Yearly Archive:: 2023
Apr 24 2023
The MN Guide to Independent Bookstore Day 2023
It’s that time of year! On April 29, 2023, bookstores throughout Minnesota and around the country will be celebrating Independent Bookstore Day.
Officially participating stores will have exclusive Independent Bookstore Day items while supplies last, which usually isn’t long—tote…
Apr 23 2023
This Week in Geek (4/24/23–4/30/23)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, April 24, to Sunday, April 30.
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Virtual Events
Virtual Pub Quiz Trivia Night
What: Trivia
When: Monday, April 24, at 8:00 p.m.
Where: Virtual via Twitch
Get your…
Apr 16 2023
This Week in Geek (4/17/23–4/23/23)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, April 17, to Sunday, April 23.
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Virtual Events
Virtual Pub Quiz Trivia Night
What: Trivia
When: Monday, April 17, at 8:00 p.m.
Where: Virtual via Twitch
Get your…
Apr 15 2023
Creative Arts Secondary School Builds Skills for Theater and the World Beyond
Participating in school theater productions is a rite of passage for many students. While I have fond memories of my experiences in various school productions, they were generally an exercise in doing the best we could with what we had on hand. Most of our focus was on the performance part of the show,…
Apr 09 2023
This Week in Geek (4/10/23–4/16/23)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, April 10, to Sunday, April 16.
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Virtual Events
Virtual Pub Quiz Trivia Night
What: Trivia
When: Monday, April 10, at 8:00 p.m.
Where: Virtual via Twitch
Get your…
Apr 06 2023
Matt Kessen Wants to Make You Laugh about Monsters
Full disclosure: I’ve been fortunate enough to be friends with Matt Kessen, known to most as the brainiac behind Reverend Matt’s Monster Science, for seven years. As a legitimately credentialed reverend—whatever that process entails—he’s able to perform weddings (including…
Apr 03 2023
Flowerheart Is a Story with Promising Growth but an Unsteady Resolution
Catherine Bakewell‘s debut novel, Flowerheart, follows Clara Lucas, a girl training to be a witch but held back by the unpredictability of her magic. The Council, a group of powerful witches and wizards who make the laws and maintain order in their queendom, are more than ready to remove Clara’s…
Apr 02 2023
This Week in Geek (4/3/23–4/9/23)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, April 3, to Sunday, April 9.
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Virtual Events
Smithsonian Associates Streaming Series–Wonder Tales from Japan
What: Educational
When: Monday, April 3, at…
Mar 31 2023
Recycle Your Old T-Shirts and Create a Personal, One-of-a-Kind Quilt
A while ago, I shared a tutorial for recycling old clothes into home decorations. In it, I mentioned a popular trend for recycling old graphic T-shirts: making a quilt. I’d always liked the idea; it seemed like a nice way to eke out more use from old clothes that aren’t wearable anymore. But…
Mar 30 2023
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor among Thieves Rolls a Natural 20
Since its inception in the mid-1970s and its wider appeal to geek culture starting in the 1980s, Dungeons & Dragons has never really gone away. It has, however, gone through waves of popularity. While it’s certainly been sustained through new editions of the flagship tabletop role-playing…