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Friday Programming
Scheduled Gaming
6:00 a.m.
Cascade 11 & 12
Board
games! Card games! Table top
and live action roleplaying
games! No matter what your
game is, we have a place for
you. If the game you want to
play isn’t on the schedule,
talk to one of our staff and
we’ll get a table and signup
sheet set up for you in the
Cascade rooms.
Pro Roy
Open
Gaming
8:00 a.m.
Rotunda 1 & 2
Board
games! Card games! Table top
and live action roleplaying
games! No matter what your
game is, we have a place for
you. If you just want some
table space to play with
friends, the Rotunda is
available for open gaming
all weekend on a first-come
first-serve basis.
Pro Roy
Pattern
Alteration for the
Luxury-sized Fan
9:00 a.m.
Cascade 5
A demo
and Q&A session, with
special techniques to create
a great fit for your figure
type.
Margo
Loes, Molly Boone, Katrina
Marier, Richard Stephens
Cities
of the Future
9:00 a.m.
Cascade 6
More than
half the human race now
lives in cities but some are
more successful than others.
What will the cities of the
future look like?
Chris
Konker, Larry Lewis, Bridget
Coila
Biotech
of Interstellar Travel
9:00 a.m.
Cascade 7
Interstellar travel isn't
like a jaunt around the
park. Along with the
engineering aspects involved
in such a journey, there are
a lot of biological things
to think about, too. Cold
sleep, radiation tolerance,
recycling… the list goes on.
Jim
Kling, G. David Nordley,
Mary Rosenblum, Jeff
Carlson, Bob Crichton
Writers
Koffee Klatch
9:00 a.m.
Cascade 8
Come spend time with some
very good writers in an
informal setting.
Poets
and Artist Koffee Klatch
9:00 a.m.
Cascade 9
Come spend an hour with some
of our fine artists and
poets in an informal
setting.
Reading:
John P. Alexander
10:00 a.m.
Cascade 3
I Bonita Big Witch on Campus
– The adventures of an
immortal witch on a modern
university campus and across
the centuries. – Rated PG
John P.
Alexander
Breaking
Into Comics and Cartooning
10:00 a.m.
Cascade 5
A hoary
perennial but always of
interest. The challenges of
becoming a cartoonist, and
how to break into the
business. Everything from
what brushes are the best,
to how to get a Xeric grant.
Donna
Barr, Larry Lewis
Clothing
of the Middle Kingdom
10:00 a.m.
Cascade 6
Chinese
culture goes back thousands
of years and has undergone
profound fashion changes,
resulting in a collection of
court garb that is as exotic
as anything in a science
fiction or fantasy film. Our
panel takes you on a visual
tour of some of the key
fashion eras of ancient
China.
Lori
Edwards, Melissa Quinn,
Katrina Marier
Creating
Emotion-Driven SF/F
10:00 a.m.
Cascade 7
Speculative fiction is often
called the fiction of ideas,
but wonderful ideas will
never see print unless they
create an emotional impact.
Learn to begin with emotion
and then wrap the story
around character to affect
the reader.
Brenda
Cooper, Jeff Soesbe, Alma
Alexander, Grá Linnaea,
Warren Hammond
Human
Being: Do we have a future?
10:00 a.m.
Cascade 8
Where are
we going with the genome?
The news talks about what
kind of good stuff could
come of this... genetic
diseases cured, depression
gone, fat? But what comes
with it? Can you design a
human who will love flipping
burgers all their life for
pennies?
Greg
Paddock, Matt Bamberger,
Annie Morton, David Walton
Let’s
Make a Movie Part 1 – Plan
It!
10:00 a.m.
Cascade 10
You were
there for part 0, right?
Quick! Time travel! In part
1, we go over the plan,
figure out the gear, work up
a story, write the script,
plan the shoot, and pretty
much anything else we can
think of. That's right, from
soup to nuts, we're going to
make an entire movie here at
Norwescon. This is your
chance to be a part of the
annual fun and learn how to
make a movie on a budget so
tiny calling it "shoestring"
would be an insult to
shoestrings. The key to
making a movie, of course,
is good planning!
Edward
Martin III, Brian Oberquell,
Ryan K. Johnson, Eric
Morgret
Filk 101
10:00 a.m.
Evergreen 4
A panel
for those that really don’t
know what we mean when we
talk about filk, and are
curious.
Beth
Runnerwolf, David Nassett,
Sr.
Lost
Civilizations Workshop, Part
1
10:00 a.m.
Olympic 1
What
would your own personal Lost
Civilization look like?
Create one using a variety
of techniques.
Kim Poua
Butch
Honeck: Lost Wax Casting
10:00 a.m.
Grand 2
Butch
Honeck shows us the art of
lost wax casting.
Butch
Honeck
Reading:
Harold Gross
10:30 a.m.
Cascade 3
TBD
Harold
Gross
Reading:
Rhiannon Held
11:00 a.m.
Cascade 3
Walks With Death
– Urban fantasy novel –
Rated PG
Rhiannon
Held
Costume
Project Management
11:00 a.m.
Cascade 4
Planning
a large cast masquerade
entry or designing costumes
for a big stage show? This
panel will help you with
practical ways to budget
time, money and people
resources. We will also
share tips to make sure
everyone is still talking to
each other at the end of the
show.
Anita
Taylor, Richard Stephens,
JoAnne Kirley, Molly Boone,
Jonnalyhn Wolfcat Hall
Extending the Brain 11:00
a.m.
Cascade 5
Retinal
implants, cochlear implants,
cortical pacemakers, TMS
stimulation. What will you
have on your mind tomorrow?
Bluejack,
Mark Teppo, Bridget Coila,
David Walton
Priced
to Sell 11:00 a.m.
Cascade 6
Pricing
strategies and marketing
tools to make the sale.
Russell
D. Campbell, John R. Gray
III, Butch Honeck, Rebecca
Schumacher Cox
Writing
Essentials: Common Problems
with Submissions
11:00 a.m.
Cascade 7
... that
dismiss you as an amateur.
Panelists will share common
writing and submission
issues that can lead to
immediate rejection.
Includes submission flaws,
ignoring market guidelines,
poor spelling/grammar,
pastiches, bad/desperate
attitudes. Also, how to keep
records, do follow-up, close
unresponsive submissions,
etc.
Janna
Silverstein, L.J. Bothell,
Wolf Lahti, Richelle Mead
Writing
Magic 101
11:00 a.m.
Cascade 9
What
rules do you need to
establish when writing with
magic in a story?
Renee
Stern, Kevin Radthorne,
Jennifer Brozek, Alma
Alexander
Lost
11:00 a.m.
Evergreen 1
Here we
go again: Is the new season
worth the wait?
Judith
Herman, Chris Nilsson, Jeff
Soesbe, Leo Roberts
Norwescon Town Meeting
11:00 a.m.
Evergreen 2
You are a
member of Norwescon. What,
exactly, does that mean?
What do you want it to mean?
What would you like your
convention to do/be in the
future? Take an active role
in a brainstorming session
with the executive team to
generate ideas for the next
five years or even farther
in the future.
Charlie
Knoedler, Peggy Stewart
Expanding the Realms of
Fantasy 11:00 a.m.
Evergreen 3
Fantasy
literature is not confined
to a pseudo medieval world
with kings, princesses,
elves and wizards. Find out
what other kinds of rich
fantasy literature is out
there waiting for you to
discover.
Cat
Rambo, Tiffany Trent,
Vladimir Verano, Mark J.
Ferrari
Evolution of Families
11:00 a.m.
Evergreen 4
Many
stories use points of
evolution as a driving
force, whether for plot or
character. How do
evolutionary factors affect
relationships? How do they
affect children? How do they
interact with setting and
across species?
