This Week in Geekery September 15th-21st
So TIFF is done, but never fear there’s the Chi Reading Series, creator meet-ups, the Joe Shuster comic book awards and the Dames Making Games panel on working in geekery!
Wednesday September 17th
From the (very) small screen to your local pub – meet Web Series Creators
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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Listen to authors (and original music) while drinking beer!
8pm- 11 Chiaroscuro Reading Series PWYC
The Round – 152 Augusta (upstairs just north of Dundas, 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
A hero for our city – but who’s the villain?
7-9 Launch & 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
How to get paid for your geeking! (Mostly hard work and timing)
NEW TIME 2-4 Dames Making Games Talks: Gigs and Careers in Fandom and Geek Culture Free
Bento Miso Collaborative Workspace – 862 Richmond Street West
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
This is the tenth year for the Canadian national and bilingual awards recognizing outstanding achievement in the creation of comic books, graphic novels, and webcomics.
September 21st
Stop the cars – we’ve got books! (and authors and publishers and booksellers and more!)
11-6 pm Word on the Street Free
Queen’s Park Circle (College to Bloor)
Books and Magazines and authors and publishers and talks and signings and so much more!
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11- 4pm Toronto Comics Show $5
Leaside Arena – 1073 Millwood Road
Guest artists – Adrian Alphona (Marvel’s Ms. Marvel and Runaways) and collection of silver age comics.
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Upcoming Events
September 24th
9 pm Bodies without Borders: Body Horror as Political Resistance $15
The Royal Cinema – 608 College St. Toronto
Explore the shifting relationship between the mutilated body as symbolic, as performative, and as an actual confrontation with the body as Other.
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September 27th
1-5pm Toronto Steampunk Society Game Day
Finn MacCool’s – 181 University Avenue
Join fellow Steampunkers (in full regalia or just a fascinator) for table top games.
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5:30 to 8 Dr. Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog $5
Firkin on King
Join the Toronto Browncoats for pub grub, adult beverages and DR. HORRIBLE (singing encouraged) Purchase Tickets in advance to guarantee yourself a seat.
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7pm-9pm Diversity in SF/F Roundtable Free
Lillian H. Smith Library 293 College Street
One of the Friends of the Merril ongoing discussions/panels on the state of Speculative Fiction /Fantasy today.
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7pm- Doctor Who Society (Tabletop) Games Night (table fees charged)
Castle Board Game Cafe – 454 Spadina Avenue
Miss the Steampunk games? Why not join fans of the Doctor?
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Sunday September 28th
7 pm The Epic Nerd Show (doors 6:40) $15
The Comedy Bar – 945 Bloor Street
Geeky Comedy with : Nile Seguin (2011 & 2013 Just For Laughs Festival), Bobby Knauff (2012 Toronto Comedy Brawl Champion), Dave Atkinson (2012 Toronto Comedy Brawl Finalist), Mark Little (Picnicface, Mr D, Just For Laughs Homegrown Champ), Luke Gordon Field (Managing Editor of The Beaverton), and a couple special guests we can’t mention here.
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Monday September 29th
7 pm The Doubleclicks PWYC
Silver Snail 329 Yonge Street
Sister duo with songs about dinosaurs, dinosaurs, grammar, gaming, and not singing Freebird are back in Toronto for one night only! I loved their first show so much that I backed their kickstarter!
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Did I miss any geekery? Let me know in the comments or through e-mail.
