Weekanerd NYC: Rap Geeks, Trash Geeks, and Guitar Heroes

Monday, April 7

• MC Chris is Dead Record Release Show
• $5, 11pm @ The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, 307 w. 26th, Manhattan

mc chris doesn't like being called nerdcore, and I think that's fine, because -core is surely the most pretentious of all suffixes. mc will perform his new album for the first time at this show, so if you're a fan of, erm, raps about predominately nerdy subject matter (good), you'll want to be able to say, "I was there."

Free trash talking and a Guitar Hero tournie, after the jump...

Tuesday, April 8

• Adult Education: Trash In The City
  
• FREE! 7:30 @ Union Hall, 702 Union Street, Brooklyn
  

Billed as a "useless lecture series", this monthly event is less expensive than Grad School and almost as likely to get you a job. Four nerds will talk about their experiences in waste managements, and no that's not a euphemism for the mafia. Expect to see some freegans wearing clothes made out of bottlecaps, and hope they play this song at least once:


Wednesday, April 9

• Guitar Hero III Tournament
  
• FREE! 7pm @ The Apple Store Soho, 103 Prince Street, Manhattan
  

Hey remember that game people used to play before Rock Band? Me neither. JUST KIDDING, Guitar Hero will always be Geekanerd's first love as far as pretend-guitar games go. Entrance to this tournie is first come first served, the prize is a gift card for five free songs at the iTunes Store. Wait, what? Are you serious? Apple, you can't shell out more than $5 dollars in prize money for your own in-store events? This is a bad sign people, dump your stock ASAP...

No Thursday this week! Know something good happening on April 10th? Leave it in the comments or use the email link in the sidebar.

Weekanerd NYC - The Free Edition: Free T-Shirts, Free Zombie Activities, and Free Everything, Forever

Wow, this Saturday might be the best day for Geek Events ever. Make sure you check out our Geek Out NY event listing on the right-hand sidebar, to see all your options.

Friday, October 26th

• Leopard Premiere
  
• 6pm -10pm @ The Apple Store Soho (103 Prince) or The Apple Store Fifth Ave (767 Fifth Ave)

One might question why we at G'nerd are celebrating Apple's semi-annual rape and pillaging of the consumer, and the answer is: FREE T-SHIRTS. Okay, so maybe they're kind of ugly, and there's only 500 per store, and they're probably not available in girl's sizes, but still, free is free.

Saturday, October 27th

• Tompkins Scare Park
  
• Noon - 8pm @ Tompkins Square, Ave A and 7th St., Manhattan
  

There's too much crazy shite going on here to explain in full, but here are some highlights: Free superhero gear for The Million Superhero March, zombies performing the Thriller dance around the world at the same time (What? - Ed.), and the much touted Zombie Olympics, by the same folks who brought you last week's Zombie Pubcrawl. This is all interactive, so get your rotting flesh makeup kit ready. Make sure you hit up the schedule and plan your day, cause there's like a million other events going on, and sensory overload is likely.

Sunday, October 28th

• The Really Really Free Market
  
• Noon - 5pm @ St. Mark's Church, 2nd Ave btw 10th and 11th St., Manhattan
  

What do anarchists and Freegans have in common with geekanerds? The belief that everything should be free. While most nerds simply steal what they want via the internet, the folks behind The Really Really Free Market are offering legal, share-based alternatives to the capitalist system. This kind of thing sort of brings a tear to the eye of this former Berkeley High student. Bring something to share (old comics, maybe?) and see what's going down.