JagerCon: Sci-Fi Tuesdays

Neverending Story 6/1

2010-06-01T14:11:00.000-07:00

Atreyyyyyyuuuuuuuuu!!!!! Tonight's edition of JagerCon features one of the best fantasy movies to ever come out of the 80s: The Neverending Story. Ride your Luck Dragon down to Club Jager this evening and indulge in 2-4-1 dranx, nerdery and awesomeness. Also: Come prepared with suggestions for the next round of flicks!

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

2010-05-24T19:49:00.000-07:00

Join nerds with towels in tow for a free screening of Douglas Adams' classic The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy tonight at 10pm at Clubhouse Jager! May 25th also doubles as "Towel Day," an annual homage to the late DA and the Hitchhiker series.

Strange Days 4/13

2010-04-13T13:51:00.000-07:00

Join us for Strange Days tonight at Jager! Fun fact: It was directed by recent Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker). This is one bad ass movie. Plus, we'll have 2-4-1 dranx and plenty of cool nerds in attendance to entertain you with infinite sci-fi knowledge.

Show up at 8pm to play trivia with ye olde Rob Callahan! Screening at 10pm.

Metropolis 3/30

2010-03-30T12:42:00.000-07:00

Join us tonight for a very special evening of classic sci-fi and cupcakes! We'll be celebrating the 40th birthday of JagerCon regular and all around cool cat, Christian Erickson! And if any of you own a Nintendo power glove, bring it, so we can give Christian his b-day spankings in true JagerCon style. 10pm / 241 dranx / Clubhouse Jager!

Alice 3/23

2010-03-23T15:04:00.000-07:00

Tonight's flick, Alice, lands more on the "fantasy" side of the genre, though it certainly doesn't lack in weirdness. This dark and twisted Czech surrealist fantasy film based on Alice in Wonderland is sure to please. 2-4-1 dranx, tasty food, and hopefully more nerds than political wingnuts.

New JagerCon schedule announced!

2010-03-17T06:12:00.001-07:00

MAR 23: Alice
MAR 30: Metropolis
APR 6: Beyond Thunderdome
APR 13: Strange Days
APR 20: Doctor Who: The Enemy Within
APR 27: Tank Girl
MAY 4: Moon
MAY 11: Ghostbusters
MAY 18: Pontypool
MAY 25: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
JUN 1: The Neverending Story

2001: A Space Odyssey 3/16

2010-03-16T13:57:00.000-07:00

Join us for the freaky classic, 2001: A Space Odyssey starring HAL the computer! Movie starts at 10pm, but make sure to get to Jager by 8pm to play the first ever JagerQuiz trivia game, hosted by none other than nerd extraordinaire and JagerCon regular, Rob Callahan. Come early for trivia, stay late for the flick! 2-4-1 dranx all night, of course.

Akira 3/9

2010-03-09T14:39:00.000-08:00

Tonight's flick is AKIRA. You know it, you love it, it paved the way for nerdy white people to appreciate the glory of Anime. Come down to Jager tonight, sip some 2-4-1 cocktails, mingle with your geeky brethren and watch this classic animated flick!

The Hunger 3/2

2010-03-02T13:29:00.000-08:00

Hey vamp fans! While tonight's flick isn't exactly sci-fi, it's surely fantasy...and who hasn't had a fantasy about A. David Bowie or B. Susan Sarandon or C. Catherine Deneuve? The Hunger is one of the sexiest vamp flicks out there, and when you add in 2-4-1 dranx and all the cool kids at Clubhouse Jager, AND posters by Who Made Who, we think it's all WIN.

Dune 2/9

2010-02-09T16:00:00.000-08:00

Come to Jager tonight for DUNE! 2-4-1 dranx, nerds, and fun. Oh, and super cool posters from Who Made Who of course!

Return to Oz 2/2

2010-02-02T15:31:00.000-08:00

Hey ya'll, come on down to Jager tonight for "Return to Oz" starring that chick that was in "The Craft" (in little girl format). Nerds will be nerding out, 2-4-1 drinks will be flowing, and the l'etoile crew will be not paying attention to the movie as per usual. Sorry, no posters tonight!

Earth Girls are Easy 1/26

2010-01-26T13:40:00.000-08:00

Tonight's flick is Earth Girls are Easy! Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Julie Brown, aliens, 1980s, and awesomeness! 2-4-1 dranx! Nerdiness! And awesome Who Made Who posters!

