Club Events

Around Town

Looking for something fun to do around Seattle? Check out these great picks from the Seattle Social Club Volunteers. Looking for someone to join you? Think about reaching out to someone you’ve met at one of our events and see if they want to join you!

The Moth StorySLAM

Love to hear the stories and experiences of others? Check out the The Moth StorySLAM on April 4th at 8:00pm. Prepare your own five minute story involving “verdant fields, blades of grass, tree-huggers or leprechauns” and sign up to share with other attendees or just attend as an audience member and take in all the fun stories. Tickets: $15

Seattle Architecture Tours

Check out these cool guided Architecture tours every Saturday from 10am to 12pm. You’ll learn about Seattle’s rich architectural history and urban design from volunteers as you walk around town taking in Seattle landscape! Tickets: $25

Mad Science Improv

Interested in the intersection of Math, Science, and Comedy? Check out Mad Science By Bandit Theater at the Fremont Abbey on April 5th at 7pm. A special guest will share their cutting edge research and performers will “warp, twist, and turn” it on its head! It’s bound to be a good time for all. Tickets: $15

Lounge Thoughts

This month we’re throwing a Happy Birthday Mixer, which is the next event in our Weak Ties Series. So it’s no wonder we’ve been thinking a lot about Weak Ties in the Lounge lately. You may have never heard this term before or maybe you read it in our event descriptions and now wonder “What the heck are weak ties? Why do they matter? Why should I care about them?” Well, we’re here to reveal all the answers!

There are tons of reasons to care about your Weak Ties and the strength of your social network. To better understand things, let’s take a look at your best friends, your family, your roommate and your ride-or-die’s. These are known as your Strong Ties, they are the people that you are the closest to, that you invite to hangout, and that know you at more than a surface level. They represent the green circle in the diagram below. If you then look past your Strong ties, you enter the realm of Weak Ties. Weak ties are the people that orbit you and your strong ties. You see them occasionally or even regularly but they only know you at the Surface level. These are the people you run into in your apartment building elevator, you see them at the gym, or you keep bumping into them at your friends party. They are friends of friends, coworkers, or other loyal patrons at your favorite coffee shop. They form your broader community and give you a sense of belonging.

Now that you know what a Weak Tie is, why should you care? Well, there are a few reasons why should you care about your weak ties and the strength of your network. Study after study shows that they are the people who you will go to to expand your circle, seek new opportunities, and bring new excitement to your life.

They are where new job opportunities will come from. They are who you end up dating next or the one’s who will connect you to others that share your same passions. And if you think about it, it makes sense too. Your close friends won’t be who you date, because the tie is so strong you don’t want to jeopardize it. The same goes for new job opportunities, where it can be risky vouching for another person you know too well less it doesn’t work out. They are also most like you, so are not likely to bring in new perspectives and opportunities that bring about change.

Thus your Weak ties are a necessary part of living a fulfilling life and moving your social life forward. They help you have a sense of belonging in a community larger than yourself, without them, it can feel very lonely out there! Unfortunately since COVID, we’ve stopped growing our weak ties network as efficiently. We stay in more, we avoid large crowds, and we missed 2-4 years of running into strangers who could have very well brought more excitement to our lives.

As such, the concept of Weak Ties has always been very important to The Seattle Social Club. We believe it’s important to be intentional about growing your social circle, strengthening your weak ties, and living a more social life. Thus, the idea of the Weak Ties Mixer was born! As an experiment, we started offering cheaper tickets for those willing to buy two or more tickets with the idea that you can invite a Weak Tie to join you at our events. It worked so well that we decided to keep doing it. We encourage you to use it as an excuse to invite that guy you’ve been flirting with at the gym, or the woman in your building you want to be friends with. What better way to break the ice than saying “Hey! I enjoy chatting with you and have an extra ticket to an event where we’re supposed to bring someone new to. I would love it if you’d join me?” The best part? If everyone brings their connection to the event, then by just showing up, you’ve broadened your Weak Tie network 10-fold!

All this to say, we love the concept of Weak Ties, are constantly thinking of ways to help you strengthen your network, so that you can live a fulfilling social life. But we can’t do it alone, so we encourage you to also think about your weak ties network and see how you can be intentional and personally expand your circle.You’d be surprised at the effect on your day to day life if you lean into it!

Time for fun!

This week’s Time for Fun is a social challenge! Your task, should you choose to accept it, is:

This could be a friend of a friend, a co-worker, or that person you keep seeing at the grocery store or gym. Remember, your weak ties are how you expand your community and often lead to great things! You also may get turned down, but it’s the effort that counts, just say “Thank you” and move on with your day. Give it a try and let us know how it goes!