is in biology, and he has held research positions in molecular and microbiology. He is currently a policy advisor for a Washington, DC non-profit working for sustainable economics.
Venue & Details
Lennie’s is a beloved Bloomington institution known for its warm atmosphere, exceptional cuisine, and craft beer selection. For over 30 years, Lennie’s has been bringing people together over delicious food and drink in a setting perfect for meaningful conversation.

Location & Parking
Lennie’s is located at 514 E. Kirkwood Ave in the heart of downtown Bloomington, Indiana. Free parking is available after 5PM in the Indiana University Von Lee Parking Lot at the corner of Sixth and Dunn, and in the Indiana University Parking Lot #402 at 4th and Dunn. There is also metered parking (metered until 9PM) available on streets surrounding Kirkwood Avenue. Several parking garages are within walking distance.
Ticket Information
$55 per person includes a tasty buffet dinner and drinks. Space is limited so secure your spot now!
Accommodations
Excellent hotels within walking distance of Lennie’s:

Grant Street Inn – A historic charming local inn
Graduate Bloomington – A boutique hotel celebrating Indiana University’s heritage

For more information contact Joni McGary at jonimcgary@me.com. Please include “supper club” in the subject line.

Brownstone Manhattan Supper Club, April 14, 2026: John Gilmore
2026-04-14 17:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Carmine’s, 2450 Broadway, New York, NY, 10024, United States
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Tuesday, April 14, 2026 | 5:30 – 9 pm
Carmine’s
2450 Broadway, between 90th and 91st Streets in Manhattan
$80 includes dinner. Drinks available for purchase at the bar.
We will meet at the bar from 5:30 – 6 pm, and then go into the Bellini Room at 6 p.m. for the dinner.
Speaker: John Gilmore
About the Speaker:
John Gilmore is an advocate who has worked for 25 years on public policy issues concerning autism, developmental disabilities, and vaccine rights and safety. Since 2005 he has served as Executive Director of the Autism Action Network, a national, not-profit, grassroots advocacy organization that influences legislation and policy on a wide range of issues affecting the autism community. Gilmore began this work following a vaccine injury of his infant son that caused extensive neurological damage later diagnosed as autism. He has collaborated with a wide range of organizations including Children’s Health Defense, and in 2023 co-founded American Values 2024, a federal Super PAC that worked to elect Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President of the United States. He was recently appointed to the US Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee. Mr. Gilmore has a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from the Graduate School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. He lives in Long Beach, NY with his wife, Jennifer, and his adult son Luke who is diagnosed with autism.
Program description
John will discuss the lack of meaningful development in our knowledge of autism over the past 25 years, and the loss of a generation of American children as a result. Significant recent changes in the federal health agencies, however, hold the promise of new, and, hopefully, productive change. Twenty-five years ago we did not know (officially) the cause or causes of autism. There were no treatments, no prevention and no cures, and the brand-new Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network (ADDM) estimated the autism prevalence rate was 1 in 150 among 8-year-olds.
Today, after the expenditure of several billion research dollars, we do not know (officially) the cause or causes of autism, there are still no treatments, no prevention, and no cures, and the ADDM now estimates the autism prevalence rate is 1 in 31 among 8-year-olds (but they are not sure if the rate has really gone up). Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently marked a new direction in federal autism policy by replacing every member of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee. Gilmore is one of the new appointed members of the committee, The question is after 25 years of failure, where are we going to go to answer the many unanswered questions about the leading disabling disorder among American children.
Please make plans to join us. Please contact us at services@brownstone.org if you have questions.

Brownstone Puget Sound Supper Club, April 21, 2026: Corey DeAngelis
2026-04-21 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Family Pancake House, 17621 Redmond Way, Redmond, WA, 98052, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILPlease join us for our second Brownstone Supper Club in the Pacific Northwest! It will be an opportunity to build community and lasting relationships while engaging in an interesting conversation about parental rights and how to protect our children from the radicals in the educational system.
Family Pancake House
17621 Redmond Way, Redmond, WA
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
We meet in the private room. You’re welcome to come early to mingle.
$60 per person for dinner and wine, coffee and/or tea
About the Speaker
Corey DeAngelis is a research fellow at The Heritage Foundation, a senior fellow at Americans for Fair Treatment, and a visiting fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research.
He has been labeled the “school choice evangelist” and called “the most effective school choice advocate since Milton Friedman.” He is a regular on Fox News and frequently appears in The Wall Street Journal.