Forbidden Zone 1/19

2010-01-18T20:49:00.000-08:00

Head to Jager tonight and join us for FORBIDDEN ZONE! 2-4-1 drink specials, food until 11pm, nerdiness abounds. 10pm / 21+

Star Wars: Clone Wars 1/12

2010-01-12T09:45:00.000-08:00

This week join us for STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS! 10pm at Clubhouse Jager. 2-4-1 drinks all night long, nerds in abundance, tasty treats from Jager's kitchen, and posters from Who Made Who!!!

Spaceballs 1/5

2010-01-05T13:52:00.000-08:00

Tonight's flick is SPACEBALLS! Join us for nerdery, 2-4-1 cocktails and Mel Brooks at Clubhouse Jager! 10pm / 21+

Back to the Future 12/29

2009-12-29T15:26:00.000-08:00

Tonight's flick is Back to the Future! It's also JagerCon regular, Drea's b-day! So come on down, give her a spanking, drink some 2-4-1s and nerd around with us. 10pm / 21+ at Clubhouse Jager!

ps-there will be posters!

JÄGERCON HOLIDAY PARTY featuring the Star Wars Christmas Special

2009-12-22T09:29:00.000-08:00

Join us for the much loved/hated Star Wars Holiday Special, screening tonight at JagerCon's Holiday Party! Enjoy 2-4-1 drank specials all night and celebrate LIFE DAY with us and our merry band of nerds!

10pm / Clubhouse Jager / 21+ / Free

JagerCon 1-Year Anniversary tonight!

2009-12-15T08:35:00.000-08:00

JagerCon 1-Year Anniversary Party

@ Clubhouse Jager
923 Washington Avenue N.
Minneapolis

9pm / 21+ / Free

This month marks one year of nerdy hi-jinx at Clubhouse Jager! Our weekly sci-fi movie night has become a big hit and we're happy to say we've made many awesome new friends because of it. For the past year, local screen print collectives Squad 19 and Who Made Who have been trading off duties as our official poster-makers for the event, creating amazing, coveted, limited edition screen-printed posters for many of the movies. Tonight's anniversary party is extra special because BOTH collectives will be on-hand to sell posters from past screenings that you might have missed for the bargain price of $10 each. Fill in your nerdy poster collection, or buy some as a holiday gift for a geeky pal! We're also starting EARLY tonight at 9pm with a couple rounds of sci-fi trivia hosted by Kate and Beth from l'etoile. Prizes include bar tabs and a grand prize of just about every poster ever made for JagerCon! Tonight's flick will be 12 Monkeys, and both Squad 19 and Who Made Who will be creating dueling 12 Monkeys posters for the occasion -- which as usual will be FREE and will be doled out after the flick.

The Fly 12/8

2009-12-08T11:40:00.000-08:00

Despite #snowmageddon, our weekly nerd party is still on schedule! Come drink some whiskey to warm up and watch THE FLY with us at 10pm!

JagerCon 1-Year Anniversary Party 12/15

2009-12-01T08:56:00.001-08:00

JAGERCON TURNS 1 ON DECEMBER 15TH!

JagerCon has been going for just over a year now and we're happy to say we've made numerous new friends along the way! As a thank you for your ongoing patronage, we're throwing a 1-Year anniversary spectacular!

Tuesday, December 15th
9pm / 21+ / Free

At 9pm sharp Kate and Beth will kick off the first ever JagerCon Sci-Fi Trivia contest, where you can win bar tabs PLUS a grand prize of every JagerCon poster print ever made by Squad 19 and Who Made Who!

From 9-11pm Squad 19 & Who Made Who will be on-hand selling prints of past posters for a mere $10 each (limited edition screen print posters often go for much more, so it's a deal!)

The movie of the evening will be "12 Monkeys" and Squad 19 and Who Made Who will be creating dueling JagerCon Anniversary poster designs for the flick, which will be available for free in limited quantities!

NEW SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED!

