The Reading Room Social: A Spooky Soirée

In 1816, a group of friends stuck indoors on a stormy night dared each other to write ghost stories. One of them wrote Frankenstein. This is our version of that night: candlelight, horror classics flickering on a dim wall, music humming under the conversation, and a room full of people in costume arguing over the best monster, the movie they weren't allowed to watch, the witch they wanted to be. Nobody knows who will tell the best story. The vault keeps its secrets, until it doesn't.

What to expect

• Candlelight, a moody atmosphere, and a venue unlike anywhere else.
• Mingle, wander, and swap stories. Our tried-and-true table topics will have us questioning things like: why some of us love being scared, what power and sisterhood looked like on screen, why the outsider almost always gets cast as the villain, and more.
• Spooky trivia that tests your knowledge from Dracula to Halloweentown, with bragging rights on the line.
• Food and wine available to purchase from The Vault's menu.
• Your ticket includes entry into a bar cart basket giveaway, built with local partners, think: wine, teas, coffees, syrups, and cozy things for the -ber months.

New to our gatherings?
You don't need to know anyone, and you don't need to be a big reader. The table topics are there when you want a spark, and the rest of the night is yours to mingle. The thing guests tell us they love most about our events is the room itself: the energy, the conversation, and how safe it feels to open up to people you've just met.

Dress code
Costumes encouraged, gothic to 90s witch. Think velvet and candlelight, Victorian ghosts, the Sanderson sisters, the Owens women. Not a costume person? Come as you are.

Tickets
Early admission: $20 (limited to 15, through 10/15)
General admission: $30 (through 2PM on October 25)

The Reading Room Social is a community built on reviving the art of gathering through a shared love of stories.