DeAngelis is also the president of the Educational Freedom Institute, a senior fellow at Reason Foundation, an adjunct scholar at Cato Institute, a board member at Liberty Justice Center, a senior advisor at Accuracy in Media, and a senior fellow at American Culture Project.
He holds a Ph.D. in education policy from the University of Arkansas. He is the national bestselling author of The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids from the Radicals Running Our Schools (Center Street, 2024).
About the Talk
Corey will begin our conversation about “The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids from the Radicals Running Our Schools.” We hope you can join us!
Venue, Location & Parking
Family Pancake House
17621 Redmond Way, Redmond, WA
Parking is plentiful and free.
Registration
$60 per person. Space is limited so be sure to secure your seat early.
For more information, please contact Susan at srlund@aol.com.
Please include “Puget Sound Supper Club” in the subject line.

Brownstone Pittsboro, NC Supper Club, April 21: Drs. Patricia Robitaille and Coleen Rickabaugh
2026-04-21 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Forest Hall at Chatham Mills, 480 Hillsboro Street, Suite 530, Pittsboro, NC, 27312, United States
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Forest Hall at Chatham Mills
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 @ 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Dr. Patricia Robitaille and Dr. Coleen Rickabaugh
About the talk
Join us as we build our community around lively and in-depth discussions about topics that matter to all of us! Dr. Patricia Robitaille and Dr. Coleen Rickabaugh, from Ohio and the DC area respectively, are travelling the country to discuss the critical reforms needed to the Health Care Quality Improvement Act (HCQIA) of 1986, a federal law originally intended to address medical malpractice and improve patient care. However, HCQIA is now often weaponized through sham peer reviews which silence ethical physicians who challenge profit-driven practices or administrative overreach. The doctors have recently appeared on podcasts, including DemystifySci and a Substack interview by Jefferey Jaxen, and are scheduled for the March Chicago Brownstone Institute Supper Club. They will outline the original intent of HCQIA, how the misapplication of this federal law controls physicians and negatively affects patient care, in addition to proposed legislative amendments aimed at removing hospital immunity, restoring due process, protecting whistleblowers, and prioritizing patient safety over institutional control. Their insights, formed by decades of frontline experience in emergency medicine, emphasize the urgent need to rewrite this flawed legislation and to rebuild trust and integrity in the medical system.
About the Speakers
Dr. Patricia Robitaille is an emergency physician with 35 years of experience in emergency medicine and 20 years of involvement in physician peer review and credentialing. As chairman, she unified three credentialing committees from four hospitals, to form a centralized, system wide Medical Staff Credentialing Committee which was responsible for the evaluation of thousands of physicians. She has extensive experience as an emergency department chairman and head of human resources for her practice group. She has dedicated her clinical career to putting patients first. Having personally witnessed ethically concerning issues in healthcare arising from the corporatization of medicine, particularly the misapplication of the federal Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, she is dedicated to reforming this law. She has sought to educate the public and healthcare professionals about these issues through her Substack and is collaborating on legislative efforts to reform HCQIA.

Dr. Coleen Rickabaugh has 30 years of experience practicing emergency medicine. She served as the recruiter for their department and has been the volunteer medical director for emergency medical services, directing pre-hospital care in Spotsylvania County Virginia. While her allopathic training had prepared her to treat true emergencies, she quickly realized that many patients who presented to the emergency department were in desperate need of primary care. Having a holistic slant and a “whole person” philosophy of medicine, she incorporated that into her practice model, frequently educating patients about the dangers of over-reliance on pharmaceutical agents and coaching them on issues of immune health, food as medicine, and the importance of physical activity. She became increasingly disillusioned by the administrative usurpation of medicine, the abandonment of ethics, the substitution of protocol medicine for critical thinking, and the lack of accessibility to proper care for many patients. These concerns peaked during the Covid pandemic. She became a Covid dissident and formed an underground alliance with one like-minded family practitioner in the community to treat patients early with immune support and assist them in navigating inpatient care with medical autonomy and informed consent. Having experienced moral injury, she left clinical medicine to embark on healthcare advocacy issues, partnering with Dr. Patricia Robitaille on a mission to reform the Health Care Quality Improvement Act that is failing as a patient safety mechanism and eroding the physician-patient relationship which is so vital for the optimization of patient health.
Venue & Details
Forest Hall at Chatham Mills, 480 Hillsboro Street, Suite 530, Pittsboro, NC
Forest Hall is located in a historic label mill built in the early 1900s, the venue has wooden floors, exposed brick walls and large windows. The 3500 square foot hall is located on 32 acres of woods and meadows in historic downtown Pittsboro, NC- just 20 minutes away from Chapel Hill and 40 minutes from Raleigh or Durham. Catering is provided by 39 West Catering.
Ticket Information
$55 per person includes a lovely buffet style dinner, beer, and wine. Secure your spot now!

