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Tonight's A/V Geeks event will be held two blocks away at Kings Barcade, a live music venue/bar that was featured in the recent New York Times "36 hours in Raleigh" article. Local "media archaeologist" Skip Elsheimer, who maintains a collection of over 22,000 old 16mm educational films, puts on entertaining, monthly shows focused on selected topics (see http://www.avgeeks.com/). This month's event, while open to the public, has been themed with the Code4Lib crowd in mind and focuses on the early computer age: http://kingsbarcade.com/2014/03/26/av-geeks-present-when-computers-where-young/ A few logistical details: Time: Doors open at 7:30, movies will probably start a little later after people settle in. People can generally come and go as they please. The show usually involves a few short movies lasting a total 1.5-2 hours. Location: Kings Barcade about 2 blocks from the Sheraton at 14 W. Martin St. To get there turn left (north) out of the Sheraton onto Fayetteville St., walk north 1.5 blocks and turn left (west) at the Subway. The entrance to Kings will be a little more than half way down the block on the right. Tell the doorman that you are going upstairs to Kings to hopefully avoid the $2 membership fee charge that comes with going downstairs to the Neptunes cocktail bar. Cost: free, with a $5 suggested donation Food and drink: There is a full bar with several local beers on tap, but no food. Kings is directly connected by stairs with the Neptunes cocktail lounge (may need to pay $2 membership fee). The same owners operate a new Indian restaurant called Garland directly downstairs from Kings. Next door, Capital Club 16 offers great pub grub. Tickets and sign-up: Tickets are not necessary but if you think you might attend we ask that you add your name to the sign up list so that we can alert event organizers about level of interest: http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2014_AVGeeks_Signup If you have questions please contact me at [log in to unmask] Thanks, Steve Morris Head of Digital Library Initiatives NCSU Libraries