Artwork by Cori Coggins
We are about to overwhelm you with all of the things you didn’t know you wanted to do in the next four and half weeks. Cleveland is an ever growing body of geeks and geeky events, so let us highlight SEVERAL of them. Check the links to find exact times and locations. **Double asterisks before an event denotes a GeekCLE event, which gives it maybe a little bit more importance.
Monday 9/1 – Sunday 9/7
Monday
**CANCELLED – GeekCLE Trivia Night – This week of Trivia is cancelled for the holiday. A labor-less Labor Day, huzzah.
Mario Mondays at Side Quest – Play video games and drink beers at the newly opened Side Quest in Lakewood. 10 setups of retro gaming speed runs, fighting-game alley, and four-player classics.
Wednesday
Warp Wednesdays at B Side – This free video game get-together by Games Done Legit will provide you with any game you want to play. Enjoy wireless console gaming or enter in the weekly Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament.
Friday
Walk All Over Waterloo – Explore The Waterloo Arts District and enjoy drinks, check out the galleries and boutiques, and see live music. Your main stop on this walk should be at Star Pop Vintage + Modern..
Movie: The Lego Movie – CWRU Film Society presents the Lego Movie.
Saturday
Excuse To Code – The Cleveland Game Developers Meet Up – This Cleveland Game Developers’ casual meetup event gives members time & space to work on or share their projects away from distractions.
CSI/CLUE Robotics Challenge 2015 Kick Off – The Northeast Ohio Professional Chapter Association of Computing and Machining are working with the Youngstown and Akron IEEE Chapters to make contributions to the development of next generation multi-robotics systems. The challenge is to build and program teams of 3 to 5 robots that will address the need to make assessments and analysis in environments that are either hazardous or not accommodating to human presence.
Movie: Purple Rain – Cedar Lee Theater presents Purple Rain.
Movie: The Rocky Horror Picture Show – Cedar Lee Theater presents this movie. Bring your sense of humor. Preshow presented by SIMPLY HIS SERVANTS.
Sunday
The Sky Tonight Planetarium Show – The Geauga Park District invites you to a planetarium presentation on what to watch for each week.
**GeekCLE Steam Play Date | Left 4 Dead 2 – We have created the official GeekCLE Steam Group so that we can all get together and wreck shop. This time we will be playing Left 4 Dead 2.
Monday 9/8 – Sunday 9/14
Monday
Science Cafe Cleveland | “The Evidence for Big Bang Inflation” – The Great Lakes Brewing Company hosts this Science Cafe Cleveland event. The topic this month is “The Evidence for Big Bang Inflation” presented by John Ruhl, Professor, Department of Physics, CWRU.
POP! The Comic Culture Club – Cleveland Chapter Meeting – Open to everyone who is interested in a friendly discussion of comics, movies, TV shows, and other related culture. Topic for this meeting will be “Justice League” DC’s premiere super team!
Mario Mondays at Side Quest – Play video games and drink beers at the Side Quest. 10 setups of retro gaming speed runs, fighting-game alley, and four-player classics.
**GeekCLE Trivia Night – We will be giving out prizes to geeks that know the answers to increasingly nerdy questions. You can expect movie and sound clips, weird banter, and sitcom moments. Bring nerdy friends for best results.
Wednesday
**GeekCLE Game Night at Ground Zero Comics – Table top gamers who have been waiting to get enough players together for that game you bought yourself months ago or those who want to hangout and learn a new one, check out GeekCLE Game Nights at Ground Zero Comics. Tables are open for free play.
Warp Wednesdays at B Side – Enjoy wireless console gaming or enter in the weekly Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament.
Friday
Movie: District 9 – CWRU Film Society presents the District 9.
Saturday
Movie: The Room – Cedar Lee Theater presents A black comedy about love, passion, betrayal and lies.
Sunday
The Sky Tonight Planetarium Show – The Geauga Park District invites you to a planetarium presentation on what to watch for each week.
Monday 9/15 – Sunday 9/21
Monday
Mario Mondays at Side Quest – Play video games and drink beers at the Side Quest. 10 setups of retro gaming speed runs, fighting-game alley, and four-player classics.
**GeekCLE Trivia Night – We will be giving out prizes to geeks that know the answers to increasingly nerdy questions. You can expect movie and sound clips, weird banter, and sitcom moments. Bring nerdy friends for best results.
Cleveland Pinball League – Head over to Happy Dog for the first night of this 8 week tournament. This league is for all skill levels and offers weekly prizes.
Tuesday
Cleveland Pinball League – The Euclid Tavern hosts Tuesdays of this 8 week tournament. This league is for all skill levels and offers weekly prizes.
Wednesday
Think & Drink with the Extinct – Visit the dinosaurs for some mid-week Museum after hours with light hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. Enjoy the observatory on a clear night or see the stars during a show in the Shafran Planetarium. This month’s theme is “Animals You Love to Hate,” and will be featuring all sorts of creepy, crawly, wiggly and otherwise unsettling animals and specimens.
Cleveland Pinball League – Wednesdays at the B Side Liquor Lounge are the place for this 8 week tournament. This league is for all skill levels and offers weekly prizes.
