Category Archives: News

Armchair Scientist Digest #3

We live in a time where new research regularly breathes life into the dreams of last year’s sci-fi authors. We just don’t hear about it on the news that often. So I’m here to bring you the most exciting of this month’s science crop culled lovingly from a variety of publications. Gattaca, Here We Come!

Review: Gorilla Tango Theatre’s Temple of Boobs 11/18/2011

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

Must Watch Doctor Who Episodes

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

Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Fight Club!

Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Fight Club

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

Nerd Speed Dating Tips!

With our speed dating event around the corner we thought we’d offer up pearls of wisdom for all our speed daters. The idea is to be friendly and show the other participants your interests during your brief conversations. You will spend 3 minutes with each member of the opposite sex, we hope those 3 minutes

Introducing Phil Kalata

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Rachel Baker and Jeff Smith are happy to announce the addition of our third Board Member for the Chicago Nerd Social Club, Phil Kalata. Phil has been previously co-hosting the Science Fiction/Fantasy Bookclub and he is looking forward to bringing his nerdiness and social event experience to the CNSC. If you see him at an

Microsoft Certification Discount Vouchers

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Computer Nerd Chris Kusek is offering Microsoft Discount Vouchers for 20% off Microsoft Certification Exams and has was nice enough to give the Chicago Nerd Social Club voucher codes to distribute as well.   The vouchers are redeemable for one Microsoft Certification Exam delivered at an Authorized Prometric Testing Center™. You must take your Microsoft

Chicago Nerd Events Calendar

Nerds are sometimes a very organized bunch, but there are a great deal of us who are incredibly disorganized. That disorganization can often spread to our personal life. As every nerd in Chicago knows, there is a lot going on in a given day, week, or month in Chicago. Everyone has experienced the pain of

The Word is Getting Out

The launch of the Chicago Nerd Social Club has been met with an incredible response. We announced our first event on Monday, March 16th, and we are almost sold out! The Chicago Nerd Social Club has been profiled on the Chicagoist and we were interviewed on 89.5 FM Vocalo.org on the “Brian at high noon”