This Week in Geekery September 8th – 14th
It’s September, which in Toronto means TIFF – but there’s also the Toronto Indie Film Festival at the Carleton, and then there’s the usual monthly suspects for geekery! As always, if you have a geeky event you’d like to add to the calendar, let us know below, or send me an e-mail!
September 9th
7-10:30 WOO HOO! Classic Simpsons Trivia
Cadillac Lounge
Grab your friends to form teams of up to six people to test your knowledge of all things Springfield!
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September 10th
8-9:30 Holodeck Follies $8
Social Capital Theatre 154 Danforth (Just east of Broadview upstairs of Black Swan)
A variety show with long form improv based on Star Trek.
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September 11th
9 pm Mullet’s Night Show $10
The Social Capital Theatre 154 Danforth (above the Black Swan)
Toronto’s Zombie Clown holds his monthly (not so)late night talk show, this time featuring a clown, a musician, and William the dancing intern. More details on the FB page.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
September 13th
2pm – Reading by award winning Young Adult Author Cheryl Rainfield
Chapters Scarborough (20 William Kitchen Store Road)
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7-9 Epic Nerd Show $15
Comedy Bar 945 Bloor Street West (just west of Ossington)
Geeky Comedians let their nerd flag fly!
September 17th
8pm -?? Toronto Web Series Creator Meet up (Free)
Shoeless Joe’s Spadina – 720 Spadina Avenue (between Bloor and Harbord)
Interested in being in a webseries, or finding out how to make your own? Speak to locals who’ve manage to see their ideas on screen.
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8pm- 11 Chiaroscuro Reading Series PWYC
The Round 152 Augusta (upstairs north of Dundas, just west of Spadina)
This month the four authors are Lisa de Nicolits, Kat Kruger, Francine Lewis, and Robin Richardson.
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Friday September 19th
7-9 Launch and Signing of Pitiful Human Lizard issue #2
Silver Snail Comics 329 Yonge Street
Celebrate Toronto’s latest homegrown hero!
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Saturday September 20th
6:30-9:30 Dames Making Games Talks: Gigs and Careers in Fandom and Geek Culture Free (pre-register)
Bento Miso Collaborative Workspace 862 Richmond Street West Richmond and Strachan, just west of Bathurst.
Five women currently working in geekery including Diana McCallum (internet comedian) Hope Nicholson (documentarian and publisher) Soha Kareem (games creator and reviewer) Sam Maggs (geek journalist) and Stephanie Cook (geeky events organizer) – learn what they’re doing and how they got there and what they see the future of this growing area is.
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8:00 2014 Joe Shuster Awards (by donation)
The Backspace (by Comic Book Lounge & Gallery ) 587A College Street (near Clinton)
The tenth year anniversary of the Canadian national and bilingual awards recognising outstanding achievement in the creation of comic books, graphic novels, and webcomics.
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September 21st
11-6pm Word on the Street Bookfair
All of Queen’s Park Circle
There will be talks, and Q&As, and lots and lots of printed material!
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