2009-12-01T08:02:00.000-08:00

Upcoming Events:

DEC 1: Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog
DEC 8: The Fly
DEC 15: JageCon Anniversary Party / 12 Monkeys
DEC 22: Star Wars Christmas Special
DEC 29: Back to the Future
JAN 5: Spaceballs
JAN 12: Star Wars: The Clone Wars
JAN 19: The Forbidden Zone
JAN 26: Earth Girls Are Easy
FEB 1: Return to Oz
FEB 9: Dune
FEB 16: Dreamcatcher
FEB 23: Nightwatch
MAR 2: The Hunger

This week's flick is Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog

Jason X: Jason in Outer Space

2009-10-26T20:30:00.000-07:00

In honor of Halloween we present "Jason X: Jason in Outer Space." As usual, the movie starts at 10pm and 2-4-1 dranx abound! Note: No posters this week, as Who Made Who are out of town.

About the flick:

Set way in the future, Earth is no longer inhabitable, so humans have colonized in outer space. One colony receives two cryogenically frozen bodies, and when they defrost them, one of the bodies turns out to be.....who else? Jason Voorhees. No longer in the forest or Camp Crystal Lake, Jason stalks the colonists in a whole new environment.

They Live 10/6

2009-10-06T10:51:00.000-07:00

Come watch They Live with us tonight at JagerCon! 10 pm at Clubhouse Jager! New posters by Who Made Who! Bonus: Rowdy Roddy Piper

About the flick:
Nada, a down-on-his-luck construction worker, discovers a pair of special sunglasses. Wearing them, he is able to see the world as it really is: people being bombarded by media and government with messages like "Stay Asleep", "No Imagination", "Submit to Authority". Even scarier is that he is able to see that some usually normal-looking people are in fact ugly aliens in charge of the massive campaign to keep humans subdued.

New Schedule Announced!

2009-09-22T06:12:00.001-07:00

Sept 22nd: Howard the Duck
Sept 29th: Brazil
Oct 6th: They Live
Oct 13th: Planet of the Apes
Oct 20th: Communion
Oct 27th: Jason X: Jason in Outerspace
Nov 3rd: Westworld
Nov 10th: Cocoon
Nov 17th: Class of Nuke Em' High
Nov 24th: Legend

Barbarella 9/15

2009-09-15T08:31:00.000-07:00

Join us for a screening of Barbarella tonight at JagerCon!

About the movie:
After an in-flight anti-gravity striptease (masked by the film's opening titles), Barbarella, a 41st century astronaut, lands on the planet Lythion and sets out to find the evil Durand Durand in the city of Sogo, where a new sin is invented every hour. There, she encounters such objects as the Exessive Machine, a genuine sex organ on which an accomplished artist of the keyboard, in this case, Durand Durand himself, can drive a victim to death by pleasure, a lesbian queen who, in her dream chamber, can make her fantasies take form, and a group of ladies smoking a giant hookah which, via a poor victim struggling in its glass globe, dispenses Essance of Man. You can't help but be impressed by the special effects crew and the various ways that were found to tear off what few clothes our heroine seemed to possess. Based on the popular French comic strip.

The Man Who Fell to Earth 9/8

2009-09-08T08:17:00.001-07:00

Join us for a screening of The Man Who Fell To Earth starring David Bowie tonight at JagerCon! 10 p.m., 2-4-1 dranks, etc!

About the film:

Thomas Jerome Newton (David Bowie) is a humanoid alien who comes to Earth to get water for his dying planet. He starts a high technology company to get the billions of dollars he needs to build a return spacecraft, and meets Mary-Lou, a girl who falls in love with him. He does not count on the greed and ruthlessness of business here on Earth, however.

THX 1138 tonight! 9/1

2009-09-01T13:28:00.000-07:00

Join us for THX 1138 tonight at JagerCon! 10 p.m.

About the film:

George Lucas adapted this, his first film, from a short he made at University. THX 1138, LUH 3417, and SEN 5241 attempt to escape from a futuristic society located beneath the surface of the Earth. The society has outlawed sex, with drugs used to control the people. THX 1138 stops taking the drugs, and gets LUH 3417 pregnant. They are both thrown in jail where they meet SEN 5241 and start to plan their escape.

Who Made Who poster of the week by Tooth:

Young Frankenstein 8/25

2009-08-25T07:19:00.000-07:00

Join us for a screening of Young Frankenstein tonight at JagerCon!

About the movie:

A young neurosurgeon (Gene Wilder) inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback called Igor, a pretty lab assistant named Inga and the old housekeeper, frau Blucher -iiiiihhh!-. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather is only crap, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind...

