Christmas Giveaway: Cold War Modern Tickets
As you might have discovered, we had to cancel our trip to the V&A Cold War Modern Exhibition yesterday. There were too many other events going on, and there just weren’t enough people available to make it.
So instead we’re going to give away 2 x 2 free tickets here on the Geek Dinner blog! All you have to do is leave a comment behind here with what your favourite Geek Dinner was this past year. Entries must be left behind before Wednesday 14:00 and is open for UK residents only. I’ll email the winners on Wednesday afternoon.
London Geek Meet 3: Cold War Modern
Update: This event has been cancelled.
Again another London Geek Meet! And again something a bit different. This time we’ll be going to the Victoria & Albert Museum for their special Cold War Modern exhibition. Here’s the description about the exhibition from their site:
This period from the end of the Second World War to the mid 1970s was a period of great political tension and exceptional creativity which touched all aspects of life, from everyday products to the highest arenas of human achievement in science and culture. Art and design were not peripheral symptoms of politics during the Cold War: they played a central role in representing and sometimes challenging the dominant political and social ideas of the age.
I’ve heard a lot of good things about this exhibition, including the fun and mysterious promotion of it through The 7th Syndikate. And thanks to the guys at 1000heads we’ve gotten 10 free tickets to share with you all!
To make it fair though, we won’t be giving these tickets away. Our idea is this: depending on the amount of people who sign up, the cost of the extra tickets that have to be bought, will be split over all people who attend. So if 15 people sign up, everybody pays £3 (£9*5/15). If you are interested in coming, email mseckington@gmail.com. This is absolutely necessary, because we’ll probably have to book tickets for a specific time slot.
Because not everyone has been to the Victoria & Albert Museum before, we thought it would be a great opportunity to also see the rest of the museum. We’ll meetup at 11:00 before the entrance in Cromwell Road. If you’re only interested in the Cold War Modern exhibition, we’ll have a second meet-up point at 14:00 inside the musuem in the hall before the exhibition.
When: Sunday, December 7th December 14th
Time: 11:00 for main museum, 14:00 for Cold War exhibition only
Where: Victoria & Albert Museum
Nearest Tube: South Kensington
Activity: Museum exhibition
Cost: Food and coffee on buy your own basis, tickets depending on how many people sign up (won’t be more than £7 per person though)
Sign up by sending an email to mseckington@gmail.com.
Update: We’ve had to reschedule to a week later to December the 14th.
Update: This event has been cancelled.
Mini-GeekDinner: The Death of Reading
The days are getting shorter, the air is getting colder and the fleeting strains of Christmas songs are right around the corner. One last mini GeekDinner before the end of the year!
This time our guest will be Adrian Hon, Chief Creative Officer at Six to Start. He is one of the main designers and producers behind Perplex City, the world’s first commercially successful ARG (Alternate Reality Game) and has since then been at the forefront of ARG development. This time though Adrian will give us a talk on “The Death of Reading”.
Again the venue will be our regular Hummus Bros in Holborn at 18:30, with the talk starting between 19:30-20:00. Food will be on a get your own basis, so no need to pay online. If you’re running late and can’t find us at the Holborn place anymore, we’ve probably moved on to the pub down the street.
When: Wednesday, December 10th 2008 18:30
Where: Hummus Bros in Holborn
Speaker: Adrian Hon from Six to Start
Topic: The Death of Reading
Cost: Food and drinks on buy your own basis
Please RSVP on our signup site if you are coming, there is only limited seating.
BBC Backstage Christmas Bash
BBC Backstage is teaming up with most London and Manchester communities to hold two Christmas parties. We will be drinking, having fun, and probably make a fool of ourselves on the dance floor. Will you join us?
Only a little more than 50 tickets left, so sign up quick!
Mini-GeekDinner with James Gardner
It’s been a bit quiet here lately, but we’ve got another interesting mini GeekDinner lined up for you all. To mix things up a little bit, we’re joining forces this time with the OpenFinanceCoffeeClub, a small meetup event for finance/tech people.
Joining us is James Gardner, the Head of Innovation and Research at Lloyds TSB. He will talk a bit about the book he has got coming out soon and tell us some amusing anecdotes about medieval banking datacentres and internal bureaucracy.
Because we are hosting this together with the OpenFinanceCoffeeClub, the number of places will be split evenly between the two. This means 15 spots available for GeekDinner people, 15 for OpenFinanceCoffeeClub members.
Again the venue will be our regular Hummus Bros in Holborn at 18:30. Food will be on a get your own basis, so no need to pay online. If you’re running late and can’t find us at the Holborn place anymore, we’ve probably moved on to the pub down the street.
When: Tuesday, November 18th 2008 18:30
Where: Hummus Bros in Holborn
Speaker: James Gardner
Cost: Food and drinks on buy your own basis
Please RSVP on our signup site if you are coming, there is only limited seating.