Name: It Takes a Village to Date in 2026
Start: 2026-08-12T18:30:00.000-05:00
End: 2026-08-12T20:30:00.000-05:00
Location: Fabrik Chicago

Centr The App

A roundtable on modern dating for the women doing it AND the women supporting it.

Dating in 2026 is confusing enough when it's your own love life. It's even more confusing when it's your best friend's.

Whether you're the one swiping, texting, and overanalyzing — or the one on the receiving end of the 11 pm "wait, read this" text — this event is for you.

 brings together single women and their partnered friends for an evening of honest conversation about what modern dating actually feels like, and what real support looks like on both sides of it.

popcorn, wine, and a few short scenes from 

 to react to together. It's a low-pressure way in: something to talk about before we ever talk about ourselves. From there, we'll settle into small-group roundtables and go a little deeper.

Think less panel talk, more conversation with your smartest friends.

 is a dating coach who helps women date with more clarity and confidence — informed by her own six years of single life before meeting her partner, and years of guiding women through change in and out of the dating world.

, a behavioral scientist and founder of the new app 

, built around belonging and community — whose work is all about what it actually takes to feel less alone, in friendship and beyond.