Curated Events

Two lives.
One evening of overlap.

VennAura events are not mixers. They are deliberate circumstances — engineered for the kind of conversation that goes somewhere real. Intimate, curated, designed for recognition.

Members Only Access
Max 12 per event
Austin, TX · 2025

Upcoming
events.

Spots open
Phase 1 · Opening Soon
The Overlap Sessions
— Vol. 01
A curated founding-member evening built around genuine conversation. Philosophy, music, and the kind of presence that doesn't happen by accident.
Austin, TX — Venue revealed on RSVP
12 members maximum · Mixed tier access
6:30 PM – 10:00 PM · Drinks + conversation
Plus tier and above · Included in membership
8 spots remaining
Members only
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Spots open
Phase 1 · Opening Soon
Books & Connection
— A Shared Reading
We pick the book. You bring yourself. The conversation is the event. This month: All About Love by bell hooks — the philosophical anchor for The Overlap Method.
Austin, TX — Independent bookshop venue
10 members maximum · Book provided
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM · Light refreshments
All tiers welcome · Included in membership
6 spots remaining
Members only
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Few spots left
Phase 1 · Reserve+
Reserve Dinner
— The First Table
Six people. One evening. The kind of dinner where the conversation finds somewhere to go and you follow it there. The first private Reserve event.
Austin, TX — Private residence venue
6 members only · Curated by matchmaker
7:00 PM – 11:00 PM · Full dinner
Reserve+ members only
3 spots remaining
Reserve+ only
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Registration open
Phase 1
Film Night
— The Before Sunrise Standard
A screening of Before Sunrise, followed by the conversation Céline and Jesse would have had. What recognition feels like. Why this film is VennAura's creative reference standard.
Austin, TX — Arthouse venue
15 members · Film + facilitated discussion
7:00 PM – 10:30 PM
All tiers welcome · Included in membership
Spots available
Members only
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"Two lives. One evening of overlap."

T-12 · Makoto Shinkai · Your Name, 2016

Every VennAura event is a deliberate Shinkai moment: engineering the circumstances for two trajectories to cross. We don't leave that to chance. We build the conditions.

Our Event Philosophy

Not a mixer.
Something quieter and better.

Intimate by design

Maximum 12 people

We deliberately limit attendance. Small groups create the conditions for real conversation. Twelve people can know each other in an evening. A hundred people stay strangers.

Intentional context

The event has a reason

Every VennAura event has a reason to be together that isn't "meet someone." A book, a film, a question, a dinner. The real meeting happens in the context of something else.

Members only

Verified, every attendee

Every person in the room is a verified VennAura member. You already know something true about everyone there — they're ready for something real. That shared intention changes everything.

Join to attend
future events.

Events are open to all membership tiers. VennAura & above receive priority booking. Reserve+ members have exclusive event access.

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