Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 13:41:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Cathy Green <dalek_cag at yahoo.com> Subject: [WSFA] Re: Calendar of upcoming events To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> Keith, can you add the following: May 6th: The Northern Virginia Doctor Who Viewing Society will be showing the last Tom Baker story, "Logopolis" at the Fairfax Government Center at 7pm. For directions on how to get to the Govt. Center by car or by public transportation, go to www.novadwvs.org June 3rd: The Northern Virginia Doctor Who Viewing Society will be showing the last Peter Davison episode, "Planet of Fire" at the Fairfax Government Center at 7pm. For directions on who to get to the Govt. Center by car or public transportation, go to www.novadwvs.org --thanks. --Cathy --- "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at keithlynch.net> wrote: > I forgot to mention that our web site is up again. > It was down most > of the weekend, due to a Network Solutions database > glitch that > reverted our domain name server to the obsolete > MAI.NET. I don't > expect this to happen again. > > I just updated our calendar of upcoming events > (http://www.wsfa.org/calendar.htm , mirrored at > http://keithlynch.net/wsfa/calendar.htm). Here's > the latest version. > > The web page contains links to nearly all the > people, locations, > and events mentioned, usually giving directions and > other useful > information. > > Please promptly inform me of any other events you > think would be of > interest to WSFAns. Thanks. > > WSFA's List of > Upcoming Cons & Events > > 2002 > > Wednesday, April 24th: Sam Williams talk and book > signing > At 6:30 pm Sam Williams will be discussing > and signing his book > Free as in Freedom, a biography of Richard > Stallman. Richard > Stallman is not only a controversial > programmer and spokesman > for free software (long before Eric Raymond, > Linus Torvalds, or > Linux), but also used to be active in fandom. > At Reiter's > Scientific and Professional Books, at 2021 K > Street, NW, > Washington, DC. > > April 25 - 28: Bethesda Literary Festival > In Bethesda Maryland. Over 80 authors at over > 40 venues. > > Thursday, April 25th: Paul Levinson book signing > Paul Levinson will be reading and signing his > book The > Consciousness Plague at Borders, Friendship > Heights, Washington > DC, starting at 7:30 pm. > > Friday, April 26th: Philosophical Society of > Washington talk > The Philosophical Society of Washington > presents "The Beauty of > the Cosmos and the Accelerating Universe" by > Mario Livio of the > Space Telescope Science Institute, at 8:15 pm > in the John > Wesley Powell Auditorium, Cosmos Club, 2170 > Florida Avenue NW > DC, near the Dupont Circle Metro station on > the Red Line. > > May 3 - 5: Malice Domestic > A mystery convention in Arlington Virginia. > > Friday, May 3rd: WSFA First Friday Meeting > Regular WSFA meeting (at the Gillilands' as > usual). Newcomers > welcome. Email me for directions. We will be > holding our annual > elections. After the meeting, we will be > folding and labeling > Capclave flyers. > > Sunday, May 12th: Life Extension Society Meeting > The local cryonics and life extension group > will hold an open > meeting at 2 PM at Mark Mugler's home, 48 > Adams St. NW, > Washington DC. We will be holding our annual > elections. > > Friday, May 17th: WSFA Third Friday Meeting > Regular WSFA meeting (at the Ginters' as > usual). Newcomers > welcome. Email me for directions. > > May 24 - 27: Balticon 36 > The Baltimore Science Fiction Society (BSFS) > brings you another > Balticon! > > Thursday, May 30th: R.A. Salvatore speaks at LoC > R.A. Salvatore speaks at the Library of > Congress at the Madison > Building, 3rd floor, Pickford Theater, at > 12:10 pm. > > Thursday, May 30th: R.A. Salvatore at Bailey's > Crossroads Borders Books > R.A. Salvatore reads from Transcendence: Book > Two of the Second > Demonwars Saga at the Borders Bookstore at > Bailey's Crossroads > Virginia at 7:00 pm. > > Saturday, June 1st: Fifth Friday > WSFA often has a party on months with a fifth > Friday. This > month (last month?) it's held the following > Saturday. At the > Ginters', starting in the afternoon. Time > TBA. > > Thursday, June 6th: DC Transhumanist Dinner > 7 pm at Hamburger Hamlet in Crystal City. > > Friday, June 7th: WSFA First Friday Meeting > Regular WSFA meeting (at the Gillilands' as > usual). Newcomers > welcome. Email me for directions. > > Friday, June 21st: WSFA Third Friday Meeting > Regular WSFA meeting (at the Ginters' as > usual). Newcomers > welcome. Email me for directions. > > August 31 - September 4: 60th World SF Convention: > ConJosé > Silicon Valley hosts the first Bay-area > Worldcon of the new > Millennium. > > October 18 - 20: Capclave 2002 > WSFA is putting on a convention, in Silver > Spring Maryland. > > December 13 - 15: Philcon 2002 > The Philadelphia Science Fiction Society > (PSFS) brings you > another Philcon! In Philadelphia! > > 2003 > > August 28 - September 1: 61st World SF Convention: > Torcon 3 > Toronto hosts the first non-US Worldcon of > the new Millennium. > > October 30 - November 2: World Fantasy Convention > WSFA hosts the 29th annual World Fantasy > Convention, at the > Hyatt Regency in Washington DC. > > 2004 > > September 2 - 6: 62nd World SF Convention: Noreascon > 4 > Back to Boston. > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Add your event to this list by sending a note to > WSFA's Webmaster. > > ----------------------- > > WSFA Home (frames) | WSFA Home (no > frames) > > ----------------------- > > This page was created 28 February, 1997. This page > was last updated 23 > April, 2002. > -- > Keith F. Lynch - kfl at keithlynch.net - > http://keithlynch.net/ > I always welcome replies to my e-mail, postings, and > web pages, but > unsolicited bulk e-mail (spam) is not acceptable. > Please do not send me > HTML, "rich text," or attachments, as all such email > is discarded unread. > __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more http://games.yahoo.com/