ABOUT
What is Nerd York City? A calendar. A black book. A map. A guide to all things nerdy for the 8.3 million folks who call Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, The Bronx, and Staten Island home. What's a misfit, geek, nerd, otaku, or fanboy (or fangirl) to do in NYC today? This weekend? This month? Nerd York City's collection of events and index of organizations revolving around comics, movies, anime, manga, television, toys, and games in the five boroughs (and even New Jersey and Connecticut) is all you need. Surrender your weekends to us.
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We're always adding, updating, and refreshing Nerd York City, but we can't cover all of New York City alone. If you know of something we don't have in our listings -- a great toy store in NoHo, an Okinawan grocery store in Jamaica, or the best place to score high tea in Park Slope -- let us know. Please send calendar and index listings to tips@nerdyorkcity.com. But, before you do, please make sure you read the submission guidelines below.
Please submit calendar items at least two weeks prior to your event's start date. There is no fee to be listed, but with any submission, note that Nerd York City reserves the right to edit material for length, content, and style. Further, before submitting, understand that submitting a listing does not guarantee its inclusion. We're a curated list of odd and off-kilter events and institutions. Think you're a match? Then send us an email with the following information...
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Do you know or own a store, restaurant, gallery, museum, or other institution that you feel is geeky enough for us? Send it in! We're always looking for new additions to our index, and suggestions for additions can be sent in just like calendar updates. Just, like calendar updates, too, know there is no fee to be listed, but with any submission, Nerd York City reserves the right to edit material for length, content, and style. Further, before submitting, understand that submitting something does not guarantee its inclusion. Or, in other words, Nerd York City is not a listing of every sushi bar in Manhattan. Please be sure to include the following information with shop, restaurant, or cultural suggestions...
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Do you have something to say about anything you see on the site? Feel free to tell the world -- or New York City -- or Nerd York City. Every entry in our calendar and index contains a direct link to Nerd York City's forums. Here, you'll be able to post your own reviews, comments, and further recommendations. Agree? Disagree? Share your view with your fellow Nerd Yorkers.
But what if you found something wrong? Did you spot an error in our lists? A wrong address? An evil typo? Send it off to tips@nerdyorkcity.com. We aim to be accurate, compulsively spell-check, and make updates whenever we're aware a shop moves or closes, but Manhattan real estate is pricey, so there's no telling what changes tomorrow will bring. (We miss you, Takashima!) If you've found something we've overlooked, please let us know.
It's free to submit your event, activity, or noodle shop to Nerd York City, but if you're interested in more, we're happy to discuss sponsorships, advertisements, and contests. Send us a message at ads@nerdyorkcity.com to talk. First and foremost, know that Nerd York City is a guide to the geeks, nerds, and otaku of NYC, and we're looking for advertisers who get that. We're happy to promote a number of things around our calendar and index, but we want them to play well together and make sense in the same sandbox. So, no pop-ups, interstitials, or page peels from skeevydate.com (or skeevypoker.com, too).
And, as Nerd York City seeks to promote NYC's local arts, if you're a non-profit or local blogger in the popular arts space, we'd love to chat and trade banners.
Are you enjoying the Nerd York City experience? "Enjoying" too strong of a word? Is it bursting with adequacity? That's all we strive for. And if you enjoy this particular brand of poison, Nerd York City is happy to recommend a few friends, partners, and co-dependents we'd like you to check out, too.
GiantRobotsFightingGod.com. Giant Robots Fighting God is the personal blog-o-zine of Peter Tatara. (The boyfriend in the boyfriend-girlfriend team behind Nerd York City.) With writings, images, music, and videos on what to do with a new puppy, being poisoned by a teapot, and the fall of Carthage, Giant Robots Fighting God is The Farmers' Almanac of the 21st Century.
KCNA.co.jp. The Korean Central News Agency is the state-run news agency of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. It speaks for the Workers' Party of Korea and the DPRK government. The KCNA was founded on December 5, 1946 and is located in Pyongyang. The KCNA is in charge of uniform delivery of news and information about the country.
MediumAtLarge.net. The official blog of New York Comic Con and the New York Anime Fest (and the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, Star Wars Celebration, Singapore Toy Games & Comic Convention, and PAX), Media At Large offers a unique perspective on the shows and the mediums they serve from the dudes in charge. Medium At Large provides dispatches from around the world on everything from comics to books to the current state of the fledgling Bossk sub culture, oh, and the occasional cute cat picture.
NerdSherpa.blogspot.com. Need to fix your computer? Stuck on what MP3 player to get? How do you get Excel to do that thing? Can't get your cell off speakerphone. NYC (well, NJ) nerd Jim Brooks blogs about pop culture, gadgets, and survival skills to help his fellow geeks on the trip of Nerd Everest AKA modern life.
ShaunaEatsSunnyside.tumblr.com. Shaun lived in Sunnyside, NY. She ate food. She blogged about it. For one summer, her blow-by-blows of her meals at restaurants in the little bit of Queens between Long Island City, Woodside, and Astoria brought the Sunnyside community together, connecting strangers and turning them into neighbors. Shauna's long since moved on, in Phoenix we believe, and her blog's been mothballed, but give it a read. We deeply respect and admire Shauna, we fell in love with the possibilities of the internet augmenting local communities because of her, and we even tried some of our favorite restaurants for the first time thanks to her blog.
Nerd York City is the pet project of boyfriend and girlfriend Peter Tatara and Petrina Cheng. Seriously. Rather than getting a cat, they started this site. Also, an eternal huzzah and kudos to Clair Segal for coining the "Nerd York City" name, as until then, the working title for the site was fishcustard.com. (And before the brilliant fishcustard.com, earlier working names were wasabinyc.com, oringo.com, umaminyc.com, hachikonyc.com, newgeekcity.com, newyorkgeekly.com, 42ndstreetsamurai.com, geekle.com, sciencemeat.com, dairingo.com, donburinyc.com, sukiyakinyc.com, nerdsushi.com, daleksinmanhattan.com, geronimonyc.com, and nerdsherpa.com. It's amazing how bad most of these were, and even more amazing that most of 'em were taken. Seriously, someone's squatting on oringo.com, but nerdyorkcity.com was open?)
Beyond the efforts of the folks mentioned above, Nerd York City would like to thank all those below for their support, guidance, and inspiration -- Adam Ghahramani, Michelle Manning, Chris Cimi, Ali T. Kokmen, Jim Brooks, John Fuller, Gina Gagliano, Anita Jacobs, Asif Iqbal, Anna Fischer, Renee Gloger, Shannon Jowett, Newton Grant, David Tennant, Bibi Kam, Sonnya Paz, Megumi Sato, Andre Smith, Chris Troy, Carrie Wink, and Shauna.
While we talked a bit about this already, assuming you just want to talk to us and skipped over all of our blatherings above, here are our emails addresses nice and simple...
tips@nerdyorkcity.com
ads@nerdyorkcity.com
nerds@nerdyorkcity.com
Use tips@nerdyorkcity.com to send in suggestions or submissions for the site. Whether you've got something you want to add to the calendar or index, this is the address for you. It's also the address for any updates to existing information. Want to place a banner on the site? Send a message to ads@nerdyorkcity.com for all the details. Just want to talk to us? Get to know us better? Sell us oringo.com? You can reach the editors at nerds@nerdyorkcity.com for any general questions or comments about the site.