The Bell Museum of Natural History has many exciting events coming up in October. Here is the schedule.

October 7th Burnsville Book Club Meeting: The Spiders of Allah by James Hider

The last day in September is the anniversary of the original publication of Danish cartoons in 2005 depicting the prophet Muhammad’s face…and thus, shall ever be known as Blasphemy Day.

Cinema Revolution and Intermedia Arts present “Revolution Reel,” five evenings of local filmmaking talent on the screen at the Intermedia Arts Theater, Tuesday evenings June 9 to July 7 at 7:30 p.m.

“Today, I asked Stephanie Zvan of the Almost Diamonds and Quiche Moraine blogs and co-moderator of the session on Science Fiction on Science Blogs, to answer a few questions.”

As you may know, most of the Quiche Moraine crew has been involved with the Minnesota Atheists’ Atheists Talk radio show. Mike hosted the show until he took over as director earlier this year. At that point, Stephanie became the regular show host. Greg has been a guest multiple times, and all three have interviewed guests for the show.

We are happy to announce, and to celebrate, the one hundredth edition of the blog carnival, I and the Bird.

Quiche Moraine is all in for celebrating Darwin Day. Stephanie is pontificating on heroes and science, Greg is sharing a few of his favorite excerpts from Darwin’s autobiography, and Mike is digging into abiogenesis and early life.

St. Paul Proclamation

Quiche Moraine will also be out in force for the local Darwin Day party at the Bell Museum:

Darwin Day Party
Thursday, February 12, 2009, 7 to 9 p.m.
Bell Museum Auditorium
$10/free to museum members and University students

The speakers will present in the auditorium from 7 to 8 p.m. Birthday cake and refreshments are served after the presentations.

Celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birthday! Part of a world wide celebration, the Twin Cities’ version is at The Bell Museum of Natural History this Thursday night. Join in the fun with cake, drinks and presentations by U of M scientists and educators. They will present funny, outrageous and controversial rapid-fire, media-rich presentations about Darwin and evolution. From the big bang to the human genome, hear the newest research and controversy on evolution and Darwin.

Minneapolis

See additional details and more about the genesis of the event here.

We’re also very happy to say that we all live in a metro area that recognizes the importance of Darwin’s ideas. A big thanks to Minnesota Atheists for arranging the proclamations from both of the Twin Cities.

And finally, if all the local Darwin doesn’t satisfy your Darwin Day cravings, you can find much more at the Blog for Darwin blog swarm event.

Locally, the MinnPost has a couple of great articles up, on The Myth of Voter Fraud and what the stock market tumble has done to local arts funding.

And the Minnesota Independent is keeping an eye on the influence of religion on politics, with a look at why the religious right dislikes the stimulus package and reporting that Norm Coleman is following Michele Bachmann in claiming divine endorsement.