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 09 January 2012
For February’s meeting, we’re reading How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu. In a second-rate universe, a time-travel machine repairman revisits his childhood and oh, by the way, has to rescue his father. For those who like their science fiction experimental, witty, and quite meta, this is the book to [...] Continue Reading...
Posted on 12 December 2011
For January’s meeting, we’re reading Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey. Anne McCaffrey passed away recently, so we’re reading the beginning of her most famous series, The Dragonriders of Pern, in which a ragged kitchen girl has the opportunity to save the world. While it may read like potential fantasy, the author and many others insist on [...] Continue Reading...
Posted on 14 November 2011
For December’s meeting we’ll be reading The Last Unicorn by Peter S Beagle. A fantasy children’s classic from 1968, some say its prose-poetry belongs alongside classics like The Hobbit and Alice in Wonderland. From the book: “The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone. She was very old, though she did not know it, [...] Continue Reading...
Posted on 02 November 2011
Many of you are currently watching Doctor Who and curious about the show’s long history. You want to learn more about the show’s history and meet some of your fellow Chicago-area fans, but more importantly, just hang out and get your Who on! Once again, the Chicago Nerd Social Club is bringing you “Doctor Who [...] 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 [...]
