Spotted this station-wide Harry Potter ad campaign in the 42nd Street Times Square Subway station. This poster portrays all the baddies in a subway station (meta!), with a train wooshing by behind them. If I saw these guys on the subway, I would definitely follow them because you know a Slytherin party in New York is the place to freakin be. Gryffindor parties are probably just a lot of sitting in a circle on the floor and telling stories about friendship. Slytherin parties have drugs and anonymous sex! And murder!
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Geekanerd Spotter: Potter Villains Take the NYC Subway
Spotted this station-wide Harry Potter ad campaign in the 42nd Street Times Square Subway station. This poster portrays all the baddies in a subway station (meta!), with a train wooshing by behind them. If I saw these guys on the subway, I would definitely follow them because you know a Slytherin party in New York is the place to freakin be. Gryffindor parties are probably just a lot of sitting in a circle on the floor and telling stories about friendship. Slytherin parties have drugs and anonymous sex! And murder!
Monday, August 13, 2007
Harry Potter and the Chinese Rip-Offs
The New York Times has collected excerpts from eight unauthorized Chinese Harry Potter books, including "Harry Potter and the Leopard-Walk-Up-to-Dragon" and "Harry Potter and the Half-Blooded Relative Prince." Gandalf himself makes a cameo in at least one of the tales. A sample of the literary delights that await you in Leopard-Walk-Up-to-Dragon:Harry doesn’t know how long it will take to wash the sticky cake off his face. For a civilized young man, it is disgusting to have dirt on any part of his body. He lies in the elegant bathtub, keeps wiping his face, and thinks about Dudley’s face, which is as fat as Aunt Petunia’s bottom.I also recall hearing about some manga floating around that involves a good bit of Potter/Malfoy snogging, though I'm a little afraid to start searching for such a thing. Insecure sexuality and all that.
Check out the rest of these snog-free stories at the NYT (may require free registration) and have a look at the rest of our Harry Potter coverage, including pictures and video from Deathly Hallows release parties!
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Release Parties - Caught on Video Tape!
Alright Potter-ites, did you enjoy The Deathly Hallows? I hope so, cause that's it! Harry Potter is over! Sad but true. You'll have to reside on fanfic from now on.
Geekanerd's home base of Manhattan was all aglow with wizardly activities for the book's release, and we were able to make it to three of the events around town. Check out out video highlights of the parties at Harry Potter Place in Soho, the Union Square Barnes and Noble, and the "Party for Grown-Ups" at McNally Robinson in Nolita!
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Potterpocalypse!
Potter Went Down to Georgia
I'm out of big time crazy party sin-tacular NYC for a bit, so I missed all the hot Potter Extravaganzas AHR went to last night and is no doubt still recovering from. Instead I took part in a much humbler affair, the Grand Hallows Ball at Borders Bookstore in Cumming, GA. Nothing fancy, just a store full of happy people awaiting their favorite book. 
The sign-in table was policed by Dementors... Not exactly welcoming.
Plenty more pics after the jump, including a twist ending!
I tried to play Voldemort and attack this baby Potter with an Avada Kadavra spell (that's a killing curse for all you *spit* Muggles out there) but he just cried. Some hero.
Seattle's Best Coffee in the back had a bit of a makeover to become The Leaky Cauldron.
Everyone was encouraged to choose sides, be it as part of the Umbridge Inquisitor[ial] Squad or Dumbledore's Army.
This woman was reading people's fortunes through tea leaves, but I suspect she was a fraud...
Midnight finally arrives and the books roll out... But the store is extremely unorganized and everything is taking way too long so we head across the street to...
...the 24-hour Kroger supermarket! Less glamorous, sure, but a table full of books and no waiting!
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Weekanerd NYC: POTTERPOCALYPSE!
Okay, Potter-Heads, or Potties, or Wizard People, or Muggles, or whatever you devotees of J.K Rowling call yourself, this is a special edition of Weekanerd just for you!! Why? Because....THE POTTERPOCALYPSE IS UPON US!
The end of days! The final reckoning of The Boy Who Lived! The last Harry Potter book only gets released once, so forget about sleeping and make the most of this weekend! Catch a full rundown of the Potteriest places to be after the jump.
FRIDAY, JULY 20
- Barnes & Noble Midnight Magic Harry Potter Release Parties
- B & N's across the country! Click the link above to find a party near you!
The massive Union Square location in New York hosts the biggest of these Banres & Noble Potter Parties, kicking off at 5pm. The "Enchanting Activities" will include giveaways, magic tricks, tons of people in costume, a live Owl emporium, Jim Dale (the narrator of the HP audiobooks), and utter fan-crazed chaos!
- Harry Potter Release Party for Grownups
- 10pm @ McNally Robinson, 52 Prince Street, Manhattan
For grownups, eh? We all know what that means - BOOZE! This looks like the place to be for over-21 Potter Fans, as this jam will include a DJ "spinning magical dance music", projections of the movies, a special appearance of the Knight Bus, and of course "Magic Punch", which is said to include alcohol and other "Magical Ingridients" (ecstacy?). The only hitch is if you actually want to buy the book, you'll need to have a pre-purchased voucher...call (212) 274-1160 to get one, or click the title link above.
- Harry Potter Place
- 5pm @ Scholastic Headquarters, Mercer St. btwn Prince and Spring, Manhattan.
This is a big one. Lots of big-budget attractions, including a 20-foot Whomping Willow, the Knight Bus (again?), a Countdown Clock that will tick down to the 12:01am release, and the first author-signed U.S edition of The Deathly Hallows. Plus a TON of other stuff - it's kind of ridiculous. But still, no booze. Check the title link for more info.
- Grand Hallows Ball
- 9:30 @ Borders, 10 Columbus Circle, NYC.
Borders, the neglected kid-brother of Barnes and Noble, is throwing their own HP Bash, and the event list looks pretty sweet. We've got a Potter Spelling Bee, the Great Snape Debate (is he or isn't he?), a crowning of the King and Queen of the ball, and the requisite ton of prizes.
SATURDAY, JULY 21
SATURDAY, JULY 21
- Harry Potter Pizza Party
- 11am @ Strand Bookstore, 828 Broadway, Manhattan
Billed as an event for "Children of All Ages", which means if you show up without a kid, you should at least be wearing a pointy hat. Free pizza, soda, games, and plenty of folks to talk to about the book, which you bought at midnight for and stayed up all night to read.
- Mary GrandPré Signing
- Books of Wonder @ 18 West 18th Street, Manhattan
Get your copy signed by series' long time illustrator - just make sure you bring cash to buy a copy of The Deathly Hallows at the store, although you can also bring one from home to get signed as well.
SUNDAY, JULY 23
SUNDAY, JULY 23
- Day of Rest
- Your apartment
Recover from your wild wizard weekend with a good book.
Monday, July 16, 2007
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
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.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2007
- Quizz Off
- 7:3p0pm @ Pete's Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St, Brooklyn.
THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2007
- Missing Waldo
- Various locations throughout the Tri-State Area and New England! On-going.
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