The Seven Deadly Sins Soiree is the annual fundraiser for the Twin Cities Horror Festival, which has always been extraordinarily good to Monster Science. And every year seven local performers are tapped to present a short piece on one of the seven deadly sins, and this year I've been asked to do greed! It's a …

The Encyclopedia Show - where Reverend Matt's Monster Science got its start - is back, live on the internet, bringing you edutainment for four straight days in May. Each day will feature a varied set of artists and will also be used to help raise funds for the amazing Strike Theater! Join us for one, …

The Norse myth and legend trilogy concludes! The old Scandinavians were so into telling tales about huge giant people that their stories couldn’t be fit into the pieces about Norse mythology or later nordic folklore. Learn about the colossi that challenged the gods, and their stories, both awesome and hilarious! A co-production with Minneapolis’ Norway …

The sequel to the popular "Better Armageddons Than This" moves from the apocalypses of myth and legend to the ends of the world from the 20th and 21st centuries. Nuclear mutants! Cthulhu! Zombies! Damned dirty apes! Come and see! twitch.tv/ReverendMatt!

The mythmaking of J.R.R. Tolkien, both the legends he drew from and the ones he created, specifically as regards his monsters and supernatural entities. He inspired elves and dwarves and even dragons for the 20th century – but from where did he draw his inspiration? Plus, jokes! And PowerPoint! And bitter unhappiness about Peter Jackson's …

Cats! Nobody is very interested in them, but here nevertheless is a history of prehistoric ones (like sabertooths!), cryptozoological ones (like mngwas! You know, mngwas!), mythological ones (like manticores!) and fictional ones (like catbus!) Does the dreaded Chimera push things off of tables? Are all cats secretly flerkens? Watch this show and find out! twitch.tv/ReverendMatt!

A complete history (not actually complete) of the monsters created for Dungeons and Dragons! Get yourself Beheld, Mind-Flayed, Hook-Horrored and Flumphed at this talk about the monsters of everyone’s favorite role-playing game, or at least one of their top five, I mean, come on. Dragonnes! Thri-kreens! Jokes! PowerPoint! twitch.tv/ReverendMatt!

They live nearby – in the woods, or under the hill. They are like people, rather than like animals. They possess vast magical power. And they are weirder than anything. Find out about the fey and other magic outsiders from around the world – from shoe-making Irish leprechauns to priest-harassing Japanese tengu to child-entertaining Ojibwe …

A history of the evolution of modern humanity, with its branches and twists and weirdness, and of the modern understanding of it, with its almost incomprehensible wrongness! Running apes of the ancient savannah! The giant brains of Neandertals! Maybe humans evolved from bears! (Spoiler alert: They sure didn't!) twitch.tv/ReverendMatt!

Liver-eating forest monsters and other Ojibwe creatures! Babe the Blue Ox and other beasts of Paul Bunyan’s lumber camp! And did you know that William Thomas Cox, Minnesota’s first State Forester, wrote a book called “Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods,” all about the outlandish animals that pioneers would make up to amuse themselves? Discover the …

“Lizards From the Dawn of Time (and Elsewhere)” is a complete history of the reptilian monsters of Doctor Who – from Silurians and dinosaurs and Ice Warriors to Leaf Dragons (which are cooler than they sound) to Chelonians (which are…not as cool as they sound), and everything in between! twitch.tv/ReverendMatt!

An approach to cryptozoology not in terms of the plausibility of sightings, but the plausibility of ecology. How would bigfoot survive the winter? Is there enough food in Loch Ness for a monster? And sea serpents and goat-suckers and more besides! twitch.tv/ReverendMatt!

So! You find yourself being attacked by a dinosaur. It happens to all of us at one time or another. The first thing you need to do: panic! The second thing: stop panicking. Number three: remember all of the helpful tips, tricks and techniques that you learned from “What To Do In Case Of Dinosaur …

Everything you ever wanted to know about the monsters of 80s movies and TV! Let's be real here - almost certainly a great deal more than you wanted to know about the monsters of 80s movies and TV. Gremlins! Skeksis! Alf! "Benji, Zax, and the Alien Prince," do you remember that, no, well, watch this …

The triumphant return of the Monster Science Livestream - now a monthly event! This month - the fantasy and horror of the movies and TV of the 80s! From the best dragon ever filmed to a great shapeshifter movie ruined by its soundtrack; from classic slashers to a film about scientists fighting ghosts that you …

The surprisingly well-populated history of monsters in Wisconsin - from liver-eating Ojibwe undead to Rhinelander's Hodag to the Beast of Bray Road! A co-production of the Dunn County Historical Society! Call the museum at 715 232 8685 to purchase your ticket - Zoom link will be provided then!

