Monthly Archive:: November 2025
Nov 30 2025
This Week in Geek (12/1/2025–12/7/2025)
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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, December 1, to Sunday, December 7.
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Nov 26 2025
The MN Bookstore Guide to Black Friday and Small Business Saturday 2025
It’s that time! Indie bookstores throughout Minnesota are offering sales and specials on Black Friday (which some small businesses celebrate as Plaid Friday) and Small Business Saturday, November 28 and 29, 2025. Here, you’ll find information on what all your favorite shops throughout…
Nov 23 2025
This Week in Geek (11/24/2025–11/30/2025)
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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, November 24, to Sunday, November 30.
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Nov 22 2025
Exploding Star Orchestra Is Bringing Cosmic Jazz to Minneapolis’s Walker Art Center on December 5
Exploding Star Orchestra, an avant-garde jazz ensemble from Chicago, is coming to the Walker Art Center on Friday, December 5. The group, founded in 2005 by director and composer Rob Mazurek, will descend upon Minneapolis with an all-star group of musicians “in a flurry of arpeggios and stardust.”…
Nov 21 2025
“Wicked: For Good” Falls Short of the First Film’s Magic
In 2024, Wicked—with its powerful songs, likable characters, emotional moments, and relevant themes around racism and intolerance—surprised a lot of people, including me. I truly did love the first film, and its music was so memorable that it had me listening to the soundtrack on repeat. It really…
Nov 16 2025
This Week in Geek (11/17/2025–11/23/2025)
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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, November 17, to Sunday, November 23.
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Nov 11 2025
Rodney Barnes Exhumes Real-World Horror in “Crownsville”
In November 2019, not long before a pandemic-induced industry shutdown, writer Rodney Barnes vaulted onto center stage with Killadelphia—his wildly imaginative “Dracula meets The Wire” horror series. Interweaving American history with supernatural terror, the series went on to earn two Eisner…
Nov 09 2025
This Week in Geek (11/10/2025–11/16/2025)
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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, November 10, to Sunday, November 16.
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Nov 07 2025
The “Purple Rain” Musical Makes an Unsteady Debut in Minneapolis
Minneapolis’s State Theatre has been transformed into a rockin’ venue, playing hits by Prince, the Time, and other associated acts. Is this a residency by a tribute band?
No, this is the Purple Rain musical, a new stage adaptation of the 1984 film. Minneapolis is Prince’s hometown, with a thriving music…
Nov 07 2025
“Space Scouts” Upends the Classic Hero’s Journey
Flux House Books, Matt Kindt’s boutique imprint currently housed at Dark Horse, exists for readers who like their comics unorthodox, a little self-referential, and thematically impolite. Kindt makes books that don’t sit comfortably on the rack next to standard cape-and-cowl fare—and he won’t…