Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 03:39:04 -0500 (EST)
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Our Calendar of upcoming events
Cc: elilley at mindspring.com
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Here, once again, is the contents of our calendar of upcoming events.
As always, it's available at http://www.wsfa.org/calendar.htm,
mirrored at http://keithlynch.net/wsfa/calendar.htm. It contains
links to external web pages for nearly every person, event, or
location mentioned. I recommend viewing it at least once a week or
so. Please inform me of any other events which you think would be
of interest to WSFAns. Thanks.
WSFA's List of
Upcoming Cons & Events
2004
Saturday, February 21st: Sheree R. Thomas signing
Sheree R. Thomas discusses and signs her latest anthology, Dark
Matter: Reading the Bones at 5 pm at Sisterspace & Books, 1515
U Street NW, within two blocks of the U Street/African-Amer
Civil War Memorial/Cardozo Metro station on the Green Line.
Saturday, February 21st: Dinner with Dr. James Hughes
The DC Transhumanists will be dining with Dr. James Hughes,
author of the forthcoming Cyborg Democracy: Free, Equal and
United in a Posthuman World, at Senators Sports Bar and Grille
at 415 New Jersey Ave., NW (located in the Capitol Hill Holiday
Inn), three blocks from the Union Station Metro station, at 8
pm. All are invited. Please RSVP to chris529 at hotpop.com.
Friday, February 27th: Anne Lane Sheldon speaks at LoC
Anne Lane Sheldon, author of Hero-Surfing, presents "Slipstream
Stories in Verse, or, Can a Vampire Poet Pass for a Magical
Realist?" at the Library of Congress at the Madison Building,
Dining Room A, 6th floor, at 1:00 pm. Open to the public. No
reservation needed.
February 27 - 29: Shevacon
A "Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, & Gaming Convention" in
Roanoke Virginia.
Sunday, February 29th: Winterfest
Winterfest is an annual electronic flea market, concentrating
on ham radio and computer hardware, mostly used. In Annandale.
Show up before noon.
Thursday, March 4th: DC Transhumanist Dinner
7 pm at Hamburger Hamlet in Crystal City.
March 5 - March 7: Washington Antiquarian Book Fair
At the Holiday Inn Rosslyn at Key Bridge, Arlington VA.
Friday, March 5th: WSFA First Friday Meeting
Regular WSFA meeting (at the Gillilands' as usual). Newcomers
welcome. Email me for directions.
Monday, March 15th: B&N SF Book Group
The Barnes and Noble Potomac Yards SF Book Group discusses Neil
Gaiman's American Gods starting at 8:30 pm. 3651 Jefferson
Davis Hwy, Alexandria, VA.
March 19 - 21: Technicon
A convention in Blacksburg, Virginia.
March 19 - 21: Lunacon
In Rye, New York.
Friday, March 19th: WSFA Third Friday Meeting
Regular WSFA meeting (at the Ginters' as usual). Newcomers
welcome. Email me for directions.
Thursday, March 25th: Hugo award nominating deadline
Also Retro-Hugo deadline. Nominations must be received, not
just postmarked, by this date. You can nominate online. Anyone
who is a member of Noreascon or Torcon can nominate.
Friday, April 2nd: WSFA First Friday Meeting
Regular WSFA meeting (at the Gillilands' as usual). Newcomers
welcome. Email me for directions.
Friday, April 16th: WSFA Third Friday Meeting
Regular WSFA meeting (at the Ginters' as usual). Newcomers
welcome. Email me for directions.
Sunday, April 25th: 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.
May 28 - 31: Balticon 38
The Baltimore Science Fiction Society (BSFS) brings you another
Balticon!
Tuesday, June 8th: Transit of Venus
The planet Venus gets between us and the sun, for the first
time in 122 years. Visible at sunrise. Use eye protection.
June 11 - 13: Conterpoint 2004
A filk convention in Rockville Maryland.
Wednesday, June 16th: Bloomsday Centennial
One hundred years since the events of James Joyce's Ulysses.
Monday, June 21st: History is rewound
History is rewound to February 1987, to undo a terrible
disaster, according to John Cramer's novel Einstein's Bridge.
September 2 - 6: 62nd World SF Convention: Noreascon 4
Back to Boston.
October 15 - 17: Capclave 2004
WSFA is putting on a convention! At Tysons Corner, VA.
December 3 - 5: SMOFcon
WSFA is hosting 2004's SMOFcon, in Washington DC.
2005
August 4 - 8: 63rd World SF Convention: Interaction
Glasgow, once more with ceiling.
September 1 - 5: CascadiaCon
The 2005 NASFiC, near Seattle.
October 14 - 16: Capclave 2005
WSFA is putting on a convention! At Tysons Corner, VA. (Date
and location subject to change.)
2006
August 23 - 27: 64th World SF Convention: L.A.con IV
Anaheim California, same place as the 1996 Worldcon and the
1999 NASFiC.
2008
Friday, February 29th: Datclave II
Location TBA. WSFA hosts Datclave whenever a February has a
fifth Friday. The previous one was in 1980.
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