Monthly Archive:: June 2024
Jun 30 2024
The Tortured Poets Department Is Exhausting in the Best Possible Way
I’m going to be honest: I’m still wrapping my head around The Tortured Poets Department.
Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album packs an emotional punch with its standard 16 tracks and was a lot to take in on a first listen. But in true Swift fashion, she revealed that this release had a twist: there was a second…
Jun 30 2024
This Week in Geek (7/1/2024–7/7/2024)
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Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, July 1, to Sunday, July 7.
Although inclusion in This Week in Geek is not an official endorsement of any event or organizer, we do our best to feature…
Jun 26 2024
In the Glensheen Murder Musical, the Complexity of True Crime Takes Center Stage
“Not trying to be funny. Not trying to get a laugh. I don’t want anybody to have the worst day at their job. But …”
If you’ve ever found yourself at Duluth’s historic Glensheen Mansion with a morbidly enthusiastic member in your tour group, you’ve probably encountered the guy in Tim…
Jun 23 2024
This Week in Geek (6/24/2024–6/30/2024)
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Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, June 24, to Sunday, June 30.
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Jun 17 2024
Celebrate Juneteenth 2024 at the Ordway with Blackout Improv
As the Juneteenth holiday gains broader recognition nationwide, Blackout Improv, the esteemed all-Black improv comedy group based in the Twin Cities, has partnered with the Ordway to commemorate this significant day in American history. Juneteenth, celebrated every year on June 19, marks the…
Jun 16 2024
This Week in Geek (6/17/2024–6/23/2024)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, June 17, to Sunday, June 23.
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Smithsonian Associates Streaming Series–Beauty and the Beast: A Tale as Old as Time
What: Educational
When: Monday,…
Jun 15 2024
Camp Snoopy, a New Peanuts Animated Series, Is Now Streaming on Apple TV+
On June 14, Apple TV+ released a new original Peanuts animated series, Camp Snoopy. It is not about an amusement park situated in the middle of a giant shopping mall, as us Minnesotans might think, but it’s still based on the characters and stories created by local hero Charles M. Schulz.
The show…
Jun 10 2024
Enter to Win a Signed Copy of The Nightland Express by J. M. Lee!
This Pride Month, we’re giving away 5 signed copies of the queer YA fantasy novel The Nightland Express, newly out in paperback! The latest book by Twin Cities writer J. M. Lee (author of the Shadows of the Dark Crystal prequel series), it features horses, magic, and two teenagers discovering…
Jun 09 2024
Minneapolis Game Store All Systems Go Sets the Board for a New Phase
Twin Cities gaming store All Systems Go is closing its brick-and-mortar retail location in Northeast Minneapolis later this month, but not to worry—the business is not going away. Customers will still be able to buy, sell, rent, and trade games through the existing online storefront, with local pickup…
Jun 09 2024
This Week in Geek (6/10/2024–6/16/2024)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, June 10, to Sunday, June 16.
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Virtual Pub Quiz Trivia Night
What: Trivia
When: Monday, June 10, at 8:00 p.m.
Where: Virtual via Twitch
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