A special Monster Science Halloween show - a grim and terrifying guide to the denizens of Hell, and similar nightmarish underworlds from cultures all over the world. The creatures that are the exciting and picturesque consequences of a life of iniquity! Thursday, October 29th, 8pm, twitch.tv/reverendmatt

Reverend Matt finally does a show about his favorite prehistoric animals (and hence some of his favorite things in the world) - the pterosaurs! Majestic and bizarre and probably sometimes rideable, learn about the paleontology of these extinct flying creatures, and about their many gonzo appearances in modern media! Come and see! 8pm CST, Thursday, …

The monsters and fantastic creatures of the holiday season. From the resurgently popular Krampus to elves at the North Pole to snow golems animated into a grotesque mockery of life by enchanted headgear, to say nothing of the connection of a mystery ape from the Himalayas to the spirit of Christmas, all of these will …

The Reverend Matt origin story! Incredible true tales of one boy's hunt for bigfoot, the neighborhood jackalope, and huge giant eagles he made up, plus trips in adulthood to famed monster sites! A unique (for Monster Science) evening of personal stories! Come and see! twitch.tv/reverendmatt

Everything you ever wanted to know about the science fiction monsters of 80s movies and TV! Let's be real here - almost certainly a great deal more than you wanted to know about the monsters of 80s movies and TV. Gremlins! Alf! "Benji, Zax, and the Alien Prince," do you remember that, no, well, watch …

A history (with jokes!) of the fascinating monsters of Norse mythology! From colossal wolves to serpents that gnaw at the roots of the World Tree, to squirrels that bring nasty messages to and from giant eagles, learn about the fascinating and imaginative creatures of the vikings! Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 8 PM CDT, twitch.tv/reverendmatt!

A history of Medusa, and basilisks, and cockatrices, and Baba Yaga, and other monsters that kill you by your merely looking at them! Learn the basilisk's startling origin, Medusa's remarkable transformation over the centuries, and more besides! Plus: Jokes! Streaming simultaneously on Twitch and on Matthew Kessen's YouTube channel!

Let Reverend Matt be your guide to your many vacation getaway options in out-of-the-way, hidden paradises, in the liminal spaces at the edge of civilization itself, where order breaks down and misshapen abominations dwell, seeking only to invade the world of humanity and slaughter us all! Visit prehistoric valleys where primordial monsters still walk! Or …

The monsters of H.G. Wells! Cool and unsympathetic Martians and the beast folk of Dr. Moreau and debased Eloi and many other things besides, all from the works that have been absolutely generative to the science fiction genre! Another of your pal the Reverend's favorites, and those are always fun. Streaming simultaneously on twitch and …

For spooky season: a complete history of the most powerful and enduring monster of the modern age. From its origins as a dream-fueled invention by a teenage girl genius to its countless portrayals in pop culture, Rev. Matt examines the ever-changing permutations and meanings of Frankenstein and his monster. Plus jokes! And PowerPoint! Streaming simultaneously …

A magical, star-studded gala evening of the very best in horrifying monstrosities of 2021! Join Reverend Matt and Elora Riley as they recognize all of the greatest achievements in monster creation and discovery of the year. Best Paleontology! Best Monster Toy! Best Kaiju Material! Best Cryptozoology! And many more! Plus - awards will be accepted …

Monster Science First Thursdays returns to the Bryant-Lake Bowl with “Music of Monsters of Music!” It’s an evening of hilarious and factual presentations by the award-winning Reverend Matt’s Monster Science on the subject of mythical monsters from around the world with musical themes - from Russian sirens to Japanese animated instruments, and much more besides! …

Start your Halloween season off right with an epic team-up between Reverend Matt’s Monster Science and There’s a Crack in Everything! An evening of the facts you need about the monsters of horror, with extraordinary songs about those monsters and about various sundry terrors besides! Monster Science First Thursdays meets the ongoing There’s a Crack …

