{"id":96085,"date":"2015-01-08T16:31:33","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T21:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin-fsmag.paceinteractive.com\/?p=96085"},"modified":"2022-03-16T18:14:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T22:14:00","slug":"salons-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fourseasons.com\/magazine\/rejuvenate\/salons-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Trending Now: Modern Salons from London to Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"immersive_panel_1\" class=\"body-block body-block-single-image small-body-media\">\n<div class=\"fs-image\">\n<div class=\"fs-image-container\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fourseasons.com\/dubai\/\" class=\"linked-single-image\">    <picture class=\"article-title-image\">\n        <!--[if IE 9]><video style=\"display: none;\"><![endif]--><source srcset=\"https:\/\/fsmag-ecs.paceinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/salon-london-exchanging-ideas-636x431.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\"><!--[if IE 9]><\/video><![endif]--><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/fsmag-ecs.paceinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/salon-london-exchanging-ideas-636x431.jpg\" class=\"attachment-mobile_large size-mobile_large\" alt=\"Exchanging ideas at Salon London\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>    <\/picture>\n    <\/a>                            <\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"image-block-caption image-caption\">A modern iteration of the traditional literary salon, Salon London organises monthly gatherings showcasing experts in the worlds of science, the arts and psychology.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">\n<p class=\"image-block-credit image-credit\">Photograpy courtesy Helen Abraham<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"asset-share element-share\">\n            <button class=\"btn btn-share collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#image_share_96087\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"image_share_96087\"><br \/>\n                <span class=\"icon-share icon-share-arrow\"> <span class=\"share-text\">Share<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n            <\/button><\/p>\n<ul id=\"image_share_96087\" class=\"collapse share-options\" >\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/feed?app_id=129528747057167&#038;display=popup&#038;redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmagazine.fourseasons.com%2Fclose.html&#038;link=https%3A%2F%2Ffsmag-ecs.paceinteractive.com%2Fmagazine%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i class=\"icon-share icon-facebook\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffsmag-ecs.paceinteractive.com%2Fmagazine%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i class=\"icon-share icon-twitter\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffsmag-ecs.paceinteractive.com%2Fmagazine%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php&#038;media=https%3A%2F%2Fdjdo2py1q6zlg.cloudfront.net%2Fmagazine%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F01%2Fsalon-london-exchanging-ideas-636x431.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i class=\"icon-share icon-pinterest\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"immersive_panel_2\" class=\"body-block text-block body-block-article-content-block\">\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<p>In the fall of 2003, California teacher Toby Brothers moved to Paris for her husband\u2019s job. For her, the romance of the move, the thoughts of idling away days along the Seine, were soon overshadowed by the realities of integrating herself into a new culture, learning a new language and settling into a new city. One evening, a chance encounter at a cocktail party led to an in-depth discussion of her passion for teaching and a favourite book\u2014<em>Beloved<\/em>, by Toni Morrison\u2014prompting a new idea. What do you do, as a literature teacher, to embrace your new environment in one of the world\u2019s most cultured cities? Why, you set up a literary salon. This is Paris, after all.<\/p>\n<p>Hotbeds of creativity and progressive ideas, salons are synonymous with the French Enlightenment. The salonni\u00e8res most associated with the early days are women such as the colourful Madame Geoffrin, who ran arguably Paris\u2019 most famous salon in the mid-18th century, hosting writers and artists. Women led many of the early salons in Europe, creating an important outlet for voices that otherwise might not have been heard. And women are often the catalysts in the current movement.<\/p>\n<p>Today salons have had a renaissance, perhaps as a pushback against the decline of face-to-face human contact in our digital age. From poetry brunches to multimedia presentations in art galleries to scientific discussions in converted warehouses, these gatherings point to the universal need for personal interaction and mental exercise. They allow people to come together to increase their knowledge and hone their tastes through conversation and the exchange of ideas. Their mission is to allow debate, to stoke passion and to inspire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPart of my inspiration was Natalie Clifford Barney,\u201d Brothers tells me, \u201canother American expat who ran what was dubbed \u2018the liveliest salon in Paris\u2019 in the first half of the 1900s.\u201d Brothers set up her own salon in Paris before moving again, this time to London. Now, her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.litsalon.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London Literary Salon<\/a> is based in her living room, where patrons tackle such weighty authors as Joyce, Proust and Faulkner.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"immersive_panel_3\" class=\"pull-quote body-block-tweetable-quote  has-border\">\n<p>Salons are for the free exchange of any type of stories or ideas.                