Monthly Archive:: August 2019
Aug 18 2019
This Week in Geek (8/19/19–8/25/19)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, August 19, to Sunday, August 25.
Monday Night Game Night
What: Gaming
When: Monday, August 19, at 5:00 p.m.
Where: Level Up Games (South St. Paul)
While it may be tough diving back into the…
Aug 17 2019
Nyanko Days Is a Bite-Sized Blast of Joy
As the old saying goes, great things come in small packages—something’s size is not always indicative of its quality. For instance, a small family-owned shop may offer a higher-quality product than a national chain, or a public-access television show may be more entertaining than one you might…
Aug 14 2019
24 Even More Romances for Geeks of All Kinds
Hello, readers! It’s been a year since the last geek romance roundup and two years since the first, and we’re making it a tradition. Let’s finish out the summer with another two dozen geeky romance novel recommendations.
Even better—August 17, 2019, is the first Bookstore Romance…
Aug 13 2019
Comics I’m Picking Up the Week of August 14, 2019
Here are the books I’m looking forward to seeing at my local comic store the week of August 14, 2019.White Trees
Publisher: Image Comics
Words/Story: Chip Zdarsky
Art/Colors: Kris Anka
“In the fantastical world of Blacksand, peace was hard-won, and three unbending warriors carry the scars…
Aug 13 2019
The Highly Anticipated Trailer for Greta Gerwig’s Little Women Is Here
Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women is a longtime favorite classic of mine, and I’m incredibly excited for Greta Gerwig‘s new film adaptation that will premiere later this year. As soon as I knew Saoirse Ronan would be playing Jo March, I was sold. I’ve been a fan of Ronan’s…
Aug 13 2019
Dora and the Lost City of Gold Is Charming, Meta, and Odd
Most of the time, when a preschool animated series gets a movie, it tends to be a mildly longer tale of the same format. But the iconography of Dora the Explorer has turned the character into such a parody that it would be impossible for her to make the jump to live action as anything other than a weird adventure.…
Aug 12 2019
This Amazing Japanese YouTube Channel Shares Handcrafted “Animated Manga”
If you love manga as much as I do, and if you’ve ever wanted to see characters on the pages of a manga animated—not as an anime adaptation but as panels brought to life—then you might want to check out the fun little YouTube channel known as shinrashinge.
The channel has only a little over 4,000 subscribers,…
Aug 11 2019
This Week in Geek (8/12/19–8/18/19)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, August 12, to Sunday, August 18.
Indigenous Comic Book Workshop
What: Comics, Educational
When: Monday, August 12, at 2:00; through Wednesday, August 15
Where: Minnesota Indian Women’s…
Aug 10 2019
Restaurant to Another World Is a Fabulous Feast for Foodies and Fantasy Lovers
Whoever came up with the concept of a special building where you can go and pay someone else to cook a wonderful meal for you should be given a yacht. Honestly, I could go on for hours on end about how much I love going to restaurants and what kinds of cuisine I prefer above all others. Fast-food restaurants,…
Aug 09 2019
Bicyclopolis Imagines Minnesota in a Low-Tech Dystopian Future
In Bicyclopolis: A Tale of Human-Powered Time-Travel, Dan—a time traveler purely by curiosity—uses an invention created by his uncle to journey through time. He eventually ends up many decades from now in a dried, dusty version of Stillwater, Minnesota. There, he meets Sara and Archie, who bring…