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		<title>Cooking Seasonally with Pumpkin</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[K. N. Hamann]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2026 17:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pumpkins—the photogenic sweetheart of the fall and the quintessential visual shorthand for spooky season. Most of us are used to encountering pumpkins in this purely ornamental form, and it seems like we mostly forget about them in the culinary sense. Let&#8217;s be honest, outside of pumpkin pie&#8230;]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[Pumpkins—the photogenic sweetheart of the fall and the quintessential visual shorthand for spooky season. Most of us are used to encountering pumpkins in this purely ornamental form, and it seems like we mostly forget about them in the culinary sense. Let&#8217;s be honest, outside of pumpkin pie&hellip;]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<title>3 Standout Movies for Fall/Winter 2026 from Twin Cities Film Fest</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ali Rydberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 18:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s an exciting time of year for film fans! As we barrel toward the end of 2026, it seems that every weekend there is a new must-see film. The latter half of the year is typically packed with these exciting releases to give them a better chance at nabbing a nomination at the following year’s Academy&#8230;]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[It&#8217;s an exciting time of year for film fans! As we barrel toward the end of 2026, it seems that every weekend there is a new must-see film. The latter half of the year is typically packed with these exciting releases to give them a better chance at nabbing a nomination at the following year’s Academy&hellip;]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<title>Twin Cities Horror Festival: “Bicentennial Auger” Explores Sibling Conflict and the Nature of Reality</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maddie Heath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 18:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twin Cities Horror Festival]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<em>Bicentennial Auger</em> begins with two adult siblings fighting over the radio in a small ice shanty on a lake. Benny, a slacker recently hired as a program manager at a radio station, monitors the DJ’s set, while his uptight sister, Carla, argues with him about the music. It’s New Year’s Eve, 1976.
The story&#8230;]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<em>Bicentennial Auger</em> begins with two adult siblings fighting over the radio in a small ice shanty on a lake. Benny, a slacker recently hired as a program manager at a radio station, monitors the DJ’s set, while his uptight sister, Carla, argues with him about the music. It’s New Year’s Eve, 1976.
The story&hellip;]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<title>This Week in Geek (11/2/2026–11/8/2026)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Simning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jump to:
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Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, November 2, to Sunday, November 8.
Although inclusion in This Week in Geek is not an official endorsement of any event or organizer, we do our best&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>15 Monsters I Want to See in a LadyMonsters Song</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucy De Haan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 21:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A while back, I ranked all of the songs on the LadyMonsters Vocaloid channel. I enjoyed every single one of them, so it wasn&#8217;t easy deciding which song to put ahead of all the others. Since then, many more songs have dropped, but sadly at a less consistent rate than the typical monthly output I&#8217;d&#8230;]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[A while back, I ranked all of the songs on the LadyMonsters Vocaloid channel. I enjoyed every single one of them, so it wasn&#8217;t easy deciding which song to put ahead of all the others. Since then, many more songs have dropped, but sadly at a less consistent rate than the typical monthly output I&#8217;d&hellip;]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<title>Surviving the Ultimate Horror Movie Mega-Marathon</title>
		<link>https://twincitiesgeek.com/2026/10/surviving-the-ultimate-horror-movie-mega-marathon/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Victoria Breshears]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 23:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Every autumn, casual moviegoers head to multiplexes for a quick jump scare or stream a slasher at home. But for a specific group of cinephiles, October is an endurance sport.
Welcome to the Horror Campaign: my sleep-deprived, multiweek gauntlet that would take me to a local indie art house, a suburban&#8230;]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[Every autumn, casual moviegoers head to multiplexes for a quick jump scare or stream a slasher at home. But for a specific group of cinephiles, October is an endurance sport.
Welcome to the Horror Campaign: my sleep-deprived, multiweek gauntlet that would take me to a local indie art house, a suburban&hellip;]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<title>“The Many Deaths of Laila Starr” Is an Operatic Comic About Life and Mortality</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marcus Price]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In 2026, we’re lucky to see the world premiere of the opera <em>The Many Deaths of Laila Starr</em>, a show produced by the Minnesota Opera based on an original five-issue comic series that was first published in 2021.* Written by Ram V, illustrated by Filipe Andrade with color assists by Inês Amaro, and lettered&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>9 Spine-Tingling Movies to Watch for Halloween</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Lusch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Scary movies have waxed and waned in popularity over the years, but they have always existed as a way to face our biggest fears head on and explore the darker side of life. They challenge us to not look away, while also providing us hours of entertainment through suspense and horror. They can create some&#8230;]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[Scary movies have waxed and waned in popularity over the years, but they have always existed as a way to face our biggest fears head on and explore the darker side of life. They challenge us to not look away, while also providing us hours of entertainment through suspense and horror. They can create some&hellip;]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<title>This Week in Geek (10/26/2026–11/1/2026)</title>
		<link>https://twincitiesgeek.com/2026/10/this-week-in-geek-10-26-2026-11-1-2026/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Simning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 17:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jump to:
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Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, October 26, to Sunday, November 1.
Although inclusion in This Week in Geek is not an official endorsement of any event or organizer, we do our best&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>What I’m Looking Forward to in “Disney Twisted-Wonderland“ Season 2 (So Far)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucy De Haan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In August, Disney TVA News released the trailer for the second season of <em>Disney Twisted-Wonderland: The Animation</em>. Although the second season was originally teased after the first season wrapped up, it didn&#8217;t give us nearly as many details as the trailer. And while it still doesn&#8217;t have&#8230;]]></description>
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