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"immersive_panel_4\" class=\"body-block text-block body-block-article-content-block\">\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<p>So, I tell myself, a salon is basically a book club. But I quickly learn that I\u2019m oversimplifying: \u201cWe use the literature as a launch pad for deeper discussion,\u201d Brothers explains. \u201cIt\u2019s a means to an end rather than the end in itself. The literature is a road map to the bigger questions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My first lesson is learned: Salons are for the free exchange of any type of stories or ideas. Some salons marry a literary theme with a broader sense of culture or art. Inspired by an invitation to read from her then-in-progress novel at a SoHo art gallery, New York\u2013based writer Vica Miller set up a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vicamillersalons.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multimedia salon<\/a> in 2009. Her idea was to emulate the salons of 1920s Paris salonni\u00e8re Gertrude Stein, with writers reading from new work amid contemporary art. \u201cThe multimedia component is important to me, as I love such synergies,\u201d Miller says. \u201cPeople connect on a different level because hearing a good story read aloud against a backdrop of amazing art is a transcendent experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other salons are completely removed from literature. I recently attended an event at Shoreditch House, a members\u2019 club in a converted warehouse, organised by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon-london.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salon London.<\/a> The word \u201cliterary\u201d doesn\u2019t feature in its objectives of \u201cScience, Art, Psychology.\u201d Co-founder Helen Bagnall says, \u201cPeople come from all disciplines and want community and intelligent entertainment.\u201d So what\u2019s up for discussion?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> \u201cIn some ways, we\u2019re what television should deliver,\u201d Bagnall says. \u201cIf a salon works, the audience will hear something they\u2019ve never heard before, pick up a new skill, and go away wanting to find out more.\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>By the time the salon starts, some 50 people fill the room, with stools taken from the bar next door and standing room only. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shoreditchhouse.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shoreditch House<\/a> library seems more like a Lothario\u2019s living room: huge velvet sofas, deep leather armchairs and faded Persian rugs. A zinc-topped table to one side forms the centrepiece of a makeshift but elaborate bar. David Nutt, a professor of neuropsychopharmacology, speaks on what medicines do to the brain. The subject: \u201cThe Truth About Drugs.\u201d In the spirit of the salon, he sits, speaking in a conversational manner, inviting comments and questions. While it wasn\u2019t a subject I would have expected for a salon, it was an insightful, witty, often challenging and thoroughly engaging affair, imbued with human interaction, laughter and the frisson of participation. I left energised, enlightened and intellectually stimulated. And I\u2019d learned another lesson: Salons aren\u2019t just a lot of people attending a reading or lecture. Even though modern salons may not be held in private sitting rooms and may be guided by a lecturer, the key is casual interaction and the exchange and growth of ideas.<\/p>\n<p>London salons have become the vogue in recent years, and not simply for emerging writers. At the top of the list, playwright and journalist Damian Barr leads monthly events where established authors read from upcoming works and pitch ideas. The gatherings have gained such repute that they are now attended by the glitterati as well as the literati. Past sessions have featured the likes of David Nicholls, John Waters and Bret Easton Ellis. Barr has taken his literary salon abroad, too, holding events destinations like Istanbul. Which leads me to my next realisation: Modern salons aren\u2019t held only in Paris, London or New York. (In fact, salons first developed in the Middle East.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"immersive_panel_5\" class=\"pull-quote body-block-tweetable-quote  has-border\">\n<p>The trendy thing to do after iftar, the breaking of the fast, is to head out to various caf\u00e9s for literary salons and open-mic reading nights.                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"immersive_panel_6\" class=\"body-block text-block body-block-article-content-block\">\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<p>The movement is gathering fresh momentum globally. Salons in the 21st century cross borders, languages and even the digital wall. In Dubai, amid a thriving arts and culture scene in the UAE, American expat, blogger and writer Danna Lorch has observed bibliophiles setting up their own discussion groups through Twitter and local literary festivals. \u201cDuring Ramadan,\u201d Lorch says, \u201cthe trendy thing to do after iftar, the breaking of the fast, is to head out to various caf\u00e9s for literary salons and open-mic reading nights.\u201d Here, the salon culture leans more towards poetry. It\u2019s a tradition in the Middle East that dates back to the Middle Ages, with its recent incumbents led, in part, by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and his son, published poets who write in both English and Arabic.<\/p>\n<p>Punch and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poeticians.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Poeticians<\/a>, both run by poets, lead the new salon wave in Dubai. <em>Punch<\/em> is a short way of saying \u201cpoetry bunch.\u201d Lebanese poet Zeina Hashem Beck organises the monthly event at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookmunchcafe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BookMunch<\/a>, a Dubai literary caf\u00e9. The Poeticians, founded in 2007 and also active in Amman and Beirut, is \u201can elastic entity welcoming anyone willing to share bits of their linguistic light with us in English, Arabic or French.