Gatherings
Gatherings
The Society comes together in three forms. Each is convened by hand, and each is closed to all but members and the guests they bring.
Dinners
Small tables, chosen guests, one long evening.
The Dinner is the heart of the Society and its most frequent gathering. A dozen or so members and their guests, a private room, a single long table, and no agenda but the conversation. Dinners are convened often and across cities, and members are invited to the tables where they belong. The Society's most personal tradition, and the one by which most members first come to know one another.
Galas
The occasions of the year.
A Gala is the Society in full. Black tie, the whole membership, and an evening built to be remembered. Galas mark the turning of a season and the milestones of the Society itself. They are held in places worthy of the occasion, and they are, for many members, the evenings they plan their year around. Members of the Circle are seated at the principal's table.
Salons
Closed-room conversations on the questions of the moment.
A Salon gathers a smaller group around a subject: a question in markets, in culture, in policy, in the arts, led by the members who know it best. Salons are candid by design and closed by principle. What is explored in a Salon is not for the record. The most private of these, held for the Circle alone, are convened behind a closed door and never announced.
The Calendar
The Society’s calendar is kept for its members. Dinners, Galas, and Salons are announced within the membership, and members are invited to the gatherings that suit them.