Yearly Archive:: 2024
Sep 30 2024
Five Bands Rock the Mounds Theatre for Minnesota Satanists
On September 21, 2024, Minnesota Satanists held their second annual Bands of the Beast fundraising concert at the Historic Mounds Theatre in St. Paul. This show featured a lineup of five bands performing a wide variety of tunage more or less thematic to the goals of the event. Datura Dread and Collective…
Sep 29 2024
This Week in Geek (9/30/2024–10/6/2024)
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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, September 30, to Sunday, October 6.
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Sep 27 2024
Going Rogue with X-Men Voice Actor Lenore Zann
For many X-Fans, Lenore Zann needs no introduction. She was the voice of one of the most popular characters, Rogue, in X-Men: The Animated Series (1992–1997) as well as the video games X-Men vs. Street Fighter (1996), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes (1998), and Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age…
Sep 27 2024
Theatre in the Round’s “King Lear” Is a Classic Play with a Classic Touch
This month, Theatre in the Round opened its 73rd season with a rendition of Shakespeare’s King Lear. On through October 6, 2024, the classic play tells the tale of an aging king and the collapse of his kingdom and those around him as he descends into madness.
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Sep 25 2024
Why I Haven’t Yet Given Up on “The Rings of Power”
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien famously detested allegory, and any one-for-one analysis of his life and work runs the risk of making a dead man roll over in his grave. Still, it’s impossible not to see echoes of Middle-Earth in almost every sentence of his biography. Tolkien was four years old when…
Sep 22 2024
This Week in Geek (9/23/2024–9/29/2024)
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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, September 23, to Sunday, September 29.
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Sep 17 2024
“The Substance” Is a Brilliant Showcase of the Violence of Beauty
French writer and director Carolie Fargeat’s The Substance opens in theaters this week after a triumphant premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival in May. It took home the award for best screenplay at the festival, and star Demi Moore received a 13-minute standing ovation for her performance.
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Sep 15 2024
Cinema ConFluence Offers a Cozy Double Feature for Nerds of Color
In November 2023, the first ConFluence convention in Minneapolis celebrated art, sci-fi, futurism, and fantasy centered on content by and for nerds who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC). I had heard about the event, but I wasn’t able to go. The next convention won’t be until…
Sep 15 2024
This Week in Geek (9/16/2024–9/22/2024)
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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, September 16, to Sunday, September 22.
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Sep 13 2024
With Scream It Off Screen at the Parkway Theater, Everyone’s a Critic
Do you or a loved one suffer from bottled-up rage? Has your body been replaced by a stiff, doomscrolling, anxiety-riddled wooden board? Are you feeling haunted by the thought of another day on this soulless plane and need somewhere to let it all out? The Parkway Theater has the event just for you. On the…