Author Archives: Jeff

CNSC Podcast Episode 7: A Slice of Anime

AnimeChicago

Play Now We sit down and chat with the founder of Anime Chicago and Chicago Nerd Social Club board member, Jamie Sanchez. We talk about a wide range of Anime topics. Anime Chicago Funimation Anime Central Crunchy Roll Kids on the Slope Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Review - Art Matter: The Sci-Fi Effect

The Sci-Fi Effect

Review by Karlyn Meyer On May 23, Chicago Nerd Social Club was invited to Art Matter: The Sci-Fi Effect, offered by Design Cloud in conjunction with Chicago Ideas Week. Described as “a panel discussion about science fiction’s impact on science, design, art, and culture,” the program centered around the book Make It So: Interaction Design

CNSC Podcast Episode 6 - Comic Book Retailers

Retail Comic Shop

This week we sit down with two local comic book retailers and chat about the comic book industry from their perspective. Guests include Terry Gant of Third Coast Comics and Vernon Wiley of The Comix Gallery Play Now

The Perils of Time Shifted Television

Time shifting is one of those cool, hip terms we use today to describe how we consume media on our own schedule. The phrase is commonly used to describe DVR’ing a show for later viewing, but in it does happen with other forms of media as well. (Radio show podcasts for example) Inevitably this will

Zombie Survival Workout

Zombie Survival Workout When: May 11th 4:00pm - 5:30pm Where: Vie Personal Fitness Center, 1750 N Kingsbury, Chicago Cost: $20 per person Registration: Eventbrite Registration Required When the Zombie Apocalypse comes, you want to ensure you’re in shape. But not just in shape, you need to be able to move about the city quickly, without

Writers’ Panel and Networking Event

Writers’ Panel and Networking Event When: May 19th at 3pm - 6pm Location: Open Books 213 W. Institute Pl, Chicago Cost: FREE! Registration: Eventbrite Registration We’ve got a really cool event lined up for all of our aspiring writers and avid science fiction writers! We’ve teamed up with the staff at Open Books to bring

Fake Geek Girl Panel

We bring you the complete interview with the Fake Geek Girl panelist. It was an amazing time and we thank you all for participating. Video of the panel will be up soon! Play Now Exorcising the Spectre of the Fake Geek Girl Michi Trota Geek Melange Full Moon Fire Jam Dawn Xiana Moon Raks Geek

C2E2 Weekend Thanks!

The C2E2 weekend is finally at a close! We had an incredible time both during and after the convention. The C2E2 After Party was a tremendous success with a fantastic turnout. The Nerdologues put together an awesome lineup including: The Shock T’s Plan 9 Burlesque Raks Geek The Improvised Star Trek All of the performances

C2E2 Live Stream

If you didn’t make it to C2E2, feel free to check out the C2E2 Live Stream! Watch live video from c2e2 on www.twitch.tv

C2E2 is Here!!

C2E2 is finally here! We’ll be podcasting from our booth over in Q18. Stop by if you want to say hi! Here we’re talking about our C2E2 After Party with Kevin Reader from the Nerdologues as well as part 2 of our Fake Geek Girl Panel conversation! Play Now