Cool new posters from Who Made Who!

Killer Klowns 8/18

2009-08-18T09:22:00.000-07:00

Join us for Killer Klowns from Outerspace at JagerCon tonight! 2-4-1 drinks, cool nerds, and posters from Who Made Who!

About the film:

When a small town is invaded by aliens from outer space who are capturing and killing the townspeople, no one takes them seriously. Why? The aliens all look like circus clowns, use weapons that look clown like, and all have painted on smiles. Only a few of the young people in the town realize the danger and of course no one believes them. Armed with an ice cream truck they try and rescue their friends.

Who Made Who Poster of the Week:

Batteries Not Included 8/11

2009-08-11T11:31:00.000-07:00

Join us for a screening of Batteries Not Included, tonight at JagerCon! 10 p.m.! 2-4-1 drinks all night!

About the flick:

A group of tenants in an apartment block are being forced to move out so that it can be demolished. The tenants are reluctant to move, so the developers hire a local gang to 'persuade' them to leave. Fortunately, visiting alien mechanical life-forms come to town. When they befriend the tenants, the aliens use their extraterrestrial abilities to defeat the developers.

Silent Running 8/4

2009-08-04T11:16:00.001-07:00

Join us for a screening of Silent Running tonight at JagerCon! 10 p.m.!

About the movie:
The loner crew member of a spaceship harbouring Earth's last nature reserves goes renegade when he is instructed to jettison his beloved forests and return home. Accompanied only by three robots, he ponders the fate of his last pocket of nature and the murders of his fellow crew members in this far-looking speculative film.

Time Bandits 7/28

2009-07-28T09:00:00.000-07:00

Join us for Time Bandits tonight at JagerCon at 10 p.m.!

Kevin, an imaginative child, goes on a time-travelling adventure with a bunch of treasure-hunting dwarves, who have "borrowed" a map to the Universe's time holes from The Supreme Being.

This week, Who Made Who made us a poster! They'll be trading off poster making duties with Squad 19 from now on!

Buckaroo Banzai 7/21

2009-07-21T07:55:00.000-07:00

Join us this evening for a screening of Buckaroo Banzai! 10 p.m. @ Clubhouse Jager!

Squad 19 Print of the Week!

New Lineup Announced!

2009-07-13T13:08:00.000-07:00

July 21: Buckaroo Banzai
July 28:Time Bandits
Aug 4: Silent Running
Aug 11: Batteries Not Included
Aug 18: Killer Klowns from Outerspace
Aug 25: Young Frankenstein
Sept 1: THX 1138
Sept 8: The Man Who Fell To Earth
Sept 15: Barbarella

Repo Man 7/14

2009-07-13T10:53:00.000-07:00

Join us for a screening of REPO MAN, this Tuesday at JagerCon!

About the film:
Now-classic punk fable of Otto, the newly hired repossession man. Off beat film has a little of everything: action, comedy, urban decay, police drama, mystery, governmental conspiracy and even UFO's. Story centers on Otto's search for a mysterious Malibu carrying an odd cargo.

Robocop Night 7/7

2009-07-07T12:48:00.000-07:00

Join us for Robocop 1 and 2 at JagerCon tonight! 10 p.m.!

About Robocop:

Detroit - in the future - is crime ridden, and run by a massive company. The company have developed a huge crime fighting robot, which unfortunately develops a rather dangerous glitch. The company sees a way to get back in favour with the public when a cop called Alex Murphy is killed by a street gang. Murphys body is reconstructed within a steel shell and named Robocop. The Robocop is very successful against criminals, and becomes a target of supervillian Boddicker.

Ice Pirates 6/30

2009-06-30T11:15:00.000-07:00

Join us for ICE PIRATES tonight at JagerCon 10 p.m.!

About the movie:
In the far future water is the most valuable substance. Two space pirates are captured, sold to a princess, and recruited to help her find her father who disappeared when he found information dangerous to the rulers. A real Space Opera with sword fights, explosions, fighting robots, monsters, bar fights and time warps.

Space Camp 6/23

2009-06-23T09:46:00.000-07:00

Join us tonight for a screening of the classic 80s flick SPACE CAMP at JagerCon!

