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
Author Suzanne Collins is on a book tour to present Mockingjay, the latest entry in her Hunger Games series. Here are her appearance dates in New England:
- August 27 (yes, that’s today, sorry): RJ Julia Booksellers, Madison, CT 1:00PM-2:30PM
UConn Co-op, Storrs, CT 7:00PM-8:30PM
- August 30: Borders, Braintree, MA 7:00PM-8:30PM (“Fan Fest” starts at 4:00PM)
- August 31: The Children’s Book Shop, Brookline, MA 1:00PM-2:30PM
Wellesley Booksmith, Wellesley, MA 6:00PM-7:30PM
Visit
http://www.scholastic.com/thehungergames/about-the-author.htm for a complete list of dates.
The Gobble-Con anime convention will be held in Milford, CT the weekend of November 19-21 (the weekend before Thanksgiving). Details on guests and events are still developing, but registration is open and you can get information on the masquerade and crafstmanship contests. Visit http://www.gobble-con.org/ to learn more.
[Tip via New England Cosplay]
First of all, I have some news for you Facebook junkies: now you can have the posts from this blog show up on your Facebook news feed! Go to http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-England-Science-Fiction-and-Fantasy-Events/139619329383173 or search for “New England Science Fiction and Fantasy Events”. If you Like the page, new posts will show up in the news feed shortly after I post them. The posts will appear to be written by “RSS Graffiti”; that’s the application I’m using to catch the feed. Note that if I post more than one entry in an evening, which I often do, you may see one post and then a message saying “See 1 more post from RSS Graffiti” which you’ll need to click on to see everything.
Note that the official calendar will still reside on http://nescifievents.org/. I don’t intend to create Facebook events for anything, as I believe that should be up to the actual event organizers.
You can also continue to subscribe by email, RSS feed, and LiveJournal — that’s not changing.
Anyway, on to the list of what I currently have in the calendar for August:
Connecticut:
July 31-August 1: Midsummer Magick Faire
August 20–22: 5Pi-Con
Maine:
July 31-August 1: Paranormal/Psychic Faire
Massachusetts:
August 1: Author Appearance: Tom Sniegoski
August 16: Author Appearance: Larry Doyle
New Hampshire:
August 19: Author Appearance: Tom Sniegoski and Christopher Golden (Note that Nate Kenyon was originally listed for this event as well, but the bookstore website isn’t listing his name any more, so I’m not sure what’s going on there.)
August 25: Author Appearance: Kate Kaynak
Montreal, Quebec, Canada:
August 13–15: Otakuthon 2010
The Connecticut Renaissance Faire will present “King Arthur’s Harvest Faire” in Hebron, CT on weekends from September 25th to October 24th, including Columbus Day. For information visit http://www.ctfaire.com/fall/.
This year’s FurFright convention is moving to a new hotel, and the event will be held in Cromwell, CT the weekend of October 29-31.
FurFright is a Halloween-themed Anthropomorphic convention in Cromwell, Connecticut that has been entertaining attendees and raising money for animal/environmental charities since 2003. The 3-day event hosts people from all over the world who share a common interest in anthropomorphics.
Convention-goers watch and participate in discussion groups, classes, games, dances, and many other activities throughout the course of the weekend. Anthropomorphic conventions are identical to Science Fiction, Fantasy, Star Wars, or Star Trek conventions, except the focus of interest is the realm of animal stories and characters.
The costumes, animal mascot suits, and events make FurFright (and all anthropomorphic conventions) fun and entertaining for attendees and public alike.
For details visit http://www.furfright.org/.
Oops. It’s July already, and I haven’t posted the July event summary yet! Where’s my gorram time machine?!?! What do you mean I don’t have one? Well, hmph, I’ll just have to admit to being late. Here’s the list of what I’ve announced for July so far:
Connecticut
July 9–11: ConnectiCon
July 9–16: Steampunk Bizarre
July 17-18, 24-25, 31-August 1: Midsummer Magick Faire
July 22: Star Wars in Concert
Maine
July 17: Fort Knox Pirate Festival
July 31–August 1: Paranormal/Psychic Faire
Massachusetts
Weekends: The End Is Nigh In July
July 8-11: Readercon
July 10: Author Appearance: Sarah Prineas
July 13: Author Appearance: Charles Stross
July 16-18: “Twilight” Convention
July 17: Author Appearance: Naomi Novik
New Hampshire
July 21: Star Wars in Concert
July 23–25: Open Gaming Convention
July 31: Colonial Theatre Spooktacular: Son of Godzilla
Let the summer begin!
Connecticut
June 5-6, 12-13: Southern Connecticut Renaissance Festival
Maine
June 24-27: PortConMaine anime and gaming con
Massachusetts
June 1: Author Appearance: Jillian Weise
June 2: Author Appearance: Leah Cypess and Kate Milford
June 9: Artist Appearance: Joe Quinones
June 12-13, 19-20: Silver Kingdom Renaissance Festival
June 16: An Evening With James Cameron UPDATE: James Cameron dropped out and was replaced with Ken Burns
June 18: Celebrating Comic Art artist talk
June 18, 19: Can’t Stop the Serenity charity fundraiser (“Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” on Friday, “Serenity” on Saturday)
June 19-20, 26-27: New England Pirate Faire
June 23: Author Appearance: Scott Sigler
June 26: Artist Appearance: Craig Rousseau
June 26-27: Winslowshire Renaissance Festival
June 27: LAST DAY for Jim Henson’s Fantastic World museum exhibit
June 30: Deadline to apply to Viable Paradise writing workshop
The Midsummer Magick Faire is a Renaissance festival being held in Oxford, CT the weekends of July 17-18, July 24-25, and July 31-August 1. Learn more at http://midsummermagickfaire.com/.
“Star Wars in Concert” is a live performance of music from the Star Wars saga that brings together “stunning visuals, a live orchestra, choir and narration, plus an exclusive exhibit of Star Wars costumes, props and production artwork.” The concert returns to New England with two performance dates:
Wednesday, July 21st at Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, NH
Thursday, July 22nd at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT
For details visit http://www.starwarsinconcert.com/.
[Tip from Rich of Vortex of Mirth]
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August 31, 2010 11:34 pm | 
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