Monthly Archive:: November 2021
Nov 19 2021
Ashwini Ramaswamy, Choreographer of Let the Crows Come, Talks Dance and Cultural Legacy
Ashwini Ramaswamy has danced all over the world—first as part of Ragamala Dance Company, founded in 1992 by her mother, Ranee, and sister, Aparna. Ramaswamy still works with Ragamala as a choreographic associate and dancer, but in 2014 she began choreographing and performing her own work. Her most…
Nov 19 2021
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Tries and Fails to Go Full Nostalgia Mode
Ghostbusters: Afterlife is the fourth Ghostbusters film and the one with the least to add to the series. It’s heavily reliant on just about everything from the original film, but rather than building on it, Afterlife merely banks so hard on nostalgia you can almost hear it shouting, “Remember the Twinkie…
Nov 18 2021
How Does the MCU’s Fictional Multiverse Line Up with Real-World Science?
Over the past 10-plus years, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has established multiple pillars from which its more fantastical elements stem. But—like its comic-book counterparts—the science we’ve seen depicted in these films is often indistinguishable from the magic we see from the universe’s…
Nov 14 2021
This Week in Geek (11/15/21–11/21/21)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, November 15, to Sunday, November 21.
Virtual Events
SocietyX: Making a Home for Houseplants
What: Educational
When: Monday, November 15, at 10:30 a.m.
Where: Virtual event
Learn best…
Nov 13 2021
The Guthrie Brings a Fresh Take to A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol has been a beloved annual tradition at the Guthrie Theater since 1975 (except, of course, in 2020). While the production is always well done, it is hardly unique, since various adaptations of Charles Dickens’s novella—first published in 1843—have permeated pop culture to the point…
Nov 12 2021
The Duke of Death and His Maid Combines Dramedy and Death-Defying Romance
As the old saying goes, you can never truly count on anything in this world except death and taxes. Death, especially, is a scary thing to think about, not only because it’s an inevitability for everyone, but also because we can never truly be sure when, where, or how we’ll die.
It goes without…
Nov 12 2021
The 2021 Twin Cities Geek Holiday Toy & Book Drive Is Here!
It’s that time of year again, geeks!
Over the past six years, the Twin Cities Geek Holiday Toy & Book Drive has collected more than 30,000 donations of games, toys, books, and other gifts for families in need during the holiday season. We’re back for a seventh—and we have more donation…
Nov 11 2021
Diablo II: Resurrected Is an Excellent Remaster of a Classic
The last attempt at remastering a Blizzard game, Warcraft III: Reforged, was by all accounts a disaster. It was marred by budget and management issues and plagued with bugs—and, to the horror of many, it locked players out of playing the original Warcraft III. It was such a mess that it resulted in Blizzard…
Nov 09 2021
Luminous Shines, but Not as Brightly as It Could Have
On the surface, Mara Rutherford’s new YA fantasy novel, Luminous, sounded like a book I would immediately love. It promised magic, adventure, a quest to take down the villain, and the friends-to-lovers trope I adore so much. And in a way, Luminous checked all of these boxes, but I wasn’t…
Nov 08 2021
Yandere Simulator’s 1980s Is a Retro Delight
Yandere Simulator fans, rejoice!
On October 10, longtime fans of the anime-girl simulation game were gifted with the release of the game’s prequel mode, 1980s Mode, which had been teased since the earlier years of the game’s development.
In this new mode, you play as Ryoba Aishi, the mother…