Brownstone ﻿﻿Charlotte, NC Supper Club, April 21: Andrew Byrd
2026-04-21 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Napa on Providence, 110 Perrin Place, Charlotte, NC, 28207, United States
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Tuesday, April 21 @ 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Napa on Providence, 110 Perrin Pl, Charlotte, NC 28207
$46 per person for dinner entree and non-alcoholic beverage. Gluten Free & Vegetarian options included. Cash bar available.
Andrew Byrd
On Tuesday, April 21, 2026, the Charlotte Supper Club is pleased to welcome Andrew Byrd, Marine Corps veteran, seasoned pastor, and community leader passionate about people, faith, family, and the future of our nation.
About the Talk
Preachers, Patriots & Philanthropists: Loving and Leading When Seen and Unseen
In his talk, “Preachers, Patriots & Philanthropists,” Andrew explores how every person can find themselves in one of these roles at different times in life.

Preachers are those who declare truth—sometimes to eager listeners and sometimes to those who resist hearing it.
Patriots recognize the unique heritage of our nation and the responsibility to preserve its principles for the next generation.
Philanthropists are not simply donors but people who live with a generous heart—seeing needs and responding with compassion and action.

Andrew will challenge and encourage attendees to see leadership not as a title but as a daily responsibility. Real impact, he reminds us, often comes through small, consistent actions that shape workplaces, families, and communities.
This conversation will inspire participants to lead courageously, love generously, and recognize that true leadership—whether seen or unseen—can make a lasting difference.
Come early and meet Brownstone Institute friends, scholars, writers, and benefactors. Celebrate victories and discuss challenges ahead. The venue is lovely, the seasonal menu is delicious, and the discussion brilliant.
About the Speaker
Andrew Byrd is a Marine Corps veteran, seasoned pastor, and community leader. In 2020, he was hospitalized with COVID-19 and came close to being placed on a ventilator. After recovering, the experience reshaped his perspective on leadership, community, and personal responsibility. He returned to ministry with renewed conviction—reopening his church, engaging his community, and encouraging thoughtful, common-sense leadership in a rapidly changing world.
He is passionate about people, faith, family, and the future of our nation.
Brownstone’s Charlotte Supper Club is thrilled to welcome him.
Venue, Location & Parking
Napa on Providence, 110 Perrin Pl, Charlotte, NC 28207. Private onsite parking lot.
Registration
$46 per person includes meal, non-alcoholic beverage, tax and gratuity. Space is limited so be sure to secure your seat early. For more information contact Amber Santiago at supperclub@pm.me. Please include “Charlotte Supper Club” in the subject line.

Brownstone Supper Club, West Hartford, April 22: Walter Kirn
2026-04-22 17:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Brownstone Supper Club at Butterfly Restaurant, 831 Farmington Ave, West Hartford, CT, 06119, United States
SHARE | PRINT | EMAILOn Wednesday, April 22, 2026, the beloved West Hartford Supper Club – the first in the nation – is pleased to welcome Walter Kirn, one of this country’s most respected and adored literary figures. Author of many books, including Up in the Air, which was turned into a major film, Kirn is founder/editor of County Highway, a Brownstone Fellow, and the script writer to a new film on disease panic.
Butterfly is the venue (the real Chinese stuff) with friends of the Brownstone Institute. Come early for cocktails and meet Brownstone Institute friends, scholars, writers, and benefactors, and celebrate victories and discuss challenges ahead. The food is wonderful and the discussion brilliant. Casual and fun, even if some people come in fancier clothing.
Walter Kirn is among the most incisive political, cultural, and literary critics in public life today. In the tradition of Mark Twain and H.L Mencken, he has the broad imagination to think outside prevailing opinion boxes and find the underlying themes. A graduate of Princeton, he wrote about his educational experiences before turning to fiction and nonprofit, with books including Thumbsucker and Blood Will Out.
Kirn has been given no parameters for this private talk, which is all the better, so let’s arrive waiting to be surprised. This is your chance to meet a legend. Brownstone’s West Hartford Supper Club is thrilled to welcome him.

