We were very close [on the health care bill]. It was a very, very tight margin. We had no Democrat support. We had no votes from the Democrats. They weren’t going to give us a single vote, so it’s a very difficult thing to do. I’ve been saying for the last year and a half that the best thing we can do, politically speaking, is let Obamacare explode. It is exploding right now…. It’s going to have a very bad year…. This year should be much worse for Obamacare…. We’ll end up with a truly great healthcare bill in the future, after this mess known as Obamacare explodes…. I know some of the Democrats, and they’re good people – I honestly believe the Democrats will come to us and say, look, let’s get together and get a great healthcare bill or plan that’s really great for the people of our country. And I think that’s going to happen. – President Trump, press briefing March 24, 2017

Authentic Relating.  It is the art of getting someone’s world.

Authentic Relating Games is made up of a series of facilitated activities that help people connect and dive deeper, below surface-level small-talk.

We have a weekly reoccurring class at Thompson Recreation Center from March 23 through May 25 - Thursdays at 7pm -8pm.

The class is free

Each week is different and has a unique theme.

Come here to make new friends, build emotional intelligence, feel connected to those around you, and leave feeling seen and better understood.

Authentic Relating is a warm, open, inclusive, safe place.

A little about me, I went to Ohio State for undergrad.  I moved to Austin for grad school.  I started going to Authentic Relating there.  I have moved back now and want to keep the practice in my life.

The Town Hall Affair is to a large extent a docu-play based on the real (you can’t make this stuff up, folks!) 1971 panel discussion and/or debate at Manhattan’s Town Hall, with various luminaries holding forth on the hot topic (then and now, as the pussy grabbing Trump-istas attempt to de-fund Planned Parenthood, outlaw abortion, etc.) of Women’s Liberation. D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus actually filmed the roiling, rollicking brouhaha, releasing it eight years later as Town Bloody Hall, which is interwoven into the tapestry of Wooster Group’s free form live interpretation of the actual event with the documentary plus clips from the 1970 indie film Maidstone.

Pennebaker - known for his fly on the wall technique, he remains