Warp Wednesdays at B Side – Enjoy wireless console gaming or enter in the weekly Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament.
Movie: Back to the Future – Capitol Theater presents Back to the Future
Thursday
**GeekCLE Craft Event | Upcycle Parts Shop – Come and explore all the raw materials available at Upcycle Parts Shop with your friendly neighborhood nerds . Use thing-a-ma-jigs and whos-a-ma-whats-its to create something shiny and new. BYOB!
Akron Art Museum Art Talk: Derf – Local writer-artist Derf will be giving a talk about his work at the Akron Museum of Art.
Friday
Third Fridays at 78th Street Studios – It’s the third Friday of the month which means the 78th Street Studios are open to the public for free. What makes that even better is Superelectric Pinball Parlor will be open from 5 – 11p allowing you to check out all their pinball machines! For free!
Movie: The Abyss – The CWRU Film Society presents The Abyss.
Saturday
Youth Challenge Superhero Dash – Hundreds of participants will be dressing as their favorite Superheroes at Lakewood Park and helping raise money for children with physical disabilities.
Movie: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – The CWRU Film Society presents Star Trek: The Voyage Home
Movie: The Alan Cox Show Listener’s Choice – Capitol Theater presents the listeners choice of one of these classic films as part of the Melt Bar & Grilled Late Shift: Barbarella, Bullitt, Re-Animator, Scanners or They Live. Tune into the Alan Cox Show on WMMS 100.7 to find out more information.
Sunday
The Sky Tonight Planetarium Show – The Geauga Park District invites you to a planetarium presentation on what to watch for each week.
Monday 9/22 – Sunday 9/28
Monday
POP! The Comic Culture Club – Cleveland Chapter Meeting – Open to everyone who is interested in a friendly discussion of comics, movies, TV shows, and other related culture. Topic for this meeting will be “Avengers”.
Mario Mondays at Side Quest – Play video games and drink beers at the Side Quest. 10 setups of retro gaming speed runs, fighting-game alley, and four-player classics.
**GeekCLE Trivia Night – We will be giving out prizes to geeks that know the answers to increasingly nerdy questions. You can expect movie and sound clips, weird banter, and sitcom moments. Bring nerdy friends for best results.
Cleveland Pinball League – Head over to Happy Dog for the first night of this 8 week tournament. This league is for all skill levels and offers weekly prizes.
Tuesday
Life, The Universe & Hot Dogs – This free monthly series of talks given by the Institute for the Science of Origins at Happy Dog, covers everything from the origin of life, the universe and a whole bunch of other cool stuff.
Cleveland Pinball League – The Euclid Tavern hosts Tuesdays of this 8 week tournament. This league is for all skill levels and offers weekly prizes.
Wednesday
Cleveland Pinball League – Wednesdays at the B Side Liquor Lounge are the place for this 8 week tournament. This league is for all skill levels and offers weekly prizes.
Warp Wednesdays at B Side – Enjoy wireless console gaming on B Side’s HDTVs, or enter in the weekly Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament.
Friday
Ingenuity Cleveland 2014 – The 10th annual Ingenuity Fest is here! Art meets technology meets awesome right here in Cleveland.
Movie: Spirited Away – Apollo Theater presents Spirited Away.
Saturday
**GeekCLE Presents: Nerdist Podcast Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction @ The Accidental Comedy Fest – GeekCLE presents a LIVE taping of The Nerdist Podcast Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction for the 2014 Accidental Comedy Fest.
Ingenuity Cleveland 2014 – The 10th annual Ingenuity Fest is here! Art meets technology meets awesome right here in Cleveland.
Lakeland Videogame Expo – This gaming event will have dozens of gaming setups, retro- and fighting-game events and challenges, along with a region-wide Smash Bros. Melee tournament, and quality stream broadcasts. You can try not-yet-released games from Cleveland indie developers and celebrate video gaming through apparel and art for sale.
Movie: Captain America – The Winter Soldier – Playhouse Square presents this outdoor screening of Captain America The Winter Soldier at the US Bank Plaza.
Sunday
The Sky Tonight Planetarium Show – The Geauga Park District invites you to a planetarium presentation on what to watch for each week.
Ingenuity Cleveland 2014 – The 10th annual Ingenuity Fest is here! Art meets technology meets awesome right here in Cleveland.
**GeekCLE Book Club | House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski – Join the GeekCLE Book Club for a discussion of House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski.
Monday 9/29 – Tueday 9/30
Monday
Mario Mondays at Side Quest – Play video games and drink beers at the Side Quest in Lakewood. 10 setups of retro gaming speed runs, fighting-game alley, and four-player classics.
**GeekCLE Trivia Night – We will be giving out prizes to geeks that know the answers to increasingly nerdy questions. You can expect movie and sound clips, weird banter, and sitcom moments. Bring nerdy friends for best results.
Cleveland Pinball League – Head over to Happy Dog for the first night of this 8 week tournament. This league is for all skill levels and offers weekly prizes.
Tuesday
Cleveland Pinball League – The Euclid Tavern hosts Tuesdays of this 8 week tournament. This league is for all skill levels and offers weekly prizes.
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