News & Events

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Anyone involved in the schools will know that it is almost Summer (give or take a month).  Those who only look outside to determine the season probably think it is already summer.  Students of all ages are conniving ways to get out of homework and convincing their teachers that class can happen outside and really they will pay attention better out amongst the distractions than in the classroom.  Plotting... er Planning for CONvergence is well underway and geeks of all sorts are considering what they are going to do when they all get together at the Rad....Shera... I mean Double Tree.  But let us not forget these geeky events and happenings.  

In Memoriam: TJ Starbuck 

Longtime community member, costumer and our former President from our early MISFITS days, has been battling breast cancer for three years.  We’re sorry to say that battle ended peacefully on April 29.  Our hearts and thoughts go out to the families and friends, and in particular her Sister Kat and husband Jay.  Memorial arrangements are pending.

Geek Prom - Barbarian Bash:

It’s the Barbarian Bash! Formal fur-wear encouraged, please leave your siege weaponry at home.

Help is needed before the event (making props and decorations), as well as day of (set up and decoration, ticket taking/merchandise sales, teardown).  If you have any questions or would like to volunteer to help the event, please contact Lisa Blauersouth at lisa.blauersouth@geekpartnership.org or send an email to volunteers@geekpartnership.org. Event Horizon, Room 135

GPS Annual Meeting with Elections

We will be holding our annual meeting. Come to see what we’ve been up to. Discuss current plans. Help to shape the future. If you might be interested in joining the Board of Directors in those elections, full details are available from searchteam@geekpartnership.org.

14th Annual GPS Writing contest

ONLY ONE ENTRY PER EMAIL MESSAGE.

It’s time once again to prepare your submissions to the GPS writing contest for Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Supernatural and Alternate History Fiction. Please check out the Submission Guidelines and categories for full details.

The contest is open to amateur writers in the following categories:

• Open Division: Open to writers of any age.
• Poetry Division: Open to entries from writers of any age.
• Youth Division 1: Open to writers 13 years of age or younger (as of May 25, 2012).
• Youth Division 2: Open to writers 14-16 years of age (as of May 25, 2012).
• Graphic Novel Division: Open to entries from writers of any age.

All entries are due by 11:59 pm CDT on May 15th 2012.

GPS CHARITY AUCTION AT CONVERGENCE

Date: All remaining CONvergence ConCom meetings, GPS Movie Nights, Annual Meeting and by appointment
Location: CONvergence ConCom meetings, GPS Movie Nights, Annual Meeting or Event Horizon (1121 Jackson St.NE)

We've gotten some nifty things, including props from Galaxy Quest. Charity Auction will be accepting donations at the remaining CONvergence concom meetings, the Movie Nights, the Annual Meeting, and will make arrangements for dropping donations of at the GPS offices in Event Horizon, the geek community center at 1121 Jackson St NE, Ste. 106, Minneapolis, MN 55413.

Please email silentauction@geekpartership.org if you'd like to make a donation, or if you'd like to help out. We will need help organizing and inventorying donations pre-con, and help at the convention as well.

Geeks Read

After a brief social period, we will be discussing A Beautiful Friendship by David Weber.

Planning ahead our June book will be I, Robot by Isaac Asimov, and our July Convergence book will be Archangel Protocol by Lyda Morehouse.

Upcoming themes: August - Arthurian

GPS Movie Night

Are you a movie geek who may be interested in helping out (set up, brainstorming, promoting, etc.)? Let us know. Stop by a Movie Night, or send an email to volunteers@geekpartnership.org. Social hour and set up start at 6pm, movie starts at 7pm.

Team Trivia Challenge

Teams of four battle it out to see who knows the most geeky trivia.  Spectators welcome and encouraged.

If you’d like to be on a team, head over to Geek Partnership Trivia Challenge for a link to the entry form and full rules.  
This year’s recommended reading is:

• The Hunger Gamesby Suzanne Collins
• Duneby Frank Herbert
• Dragonflightby Anne McCaffrey
• God Loves, Man Killswritten by Chris Claremont and illustrated by Brent Anderson

Free Comic Book Day

Load up on Free Comic Books.  Go somewhere public.  Read them.  Enjoy them.  Be seen enjoying them.  They’re free.

GPS Photography Club Meeting

The April photo-shoot at the Minneapolis Downtown branch of the Hennepin County Library was a wonderful experience. We all saw and shot a wide variety of different items at the library and those photos are going to be one of the major elements of what we will discuss in our May meeting on May 15 at 7 pm at Event Horizon.

June 19th will be planning for individual photography at CONvergence, and discussions of doing impromptu crowd photography at conventions or other public events.

The Weather is fantastic. Go out and take some pictures!

Art-A-Whirl

Coming again this May to the Event Horizon and Northeast Minneapolis is Art-A-Whirl. This is the largest open studio and art crawl in the United States. GPS is looking for a variety of artists to participate for all three days, May 18-20. Spaces are $50 for the weekend. For more information send an email to arts@geekpartnership.org.

Don’t forget to mark your calendar to see some of the best art in the Midwest.

Volunteer Booth

The GPS volunteer department will be having a booth at GPS for the Art-A-Whirl weekend. We will promote GPS and our activities as while trying to recruit volunteers. If you are someone who be be in Nor'deast Minneapolis that weekend, check us out along with the artists showing there.

If you are a GPS department or volunteer organization, please email "volunteers@geekpartnership.org" with any information on volunteering so that we will have as many opportunities for prospective volunteers as possible.  Naturally, we are looking for more volunteers to help staff the booth to recruit more volunteers - what fun.

Thank you

GPS Picnic

Gather with Geeks to eat, play and cavort.  Come when you can, bring friends, meet friends.  There will be food, but we encourage bringing something to share.  

Recipe Book:

You cook right? Well at least you eat. Well so do we. What a coincidence.

We want to take advantage of that by making a cookbook of all our favorite recipes. It will be a great way to raise funds for GPS and ensure that your family is eating Geek Approved meals on a regular basis. If you want to help put it together, suggest a recipe (with a photo if you have one) or have any other questions

Contact:lisa.blauersouth@geekpartnership.org.

Save the Date

June 2, 2012 - Geek Prom - Barbarian Bash
June 9, 2012 - GPS Picnic 2 pm - 7 pm in Cherokee Park in Saint Paul
June 15, 2012 - GPS Movie Night
August 3-4,2012 - MNFurs - Cat Days  http://www.mnfurs.org
Dec 21, 2012 - The End of the World - there will be a party