Monthly Archive:: March 2024
Mar 31 2024
This Week in Geek (4/1/24–4/7/24)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, April 1, to Sunday, April 7.
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Virtual Events
The (Not-So) Young Adult Book Club
What: Books
When: Monday, April 1, at 6:30 p.m.
Where: Virtual event
Adults can…
Mar 26 2024
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Is a Halting Step in the Right Direction
After the divisiveness of 2016’s Ghostbusters and the questionable nostalgic retreading of 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, it might be a ringing endorsement to proclaim that Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is … okay.
It’s broken free of the problems that befell the previous Ghostbusters films…
Mar 26 2024
Win a $50 Gift Card for Blumhouse’s Halfway to Halloween Film Festival
To celebrate 13 years since the release of Insidious (April 1), Blumhouse is bringing its first-ever Halfway to Halloween Film Festival to participating AMC theaters. The five-day event starts this Friday and features five Blumhouse films, with screenings priced at just $8 each:
Friday,…
Mar 23 2024
This Week in Geek (3/25/24–3/31/24)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, March 25, to Sunday, March 31.
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Virtual Events
Virtual Pub Quiz Trivia Night
What: Trivia
When: Monday, March 25, at 8:00 p.m.
Where: Virtual via Twitch
Get your…
Mar 17 2024
This Week in Geek (3/18/24–3/24/24)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, March 18, to Sunday, March 24.
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Virtual Events
Virtual Pub Quiz Trivia Night
What: Trivia
When: Monday, March 18, at 8:00 p.m.
Where: Virtual via Twitch
Get your…
Mar 16 2024
Walking Dead and Marvel Actor Ross Marquand Reflects on His Career So Far
Twin Cities Con is a bustling hub of pop culture, attracting fans from all corners of the geek community. I must admit to being a bit intimidated by the numbers of celebrities at the convention when I attended last fall, but the one I was most curious about was Ross Marquand, an actor known for his roles in…
Mar 15 2024
Theater Mu Nails Cinematic Horror Onstage in Hells Canyon
Stage horror can be a mixed bag. Even productions with huge budgets can struggle to escape the uncanny valley between the intimacy that gives theater its power and the artificial trickery that fuels tension and jump scares. I say this as someone who loves both—I’ve emerged from many onstage thrillers…
Mar 15 2024
Nimona’s Amazing Comeback Story
Some days I look around and feel like gender identity is seen as a weird and foreign concept. But other days, I feel like equality is here. Like queer folks are celebrated, and the community is strong. Nothing has given me that sense of celebration recently like watching Netflix’s animated family…
Mar 13 2024
A Minneapolis STEM Camp Is Raising Funds to Teach Students 3D Printing
From April 1 through April 4, a group of 16 middle school students from Minneapolis Public Schools will have the chance to get started with 3D printing thanks to the STEM educational program SPARKZ3D. Students will get a college connection thanks to the program being hosted at Dunwoody College and a…
Mar 10 2024
This Week in Geek (3/11/24–3/17/24)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, March 11, to Sunday, March 17.
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Virtual Events
Smithsonian Associates Streaming Series–Bargello Museum, Lesser-Known Museums of Florence
What: Educational…