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Wednesday, December 7th at 7:00 p.m. at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar

  • Lecture: “My life as a failed cartoonist” by Scott Nybakken
  • Original Music by P. Kellach Waddle: Death (Sandman’s Sister)
  • The Debate: Faires vs. Brenner on Resolved: That Marvel is better than D.C
  • The debut and release of Minerva’s Wreck Three
  • Sarge’s Mail Bag: A Selection of Comic Book Letters To The Editor
  • Lecture: “50 years of comics in Ten Books” by Graham Reynolds
  • A Preview: The Intergalactic Nemesis
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Wednesday, January 4th, 7:00 p.m.

The Dionysium proudly presents its Science Show.

The Program

A brief history of action
A lecture by Dr. Carl Feierabend

Richard Feynman’s “Cargo Cult Science”
A reading by Jason Liebrecht

Resolved: That God does not play dice
Debating for the affirmative: Dr. Todd Krause
Debating for the negative: Dr. Eamonn F. Healey

Feynman: A new comic biography
A book review by L.B. Deyo

A cartoon
Presented by Lance “Fever” Myers

As always, drinks after the show at The Gibson.

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Wednesday, February 1st at the Alamo South Lamar

The Dionysium proudly presents its China Show: Year of the Dragon

The program

  • Paralympic bronze-winning archer Lindsey Carmichael
  • W. Joe Hoppe’s Poetry Corner presents “The aesthetic of Chinese poetry”
  • For the debate, “Resolved: That the 21st Century will be the Chinese Century”
  • And much, much more
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Wednesday, March 7, 7:00 p.m.

The Dionysium proudly presents its film show: Real Talk.

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Wednesday, April 4th, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. the Dionysium presents Humour Theory

At the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar

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