Brownstone Austin Supper Club April 22, 2026: Jenna McCarthy
2026-04-22 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Casa Garcia’s, 1901 W William Cannon, Austin, TX, 78745, United States
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6:00pm – 9:00pm
Austin, Texas
$55 per person for appetizer, dinner, speaker
Please join us for an evening of laugh-out-loud conversation and “I feel better already” community with humorist and freedom-fighter Jenna McCarthy. While Jenna has a long and accomplished resume, she’s probably best known for being constantly confused with that other anti-vaxxer whose name sounds strikingly similar to her own. (Two different people. Just so we’re clear.)

About Jenna
Jenna McCarthy is an internationally published writer, corporate speaker, screenwriter, two-time TED presenter, former radio personality, and the author of more than twenty books including The War on Ivermectin and The War on Chlorine Dioxide, both with Dr. Pierre Kory. Her writing has appeared in more than sixty magazines (remember those?), on dozens of websites, and in several anthologies including the popular Chicken Soup series. Today, she pens the popular Substack Jenna’s Side—where she has many, many opinions—and writes a monthly column for the Independent Medical Alliance (formerly FLCCC).

About the Talk
In this fun and lively chat, Jenna will share her evolution from “sit-down comedian” roasting marriage and modern life to snarky, no-nonsense voice for a growing army of dissidents battling censorship, exile, propaganda, government corruption, and the beast that is Big Pharma (*not a sentence she ever thought she’d hear herself write or say). She’ll happily answer questions about her books, suppressed medical treatments, “doing your own research,” whatever fresh nonsense dropped this week, and how to keep your sense of humor intact when the world looks like a scene straight out of Idiocracy.

Venue, Location & Parking
Casa Garcia’s is at the intersection of W William Cannon and Menchaca. There is a large parking lot. We will be in the ‘Party Room’, which is to the left of the reception / hostess area. You are welcome to come before 6pm and gather in the bar.

Registration
$55 per person. Space is limited so be sure to secure your seat early. For more information contact Cyndi at cyndi@flourishholisticwellness.com. Please include “Austin Supper Club” in the subject line.

Brownstone Pittsburgh Supper Club, April 22, 2026: Mike Costarell
2026-04-22 18:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | DeBlaze at 131, 131 E main St., Carnegie, PA, 15106, United States
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Wednesday, April 22, 2026 6:30 – 9 pm
$50 includes appetizers and dinner

Pittsburgh Brownstone Supper Club is pleased to have Mike Costarell present “COVID‑19 at Youngstown State University: A Faculty Account”.

In this talk, Costarell recounts events at Youngstown State University from March 2020 through February 2022, including his address to the Academic Senate. Drawing on firsthand experience, he examines how COVID‑era policies reshaped academic governance, sidelined disciplinary expertise, and narrowed the space for debate within a public university.

The presentation concludes with twelve questions for higher education to confront as it reckons with emergency powers, institutional conformity, and whether universities remain capable of open inquiry under crisis conditions.

Mike Costarell was born in the Youngstown, Ohio area, graduating high school in 1985 and then Youngstown State University in 1989 with a degree in civil engineering.

He then spent the next 5 1/2 years in the United States Navy nuclear propulsion program, earning qualification as in engineering watch officer, submarine officer, and achieved the nuclear engineer qualification.

For the next 10 years he worked as a production supervisor, process engineer, and energy management consultant. During that time, he also completed the requirements for the Ohio professional engineer credential and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

His subsequent 20-year academic career had many dramatic periods, including DEI hiring processes, negative promotion experiences, and a departure from the OEA/NEA union. Fortunately, that contrarian attitude came in valuable during the 2020 campus discussions on Covid 19. As part of his actions and several others, YSU was one of only two public institutions to not require a vaccine to work or attend classes.