Silven
Read, Craig Figley, Annie
Morton
G.Robin
Smith: Ben Franklin
11:00 a.m.
Grand 2
A Slide
Show of my Primary Research
field trip to Philadelphia &
Washington DC for work on
alternate/unknown Histories
of the American Revolution.
What I learned from walls,
walks, trees and taverns.
G.Robin
Smith
Interview with R.A.
Salvatore
11:00 a.m.
Grand 3
R.A.
Salvatore, Archivist Shu
Xiandi-Shuangxin (Ciandi
Stephens)
Scavenger Hunt
11:00 a.m.
Salon
Come
participate in Norwescon's
Scavenger Hunt. We will hand
out the list of items you
need to collect and explain
the rules. The winner will
get a membership to next
year’s Norwescon.
Sheye
Blaze
Reading:
John A. Pitts
11:30 a.m.
Cascade 3
Jack Got His Self a Wife
– Folklore – G
John A.
Pitts
Reading:
Julie Hoverson
Noon Cascade 3
TBD –
Rated PG
Julie
Hoverson
Fannish
Travel
Noon Cascade 4
There are
many cool places to visit
for fen, and many are places
that you shouldn’t visit
alone: they are much more
fun as a couple or group.
Also, there are some cool
places to visit that are
full or semi full immersion
experiences for fen. Let’s
chat.
Michael
Citrak, Kevin Standlee, Tim
Walker, Eva-Lise Carlstrom
Lost and
Found – If You‘re Not Sure,
Just Call it a Religious
Artifact…
Noon Cascade 5
Come
enjoy some of the most
outrageous and/or amusing
interpretations of
historical artifacts made by
historians and
archaeologists, from Ancient
Greek times to the present.
Then fire up your
imagination to give us your
best shot at interpreting a
selection of obscure
artifacts. A great creative
exercise for SF&F writers,
as well as Humanities
Students.
Cymbric
Early-Smith, Jason Soles
Rejectomancy
Noon Cascade 6
Our
panelists will help you
divine the meaning of
different rejection letters
and ways to deal with
rejection.
Jennifer
Brozek, L.J. Bothell, Lisa
Mantchev, Jeff Carlson,
Michael Ehart
Magic
Realism VS Fantasy – Fight!
Noon Cascade 7
Magic
Realism is showing up more
and more each year in the
United States, usually
thanks to foreign films and
literature, but we finally
seem to be getting it right
for a change. Movies like
O Brother, Where Art Thou?,
Big Fish, and TV show
Pushing Daisies all are
excellent examples of magic
realism gone right. What
differentiates magic realism
from fantasy? Why do we
perceive them as being
different in the first
place? We'll talk about the
nature of each, give
examples of each, and debate
about which side of the
scale we think different
films fall on and why.
Mimi
Noyes, Mark J.
Ferrari, Mark Teppo, Grá
Linnaea, Vladimir Verano,
Bruce Taylor aka “Mr. Magic
Realism”
Men's
18th Century Costuming
Without Tears
Noon Cascade 8
Making
the elegant clothing of our
founding fathers does not
require a B.A. in sewing.
Learn the basics of crafting
well-fitted coats,
drop-front breeches and
vests. We will also share
recommendations on period
patterns, accessories, hats
and wigs.
JoAnne
Kirley, Margo Loes, Richard
Stephens
Martial
Arts in the Movies
Noon Cascade 9
Kung Fu Panda
and the Forbidden Kingdom
took a comic look at the
centuries old martial arts
traditions. But how well do
western writers understand
the Eastern philosophy of
fighting? What does
Hollywood get right and
where does it go royally
wrong?
Tiffany
Trent, Bob Crichton
Introduction to Armor
Noon Cascade 10
Introduction to armor and
protective clothing of the
Middle Ages, including
terminology, armor-crafting,
and adapting modern
materials to look authentic.
G.Robin
Smith, Tugger, aka Robert
Grey, Joseph Hill
Demo:
Polymer Clay
Noon Cascade 13
Come
learn to work with polymer
clay and make the creatures
you love!
Jacqualynn D. Duram Nilsson,
Rebecca Schumacher Cox
Herbal
Remedies and Modern Science
Noon Evergreen 1
From
Ancient China to American
Indians, Herbal medicine has
been around for thousands of
years, but got little
respect from the Western
Medical establishment. Now,
science is beginning to take
herbal medicines seriously,
and research is being done
on many traditional cures.
Come find out what that
modern research says about
the ancient remedies.
Misty
Marshall, Miki Garrison, Jim
Kling
Working
Metals in Ancient Times
Noon Evergreen 2
How did
they work metals before the
modern age of steel and
esoteric alloys?
Chris
Konker
Writerly
Friendship Noon
Evergreen 3
What's it
like to start and maintain a
friendship with another
writer? How about rivalry?
Collaboration? What part is
played by professional
admiration? How about by
alcohol? Can only another
ink-stained wretch really
understand?
Richelle
Mead, Donna Barr, Brenda
Cooper, Kat Richardson, Mark
Henry
Writing
a Song
Noon Evergreen 4
Come and
write a song with help from
some pros.
Steven
Dixon, Jeffrey Hitchin
Family
Movie Previews
Noon Olympic 1
Get the
scoop on upcoming
family-friendly sci fi,
fantasy and animated movies.
Keith
Johnson
The Art
of Todd Lockwood Noon
Grand 2
A
slideshow of Todd Lockwood's
artwork, with the artist.
Todd
Lockwood
Reading:
Joshua Palmatier 12:30 p.m.
Cascade 3
Well of Sorrows
– Fantasy Novel – Rated PG
Joshua
Palmatier
Reading:
Carol Berg
1:00 p.m.
Cascade 3
Breath and Bone
– Epic fantasy novel
Carol
Berg
Women in
Horror
1:00 p.m.
Cascade 4
Over the
last several years the roles
of woman in horror films has
changed significantly, in
some ways. How have woman’s
roles in film changed since
Ripley politely told the
alien queen to get away from
her…
Julie
Hoverson, Jenna Pitman,
Lorelei Shannon
Owls,
Ravens and Swans – Birds of
Magic
1:00 p.m.
Cascade 6
The gift
of flight is only one
magical power of birds –
through the centuries
certain species of birds
have been feared or revered
for their other special
powers. Come see what other
secrets our Avian friends
possess.
Dave
Butler, Jonnalyhn Wolfcat
Hall
Adventure Stories
1:00 p.m.
Cascade 7
Swashbucklers, pirates, oh
my? What makes an adventure
story different from other
science fiction and fantasy
stories? And do most
adventure stories get the
action right?
Michael
Ehart, MH (“Maggie”) Bonham
Women's
18th Century Costuming
Without Tears
1:00 p.m.
Cascade 8
Panniers,
corsets, hooped skirts,
sacque back gowns, towering
wigs and period surface
embellishments will be
highlighted in this show and
tell panel that will
demonstrate how you can
create baroque beauty for
yourself.
Margo
Loes, Melissa Quinn, Lori
Edwards, Julie Haehn
The
Batteries of Baghdad
1:00 p.m.
Cascade 9
What were
these ancient batteries used
for?
Burt
Webb
When
Aragorn Sang…
1:00 p.m.
Cascade 10
Would
Middle Earth have felt as
real if Aragorn didn’t sing?
Would Fandom be as enjoyable
without Filks? But how often
do contemporary SF&F authors
work music or poetry into
their stories? Learn how
some of the richest writing
of the genre does just that
and the importance that
music and poetry plays in
various SF&F universes.
We’ll be brainstorming
strategies for using these
important elements to
inspire authors and
educators alike.
Darragh
Metzger, Wolf Lahti, Chris
Konker
Artists’
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Pictionary
1:00 p.m.
