MeFi IRL

Harrisburg Art Museum in the East End is having a series of mural art and graffiti battles and it seems like a funky place to have a Houston MeFi outing (weather permitting.) Maybe go for a drink at East End Hardware or Truck Yard afterward. I propose we go to the August 24th date (mainly because I can't make August 10th)

We've been traveling around the world working to meet MeFites wherever we go. Anyone want to play some games with us this Monday and tell us the things we must not miss while we're here? [more inside]

The Know Show: Rise of the Machines. Toronto's only SCIENCE-themed comedy variety show, The Know Show, will be featuring a special guest this month—grouse! Jenna LeBlanc and Maddox Campbell host an evening of science-based sketch comedy, an interview with me, and improv somehow based on the interview with me. I don't really understand how it works but I'm excited to find out! Hope you can join.

Labor Day Weekend is fast approaching in Atlanta which means time again for Nerdi Gras, or as it's more properly known, DragonCon! A general "everything" fandom convention run mainly on volunteer labor, in contrast to conventions that are driven by the marketing departments of major mass media outlets, it's 5 days of fun spread across several city-block sized convention hotels. Going by past year's IRL posts, there's usually roughly a dozen or so MeFites on average who on any given year. That's out of a crowd of 80,000+ attendees, so chances are we'll never run into each other. But the central host hotel also was once The Capitol District's Tribute Training Center a few years ago, so May The Odds Be Ever In Your Favor. [more inside]

UPDATE: We have a date [August 31, 2019], a time [10 AM Mountain time] and a place [Milly's, 7308 Jefferson St NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109]
It's been waaaaaay too long. Let's belatedly celebrate MetaFilter's 20th, or any other reason to hang out. [more inside]

Let's meet at Hubbard Park's beer garden. In case of poor weather, we'll meet at Company Brewing

International food fans of DC rejoice, we're back for August and heading to Mama Chang, the newest spot in the Peter Chang empire, for family-style Chinese dining in Fairfax. [more inside]

Time to plan another trivia event! [more inside]