SociaLoftas

07/08/2026

03/08/2026

We often ask why people don't learn languages. Maybe we should also ask whether we've left enough places to actually speak them.

Last Friday, people moved between Lithuanian, English, French and Spanish tables every twenty minutes. There was no teacher, no lesson and no pressure, just conversations, curiosity and a room full of people willing to step into someone else's language for a while.

It was a small reminder that languages don't really live in textbooks or certificates. They live in relationships. They live in communities.

We'll be opening the tables again this Friday, 7 August, at 6:30 pm. You're warmly welcome to join us.

12/07/2026

Last night, around an Indonesian table prepared by Maya, we ate, talked, and eventually found our way into a question that grew from a reflection I shared on the things we carry with us: what do we carry that we never consciously pack?

The conversation was a little messy. It drifted, perhaps fittingly. We understood the question differently, lost the thread, found another one. But maybe that's part of sharing a table: conversation doesn't always need to arrive neatly somewhere.

Thank you, Maya, and everyone who joined us.

Next, How We Dine Is How We Live — Summer Tables takes us to Syria, with Farah.

For this next table, I've been returning to another story from my ongoing reflections, From Postcolonial to Post-Soviet: A Personal Journey. A story about being served a plate of burnt, cold fries in a Vilnius restaurant, being dismissed when I complained, and the moment something in me simply refused to keep shrinking.

Towards the end of that reflection, I wrote about the joy of refusal. The joy of being too much. The joy of no longer making yourself small so others can stay comfortable. It has made me think differently about our next theme:

Still — to share food is to celebrate life.

Not celebration because everything is fine. But the stubborn choice to still gather, still make space for one another, and still insist on being fully present.

We'll see where the table takes us this time.
When: July 18th, 6.30 pm

The table is open.

Registration: https://luma.com/4wwavwxp

07/07/2026

July at Socialoftas

Summer is a wonderful time to meet new people, discover new cultures, practise languages and share meaningful conversations.

This July, we'd love to welcome you.

How We Dine Is How We Live — Summer Tables
Two evenings around food, stories and conversation.

July 11 — Indonesian Dinner (hosted by Maya)
Drifting — Some things travel without being packed.
Register here: https://luma.com/3gx243bd

July 18 — Syrian Dinner (hosted by Farah)
Still — To share food is to celebrate life.
Register here: https://luma.com/4wwavwxp

Every dinner begins with a short story that opens a conversation carried throughout the evening.

Weekly Language Evenings
From July 13, our living room conversations return.

Mondays — Lithuanian
Register here: https://luma.com/jpwfzvit

Tuesdays — Spanish
Register here: https://luma.com/ylaczqiv

Wednesdays — French
Register here: https://luma.com/xn4vw82s

Small groups, real conversations, and a welcoming community where languages are practised through connection.

Beyond Language:
The Living Question-An Empty Chair Conversation

Once a month, we'll gather in a café or bar somewhere in Vilnius around one question that has no simple answer.
Three people from different backgrounds begin the conversation by sharing their own reflections.
Then, the Empty Chair becomes open to everyone.
No debates. No right answers. Just thoughtful conversations and genuine listening.
Our first question: Should newcomers adapt, or should society change too?
Register here: https://luma.com/idcbalpu

At Socialoftas, we believe that communities are built around conversations. Sometimes around a dinner table. Sometimes in another language. Sometimes around one question that stays with us long after the evening ends.

We'd love to welcome you this summer.

07/06/2026

When I was a child, I thought my mother was sending me to France with a suitcase full of money.
Years later, after a dream brought the memory back, I told her about it. She laughed.
"It wasn't money," she said. "It was hope. Baraka."
I have been thinking about that suitcase ever since. What do we carry across borders without realizing it? What survives migration, empire, displacement, and time? What does the body remember when history forgets?
These questions sit at the heart of TRACE, the first evening of our Summer Tables series.
Inspired by Eritrea and the Horn of Africa, TRACE is an evening of storytelling, food, and conversation exploring memory, migration, identity, and the things we inherit long before we have words for them.
The menu itself has been curated as part of the narrative. Each course carries a trace of the histories, journeys, and memories we will explore together around the table.
If these questions speak to you, I would be delighted to welcome you around the table.
TRACE- Eritrea Dinner
*The body remembers what history forgets.*
Link in comment.

