The Tardigrade's Bookshelf

09/09/2026

09/08/2026

🦆🎬 Crappy Cinema is TONIGHT!
Grab your snacks, order something delicious to drink, and get cozy as we enter the wonderfully questionable world of Howard the Duck.
A delightfully crappy film. Plenty of laughter. Snacks. Drinks. And a duck who has absolutely no business being in this situation.
Oh yeah. It’s all coming together. 🦆🍿🍻
🎟️ Tickets are $7 at the door, or snag yours ahead of time online!
🎥 Movie starts at 8pm!
Come embrace some cinematic nonsense with us. See you there!

09/07/2026

🌙📖 Remember the good ol’ days of getting tucked in with a bedtime story? Welcome to adulthood where tucked in with a bedtime story looks a little different. 🍸✨

Mark your calendars for this Saturday’s Adult Storytime, read to you by the lovely Queens Ellah Maeaux and Mama J! 👑
Slip into your finest PJs, grab your nightcap, get comfy, and let our Queens handle the bedtime stories.

🎟️ Tickets: $30 per person
🛋️ Premium sofa seating: $45
🍸 Your ticket includes a nightcap cocktail: both boozy and NA options available!
And yes, we expect you to dress for the occasion. Wear your finest pajamas for a chance to win our PJ competition. 🏆🧸

🕙 Storytime starts at 10pm!

09/05/2026

🌹🧠 Today’s the day we’ve all been waiting for: SCHITT’S CREEK TRIVIA!
It’s finally time to dig deep into the back of your brain and retrieve all that Schitt’s Creek knowledge you knew would be useful someday.
Gather your fellow Schittheads and build a team, or go solo and prove you never needed them anyway. 😏
Come embrace your favorite characters, test your knowledge, and have a delicious drink in hand while doing it. 🍹
🛋️ Haven’t called dibs on your favorite spot yet? It’s not too late! Bid on our cozy seating through the link below and guarantee the perfect trivia spot for you or your team.
👉 https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/schitts-creek-trivia-night-cozy-seating-auction-last-chance
🕖 Trivia starts at 7pm!
Now go study. Your years of rewatching are about to pay off. 🌹

09/04/2026

🍜📚 Manga readers, unite!
Today we’re diving into two very different worlds with Noragami and Mushishi!
Gods, spirits, supernatural weirdness, and plenty to discuss which sounds like an excellent way to spend an evening.
Read both? Awesome. Only read one? Perfectly acceptable. Haven’t cracked either one open yet but want to hang out with fellow manga lovers? Come anyway. We’re a book club, not the homework police.
Bring your theories, favorite characters, and questionable opinions. 👻📖
See you at 6pm!

09/03/2026

🍷🧠 Trivia is coming and this one’s for all you Schittheads.
Have you watched an ungodly amount of Schitt’s Creek and now have a brain filled with information society has deemed completely useless?
Not at Tardigrade’s.
This Saturday, bring that beautifully specific knowledge to Schitt’s Creek Trivia! Come solo or assemble your nerdiest team and prove all those hours in front of the TV were actually research.
🏆 Be the best: Win a free drink.
🏅 Be the worst: Win a prize for trying.
Honestly, we’ve created a system where you really can’t lose.
🎟️ Admission is FREE!
🛋️ Want to guarantee your team a prime spot? Bid on our cozy seating and claim the perfect trivia throne for the evening.
🕖 Trivia starts at 7pm this Saturday!
Fold in the cheese. Study your Moira vocabulary. We’ll see you there. 🧀✨

09/03/2026

🌈📚 LGBTQIA+ Readers, be ready!
Tonight we’re discussing Necessary Fiction by Eloghosa Osunde an intensely tender, beautifully q***r read with plenty to talk about.
Bring your thoughts, your favorite passages, your questions, your feelings about the feeling, all of it.
Finished the book? Fantastic. Still working on it? Come anyway. Book club is about the conversation, not a pop quiz. 😉
See you at 6pm! 🏳️‍🌈📖

09/02/2026

Fox Valley Science Society - Edmund Fitzgerald Weather

09/02/2026

🥁🥁🥁 TODAY IS THE DAY WE’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR FOX VALLEY SCIENCE SOCIETY! 🔬🍻
In case you haven’t heard or your brain has simply refused to acknowledge the passage of time the great Steve Ackerman is joining us to talk about the storm that sank the Edmund Fitzgerald and how weather forecasting has progressed since. 🌊⛈️🛰️
🛋️ Haven’t called dibs on a cozy seat yet? It’s not too late!
Our comfiest chairs and sofas are up for auction, so bid on your favorite spot and we’ll have it reserved for you during the presentation. Because science is great. Science from a comfy couch is even better.
👉 https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/fvss-september-cozy-seating-auction
This event is FREE to attend. ❤️
If it’s within your means, we suggest a $5 donation to help support events like this, but there are absolutely no expectations. Life is expensive, budgets are real, and we want you here regardless.
Science is for everyone. 🔬
Come grab a drink, bring your questions, and get nerdy with us tonight! 🍻🧠

09/02/2026

Want to be extra cozy while you nerd out about weather at Fox Valley Science Society?

Yeah, you do.

Our cozy seats are up for auction! Bid on your favorite couch or chair and claim the comfiest spot in the house for the evening.

And because we know someone will ask: you’re bidding to sit in it, not take it home. 😂 We love our cozy couches too much to let them leave.

🛋️ Place your bid here:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/fvss-september-cozy-seating-auction

General entry to Fox Valley Science Society is donation-based, because we want these events to stay accessible to everyone. The cozy-seat auction is one of the ways we help make that possible. Funds raised supports educational programming, community events, and keeps our gathering space free or low-cost whenever we can. So you get a ridiculously comfy seat and help keep cool community stuff happening. 🛋️❤️