# Event Details - **Event Name**: Lectures on Tap - "Religious Appalachia: Faith, Fangs, and Fire" - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 08 Sep, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Tue, 08 Sep, 2026 at 08:30 pm (-05:00) - **Event Description**: Professors, experts, and storytellers giving thought-provoking lectures in Chicago bars.About this Event📍 Location: Exact address given in confirmation email 🧠 Lecture: "Religious Appalachia: Faith, Fangs, and Fire" 🎤 Speaker: Chase Viscuse Join us for a gripping evening as Chase Viscuse takes us inside the world of serpent-handling churches in Appalachia—where believers take up venomous snakes, drink poison, and handle fire as acts of worship. This talk explores how risk becomes sacred, how communities find meaning in danger, and what these practices reveal about faith, trust, and belief in action. From the outside, these rituals can seem extreme or puzzling; through vivid stories and grounded research, Chase will show how they emerge from deeply held convictions about God’s protection, obedience, and surrender. Chase Viscuse is a graduate student in the Divinity School at the University of Chicago, where he studies religious practices that appear dangerous or extreme. His research examines how faith shapes risk and devotion, using snake-handling communities as a lens into how people make meaning through danger and radical trust. He has spent time in these congregations, spoken with practitioners, and—much to his family’s concern—keeps attending services with venomous snakes. Get a drink, connect, and learn at Lectures on Tap! 🙌Agenda6:30 PM – Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line—arriving early is key.6:55 PM – Host introduction7:00 PM – Lecture begins7:45 PM – Audience Q&A8:00 PM – Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round8:30 PM – Wrap up. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chicago/lectures-on-tap-religious-appalachia-faith-fangs-and-fire/100001997795575345 - **Event Categories**: fitness - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 1 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 2 hours - Location: Logan Square - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 38.66, max: 38.66, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Chicago - **state**: IL - **country**: United States - **location**: Logan Square - **lat**: 41.9215421 - **long**: -87.70248169999999 - **full address**: Logan Square, Logan Square, Chicago, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Lectures on Tap - "Religious Appalachia: Faith, Fangs, and Fire" - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/c43c12bc131a94f9556c435ebcad53b1d951ffee5a770f0b3c7e4f4dfa149664-rimg-w1200-h675-dce8e8d8-gmir.jpg?v=1787634972 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Lectures on Tap - "Religious Appalachia: Faith, Fangs, and Fire" being held? - **A:** Lectures on Tap - "Religious Appalachia: Faith, Fangs, and Fire" takes place on Tue, 08 Sep, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Tue, 08 Sep, 2026 at 08:30 pm at Logan Square, Logan Square, Chicago, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Lectures on Tap - "Religious Appalachia: Faith, Fangs, and Fire"? - **A:** Lectures on Tap - "Religious Appalachia: Faith, Fangs, and Fire" is organized by Felecia For The Win. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Lectures on Tap - "Religious Appalachia: Faith, Fangs, and Fire"", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/c43c12bc131a94f9556c435ebcad53b1d951ffee5a770f0b3c7e4f4dfa149664-rimg-w1200-h675-dce8e8d8-gmir.jpg?v=1787634972", "startDate": "2026-09-08T18:30:00-05:00", "endDate": "2026-09-08T20:30:00-05:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/chicago/lectures-on-tap-religious-appalachia-faith-fangs-and-fire/100001997795575345", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Logan Square", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "Logan Square", "postalCode": "60647", "addressLocality": "Chicago", "addressRegion": "IL", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "41.9215421", "longitude": "-87.70248169999999" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Professors, experts, and storytellers giving thought-provoking lectures in Chicago bars.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-08-25", "availabilityEnds": "2026-09-08T20:30:00-05:00", "validFrom": "2026-08-25", "lowPrice": "38.66", "highPrice": "38.66", "price": "38.66", "url": "https://allevents.in/chicago/lectures-on-tap-religious-appalachia-faith-fangs-and-fire/100001997795575345" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/SoldOut", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-08-25", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-08-25", "url": "https://allevents.in/chicago/lectures-on-tap-religious-appalachia-faith-fangs-and-fire/100001997795575345", "price": "38.66", "name": "Admission Ticket" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Felecia For The Win", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/felecia-for-the-win/24277484", "description": "Felecia is a software engineer, content creator, and host with over 700k followers across her social media platforms. 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