He remains unvaccinated and an unashamed supporter of the Great Barrington Declaration.

Brownstone Greater Boston Supper Club, May 5, 2026: Prof. Thomas Seyfried
2026-05-05 17:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Rocco’s Restaurant and Bar, 193 Main Street, Wilmington, MA, 01887, United States
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Tuesday, May 5th | 5:30pm – 9:00pm
Wilmington, MA
$55 per person.
Please join us for an evening of lively conversation, intriguing speakers, and fun. We are pleased to welcome Professor Thomas Seyfried.
About the Speaker
Thomas N. Seyfried is Professor of Biology at Boston College and received his Ph.D. in Genetics and Biochemistry from the University of Illinois in 1976. He did his undergraduate work at the University of New England where he received a distinguished Alumni Achievement Award. He also holds a master’s degree in Genetics from Illinois State University, Normal, IL.
Thomas Seyfried served with distinction in the United States Army’s First Cavalry Division during the Vietnam War and received numerous medals and commendations.
He was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Neurology at the Yale University School of Medicine and then served on the faculty as an Assistant Professor in Neurology.
Other awards and honors have come from such diverse organizations as the American Oil Chemists Society, the National Institutes of Health, The American Society for Neurochemistry, and the Ketogenic Diet Special Interest Group of the American Epilepsy Society.
Professor Seyfried previously served as Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the National Tay-Sachs and Allied Diseases Association.
He has received the Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Academy of Complimentary and Integrative Medicine, the International Dose Response Society, and the Uncompromising Science Award from the American College of Nutrition for his work on cancer.
He is a member of the Sigma Xi honor society and presently serves on several editorial boards, including those for Nutrition & Metabolism, Neurochemical Research, the Journal of Lipid Research, and ASN Neuro, where he is a Senior Editor.
Professor Seyfried is also author of the book, Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: On the Origin, Management, and Prevention of Cancer (Wiley Press), which has been translated into Chinese and Korean.
He has described his research on many podcasts and radio shows. Professor Seyfried has over 200 peer-reviewed publications and a current h-Index of 77. (https://neurotree.org/beta/publications.php?pid=74426)
About the Talk
“Mitochondrial Dysfunction as the Origin of Cancer”
Professor Seyfried will mostly focus on the origin, management, and prevention of cancer.
Venue, Location & Parking
Rocco’s, 193 Main Street, Wilmington. Free parking. Overflow parking at Dunkin’ Donuts next door, or across the street @ Sherwin Williams.
Registration
$55 per person. Space is limited so be sure to secure your seat early!
For more information contact Brianne at BrianneKrupsaw@gmail.com. Please include “May Supper Club” in the subject line.

Brownstone Chattanooga Supper Club, May 5, 2026: Michele Reneau
2026-05-05 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | State of Confusion, 301 E Main St, Chattanooga, TN, 37408, United States
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Michele Reneau
State of Confusion (Pumphouse), 301 E Main St., Chattanooga, TN 37408 (423) 760-3473
$55 includes dinner and one adult beverage.
Please join us for an evening with State Representative Michele Reneau, as she speaks to us about the recent Tennessee legislative session. She will talk to us about “The Hidden Politics of Health: Food, Fluoride, and Freedom”.
About the Speaker:
Michele Reneau is a Tennessee State Representative serving House District 27 and a leading advocate in the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, focused on restoring transparency, accountability, and individual choice in health and food policy. Her work centers on empowering families with the right to know what’s in their food, reducing exposure to harmful additives, and challenging systems that prioritize industry over public health.
While her policy approach is rooted in health freedom, Michele is also a strong supporter of small family farms—recognizing their essential role in providing clean, local, and trustworthy food sources. She has championed efforts that protect consumers’ access to these foods while pushing back against overregulation that limits choice.
About the Venue:
The Chattanooga Supper Club will be hosted at State of Confusion Restaurant, which is known for its wood-fired dishes, ceviche and beer. Some free parking is available for State of Confusion patrons in a nearby parking lot (You’ll see a parking attendant at the lot entrance and State of Confusion signage).
For any questions, please contact Janet Gorbitz (our local host) at operations@brownstone.org.