Evergreen 1
More than
tried and true – generally
hilarious.
Larry
Lewis, Rob Carlos, Russell
D. Campbell, Christine D.
Winters
Science
and Politics 1:00 p.m.
Evergreen 2
We have a
new President, but what does
that mean for science? Can
we expect more research on
stem cells? A longer delay
in sending people to Mars?
How does the new
administration plan on
handling the scientific
questions that are important
to us?
Mike
Brennan, Miki Garrison, Bob
Crichton, Shaharazahd Ehart
You’ve
finished. Now make it
better!
1:00 p.m.
Evergreen 3
The pains
and pleasures, whys,
wherefores, and (occasional)
rewards of re-writes. Gosh,
this is starting to sound
like work!
Leah R.
Cutter, Ted Butler, Kat
Richardson, Lizzie Shannon
Things
That Time Forgot Sing-a-Long
1:00 p.m.
Evergreen 4
Beth
Runnerwolf, Juliana
McCorison, Steven Dixon
Steampunk Fashion Show
1:00 p.m.
Grand 2
While
journeying to the center of
the earth or taking a flight
to the moon, what does the
well dressed steampunk wear?
Join us and see the fashions
of future past. Sky pirates,
Chrononaughts, and more will
strut their stuff and show
off the latest technology.
Feel free to bring your own
steamy styles as well!
Diana
Vick
Interview and Q&A with Geno
Salvatore 1:00
p.m.
Grand 3
Geno
Salvatore, Archivist Shu
Xiandi-Shuangxin (Ciandi
Stephens)
The
Tabloid Game (Ripped from
the Headlines!) 1:00 p.m.
Cascade 5
Our group
of expert game masters will
create a scenario before
your very eyes using only a
selection of tabloid
newspapers. Come join in the
fun and throw out a few
suggestions of your own.
Erik
Mona, Jeff Grubb, Andy
Collins, Darrin Drader
Reading:
Pat MacEwen
1:30 p.m.
Cascade 3
I, Mushroom
– Seriocomic hard sf – Rated
PG
Pat
MacEwen
Reading: Jeff Carlson
2:00 PM
Cascade 3
Plague Year - first novel of
the Plague trilogy - rated
PG
Jeff Carlson
The
Great Debate Continues: Oil
or Acrylic, or Are They Both
Obsolete?
2:00 p.m.
Cascade 4
As art
continues to evolve, has
digital media made all other
mediums obsolete?
Christine D. Winters, Craig
Figley, Cory & Catska Ench,
Jeff Sturgeon
The
Metaphor Game
2:00 p.m.
Cascade 5
Writing
challenges based on secret,
randomly generated
metaphors. Can you guess
what everyone is really
writing about? Bring your
creativity and come play!
Eva-Lise
Carlstrom, Wolf Lahti
Backups:
Eternal Life or Eternal
Death? 2:00 p.m.
Cascade 6
Let's say
we could record a person's
mind and play it back into a
new body, so that the new
person couldn't be told from
the old. Would that lead to
immortality? Or would it
lead to an endless series of
deaths followed by the
creation of a new person who
just thinks he's the old
one? Essentially, what does
it mean to be oneself?
David
Shoemaker, Robert Sawyer,
David Walton, Grá Linnaea,
Bryce Walden
Getting
Around Without a Car
2:00 p.m.
Cascade 7
Advantages and disadvantages
of different modes of
transportation — from hiking
to scuba, horses to Mars
rovers. Everything is fair
game.
Silven
Read, Carlton Rhoades, Chris
Nilsson, Greg Paddock
The
State of Card and Board
Games
2:00 p.m.
Cascade 8
Board and
card games certainly have
changed since the early days
of Monopoly and
Candyland. Our board
game experts will discuss
the board and card games of
the present and the future.
We’ll look across the water
to the games from Germany
and France, discuss the
renaissance of the American
big-box publisher, and look
at the independents on the
fringes. Whether you just
learned Risk or
you’re an expert at
Puerto Rico, this is the
seminar for you.
Julie
Haehn, Mike Selinker, Jeremy
Holcomb
The
Indie Film Factor
2:00 p.m.
Cascade 9
Everybody
knows about the blockbuster
movies that come out and
thanks to the internet we're
in touch with all of the fan
made films and shows that
are being made, but what
about the Indie film
industry? More and more
filmmakers are taking on
fantasy and science fiction
films on a shoestring budget
and making amazing movies
that hardly anyone ever
hears about. Come learn
about some fantastic indie
films that you may not know
about, or share some that
you've seen with the rest of
us!
Eric
Morgret, Edward Martin III,
Lorelei Shannon, Mimi Noyes
Paleofilk: (SongsThatFilkersForgot)
2:00 p.m.
Cascade 10
Some of
the history and early days
of filk. A discussion of
filk before the CD.
Beth
Runnerwolf, Steven Dixon
Figure
Drawing Workshop – Models in
Costume
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Cascade 13
Models in
costume will do a variety of
short and medium length
poses (3 to 10 minutes).
Everyone is welcome to come
and sketch or paint. Please
bring your own drawing and
painting supplies.
Anita
Taylor, Carmen Beaudry, Lori
Edwards, Richard Stephens,
David Tackett
Why I
Write YA Books
2:00 p.m.
Evergreen 1
Lisa
Mantchev, Geno Salvatore,
Richelle Mead, Ted Butler,
Tiffany Trent
Early
Computers
2:00 p.m.
Evergreen 2
Antikythera device, Babbage
Engine, etc. A review of how
our ancestors computed
before the arrival of IBM.
Burt
Webb, Jeff Soesbe
Star
Trek: Phoenix
2:00 p.m.
Evergreen 3
Star Trek: Phoenix
began as an ambitious fan
film and is now the largest
production in the Seattle
area and is the only series
ever to be shot entirely in
our region. Chat with
Captain Avari and crew about
everything from Trek
history to life on the set
of the upcoming Pilot
episode.
Amanda
Cherry, Jön Johnson, Leo
Roberts, Ben Andrews
Costumes
of the 501st Legion
2:00 p.m.
Evergreen 4
A Star
Wars show and tell:
Belly on up to the Storm
Trooper Table for all the
Bad Guys you can handle.
Brander
Roullett
Dead Con
Scrolls
2:00 p.m.
Olympic 1
Create
your own "ancient" scrolls
using parchment paper and
stencils.
Kim Poua
Science
Fiction and Fantasy in the
Comics
2:00 p.m.
Grand 2
A
slideshow presentation about
well known and not so well
known SF and Fantasy
spanning the medium's
history.
Frank
Hussey, Jeff Grubb
Bodacious Babes Clothing
Exchange
2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Presidential Suite
Attention
all you Bodacious Babes!
Yes, you! The Bodacious
Babes Clothing Exchange is
back with a fun new twist.
Is there an item (or two)
deep in your closet that you
never wear, but also can’t
bear to toss in the bag
going to Goodwill or the
Salvation Army? It is just
too precious; either for
sentimental reasons or the
price you paid? Wouldn’t you
like it to go to someone,
just like you, who would
wear it and enjoy it? Bring
it to the Bodacious Babes
Clothing Exchange at
Norwescon! If each of us
includes that one item we
just can’t “purge from the
closet” with our other
trades, think how much fun
it will be to find new
treasures for yourself!!
Willow
Clark, Jessica Maheaux
Reading:
Christopher Bodan
2:30 p.m.
Cascade 3
Closet Monsters
– Short story – Rated PG
Christopher Bodan
Reading:
Jak Koke 3:00
p.m.
Cascade 3
Edge of Chaos
– Fantasy – Rated PG
Jak Koke
Fantasy
as Social Commentary
3:00 p.m.
