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
Registration is open for Aeternitas 2011, a Harry Potter convention presented by the Greater Boston Area Harry Potter Social Group (HP-MA) the weekend of April 28-May 1, 2011 in Laconia, NH.
Four days of pure fandom magic await you at Aeternitas. Being held just months before the last Potter film is released, Aeternitas is a conference focused on the continued life of our fandom. Our theme for the weekend is magic is forever. We believe that the friendship and family found in our fandom is forever. This conference is meant to celebrate that.
Aeternitas is like past and present Harry Potter conferences in many ways. It follows the Thursday through Sunday schedule. It consists of formal academic programming during the day, and has evening events like wizard rock shows and a formal ball like other conferences.
However, you will find that Aeternitas also differs from the other conferences in many ways. Aeternitas will be an intimate conference with a maximum of 500 attendees. By the end of the weekend we hope you will recognize the faces of all of the other attendees and feel a true sense of community.
Since registration is limited to 500, best to get your membership purchased soon. For more information visit http://www.aeternitas2011.org/ and http://www.hp-ma.com/.
[Tip from James of RISFC]
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
UPDATE: The bookstore website no longer lists Nate Kenyon; I am not sure what is going on there.
Authors Tom Sniegoski (Where Angels Fear to Tread, Fallen), Nate Kenyon (Sparrow Rock), and Christopher Golden (Of Saints and Shadows, The Chamber of Ten) will appear together at the RiverRun Bookstore in Portsmouth, NH at 7:00pm on Thursday, August 19th. For details visit http://www.riverrunbookstore.com/events/riverrun-bookstore-and-jetpack-comics-present-christopher-golden-thomas-e-sniegoski.
Kate Kaynak, author of the young-adult paranormal “Ganzfield” series Minder, Adversary, and Legacy (all set in New Hampshire) will be signing books at Borders in Concord, NH on August 25th at 7:30pm. See http://www.borders.com/online/store/StoreDetailView_340 for more information.
She will also be reading at 5Pi-Con on August 21st; see http://www.pi-con.org.
[Tip from Kate Kaynak herself]
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
The Saturday Fright Special horror show hosts will celebrate their fourth annual “Spooktacular” event with “a rare 35mm screening of the 1967 Toho monster melee SON OF GODZILLA” at the Colonial Theatre in Keene, NH on July 31st at 2:00pm. They’ll be making quite a party of it:
In addition to the main feature, cast members of the NH-based horror host TV show SATURDAY FRIGHT SPECIAL will appear on stage to introduce the film and conduct prize giveaways, featuring signed comics and original sketches by horror comics icon S.R. Bissette (who’ll be debuting a new comic at the event), as well as additional original sketches from students and alumni from the Center for Cartoon Studies in VT. Preceding the feature will be vintage monster movie previews, snack bar ads, and a cartoon.
You can find out more details at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125878930783967 (a Facebook login is not required to see this page) and http://www.thecolonial.org.
[Tip from Spooktacular Curator Mark]
The Open Gaming Convention will be held July 23-25 in Nashua, NH.
The Open Gaming Convention is New Hampshire’s largest 3 day gaming convention, with hundreds of role playing, tabletop, and card games to play, in single scenarios, multi-session campaigns, and grand tournaments. Away from the gaming table, you can browse a wide variety of vendor booths, sharpen your skills in our Painting Corner, or get revenge on your opponents through our Dead Man’s Chest “assassin” guild.
Find out more at http://www.ogc-con.com/.
Scott Allie from Dark Horse Comics will be signing on June 3rd at both locations of Chris’s Cards & Comics in Salem and Seabrook, New Hampshire:
Salem Events:
12 PM-1 PM: Writers’ Seminar with Q&A
1 PM-2 PM: Signing
Seabrook Events:
4 PM-4:30 PM: Artists’ Seminar with Q&A
4:30 PM-5 PM: Portfolio Review
5 PM-6 PM: Signing
Learn more at http://www.chriscardscomics.com/
[Tip via Convention Scene]
“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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