This meetup combines two of my favorite things:  Comedy and Drinking.  The Minneapolis area has several great venues for live comedy including standup, improv, and sketch, so let's experience it and make some new friends at the same time. The typical 'Comedy Night' will consist of: 1. A pre-show dinner / burgers / etc. and/or cocktail hour 2. The live show 3. Post-show gathering for coffee/dessert/drinks to mingle depending on day of week and wimpiness of the group. I will try to organize each …

Bring your laptops, sketch pads, and a creative spark. This "open workshop" is a mobile space for socializing, working on your own personal (or collaborative) projects, sharing with and learning from each other, and exploring new and provocative design: from hardware (i.e. www.arduino.cc) to software (i.e. anything Google, Ruby on Rails and other MVC Frameworks, Drupal, cool open source projects like Processing) to digital art (i.e. CS4) and web media (Flash, CSS, etc). There are wonderfully cre …