From: Michael Walsh <walshmichaelj at gmail.com> Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 22:50:04 -0400 Subject: [WSFA] Fwd: [Info] Important Balticon Update To: WSFA Official List <wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com>, WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> Unfortunate news ... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dale Arnold <dale at bsfs.org> Date: Thu, May 11, 2017 at 10:20 PM Subject: [WSFA] [Info] Important Balticon Update To: info at balticon.org Balticon 51 GOH and Special Guest News: BSFS & Balticon are sad to announce that our Guest of Honor, Eric Flint, will not be able to travel to our convention due to health constraints; he will, however, be attending some sessions via Video Teleconference. We are sure you will all join us in wishing him and his family the best. Author and musician Steven Brust, the author of the Draegara fantasy novels, the Incrementalists secret-history series, To Reign In Hell, and Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grill will be joining us as a Special Guest. We hear he's a great guest! This quote comes straight from his bio =E2=80=9CI=E2=80=99m the author of twenty-six novels and one solo recor= d. I=E2=80=99m an enthusiastic amateur drummer, guitarist, banjo player, and poker player.=E2=80=9D The 1632 MiniCon is still a go. All of the other contributors to the 1632 universe are still coming to Balticon, so the 1632 Programming will carry on at full speed. More news to come! Teaching with SF Workshop at Balticon 51: The Baltimore science fiction Society is pleased to present a workshop on teaching with science fiction. The purpose of this Workshop is to provide teachers with ways to use science fiction in their classrooms. Our presenters will include teachers in multiple disciplines, a scientist and mathematician. This day long Workshop will take place Monday May 29th 2017 during the Balticon 51 science fiction convention. For more details and singing up contact TeachingwithSF at balticon.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BSFS Information" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to info+unsubscribe at bsfs.org. To post to this group, send email to info at bsfs.org. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/a/bsfs.org/group/info/. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/a/bsfs.org/d/optout.