Monthly Archive:: September 2020
Sep 29 2020
Enter for Your Chance to Attend a Blumhouse Online Premiere!
It’s getting closer to that spooky time of year, and Blumhouse and Amazon Studios are releasing a seasonally appropriate film anthology over the course of October. Welcome to the Blumhouse is a series of thrillers from up-and-coming filmmakers, all sharing similar themes.
The first two movies…
Sep 28 2020
Unpregnant Is a Heartwarming Teen Buddy Comedy with a Serious Core
“Lighthearted teen abortion comedy” is a phrase that on the surface sounds like either oxymoron or farce. This is not to say that abortion is new to comedy; Unpregnant joins heartfelt dramedies like Obvious Child (2014), Grandma (2015), and Saint Frances (2020) and has been addressed on comedic television…
Sep 27 2020
This Week in Geek (9/28/20–10/4/20)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, September 28, to Sunday, October 4.
Please note: Due to risks from the global COVID-19 pandemic, and in following current health guidelines recommending both social distancing and…
Sep 24 2020
Network Effect, the Fifth Book in the Murderbot Diaries Series, Is Irreverent in the Best Way
Network Effect is the newest installation in Martha Wells’s series now known as the Murderbot Diaries. The first four Diaries are a series of novellas, beginning with All Systems Red, which won both Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novella in 2018. All the novellas are available in trade paperback or…
Sep 20 2020
This Week in Geek (9/21/20–9/27/20)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, September 21, to Sunday, September 27.
Please note: Due to risks from the global COVID-19 pandemic, and in following current health guidelines recommending both social distancing…
Sep 18 2020
American Girl Makes Stories Featuring Black Heroines Free to Download
Earlier this year, American Girl, the company known for their historical and contemporary doll characters, announced its intention to rededicate its ideas of diversity and inclusion. As a part of that, it has made all of its books by Black authors and featuring Black protagonists free to download…
Sep 13 2020
This Week in Geek (9/14/20–9/20/20)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, September 14, to Sunday, September 20.
Please note: Due to risks from the global COVID-19 pandemic, and in following current health guidelines recommending both social distancing…
Sep 12 2020
The Bearded Company’s MJ Marsh on Theater in the Age of COVID-19
The Bearded Company has been a staple of Minneapolis improv for more than a decade. In the beforetimes, audiences could catch them at their weekly slot at HUGE Theater in Uptown or during their best-selling, award-winning Fringe runs. In the age of social distancing, the company has moved online with…
Sep 07 2020
Blitz: Speed War Will Provide Fast and Fun Tabletop Strategy
There is a good deal of overlap between tabletop gamers and electronic strategy gamers, and we see this with the success of Fantasy Flight Games’ board game adaptations of Sid Meier’s Civilization video game series—a series that itself pays homage to the similarly named 1980 board game by Francis…
Sep 06 2020
This Week in Geek (9/7/20–9/13/20)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, September 7, to Sunday, September 13.
Please note: Due to risks from the global COVID-19 pandemic, and in following current health guidelines recommending both social distancing and…