August 2014 Archives (all archives)
3 attending
6 maybe
Meetup: Return of the Weekly Meetup
All you New Yorkers know how this works. We meet at the bar we drink and surf on our phones. Changed the location to the Old Town Bar
7 attending
12 maybe
Meetup: John Scalzi reads at Borderlands
Let's go see mefi's own jscalzi read from his new novel, Lock In, at San Francisco's terrific Borderlands Books. [more inside]
11 attending
2 maybe
12 attending
6 maybe
Meetup: Dim Sum in NYC.
Let's get dim sum at Pacificana on Sunday, October 12th. [more inside]
4 attending
5 maybe
Meetup: Charm City Meetup
Nothing fancy, just meeting up with people from the internet over some drinks in Baltimore. [more inside]
2 attending
2 maybe
Meetup: MILWAUKEE MEETUP
Fellow MKEers, let's get together and rejoice! With summer winding down, it seems like an ideal time to get together and do something fun!
EDIT: We'll be meeting at Nessun Dorma (2778 N Weil St.) on September 5th at 7pm. See you there! [more inside]
3 attending
1 maybe
Meetup: Star Trek: TNG Happy Hour, Round 6!
Boldly continuing with Star Trek: TNG episode showings at the Black Cat on Fridays! This week's episode, "The Battle" features a re-appearance of the Ferengi, those mischievous scamps. [more inside]
0 attending
0 maybe
Proposed: Meetup for MeFites with Mini Mefites?
I've been really out of the MetaFilter loop and would like to fall back in again.
There must be some MeFites still here in Philly and I would love to hang out with them.
My wife and I have a rambunctious almost 3 year old and it would be nice to bring him along too, so ideally a place that is kid-friendly would be great. [more inside]
1 attending
0 maybe
Meetup: San Antonio! Join me at Vegeria!
Hey San Antonio! I will be visiting your fair city briefly in September, and I am going to eat at Vegeria on the evening of Wednesday, September 10, at about 7pm. I would love to have the pleasure of your company.
3 attending
8 maybe
Meetup: Monthly Brooklyn Board Game Meetup (September)
Our September meetup will be Saturday the 20th. We'll start at 2pm. Bring your games, snacks and/or drinks. [more inside]
2 attending
0 maybe
Performance: Reading Music: East of Eden, at the Albany Public Library
Local musicians will perform original songs inspired by John Steinbeck's classic novel, East of Eden at the Albany Public Library. Capital District MeFites, come on out for a great night of music and literature. [more inside]
7 attending
10 maybe
Meetup: Boston
I am in Boston for a conference from the 23rd to the 25th of October, dates in town from the 22nd to the 26th or so. The conference is at Harvard Div. Pint?
EDIT: John Harvard, 8:30, Friday.
3 attending
7 maybe
Meetup: Mr. Z returns to Chicago (for a bit!)
Hey guys, it looks like I'm going to be stationed in Chicago a bit for work, likely for most of October. So I guess where do I apply for temporary Cabal membership?
Updated: I have a location and a date for when I will be out there, Oct 5th I land, was thinking 7pm near my where I will be staying in the Logan Square/Wicker Parkish area. [more inside]
Updated: I have a location and a date for when I will be out there, Oct 5th I land, was thinking 7pm near my where I will be staying in the Logan Square/Wicker Parkish area. [more inside]
0 attending
0 maybe
Meetup: Atrazine's (Kinda surprise) Birthday
Let's all meet up today and have impromptu pints to celebrate Atrazine's birthday.
2 attending
1 maybe
Meetup: Happy Hour at The Mix in downtown Tacoma
Update: First weekly Tacoma meetup will be Wednesday, September 3, at 5:30pm at The Mix. [more inside]
3 attending
4 maybe
Proposed: (Grand Central Market) Game Nights
Food! Drink! Games! Friends! Food and drink and games and friends at the same time! [more inside]
6 attending
13 maybe
Meetup: DC summer board and card games meetup
I'm not saying you should wear your straw boater after Labor Day, but I am saying that summer doesn't actually end until autumn starts, so we've still got a few weeks to squeeze in a summer gaming meetup. [more inside]
5 attending
3 maybe
Meetup: Monthly Brooklyn Board Game Meetup (August)
Our August meetup will be SUNDAY the 24th. We'll start at 2pm. Bring your games, snacks and/or drinks. [more inside]
2 attending
4 maybe
Meetup: New York
I am going to be in New York. Does anybody want to New York with me. Thanks New York.
