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Get ready for another io9 meetup in San Francisco - once again in our favorite bookstore cafe, Borderlands. We'll meet tonight, October 21, from 7-9 PM. More »
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Get ready for another io9 meetup in San Francisco - this time in our favorite bookstore cafe, Borderlands. We'll meet next Friday, October 21, from 7-9 PM. More »
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Tomorrow at New York City's Japan Society is Films For Hope, an international showcase of movies and short features inspired by Japanese animation. The event's date is no coincidence, as it falls a decade after 9/11 and six months after the Tōhoku earthquake. Notes io9 friend Marcelo Gallegos of this event over at Cinespect: More »
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Going to one of the largest and most dazzling collections devoted to the history and diversity of life on our planet is exciting enough. But going behind closed doors for a private lab tour with brilliant scientists? How about an open bar? Join us backstage at New York's incredible American Museum of Natural History. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5830817&view=rss&microfeed=true If you're going to be at New York Comic-Con this weekend, you can talk to other io9ers about it on our NYCC 2010 page. Post pictures, news items, or suggestions for io9 meetup locations right here. Also, be sure to say hi to io9 staffers who are at the Con this weekend! Meredith Woerner, Cyriaque Lamar, Alasdair Wilkins, and Kelly Faircloth will be there, along with our new intern Chelsea Lo Pinto. More »
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Fantastic Fest in Austin has become the premiere US film festival for genre films. For opening night, they buried people alive. Now they're unleashing dozens of new films, from thrillers to scifi. What are you missing at Fantastic Fest? More »
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Last weekend, hardcore Philip K Dick fans trekked to the high Rocky Mountains for a festival of Dickian dimensions. There were Dick scholars, biker bars, library lectures, Techgnostic side-trips with Erik Davis, and an epic, weekend-long attempt to define reality. More »
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Gen Con Indy is just two days away, and soon downtown Indianapolis will be swarming with over 28,000 gamers. Here's why tabletop gamers, LARPers and scifi fans plan all year for this massive event. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5602982&view=rss&microfeed=true If you're in San Francisco tomorrow night, you won't want to miss the Geek Reading series sponsored by awesome digital liberties nonprofit Electronic Frontier Foundation. Doctorow will be reading from his new novel, For The Win, and all proceeds will benefit EFF. More »
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Shanghai opened its 2010 World Expo to the public for a test run today, and everyone got a better look at the amazing futuristic architecture, much of it made with sustainable materials. Take a virtual tour below. More »
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If you are yearning for some alternate history pomp and glory next weekend, and you're in the San Francisco Bay Area, you'll want to fetch yourself some tickets to the Nova Albion Steampunk Exhibition. More »
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Philadelphia's Trocadero Theater is the oldest operating 19th century theater in the US. Last night, it was invaded by zombies. More »
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The Way Station, a newly opened bar in Brooklyn's Prospect Heights, is billing itself as the world's first steampunk bar and live music venue. But what exactly makes the bar steampunky? More »
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In the New York area and wondering what to do tomorrow night? We humbly recommend Shakedown, a party/circus/artevent in Williamsburg that'll feature burlesque, rock'n'roll and Psychenaut, a mash-up of classic science fiction. Host Paul Pope reveals what it's all about. More »
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If you're in the New York area, come out to meet your fellow io9 readers (and editors) on Thursday, the 12th, from 8-10 PM at The Magician bar. We couldn't have a meetup on Coruscant, so we'll settle for NYC. More »
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This Friday and Saturday, the Hobbits will take over New York's Radio City Music Hall and present The Fellowship of The Ring's score live with the film's video. It's precious. [Radio City LOTR] More »
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This week marks the third annual Arse Elektronika conference, an extravaganza devoted to sex, technology, futurism, and orgasmic robots. If you're in the San Francisco area October 1-4, don't miss the naughty, geeky weirdness. More »
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Last night, xkcd creator Randall Munroe celebrated the release of his first book by answering fan questions about everything from writing about his sex life to explaining his fame to non-geeks to how he keeps his ball pit clean. More »
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Excited that next week's WorldCon in Montreal features such diverse guests as Neil Gaiman and Paul Krugman? And that it celebrates both Canadian and libertarian SF? WorldCon is offering "taster" memberships so you can see if the excitement holds up. More »
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A two week festival celebrating "television's rich and diverse programming and... creative process" would be enough to get our attention to start with... But the first four announced shows to be featured guarantees our love. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5150145&view=rss&microfeed=true MST3K is coming to MIT — well, at least Trace Beaulieu (Crow T. Robot (KTMA season through season 7) and Joel Hodgson (Joel, natch) are going to be appearing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this Saturday from 7 PM to 10 PM and will spend the night "Talking Mystery Science Theater 3000." Don't live in the Massachusetts area? Well, tune in tonight to Rifftrax's live-cast of Mike Nelson (Mike) , Kevin Murphy (Tom Servo) and Bill Corbett (Crow seasons 8 through 10) at 6:00 PM PST. They'll be screening and teasing 1951 short “Self-Conscious Guy” and following up with a live question and answer session. You can submit questions early via Rifftrax, facebookery. [Wired, and Rifftrax] More »
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I love this poster for Ain't It Cool News' annual "Butt Numb-a-Thon" in Austin, where movie nerds gather around the warmth of a movie projector at the legendary Alamo Theater to drink beer and consume cinematic craziness. The butt numbing happens on Dec. 13-14, but Mecha Moses is forever. Click the image to see it in mega size. More »
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If you're in Los Angeles next Wednesday, this could be your chance to meet most of Lost's writers and producers. The team behind the island-castaway show will be at Meltdown Comics and Collectibles, signing collectible Lost Kubrick and BE@RBRICK figurines from MediCom. (A BE@RBRICK figure is just a Kubrick figure that happens to be a bear.) And you'll have a chance to buy an exclusive "Dharma" BE@RBRICK figure. Details, and full event poster, below. More »
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When I lived in Boston, one of the things I lived for (besides Herrell's ice cream) was the chance to see local indie nerd band Honest Bob and the Factory to Dealer Incentives. They bounce out poppy odes to people who park badly, the planet Tatooine, chairs (yes, they have a song about chairs), the Time Cube meme, and their song "Hey" is featured in videogame Guitar Hero. And the guys in Honest Bob have been at it since the 1990s, rocking the geek underground long before Jonathan Coulton sold us all out. Now you have a chance to hear their new single, and see them in New York tomorrow night. More »
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For those of you who will be out here in lovely San Francisco for the fangasm-inducing WonderCon (Feb 22-24), good news awaits. You can while away the afternoon perusing the online schedule, and planning what you'll be doing that weekend. Don't forget to pencil in the io9 meetup for Friday, Feb. 22 from 7-9 PM — location TBA. What's in store? A ton of awesome stuff, including a preview of the new X-Files movie and a chance to meet awesome artist Ben Templesmith. Here's the schedule: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. [WonderCon] More »
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