Mission: Ideally, we’d like 6-8 regular attendees to monthly contribute 8-15 pages of commercial fiction*. Format: workshopping. Intention: Everybody ‘gets time’. Motto: Always honest, but never mean. Let’s break this down. 6-8 regular attendees: from a maximum pool of 10-12. Regular implies some level of commitment and allows for remembering each other’s plot lines, characters, revisions, etc. We’re trying to create a writing lab, a safe haven from the writing jungle: a ‘place’ to nurture ex …

    Minnesota Writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Magical Realism, Horror -- If you're exploring the worlds beyond mainstream literature, MinnSpec welcomes you.        Come to network, hear readings from works in progress, swap story critiques, and talk shop.  Our members range from those just starting out to established authors with multiple book contracts.   Want to know more? Check our About Page, or read one of our group's anthologies!

Are you more Silicon than silicone? Did you play saxophone instead of point guard in high school? Single and ready to mingle? Get your geek on with other sexy smarties at our Dating for Nerds social events, where trivia quizzes and ferocious board gaming win you prizes as well as hearts. Tables rotate after each round until everyone has met. RSVP to events via Meetup, or register on our website at www.nerdsatheart.com. Questions? Message us on Meetup or email twincities.info@nerdsatheart.com.

New Who or Classic, let's bend time and space and get together! Our main activity is showing episodes of Doctor Who and Doctor-who related programming. Gather the 3rd Saturday of the month at Merlin's Rest pub for ale and Who! Spans all Doctors - yes, even Peter Cushing - and every once in awhile we have a pub quiz hosted by local writer Rob Callahan. Check the meetup for the episodes; pub quizzes are random events based on wherever the TARDIS feels like landing.

This is a group for local geeks who smoke cigars and pipes to connect, and plan meetup's. This is the Meetup component to the Facebook group.

     Who says that fitness can't be weird, wacky and thoroughly fun?  Some of our events: Yoga Quest -- a hybrid of role playing and yoga; Disc Golf; Nerf Dart Tag; Klingon Bat'leth Training; Ceilidh Dancing; Tai Chi Chu'an; Aikido Classes.   Geek Physique is all about fullness of life while enjoying being a geek. We are bringing fun, often unique fitness activities to you, along with wellness science.