10 p.m. / 21+ / Free

Clubhouse Jager
923 Washington Ave N
Minneapolis

About the movie:

American kids go to a space camp during the summer holidays. They learn how to operate the Space Shuttle. A team consisting of a guy who just entered to meet girls, a wanna be astronaut and an instructor who wanted to go on a mission instead of teaching can sit in the Shuttle while testing the engines. Then they're launched by mistake ...

Wear a fishbowl on your head like an astronaut helmet all night and MAYBE we'll give you one of these sweet, limited edition Squad 19 Space Camp posters!

Road Warrior 6/16

2009-06-11T00:15:00.000-07:00

Join us this Tuesday for a screening of the Mad Max classic, The Road Warrior!

10 p.m. / 21+ / Free
2-for-1 Dranx all night long!

Clubhouse Jager
923 Washington Avenue N
North Loop

About the movie:

Max is traveling in a post apocalypse Australia where Gasoline is the most valuable commodity. He becomes involved in a struggle between bandits and a town that has build defenses around a small refinery. He must cross the no man's land several times to allow them to make a dash for freedom, pursued by the bandits in their vehicles.

Win a limited Squad 19 Mad Max print!

Hackers 6/9

2009-06-08T12:17:00.000-07:00

Join us for a screening of HACKERS this Tuesday at Clubhouse Jager!

10 p.m. / 21+ / Free

Clubhouse Jager
923 Washington Avenue N
North Loop

About the movie:

A young boy is arrested by the US Secret Service for writing a computer virus and is banned from using a computer until his 18th birthday. Years later, he and his new-found friends discover a plot to unleash a dangerous computer virus, but they must use their computer skills to find the evidence while being pursued by the Secret Service and the evil computer genius behind the virus.

SQUAD 19 PRINTS OF THE WEEK! This week we have two prints! Wear Rollerblades to the bar and win!

Runaway 6/2

2009-06-02T08:19:00.000-07:00

Join us for tonight's edition of JagerCon at Clubhouse Jager, featuring RUNAWAY starring Tom Selleck and Gene Simmons (Yes, of KISS)!

About the movie:

In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target.

ALSO!!! Rock a Tom Selleck mustache and you just may win a limited edition Squad 19 print designed for tonight's show!

Zardoz (1974) 5/26

2009-05-26T07:30:00.000-07:00

Join us for 2-4-1 cocktails and possibly one of the worst movies, ever, tonight at JagerCon!

Clubhouse Jager
923 Washington Avenue N
Minneapolis

10 p.m. / Free

In the distant future Earth is divided into two camps, the barely civilized group and the overly civilized one with mental powers. A plague is attacking the second group, after which its members cease to have any interest in life and become nearly catatonic. When Zed, one of the barbarians, crosses over, the tenuous balance in their world is threatened.

Squad 19 will be producing another limited edition print for this one! Anyone wearing an orange loin cloth will for sure get one. Anyone NOT wearing an orange loin cloth will just have to take their chances.

Ridley Scott's ALIEN 5/19

2009-05-19T10:31:00.001-07:00

Join us at Clubhouse Jager tonight for a screening of Ridley Scott's ALIEN starring Sigourney Weaver!

Clubhouse Jager
923 Washington Ave. N
Minneapolis

10 p.m. / Free / 2-4-1 drinks!

The crew of the deep space mining ship Nostromo are awaken from hypersleep to investigate a strange signal from a nearby planet. While investigating the signal, they discover it was intended as a warning, and not an SOS. What follows are some grisly and inventive special effects based on the work of H.R.Giger

Evil Dead 2 /// May 12th

2009-05-12T12:17:00.000-07:00

Join us for a screening of horror/comedy cult classic EVIL DEAD 2 tonight at JagerCon!

10 p.m.
Clubhouse Jager
923 Washington Ave N.
Minneapolis

Show up in FAKE BLOOD and get yourself a limited edition Squad 19 Evil Dead 2 print! (while supplies last)

Dr. Who & The Daleks 5/5

2009-05-05T09:39:00.000-07:00

Limited edition Squad 19 posters will be given away to a select number of lucky nerds -- wear your best Who-gear and win one!!!

Join us Tuesday, May 5th for the obscure Dr. Who feature film, Dr. Who and the Daleks, from 1966!

10 p.m. / Free / 241 dranx!

