December Geek About Town
Hi everyone!
Winter has arrived! Keep yourself warm with these fantastic geeky events around Seattle!
Sunday, December 1
Seattle Games Cooperative: Game Design Workshop
- From the Meetup.com Page: “Want to make games but not sure you have enough time? Lack the programming chops to turn your ideas into reality? Or perhaps you’d just like to practice designing games? Join us for an afternoon of good, old fashioned game making! We’ll be using pen, paper, and various other odds and ends to design games from scratch.”
Sunday, December 1
Word Nerds Game Club: Play Games-North End
- From the Meetup.com Page: “Come and play with words! Are you a Wordster? Are you losing your Boggled mind? Are you experiencing Anomia? Word on the Street is that Super Scrabbled Letterati are going Bananagrams! We need some serious play therapy. Can you help? Bring a favorite word game, or just come and play with us. We enjoy playing with language among friendly competitors.”
Monday, December 2
Open Mic Science at Treehouse Cafe on Bainbridge Island
- From the website: “Environmental factors associated with toxic algae. Dr. Jean Jacoby, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Seattle University, has a long research career specializing in the ecology and management of toxic and nuisance algae. She will give a presentation on some aspects of her recent research on environmental factors associated with toxic algae.”
Tuesday, December 3
Seattle Alternative Boardgamers: Tuesday Night Boardgaming at The Raygun
- From the Meetup.com Page: “Tuesday is open boardgaming at the Raygun Lounge. Bring your favorite game or pick something from the game library. This event is cross-posted with Queer Geek Seattle, so expect a crowd and get friendly.”
Tuesday, December 3
Queen Anne Science Cafe: Behind the Scenes of Modernist Cuisine
- From the site: “Locally-based organization, Modernist Cuisine, has been making recent waves in the culinary world with its cookbooks (and their photos) and its scientific outlook on cooking. At the December Queen Anne Science Café, join Modernist Cuisine’s Scott Heimendinger to discover a behind-the-scenes perspective of what has made their work unique, including some of the science of cooking revealed by their unorthodox style of food photography.”
Thursday, December 5
Seattle Browncoats: Creative Geeks Society
- For geeks and nerds who knit, crochet, weave, and spin.
Friday, December 4
Seattle Browncoats: Geek Bingo at Wayward Coffeehouse
Saturday, December 7
Bellevue Boardgamers
- From the Meetup.com Page: “Our recurring weekly board game night!! Join fellow Eastsiders in the Crossroads mall outside Uncle’s Games. When you show up, just look for people playing board games, odds are they are with the group. Bring your favorite games to play, or demo one from inside Uncle’s Games. Be sure to give your patronage to the store as well when you can to show them our support.”
Saturday, December 7
Seattle Astronomical Star Party at Green Lake and Paramount Park
Sunday, December 8
Word Nerds Game Club: Play Games-North End
- From the Meetup.com Page: “Come and play with words! Are you a Wordster? Are you losing your Boggled mind? Are you experiencing Anomia? Word on the Street is that Super Scrabbled Letterati are going Bananagrams! We need some serious play therapy. Can you help? Bring a favorite word game, or just come and play with us. We enjoy playing with language among friendly competitors.”
Monday, December 9
Eastside Science Cafe: Multiple Sclerosis in the Pacific Northwest
- From the website: “Multiple sclerosis is a mysterious disease that is particularly common here in the Pacific Northwest. At the December Eastside Science Café, join the Swedish Neuroscience Institute’s James Bowen, M.D., to discover more about MS as a disease, trends and changes in its distribution around the world, and how it uniquely impacts our region.”
Tuesday, December 10
Seattle Alternative Boardgamers: Tuesday Night Boardgaming at The Raygun
- From the Meetup.com Page: “Tuesday is open boardgaming at the Raygun Lounge. Bring your favorite game or pick something from the game library. This event is cross-posted with Queer Geek Seattle, so expect a crowd and get friendly.”
Friday, December 13
GeekGirlCon: GeekGirlCon Board Game Night at Wayward Coffeehouse
- From the Meetup.com Page: “Want to explore the board/card game hobby? Want to meet people happy to teach you board games? This is your group! It is a very casual newbie-friendly group! Join the GeekGirlCon staff and friends and play some games! Want to each a game? Bring along some games and show others how to play!”
Saturday, December 14
Bellevue Boardgamers
- From the Meetup.com Page: “Our recurring weekly board game night!! Join fellow Eastsiders in the Crossroads mall outside Uncle’s Games. When you show up, just look for people playing board games, odds are they are with the group. Bring your favorite games to play, or demo one from inside Uncle’s Games. Be sure to give your patronage to the store as well when you can to show them our support.”
Saturday, December 14
Down the Rabbit Hole with Supercommuter, Dual Core, Death*Star, and Beefy
- Nerdcore concert at The White Rabbit
Sunday, December 15
Word Nerds Game Club: Play Games-North End
- From the Meetup.com Page: “Come and play with words! Are you a Wordster? Are you losing your Boggled mind? Are you experiencing Anomia? Word on the Street is that Super Scrabbled Letterati are going Bananagrams! We need some serious play therapy. Can you help? Bring a favorite word game, or just come and play with us. We enjoy playing with language among friendly competitors.”
Saturday, December 21
Bellevue Boardgamers
- From the Meetup.com Page: “Our reoccurring weekly board game night!! Join fellow Eastsiders in the Crossroads mall outside Uncle’s Games. When you show up, just look for people playing board games, odds are they are with the group. Bring your favorite games to play, or demo one from inside Uncle’s Games. Be sure to give your patronage to the store as well when you can to show them our support.”
Sunday, December 22
Jonny Nero at the Nectar
- Nerd music featuring Jonny Nero Action Hero, Amanda Taylor, Gavin Qendall, Le King, and guests.
Sunday, December 22
Word Nerds Game Club: Play Games-North End
- From the Meetup.com Page: “Come and play with words! Are you a Wordster? Are you losing your Boggled mind? Are you experiencing Anomia? Word on the Street is that Super Scrabbled Letterati are going Bananagrams! We need some serious play therapy. Can you help? Bring a favorite word game, or just come and play with us. We enjoy playing with language among friendly competitors.”
Saturday, December 28
Bellevue Boardgamers
- From the Meetup.com Page: “Our reoccurring weekly board game night!! Join fellow Eastsiders in the Crossroads mall outside Uncle’s Games. When you show up, just look for people playing board games, odds are they are with the group. Bring your favorite games to play, or demo one from inside Uncle’s Games. Be sure to give your patronage to the store as well when you can to show them our support.”
Sunday, December 29
Word Nerds Game Club: Play Games-North End
- From the Meetup.com Page: “Come and play with words! Are you a Wordster? Are you losing your Boggled mind? Are you experiencing Anomia? Word on the Street is that Super Scrabbled Letterati are going Bananagrams! We need some serious play therapy. Can you help? Bring a favorite word game, or just come and play with us. We enjoy playing with language among friendly competitors.”
What geeky event are you excited for this winter? Let us know in the comments below!
Do you have a geeky event to plug? Email Shubz Blalack. We are happy to feature events outside of the Seattle Metro area!
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