October 2013 Archives (all archives)

9 attending
6 maybe

November Rain Goat

Inquiring minds want to know if the Metafilter Last Supper picture is hanging on the wall at the Goat still. Why don't we check it out and also have a meet-up? [more inside]
Chicago, IL at Billy Goat Tavern, 6PM by MCMikeNamara - 23 comments

2 attending
1 maybe

3 attending
1 maybe

The lost ghouls meetup. Movie + Drinks + Candy in Fort Greene

I've come to realize I'm not the only aimless Brooklyn mefite when it comes to Halloween this year. Perhaps there are more! This is a hybrid meetup, but that's not an option in the drop-down. Movie + drinks! And candy! [more inside]
New York, NY at BAM Rose Cinemas, 7:30PM by wintrymix - 12 comments

15 attending
12 maybe

Boston mefites, we would love to see you!

gingerbeer and I will be in Boston from November 2nd through the 6th. She's there for a conference, I'm there for a nostalgia tour and just to hang out. We'd love to meet up with you. [more inside]
Boston, MA at Stoddard's, 5:30PM by rtha - 70 comments

7 attending
3 maybe

PDX November Game Day

JS Joust! K2! RoboRally! Card games! Board games! Wii U! Many options! All are welcome! [more inside]
Vancouver, WA at Sibrax's House, 3PM by Sibrax - 32 comments

3 attending
0 maybe

Halloween at our house.

We're having Halloween at our house. They block off the street and people seem to come from all over. Everyone's welcome to come over, hand out candy to the throngs of children, drink beer in the front yard, etc. [more inside]
St. Louis, MO at Our House, 5:30PM by notsnot - 2 comments

1 attending
1 maybe

Fast Five Fresno Fosters

I am touring California visiting every Fosters Freeze. Tomorrow (Sat) I'm road-tripping from SF to Fresno to visit all five in your fine city. [more inside]
Fresno, CA at Cafe Corazon, 12PM by zippy - 6 comments

2 attending
6 maybe

Tampa Bay - Whaddya Say?

This may well be a long shot, but are there enough folks in the Tampa Bay area that a meetup would look like more than just my partner and I hanging out for our usual happy hour? [more inside]

4 attending
1 maybe

Houston Meetup at Lucy's

Howdy! Let's make this meet up happen. Someone proposed Central Market and the date of Tuesday, Oct. 29. Whatever we do, I'd like it to be a variation of the usual. This is my first irl post and it will be my first Houston meetup. [more inside]
Houston, TX at Lucy's Ethiopian Restaurant, 7PM by vincele - 33 comments

4 attending
1 maybe

MetaFilter Lunch at PSU Campus?

Fall term is well underway. Who's up for lunch on or near campus? [more inside]
Portland, OR at Loco Locos, 11:40AM by nickthetourist - 14 comments

7 attending
6 maybe

Manhattan, 11/01. Wanna hang out?

Jenesta and I will be in Manhattan on Friday, November 1, and we'll have a few free hours in the evening. Want to get together for a few drinks?

EDIT: The location has been selected, and it's Perdition in Hell's Kitchen. [more inside]
New York, NY at Perdition, 7PM by Faint of Butt - 12 comments

3 attending
0 maybe

Majestic San Antonio, November 9

Since I am going to be in town for several days for a conference, and since one of the AskMe recommended things to do downtown is go to the Majestic Theatre, I have tickets for the symphony on Saturday, November 9. Would anybody be interested in getting together for dinner downtown around 6-ish? Since y'all know the area and I don't, I'm open to suggestions for your favorite places downtown (I will not have a vehicle).

4 attending
2 maybe

When in Phoenix, meet the mefites!

Hi AZ mefites! As I promised in the last Phoenix meetup thread, I'll be visiting Mr. Nat in Tempe next week. I'd like to meet up with y'all while I'm there. [more inside]
Phoenix, AZ at Angel's Trumpet, 6:30PM by nat - 18 comments

3 attending
4 maybe

Hyperbole and a half in PDX

MeFi favorite Allie Brosh has a new book coming out. She will be at Powell's Books on Burnside November 2. We should make this a thing! Meet in the Green Room off Burnside around 3:30pm and we'll go from there! [more inside]
Portland, OR at Powell's on Burnside, Green Room, 3:30PM by fiercekitten - 12 comments

