Center for Cartoon Studies Diploma

The Center for Cartoon Studies has just graduated their 2012 class! Congratulations to all who have completed their studies, and take a look at their diploma for this year:

PoliSciFi Radio Episode 181: Avengers Assemble!

PoliSciFi Radio is back after a couple of weeks away: Here’s the geek stuff:

• Avengers (S&E also saw Thor and Captain America this week)
• AO Scott/Sam Jackson kerfuffle
• Fringe (with a Season 5 on the way!)
• Game of Thrones
• Grimm
• Community
• Awake
• Sherlock season two airs in the U.S., starting tonight
• Eureka
• Cabin in the Woods — profitable

Listen to the full episode here.

Geek Things for May 14th

• Marjorie Cady Memorial Writers Group, 10AM–12PM, Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury. Free. (Writing)
• Ruah Swennerfelt – “The Transition Movement: Community-Led Responses to Climate Change and Shrinking Supplies of Cheap Energy; Building Resilience and Happiness.” Elder Education Enrichment annual meeting, 1 p.m.; lecture, 2 p.m., Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington. $5. (Environment)
• Casual Card Games, 5:30pm – 11:00pm, Quarterstaff Games, BUrlington. (Gaming)
• L5R Constructed, 7pm – 11pm, Quarterstaff Games, Burlington. (Gaming)
• Monday Night Magic, 6pm – 9pm, Village Pizza, Montpelier. (Gaming)
• Thesis Exhibition, May 14, 2012 – June 16, 2012, Exhibition runs Monday-Saturday, 10am-2pm, through Saturday, June 16. CCS Gallery, Colodny Building, White River Junction, Vermont. (Cartoons)
• Red Cross Blood Drive. 11:30am-5:30pm, Barre Elks Club, Barre. (Blood)

Geek Things for May 11th

• Astronomy Viewing, 8PM, Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington. Free. (Astronomy)
• Spring Migration Bird Walk, 7–8:30AM, Various locations in Barre. $10; free for North Branch Nature Center members; call for meeting location. (Birds)
• ‘Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up’, 7PM, Black Box Theater, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington. $15-20. (Theater)
• ‘Mulan: The Musical’, 7PM, Edmunds Middle School, Burlington. Free; $5 suggested donation for keepsake playbill. (Theater)
• ‘The Titan Project: Prometheus’, 8PM, 10:30PM, Hepburn Zoo, Hepburn Hall, Middlebury College, Middlebury. $4. (Science Fiction)
• ‘The Wizard of Oz’, 7PM, South Burlington High School, South Burlington. $5. (Theater)
• Amy Seidl – “Bloom: The Plight of Lake Champlain.” 2PM, Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington. $5. (Talk)
• FNM – Friday Night Magic – Type 2 / Standard – $8 Entry Fee, 6pm – 11pm, Quarterstaff Games, Burlington. (Gaming)
• Watch City Festival 2012, May 11 – 13, 2012, Waltham, MA (Steampunk)
• Friday Night Magic — Standard Constructed, 6pm – 10pm, The Gamer’s Grotto, Bennington. (Gaming)
• Friday Night Magic — Varying Format, 6pm – 10pm, The Gamer’s Grotto, Bennington. (Gaming)

Transit of Venus/Planetarium

The Fairbanks Museum of Science in St. Johnsbery will have a weekend program on the Transit of Venus on Saturday, May 12th, at 1:30 PM. The event will be in their new Lyman Spizer Jr. Planetarium

Our planetarium shows are live presentations by the Museum’s professional staff. All programs introduce the audience to the night skies, including constellations and stars that are prominent, the planets currently visible, the Moon, and other current astronomy information.

This year on June 5th, the planet Venus will pass directly in front of the Sun, a rare event that will not happen again until 2117. Our planetarium program will highlight why this happens to rarely, the fascinating roles that past transits of Venus have played in science and history, and how you can safely witness the transit yourself.

This looks like a very interesting and fun event!

Geek Things for May 10th

• Chess Group, 7:30PM, Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington. $2. (Chess)
• After Dark Speaker Series – “Diseases of Aging, Osteoarthritis, Joint Replacement and Osteoporosis,” 6:30–8:30PM, ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington. $15-20; cash bar. (Medical)
• ‘Beauty and the Beast’ 7:30PM, Flynn MainStage, Burlington. $27-76. (Theater)
• ‘Mulan: The Musical’, 4PM, Edmunds Middle School, Burlington. Free; $5 suggested donation for keepsake playbill. (Theater)
• ‘The Titan Project: Prometheus’, 8PM, Hepburn Zoo, Hepburn Hall, Middlebury College, Middlebury. $4. (Science Fiction Theater)
• Warmachine / Hordes, 5pm – 11pm, Quarterstaff Games, Burlington. (Gaming)
• The Lost History of 1914: Reconsidering the Year the Great War Began. 7pm, Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier. (History)
• Red Cross Blood Drive. 12-5:30pm. St. Leo’s Hall, Waterbuty. (Blood)
• Coastal Birding and Migration, 7:00 pm, Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich. Audience: Adults Members: $130, Non-members: $150Pre-Registration Required (Birds)
• Howard E. Woodin ES Colloquium, 12:30 – 1:20pm, Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103, Middlebury College, Middlebury. (Talk)
• Computer Science Thesis Seminar: 3:00-3:30 PM Modeling Killer Whale Movement along the Coast of Alaska – Lucas Braun / 3:30-4:00 PM Knowledge Acquisition through Intelligent Crowd-Sourcing – Armaan Sarkar / 4:00-4:30 PM Unspeakable Fun: Playing Taboo with Computers – Porter Westling, McCardell Bicentennial Hall 104, Middlebury College, Middlebury. (Talk)
• Math Seminar Lecture, 3 – 4:30pm, Warner 202, Middlebury College, Middlebury. (Talk)
• NOOK Knowledge, 11:00 AM, Barnes and Noble, South Burlington. (eReader)

Danny Boyle’s Frankeinstein Returns to Vermont Theaters!

Just over a year ago, we talked about how a stage adaptation of Frankeinstein, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller, alternatively starring as Victor Frankeinstein and his monster. The production is once again coming back to theaters, and will be seen in Vermont once again!

The screening will be June 6th at 7:00pm, and the only place to see it in Vermont will be the Palace 9 Cinemas in South Burlington. Tickets will be $15.00 per person. (Facebook event for the film is here.