Clubhouse Jager
923 Washington Avenue N
Minneapolis

Accidentally thrown together in an adventure of a lifetime, Dr. Who (Peter Cushing), his granddaughters, and their friend Ian cross the intergalactic universe in the Doctor's new invention the T.A.R.D.I.S. his space and time machine. Landing unsuspectingly on Planet Skaro, here they meet the kind and placid Thal's, who are under the mortal fear of the dreaded Dalek's. Deadly mutants living inside their metal casings and killing everything that crosses its path. Here is the battle of the Daleks vs. the Thals, for the Dr. has stumbled across a war that not only bravery and cunning can win the day but sacrifice that is a price never too high to pay for the freedom of the galaxy.

Dark City 4/28

2009-04-28T09:47:00.000-07:00

Join us tonight for DARK CITY! 2-4-1 cocktails and nerdery will be rampant.

John Murdoch awakens alone in a strange hotel to find that he has lost his memory and is wanted for a series of brutal and bizarre murders. While trying to piece together his past, he stumbles upon a fiendish underworld controlled by a group of beings known as The Strangers who possess the ability to put people to sleep and alter the city and its inhabitants. Now Murdoch must find a way to stop them before they take control of his mind and destroy him.

War of the Worlds (1953) Tuesday, April 21st

2009-04-21T09:05:00.001-07:00

Join us tonight for WAR OF THE WORLDS (the old one, not that stupid Tom Cruise one!) at 10 p.m. tonight at Clubhouse Jager.

Star Trek: The Voyage Home 4/14

2009-04-14T10:24:00.000-07:00

STAR TREK: THE VOYAGE HOME

Tuesday, April 14th 10 p.m.!

We will have a few limited edition JagerCon posters created by screen-print stars SQUAD 19 available at the screening, and we might even give you one if you're nice to us!

Hellboy: Blood & Iron (Animated) 4/7

2009-04-07T11:12:00.000-07:00

Come kick it with us at JagerCon tonight!

Clubhouse Jager
923 Washington Ave N
Minneapolis

Free / 21+ / 10 pm

"Darkman" screens @ JagerCon 3/31

2009-03-30T21:29:00.000-07:00

BE THERE OR ELSE!

Labyrinth/Tron Double Header 3/24

2009-03-24T07:47:00.001-07:00

Last week's screening of Labyrinth got bumped due to St. Patrick's Day, so we'll be showing it this week, along with our previously scheduled flick, Tron!

Nerds Driven out of Ireland

2009-03-12T08:06:00.001-07:00

Due to all the wild St. Patrick's Day shenannies, JAGERCON has been canceled this week considering the bar will most likely be too rowdy for nerdy movie viewing. We WILL be screening Labyrinth AND Tron next Tuesday, March 24th, however, so save the date and don't forget to reinforce your glasses with plenty of tape!

Forbidden Planet/Angry Red Planet Double Header! 3/10

2009-03-09T22:33:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday, March 10th JagerCon goes old school with two sci-fi classics, Forbidden Planet and Angry Red Planet Brave the snow and come nerd out with us! 10 p.m. at Clubhouse Jager every Tuesday night.

JagerCon, Meet MarsCon

2009-03-03T15:50:00.001-08:00

We'll be getting our extreme nerd on at MarsCon this Friday, March 6th. Are you going? E-mail us at kate@letoilemagazine.com and meet up with us for a drink and nerdy shenanigans!

Stay tuned for CONvergence this July, as we'll be running our OWN party room!

Not sure if you want to go to MarsCon? Just watch these hilarious vids from last year and you will no doubt be on board!

More press for JagerCon!

2009-03-03T15:44:00.000-08:00

The media loves JagerCon!

The Onion says this:

JagerCon: Sci-Fi Tuesdays - Blade Runner (Director's Cut)

Science-fiction writer Philip K. Dick spent his career—and by all accounts his leisure time—obsessed with the notion that reality and humanity were ultimately ungraspable concepts, so it’s fitting that the most famous film taken from his work would be so unstable. Director Ridley Scott’s adaptation of Dick’s short novel Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? has seen five major iterations, beginning with a 1982 work print used for test screenings through a 2007 cut released to theaters as “The Final Cut.” The looming question of whether Harrison Ford is a replicant or not is, therefore, definitively unanswerable—something Dick would have appreciated. Here, the weekly sci-fi movie night JagerCon screens the director’s cut first released in 1992. -The Onion/The Decider

Blade Runner Director's Cut THIS Tuesday!