Cascade 4
Fantasy
and SF have long provided
"safe" ways for authors to
discuss the real world they
lived and struggled in.
Examine fantasy realms and
lift the thin veil to look
at social critique on
racism, sexism, religion,
politics and more.
Michael
Ehart, Cat Rambo, Rosemary
Clement-Moore, Spencer
Ellsworth
Fairy
Tales – Deconstructing Life
Lessons
3:00 p.m.
Cascade 5
Fairy
tales have been a centuries
old tradition to pass along
vital life lessons to our
children. Today we can
reexamine these tales
through many filters and
find new truths. See what
happens when classic tales
are viewed from a post
modern, feminist, Freudian
or even Marxist point of
view.
M.K.
Hobson, Eva-Lise Carlstrom,
Archivist Shu
Xiandi-Shuangxin (Ciandi
Stephens), Julie Hoverson
Buying
Art At Conventions 3:00 p.m.
Cascade 6
What you
should look at when
comparing the different art
work available.
John P.
Alexander, John R. Gray III,
Jacqualynn D. Duram Nilsson,
Russell D. Campbell, Pat
Booze
Fannish
Housekeeping
3:00 p.m.
Cascade 7
Share the
horror and the awe. Tips on
maintaining a typical
fannish household with
ever-expanding
collections/accumulations of
books, art, costumes, media,
and other assorted stuff.
Michael
Citrak, Joseph Hill, Silven
Read, Julie Zetterberg
Whose
Story is it, Anyway?
3:00 p.m.
Cascade 8
Now that
you’ve learned to use
viewpoint properly, which of
your characters get to be
viewpoint folks? What do you
owe them? A cautionary
approach to choosing and
respecting points of view.
Renee
Stern, Greg Cox, Kevin
Radthorne, Carol Berg
Writer
Beware
3:00 p.m.
Cascade 9
How to
tell if you’re being scammed
or not when trying to get
published. Sites, such as
SFWA’s, that can help you
with determining valid
publishers, agents, etc. The
idea of this business is
money comes to the author,
not the other way around.
When to run, not walk away,
when people ask you for
money to get you published.
Pat
MacEwen, Lizzy Shannon, Mary
Rosenblum, Jim Fiscus
From
Purple Crayon to Magic Wand
3:00 p.m.
Evergreen 2
From
Harold and his Purple Crayon
to Harry and His Wand –
magical themed books have
unlocked the imaginations of
children around the world.
Share your favorite authors
and titles for children’s
fantasy reading – from Early
Readers to Young Adults –and
tell us why they should be
considered vital parts of a
child’s Fantasy Syllabus.
Lisa
Mantchev, Dierdre Phoenix,
Tiffany Trent
And They
Pay Me for This, Too!
3:00 p.m.
Evergreen 3
There are
jobs; careers, even, that
are so geeky they satisfy
even a hard-core SF/F type
personality. Our panelists
have such jobs, and are
happy to share the hows and
whys and what-the-hecks
about them.
L.J.
Bothell, Mike Brennan, Andy
Collins, Tugger, aka Robert
Grey, Jim Kling
Costumes
of the Rebel Alliance
3:00 p.m.
Evergreen 4
A Star Wars show and
tell.
The ball's in their court
now and the Rebel Scum get
in their fashion shots.
Brander
Roullett
Carlton
Rhoades: Minimize the
Asteroid Threat in Three
Easy Steps 3:00 p.m.
Grand 2
Slide
Show Presentation
Carlton
Rhoades
SJ
Tucker & Friends Concert: In
the Stacks, Off the Map
3:00 p.m.
Grand 3
Tricky Pixie
frontwoman SJ Tucker
performs pirate songs and
manticore's lullabyes with
cellist Betsy Tinney and
guest band mates Vixy &
Tony, with appearances by
Palimpsest author
Catherynne M. Valente and
Ravens in the Library
editors Phil Brucato and
Sandra Buskirk.
SJ
Tucker, Betsy Tinney, Vixy &
Tony, Catherynne M. Valente,
Phil Brucato, Sandra Buskirk,
Kevin Wiley, Dmitri
Zagidulin
Reading:
Brenda Cooper
3:30 p.m.
Cascade 3
Reading the Wind
– Science Fiction Novel –
Rated G
Brenda
Cooper
Reading:
A.M. Dellamonica 4:00 p.m.
Cascade 3
Indigo Springs
– Novel – Rated PG
A.M.
Dellamonica
Scholarship: Documentation
vs. Re-creation
4:00 p.m.
Cascade 4
The value
of historical re-enactment
in the world of traditional
"what they wrote" research.
This panel will include a
discussion of various
re-creation groups from
around the world.
Cymbric
Early-Smith, G.Robin Smith,
Margo Loes, Tugger, aka
Robert Grey
Handsewing Workshop
4:00 p.m.
Cascade 5
Come
practice these totally
important skills you need
for making killer costumes.
Why let the robots have all
of the fun?
Terri
‘Sprite’ Specht, Carmen
Beaudry, Joseph Hill
The
Evolution of Marriage
4:00 p.m.
Cascade 6
In SF/F
marriage has seen many
shapes and forms, just as it
has in the real world,
counter to what the “save
the marriage” crowd think or
feel. Which SF/F authors
have toyed with different
forms of marriage and family
in ways that you think could
be helpful for us to
consider in the real world?
All Ages
Loree
Parker, Rachael Kenoyer
What is
Goth?
4:00 p.m.
Cascade 7
Why is
denying that you're Goth the
most Goth thing you can do?
What is up with all you
freaks in black anyway? Are
you really as spooky as you
look?
Alexia
Roy, Elisabeth Van Every,
Doug “DJ Eternal Darkness”
Carter, Nicole Stavenau,
Andrew Herington
Women in
Gaming
4:00 p.m.
Cascade 8
Our
all-female panel of gaming
professionals discusses the
growing presence / awareness
of women playing and
designing games, and what
that means for the future of
the Gaming Industry.
Julie
Haehn, Shelly Mazzanoble,
Donna “Danicia” Prior,
Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel,
Jennifer Brozek
Plot,
Setting, and Characters:
Who's on First?
4:00 p.m.
Cascade 9
Do you
create wonderfully realistic
characters, but then find
your plots wandering around
lost, searching for a
resolution? Are the worlds
you create lush and vibrant,
but your characters speak
like they're all clones?
Come for a hands-on
discussion of how to find
the proper balance that will
bring everything together in
your stories.
Kevin
Radthorne, Ken Scholes, Erin
A. Tidwell, Wolf Lahti, Alma
Alexander
Myth, Legends and
Fairy Tales
4:00 p.m.
Cascade 10
We generally think these
stories form the basis of
fantasy stories, but are
they also the basis for
science fiction and horror
stories, too?
Dave
Butler, Vladimir Verano,
Jonnalyhn Wolfcat Hall, Mark
Teppo
Monster
Mash
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Cascade 13
Don your
best Mad Scientist outfit
and come create marvelous
monsters and creative
chimera along with Dr. Meme
Noy/Yes, Master Monster
Maker. We will take cute
fluffy stuffed animals, hack
them into pieces, and then
reassemble them in wholly
unnatural ways. WARNING! NOT
FOR THE EASILY DISTRESSED OR
CHILDREN! We will be working
with scissors and needles
and as such only mature Mad
Scientists will be allowed
to participate. The only
skills required are the most
rudimentary of sewing skills
(plush is very forgiving)
and a sick sense of humor.
There will be a $5 materials
fee per participant to cover
the cost of DNA splitters,
DNA splicers, and
experimental specimens.
Mimi
Noyes
Vampiric
Lore and the Twilight
Phenomenon
4:00 p.m.
