DOCTOR WHO: POWER OF THE DALEKS Theatrical Screening
Fifty years ago, Doctor Who celebrated a critical milestone, featuring the regeneration of William Hartnell into Patrick Troughton. Troughton’s debut was later wiped and lost….until now. The story, Power of the Daleks, has been fully animated with the original soundtrack…and is being released theatrically for one night only. Join Chicago Nerd Social Club and Chicago
Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Club #86
For November’s Book Club we will be reading The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson. Professor Vellitt Boe teaches at the prestigious Ulthar Women’s College. When one of her most gifted students elopes with a dreamer from the waking world, Vellitt must retrieve her. “By the time we finish this gorgeously written tale, we’re
Ray Bradbury Tribute Night
Open Books West Loop & The Ray Bradbury Waukegan Carnegie Library, Inc. come together for a Ray Bradbury Tribute Night. The evening will include: Presentation of The Ray Bradbury Waukegan Carnegie Library, Inc. – by John Harris and Sandy Petroshius, from the RBWCL “Ray Bradbury, the author, and how His Love of Literacy Was Nurtured
Harry Potter Extravaganza
Join us for Harry Potter Extravaganza. Come dressed as witches and wizards or disguised as Muggles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyNhNV996X4 Friday October 14 Free Movie Night - Harry Potter and the Socerer’s Stone 6-8:30p, All Ages. Limited to first 300 RSVP RSVP [email protected] Blackhawk Middle School 250 S Church Rd. Bensenville, IL (Located on SW side of O’Hare
Nerd-O-Ween 2016 presented by Chicago Nerd Social Club
CNSC is proud to announce Nerd-O-Ween 2016! Saturday, October 22nd, 2016, 7 – 11pm. Thanks to your feedback about what you’ve loved and what you haven’t, we’re continuing to evolve Nerd-O-Ween as an excellent and inexpensive event that brings the local nerd community together.
Fran Wilde and Ada Palmer at Volumes Bookcafe on October 3 at 7pm
Join author Fran Wilde and author and historian Ada Palmer as they read from and discuss their lateset novels, CLOUDBOUND and TOO LIKE THE LIGHTNING, for another installment of Volumes’ IN CONVERSATION series! Fran Wilde is an author and technology consultant. Her first novel, UPDRAFT, won the 2015 Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science
The Humanities in Spaaaace!: Mars
On Monday, October 17th, 2016 (4:30-7:00 and 7:00-9:00 pm, DePaul Student Center, Room 120), join us in exploring - MARS The DHC kicks off its yearlong investigation into the relations among the humanities, arts, and space-sciences with a celebration of The Red Planet. After a screening of the 2015 movie, “The Martian,” (4:30-7:00 pm) the
Chicago Doctor Who Meetup Screening: THE TENTH PLANET
October, 1966 saw not one, but two key moments of Doctor Who history happen…and both were in the same story. The first was the debut of the Cybermen, second only to the Daleks as the Doctor’s greatest foe. The second - although it wasn’t called that at the time - was the Doctor’s first regeneration.
Chicago Geek Breakfast - October 13th
“Geeks” or “nerds” are people who are driven by passion around particular subjects of interest. We’re community-driven, focusing on nontraditional ways to connect professionally and personally. For us, networking isn’t about exchanging business cards and two drink minimums - it’s about building relationships. Welcome to the Chicago Geek Breakfast - every month, people from a
Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Club #85
For October’s Book Club we will be reading Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal. Ginger Stuyvesant, an American heiress living in London during World War I, is a medium for the Spirit Corps, a special Spiritualist force that helps pass instant information about troop movements to military intelligence via the recent dead from the front.
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