Weekanerd NYC: Shlock Horror, An Animator Speaks, Music Trivia & Prog Rockers

Monday, November 26th

• In The Mouth of Madness
  
• 10pm @ Metropol/Cinema Classics, 332 11th Street, Manhattan

This appears to be a C-list John Carpenter movie in which the lead character is based on Stephen King. Probably horrible, but it's free with a one drink minimum, and there are $3 PBR pints all night long. So if you bring a friend and get drunk enough you can have your own personal MST3K experience.

Tuesday, November 27th

• Animator Tom Sito
  
• 7pm @ School of Visual Arts, 209 East 23rd Street, 3rd Floor
  

Sito was an animator at the House of Mouse during the mid 90s Renaissance, and worked on all their hits, starting with Mermaid and ending with Pocahontas. Good timing.

Wednesday, November 28th

• Music Trivia Quiz
  
• 9pm @ Freddy's Bar & Backroom, 485 Dean St, Brooklyn
  

Hey a trivia night, haven't done one of those in a while. Kind of a slow week. If you're the kind of music nerd that can field trivia questions about the last 50 years of alternative rock music, you might win some "scrill". That's mid-90s East Bay punk talk for "monies". $3 to play, free to watch.

Thursday, November 29th

• Claudio Sanchez and Ken Kelly
  
• 5pm @ Jim Hanley's Universem 4 West 33rd Street, Manhattan
  

What's with nerds and prog rock? Where you find one you always seem to find the other. Claudio Sanchez is the lead singer of Coheed and Cambria, and Ken Kelly is the artist who did the sci-fi-space-fantasy cover for their latest album, No World For Tomorrow.

Weekanerd NYC - Hitchcock Galore, High Concept Bar Trivia, and Bio-Shock Comes Out Intentionally

Monday, August 20, 2007

• Bryant Park Summer Film Fest: Psycho
  
• 5pm @ Bryant Park, 6th Ave btw 40th-42nd St, Manhattan.
  

Reet! Reet! Reet! Reet!

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

• Bio-Shock Is Released (intentionally)
  
• Stores everywhere
  

Didn't get a copy when this game was accidentally released two weeks ago? Here's the real nationwide release date for this first person shooter, currently rated at an impressive 99 at Metacritic.

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

• Dick Swizzle's Sudden Death Game Show
  
• 8pm @ Magnetic Field, 97 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn
  

The only trivia contest in NYC with a full game show setup - contestant podiums, buzzers, flashing lights, and of course a sleazy host. Supposedly also one of the easier big quiz contests around, so serious trivia nerds could win some cash. $5 entry fee.

Thursday, August 23, 2007

• NYC Noir: Rear Window and Rope (2 for 1 admission)
  
• Various showtimes @ Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St, Manhattan.
  

Didn't get your Hitchcock fix on Monday? Get a double shot of with an AFI- stamped classic and an earlier, technically adventurous, subtext-heavy work.

Weekanerd NYC: Harry Potter Comedy, Linklater, Bar Trivia, and Waldo

MONDAY, JULY 16, 2007

• UP LATE! With Lord Voldemort!: A Night of Harry Potter Comedy
• 9:30 @ the UCB Theater, 307 West 26th Street
  

The-Guy-Who-You-Can't-Say-His-Name himself hosts this live talk show, celebrating the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Guest will include Harry, Ron, Hermione, and all those other Wizard People. Harry Potter nerds, this is your week, so make the most of it! Only $5 at the door, or order tickets here.

TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2007

• Dazed And Confused: New York Summer Screen
  
• Music at 7pm, Movie at 8pm. McCarren Park Pool, at Lorimer Street btwn Driggs and Bayard Ave. Brooklyn.
  

See the a free outdoor screening of this Richard Linklater's classic existentialist teen stoner comedy.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2007

• Quizz Off
  
• 7:3p0pm @ Pete's Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St, Brooklyn.
  

What self-respecting geek doesn't love a chance to show off how much random crap they know? Music geeks will have an edge at this weekly bar quiz, as the categories include General Knowledge, Music, Top Tens, and Visual Identification. Prizes? Uh, if you consider a Tasty Sandwich to be a prize...which you do.

THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2007

• Missing Waldo
  
• Various locations throughout the Tri-State Area and New England! On-going.
  

Remember how rewarding it was to find Waldo when you were a kid? Relive your happy childhood memories on a grand scale, by finding hidden Waldo stickers in the real world! A list of hiding grounds can be found here, there are still tons of stickers that haven't been found. Fabulous prizes are promised to those who find the stickers first.