John's 8/8/08 event in Chicago: library talk, Grant Park and The Bean (2008)

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About: Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Cloud Gate, Grant Park, Nerdfighteria, Terminus, Wizard rock

date	event	what	video
2008-07-30	launch	John announces his 8/8/08 day in Chicago: a 2 p.m. talk and signing at the Harold Washington Library, Grant Park music at 4 p.m., and The Bean at 8:08 p.m.	Audiobooks and 8 8 08 00:00:25
2008-08-04	rule-change	Hank asks people coming to the Chicago library talk to pre-register in the sidebar because the library may not have enough space.	Breakdancing in Missoula Montana 00:02:36
2008-08-06	rule-change	John says the Harold Washington Library will try to accommodate everyone for the 2 p.m. event, with awesome available for anyone who cannot get in; then Grant Park at 4 and The Bean at 8:08 p.m.	Question Tuesday Returns (on a Wednesday) 00:00:00
2008-08-12	result	Hank reports over 380 Nerdfighters at the Chicago library event, then wizard rock in the park, the collaborative movie at The Bean and a concert.	Eight Days of Awesome 00:02:42
2008-08-21	result	A CBS 2 report says about 400 young adults came to John's Chicago library event, some waiting over two hours to meet the brothers.	INTERNET SENSATION B$%CH 00:02:08
2008-12-27	retro	John recalls that on 8/8/08 he, Hank and a bunch of Nerdfighters made the movie The Beckoning of Lovely with Amy Krouse Rosenthal, which turned out to be the first part of her larger project.	Skoodilypooping 00:00:00
2010-10-05	retro	John calls Amy Krouse Rosenthal's 10/10/10 event at the Bean a kind of sequel to 8-8-08.	The Terrible Burden of Destiny: Chicago and Waupaca 00:02:09
2012-08-14	retro	John recalls his first wizard rock concert in Grant Park and the first huge Nerdfighter gathering at the Bean on 8/8/08, four years earlier.	To Be Anything At All: Thoughts from Places, Chicago and LeakyCon 2012 00:01:26