Posted on 14 October 2011
Chicago Nerd Social Club is proud to announce Nerd-o-Ween 3 – Chicago’s nerdiest Halloween bash! We’ll be back at Flounders Bar and Grill, the hosts of Nerd-o-Weens past. We are once again having our awesome pumpkin carving and costume contests. Prizes will be given for the: Best Overall Costume Nerdiest Costume Most Original Costume Nerdiest [...] Continue Reading...
Posted on 14 May 2012
For June’s meeting, we’ll be reading Locke and Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez. We’re returning to the graphic novel format after our successful last foray with Fables exactly two years ago. Locke and Key has won an Eisner for Best Writer and a British Fantasy Award for Best [...] Continue Reading...
Posted on 09 April 2012
For May’s meeting, we’ll be reading Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. In Snow Crash, Hiro Protagonist and Y.T. (Yours Truly) investigate a new pseudo-narcotic called Snow Crash, which people experience both in real life and in the Metaverse. Join us for discussion of our current book as well as helping decide our next selection. This [...] Continue Reading...
Posted on 12 March 2012
For April’s meeting, we’re reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. In a postapocalyptic world, two children are sent to The Capitol from each territory as a tribute—their fate: a televised fight to the death. With the movie coming out March 23rd, we expect discussion of both book and movie. Seeing the movie isn’t required, [...] Continue Reading...
Posted on 13 February 2012
For March’s meeting, we’re reading Kraken by China Miéville. At the British Museum of Natural History, a giant squid specimen has inexplicably disappeared. Might a cult be involved? As Miéville himself describes, the novel is “a dark comedy about a squid-worshipping cult and the end of the world. It takes the idea of the squid cult [...] Continue Reading...
by Karlyn Meyer Gorilla Tango Theatre’s most recent installment of Geek Girl Burlesque is here: Temple of Boobs. Joining the ranks of Boobs of Khan and Fellowship of the Boobs (which should be self-explanatory even for the least nerdy), Temple is a sexy tribute to the second Indiana Jones film. More than a few Jones-related [...]
Our resident Doctor Who expert Gordon Dymowski has put together a list of must see Doctor Who episodes. Some of Gordon’s top picks are Spearhead from Space Remembrance of the Daleks Robots of Death See the complete list on Gordon’s site, Blog This Pal. Thanks to everyone for coming out for the event. There will [...]
For our thirteenth bookclub meeting we’ll be reading The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (we suggest the 2001 Penguin Classics printing). In it, the Devil visits Soviet Russia: the result is a wicked satire about good and evil and how they play within the social order. Some consider this to be one of the greatest books of [...]
Hey Nerds! Do you want to get your hands on Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds? Of course you do! MvC2 was one of the greatest 2D fighting games of all time and the latest entry in the series looks to be sweet. You are in luck, fellow nerds, because Capcom is bringing [...]
