Jun 03 2026
“LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight” Takes the Caped Crusader to New Heights
While Traveller’s Tales may have built its LEGO games on the backbone of Star Wars, its LEGO Batman series is arguably just as large. Across three mainline games and a villain-based spin-off, the studio has taken players on a wonderful journey through the DC Universe, with each game bigger than…
May 31 2026
This Week in Geek (6/1/2026–6/7/2026)
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Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, June 1, to Sunday, June 7.
Although inclusion in This Week in Geek is not an official endorsement of any event or organizer, we do our best to feature…
May 30 2026
A Sci-Fi Bar Crawl Through “Mass Effect: The Official Cocktail Book”
The Mass Effect video games are some of my favorite sci-fi content and one of my partner’s favorite video game series (we named our cat Tali!), so when we learned about Mass Effect: The Official Cocktail Book, we were pretty excited. There are a number of bars in the games that serve as backdrops…
May 29 2026
“The Hobbit” at Theatre in the Round Understands the Heart of LARPing
Greg Banks’s adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit is not quite a straight book-to-stage translation. The story is told through a framing device: that of a group of survivors 30 years in the future, following an apocalyptic event (the exact nature of which remains vague). When the actors scheduled…
May 28 2026
Keke Palmer Shines Bright in the Fresh, Reality-Bending “I Love Boosters”
American rapper and filmmaker Boots Riley‘s 2018 dark comedy Sorry to Bother You felt very original, with a hypersurreal world and hints of science fiction supporting the overall comedic tone. I Love Boosters, Riley’s second film, continues to expand and evolve his surrealist style of filmmaking.…
May 28 2026
Spit Takes and Whiplass Records Bring the Twin Cities Queer Punk Noise
Local punk group Spit Takes have been propelling themselves across the Twin Cities and beyond since 2023. Band members VansAnn/Vanessa McKinney (vocals), Monet Wong (guitar), Angie Reed (bass), and Charles Gehr (drums) all have extensive roots in the local music scene and enough experience to…
May 24 2026
This Week in Geek (5/25/2026–5/31/2026)
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Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, May 25, to Sunday, May 31.
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May 22 2026
Enter to Win a “Masters of the Universe” Prize Pack!
Masters of the Universe is coming to theaters on June 5, 2026, and you could see it for free with your family or friends! We’re giving away 2 prize packs that each include:4 reserved seats at an advance screening of Masters of the Universe at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, June 1, at the Marcus West End…
May 19 2026
TigerLion Arts’ “Big World” Showcases Circus Arts and More at Theodore Wirth Park
At Minneapolis’s historic Theodore Wirth Pavilion on May 8, 9, and 10 only, Big World, a circus-based “walking play” by TigerLion Arts, set out to teach about love and togetherness. The show begins with five “experts,” all scientists from around Europe studying the power of love,…
May 17 2026
Win Free Tickets to the Minneapolis Stop of North America’s Longest-Running Heavy Metal Tour!
The Decibel Magazine Tour is bringing a night of heavy-metal mayhem to the Fine Line in Minneapolis on May 22, 2026—and you could be there! Just enter our giveaway by noon Central time on May 20, 2026, for the chance to win 2 tickets to the show.
The Decibel Magazine Tour—the longest-running heavy…