Monthly Archive:: October 2020
Oct 31 2020
Spine-Tingling Poetry You Should Read beyond Edgar Allan Poe
For the Halloween season, we naturally turn to the classics of horror in all of its expressive forms. Cinema and TV. Video games. Music. (What does the Monster Mash actually sound like?) Novels and short stories. And, of course, poetry—which otherwise spends the better part of the year neglected by…
Oct 30 2020
9 Ways to Eat Like the Mandalorian
With season 2 of The Mandalorian upon us, I have been attempting to manage my excitement, but I haven’t been able to rein myself in completely. Last year, we had a small watch party for the season 1 premiere with a few friends and a full party spread of Star Wars–inspired food. While that’s…
Oct 28 2020
Darkwood Is Memorable and Legitimately Scary Survival Horror
It’s the most wonderful time of the year!
Every October, lists of horror media make the rounds for those looking to indulge in the spooky spirit. We see a lot of the same recommendations year to year, and that’s not necessarily bad: classics are classics for a reason. Baffling to me, though,…
Oct 26 2020
The 3 Ingredients to Make Your Prosthetic Makeup a Success
So you bought this cool Buffy-style vampire headpiece at the local store for Halloween. Now what? How do you apply and make it look real and scary? You open it up and find out it’s not skin colored, and there is no makeup or glue included. What can you do to become a fearsome vampire?
You need to think of three…
Oct 25 2020
This Week in Geek (10/26/20–11/1/20)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, October 26, to Sunday, November 1.
Please note: Due to risks from the global COVID-19 pandemic, and in following current health guidelines recommending both social distancing and limited…
Oct 21 2020
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Questions Its Own Hero’s Relevance in 2020
Sacha Baron Cohen’s Kazakhstani reporter Borat has risen from the grave to once more satirize the American system in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. But time has taken its toll on the character. When the original movie came out in 2006, he felt like a necessary vehicle for bringing out the hypocrisy and…
Oct 21 2020
Ed Benguiat, Namesake of the Stranger Things Title Font, Has Died at 92
You may not know his name, but you definitely know at least one of the typefaces he named after himself. The Stranger Things title sequence made ITC Benguiat famous again four decades after its original release in 1977.
Namesake designer Ed Benguiat died last week, leaving behind a legendary body of…
Oct 19 2020
Not Another D&D Podcast Is a Nat 20
Growing up, Dungeons & Dragons was a game that I had no knowledge of. Coming from a small town in the Bible Belt, I knew no one that played it. I always found it fascinating: a game that is built on dice and imagination. Even in the 1990s, I didn’t really understand why I kept hearing about this game…
Oct 18 2020
This Week in Geek (10/19/20–10/25/20)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, October 19, to Sunday, October 25.
Please note: Due to risks from the global COVID-19 pandemic, and in following current health guidelines recommending both social distancing and limited…
Oct 15 2020
With Shine a Light, Theater Mu and the Jungle Showcase Asian Artists and History
Like the Twin Cities’ other indoor live performance venues, the Jungle Theater has remained closed since March. However, beginning in August, it has repurposed the prominent lobby and large display windows of its building on Lyndale Avenue for a new kind of production. The first Shine a Light…