edit: FRIDAY AUGUST 22ND edit2: KEG AND LANTERN IN GREENPOINT, 6pm [more inside]
3 attending
0 maybe
Etc: Electromagnetic Field 2014
EMF2014 is happening August 29-31st in Bletchley, England. "Electromagnetic Field is a UK camping festival for those with an inquisitive mind or an interest in making things: hackers, artists, geeks, crafters, scientists, and engineers." [more inside]
1 attending
1 maybe
Meetup: Star Trek: TNG Happy Hour, Round 5!
Boldly continuing with Star Trek: TNG episode showings at the Black Cat on Fridays! This week's episode, "Justice", begs the question how-much-trouble-can-we-possibly-get-into-on-shore-leave? [more inside]
0 attending
0 maybe
Etc: Robot Hugs Comic Meetup
Hey Toronto peoples,
I'm holding a small meetup for fans of my comic this Saturday at Hair of the Dog Pub. Looks like it's going to be pretty quiet, but I'd love to meet some mefites if anyone wants to drop by.
Facebook Event Page
Robot Hugs Comic
Facebook Event Page
Robot Hugs Comic
11 attending
12 maybe
Meetup: OMG XOXO
myself and smasuch are in town for XOXO from September 10th to 14th. Let's hang out? [more inside]
1 attending
0 maybe
Proposed: Playa meet-up
Hey, dinoworx and I are heading to Black Rock City and would love to catch up with any Mefites around. [more inside]
2 attending
1 maybe
Performance: Dance Party at MoMA PS1 in LIC, Queens
I have been wanting to check out the MoMA PS1 museum, an extension of MoMA in Long Island City. On Saturdays in the summer, they also have Warm Up Dance Parties from 3 - 9 pm. [more inside]
1 attending
9 maybe
Performance: MC Frontalot in Portland
MC Frontalot has a new album and is touring the US, hitting Dante's in downtown on September 2. Let's all go!
3 attending
1 maybe
Presentation: UPSurge and the Rank-and-File Labor Rebellion of the 1970s
The Puget Sound District of the International Socialist Organization is hosting a "BBQ, beer, and conversation about radical labor history" in Ballard featuring MY MOM Anne Mackie, revolutionary socialist and former Teamsters Union organizer. If you plan to attend please RSVP via Facebook (so the organizers can get a head count) in addition to RSVPing here, arrive promptly, and read the homework assignments (1, 2, 3, 4) in advance.
4 attending
1 maybe
Meetup: New England Vacation time Part II - Portland Boogaloo!
I'm going to try and get to Maine on the last day of my New England Vacation trip with my grandson. Any meetup takers? I suggesting next Thursday or Friday the 21st or 22nd of August. Ideas?
I've updated it to the Great Lost Bear on Friday. Changes are still possible, but I'll be on the road after tomorrow.
15 attending
3 maybe
Meetup: Triangle Biscuit Harvest Festival
Let's get together for biscuits, as discussed in the last Triangle area meetup thread! NOTE REGARDING LOCATION: this is just to let IRL let me post with confirmed date and time - REAL address will be provided via mefimail to people in the 'Attending' list on this page. [more inside]
4 attending
1 maybe
Meetup: Happy hour at The Mix followed by dinner at Orange Door
Meetup in Tacoma! We'll start with happy hour and free pool at The Mix from 4pm to 7pm and then decamp to Orange Door for dinner starting at around 7:30pm. Come to either or both. [more inside]
1 attending
2 maybe
Proposed: Worldcon in London meetup?
I'll be in London from Wednesday 13th until Tuesday 19th for the Worldcon and I'm sure there will be more MeFites there. Is there any desire for a meetup at or near the Con? I'd be available on Wednesday evening or at some point during the con itself.