2009-03-02T17:57:00.001-08:00

Be sure to join us for this week's edition on JagerCon! We'll be screening the Director's Cut (the original, 2006 one) tonight starting at 10 p.m.!

Get there early to get a good seat!

We Love Tom Horgen!

2009-03-02T17:52:00.000-08:00

From Friday's A+E Section of the Star Tribune:

Night of the Living Nerds

These days, it's good to be a geek.

Geeks have taken over the movie industry (how many superhero movies did you see last year?) and even that über-geek, Conan O'Brien, is bumping Jay Leno from "The Tonight Show."

Now the geeks are taking over one of the Twin Cities' coolest bars, Clubhouse Jäger. A new weekly night called "JagerCon: Sci-Fi Tuesdays" invites bargoers to "mingle with like-minded sci-fi geeks, discuss 'D&D' strategies and use that Captain Picard impression you've been perfecting to pick up chicks at the bar."

Each week, a different movie from the sci-fi pantheon is screened above the dance floor. This Tuesday it's the director's cut of the 1982 Harrison Ford film "Blade Runner." The night was created by two L'Etoile magazine alums, Kate Iverson and Beth Hammarlund. They will also screen TV shows such as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Star Trek."

To help their fellow geeks open up a bit, the bar will offer two-for-one drinks all night.

-Tom Horgen

More Press for JagerCon!

2009-02-24T10:12:00.000-08:00

Metromix says:

What happens when fashionistas take a break from their glamorous lifestyles to indulge their nerdy sides? They stage screenings of old "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" episodes and take breaks for cocktails over conversation of last week's installment of "BSG".

Luckily for fans who are slightly off the cutting edge of nerdiness, JagerCon features the creme of the science fiction crop. Curators and L'etoile magazine editors Kate Iverson and Beth Hammarlund have selected movies that appeal to even most centrist of geeks, including "Blade Runner", "TRON" and everyone's favorite David Bowie film "Labyrinth".

But even though Tuesdays are now nerd nights, Club Jager is still a pretty hip spot, so you'll want to go for something a little sleek and sexy before you go for your cos play. Who knows, you might just bump into the Sci-Fi fan of your dreams. -Metromix

While this doesn't technically count, since I wrote it, Secrets of the City says:

Head to North Loop fave Clubhouse Jager tonight for JagerCon, a weekly Sci-Fi meetup and nerdy movie/TV Show viewing party. This week's event features a free screening of Mirrormask. A dark fantasy tale from the mind of writer Neil Gaiman, Mirrormask is a beautiful and surreal film with a heavy helping of creepiness, just for good measure. While you're there, enjoy 2-4-1 drink specials all night on taps and rails, mingle with like-minded sci-fi/fantasy geeks, discuss D&D strategies, and use that Captain Picard impression you've been perfecting to pick up chicks at the bar. It totally works. On us anyway. -Kate Iverson

Where the Long Tail Ends says:

Northside Minneapolis hipster hangout Clubhouse Jäger is hosting L’Etoile Magazine’s new Tuesday night nerdgasm, JagerCon. The theme? Screenings of Sci-fi films and TV shows, ranging from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dr. Who, Battlestar Galactica, Firefly, Star Trek and many more. Hosted by Kate Iverson and Beth Hammarlund, the night also will involve two-for-one drink specials throughout the night and possibly the occasional clash between rogue LARPers. Screenings start at 10pm are 21+, and best of all, totally free. Nerd up!

This week’s screening will be the film Mirrormask, directed by über-artist Dave McKean and written by Newbery Award winning Neil Gaiman, most recently of Coraline fame. Upcoming weeks will feature the director’s cut of Bladerunner, and a double feature of Forbidden Planet and Angry Red Planet. Make sure to check both the Clubhouse Jäger site, the L’Etoile Magazine’s blog, and for those of you who want to skip the middleman, the JagerCon blog for future screenings. -Matt Gamble

JagerCon A-Listed in City Pages AND Vita.mn

2009-02-20T09:27:00.000-08:00

The media loves nerds and we love the media!

