Monthly Archive:: January 2025
Jan 12 2025
“Jōran: The Princess of Snow and Blood” Packs Character and Suspense into 12 Episodes
Of all the four seasons, winter is perhaps the most divisive. For some, it is a time of snowball fights, ice skating, and holidays. For others, it means unpleasantly cold temperatures and treacherous driving conditions. Regardless of how you feel about winter as a whole, one cannot deny that it has inspired…
Jan 12 2025
This Week in Geek (1/13/2025–1/19/2025)
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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, January 13, to Sunday, January 19.
Although inclusion in This Week in Geek is not an official endorsement of any event or organizer, we do our best…
Jan 11 2025
OtaKuPop Is Northeast Minneapolis’s K-Pop Hub
I remember when I first discovered OtaKuPop in Minneapolis. I’d been complaining to a friend about not having an affordable place to buy K-pop albums in person—when I could manage to find them in a store, they were expensive, or the selection was limited. And while my favorite group, SHINee, is certainly…
Jan 06 2025
A Beginner’s Guide to Convention Art Shows
If you’ve ever attended a convention, chances are you’ve stumbled across art on display, whether in the artist alley or in an art show space. If you create things yourself, you might have considered what it would take to submit your own art to the art show.
For most conventions, the art show is different…
Jan 05 2025
This Week in Geek (1/6/2025–1/12/2025)
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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, January 6, to Sunday, January 12.
Although inclusion in This Week in Geek is not an official endorsement of any event or organizer, we do our best…