Phone-free get-togethers

Real nights. No phones.

Lantern Club is phone-free nights where you make things with your hands and talk to real humans. Leave your phone at the door. Leave knowing people.

Night One · Nov 5 Host your own night

Tyler, Texas · first night November 5th · 20 spots

Why this exists

Lonely in a room full of people.

I was at dinner with people I love and realized nobody was actually there. Everyone was on their phone. Including me. We were together and completely alone at the same time.

That's not a willpower problem. It's a design problem. The phone is engineered to win every contest for your attention, and it does, every time. So we stopped asking people to resist it and started taking it out of the room.

Lantern Club is my answer. One night a month, phones go in the pouch at the door, and for two hours you're just a person again. Making things. Talking. The way it used to feel before every room had a screen in it.

I'm Spencer. I'm 18. I started this because I was tired of feeling lonely in rooms full of people, and I figured I wasn't the only one.

Phones

Hours

People

Every night has one rule: the phone stays in the pouch. Everything else is clay, conversation, music, and people who showed up to actually be there.

How a night works

Four steps. Then just talk.

Phones in the pouch

You walk in, your phone goes in the canvas pouch at the door. It stays there all night. That's the whole rule.

Doors 6:30

Make something

Every night has a hands-on activity. Clay, painting, building, cooking. Zero experience needed. Bad art encouraged.

7:00

Draw a card

Between rounds we pull conversation cards. Deep ones, funny ones, ones that start real stories. Everyone answers.

7:45

Talk until you're done

No agenda after that. Most people stay the full two hours and don't want to leave. Phones back at the door on your way out.

9:00

Night One · November 5, 2026

Clay Night. The first one.

Air-dry clay, good music, and a table full of strangers who won't be strangers by 9 PM. No experience needed. If you can make a pinch pot, you're overqualified.

When Thursday, Nov 5 · doors 6:30 PM, program 7 to 9 PM
Where Tyler, Texas (venue announced soon)
What Clay, tools, conversation cards, snacks, music
Bring Just yourself. Wear something clay-safe.

$10

Per ticket

Covers clay, tools, and snacks. Non-refundable, but you can transfer yours to a friend.

20 spots. When they're gone, they're gone.

Reserve my spot

Tickets open soon. Email us and you're first in line.

A Lantern Club product

Can't make it to a night? Bring one home.

Unplugged is the night in a box. The same pouch, the same conversation cards, the same candle we use at our nights, shipped to your door. Host your own phone-free evening wherever you are.

Canvas phone pouch (holds 4 to 6 phones)
50-card conversation deck
Table candle
Host guide card

$35Free US shipping · Ships in 4 to 6 weeks · 30-day guarantee

Preorder now · $35

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The Pouch

Heavy canvas. Phones go in at the door.

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The Deck

50 cards. Zero small talk.

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The Candle

Light it. The night has started.

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The Guide

Run the night. Read it once.

From the deck

Fifty cards. Zero small talk.

A few from the actual deck, the same one we use at every night.

Deep

What do you want to be remembered for?

Hot Take

What's something everyone likes that you secretly think is overrated?

Story

Tell us about a time you got completely lost.

Reflective

What are you grateful for that you rarely say out loud?

Fun

What's your most irrational fear?

Deep

What's something you've never told anyone in this room?

Plus 44 more, across Deep, Fun, Hot Takes, Stories, and Reflective. No cheesy icebreakers, we checked twice.

Questions, answered.

Yes. That's the event. It's two hours. You'll survive, and you'll probably love it.

Give them the host's number before the night. Real emergencies get through.

Please do. Most people will. You'll leave knowing people.

No. All are welcome. The only doctrine is put the phone away.

Soon. Email hello@orielaco.com with the subject "Night One ticket" and you're first in line when they drop. 20 spots, $10 each.

It's the at-home version of a Lantern Club night. The pouch, the 50-card deck, a candle, and a host guide, shipped to you for $35. Run your own phone-free night wherever you are.

First run ships 4 to 6 weeks after the preorder closes. You'll get tracking the day yours leaves. 30-day guarantee, full refund, keep the deck.