Evergreen 1
Vampire
stories have always been
about sex, the domination of
the victim, the exchange of
bodily fluids. And then
along comes the Twilight
series with these romantic
but chaste characters. How
does Twilight fit
into the modern Vampire
Mythos and how might it
influence future vampiric
lore?
Mickey “Meowse”
Phoenix, Mark Henry,
Richelle Mead
Invaders!
4:00 p.m.
Evergreen 3
Dust
storms bring deadly fungi
across the ocean, where they
infect everything from trees
to dolphins. Jellyfish wash
up on beaches in the
thousands, rodents are
destroying the southern
swamps and Japanese kudzu
has taken over gardens all
across the US. Come learn
about invasive species-
where they come from, how
they take over, and what can
be done about them.
Larry
Lewis, Jim Kling, Bridget
Coila, Annie Morton
(Sci-Fi/Fantasy) Films That
Time Forgot 4:00
p.m.
Evergreen 4
B-movie
classics and special effects
that were cutting-edge for
their time – what are your
favorite Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Films that everyone else
might not have heard of?
What elevates a genre flick
to "classic" status?
Chris
Nilsson, Andrew Migliore,
Spring Schoenhuth, Phillip
Brugalette, Craig Figley
Reading:
Jenna Pitman
4:30 p.m.
Cascade 3
Sisterhood
– A young noblewoman is
forced to choose between her
sister by blood and her
future sister-in-law to save
her country, her family's
honor, and the man she
loves. Rated PG
Jenna
Pitman
Movie
Previews
4:30 p.m.
Grand 2
Keith
Johnson
Reading:
Mark J. Ferrari
5:00 p.m.
Cascade 3
Twice
– My
next, (since The Book of
Joby from TOR last
year), upcoming novel is the
tale of a man who may or may
not have been beaten to
death by a troll in an
alleyway one night, and
survives – sort of – to get
everything he wishes for –
though he didn’t realize
anyone was listening to his
wish – much less planning to
grant it. As so often
happens in such stories,
getting what you wish for
can be very, very
problematic – if awfully
interesting too. – Rated PG
Mark J.
Ferrari
Single
Pattern Contest – Judging
5:00 p.m.
Cascade 5
Closed
Judging session for entries
in the Single Pattern
Contest.
Terri
‘Sprite’ Specht, Richard
Stephens, Melissa Quinn,
Garth Stubbs
A
Surface is Not Just Color
5:00 p.m.
Cascade 6
Textures
make the look.
Rob
Carlos, Cory & Catska Ench
The
Science of Superheroes
5:00 p.m.
Cascade 7
From the
mild to the wild, what are
humans really capable of?
Can a mutation make someone
fly, or do we need jetpacks
for that? What about
controlling things with the
mind or gaining super
strength? Come find out what
superheroes will really look
like when changing our DNA
and adding personal
modifications into our
bodies becomes a
possibility.
Silven
Read, Greg Paddock, Annie
Morton, Misty Marshall,
Elton Elliott
It’s
Hideous! It’s Gruesome!
It’s…Perfect!
5:00 p.m.
Cascade 8
What
makes a truly great monster
in a game? Our panelists
discuss the best of the best
in the gaming menagerie (or
the worst of the worst,
depending on your
perspective), with an
emphasis on the monsters
themselves and not on any
particular game systems
statistics, and give their
expert advice on how to come
up with your own creations
to set upon those special
adventurers in YOUR
campaign.
Erik
Mona, Gwendolyn F.M.
Kestrel, James Jacobs, Jason
Soles, Jennifer Brozek
Alternate Prehistory 5:00
p.m.
Cascade 9
Do new
discoveries in paleontology
offer ideas for alternate
history? Is this prehistory
an untapped resource for
alternate history?
John P.
Alexander, Robert Sawyer,
Pat MacEwen, Mike Shepherd
Moscoe, Vladimir Verano
Breaking
In 5:00
p.m.
Cascade 10
Author,
agent, and editor talk about
how to get that first novel
sold.
Lisa
Mantchev, Gordon Van Gelder,
Janna Silverstein
Dr.
Horrible and the Triumph of
On Line Geeks 5:00
p.m.
Evergreen 1
With the
success of Joss Whedon's on
line mini-series, Dr.
Horrible, will Hollywood
take notice? What new
possibilities might this
mean for genre adventures?
Chris
Nilsson, Ryan K. Johnson,
Amanda Cherry, Archivist Shu
Xiandi-Shuangxin (Ciandi
Stephens)
Playing
with History – Wheeee!
5:00 p.m.
Evergreen 2
“Alternate Timelines”,
“Quantum Universes” or just
plain-old Time Machines –
All of these concepts create
a way for an author to ‘play
with history’. This is an
interactive panel where the
audience chooses a few
significant events in human
history; come up with
alternatives – and their
consequences. The follow-up
discussion will focus on how
Historic Fantasy can be used
to inspire an interest in
History/Humanities studies.
A lively dialogue always
ensues – Come join us!
Cymbric
Early-Smith, Chris Konker,
Jason Soles, Miki Garrison
So You
Want to Record a CD
5:00 p.m.
Evergreen 3
The nuts
and bolts of laying down
your tracks.
Steven
Dixon, Juliana McCorison
The
Pyramid Builders
5:00 p.m.
Evergreen 4
Sonic
waves, hydraulic lifts,
ramp, etc. Just how DID they
build those pyramids?
Burt
Webb, Andy Quinn
Adventure Story Hour
5:00 p.m.
Olympic 1
LouAnna
Valentine
Poker
Tournament 5 – 7
p.m.
Rotunda 1
Haven't
made the final table yet?
Then you better bring your
best poker skills, as the
only way to make it is to
win one of these qualifying
rounds.
Mariah
Johnson
David
Walton 5:30 PM
Cascade 3
A
Glimpse Inside a Captive
Mind - David Walton will
read excerpts from his
Philip K. Dick nominated
novel, Terminal Mind.
Come find out what the fuss
is all about. - Rated PG
David
Walton
Reading:
Andrew Dolbeck 6:00
p.m.
Cascade 3
Magic Jack's Last Quest
– Young Jack is lucky. He
owns his own fantasy world,
made just for him. But
everyone has to grow up
sometime, and his last
adventure will include some
harsh lessons. – Rated PG
Andrew
Dolbeck
Online
Journaling
6:00 p.m.
Cascade 4
Why do we
live our private lives in
public places? Are we merely
emotional exhibitionists or
are we continuing (in a
different form) the
venerable art of journaling?
Sure, it's also a great way
to network but what can
journaling do for you? Or,
to you? As more and more
people do it everyday, is it
turning into a problem?
MH
(“Maggie”) Bonham, Rhiannon
Held, Leah R. Cutter, M.K.
Hobson
Mech
Tech Revisited
6:00 p.m.
Cascade 5
How to
create mechanical equipment
and technology that is
believable in your art.
Ed Cox,
Craig Figley
Volunteering at Conventions
Can Be Fun 6:00 p.m.
Cascade 6
From
helping an hour at the con
to volunteering all year
round, it can be fun! No,
really. And Norwescon
couldn’t survive without
volunteers. Let’s chat about
how to break in and move
from volunteer to staff to
department head and, eck,
chairman.
Karen
Rall, Beth Runnerwolf,
Shaharazahd Ehart
What I
Wish Someone Had Told Me
6:00 p.m.
Cascade 7
Established SF & F writers
talk about lessons they
learned the hard way that
they wish someone had told
them about when they were
first starting out.
Joshua
Palmatier, Mike Shepherd
Moscoe, Lizzy Shannon
Elizabethan Elegance
6:00 p.m.
