EMW's 

Drink Salon on Tech​ ​​​​​and Ethics

brings togeth​er a community and a supportive space to spark​​ ​challenging discussions on the role of technology in our ​everyday ​lives. Each month, we invite featured ​speakers to ​lead a conversation. ​We encourage salon ​guests to make new connections​ and to critically think about how technology relates to some of the most important questions we ask humanity.  

 

#EMWDrinkSalon

Scroll  down  for  speaker bios &
a schedule for the night! 

Music & Technology

You're invited to an evening filled with some drinking and thinking with Alyce Currier, Lushen Wu, Owen Williams, and Tameka Eastman-Coburn!



Note: This month's Drink Salon will feature community announcements, discussion, and awesome music curated by R*Q~L.


RSVP is required for entrance. 21+ event. Bring I.D.

Seating is limited to 70 guests.  Suggested donation: $8 or pay what you can at door.

 

We'll have some light snacks and drinks (boozy & non-boozy) for you as well!

Your donations at the door go directly to help cover the use of the space, drinks, and food that make Drink Salon possible!


Featured Presentations

Lushen Wu

bebop.com

"Increasing Our Musical Vocabulary with Bebop"

With the commercialization of music and education cuts for music programs across the board, our musical vocabulary is shrinking. How can we make complex classical compositions more accessible to all? Lushen Wu will share how he hopes Bebop's visualizations will help make traditional music relevant in the modern era.


Owen Williams

mixxx.org / @ywwg

 "Everyone Deserves to Party: Why the World Needs an Open Source DJ Program" 

The open source Mixxx DJ software gets millions of downloads every year from all over the world despite being somewhat hard to set up and missing features some pros consider standard. Find out why users are risking their parties on free software and why developers work so hard on a project that earns them no money.

Tameka Eastman-Coburn 

 "Why Women's Parties Benefit Everyone"

How can we create safer music spaces? Community organizer and event curator Tameka Eastman-Coburn, who organized the Technofeminism Discwoman Boston afterparty and many other inclusive events, will share some of the philosophy behind these parties, why they're important, and how spaces can make everyone feel more comfortable.



Featured DJ: R*Q~L 

Soundcloud

Raq City is a Jamaican-born-and-bred, Boston-based DJ and engineer. She got her start DJing in 2013 at Northeastern’s radio station WRBB 104.9, playing various campus events. A lover of all things bass, she prides herself on her versatile and eclectic style and designs her sets to suit the occasion and lift the spirits.


Community Curator: Alyce Currier 

@notalyce / Lychee on Mixcloud

Opening Remarks / Q & A

By day, Alyce runs the content and community team at Wistia. The rest of her energy is primarily spent on music, DJing as Lychee, writing Earmilk's Night Rumours column, organizing parties, and obsessively seeking out the next techno history book or documentary to consume. 

Drink Salon Team & Volunteers

Stine An

Co-Director

@gregorspamsa

Friend at EMW, Communications Manager at Bocoup, editor & comedian


Hai Jung Theresa Kim

Co-Director

edtech @startuptreeco

Ellie Tiglao

Food & Drink Maven

@_dangerbelle

director of programs at EMW; chef and owner at Kulinarya

Kit Cali

Volunteer

development & communications assistant @ Casa Myrna / advocate for survivors / feminist killjoy & #1 Ursula Le Guin fan

Amanda Zhang

Volunteer

community organizer and writer who thinks a lot about oppression, the economics of things, and femme as a political identity.  

Assistant Director @ EMW

Emily Royall

Volunteer

@emily_royall

Urban Scientist/ Futurist/ Cultural Attacheé/ Grad student @ MIT DUSP

Alyce Currier

DJ Lychee

alyce not alice / uniform gelatinous blob / content strategist at @wistia / casual sociologist / dj lychee / previously editing @earmilk / #virtuality