The Long Table is a format for discussion that uses the setting of a domestic dinner table as a means to generate public conversation. Conceived in 2003 by Lois Weaver in response to the divided nature of conventional panel discussions, the Long Table allows voices to be heard equally, disrupting hierarchical notions of ''expertise''.

This is a performance of a dinner table conversation. Anyone seated at the table is a guest performer. Talk is the only course. No one will moderate, but a host may assist you. It is a democracy. To participate, simply take an empty seat at the table. If the table is full you can request a seat. If you leave the table, you can come back again. Feel free to write your comments on the tablecloth. There can be silence. There might be awkwardness. There could always be laughter. There is an end but no conclusion.

A:           1969 - 50^th                         1964 – 55th

               1979 – 40^th                             1974 – 45th

               1989 – 30^th                             1984 – 35th           

               1999 – 20^th                             1994 – 25th

               2009 -  10^th                             2004 – 15^th

                                                         2014 -   5^th

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