Cascade 8
This demo
will include pointers on
successfully reproducing
Elizabethan fashions and
where to purchase good
patterns, appropriate
materials and trims, and
finding or making those
indispensable accessories.
Lori
Edwards, Margo Loes, Anita
Taylor, Molly Boone
Gender
Roles Redefined by Sci-Fi
and Fantasy 6:00
p.m.
Cascade 9
Genre
literature freed up women
long before the ERA – how
has Sci-Fi and Fantasy
literature redefined gender
roles, both for men and
women? Is Dr. Frankenfurter
the Man of the Future?
Kim
Ritchie, Gwendolyn F.M.
Kestrel, Archivist Shu
Xiandi-Shuangxin (Ciandi
Stephens), Rosemary
Clement-Moore
Historical Research
6:00 p.m.
Cascade 10
If you
are not a world-renowned
researcher/expert, how do
you get good research
opportunities? Historical
Artists, re-creators, and
writers give tips for where
to go, who to ask and how to
pull together historical
research for your project.
G.Robin
Smith, Ogre Whiteside, Alan
Paulsen
Young
and Queer in Society and
Fandom
6:00 p.m.
Cascade 13
Attitudes
have changed a lot in the
last twenty or so years, but
how is it for those
struggling with their
identities and sexualities?
We encourage young people
with questions about their
sexual identity and place in
society and fandom to come
to talk and share strength
with each other and older
fen who’ve been through it
themselves. ALL AGES
Loree
Parker, Dierdre Phoenix,
Ciarán Cain
Going
Green 6:00 p.m.
Evergreen 1
Obama
wants to use Green Jobs to
spur the economy out of this
mess and to cut our hunger
for middle-east oil. Is
Green ready to step up to
the plate and deliver?
Misty
Marshall, Mary Rosenblum,
Russell D. Campbell, Elton
Elliott
Richard
Glover and Stephanie
Wieppert 6:00
p.m.
Evergreen 3
Filk
Concert
Rich
Glover, Stephanie Wieppert
Best
Comics Panels EVAR!
6:00 p.m.
Evergreen 4
Presenting for your callow
mockery the aged
distillation of comics past.
Did you know they've made
some ridiculously weird
and/or stupid comics? We'll
be displaying and reading
(dramatically!) the best
gems of all time for your
cynical amusement. Includes
Jimmy Olsen, Ritchie Rich,
and Rex the Wonder Dog!
Frank
Hussey
Reading:
Ted Butler 6:30 p.m.
Cascade 3
Pandora Project
– Adventure – Rated G
Ted
Butler
Reading:
Elton Elliott
7:00 p.m.
Cascade 3
The Prince of Europe
– newly published novel –
Rated G
Elton
Elliott
Costume
Imperialism
7:00 p.m.
Cascade 4
How can a
costumer respectfully glean
from another culture's
historic fashion traditions
without demeaning or
degrading it? What is the
difference between
recreation/ homage and
stereotype, or just plain
poor taste?
Richard
Stephens, Jonnalyhn Wolfcat
Hall, Molly Boone
Influence of Goth Subculture
on Science Fiction, Fantasy
and Mainstream Media
7:00 p.m.
Cascade 5
The Goth
aesthetic has moved out of
the horror realm and become
more prevalent in other
genres the past two decades.
Join us for a discussion of
how this developed and the
impact it has had on media
and culture.
Elizabeth Van Every, Bryan
Lovely, Mickey Schulz,
Andrew Herrington, Alexia
Roy
What
Will Original Art Look Like
in the Digital Age?
7:00 p.m.
Cascade 6
With the
proliferation of digital art
as the medium of choice,
what will original art be,
and what will we hang on our
walls?
Rob
Carlos, Douglas Herring,
Cory & Catska Ench
Gender
and Sexuality in SF/F
7:00 p.m.
Cascade 7
Does SF/F
have a responsibility to
work outside the gender
norms? How do SF/F authors
play with gender and
sexuality in their works?
Are the works of the early
authors who played with
gender such as James Tiptree
still relevant? Up for
discussion are the works of
Tiptree, Jacqueline Carey
and others. ALL AGES
Loree
Parker, Wolf Lahti, Grá
Linnaea
Playing
God, Part I: World Building
7:00 p.m.
Cascade 8
A world
created in seven days? Yeah,
right. Not in the gaming
industry. Come hear what our
industry professionals have
to say about the
back-breaking labor involved
in shaping the huge backdrop
that is a game’s setting.
Darrin
Drader, Richard Baker, James
Jacobs, Sean K. Reynolds,
Teeuwyn Woodruff
Pre-Masquerade Meeting
7:00 p.m.
Cascade 13
To enter
the masquerade you MUST
attend either this meeting
or the Saturday morning
pre-masquerade meeting. You
will be told the important
information that you need to
know to compete. This year,
we are asking for everyone's
music by the end of this
panel even if you can't stay
for the panel. If you
haven't already gotten your
masquerade forms at the
information table, you can
get them here. Please turn
in your completed entry
forms by the end of this
panel or you can turn your
forms in at the Saturday
morning panel, but the
sooner the better. The hard
deadline for both is
Saturday morning at 10 a.m.
If you have questions about
entering or aren't quite
sure you want to, come to
the meeting and all your
questions will be answered.
Trent
Lum
Deconstructing Mary Sue
7:00 p.m.
Evergreen 1
Could
Mary Sue be the most useful
literary concept of our Me
Millennium? We'll discuss
myriad examples, from fanfic,
flicks, and major SF works
that should be ashamed of
themselves. You see, in the
classic Mary Sue story, a
character happens to be
amazingly like the author,
except said MS is incredibly
more attractive,
accomplished, and most of
all accepted - nay beloved -
than anybody outside of a
blatant wish fulfillment.
Rhiannon
Held, Kim Ritchie, MH
(“Maggie”) Bonham, Rosemary
Clement-Moore
Single
Pattern Contest – Fashion
Show 7:00
p.m.
Evergreen 2
Awards
and Fashion Show for the
Single Pattern Contest.
Terri
‘Sprite’ Specht, Melissa
Quinn, Garth Stubbs
Vixy &
Tony 7:00 p.m.
Evergreen 3
Filk
Concert
Vixy &
Tony
PK Dick
Awards Ceremony and
Reception
7:00 p.m.
Grand 2
Reading:
Kevin Radthorne 7:30
p.m.
Cascade 3
The Pool of Shikama
– Excerpts from the latest
novel in the Tales of
Tonogato series – Rated
G
Kevin
Radthorne
Reading:
Mark Henry
8:00 p.m.
Cascade 3
Road Trip of the Living Dead
– Zombie comedy/urban
fantasy – Rated PG
Mark
Henry
Themes
of Dreams – Costume Show &
Tell
8:00 p.m.
Cascade 4
Morpheus
beckons you to explore the
realms of the sub-conscious
as our costume professionals
showcase original designs
interpreting dream imagery.
From dreams of the sublime,
absurd, and erotic, to the
dark visions of nightmares,
see how the illusive magic
of dreams has been
interpreted in fabric,
design, and detail.
Melissa
Quinn, Lori Edwards, Margo
Loes, Richard Stephens
The
Answer is "No" Because
You'll Die
8:00 p.m.
Cascade 5
Authors,
come ask our panel of
resident sexual deviants
questions about your kinky
sex scenes. Are they
plausible? Would it require
someone of a supernatural
constitution to survive it?
Why would someone do that
anyway? 18+
Mickey
Schulz, Matt Bamberger,
Tugger, aka Robert Grey,
Russell Harmon
The Next
Generation of Writers: What
Are They About?
8:00 p.m.
Cascade 6
What’s
put fire in the belly of
some of the newest writers
in our genre?