5 attending
6 maybe

Dim Sum - Manhattan redux edition

Have we not had an NYC dim sum meetup since February 2012?! This shall not stand. Chinatown's The Golden Unicorn has been conducive to good meetups before, but, would people like to try Pacificana in Brooklyn's Chinatown for a change? I went there once with family and thought the dim sum was more varied than Golden Unicorn's, but the wait time for a table can be long. -- EDIT - Manhattan wins this round, for Saturday 11/9 at 11am.
New York, NY at Golden Unicorn, 11AM by oh yeah! - 35 comments

5 attending
6 maybe

Philadelphia (Nearly) Monthly Board Game Meetup

Is it that time again? I think it is - time to schedule another game meetup! [more inside]
Philadelphia, PA at Frankford Hall, 2PM by MikeKn - 20 comments

8 attending
8 maybe

Washington DC is open again!

I'm going to be in DC on Friday November 1 for a meeting (which just got finally confirmed, even though everyone in the department I contract for has been furloughed recently and so it hasn't had any organizers...) and I'll be staying overnight. Wondering if any mefites want to meet up for dinner and/or drinks? I'm staying in Dupont Circle, but happy to head anywhere. Update: we have added a restaurant venue.
Washington, DC at Queen of Sheba, 7PM by gaspode - 32 comments

2 attending
1 maybe

Pizza with a small_ruminant

small_ruminant is in our fine state and so we're going to Cockadoodle Pizza Cafe in Bethel to welcome her. Laid back get together, as always. Hope to see many of you! [more inside]
Bethel, VT at Cockadoodle Pizza Cafe, 6PM by terrapin - 16 comments

2 attending
6 maybe

Variations on a location

Heading back to the Soda Bar. Mainly because I want to go back to the book store across the street. I am willing to listen to suggestions on this one for location. Date is fixed, Wednesday is Secret Science Club.
Brooklyn, NY at Soda Bar, 7PM by Hactar - 6 comments

9 attending
0 maybe

Hipy Papy BirthdayThinga!

Monday is DiscourseMarker's birthday so let's all give her the gift of trivia and meet up for Geeks Who Drink at Tommy Doyle's. (And don't forget the big TaterBration on Saturday 10/26!)
Cambridge, MA at Tommy Doyle's Harvard Square, 7:30PM by Horace Rumpole - 14 comments

4 attending
4 maybe

The Day of the Doctor

Looks like the 50th anniversary of Dr. Who is at 11:50 a.m. on Saturday, November 23 for us on the west coast. This could be an entertaining start to a potluck/game day. Or maybe some soapmaking for holiday gifts. Whatever strikes the fancy of whoever turns up. [more inside]
Portland, OR at Our place, 11:30AM by aniola - 14 comments

0 attending
0 maybe

When in Rome, Meetup as Romans do 20-12 Oct

Trying to organize a quick meetup for 20-21 October! Calling all Mefites in Rome! [more inside]

1 attending
0 maybe

Night at the drive-in

Would anyone be interested in attending the Empire Drive-In this Friday, October 18? I think I'm going to go. [more inside]
New York, NY at Queens Hall of Science, 6PM by mlle valentine - 8 comments

1 attending
3 maybe

Eugene, Oregon at Falling Sky, 6ish, on the 25th

I'm going to be in Eugene for a philosophy conference and I have a couple of free nights that I'd love to spend with any available mefites. I'll have a rental car so I can travel, within reason. Anybody interested in sharing a meal or beverage with a Pennsylvanian mefite?
Eugene, OR at Falling Sky Deli, 6PM by Toekneesan - 22 comments

7 attending
6 maybe

A Book Swap. For swapping books.

What say we have a bookswap-type meet-up? Bring a few good books you're willing to part with, and maybe take some new ones home. Like a clothing swap, but with fewer reasons to undress and, hopefully, no embarrassing stains to explain. [more inside]
Chicago, IL at Tchad's Workroom, 4PM by Cold Lurkey - 51 comments

4 attending
7 maybe

Meetup! Meetup!

