Another September has almost arrived, which means I’ve reached the second anniversary of this blog! My thanks go to all you readers and tipsters who’ve made this a success.
Here’s what I have on the calendar for September so far:
Everywhere
Sept. 19: Arrrr, me hearties! This be International Talk Like a Pirate Day! So get to swashbuckling!
Connecticut
Sept. 25-26: King Arthur’s Harvest Faire
Maine
Sept. 11: Medieval Tournament
Massachusetts
Sept. 2: King Richard’s Faire Preview
Sept. 4-6, 11-12, 18-19, 25-26: King Richard’s Faire
Sept. 18: Strange Horizons Anniversary Event
Sept. 22: Author Appearance: William Gibson
Sept. 23: Author Appearance: Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan
Sept. 26: Author Appearance: Neil Gaiman, Karen Hesse, Grace Lin, and Jerry Spinelli
Sept. 28: Author Appearance: Charles Yu
Sept. 28: Author Appearance: James Howard Kunstler
Sept. 30: Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony
New Hampshire
Sept. 24-26: JemCon (Jem and the Holograms)
Rhode Island
Sept. 11: Rhode Island Science Fiction Club Film Festival
The Rhode Island Science Fiction Club (RISFC) will be having a Sci-Fi Film Festival at the Warwick Public Library in Warwick, RI on Saturday, September 11th from 9:00am-5:00pm. The film list currently includes Godzilla: Final Wars, Young Frankenstein, It Came From Outerspace (1953), and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. It’s free to the public and refreshments will be provided. See http://risfc.org/ and http://www.warwicklibrary.org/wpl/ for more information.
[Tip from James at RISFC]
The annual Black Ships Festival in Newport, RI is a celebration Japanese art and culture. The entire event runs July 15-18; on July 15 at 9:00pm there will be an Anime Party held dockside at Waites Wharf.
Come enjoy a gathering in celebration of anime at the Black Ships Festival. Anime movies will be shown as you enjoy a DJ. Display your costuming skill as the masquerade begins. View your favorite costumes as you join in the fun! Call for vending opportunities. $7 at door. (401) 846-2720.
The website for the festival is http://www.newportevents.com/Blackships/main.shtml.
[Tip from James of the Rhode Island Science Fiction Club]
Did you miss Boston’s “Can’t Stop the Serenity” event? Are you jonesing to see “Serenity” and “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” again? Well, you have another chance! The Rhode Island Science Fiction Club and the RKO Army are joining forces to bring CSTS to Rhode Island:
You have another chance to catch “Can’t Stop the Serenity”!!! July 24th at Cinemaworld in Lincoln, RI at 10:30 pm. We’re staring with Joss Whedon’s “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” with a live shadowcast by the RKO Army followed by “Serenity” at midnight! The Rhode Island Science Fiction Club is hosting this event to bring CSTS to Rhode Island and southern New England. $15 in advance and $20 at the door with all proceeds to go to Equality Now. Also bring a non-perishable food item for the RI Food Bank. For tickets go to Cinemaworld in Lincoln or email info@risfc.org.
Learn more at http://www.cstsri.blogspot.com/ and http://www.cinemaworldonline.com/lincoln/.
[Tip from James of the Rhode Island Science Fiction Club]
The previously-listed New England Small Press Assembly has been cancelled by the organizer. For a statement from the convention see http://www.nesmallpressassembly.com/.
[Tip from James of RISFC]
UPDATE: Dave says this event has been cancelled. 
Fantasy artist Frank Frazetta, known for his illustrations of Conan The Barbarian, Lord of the Rings and Tarzan, passed away on May 10, 2010. The Knight Memorial Library in Providence, RI will honor him with a free showing of the documentary film Frazetta: Painting with Fire on May 26th at 6:00pm. For more information visit http://www.provcomlib.org/
[Tip from Dave of the Providence Community Library]
Ryder Windham, author of over sixty Star Wars and Indiana Jones books, will appear at the Providence Community Library in Providence, RI on May 15 from 2:00pm-3:30pm as part of the library’s celebration of the 30th anniversary of Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. The 501st New England Garrison will be there in costume. For information see http://www.provcomlib.org/calendarofevents.php?id=108968.
[Tip via Johnny's List of Weird Boston Events]
Here’s what’s on the calendar so far in the month of April:
Massachusetts
April 2: Author Appearance: Christopher Moore
April 2-4: Anime Boston
April 3: Opening day for Jim Henson’s Fantastic World
April 9: Edgar Allan Poe Masked Ball
April 10-11: Boston Comic Con
April 15: Cinematic Titanic Live
April 16-18: Nexus Faire II (fan convention)
April 16-19: “Jim Henson’s Fantastic World” Film Series
April 16-18 and 22-24: On This Moon (theater)
April 26: Author Appearance: Sam Weller
April 26: Author Appearance: Melissa Marr
April 30 –May 1: ROFLCon II (Internet memes)
New Hampshire
April 8: Application deadline for the Odyssey Writing Workshop
April 10-11: EconoCon XIII (gaming convention)
Rhode Island
April 7: Kickoff party for The Big Read: Edgar Allan Poe
“The Big Read” is a program sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts to promote reading, and among the current featured books are Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 and The Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe. (Ursula K. LeGuin’s A Wizard of Earthsea is also on the list, but it seems those events are already over and done with.) There will be events across the nation related to these and other books, focusing on one book each month; see http://www.neabigread.org/ for full details.
Providence, RI will celebrate Edgar Allan Poe starting with a kickoff party at Rhode Island College the morning of April 7th from 9:00am until noon. See http://ric.libguides.com/Big_Read_Edgar_Allan_Poe for more information.
The Worcester Public Library in Worcester, MA is planning several Poe-related events, including a free Masked Ball on April 9th from 7:00-10:00pm. See http://www.worcpublib.org/150/Poe.html for a full list of events.
Many of the Ray Bradbury events have already happened — sorry, I just now found out about all this — but there are some left. WUMB Radio/University of Massachusetts Boston is sponsoring a number of events in the Boston area; you can see a complete list at http://www.neabigread.com/communities/?community_id=1286.
Sam Weller, author of The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury, will appear at the Boston Public Library’s Central Library on April 26 at 6:00pm. See http://www.bpl.org/news/author_series.htm for more.
Every year, the first Saturday of May is Free Comic Book Day, when participating comic book stores will offer free comic books to all visitors. This year Free Comic Book Day is Saturday, May 1st, and some stores will be making a big party out of it. Check with your local comic book store to see what their plans are. For general information visit http://www.freecomicbookday.com/; the site has a comic book store locator.
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August 31, 2010 11:34 pm | 
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