Ken
Scholes, Paul Melko, Warren
Hammond
Future
Technology of the Past
8:00 p.m.
Cascade 7
I was
told there would be flying
cars. Let’s compare “future
tech” from our sci-fi past
(food pills, space stations,
A.I.s, flying cars) that
were supposed to be around
in the early 2000's with the
technology that we do have
today (cell phones, kindles,
GPS...)
Mickey “Meowse”
Phoenix, Brenda Cooper,
Craig Figley, Brian
Oberquell
Playing
God, Part II: Gods and
Religion
8:00 p.m.
Cascade 8
Part of
world building is designing
the pantheon responsible for
the whole thing. Our game
experts discuss how they go
about filling the cosmos
with deities worthy of a
hero’s worship, and how they
manage to stay upright on
such a slippery slope as
religion in gaming.
Erik
Mona, Wolfgang Baur, Sean K.
Reynolds, Jeff Grubb
Faires
Out There
8:00 p.m.
Cascade 13
An
overview of Faires,
Festivals, Troupes, Fire
Companies (not the brass
pole folks, fire breathing,
etc.) Camlann Faire, Western
Renaissance, Shrewsbury
Faire, Ashland, Ursulmas,
June Faire, Highland Games.
How to find them, how to
enjoy them, how to join
them, how to get started.
G.Robin
Smith, Alan Paulsen, John
Moore
Reading
Reading: Donna
Barr
8:30 PM
Cascade 3
AFTERDEAD – Desert Peach,
Stinz, Bosom Enemies comic -
Rated PG
Donna Barr
Poker
Tournament 8:30
p.m.
Rotunda 1
With only
a limited number of seats at
the final table, you will
need to win one of the
qualifying rounds .
Mariah
Johnson
Friends
of Bill W.
9:00 p.m.
Cascade 3
French
Horror
9:00 p.m.
Cascade 4
J-horror
has faded but the French are
ripping up the screen with
hard-hitting visceral
horror. Are they the next
wave of horror?
Mark
Henry, Eric Morgret, Lorelei
Shannon
The Art
Directors’ Challenge
9:00 p.m.
Cascade 5
Random
adjectives and nouns are
written down by the
audience. Three words are
then drawn and given to the
panel who have two minutes
to sketch out a concept
rough. Each artist must then
present their concept to the
audience as if selling to an
art director.
Michaela
Eaves, Christine D. Winters,
Cory & Catska Ench
Gothic
Fashion for Men
9:00 p.m.
Cascade 6
There's
no reason to leave the gents
out! Find where to get a
great wardrobe, how to
create your own look, the
difference between a fop and
a dandy, and why the male
goth is a bastion of style
in an increasingly casual
society.
Kevin
Matthews, Bryan Lovely, Doug
“DJ Eternal Darkness”
Carter, Andrew Herrington
The
Future of the Future
9:00 p.m.
Cascade 7
The
future looks different to
many of us now than it did
just a few years ago. To
what degree is the concept
of an open, freely-imagined
future under attack in our
own culture, from either the
right or the left? To what
degree have larger cultural
currents affected the SF
portrayal of the future? And
how does SF imagine its own
future? (Or is it, too,
stuck in a cycle of
recurrence, of hankering for
a restoration of its own
Golden Age?) What is the
outlook for the future?
Brenda
Cooper, Bridget Coila, Elton
Elliott
Best
Board Games you’ve never
heard of…yet
9:00 p.m.
Cascade 8
So you’ve
played Monopoly, Life,
Trivial Pursuit. Maybe
you’ve played Risk,
too. You’re a department
store kind of person when it
comes to games. You walk
into a game store and all
you see are games you’ve
never heard of…or maybe
you’ve seen the tables at
the con with the European
games laid out on them and
you’ve heard the names, but
you’re not sure which game
is right for you and are too
shy to ask. Our board game
experts will show you a
variety of the best games
from here and abroad and
give you a better idea of
what new game may be your
next!
Frank
Hussey, Julie Haehn, Jeremy
Holcomb, Gwendolyn F.M.
Kestrel, Mike Selinker
Lazer
Tag
9:00 p.m.
Cascade 9 & 10
Join us
for another exciting night
of Lazer Tag action. We have
equipment for use; it is
compatible with the Tiger
Lazer Tag system, not the
Team Ops system. For those
players who are under 18,
you must have a parent or
guardian present at the
arena. Lazer Tag is a live
action, NON-CONTACT sport.
Scott
Perrin, Elizabeth Fellows
Smoooooth Shui-ing –
Designing the ideal creative
environment- for you or your
students
9:00 p.m.
Cascade 13
Some
artists claim they can
create anywhere; others
follow very specific rituals
in order to complete a work.
For most of us – artist or
author – our surroundings
have an undeniable affect on
our creativity. Following
some of the most basic and
intuitive tenets of the
ancient practice of Feng
Shui, you can improve the
environment where you work
and create – as well as
advise students about their
own creative space.--
whether that’s a broom
closet or an entire studio.
Cymbric
Early-Smith, SunnyJim Morgan
Fannish
Fetish Fashion Show
9:00 p.m.
Evergreen 1 & 2
Fashion! Turn to the left!
Fashion! Turn to the right!
The Fannish Fetish Fashion
Show is back again this
year. We have a number of
fantastic designers
presenting their collections
for your viewing pleasure.
We even have a totally new
designer fresh to the
Fannish Fetish Fashion Show
along with a few of your
favorite designers. Let me
just say Mmmmm latex. ;-)
This year there is a contest
to create your own Fannish
Fetish fashions based on the
Weird Tales Magazine
cover art of Margaret
Brundage. Brundage's art
frequently featured damsel
in distress in various
states of full or partial
nudity*; her whipping scenes
were especially noteworthy
and controversial. Her first
cover appeared on the Sept.
1932 issue; she created
covers for 39 straight
issues from June 1933 to
August 1936. Her last
original cover was for the
Jan. 1945 issue, for a total
of 66 original-artwork
covers. This should be a
very exciting contest to
watch!
The Fannish Fetish Fashion
Show is 18 and over only.
Laurie
Reynolds, emcee – Betty Rage
Spooky
Songs Sing-a-Long
9:00 p.m.
Evergreen 3
Several
of our artists get together
to sing songs about the
things that go bump in the
night.
Steven
Dixon, Beth Runnerwolf
Match
Game 9:00 p.m.
Evergreen 4
Get ready
to match the stars! In this
SF/F-themed version of the
classic Match Game
game show, contestants will
be randomly selected from
the audience to compete in
guessing how our panel will
complete fill-in-the-blank
questions such as 'Captain
Kirk has the biggest ____ in
Starfleet!' Prizes include
book packages worth more
than $100, gift certificates
to selected Norwescon
dealers, and a membership to
next year's Norwescon. All
contestants will also
receive Lovely Parting
Gifts.
Kevin
Standlee, Mimi Noyes, Jön
Johnson, Ben Andrews, Lisa
Hayes
Costumers' Coffee Klatsch
9:00 p.m.
Olympic 1
A
Costumer’s meet and greet,
stitch and bitch, knit-in,
and last minute masquerade
hand-sewing opportunity.
Fun, fun, fun. The evening
will begin with the “What a
Croc Challenge.” Everyone is
invited to show their
fantasy footwear creations
using Crocs as a base. Come
share your costuming horror
stories. There might even be
munchies...
Melissa
Quinn, Molly Boone, Terri
‘Sprite’ Specht
Stardance: The Music that
Time Forgot
9:00 p.m.
Grand 2 & 3
DJ Marier
is back this year and he
plans to play a selection of
music from all the dances he
has run over the last 25
years. Expect to hear some
great music you may not have
heard in years.
DJ
Marier
LARP:
Lord Voldemort and the
Wizards' Summit
9:00 p.m.