Back in Manhattan. [more inside]
New York, NY at The Magician, 7PM by Hactar - 10 comments

1 attending
2 maybe

Honkfest 2013

Hey everybody, my endearingly enthusiastic, deeply amateurish, punk-styled, oldies-playing, brass and junk percussion marching band is playing at Honk! Fest, Boston's festival of activist street bands. [more inside]
Cambridge, MA at Davis Square to Harvard Square, 12PM by gauche - 6 comments

6 attending
20 maybe

Board Room Meetup, November edition

Yeah, November. Because all my weekends are booked until November, which is ridiculous, but anyway...who wants to get a game day in before the holidays? UPDATE: Confirmed for November 10 [more inside]
Washington, DC at The Board Room, 1PM by EvaDestruction - 24 comments

1 attending
0 maybe

Shorts That Are Not Pants: El ataque de los cineastas españoles

A themed programme of Spanish science-fiction short films from Nacho Vigalondo (TIMECRIMES, EXTRATERRESTRIAL), Chema García Ibarra, Alex Pastor (CARRIERS), Alberto Gonzalez Vazquez, and Pablo Larcuen. Robots from space, invisible friends, transformations, space-time anomalies, even the end of the world! Come and join us! [more inside]
Toronto, ON at Carlton Cinemas, 7PM by jmcnally - 0 comments

1 attending
0 maybe

NY EXPORT: OPUS JAZZ

A rare screening of this amazing film, featuring dancers from the New York City Ballet performing Jerome Robbins' 1958 "ballet in sneakers" in actual New York City locations. Won the Audience Award at SXSW Film Festival. FB RSVP page: https://www.facebook.com/events/331341003668507/ [more inside]
Toronto, ON at Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, 9PM by jmcnally - 0 comments

4 attending
2 maybe

Mefi's own Antonio Lulic @ Renaissance Dupont Circle Hotel

One of our own, armoured-ant aka Antonio Lulic, is doing a North American tour and will be in Washington DC on October 16th. The lovely Coldchef suggested it to me which he sadly cannot attend so I was seeing if any Mefites would like to meet up for dinner and/or drinks beforehand and then attend the show which is free. Antonio's bio page is here and you can check out some of his music here.
Washington, DC at Renaissance Dupont Circle Hotel, 7PM by MaryDellamorte - 11 comments

13 attending
11 maybe

California Invades London

Asterix and I will be in London in a couple weeks, and as it happens special-k will also be there. So meetup!! [more inside]

5 attending
0 maybe

Game on

After the rousing and (for some) humiliating success of last month's gaming meet-up, we're doing games at Jeather's place on Sunday, October 20 at 3pm. Memail jeather for details on how to get there. All are welcome!
Montreal, QC at Jeather's place -- memail her for directions, 3PM by vecchio - 18 comments

5 attending
0 maybe

Terror Times Two: Back to the big house

You, me, and every zombie we know: Terror Behind The Walls @ ESP! [more inside]
Philadelphia, PA at Eastern State Penitentiary, 8PM by Diskeater - 7 comments

3 attending
2 maybe

♫ Science Fiction (ooh ooh ooh) Double Feature ♫

This has nothing to do with Rocky Horror, BUT it does have science fiction and double feature goodness. [more inside]
Jersey City, NJ at Landmark Loew's, 6:15PM by wintrymix - 6 comments

2 attending
0 maybe

Dallas? Hell yes!

I am flying into DFW for business, and have roughly 4ish hours to burn before moseying on to my final destination... [more inside]
Dallas, TX at The Meddlesome Moth, 12:30PM by Fig - 13 comments

3 attending
0 maybe

Like MST3K? Watch me watch Atlas Shrugged!

In the style of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and RiffTrax, comedian Matt Filipowicz and I will spend one memorable evening performing Atlas Riffed, a live, second-by-second running commentary on the notoriously awful film adaptation of Ayn Rand's libertarian screed: Atlas Shrugged: Part One. We're going to make one of the worst films ever made actually fun to watch and slowly but surely advance our covert crypto-communist agenda on an unsuspecting public - and I want you to be there. [more inside]

3 attending
2 maybe

Metafilter Against Humanity!

Hi all, I was wondering if people would be up for going to Improv Against Humanity at the Rio this month. [more inside]
Vancouver, BC at St Augustine/Rio, 8PM by prufrock - 13 comments

6 attending
6 maybe

Meetup!

Brooklyn meetup - who's in? Zombie Hut, Thursday October 10th. Yes? Yes!
Brooklyn, NY at Zombie Hut, 6PM by mosessis - 8 comments