City Pages says:

It's sometimes hard to find your place on the barhopping circuit when you are a geek, a freak, or a nerd. But that doesn't mean we don't enjoy a beer over a lengthy discussion on the use of bezoars in literature or why you ship Buffy/Spike over Buffy/Angel. Thankfully Clubhouse Jäger plans to turn Tuesday nights into a nerd summit for the socially awkward, overly enthusiastic, and sexy-but-bookish out there. Hosted by l'etoile magazine's Kate Iverson and Beth Hammarlund, Sci-Fi Tuesdays will feature screenings of sci-fi movies plus two-for-ones throughout the night. This week's screening is MirrorMask, a coming-of-age tale about a girl sucked into a visually stunning, bizarre alternate universe. Yeah, it's a Dave McKean/Neil Gaiman collaboration. Following weeks will feature the director's cut of Bladerunner, and a double-header screening of Forbidden Planet and Angry Red Planet. Twelve-sided dice and strong opinions on gaming strategies optional. 21+.
Tue., Feb. 24, 10 p.m., 2009 -Jessica Armbruster

Vita.mn says:

L’Etoile Magazine’s new weekly night at Clubhouse Jäger encourages you to embrace your inner nerd. Nerdettes Kate Iverson and Beth Hammarlund of L’Etoile will screen their favorite nerdy movies and TV shows, including “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Dr. Who,” “Battlestar Galactica,” “Firefly,” “Star Trek” and more, plus two-for-one drink specials all night. This week’s screening is “MirrorMask,” the 2005 fantasy film written by Twin Cities author Neil Gaiman. It wouldn’t be L’Etoile if it weren’t stylish, so expect hipster lens-less eyeglasses rather than the real thing. -Jahna Peloquin

While we're on the topic, check out the trailer for this week's flick, Mirrormask, from the amazing mind of Neil Gaiman!

Join us for JagerCon Sci-Fi Tuesdays!

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JagerCon: Sci-Fi Tuesdays

@ Clubhouse Jager
923 Washington Avenue N.
Minneapolis

Every Tuesday
10 p.m. / 21+ / Free

Join hosts Kate Iverson (l'etoile magazine, Secrets of the City) and Beth Hammarlund (l'etoile magazine, A Tiny Machine) every Tuesday Night for JagerCon! JagerCon is a weekly sci-fi party featuring screenings of classic nerdy movies and television shows such as Buffy, Firefly, V, Star Trek, Blade Runner, Forbidden Planet and more -- topped off with 2-4-1 cocktails all night served by Star Captain Paul!

Mingle with like-minded sci-fi geeks, discuss D&D strategies, and use that Captain Picard impression you've been perfecting to pick up chicks at the bar. Snort-laugh the night away while bragging about your MMORPG addiction and enjoy a cozy, nerd-friendly environment.

Kate and Beth are life-long sci-fi fans who also dabble in art and fashion. They appreciate Joss Whedon, Karl Lagerfeld, and Matthew Barney on the same level. They can also party like Sci-Fi Conventioneers. Kate and Beth strive to unite the segmented nerd culture of the Twin Cities the only way they know how: with alcohol and awesome Sci-Fi entertainment.

Upcoming Events:

Tuesday, Feb 17th: V
Tuesday, Feb 24th: Mirror Mask
Tuesday, Mar 3rd: Blade Runner (Director's Cut)
Tuesday, Mar 10th: Forbidden Planet/Angry Red Planet Double Header
Tuesday, Mar 17th: Labyrinth
Tuesday, Mar 24th: Tron
Tuesday, Mar 31st: Darkman
Tuesday, Apr 7th: Hellboy: Blood & Iron (animated)
Tuesday, Apr 14th: Star Trek: The Voyage Home

Who knows, you might meet a new friend!

Me: Black trench coat with Star Fleet emblem embroidered on the breast, sullenly sipping a Mike's Hard Lemonade and muttering about samurai swords in the corner.

You: Giving off a sexy medieval wench vibe, animatedly debating your friend about which Doctor Who is the hottest.

I thought I felt our psychic ESP matrixes click, was I dreaming? I couldn't help but notice the sideways look you gave me when they were playing the deleted scenes from "Serenity." I wasn't sure if you had something in your eye, or if my Darth Vader heavy-breathing impression was creeping you out. Either way, I've got enough limited edition Batman comic books to line our marriage bed ten times over.

I'll be at the screening next week, if you're nasty.

Our other awesome sites:

www.myspace.com/clubhousejager
www.letoilemagazine.com
www.atinymachine.blogspot.com