MeFi IRL

I will be speaking at the Berkeley Public Library about my bicycle adventures and my book, Fat Tire Flyer: Repack and the Birth of Mountain Biking. [more inside]

Welcome back to: Star Trek Happy Hour, continuing with "The Nth Degree", and featuring the return of Barclay, Albert Einstein and advanced civilizations! [more inside]

Episode XCVI (or so) THE SAME OLD GOAT It was a dark time for the Cabal* . Although the Trump Tower can be ignored, continued media coverage of the election has driven the rebels underground to a place with no fries but some Wheel of Fortune with any luck... [more inside]

There's a cool lecture this Wednesday, 6:30, at the Phoenix art museum (which is free after 5:30, and also open until 9!). Let's go and then just look around the museum afterwards +/- a drink afterwards.

Let's make this a regular thing! [more inside]

Come to the gardens in Yonkers where I work and have a potluck picnic. As an outside event that depends heavily on weather, the date for this event could easily change. So definitely check here before heading out the door! [more inside]

The last card-game meetup went well, so let's have another one. Let's meet at the library next Sunday, May 1st, at 1:00. That time and venue are flexible: If people would prefer a different time or place, I'll change it.

Self-explanatory. This is walking distance from my house, so if no one shows up I'm going either way. They serve alcohol if that makes a difference to you. I picked the day with the best weather but I'm fine with Tues or Thurs too. [more inside]

Barbeque, Bernie Williams, and metafilter: let's meet at the pedestrian plaza next to the Flatiron Building opposite Madison Square Park at 2PM, and then head to the Big Apple Barbecue Festival. I'm not able to make it to this anymore, but if anyone ends up going, have fun! [more inside]

Welcome back to: Star Trek Happy Hour, continuing with "Identity Crisis", and featuring another Geordie adjacent person, psychological thrills and of course, alien parasites! [more inside]

Hey guys, I'm aware there just was a meetup last month, but was wondering if anyone wants another now in April? [more inside]

In our apparently never ending quest to find the perfect trivia venue, let's try out McCabe's on Mass this week for Geeks Who Drink trivia. NOTE NEW DAY: Tuesday, 7:30pm, trivia starts at 8. Also - McCabe's takes reservations! [more inside]

Interested in good conversation? Exploring ideas? Reading the odd article to jumpstart a thoughtful exchange? Then join us for the next Salon—now in Brooklyn—on Monday, April 25, 2016. [more inside]

I know there are a bunch of expectant MeFi parents in the DC area (and maybe some recent parents?) so I thought it would be nice if we could have a meetup to keep ourselves sane(ish) and get a chance to check in with other intelligent, thoughtful adults going through the same thing. Everyone who wants to come is welcome, just know that the conversation might center around, like, babies and whatnot. I expect this to be this Saturday afternoon, April 16th. [more inside]

They're holding--due to high demand and a sell-out of the first one on April 1st--a second All Ladies Craft Beer Festival. But this time in downtown TO and during the day! [more inside]

Does anyone in the Boston area want to meet up and play cards? I'm open to any games less complicated than Bridge and more interesting than War. I don't know any great venues for card-playing off the top of head, but I'm sure we can think of something. Even if you don't know any games yourself, you're welcome to come: For my part, I'll bring one of those big books of card games. EDIT: Let's meet at the Cambridge Public Library at 1:00 this Sunday, April 17th! If not enough people can make that time, date, or place, then all of those things are flexible.

After reading not_on_display's genius post about the Museum of Jurassic Technology, I realized it's been too long since I've been. Time for a meetup! [more inside]

I'll be landing in Sydney on the morning of Sunday April 24th, and was wondering if folks would be up for drinks / food / keeping me awake until 10pm to fight off jetlag.

I'm staying near Wynyard station and I've been following the BS around the lock out laws, so really have no idea what would be a place worth meeting up at.

So captivepredator and I were talking about a pre-meetup meetup on Saturday before the Writers with Drinks event. If you can't go to WwD or if you just want EVEN MORE Mefite time, come hang out with us at Borderlands. (It's just a few blocks away from the main meetup!) [more inside]

Welcome back to: Star Trek Happy Hour, continuing with "Galaxy's Child", and featuring Geordi's holodeck crush and yet another mysterious energy draining alien! [more inside]

I've been spending some time recently at a new co-working and event space called The Outpost, a permanent offshoot of the XOXO Fest that been running in town the last few years. And we're having a big launch party for the space this Saturday starting at 7 p.m., and y'all should come on out! [more inside]

We have retreated like the gathering wave: next week let us fall on our foes and smother them in foamy facts.

The Mountain Goats will be performing in Buffalo this Wednesday. I'll be there and wonder if any other MeFites will be. [more inside]

"The Science Fiction genre is known for tackling important social issues and examining the human condition, as well as things exploding or being on fire. Alex DeCampi (Smoke, Grindhouse), Adam Rakunas (Windswept), Margaret Trauth (Decrypting Rita), Douglas Wolk (Judge Dredd: Mega City 2) and Arthur Wyatt (2000AD) take a look at the tropes and themes of modern SF and the intersection of flashy eye-candy and deeper meaning." That's right - an ECCC panel with not one, not two, but three Mefites! If you are at ECCC, swing on by!

Much like winter, this week Geeks Who Drink trivia is back at The Pub. Get out your coats and meet us at 8pm on Wednesday. Brr.