Monthly Archive:: October 2018
Oct 31 2018
Win FREE Tickets to The Greatest Generation Podcast Live!
The crew of The Greatest Generation is back in Minneapolis, headed to the Cedar Cultural Cedar for a show at 7:00 p.m. on November 3, 2018. This “Star Trek podcast by two guys who are a bit embarrassed to have a Star Trek podcast” covers a different episode every week with plenty of fandom, humor, and…
Oct 30 2018
Suspiria Spills Over with Stimulating Shocks
Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria is every bit as twisted, stylish, and violent as its 1977 counterpart. In the same way that David Gordon Green’s Halloween is a faithful throwback of the John Carpenter classic, Guadagnino adheres greatly to the creepy uneasiness that made Dario Argento’s original film…
Oct 30 2018
#1 Comic Issues I’m Picking Up the Week of October 31, 2018
This Halloween week in new comics, we have an embarrassment of witches. (Not to be confused with a A Discovery of Witches, which is not yet a comic book.)I remember those summers when multiple blockbusters were competing for the best take on the same premise—say, an asteroid hurtling toward Earth or…
Oct 29 2018
Minnesota RollerGirls Kick Off the Season with Planet of the Skates
We are in October, which means it was time to return to the hallowed and legendary halls of the Roy Wilkins Auditorium for the Minnesota RollerGirls season-opening mini tournament on October 13, 2018! For this bout, Sugar BEATdown’s husband, Swedish Meatbrawl, takes over as track maintenance engineer…
Oct 28 2018
This Week in Geek (10/29/18–11/4/18)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, October 29th to Sunday, November 4th.
Twin Cities Horror Festival VII
What: Comedy & Theater
When: Monday, October 29th to Sunday, November 4th
Where: Southern Theater
The Twin…
Oct 27 2018
Zombie Land Saga Is the Perfect Wacky Anime for Halloween
October means a lot of different things to different people. Scarves, the ability to finally break out flannel, the carving of pumpkins, deciding on a Halloween costume, the start of the fall anime season, the happy accident when your multiple moods collide.
Every quarter of the year also marks the…
Oct 26 2018
Kickstarting a Hero’s Journey with Minneapolis Musician Beth Kinderman
Anyone who has been through high school English classes or seen Star Wars: A New Hope knows a bit about the archetype known as “the hero’s journey.” Initially described by Edward Burnett Tylor and then popularized by Joseph Campbell, it describes a narrative in which a person receives…
Oct 26 2018
Twin Cities Game Stores Welcome Guilds of Ravnica
For anyone who has ever considered learning to play Magic: The Gathering (MTG), there are few ways that are better than to attend a prerelease.
Every year, Wizards of the Coast releases at least two or three expansions to its 25-year-old collectible card game and sponsors events both online and in person…
Oct 25 2018
City of Ghosts Is a Perfect October Ghost Story
In October, I often get in the mood for a ghost story. City of Ghosts, a spooky middle grade fiction book by Victoria Schwab, fit the bill for me. It is the story of Cassidy Blake, who has the ability to see ghosts and to visit the realm of spirits. Her parents are paranormal investigators who relocate to…
Oct 23 2018
#1 Comic Issues I’m Picking Up the Week of October 24, 2018
Here are a few of the things I’m looking forward to seeing at my local comic shop the week of October 24, 2018.Meal
Publisher: Iron Circus Comics
Words/Story: Soleil Ho
Art/Colors: Blue Delliquanti
“A tale of youth, good intentions, and entomophagy, Meal is about Yarrow, a young woman determined…