Upcoming Event
Posted on 08 February 2010
Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) is the quintessential game for nerds. Because of it, people have slain dragons, rescued villages, saved the cosmos countless times and adventured in innumerable worlds without ever having to leave the house. Dozens of video games, novels and movies have been inspired by Dungeons & Dragons – including Bioware’s recent award-winning [...] Continue Reading...
Upcoming Event
Posted on 05 February 2010
Take part in a journey to explore eight beers rarely seen in North American bars. Learn the history of each brew and the characteristics of the styles from expert guides leading the progression. Bring your sense of adventure and a strong thirst – we promise both will be filled by the [...] Continue Reading...
Upcoming Event
Posted on 01 February 2010
Throughout time nerds have been loved and tormented by robots. From the beginnings with Rosie Jetson, all the way to our favorite governor, The Terminator. Which robot will you build?
The Chicago Nerd Social Club is putting together our very first Robot Workshop. We’ll be working with the folks from Robot City Workshop to help us [...] Continue Reading...
Upcoming Event
Posted on 23 January 2010
The Chicago Nerd Social Club is joining Tech Karaoke Chicago for an evening of tone-deaf signing, crowd pleasing anthems, and of course Rick-Rolling.
When: Thursday, February 11, 2010 – 7:30pm-11:00pm
Where: Trader Todd’s – 3216 N. Sheffield Chicago, IL 60657
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The Chicago Nerd Social Club is joining a mashup of Meetup.com groups at Mystic Celt. As the newbies joining this event we are summoning our nerds to show up in force to show off their nerd knowledge. Answer the call and enjoy $5 burgers as well as a short sci-fi trivia contest.
We are excited to [...]
Well we’ve spent a few months prepping for this next event. We laid the ground work down with our Comics 101 event a few months ago. What good is a 101 event without a follow up 201 event?
The Chicago Nerd Social Club and Third Coast Comics are teaming up again to bring you Comic Book [...]
Andy Lester the author of “Land the Tech Job You Love“ will be giving his talk “Effective Interviewing from Both Sides of the Desk.” After the presentation Andy will be giving away a copy of his book and we will join TechThursdays@OfficePort, a weekly get-together where entrepreneurs, developers, new media types—and just plain people—can connect [...]
The Video Game Committee of the Chicago Nerd Social Club is proud to announce our inaugural event, a video game LAN party. We will be playing Left 4 Dead 2 on the gaming PCs so choose your side, Survivors or Infected! If that doesn’t interest you we will also have the Rock Band Studio available [...]