Reverend Matt’s Monster Science returns to the Twin Cities Horror Festival with two biographies (on alternating days) of the greatest creators of horror amphibians. Learn the exciting, tragic story of Milicent Patrick, the forgotten designer of the Creature from the Black Lagoon, and about the monsters of Guillermo del Toro, the greatest living monster creator. …

Monster Science’s second appearance at the Thinking Spot - a really extraordinary new science and education bookstore - features an all-new piece perfect for starting your Halloween weekend: “Nightmarology” - the real science behind the monsters of horror! The ideas that inspired Frankenstein! The real diseases that helped create vampire stories! The evolutionary horror of …

I'm doing "Screampunk: What the Victorians Were Scared Of" at the Hennepin History Museum! Saturday the 29th and Sunday the 30th! Here, let them tell it: "What made a monster in the late 19th century? What did people believe or fear? And what is the connection between Harry Hayward and Dracula? Hear about the “Minneapolis …

A history of Medusa, and basilisks, and cockatrices, and Baba Yaga, and other monsters that kill you by your merely looking at them! Learn the basilisk’s startling origin, Medusa’s remarkable transformation over the centuries, and much more besides! Plus jokes! And PowerPoint!

Flying saucer occupants aren’t always Greys and their incomprehensible medical experiments! Find out about the tremendous variety of entities that alien abductees and contactees have reported meeting, and the messages, warnings, and confusing gibberish they have had for humankind. Also: Greys and their incomprehensible medical experiments. For Patreon patrons only! All levels!

The final in-person Monster Science of 2022! Please come help me close out a genuinely wonderful year for on-stage Monster Science! Prehistoric animals! Dubious UFO aliens! Liver-eating forest monsters and other Ojibwe creatures! Babe the Blue Ox and other beasts of Paul Bunyan’s lumber camp! And did you know that William Thomas Cox, Minnesota’s first …

The world premiere of the sequel to the wildly popular Monster Science Christmas show, with even weirder yuletide horrors from all over the world! Victorian ghost stories and insane TV Christmas specials and a huge giant cat that will victim-blame children for not receiving socks - it’s a long story, so come and hear it, …

Two-time Tucson Fringe “Best Solo Show” winner “Reverend Matt’s Monster Science” returns to Arizona, with the information you need on the legend of the unicorn! The prettiest (spoiler alert!) and most magical of all fabulous creatures! Plus jokes! And PowerPoint! The Screening Room, Sat, Jan 21, 2pm & 7pm; Sun, Jan 22, 3:30pm

From friendly, furry monsters on a New York street to four-armed wizards in an age of wonder, Jim Henson and his successors have been responsible for an embarrassment of the best creature design and monster creation of the last 70 years. Come and learn about fraggles and grouches and skeksis and unhelpful talking worms and …

How is it I have never livestreamed the multiple-award-winning "How to Contract Lycanthropy," detailing the methods of turning into numerous were-creatures from around the world? This injustice ends now! For Patreon members only!

It's the Monster Science Valentine's show! Love and monsters! If there’s one thing that millennia of storytelling has taught us, it is that there is no story so completely unrelated to romance that we can’t make it a love story after all. Come and hear about the dating lives of the misshapen creatures from the …

A complete history of the monsters of the films of Guillermo del Toro, the world's greatest living monster creator! Wildly popular at the 2022 Twin Cities Horror Festival, and now with all-new material on Pinocchio and Cabinet of Curiosities! For Patreon patrons only, but for all of those fine people! Join us!

Reverend Matt teams up with real actual rock band 10 Items or Fewer for an evening of rock 'n' roll music and hard science facts about giant, city-wrecking monsters! Songs about King Kong and Godzilla! Songs that summon Mothra and other daikaiju! And more besides! Plus a whole slew of bona fide Reverend Matt facts! …

It's a Monster Science DOUBLE FEATURE at the Minnesota Fringe Festival! As you already know from the VERY TITLE OF THIS PAGE! At 8:30, come and see "The Very Model of a Modern Monster Scientist" - an all-new Monster Science show, half of it being the comedy lectures with PowerPoint you need to get by …

