The Monster Top 20 at Fearless Presents
Strike Theater 824 18th Ave. NE, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesAfter years of detailing monsters of every variety, Reverend Matt finally presents the definitive list of the 20 best ones! Find out the cold, hard facts about what science tells us are the most definitively high-quality prehistoric animals, cryptozoological mysteries, mythical beasts, and cinematic and fictional creatures! All in a convenient, easy-to-remember top-20 format!
The Call of the Shadow of the Horror Out of Space
Phoenix Theater 2605 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesA complete history of the monsters of H.P. Lovecraft - one of the most admired, imitated, and totally misunderstood creators in the entire horror genre. Incomprehensible cosmic horror! Vile and forgotten cults! A whole, whole lot of words, some of them like “eldritch” and “cyclopean”! Prepare for 1D6 SAN loss at minimum! That’s a joke …
Feminine Inhuman at the Twin Cities Horror Festival
Southern Theater 1420 Washington Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United StatesErin Sheppard presents and Rev. Matt's Monster Science present *Feminine Inhuman* Feminine Inhuman will bring to life stories of female monsters from around the world. When a monster is imagined to be feminine, there is an underlying reason for that choice. What makes women so terrifying? Reverend Matt expounds his encyclopedic knowledge of demonesses while …
Demons of the Deep Blue Sea
Phoenix Theater 2605 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesMuch of human civilization has always depended on the sea - and the sea has always taken its share of humans. Learn about the monsters created by the horror of the briny deep; from alluring sirens and mermaids to terrifying krakens and serpents, and countless more besides. Plus jokes! And even PowerPoint! Opening entertainment by …
Something Alive In Here: The Role of Monsters in Star Wars at “If”: A Very Star Wars Cabaret
The Loft Literary Center 1011 S Washington Ave Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesReverend Matt joins a murderer’s row of extraordinary local writers to discuss the cultural impact of an independent film from 1977 about space wizards. Learn about the role of monsters and animals in a series based on technology and mysticism. Also, why tauntauns are the best!
The Monster Science Ensemble: Lady Zygoptera vs. Reverend Matt
Urban Growler 2325 Endicott St., St. Paul, MN, United StatesAnother epic crossover! Reverend Matt discusses the incredibly bizarre insect monsters from mythology, cinema, and more, and local entomology edutainer Lady Zygoptera discusses the even more bizarre lives and behaviors of real-world insects! Which will prove the more fascinating - and the more dangerous?
Krampuses, Flying Reindeer, and Other Unnatural Creatures
Phoenix Theater 2605 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesAt long last - 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, …
How to Contract Lycanthropy at the 2020 Tucson Fringe Festival
The Screening Room 127 E Congress St, Tucson, AZ, United StatesIn Arizona for the first time! “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. …
Vampires of Venice and Dragons of Iceworld: Fantastic Creatures in Doctor Who at CONsole Room 2020
Hilton MSP Airport 3800 American Blvd E, Bloomington, MN, United StatesReverend Matt’s acclaimed series of comedy lectures returns to CONsole Room! Many of the monsters of Doctor Who are original - but many are also based on our world’s mythology. Learn about Who’s alien versions of mythological dragons and gorgons, horror-classic werewolves and vampires, unexplained-phenomena grey aliens and Nessies, and many more! Plus jokes! And …
A Memoir of Mammoths and Mastodons: Late Night Monster Science
Phoenix Theater 2605 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN, United States“A Memoir of Mammoths and Mastodons” – A complete prehistory of the elephants, which came in an astonishing array of forms in their tens of millions of years on Earth – small and immense, woolly and less so, with all sorts of different tusks, and more besides! Plus the remarkably bizarre history of human understanding …
Beauties and Beasts and Also the Average-Looking: Late Night Monster Science
Phoenix Theater 2605 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesLove 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 edges of civilization - Beauty and …
The Snake Around the Earth and the Wolf Who Eats the Sun
Norway House 913 E Franklin Ave, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesAt long last - Monster Science in the city and at a decent hour! A history (with jokes!) of the 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 …
Magical Weirdo Creatures of the Northlands
MN, United StatesMOVED TO LIVESTREAM! twitch.tv/ReverendMatt More Minneapolis Monster Science at a decent hour! The forests of Scandinavia, we once were told, hid all manner of bizarre entities - fairies and water horses and giants and more besides. A fascinating, hilarious talk on the supernatural creatures of post-norse Scandinavian folklore, and the hopes and fears and other, …
Better Armageddons Than This: A Livestream
The end of the world! Cultures throughout history have been obsessed with it, and if there's one thing they knew, it would feature absolutely terrifying monsters, come to ring down the age of humanity! Tune in and learn about these exciting apocalyptic horrors! Possibly the most metal Monster Science ever! twitch.tv/ReverendMatt
How to Remake a Monster: A Livestream
MN, United Statestwitch.tv/ReverendMatt! Sometimes monsters come back from the dead because they’re monsters and that’s their thing. Other times: reboots! How to Remake a Monster: A history of various movie monster reimaginings and new versions – King Kong, Dracula, Godzilla, “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman”, and more besides!
The Ten Best Dinosaurs: A Livestream
An evening of the ten dinosaurs which are, in fact, the best. Some because they changed our understanding of what evolution could do, some because of their incredible size, some because of their utter bizarreness, but all because they were totally rad. twitch.tv/ReverendMatt!
Monster Science at the virtual Seven Deadly Sins Soiree
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: Shadows, Quacks, Clocks, and Space
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, …
Sympathy for the Devil: A Livestream
A complete history of Old Nick, Jack Scratch, the First Among the Fallen, the Christian Satan himself. From serpent to goat-man, tempter to monster, fallen angel to pushed one, learn about the wildly varied history of the Author of All Lies! Performed by request! One of the most popular Monster Sciences! twitch.tv/ReverendMatt!
Humongous Tales of Giants and Trolls: A Livestream
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 …
Better Armageddons Than This – The Modern Years: A Livestream
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!
Weirdoes of Middle-Earth: A Livestream
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 …
Raining Cats and Manticores: A Livestream
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!
Beholders and Illithids and Pals: A Livestream
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!
Magical Weirdo Neighbors: A Livestream
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 …