Brownstone Manhattan Supper Club, May 11, 2026: Mary Holland
2026-05-11 17:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Portable Provisions, 220 E 81st St, Manhattan, NY, 10028, United States
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Monday, May 11, 2026 | 5:30 – 9 pm
Portable Provisions | 220 E 81st St | Manhattan, NY 10028

$80 includes dinner and non-alcoholic drinks. Alcoholic Drinks available for purchase at the bar.
We will meet at 5:30 – 6 pm for drinks and then be seated at 6 pm for the dinner and program.

About the Speaker

Mary Holland, Esq. is President of Children’s Health Defense (CHD) and has been involved in the health freedom movement for over two decades. She previously served as CHD’s General Counsel, overseeing litigation on vaccine mandates, exemptions, informed consent, free speech and government regulation.

She is the author or editor of several books and articles on vaccines, including Turtles All the Way Down: Vaccine Science and Myth and The HPV Vaccine on Trial: Seeking Justice for a Generation Betrayed. Before joining CHD, she was a professor for many years at the NYU School of Law and Columbia Law School teaching human rights advocacy and lawyering skills.

Program description
Mary will speak about The Massive Epidemic of Vaccine Injury (MEVI). Participants will have a chance to engage in a discussion with Mary and ask questions.

Brownstone Pittsboro, NC Supper Club, May 19: Dianna Lightfoot
2026-05-19 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Forest Hall at Chatham Mills, 480 Hillsboro Street, Suite 530, Pittsboro, NC, 27312, United States
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Forest Hall at Chatham Mills
Tuesday, May 19, 2026 @ 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
$55 includes dinner, beer and wine.
Dianna Lightfoot, Policy Director, North Carolina Physicians for Freedom
About the Talk:
Underserving the Underserved: The New Guinea Pigs
HB67: The Healthcare Workforce Reform Bill: Interstate Licensing Compact, Foreign Physician Licensing (2025).
HB67 passed quietly and without major opposition in the state legislature in late 2025. Why? Because almost no one knew about it. After serving as the go-to group for many legislators and policy leaders for more than four years, North Carolina Physicians for Freedom (NCPFF), North Carolina’s only all-medical-professional 501(c)3 organization, was not asked to review or comment on HB67.
NC was only the second state in the nation to approve this law, Tennessee was the first (and is now working to amend the law). But now, the cookie-cutter language of this Bill has swept the nation, passing or currently being considered in more than 20 states.
In part, HB67 allows foreign physicians to practice in rural areas, ostensibly compensating for the lack of medical care in rural NC. But HB67 is inherently flawed. NCPFF’s network believes it sets a dangerous precedent for rural health with key concerns being patient safety, inconsistent standards and unclear supervision. This topic hits close to home as Chatham and surrounding counties have many rural areas. Come join the discussion!
About the Speaker:
Dianna Lightfoot is a health care policy advisor and networking expert with national and international experience. In 2017 she was appointed by the Trump White House to Senior Policy Advisor for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Global Health. In this capacity, Ms. Lightfoot’s responsibilities included interacting with the Department of Education, Health and Human Services and the State Department, coordinating on health-related issues as well as global security, education reform, migration, the environment, and human trafficking.
In 2021, Dianna co-founded North Carolina Physicians for Freedom (NCPFF), where she serves as its current director. NCPFF is a 501 (c) 3 advisory network of physicians and other medical practitioners who seek to support medical freedom, patient choice, patient rights, and medical privacy.
Dianna also advises multiple physician-led policy groups and organizations nationwide. They include U.S. Health and Human Services officials and Frontliners, a national network of state-based professionals who share mutually beneficial research and information on issues related to healthcare, education, child welfare and voter integrity, among others.
Ms. Lightfoot was Dr. Ben Carson’s National Medical Coalitions Director during his presidential campaign, and an advisor to the White House Domestic Policy Advisor in the George W. Bush Administration.
Venue & Details
Forest Hall at Chatham Mills, 480 Hillsboro Street, Suite 530, Pittsboro, NC
Forest Hall is located in a historic label mill built in the early 1900s, the venue has wooden floors, exposed brick walls and large windows. The 3500 square foot hall is located on 32 acres of woods and meadows in historic downtown Pittsboro, NC- just 20 minutes away from Chapel Hill and 40 minutes from Raleigh or Durham. Catering is provided by 39 West Catering.
Ticket Information
$55 per person includes a lovely buffet style dinner, beer, and wine. Secure your spot now!
