Echoes from the Threshold: A Surrealist Ball

Echoes from the Threshold: A Surrealist Ball

Saturday, August 16 7pm-10pm

PRS Member Ticket $15/$35 non-members

An evening of performance, reflection, and collective dreaming.

You are cordially invited to cross the veil

between reality and reverie—

to waltz with ghosts,

whispers of ancestry,

and visions too wild for daylight.

Adorn yourself in your finest illusion,your masked rebellion,your velvet truth.

At this gilded threshold,the unspoken will speak,the unseen will shimmer,and the forgotten will dance once more.

You are invited to inhabit your altered self—to enter the threshold wherememory, myth, and imagination converge.

In celebration of the one-year anniversary of our Membership program, we're throwing a one-of-a-kind surrealist ball: Echoes from the Threshold . This is not merely a benefit—it is an invitation to awaken the dreamer within. Join us on Saturday, August 16, from 7 PM to 10 PM, for an evening of immersive performance, art and sound spaces, reflection, and collective dreaming, as we celebrate the mysteries that bind memory to myth, illusion to truth.

Come costumed as your memory or your myth, veiled in symbolic gestures. There will be a costume contest.

Artists collaborating and sharing their work during PRS's Benefit: Lezley Saar, Penny Slinger, Astara Calas, Jaklin Romine, dama, Kristen Phillips, Hexentexte, The Giraffe Sisters, Nailah Hunter, Paige Emery and Olive Kimoto, Sanyu Estelle, Vashti Windish, James Jude, Lena Fumi, Open Beer, Brute Botanical, and the Anais Nin Foundation.

All proceeds support the continuing work and vision of The Philosophical Research Society.

THE EVENT'S PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE:

• A courtyard performance by PRS' 2025 Contributing Artist Nailah Hunter, an LA based harpist and composer
• A luminous new exhibition in the PRS Library - The Clairvoyant - featuring paintings by Lezley Saar
• A meditation invoking the Surrealist within with Penny Slinger and Astara Calas in the PRS Library
• Library performance and exhibition by dama with the Anais Nin Foundation and Archives
• Readings by Sanyu Estelle (multihyphenate-multitalented soothsayer) and tarot scholar James Jude throughout the night! *readings are scheduled with the reader and offered for an additional price based on the type of reading
• Performance by Lena Fumi
• Dance party with DJs Paige Emery (a PRS 2025 Contributing Artist) and Olive Kimoto a la their popular night at Zebulon, Heaven or Los Angeles
• Multi-disciplinary artists the Giraffe Sisters will be performing throughout the campus, throughout the evening!
• HEXENTEXTE will host a workshop on Exquisite Corpse, also known as Cadavre Exquis in the Bookstore.
• An auction of a gorgeous painting by Dolorosa De La Cruz
• A costume contest with prizes such as free tickets to a show of your choosing at the PRS or Zebulon, an Emerald Edition Secret Teachings and a Transmutation Oracle Deck

ARTISTS ON EXHIBIT THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS:

• Lezley Saar
• Kristen Phillips
• Jaklin Romine
• Vashti Windish
• Brute Botanicals

This event is co-sponsored by Open Beer and the Surrealist Study Group

Become a Member Today and receive $20 off this ticket! Sign up here!

PRS stands as a rare sanctuary for reflection, inquiry, and soul. Founded by Manly P. Hall in 1934, PRS is one of the few remaining institutions dedicated to bridging ancient wisdom traditions with contemporary thought—offering a space not only for philosophical study but also for spiritual nourishment, artistic expression, and cultural dialogue.At a time when critical thinking is under threat, PRS provides a vital alternative: a place where people can engage with esoteric teachings, holistic knowledge, and timeless questions about meaning, purpose, and the nature of reality. It cultivates intellectual curiosity and spiritual exploration in a city known more for spectacle than for introspection. In keeping PRS alive, we ensure that future generations inherit not only information, but a deeper invitation to wonder.

Note: PRS Membership is not required to attend this event! Becoming a member does get you a discounted ticket (plus many other discounts and benefits year-round). Join today!

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ACCESSIBILITY

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PARKING

Limited parking is available onsite at PRS in both the front lot (entry from Los Feliz Blvd. when heading east) and back lot (entry from first alley way, off Griffith Park Blvd. from intersection with Los Feliz Blvd.), as well as street parking on Griffith Park Blvd. and (after 7 PM) on Los Feliz Blvd. We encourage attendees to consider carpooling, walking or biking to events if possible, and please be considerate of our Los Feliz neighbors when parking.

PRS EVENT POLICIES

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• Events are subject to change without notice, including guest speakers and/or performers.
• We encourage you to arrive at least 30 min. before the scheduled event start time to find parking, enjoy the Bookstore and take your seats.
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