Event Archive

An archive of previous and past events.

DISCON III PANEL: LARPing: 2021 and beyond

Washington, DC at the Omni Shoreham Hotel — 1:00pm EST to 2:00pm EST

LARPing: 2021 and beyond Live action role-playing games, or LARPs, have developed a rich repertoire of practices across many communities. How can newcomers get involved? How have these communities adapted […]

18 Dec
2021

DISCON III PANEL: The Nuts and Bolts of Chapters

Washington, DC at the Omni Shoreham Hotel — 10:00am EST

Panel Discussion, “The Nuts and Bolts of Chapters” (available online) Do you even need chapters? How long should they be? Should you title your chapters or just number them? Where […]

18 Dec
2021

DISCON 3 (WorldCon 79)

Omni Shoreham Hotel

Worldcon, or the World Science Fiction Convention, is the annual gathering of science fiction and fantasy fans, writers, artists, musicians and other creators from across the globe. DisCon III is […]

15 Dec
2021

November 12-14: WINDYCON

70 Yorktown Shopping Center, Lombard, IL 60148

Ada Palmer is the Toastmaster for Windycon 47, celebrating the Urban Fantastic this year. Urban Fantasy is a subgenre wherein urban elements feature strongly in the narrative. Many examples feature fantastic elements […]

12 Nov
2021

Balticon 55

The Baltimore Science Fiction Society will hold Balticon 55 as a free virtual convention Memorial Day weekend, May 28-31, 2021. Balticon is the Maryland Regional Science Fiction and Fantasy convention put […]

28 May
2021

Who Has The Power to Change History?

Join the Chicago Women’s Alliance (CWA) for a presentation from Dr. Ada Palmer. “Who Has the Power to Change History: Virtual Reality Simulations” will focus on the structures of virtual […]

15 May
2021

"Warm, generous, and inviting," Inventing the Renaissance provides a witty and irreverent journey through the fantasies historians have constructed about the supposed Dark Ages and golden Renaissance, and exposes the terrible yet often tender reality beneath.