Maxies Ballroom
Dawn was just breaking on
the horizon when the owl
arrived with the morning
mail. Among the various
letters was your
confirmation from the New
York Concillium.
Greetings advisor:
We thank you for your
response to the invitation
for the coming Wizards
Summit on December 31st,
1979. We look forward to
meeting with you and
receiving your analysis on
the Voldemort situation
developing across the
Atlantic. The summit will
occur in the floating city,
the Eye of Daedalus. This
modern wonder of wizarding
craft will provide us the
sanctuary for our
deliberations during its
dedication. As you know, the
Eye of Daedalus was
constructed by the
Artificer's Guild and the
Technocratic Union as the
first wizard made transient
geomantic point to help
stabilize the Great Comprise
Spell of 1884.
For everyone's safety and
security, no apperation is
allowed to or from the Eye
of Daedalus. Please contact
your local concillium for
port key locations and
times.
Sincerely,
Filomina J. Euripides
High Auror
Stranger Concepts presents a
live action role-playing
event in a time before the
birth of the boy who lived,
when the Dark Lord was
rising in power and the
western hemisphere set about
to gather the best minds to
develop a plan to deal with
He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.
Participation in this event
is by preregistration and
limited space will be
available at the convention
for walk-on parts. This LARP
is geared for players 18 and
older.
Rory
Clark, Jim Sullivan
Reading:
Warren Hammond
10:00 p.m.
Cascade 3
Ex-KOP –
Future Noir – Book 2 of KOP
Series – Rated R
Warren
Hammond
The Use
and Misuse of Violence in SF
and Fantasy
10:00 p.m.
Cascade 4
Lawrence
Block once noted that sex
and violence in fiction are
the best ways to get
people's attention. But on
the flip side, there's a
point at which such things
become gratuitous. When is
violence absolutely
necessary in a story? When
does it become gratuitous,
or simply in the story for
its own sake? And how much
is too much?
Carol
Berg, Jenna Pitman, Joshua
Palmatier, Michael Ehart
Great
Players Make Great Games
10:00 p.m.
Cascade 5
Experienced players and GMs
gather to talk about what
makes a good player and how
to become one. Learn simple
and advanced techniques to
make your gaming experience
better for yourself and your
fellow gamers.
Sean K.
Reynolds, Christopher Bodan,
Dylan S., Randall N. Bills
Goth
Fashion on a Budget
10:00 p.m.
Cascade 6
Not just
corsets, hair dye, and Nice
Boots, but also finding a
style that's truly your own.
How not to break the bank to
look great, and why gothic
style is about much more
than just wearing black.
Alexia
Roy, Elisabeth Van Every,
Mickey Schulz, Nicole
Stavenau, Bryan Lovely
Why REAL
Authors Write Poetry (Or
Should)
10:00 p.m.
Cascade 7
Does
writing poetry improve your
prose? If not, this will be
a very short panel, but our
panelists plan to be here
the whole hour, so they
probably think it does. See
if you agree with them.
G.Robin
Smith, Andrew Dolbeck, Mike
Brennan
Heroes
10:00 p.m.
Cascade 8
Should we
forget this last season?
Where can they go from here?
Judith
Herman, The Reverend en
Fuego, Leo Roberts
Mad
Scientist Evil Laugh Contest
10:00 p.m.
Cascade 13
As Dr.
Horrible recently reminded
us, in order to be a truly
villainous villain, you have
to have a memorable laugh.
It's about standards! Our
panel of expert villains and
mad scientists hereby
challenge the attendees of
Norwescon to come and
compete to see who has the
most evil laugh! Each
maniacal offering will
receive a thoughtful
critique, pointers, and a
final score. Just how evil
is YOUR evil laugh? Come and
find out!
Spring
Schoenhuth, Larry Lewis,
David Nassett, Sr.
Friday
Night Filk Circle
10:00 p.m.
Evergreen 3
Steven
Dixon, Vixy & Tony
Reading:
G. David Nordley 10:30
p.m.
Cascade 3
To Climb a Flat Mountain
– In the far future, a group
of astronauts are marooned
on a very strange world. One
of them is a sabateur and
murderer. – Rated PG
G. David
Nordley
Reading:
Jeff Soesbe
11:00 p.m.
Cascade 3
Various Shorts – Stories of
Love: cars,
cats and fairy tales – Rated
PG
Jeff
Soesbe
Sci-Fi
Urban Myths – Bad Science in
Science Fiction
11:00 p.m.
Cascade 5
As our
knowledge of space and
physics gets better and
better, what bad science
from popular films do we
need to purge and redress?
Rosemary
Clement-Moore, Gwendolyn
F.M. Kestrel, Archivist Shu
Xiandi-Shuangxin (Ciandi
Stephens)
Women
Who Broke Ground in
Underground Comics
11:00 p.m.
Cascade 6
Robert
Crumb was not the only
person creating outrageous,
hilarious sexy underground
comics back in the early
1970s. Lots of women were
pushing the creative
envelope as well, as both
creators and as publishers,
and some are still creating
significant work today!
Learn more about this
important history. Images
have adult content.
Roberta
Gregory
BDSM 101
11:00 p.m.
Cascade 7&8
Interested in BDSM? Want to
find out what it’s all
about? What are these
“limits,” “boundaries” and
“play” people keep talking
about? Come to BDSM 101 and
we will endeavor to answer
your questions, or if we
can’t, we’ll point you to a
resource that can. We will
also discuss BDSM etiquette
and resources for you to
find out more. 18+ ONLY WITH
ID
Mickey
Schulz, Matt Bamberger, Ogre
Whiteside, Russell Harmon
Philosophy of the Undead
11:00 p.m.
Cascade 13
Philosophy has long been
fascinated with
death--Socrates argued that
philosophy is the way to
prepare the soul for death,
while Heidegger claimed that
humans were "beings unto
death." But has philosophy
ignored the issues
surrounding our living
impaired peers? Join a panel
of some of Central
Washington University's
finest Philosophy and
Religious Studies Club
members as they debate
ethical,epistemic, and
metaphysical issues
surrounding zombies and
vampires. No background in
philosophy is required and
questions are more than
welcome!
Christian Meecham, Greg
Lotze, Patrick O'Brien, Mike
Derheimer
Midnight
Movie – Rocky Horror Picture
Show
11:30 p.m.
Evergreen 1 & 2
The
Vicarious Theatre Company
returns to give you a night
of live action Rocky
Horror Picture Show that
you will never forget.
Seating starts at 11:30 p.m.
so don't be late!
Vicarious Theatre Company
Poker
Tournament 11:30
p.m.
Rotunda 1
Have you
secured yourself a seat at
the final table yet? If not
you better do it soon.
Mariah
Johnson
Midnight
Critic Readings
Midnight
Cascade 4
Bring your manuscript. Read
it to the wide eyed audience
who show. Listen to their
comments. At the last con we
did this at, it didn't close
down until after 3. We go in
the order of whoever
volunteers first, or in the
case of a tie, shortest to
longest.
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Mad Libs
Midnight
Cascade 6
This
is a Sci-Fi / Fantasy
version of this fun word
substituting game.
Provide the reader with key
words to fill in the blanks,
and then listen to your
short stories. Will
the result be fit for
publication?
Richard
Stephens
Binding
People
Midnight – 2 a.m.
Cascade 13
How do
you tie someone up safely?
How can you tie someone up
securely? Which positions
can be held for hours? Which
for only a few minutes?
Where do you get that stuff
anyway? A useful resource
for people who are curious
about BDSM or maybe just
want to use it in a story or
piece of art. 18+ ONLY
Matt Bamberger, Russell
Harmon, Tightbound Tom