Hal Bichel

Jun 10, 2024 | twincitiesgeek.com | Hal Bichel

This Pride Month, we’re giving away 5 signed copies of the queer YA fantasy novel The Nightland Express, newly out in paperback! The latest book by Twin Cities writer J. M. Lee (author of the Shadows of the Dark Crystal prequel series), it features horses, magic, and two teenagers discovering themselves and a new world in the pre–Civil War American West.

Oct 26, 2023 | twincitiesgeek.com | Hal Bichel

On Saturday, the Bloomington Armory will host the Minnesota Comic Book Association’s FallCon comic convention. It’s the second convention for this new local comic fan association, whose inaugural event, SpringCon, took place at the same venue earlier this year. If your reaction to that information is that you’re pretty sure SpringCon and FallCon are not, in fact, new conventions, you’re sort of right. The conventions aren’t new, but the organization hosting them is. Again. Sort of.

Sep 28, 2023 | twincitiesgeek.com | Hal Bichel

Spooky season is creeping in! On October 4, the Minnesota Orchestra will be screening Marvel’s Werewolf by Night with a live performance of Michael Giacchino’s score conducted by Sarah Hicks. On a dark and somber night, a secret cabal of monster hunters emerge from the shadows and gather at the foreboding Bloodstone Temple following the death of their leader.

Aug 7, 2023 | twincitiesgeek.com | Hal Bichel

Do you want to believe? PhileFest, a fan convention celebrating the 30th anniversary of The X-Files, is coming to the Mall of America on September 8–10, 2023. The event will feature over two dozen special guests from the show—including Chris Carter, Annabeth Gish, and more—plus panels, gaming, and other programming. Sound like your kind of con?

Oct 17, 2020 | convergence-con.org | Hal Bichel