Monthly Archive:: November 2017
Nov 22 2017
The MN Bookstore Guide to Black Friday and Small Business Saturday 2017
Thanksgiving weekend features some of the biggest shopping days of the year, and seeing as Minneapolis and St. Paul are always popping up on lists of America’s most literate cities, you can be sure a lot of the purchases around these parts will be books. In addition to Black Friday, independent…
Nov 21 2017
Disney’s Coco Is a Victory for Mexicans Everywhere
When I first saw the news about Disney/Pixar’s plans to make a movie set in Mexico and based around the Day of the Dead, I was cautiously optimistic. On the one hand, after two too many movies about cars, it was about time they made a movie about at least part of who I am. On the other, I hoped they wouldn’t make…
Nov 20 2017
Is The Gifted a Gift to the People or More of the Same?
I am an X-Men guy. I love all that Marvel and DC have to offer these day in regards to television, but the X-Men were always my team. So when I first got wind that The Gifted was going to be a live-action show starring my favorite group of people who possess the X gene, I was excited. However, I feared we’d…
Nov 20 2017
Capturing the Natural World, Elephant Fire Aims to Blaze the DIY Indie-Rock Scene
There’s a growing do-it-yourself movement among artists, which has led to some great stuff to experience but also means there’s a lot of noise to cut through. Filtering through all the choices to find what you want can be daunting, but there are those rare times you discover a gem that really finds purpose…
Nov 19 2017
This Week in Geek (11/20/17–11/26/17)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, November 20th through Sunday, November 26th.
Crepe & Spoon Grand Opening
What: Food & Drink
When: Monday, November 20th at 5:00 p.m.
Where: Crepe & Spoon
Come celebrate…
Nov 18 2017
Hip Hop Nutcracker Ignites Tchaikovsky’s Ballet with Modern Vigor
A year before Hamilton hit Broadway, the touring dance show Hip Hop Nutcracker was already using hip-hop to shake up the stage—in this case, the world of ballet. Now in its fourth season, Hip Hop Nutcracker has begun its 2017 tour around the country and will stop at the State Theatre in Minneapolis November…
Nov 17 2017
The 2017 Twin Cities Geek Holiday Toy & Book Drive Is Here!
It’s that time of year again, geeks! Last year’s Twin Cities Geek Holiday Toy & Book Drive was a huge success—we more than doubled the goal we’d set for ourselves by collecting over 3,000 donations of games, toys, books, and other items for deserving recipients! This year, with…
Nov 16 2017
In the Justice League Movie, Things Actually Come Together
As I sat down for the newest entry in the DC Extended Universe, there seemed to be a general consensus in the theater: “I hope this movie is good.” That’s not necessarily an odd comment to make by itself—after all, we want all the movies we see to be good. But there was a hint of desperation in the statement,…
Nov 16 2017
Throwback Thursday: How Would a Close Encounter Affect You?
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.
Forty years ago today, Roy Neary entered a spacecraft as a kind of interplanetary diplomat. He hasn’t been heard from…
Nov 16 2017
Locally Developed Arcade Game Galactic Battleground Comes to Can Can Wonderland
In 1981 the world was introduced to Galaga. The game is synonymous with the classic arcade setup: the flashing lights, the adrenaline, the 8-bit music, the euphoric trance of just one more game.
Understanding and craving that nostalgia were the local developers of Slackerz Inc., who created an homage…