Monthly Archive:: June 2017
Jun 19 2017
The Minnesota Twins Welcome Geeks for Themed Nights at Target Field
Our hometown Minnesota Twins recently held a Marvel superheroes theme night. Fans had the opportunity to purchase a special ticket package that included a T-shirt featuring the “Guardians of the Infield,” with the Guardians of the Galaxy characters Star-Lord, Drax, Baby Groot, Gamora,…
Jun 19 2017
This Week in Geek (6/19/17–6/25/17)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, June 19th through Sunday, June 25th.
GPS Figure Drawing Salon
What: Arts, Educational
When: Monday, June 19th at 6:30 p.m.
Where: Event Horizon
The Geek Partnership Society’s Arts Initiative…
Jun 17 2017
The Mummy Is Horrific, and Not in the Way It’s Meant to Be
Since movie franchises are all the rage nowadays, Universal has fired up its roster of classic movie monsters for the new Dark Universe film series. First step: give the mummy a makeover to be suitable for an action film.
Wait, an action film? Of course—you didn’t expect Universal to spend over $100 million…
Jun 16 2017
Delight and Imagination at the Newly Reopened Minnesota Children’s Museum
Under a stormy sky, the wind gusted as my son and I hurried through the streets of downtown Saint Paul, hoping to get inside before the rain began to fall. It was around 8:50 a.m. on Sunday, June 11th, and the Minnesota Children’s Museum had been reopened for exactly three days. We were excited to…
Jun 16 2017
Human Combat Chess Is Back with Duels, Banter, and Fun
It’s back! Human Combat Chess from Six Elements Theatre is returning to the stage—which is to say chess board—to once again battle for a championship title. After a grueling season it comes down to two teams: the Legion and the Celts.
Last year I was introduced to Midwest Combat Chess League’s…
Jun 15 2017
Throwback Thursday: The Alien Menace Is Real in Starship Troopers
Throwback Thursday examines films from the past, “classic” films that might not be in the current cultural zeitgeist but can still be important, interesting, fun, or all of the above.
In a newsreel that takes a page out of the Triumph of the Will playbook, 1997’s Starship Troopers opens with a clip for…
Jun 13 2017
Crafters, Artists, and Techies Come Together for the St. Paul Public Libraries’ Maker Fest
It is often said that our society is consumer driven, or that we live in a consumerist culture, increasingly dependent on things we can buy rather than things we can create on our own. Despite this, a growing countermovement persists. Referred to as maker culture, this movement not only seeks to build…
Jun 13 2017
Creepy Art Busts through Horror Clichés in The Circle
The problem with horror is the body count. In general, when characters start dropping like flies, it becomes difficult stay invested. Why care when everyone is going to be slaughtered, right?
Horror comic books have an extra hurdle since the word count is low. There just aren’t a lot of pages for…
Jun 12 2017
Beat the Heat and Play Games at Your Local Library This Summer!
For years, gaming has served as a bridge between libraries and the community, attracting underserved populations and drawing in people who might not normally frequent their local library. This summer, Twin Cities libraries have come up with some exciting and innovative gaming programming; in almost…
Jun 12 2017
It Comes at Night Won’t Be Soon Forgotten
I’ll just start this off with a variation of the spoiler alert. This is a mean movie. This is not a movie to go to if you are feeling the full weight of the world and utter despair with humanity. This will not help you. This is certainly not a movie to go to if you think horror films are all chock-full of…