Monthly Archive:: September 2021

With the widespread rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations, and safety measures and precautions to help enable safer environments for event attendees, 2021 has seen the return of conventions in a big way. Whether purely virtual, in person, or striking a balance between on- and offline, geeky gatherings…

After reading and loving Brigid Kemmerer‘s Cursebreakers trilogy, I was a little hesitant to jump headfirst into the first book in her new fantasy series. I always love Kemmerer’s writing, but I’d grown so attached to Emberfall, I was worried that Defy the Night might not have…

Twin Cities Con is a new convention from Nerd Street USA coming to the Minneapolis Convention Center on October 2–3, 2021. Programming will feature panels, exhibitors, a costume contest, and Q&As with special guests that include screen actors like John Barrowman and Antony Starr, voice actors…

In recent years, Minnesota geeks have watched a few different media and pop culture conventions enter—and then exit—our market. For those of us who have wished for a large media expo incorporating not just comic books but also actors to really establish a foothold here, it has been something of a mixed…

Shopping for school supplies is almost never fun. When I was a kid, every school I went to provided a list of “necessary” supplies for my mother to buy, and more often than not she would end up paying hundreds of dollars for items that would be shoved into my locker, never to be seen again until…