The Fringe-favorite Monster Science series returns, with the secret and surprising history of Elora Riley, Science Assistant, and tons of the monster facts and PowerPoint you have come to rely upon! Classic-style but all-new Monster Science presentations mixed in with illuminating sketch comedy! Come and see! Aug 3rd at 8:30pm Aug 4th at 5:30pm Aug …

A sudden, surprise, second Monster Science show! A different show every night - each one of the most popular Monster Science shows I've ever done, as selected by some people I found! Thursday 8/3: 10pm - “Sympathy for the Devil” - the surprising history of the Christian Lucifer! Sunday 8/6: 4pm - “The Ten Best …

Monster Science First Thursdays returns with “Music of Monsters of Music of Monsters!” Reverend Matt is again joined by the amazing Irene Weinhagen, performing four new, original songs about the monsters of myth and cinema - man-headed lions and seals that change into humans and insect kaiju and more! With deep dives into their lore …

It's not Halloween without Monster Science! Night one of three: A variety show FULL OF HORRORS! Featuring the comedy of Heather Meyer and Hedy Rand-McKay, the music of Angela Fox and Irene Weinhagen, the muppetry of Brad Erickson, and whatever amazing thing Tim Uren is doing! Don't miss it!

Friends. Friends. The inimitable Jen Scott is putting together a story about sleep demons. Featuring Duck Washington and Elora Riley. With trenchant monster commentary by Reverend Matt. You do not want to miss this one. (She will not be dressed like she is in the picture.) (Yes, I'm sad about it too.)

Night three of the Halloween Monster Science extravaganza! We close it up with a show about Rev. Matt's favorite-ever radio drama, the rightly legendary "The Thing on the Fourble Board," explained and discussed and re-enacted with Eric Webster of the Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society! The sequel to their popular "Nightmares by Wireless" show! Come …

FINAL ONSTAGE MONSTER SCIENCE OF 2023! Join us in celebrating the second anniversary of the extraordinary science and education bookstore, The Thinking Spot! Reverend Matt’s Monster Science brings you a hilarious and fact-filled talk about the monsters and animals of Star Wars - from tauntauns to mythosaurs, from the classic trilogy to the prestige streaming …

A murderer’s row of amazing local performers join Rev. Matt to talk (and do muppets) about two great tastes that taste great together - love and monsters! Featuring local comedy and theater legends Heather Meyer, Boo Segersin, Brad Erickson, and Nissa Nordland Morgan! Stories and comedy and facts and at least one muppet performance! Come …

The gala event of the season returns! The very finest in monster content of 2023 (Best Paleontology! Best Cryptozoology! Movies and books! Best Godzilla Content! Best Toy That I Bought With the Money I Earned from the Job That I Have Because I am a Grown-Ass Man! And many more!) is recognized, in a glamorous, …

A Monster Science theater event! Join Agent Elora and Reverend Matt as Elora seeks to unlock the secrets of her monstrous origins, and comes up against the mysterious and terrifying Lizard People of Coon Rapids! Plus facts about Minnesota monsters, cryptozoological lizardfolk, and much more! It’s a sequel to the popular and award-winning “The Very …

2022 Guest of Honor Rev. Matt returns to Mainstage with one of his signature deep dives into monster lore, plus jokes! In "Monstrolympics", learn about the best monsters of mythology and fiction, by category. What categories, you probably ask? Why, categories like: Best Vampire (it's Seminole), Best Dragon (Babylonian), Best Lycanthrope (South African), Best Kaiju …

“Reverend Matt’s Personal Best” is a series of five different comedy lectures from the award-winning Reverend Matt’s Monster Science series, as selected by the Reverend - and his infectious enthusiasm for them shines through. A companion to the Fringe 2023’s “Monster Science’s Greatest Hits,” come and see shows about Medusa, pterosaurs, Ray Harryhausen, speculative evolution, …

“How to Contract Lycanthropy”: Because sometimes you need practical advice. A one-man, tweed-wearing, pipe-smoking, comedy lecture - with PowerPoint! - chock full of helpful household tips and tricks from throughout the world and its history for taking the form of a wolf and going forth to maraud and terrify. Also advice on how to become …

Two great tastes that taste great together! Horror Festival favorites The Winding Sheet Outfit and Reverend Matt’s Monster Science team up to celebrate the 100th episode of Monster Science (!!) with 100 tales of horror mythology! Inspired by a very old Japanese party game in which 100 monster stories are told and this summons a …