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		<title>This Week in Geek (10/19/2026–10/25/2026)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Simning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 17:00:15 +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 19, to Sunday, October 25.
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>“Sense and Sensibility” Is a True Meeting of the Heart and Head</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aurora Willis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After 31 years, Jane Austen&#8217;s first novel has graced the movie theater screens once again. Under the direction of Georgia Oakley, <em>Sense and Sensibility</em> retells Austen&#8217;s story of sisterhood, perspectives, and romance for today&#8217;s audience. The film has what you would expect from&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Vinegar Syndrome Brings Cult Cinema to Dinkytown</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Victoria Breshears]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dinkytown has a new physical temple to celluloid. Step through the doors at 1312 4th Street SE and you aren’t just walking into a standard record and movie shop—you’re stepping into an active archive. Beneath exposed industrial ceilings and bright yellow structural beams, towering walls of media&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>“Twelve Kinds of Ice” Explores Nostalgia and Grief at the Children’s Theatre Company</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maddie Heath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Children’s Theatre Company is skating into winter with <em>Twelve Kinds of Ice</em>, a musical adaptation of the 2012 children&#8217;s novel of the same name by Ellen Bryan Obed. Written by Ben Steinfeld, the show follows an adult protagonist, also called Ellen, as she reflects on the winters she spent with&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>“Whalefall” Is Swallowed Whole by Bad Messaging</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Victoria Breshears]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fifty years of aquatic thrillers have taught audiences to fear what lurks beneath the boat, but <em>Whalefall</em> finds its horror inside the beast itself. Directed by Brian Duffield and adapted from the novel of the same name together with its author, Daniel Kraus, the film plunges a diver straight into the&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>“Lizzie: The Rock Musical” Brings Punk-Rock Power and Historical Reinterpretation to Open Eye Theatre</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maddie Heath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 22:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Through November 1, Open Eye Theatre is hosting <em>Lizzie: The Rock Musical</em>, a punk-rock reimagining of the story of accused axe murderer Lizzie Borden. This electric operetta, set in in 1892 in Fall River, Massachusetts, was written by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer and Alan Stevens Hewitt with a book by Tim&#8230;]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[Through November 1, Open Eye Theatre is hosting <em>Lizzie: The Rock Musical</em>, a punk-rock reimagining of the story of accused axe murderer Lizzie Borden. This electric operetta, set in in 1892 in Fall River, Massachusetts, was written by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer and Alan Stevens Hewitt with a book by Tim&hellip;]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<title>From Hollywood to Hutchinson, Inside the State Theatre’s Big-Screen Revival</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Victoria Breshears]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Long before streaming algorithms began feeding us movies through our phone screens, towns gathered at the local cinema. You pushed through the heavy doors, caught the scent of real butter in the lobby, and sat in the dark with a roomful of neighbors to experience the exact same story at the exact same&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Phoebe Bridgers and the Rise of Phone-Free Concerts</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ali Rydberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There is a certain inevitability when attending concerts or live events these days that there will be a moment in which you are forced to experience what&#8217;s happening before you through the phone screen of the person standing in front of you. Whether it&#8217;s to record their favorite song or&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>This Week in Geek (10/12/2026–10/18/2026)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mackenzie Robertson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 17:00:15 +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 12, to Sunday, October 18.
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>“Avatar: Seven Havens” Struggles to Make the Most of a Compelling Premise</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Sanderson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Long ago, Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko created one of the most beloved and successful children&#8217;s television shows of all time. Then, everything changed when M. Night Shyamalan adapted it.
Okay, that&#8217;s overstating things a little. The disastrous 2010 live-action adaptation&#8230;]]></description>
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