MeFi IRL

Meet up to see Rocky Horror [more inside]

Can I tempt you out for snacks or dinner and beers? I'll be in Tokyo for a textile/fiber arts conference July 2, 3, and back again July 9 and would love to meet some of you in the evening(s). I now can only meet tomorrow July 3 instead of July 9. I will go to Kanda Craft Beer Market with MeFi loot for 6pm and hope that some of you can attend. [more inside]

Man, it's hot. Next week may not be so hot. But next week will be First Wednesday. Join us at the Original Billy Goat Tavern (Lower level Michigan Avenue), after work, for beers and stuff. Then join us after the Goat for karaoke and stuff at Live Wire Lounge (3394 N Milwaukee Ave). [more inside]

So yeah I'm reading from the Nasty! anthology at Wooden Shoe books. Nasty! is a collection of essays by women about women in Trump's America.

Back in 2018 I was on a very famous trivia team
They won every two weeks, it was just like a dream
They're called the Taters, and they are Geeks Who Drink
Come out to Phoenix Landing, if you like to think
And you're more Tater than a Mefite
Or you're more Mefite than a Tater

Since FOSTA-SESTA passed, sex workers have been getting killed. There's a rally and march on June 2nd in downtown Oakland to protest this. [more inside]

Let's meet the week of Memorial Day for a brief planning session to talk with our legislators about ICE abuse and the need to protect immigrants. [more inside]

Meet author/editor SAUNDRA MITCHELL as she shares her amazing anthology All Out. [more inside]

Last minute fun at Can Can Wonderland, because surely not everyone is headed up to the cabin this weekend. [more inside]

I've over in Dublin until July 1st, and wondering if any Mefites would like to meet up? We can either drink to forget or to celebrate whatever the result of the referendum is. ETA: Sorry: a range of family crises meant that I dropped the ball on this one. But if anyone wanted to meet on the 26th in the late afternoon/evening that would work for me. [more inside]

Memorial Day weekend! Nice weather! A dog! I will be heading to Middlesex fells in the late morning Saturday to take my dog-sitting ward out for a 3-4 mile stroll. All two legged friends are welcome. [more inside]

After a schedule bobble in May, we're back to the 2nd Sunday of the month. As ever: this is not just for knitting; any portable craft welcome. [more inside]

Energetic social dancing, not particularly dress-up, beginners very welcome -- the lesson at 7:20-8 only assumes you can walk, and count to six -- we dance with each other so you don't need to come with a partner. [more inside]

The Millennium Park Summer Film Series is showing movies (again) at the Pritzker Pavilion - bring a cheese plate or a bottle of something, a blanket to sit on, and be prepared to be EMOTIONALLY DESTROYED, courtesy Pixar. [more inside]

Join us for a special Gay Pride Month event as we welcome Saundra Mitchell, editor of All Out: The No-Longer Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages. Let's show some support for one of our own!

The Washington Metropolitan Gamer Symphony Orchestra is presenting their 5th Anniversary orchestral concert for their Spring 2018 season, at the Montgomery County Cultural Arts Center in Silver Spring, MD, on Saturday May 19th at 4 pm. [more inside]

Nystekt Strömming, which is the number 1 item on Time's list of things to do in Stockholm, used to be at Slussen but no longer. The herring wagon has relocated to Kornhamnstorg, in Gamla Stan, and is open until 9 pm. So let us meet there to enjoy a Swedish landmark serving working class food. If herring isn't your bag, feel free to show up with take out and/or friends or family. [more inside]

DiscourseMarker is away, but the Taters will still play. Join me at Geeks Who Drink this Wednesday at Phoenix Landing.

Mefi's own headspace is going to be at Porter Square Books in Boston on June 11th at 7 PM [more inside]

Helen and I are, uncharacteristically, in town this week. Who among you hoopy froods would like to come and answer 40 hard questions as best we can?

Hey FOODIES, does the hype about Compass Rose's khachapuri make you wonder what kind of culinary wonderland could have produced such a marvel? Do you want to chow down on dumplings all day and all night? Do you work in downtown DC or can you easily get there on a weeknight? Then you are in luck! We are going to Supra for Georgian food (the country, not the state) next Tuesday and hope to see you there. [more inside]