Events

The big news this week is RISE, Austin’s amazing week long conference with dozens of useful sessions and great networking opportunities. Look through their extensive listings to find the best sessions for you. If that’s not good enough, you can also enjoy networking opportunities with Door64, Austin Web Developers, and Incubation Station, plus some special events for those of you interested in healthcare information systems and solar power and technology. With all this to choose from, have fun finding time to sleep.

This Saturday is a crazy trifecta of geek goodness. It’s not only unofficial geek holiday May the Fourth, but also national Free Comic Book Day and the opening weekend of Iron Man 3. There are ample excuses to celebrate your love of Star Wars and comics, plus a Steampunk nightclub event and the awesomeness that is the Mini Maker Faire.

Get ready for goths to descend on downtown this weekend for Convergence XIX. If you’re more a fan of primary colors, check out Give to Game, a two day boardgame event raising money for charity. For those of you who want to enjoy a unique combination of culture and the outdoors, enjoy Merchant of Venice at Austin’s own scale reproduction of Shakespeare’s Globe Theater.

This week, you can play a special effects filled LARP with the folks from SCARE for a Cure, honor the first human in space at Yuri’s Night, enjoy some Tesla-Tastic music with Arc Attack’s not-so-secret show, and, of course, enjoy plenty of boardgames and laid back geek clubs.

Nerd Nite is back, bringing you another month of TED Talk style goodness. This week you can also enjoy Burlesque for a good cause, meet fellow Star Wars fans at the Fan Force meeting, meet fellow Ren Faire lovers at the premier of Faire: An American Renaissance, plus play plenty of board games.

Get ready for a Pop-Culture-Palooza this weekend! We have a premier party for the return of Doctor Who, a premier party for the return of Game of Thrones, and a chance to pitch in and help build the only 1:1 replica Star Wars Starfighter in America. Along the way, there’s also LARPing, gaming, and plenty of other geeky get togethers.