22/04/2026

Vilnius. June — July 2026.
How we dine is how we live- Summer tables 2026

22/04/2026

Only 10 seats left!

How We Dine Is How We Live- Flavours from the Indian Ocean.

For a couple of years now, I've been hosting cultural dinners in my studio, inviting cooks from different countries to prepare traditional dishes, and bringing together locals and foreigners around a shared table, and letting food do what it does best: connect.
This Friday, I’ll be the one cooking. And you are warmly invited.
It’s also a preview of something I’ve been wanting to develop further: this summer, I’ll be curating a series of dinners, taking the table as a way of thinking about society itself. Because what we eat and how we eat is also a political act.
Because food never comes alone. Every dish carries a history of land, of movement, of exchange.
This Friday, the table will be set with flavours from the Indian Ocean. We’ll eat together and I’ll tell you stories. Of empires and Sultans. Of the Comoros Islands as a matrilineal society, where land, inheritance, and memory pass through women. Of what it means to carry a cuisine across an ocean and find it changed, and unchanged on the other side.
It will be warm. It will be intimate. And you'll tell me about my cooking skills 🙂.

Registration link in the comments.

09/04/2026

Tomorrow at Socialoftas — Moroccan Dinner.

The space is slowly coming together, and the atmosphere already feels special. Our Moroccan cooks are preparing everything with care for a warm cultural evening.

If you’ve been curious about Socialoftas and haven’t visited yet, this could be a lovely first time.

A few spots are still available if you'd like to join us

08/04/2026

✨ Meet the Artist Behind Sound Magic – Tiny Soiree ✨

For this edition of Sound Magic, we welcome Kat Bumbul of Sound Mysterium — a sound artist and collector of rare, ritual instruments that invite listeners into deep states of presence and inner exploration.

Kat works with an extraordinary collection of around 150 vintage and antique singing bowls, many of them hundreds of years old, each carrying a unique character and resonance. For this intimate Tiny Soiree, she will bring a carefully selected set of bowls alongside other instruments known for their ritual use, trance-inducing qualities, and sound healing traditions.

The evening will unfold gently — beginning with tea in a candlelit setting, followed by an interactive sound exploration workshop, and culminating in an immersive sound journey performance.

This is not just a concert — it’s an invitation to listen differently, to slow down, and to experience sound as a gateway to intuition, imagination, and deep relaxation.

📍 Sound Magic – Tiny Soiree
🫖 Tea • Sound exploration • Immersive concert
🧘 Bring a mat or blanket if you'd like to lie down

✨ Join us for this intimate evening of sound and discovery.
Spots are limited — reserve your place and let yourself be guided by sound.

03/04/2026

April at Socialoftas 🌿

A month of shared tables, conversations, and new encounters.

April 10 — How We Dine Is How We Live: Moroccan Dinner
Register: https://luma.com/zn31o1l7

April 11 — Sound Magic — Tiny Soirée
Register: https://luma.com/4z2scnp6

April 13-25— In your body— Movement Therapy with Inga
Register: https://luma.com/4z05aisy; https://luma.com/mfbffo07

April 12 — Digital Detox: The Open Picnic
Register: https://luma.com/svy7jg4b

Starting April 16 — Language Evenings (Spanish • French • English)
Opening evening: Spanish — Sobre la Mesa
Open to participants who can hold a basic conversation
Register: https://luma.com/nyx3vwo3

April 18 — Art’s Night: Peruvian Art & Shared Stories
Register: https://luma.com/qnf1vlmk

April 24 — How We Dine Is How We Live: Flavours from the Comoro Islands
Register: https://luma.com/hclo47kb

April 26 — Digital Detox Brunch: Swahili Flavours
Register: https://luma.com/m94fmxjk

You're warmly welcome.
Kamal
Socialoftas