A Pirate Festival will be held at Fort Knox in Prospect, ME on July 17 (rain date July 18) from 10:00am to 3:00pm. According to the Friends of Fort Knox website:
Join the professional Pirates of the Dark Rose for a day of swashbuckling sword fights, duels, cannon fire and pirate ship attack. The pirate ship “Must Roos” will let loose cannon fire on the Fort as she sails the waters of the Penobscot River, in search of booty. The festival will feature a treasure hunt, pirate parade (all are encouraged to attend dressed in your best pirate attire), best dressed and most authentic sounding pirate contests. Regular Fort admission and a $3 per person event donation requested, because pirates love their gold! Those planning to spend the day may want to bring a lunch.
Learn more at http://fortknox.maineguide.com/events.html.
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
Update: This event has moved to June 16th
Popular comics artist Joe Quinones will be signing at Hub Comics in Somerville, MA on June 16th from 7:00 to 9:00pm. See http://hubcomics.com/ for details.
[Tip via Convention Scene]
Craig Rousseau, artist for Marvel’s teen female superhero comic “Marvel Her-Oes,” will appear on June 26th at Friendly Neighborhood Comics in Bellingham, MA. It’s not clear exactly what time the signing will take place; watch http://www.friendlyneighborhoodcomics.com/ for details.
[Tip via Convention Scene]
Author Jillian Weise will present her novel The Colony, a “racy dystopian novel about self-acceptance and gene modification,” at Brookline Booksmith in Brookline, MA on June 1st at 7:00pm. For details see http://www.brooklinebooksmith.com/events/mainevent.html.
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/.
I just found out about this one: the undead are scheduled to gather tomorrow, May 29th, at 3:30pm outside of South Station in Boston, MA, and will go on to terrorize the population from there. Zombie survivors and protesters are also welcome. Visit http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=406261746152 for the gory details. Note there will also be a “Silent Rave” afterparty at 7:00 or so at Faneuil Hall in which the zombies will all dance to the music on their own iPods — see http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=111040932268542. Unfortunately neither link is available to the non-Facebook enabled, but if you’re at South Station at 3:30pm I suspect they’ll be hard to miss.
[Tip via Boston Events Insider (I liked the name "Johnny's List of Weird Boston Events better, myself.)]
“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]
The Space 242 art gallery in Boston, MA is opening a new exhibit called “Celebrating Comic Art” featuring artists Jamie Buckmaster, Craig Bostick, Alison Cowell, Andy Fish, Veronica Hebard, Bret Herholz, Mike Leslie, Derek Ring, Paul Ryan, and Tak Toyoshima. The exhibit will be open from May 28 to June 18; there will be an opening reception May 28 from 6:00-8:00pm, and an artist talk will be held June 18 from 7:00-8:00pm. For more information visit http://www.space242.com/.
[Tip via Convention Scene]
Back in October I posted about the comic convention showdown in New York City, in which rival conventions Wizard World’s Big Apple Comic Con and the New York Comic Con were scheduled for the exact same weekend. Well, it seems that Wizard has blinked: Big Apple Comic Con is now scheduled for the weekend of October 1-3. New York Comic Con gets to keep the weekend of October 8-10. This reshuffling is what caused Wizard’s New England Comic Con to shift to October 15-17. You can now have three weekends in a row of total comics immersion if you wish!
Big Apple Comic Con: http://www.wizardworld.com/home-apple.html
New York Comic Con: http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/
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