Nerd Xbox Live Game Night: CoD MW2

Nerd Xbox Live Game Night: CoD MW2

Hi, my name is Rachel and I am addicted to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. I am not very good, but I enjoy playing the online multiplayer games. I go online and search around for a group that isn’t a bunch of 8 year olds that fire off swear words (or worse!) as they [...] [...more]

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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 [...] [...more]

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Comic Book Academia w/ Len Strazewski

Comic Book Academia w/ Len Strazewski

You’re basking in the afterglow of C2E2, and want to have a nice, leisurely stroll through the more intellectual side of comics and graphic literature. In that spirit, we invite you to the next exciting installment of Comics 301! Our guest will be Len Strazewski, professor of Journalism at Columbia College Chicago Strazewski has been [...] [...more]

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Nerd Speed Dating

Nerd Speed Dating

Did your last date have no idea what a deflector shield was? Are you tired of guys who think Buffy The Vampire Slayer is “just for chicks”?. Maybe you are just looking for someone to join you on your couch for the next season of Doctor Who. Nerds need love too, but if you love [...] [...more]

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Nerd Show & Tell

Nerd Show & Tell

What was the last thing you purchased that excited the nerd inside you? Don’t just take a picture of your latest favorite thing for your Facebook page, bring it to our Nerd Show & Tell event! This Show & Tell occurs right after the events of the last day of the C2E2 Expo and it [...] [...more]

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The Nerds Join the Meetup Mashup Take 2

The Nerds Join the Meetup Mashup Take 2

We had such a fun time when we did this in January, we had to do it again. The Chicago Nerd Social Club is joining a mashup of Meetup.com groups at Mystic Celt.   All the groups merge together and take over the backroom of Mystic Celt playing boardgames or Magic, while meeting and hanging out [...] [...more]

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Video Game Lan Party 2

Video Game Lan Party 2

Get your trigger finger ready, we will be playing the first-person shooter Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 on the gaming PCs. Both l33t and n00b players are encouraged, we manually try to keep teams balanced so everyone has a nerdily fun time. We do encourage you to arrive on time so we can get [...] [...more]

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Pi(e) Day

Pi(e) Day

We couldn’t have a party to celebrate everyone’s favorite transcendental number without including pie the dessert, WE aren’t irrational!  We are putting out the call for our nerds to show off their math and/or pie baking skills as we celebrate Pi(e) Day. Contests include: Pi Off – Nerds recalling pi to most decimal digits – [...] [...more]

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Beer Expedition

Beer Expedition

Take part in a journey to explore eight beers rarely seen in North American bars.  Learn the history of each brew and the characteristics of the styles from expert guides leading the progression. Bring your sense of adventure and a strong thirst – we promise both will be filled by the end of this extraordinary [...] [...more]

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