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This Week in Geek (6/15/2026–6/21/2026) Jump to: In-Person Events Virtual Events Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, June 15, to Sunday, June 21. Although inclusion in This Week in Geek is not an official endorsement of any event or organizer, we do our Continue reading: https://twincitiesgeek.com/2026/06/this-week-in-geek-6-15-2026-6-21-2026/

Nicholas Cage Swings Through 1930s New York in the Spectacular “Spider-Noir” When I was a teenager, Nicholas Cage felt like a joke. Thanks to behind-the-scenes money troubles, he’d seemingly do anything for the right price, and it led him to some notoriously bad projects. There’s even an episode of Community about it, in which Abed takes a class called "Nicholas Cage: Continue reading: https://twincitiesgeek.com/2026/06/nicholas-cage-swings-through-1930s-new-york-in-the-spectacular-spider-noir/

“Disclosure Day” Taps into Our Real-World Obsession with Alien Life Aliens have been a hot topic in our news and culture lately, with the release of countless videos of UAPs (unidentified anomalous phenomena)—more widely known as UFOs. This couldn’t be more timely for the release of Steven Spielberg’s new film, Disclosure Day, which tackles questions about alien discoveries. Spielberg has spent Continue reading: https://twincitiesgeek.com/2026/06/disclosure-day-taps-into-our-real-world-obsession-with-alien-life/

Enter for Your Chance to Attend CONvergence 2026 for Free! It's June, and that means it's almost time for CONvergence! CONvergence is an annual convention for fans of science fiction and fantasy in all media. On July 2–5, 2026, at the Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown Minneapolis, you can enjoy special guests, cosplay, panels, gaming, movies, an art show and artists Continue reading: https://twincitiesgeek.com/2026/06/enter-for-your-chance-to-attend-convergence-2026-for-free/

“Backrooms” Takes the Box Office with Vibes, Character, and Intrigue Fluorescent lights, carpeted floors, generic wallpaper, windowless rooms with nooks and crannies, and endless hallways with flickering lights. No, I’m not describing my grandparents’ basement—it’s the setting for the psychological horror film Backrooms, recently released by A24. The film's up-and-coming director, Kane Parsons, first gained recognition on YouTube with his channel Continue reading: https://twincitiesgeek.com/2026/06/backrooms-takes-the-box-office-with-vibes-character-and-intrigue/

“The Girls Will Be Okay” Is a Minnesota Slice-of-Life Queer Romance The Girls Will Be Okay by Minnesota writer (and former Twin Cities Geek editor and contributor) Linnea Peterson is a debut novel with elements inspired by their own life as "a Scandinavian American writer, a Jewish conversion student, and the attentive oldest child of a Lutheran feminist theologian." The book Continue reading: https://twincitiesgeek.com/2026/06/the-girls-will-be-okay-is-a-minnesota-slice-of-life-queer-romance/

This Week in Geek (6/8/2026–6/14/2026) Jump to: In-Person Events Virtual Events Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, June 8, to Sunday, June 14. Although inclusion in This Week in Geek is not an official endorsement of any event or organizer, we do our Continue reading: https://twincitiesgeek.com/2026/06/this-week-in-geek-6-8-2026-6-14-2026/

“For All Mankind” Goes Full Science Fiction in Its Fifth Season Ronald D. Moore is one of Star Trek’s most prolific writers. He worked on more than 90 episodes across Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager, as well as the screenplays for Generations and First Contact. Then he cemented his status as one of the genre’s most important voices when Continue reading: https://twincitiesgeek.com/2026/06/for-all-mankind-goes-full-science-fiction-in-its-fifth-season/

“For All Mankind” Goes Full Science Fiction in Its Fifth Season Ronald D. Moore is one of Star Trek’s most prolific writers. He worked on more than 90 episodes across Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager, as well as the screenplays for Generations and First Contact. Then he cemented his status as one of the genre’s most important voices when Continue reading: https://twincitiesgeek.com/2026/06/for-all-mankind-goes-full-science-fiction-in-its-fifth-season/