0 attending
0 maybe
Proposed: Las Vegas MeFis? I need you!
Hi Las Vegas MeFis! I will be in Vegas August 27th-30th. Can we be friends?! [more inside]
4 attending
0 maybe
Meetup: Metafilter: It's bigger on the inside
Toronto Whovian Mefites: Let's watch the new Doctor on a big screen! [more inside]
1 attending
1 maybe
Proposed: Utah! Anyone out there?: The Sequel
I kind of fell off the grid, so I don't know if this meetup ever happened. If so, how'd it go? Anyone want to try it now, or do it again if it did work out? [more inside]
5 attending
0 maybe
Etc: DragonCon 2014
Several years previously, I've tried to hold meetups at DragonCon, and I practically never find anyone. There is really no reason to believe it'll be any different this time, but I'm posting this anyway, as a place for everyone to say if they're going and make plans, whether they will be thwarted or not. At the very least there is the awesome BOARD GAMING ROOM, a huge packed room containing a table heaped with hundreds of board games to check out, sufficient reason to attend the convention all by itself. Note, the time and place given is the registration line, this isn't a "normal" meetup. [more inside]
1 attending
1 maybe
Meetup: I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride it where I like
Let's go for a bike ride on the South and North County Trailways! [more inside]
1 attending
3 maybe
Performance: Tele Novella at New Frontier
I'm going to be in the Seattle/Tacoma area visiting at the end of August and I'd love to see some of you at this show! [more inside]
7 attending
4 maybe
Meetup: BBQ Party at Jacqueline's Dad's house in Maltby (northeast of Bothell)
BBQ party at my Dad's house this Saturday! Drop by anytime between 3pm and dusk. [more inside]
6 attending
0 maybe
Meetup: August meetup before I leave!
So, last meetup we talked about doing another one this summer, before I leave town. So, Friday Aug 15 at 5 pm in the Ann Arbor Beer Garden. There's food right next door at Mark's Carts so we might be over there, and if it rains, check this space for alternate plans. [more inside]
5 attending
4 maybe
Proposed: Chi Mefi Fall Formal
Last year we did a fall formal, so that we could have a good excuse to dress up fancy and go out on the town. [more inside]
1 attending
0 maybe
Exhibition: Meatballs Screening at the AFI Silver Theatre
Next week's movie for Fanfare's Summer Camp movie series is the 1979 Bill Murray comedy Meatballs, which is being presented on the big screen this Sunday and Monday at the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, MD. [more inside]
11 attending
3 maybe
Meetup: Hi Chicago! *waves*
Would any of you wonderful Chicago folks like to hang out with a couple of Bay Area mefites visiting your area around August 22nd or 23rd? [more inside]
2 attending
0 maybe
Exhibition: Minneapolis Meetup: Internet Cat Video Festival 2014!
It's almost time for the annual Internet Cat Video Festival at the Walker Museum! Sit out on lawn chairs or blankets, enjoy food truck food, live music, and the company of thousands of fellow cat lovers. No tickets required. [more inside]
6 attending
6 maybe
Meetup: New England Vacation time!
My grandson and I will be traveling to the New England / Maine area August 17-22. I'd like to meet up with as many Mefites as we can during the week. This is kind of our last time together before he leaves to join the Army.
I put Cambridge, MA in the location field,; this is not to rule out any surrounding communities or states. Built in limitation of the location algorithm, I am told, on good authority :)
3 attending
1 maybe
Meetup: Cambridge Commons on Saturday
A beer bar on Saturday [more inside]
3 attending
11 maybe
Meetup: people flocked like cattle to Seattle
Seattle MeFites: Let's hang out at Shorty's to play pinball, eat hot dogs veggie dogs, and drink delicious adult beverages on Friday, September 19! [more inside]
6 attending
4 maybe
Meetup: Fancy cocktails
Been a while since we've had a fancy cocktail meetup. So I suggest Clover Club. [more inside]
2 attending
2 maybe
Etc: Wood-chuckin' 2: Electric Kubbaloo
I had a blast last time (and first time) I played kubb, so I am going to host another meetup to do the exact same thing! [more inside]
10 attending
6 maybe
Meetup: Saturday Drinks in London
There is also a Friday Dinner. This is the planning thread for Saturday Drinks.