\u201d Both groups rely on Facebook for communication. So my next lesson, and perhaps the most surprising, is that yes, salons are about personal, often face-to-face, communication, but they aren\u2019t forums for Luddites. Even if they develop as a reaction against the impersonal qualities of digital culture, today\u2019s salons don\u2019t distance themselves from the digital arena, but embrace it. Digital tools are encouraging salons to form and to grow: connecting people, distributing content, even offering salon events as podcasts.<\/p>\n<p>Of all the salons around the world today, perhaps the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sundaysalon.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunday Salon<\/a> is the ultimate example of how salons are proliferating and reinventing themselves. Started in New York in 2002 by Alaskan Nita Noveno, the salon runs monthly events at <a href=\"http:\/\/jimmysno43.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jimmy\u2019s No. 43<\/a>, a bar and restaurant in the East Village. Like many other salons, it was designed to encourage new writing and allow emerging writers to find an audience. It wasn\u2019t long, though, before a counterpart group was set up in Chicago\u2014and another in Nairobi. Thanks to Noveno\u2019s use of the internet to encourage others to create similar groups, Salon Nairobi emerged in 2007 out of a partnership between Noveno and June Wanjiru Wainaina, founder of Kwani? Readings. Salon Nairobi has grown into quite the literary machine, publishing and distributing content, running festivals, offering tutelage, and making global connections.<\/p>\n<p>This leads me to the most important thing I\u2019ve learned about modern salons: In contrast to the aristocratic leanings of earlier salons, today\u2019s groups depend on the principle of equality\u2014of all opinions being valuable and up for discussion rather than attack. This latter point is something that\u2019s often a lot easier to adhere to in face-to-face conversation; think of how much more tempting it is to dismiss an idea in, say, an online comments forum.<\/p>\n<p>Literary salons have emerged for all manner of skill levels. Many offer a nurturing environment that novice writers may not find elsewhere. New York\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.penparentis.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pen Parentis<\/a>, for writers who are parents, takes place in a hotel bar\u2014with literary ambitions fuelled, presumably, by a much-needed cocktail. The <a href=\"http:\/\/franklinparkbrooklyn.com\/2013\/07\/31\/reading-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Franklin Park reading series<\/a>, held at the eponymous Brooklyn beer garden, features \u201cemerging and established fiction writers, memoirists, poets and story-tellers,\u201d highlighting \u201clocal talent and authors from around the world.\u201d Lit at Lark showcases local authors in Brooklyn&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.larkcafe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lark caf\u00e9<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The environment may have changed, but the reasons for salons remain the same. \u201cPeople get inspired,\u201d says multimedia salon founder Miller. \u201cAfterwards, writers have told me, they\u2019ve gone back to their own writing desks to finish manuscripts in progress. Many have said they felt enchanted by the nurturing and creative atmosphere. New friendships are forged as people connect and have conversations on a deeper level, and a couple of writers secured an agent and a publishing deal after reading at the salon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The salonni\u00e8re Madame Geoffrin would be proud.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"immersive_panel_7\" class=\"body-block large-body-media body-block-cta-large-body text-class\">\n<div class=\"large-body-cta-container\">\n<div class=\"section-head\">\n<h2 class=\"section-title\">YOUR JOURNEY BEGINS HERE<\/h2>\n<p>Select a destination and start exploring<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<picture class=\"cta-image\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/fsmag-ecs.paceinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/property-feature-image-NYF-970x369.jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"970\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/fsmag-ecs.paceinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/property-feature-image-NYF-970x369.jpeg\" class=\"\" alt=\"New York City skyline\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fsmag-ecs.paceinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/property-feature-image-NYF-970x369.jpeg 970w, https:\/\/fsmag-ecs.paceinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/property-feature-image-NYF-300x114.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/fsmag-ecs.paceinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/property-feature-image-NYF-768x292.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/fsmag-ecs.paceinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/property-feature-image-NYF-1024x389.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/fsmag-ecs.paceinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/property-feature-image-NYF.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/>            <\/picture>\n<div class=\"cta-selector-container\">\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<div class=\"cta-outer-shell\">\n<div class=\"cta-selector dropdown cta-large-selection\">\n<p>                        <select name = \"select_destination\" id = \"select_destination\" class=\"destination_select\" style=\"padding: 11px;\"><br \/>\n                                                        <optgroup label=\"Africa &amp; 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