1 attending
0 maybe
Performance: Ring of Honor Wrestling comes to MCU Park - "Field of Honor"
Once every summer, MCU Park plays host to some of the smaller pro-wrestling promotions. This summer, it's Ring Of Honor presenting "Field of Honor", where the ROH World Championship will be defended in a four-way match and other titles may change hands also. [more inside]
7 attending
0 maybe
Meetup: It's Reigning Babbys!
In light of this recent post, it has been decreed that there will be a Babby Shower for jph and his partner! [more inside]
4 attending
1 maybe
Meetup: Star Trek: TNG Happy Hour, Round 4!
Boldly continuing with Star Trek: TNG episode showings at the Black Cat on Fridays! This week's episode, "Where No One Has Gone Before", is based on the novel The Wounded Sky by the amazing Diane Duane [more inside]
0 attending
0 maybe
Proposed: Ars Electronica? Linz, Austria, 4-8 september
Is anyone else (besides me) going to Ars Electronica, 4-8 September in Linz, Austria?
(Or anyone living in the area for a meetup?)
5 attending
2 maybe
Meetup: Hey, you got your Trivia Thing in my chocolate! Tastes great!
It's supposed to rain all week, so of course that means it's time for another round of Geeks Who Drink trivia. As always, we'll see you at 7:30ish on Wednesday at Joe Sent Me.
5 attending
1 maybe
Meetup: Inaugural Lunch Up
Second Tuesdays squeaked out ahead in the poll, so we'll have our first official lunch up Tuesday the 12th at 1:00pm. We're going to stick with Pierogi Heaven, on Wells between Lake and Randolph, for the first one. Hope to see you there! [more inside]
0 attending
11 maybe
Meetup: Highland Park Jazz Series, Part II
As discussed over in this thread, the next Highland Park Jazz Series concert with meet-up interest is on August 24th and will feature The Horn Guys.
The concerts in this series are free, and take place every Sunday in August from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
4 attending
11 maybe
Meetup: Jonmc & pips hit SeaTown
Me and my beloved wife are going to be arriving in Seattle, Washington very soon before heading to Alaska on a cruise. We would love to meet the Seattle MeFi contingent on Sunday, August 10th. You all know what I like. We'll be staying by the airport, but we're willing to venture out.
7 attending
2 maybe
Meetup: Wikimania/London meetup
I am in town for Wikimania. I have a lot to do but would like to meet MeFites (and/or visiting Wikipedians) for evening drinks/food. Good dates for me are Friday or Saturday evening (8th or 9th) and good location is somewhere near the Barbican Centre which is where I'll be. Who's in? [more inside]
1 attending
2 maybe
Proposed: ASSSSCAT: Upright Citizen's Brigade improv show at the UCB Theatre
There are lots of great shows every week at UCB, but the logistics of a UCB meet-up are complicated: post-work traffic is a problem, especially for earlier shows; there are no physical tickets; people may be reluctant to buy tickets a few weeks out; and many of the most popular shows sell out almost immediately so proposing a meet-up once the monthly schedule is announced may well be too late. ASSSSCAT is perfect because we can choose a date at our convenience, the show is free, it's on a Sunday, which has been a good day for meet-ups, and it's not too late for a school night.
*Show starts at 7:30, and I think people start lining up around 6:30. [more inside]
- WHAT: ASSSSCAT, one of the best-known improv groups.
- WHERE: UCB Theatre, Hollywood
- WHEN: Sundays, 7:30*
- COST: Free!
8 attending
2 maybe
Meetup: Last-minute meetup in Vancouver
So I'm in Vancouver this long weekend and find myself unexpectedly free of familial obligations on Monday, Aug 4th. I'd love to grab a drink with some people if you're around and free - let's meet at 3 PM at the Storm Crow Tavern!
1 attending
0 maybe
Proposed: Top Gun on the Intrepid
As part of their free summer movie series Top Gun will be shown on the deck of the Intrepid (a battleship turned museum). We're allowed to bring blankets and have a picnic. [more inside]